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  • Oakland Startups May Tap Into Kiva Micro-Lending

    Oakland's city council is set to vote on an idea that could help small businesses get off the ground. It's a proposal to partner with Kiva.org, a non-profit micro-lending organization based in San Francisco. Cheryl Hurd ...

  • New Tool Helps Healthcare Consumers

    California's HealthCare Foundation releases an update to its searchable map allowing residents and doctors to search and compare the frequency of more procedures in communities throughout the ...

  • Details emerge in slaying of two teenage Oakland girls last year

    OAKLAND -- The slaughter of two teenage girls near Brookdale Park last November was sparked by an adolescent relationship squabble, a witness testified in court Tuesday.Raquel Gerstel, 15, and Bobbie Sartain, 16, were gunned down in the early morning hours of Nov. 25 after a teenager they were hanging out with announced that he had another woman coming to meet them, a 16-year-old witness ...

  • Fire Spreads to Two San Jose Homes

    The first fire was reported at 4 p.m. on Warner Driver. Crews said they were able to knock it down, but not before embers from that first drifted down on a neighbors ...

  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland fined $142970 for safety violations

    State regulators have fined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland $142,970 for not properly isolating nearly two dozen patients suspected of having tuberculosis.The hospital failed to put the patients in appropriately ventilated rooms to prevent the disease from spreading to other patients and hospital employees, Cal-OSHA said.As it turned out, none of these patients tested positive for ...


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Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

Humans are strange, emotional creatures, and sometimes we react to each other in unexpected ways. It is easy for a person to become caught up, fascinated with someone else, often blurring the line between interest and obsession. With the advent of movies and television, it has become even easier, because the screen gives us a plethora of beautiful, fascinating subjects to observe and wonder about. ... ...

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  • San Francisco’s Political Leaders Ecstatic About Hosting Super Bowl L

    SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The rotunda at San Francisco's City Hall was packed full of Warriors fans on Tuesday when Mayor Ed Lee was passed a note and a big smile broke out on his face. The city's political and civic leaders were gathered for a Warrior's Day celebration, but it was the news about another sport that Lee was reacting to. You didn't have to be a mind reader to ...

  • Poll Finds Teens Migrating From Facebook To Twitter

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/ AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many ...

  • Southern Cal San Jose State share 1st-round lead

    ATHENS, Ga. -; Southern California and San Jose State shared the lead at 4-under 284 after the first round of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships on ...

  • Robert Scoble is watching you watching him looking through Google Glass Video

    Robert Scoble of Rackspace talks about how he uses Google Glass every day, and what he'd like to see in the future. Robert Scoble sports Google Glass at New York Internet Week. Silicon Valley tech evangelist Robert Scoble is really good about sharing his toys. The prolific tech blogger and startup liaison for Rackspace (NYSE: RAX), the San Antonio cloud services company, spent at least half ...

  • Fremont Officers fatally shoot dog after it attacks police say

    FREMONT -- Officers shot and killed a dog Monday after the animal attacked them at a Fremont home, police said.The officers were not injured and the breed of the dog was not known, police said.Officers were called at 8:10 p.m. to the 48200 block of Sawleaf Street for a report of a vicious dog, said police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.A 911 caller told dispatchers that four dogs were loose and had ...

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