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  • Pilot Killed When Plane Departing From Santa Clara Crashes In Truckee

    TRUCKEE (CBS/AP) — Federal investigators are trying to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed a pilot near the Sierra town of Truckee. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was flying alone when the twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed Thursday afternoon in the Tahoe National Forest about 15 miles northeast of Truckee. The pilot’s name wasn’t ...

  • Bomb Scare Prompts Evacuation After Amgen Tour Bike Race In Livermore

    LIVERMORE (CBS SF) — Festivities surrounding the Amgen Tour of California Race were brought to a temporary halt by a bomb scare in downtown Livermore Saturday afternoon, according to a police spokeswoman. The multi-city bicycle race had already passed through town around 2:30 p.m. but many people remained on the scene when a suspicious cardboard box with a postmark from Southern ...

  • Police San Jose man arrested for stabbing Fremont motorist in chest with screwdriver

    FREMONT -- A San Jose man was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly stabbing a fellow motorist in the chest with a screwdriver at a Fremont gas station earlier this week following a road-rage incident.Fremont police arrested Bryant Salazar, 30, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the stabbing at the 76 Gas station at 46840 Warm Springs Blvd. Tuesday at 5:55 p.m., ...

  • UC Berkeley commencement Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gives graduates a happiness equation

    BERKELEY -- Apple-co-founder Steve Wozniak sent UC Berkeley graduates into the world Saturday with a freewheeling and informal commencement speech -- and two mathematical formulas a fifth-grader could understand:1) Happiness equals S minus F (smiles minus frowns).2) Happiness equals F cubed -- food, fun and friends."I said this once at my high school, and the kids started laughing," he ...

  • Netflix Soars on Earnings Report

    POSTED April 23, 2013 LOS GATOS -- Netflix reported stellar earnings for the first quarter sending its shares rocketing 25% to over $210. The company reported $1.02 billion in revenues and net income of $2.6 million. Revenues were up nearly 20% from a year ...


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Movie Review

Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Steven Soderbergh's film of Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem's Solaris was advertised as a romance during its theatrical release, which is not entirely inaccurate, depending on what your definition is of a romantic movie. Solaris is a love story, but it's not exactly a date movie, unless your date is a graduate student in philosophy. Rather, it is a difficult and enigmatic exploration ... ...

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  • Plea For Help For Families Devastated By Fire In Redwood City

    REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF) — Redwood City officials were asking for the public’s help for families who lost everything in an apartment building fire in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood last week. The fire at the five-unit apartment building early Wednesday morning left two residents with minor injuries and displaced 26 people, according to fire and city officials. The ...

  • Oxbow Upsets Orb In Preakness

    Gary Stevens celebrates atop of Oxbow #6 as he crosses the finish line to win the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 18, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Justin Heiman/Getty ...

  • CHP Officer Working on Amgen Hit by Car

    The officer was providing forward traffic control for the race. The CHP said he collided with a car on Marsh Creek Road, just east of Deer Valley ...

  • Tesla Reports First Profit

    POSTED May 9, 2013 PALO ALTO -- Tesla Motors announced the first profitable quarter in its 10 year history with a profit of $11.2 million. Tesla revenues were $561.7 million for the first quarter up over 18 times from a year ago. During Q1, Tesla consistently produced 400 or more Model S vehicles per week, for a total of over 5,000 during the quarter. The company recognized 4,900 vehicles as ...

  • Thousands Turn Out for Free Trip to the Dentist

    The lines outside the San Jose Convention Center started forming Friday morning as the first people began to wait their turn to get free dental ...

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