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Adventurous Silicon Valley software guru killed in Brazil
Summary for story goes here and here’s some morej summary to go with the story Full Story;
Kamei quits race for Santa Clara County supervisor
Unable to gain much traction, the Santa Clara Valley Water District boad member endorses ex-San Jose councilman Forrest Williams. Full Story;
Los Gatos bans panhandling on traffic islands
Los Gatos, one of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest towns, says roadside begging could cause accidents, but panhandlers beg to differ Full Story;
Fisher: Making every day Valentine’s Day
Love in the post-marital age Full Story;
Rain falls, but Santa Clara County can’t catch it all
Earthquake safety concerns on aging dams spark state restrictions that limit filling of Santa Clara Valley Water District’s 10 reservoirs. Repairs could take five years and cost tens of millions of dollars. Full Story;
Commissioner says Gascón is talking out of turn
San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón should be barred from floating major policy initiatives in the media or with the Board of Supervisors without Police Commission approval, an irate member of the panel says. During a tense meeting Wednesday night,… Full Story;
Jaycee Dugard’s anguished journal entries
Jaycee Dugard kept a journal during her years in captivity in which she depicted her isolation, darkest fears and her longing to be free from her alleged kidnappers, prosecutors revealed Thursday. “Why don’t I have control of my life! I feel I can’t even be… Full Story;
Schwarzenegger loses fight on felon caregivers
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had no legal authority to disqualify everyone with a felony record from working in the program that provides in-home care to 430,000 low-income elderly and disabled Californians, a judge ruled Thursday. State law bars workers from… Full Story;
Army discharges single mom who wouldn’t deploy
A single mother from Oakland has been discharged from the Army for refusing to leave her infant son behind to go to Afghanistan, but she will not be court-martialed, her attorney said Thursday. Alexis Hutchinson, 21, had faced criminal charges at a court-… Full Story;
New campaign aims to keep people off the tracks
Shawn Potter, 15, and two friends were playing a game of chicken with a freight train in Fresno two years ago. His friends jumped off the tracks and made it. Potter was clipped by the BNSF locomotive and did not. On Thursday, his heartbroken mother, Robin… Presented By: Comcast Business Class Look at your bill and find out how much your business can save with Comcast Business Class. Internet … Full Story;
Sunnyvale councilman ready to return to panel after serving in Iraq
After serving in Iraq for nearly 365 days, Sunnyvale Councilman Otto Lee arrived back home recently and is set to reclaim his seat on the city council Feb. Full Story;
Sunnyvale students among those to skip rope for a record
Students at Ponderosa elementary school joined 83,000 other students worldwide on Feb. 1 in an effort to break the Guinness world record for most people jumping/skipping rope at the same time. Full Story;
High school girls soccer races get tighter
The Santa Clara Valley Athletic League girls soccer races grew even tighter last week.Fremont became the first team in either division to earn its seventh win in league play by edging Lynbrook 2-1 on Feb. Full Story;
Anything can happen when Homestead takes on Fremont High in basketball
Whenever teams from Homestead and Fremont compete in anything, disregard the records, because anything can happen. Full Story;
Sunnyvale shorts: Curling parties planned
The name belies the sport, but it’s going to catch the attention of the nation in the coming weeks. It’s curling, and it has nothing to do with hair styling and everything to do with the upcoming Winter Olympics. Full Story;
Dugard Diary Shows Conflicted Emotion On Captivity
Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a child and held prisoner for 18 years, kept a diary in which she wrote of longing for freedom and feeling both emotionally trapped and protective of the man charged with raping her, court documents filed Thursday show. Full Story;
Proposed Golden Gate Carpool Toll Moves Forward
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s Finance-Auditing Committee recommended Thursday morning that the full board of directors proceed with a plan to charge carpool vehicles $3 to cross the Golden Gate Bridge during commute hours. Carpoolers currently pay no toll during rush hour. The full board will consider the item Friday. The board will hold a public hearing May 14 … Full Story;
Atherton Home In Running For Nation’s Greenest
Atherton is known more for excess than conservation. Yet, the city is home to one house that may soon be crowned America’s most energy-efficient home. Full Story;
South Bay Crash Victim Completes Long Road Home
A young woman in the South Bay is finally home from the hospital after a car crash put her in a coma last summer. Full Story;
Mavericks Surf Contest Set For Saturday
Organizers of the Mavericks Surf Contest have decided conditions are right for the big wave competition to be held this Saturday. The contest regularly features waves measuring 40- feet or higher. The event will be streamed live on CBS5.com. Full Story;
Thorny Times for Bay Area Flower Growers
Valentine’s Day doesn’t bring much cheer for some in the flower business. Full Story;
What’s to blame for a local drop in African Americans owning homes? Full Story;
Sports Injury Remedies Can Get Stranger Than Cheese
If cheese can keep Lindsey Vonn in the Olympics, what other bizarre injury treatments are we missing out on? Full Story;
San Francisco’s Favorite Deli Coming to a Vending Machine Near You
Some of the best sandwiches in the Bay Area may be as easy to get as a Redbox video. Full Story;
San Francisco Police Chief Wants Citizen Cops
Ideas to shake up department also include more part-timers. Full Story;
Martinez schools may need to cut $2.6 million
n First infusion of parcel tax cash already had been allotted, and officials scrambling to find solutions Full Story;
Governor insists Maldonado is the next lieutenant governor
Despite not getting enough votes for confirmation in Assembly, legal team says he wasn’t rejected. Full Story;
Dog owner fends off raccoon with Samurai sword
