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GameDay Should The Strike Zone Be Automated

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — So I'm listening to the Giants game the other day and the broadcasters were remarking about the umpire's strike zone. "He likes the low strike," was the comment. The conversation evolved into the different strike zones of various umpires, some high, some low, some outside, some inside. Really? Is that what they refer to as the "human ...
Boy Scouts Lift Ban on Gay Members

The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to change 103-year-old policy that turned away and kicked out openly gay scouts. Stephanie Chuang ...
Delays Revealed In Rescuing Longshoreman At Port Of Oakland

OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Nearly a week after a longshoreman’s body was found inside his sunken pickup at the Port of Oakland, authorities reveal there were numerous delays in the efforts to rescue him. The longshoreman was in his truck when ...
Homeless in Silicon Valley

Investigative journalist Bill Moyers takes a look at poverty and the homeless in Silicon Valley despite the area's tremendous wealth creation over the past decade from Google, Facebook, Oracle and ...
Bay Bridge bolt maker says report exonerates it from blame

A broken anchor rod rises up next to still-tensioned rods on a shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans showed off the rods and some of the techniques they are using to monitor and test other installed anchor rods as they design a fix for the compromised hardware. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ...

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Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks, a comedy in which smug, wealthy men hold a monthly dinner party as a contest to see who can find the biggest dolt to invite, is now in its third incarnation, after having been a 1998 French film written and directed by the venerable Francis Veber ... ...

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Clockwork Alchemy brings Steampunk and tea to San Jose

Steampunk convention associated with FanimeCon, has returned to San Jose's DoubleTree Hotel for the second year. Featuring dance, art, crafts, writing, music, fashion and food within the Steampunk aesthetic, because the genre is tied to Victoriana, tea will always be available whenever convention attendees want ...
Group Discusses Restaurant Scores for Silicon Valley

An advisory group of restaurant owners, health professionals, and consumers officially met for the first time today to discuss the positives and negatives of a restaurant scoring system in Santa Clara ...
Scouting leaders parents react to rule change allowing gay Scouts

Scouts for Equality holds a rally to call for equality and inclusion for gays in the Boy Scouts of America at the Boy Scout Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 22 2013. On Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, the Boy Scouts of America's National Council will meet to consider changes to its policy on homosexuals. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca ...
Antioch Hospital Patient Who Jumped Into Canal Identified

ANTIOCH (CBS SF) — A man whose body was discovered in the Contra Costa Canal nearly two days after he left a local emergency room and jumped into the waterway has been identified. A Contra Costa County coroner’s deputy said 48-year-old Brentwood man Saul Hernandez was found in the canal on Wednesday during an ongoing search of the ...
Condi John Doerr Obama join virtual immigration march

The March for Innovation website urges immigration reform advocates to lobby policymakers. If you've been on Twitter this week, you may have seen the hashtag #iMarch. You may have also seen it on newly acquired Tumblr, Facebook or a host of other social media channels. On May 22 and 23, a group of immigration reform advocates spearheaded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with backing ...

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This substantial hotel is easily accessed on Century Boulevarde. Driving in to the entrance area, the hotel main lobby greets ...

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Teenage Indian hacker gets paid by US organization for dropping off college

An Indian immigrant is set to become the most accomplished hacker in US as he is being paid for dropping college studies and engaging himself in Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial environment.

Diwank Singh Tomer, 19 has enrolled himself with the Facebook's first investor and the co-founder and former CEO of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who is paying 100,000 dollars to 20 teenagers to launch a business of their own, ABC News reports.

Tomer, who is designing an interactive learning environment with funding from the Thiel Foundation, had dropped out from an Indian University after continuing only for less than a month when the computer science major realized that he can launch a startup to help people learn to code while learning coding basics himself.

Tomer said that he believes that dropping out is an important part of the growing up process, adding that instead of promoting students to ask questions, traditional Indian schools force the students to only appear smart.

The unconventional entrepreneur also said that people learn best when they have access to mentors and the ability to learn in a way that suits them.

The Thiel Foundation mentors the young entrepreneurs during the two year fellowship as they pursue advance studies and practices in everything from robotics to fashion but does not entitle them to join school or get employed during the period without special approval from the foundation. ...