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Get to Know Nick Kasa
Kasa met the Raiders coaching staff at the Senior Bowl in January and believes the relationships he built there have been helpful in his transition to the NFL. "I think it helped out a ton because I know them all already," said Kasa. "I love all the coaches too. I think they're all great guys, great coaches, and so it was definitely helpful to meet them all before I got here. ...
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UC sex assault cases mishandled federal complaint alleges
Attorney Gloria Allred said that some of the complaints allege a hostile environment for women and others charge colleges with violating the federal Clery Act, which requires accurate reporting of campus crimes. Women "will no longer accept the status quo where rapes and sexual assaults are swept under the rug and condoned by college administrators," Allred said in a statement released ...
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Oakland City Council New budget rules approved amid tensions
OAKLAND -- With just over a month to adopt a budget, Oakland council members approved rules aimed at preventing a repeat of last year when the final budget plan was introduced at the last minute with no chance for public vetting.The new law, passed 6-2 after a testy debate, forbids council members from submitting major budget amendments within three days of the final meeting when the budget is ...
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Northern California landslide stabilizes
LAKEPORT, Calif. -; Officials say a Northern California subdivision that partly sank into a hilltop has stabilized after several homes, roads and sections of a sewer system were ...
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Joaquin Miller Elementary celebrates African American Living History Day
Fourth-graders at Joaquin Miller Elementary School celebrate, learn and relive the history of the migration of African-Americans to California from the south in the 1940s with music, dance, costumes, food and ...
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Movie Review
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The Cell [DVD]
"The Cell" takes an old science fiction trope--what if we could somehow enter into another person's subconscious--and uses it to explore that unique horror of the machine age: serial killing. And, as flashy and visually inventive as the film is, its greater importance lies in the way it explores the duality of serial killers in a way most films won't dare. ...
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Bay Bridge documents reveal decisions that led to broken bolts
OAKLAND -- Caltrans and private engineers deliberated three months in 2003 over the proper corrosion method to use on high-strength steel rods for the new Bay Bridge, a decision that led to the embarrassing failure of 32 rods a decade later.Documents reveal a series of back-and-forth letters and emails on the subject among more than two dozen engineers and designers from Caltrans and the hired ...
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Golden Gate Bridge jumper rescued by sailing crew
the Marin Independent Journal he was taking his 38-foot vessel to San Francisco around 2 p.m. Monday when his daughter saw the unidentified man jump. They heard a Coast Guard radio call for a jumper in the water moments later and sailed toward the man after spotting him underneath a California Highway Patrol helicopter. Walecka, of Santa Cruz, said the man grabbed a life sling they threw ...
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Father and daughter rescue man who jumped off Golden Gate Bridge
the Marin Independent Journal he was taking his 38-foot vessel to San Francisco around 2 p.m. Monday when his daughter saw the unidentified man jump. They heard a Coast Guard radio call for a jumper in the water moments later and sailed toward the man after spotting him underneath a California Highway Patrol helicopter. Walecka, of Santa Cruz, said the man grabbed a life sling they threw ...
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Pickup Crashes Into San Francisco’s Outer Mission Driver Flees
Authorities said a truck crashed into this home near Florentine and Morse in San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood on May 22, 2013. ...
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Bill would prevent genetic-testing firms from using surreptitiously obtained DNA
If you want to keep your DNA to yourself, be sure not to leave any stray hairs, Q-tips or underwear lying around. There are genetic testing companies out there willing to reveal your most intimate biological secrets to anybody -- without your knowledge or permission. And under California law, such genetic snooping is perfectly legal.Now, legislators in Sacramento are considering a bill to change ...