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Alcatraz escapees sister returns to robbery scene
After multiple escape attempts, two of them, J.W. and Clarence, eventually landed at the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in northern ...
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Some evacuations lifted for California wildfire
California fire officials said it would take several weeks before the area destroyed by the Carstens wildfire in Mariposa County will be safe to enter. The fire, declared 40 percent contained, has burned nearly 2,000 acres but so far no structures have been damaged, the Mariposa Gazette reported Wednesday. Some of the more than 1,000 residents ordered to evacuate their homes are being allowed ...
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Environmental Defense Fund Co-sponsor of Global Warming Solutions Act to Provide Testimony at San Jose Public Workshop on Draft Scoping Plan to Implement Law
Media Advisory for Friday, August 8, 9:30am-4pm WASHINGTON - August 7 - WHAT: A co-sponsor of ...
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LPA spotted off San Jose Occidental Mindoro
MANILA, Philippines – While tropical storm "Emong" has yet to leave the Philippine area of responsibility, another weather disturbance that that may intensify into a cyclone is being monitored by the state weather bureau Wednesday afternoon. The low-pressure area (LPA) was last spotted 550 kilometers west of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical ...
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MLB San Francisco 5 San Diego 4
Brandon Belt had three hits and Juan Perez hit the game-winning single in the eighth inning of San Francisco's 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres Tuesday. Belt went 3-for-4 and doubled in the tying run in the eighth before Perez singled to right field off Dale Thayer (0-3) to bring Belt in with the deciding ...
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Movie Review
Jeepers Creepers II
Even in its best moments, Victor Salvas Jeepers Creepers II comes nowhere close to matching the thrilling creepiness of the opening half-hour of the original, 2001s modest hit Jeepers Creepers. That movie worked incredibly well when Salva spent more time suggesting horror rather than directly showing it, and perhaps it is because of the increased budget that Jeepers Creepers II ...
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Boy 6 dies after being attacked by family dog in Union City
UNION CITY -- What may have begun as typical child's play ended in a "tragic accident" Monday morning, police said, as a 6-year-old boy died after being bitten by the family dog at a Union City home.The boy, identified as Nephi Selu, was playing in the backyard of his grandparents' home in the 32400 block of Elizabeth Way just after 11:30 a.m. when the dog -- a young pit bull ...
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Urban harvesting takes root in Bay Area
For years, Barbara Stackhouse would go out every spring with her husband, Richard, to pick oranges from three big trees in her backyard in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The couple would give the juicy navels and Valencias to friends, family members and neighbors.But as they got older, climbing ladders and hauling down all those oranges wasn't possible any more. "They fall. ...
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South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...
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San Francisco Fire Breaks Out In Tenderloin District Building
Bret Burkhart tweeted that firefighters were trying to rescue people from the roof of the building. KGO later reported that the fire was started during a barbecue on the roof, and that no one was injured. ...
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Goleta Sues Department of Finance Over Funds for San Jose Creek Project
The City of Goleta filed a lawsuit late yesterday against the California Department of Finance (DOF) regarding the money earmarked to complete the public safety improvements to the San Jose ...