A Fairfield man used a Samurai sword Wednesday afternoon to defend his dog from an attack by what appears to have been a large raccoon. Marquel Dawson, 19, was walking with Stunna, a 2-year-old pit bull-German shepherd mix, near his home on Fairview Place when the dog, which was unleashed, noticed Full Story;
Teen in ice cream truck shooting to be charged as adult, police say
Vallejo police arrest 15-year-old Peter Montenegro on Wednesday night in Oakland. Full Story;
Man suspected of robbing Antioch pharmacies arrested
ANTIOCH — Police arrested an Antioch man Thursday who they believe robbed a pharmacy of narcotics twice in 30 days.George Lee Smith, 46, was arrested at his home, where police said they found evidence of the two robberies. Full Story;
Former Sonoma teacher suspected of molesting students
By JULIE JOHNSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A former fourth-grade teacher at Sonoma’s Woodland Star Charter School was arrested Thursday morning in Monterey on suspicion of molesting two pre-teen students about two years ago. Full Story;
Sheriff: Suspect in Willits casino arson under influence of solvent
An incoherent Willits man was under the influence of a common solvent when he lit a napkin on fire and dropped it on the floor of the Black Bart Casino in Willits on Wednesday, Sheriff’s authorities said. Full Story;
Ukiah teen arrested for striking mom, police officer
An intoxicated 16-year-old Ukiah girl was booked into Juvenile Hall Wednesday night after allegedly assaulting her mother and a police officer. Ukiah Police were called to the girl’s Yosemite Drive home at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, reported Capt. Justin Wyatt. Full Story;
Juror intimidation charged in Toste murder case
By PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The uncle of a Santa Rosa man on trial for murder pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of felony juror intimidation. George Lopez, 36, the uncle of Joseph Lopez Jr. — charged in the 2006 slaying of Matthew Toste — is free on $60,000 bail for the incident that prosecutors said happened Feb.1. Full Story;
Blaze destroys unoccupied Mendocino County trailer
By MARY CALLAHAN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A travel trailer that was destroyed by fire in a commercial storage lot north of Ukiah early Thursday was unoccupied at the time of the blaze, fire officials said. Full Story;
Muni delays caused by overhead wires
Problems with overhead wires caused peak hour Muni light-rail service disruptions Thursday afternoon. All Muni Metro lines – the J, K, T, L, M and N services – experienced rolling delays and some gaps in service, according to Muni spokesman Judson True. Overhead wire problems near Taraval… Full Story;
555 Washington Street ruling delayed
A decision on whether a 425-foot corkscrew condo tower will be allowed to be built next to the 850-foot Transamerica Pyramid was delayed by more than a month. The majority of San Francisco planning commissioners ruled Thursday that an environmental impact report associated with the 248-unit project was… Full Story;
Man’s body found floating in water at Oyster Point
A man’s body was found floating in the water near his sailboat at the Oyster Point Marina in South San Francisco on Thursday, a police sergeant said. Another boat owner spotted the body and called authorities at about 11:30 a.m., South San Francisco police Sgt. Joni Lee said. Police are investigating… Full Story;
Massive waves are headed for the West Coast, making conditions ripe for the legendary Mavericks Surf Contest this weekend. Twenty-four of the world’s best big wave surfers have been summoned to California’s Central Coast to compete Saturday. The contest will take place off the coast of Half Moon Bay at… Full Story;
Tenderloin murder suspect pleads not guilty
A San Francisco man accused of fatally stabbing an acquaintance during a dispute at his apartment early Saturday pleaded not guilty to murder Thursday. Phuc Van Le, 42, was arrested after he called 911 at 1:12 a.m. and led officers to his apartment in the 600 block of Ellis Street in The City’s… Full Story;
Proposed building causes controversy in SF
There could be a new addition to the San Francisco skyline – but some rules will have to be broken, in order for it to get built. Full Story;
T. Boone Pickens pushes for natural gas
Texas tycoon and energy guru T. Boone Pickens was in the Bay Area pitching natural gas for auto fuel. Full Story;
Cute alert: Valentines for Academy penguins
Love was for the birds Thursday at the California Academy of Sciences. Full Story;
Local airmen from Travis Air Force return from Haiti
Sixteen members of a Travis Air Force Based Emergency Response Wing are back home after being one of the first responders to the Haitian relief effort. Full Story;
Army discharges mom who refused deployment
The Army discharged a single mom who refused deployment because she had no one to care for her young child. Full Story;
Inventor of Frisbee dies at 90
Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died. He was 90. Morrison’s son, Walt, told The Associated Press on Thursday that “old age caught up” with his father and that he also had cancer. Full Story;
Governor insists Maldonado is the next lieutenant governor
Despite not getting enough votes for confirmation in Assembly, legal team says he wasn’t rejected. Full Story;
Police arrest 17-year-old wanted in connection to Fairview shooting in Hayward
HAYWARD — Police this afternoon arrested a 17-year-old boy they said shot at his neighbor’s house Tuesday in Fairview, and the fled the scene.David Borden, who was considered armed and dangerous, was spotted by police in front of a Lucky’s store at A Street and Mission Boulevard downtown at Full Story;
Dog owner fends off raccoon with Samurai sword
A Fairfield man used a Samurai sword Wednesday afternoon to defend his dog from an attack by what appears to have been a large raccoon. Marquel Dawson, 19, was walking with Stunna, a 2-year-old pit bull-German shepherd mix, near his home on Fairview Place when the dog, which was unleashed, noticed Full Story;
Defendant laughed when displaying gun, witness testifies
A preliminary hearing is under way in a Tracy murder case. Full Story;
Designer Alexander van de Rostyne kisses his toy helicopter during a preview of the 61th International Toy Fair
in Nuremberg.
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