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  • Angels startups visit San Jose

    /enpproperty--> A 30-member delegation of startup leaders, angel investors and venture capitalists from Hong Kong arrived in San Jose on Monday to have broad-ranging discussions on information and communications technology. The delegation, led by Herman Lam, CEO of Cyberport Management Company Ltd, was hosted by its Silicon Valley partner Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA), ...

  • BARTs Labor Contract Deadline Nears

    Union members on Thursday will hand out information to BART riders to let them know the current labor contract expires June 30, and no deal has yet to be made. Jean Elle ...

  • Saratoga Residents Riled Up Over Future Bar

    Residents fear the downtown bar will change the character and quietness of the neighborhood. Supporters, however, say the new business will breathe life into a downtown that needs ...

  • Movie Opens Up Old Wounds for Oscar Grants Mother

    At Thursday night's private screening of "Fruitvale Station" at Oakland's Grand Lake Theater , Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant, will be watching it for the third time. She expects it once again to be ...

  • Special Graduation Held for African American Men

    The foundation donated more than $1 million this year to make sure some 500 African American men from nearly every high school in the Bay Area make it to ...


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Movie Review

M*A*S*H [Blu-Ray]

M*A*S*H [Blu-Ray]

One of director Robert Altmans favorite ways of describing how M*A*S*H got into theaters is, It wasn't released from 20th Century Fox ... it escaped. Ahead of its time and still one of the most effectively subversive comedies ever to emerge from a major studio, it is of little surprise that ... ...

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  • Resurgent roller derby scene less like a show than before

    During the workday, Tina Gerlach, of Dublin, spends her time focusing on new construction projects for the Dublin Unified School District. Oakland's Jen Atherley works as a marketing professional. And Nelia Gonzalez of Tracy is a busy property manager and loving grandmother.Several days a week, however, when the workday ends, these three women strap on helmets, protective padding and quad ...

  • Ex-Fremont Teacher Charged With Molesting Student

    FREMONT (CBS SF) — A former Fremont schoolteacher who was convicted more than 10 years ago of possessing child pornography faces new charges that he sodomized a boy in his classroom in the late 1990s. Michael Schoop, 63, of Pleasanton, was arrested on the new charges last week and is being held in the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of $410,000 in bail. The Alameda County District ...

  • ConsumerWatch New Bay Area Energy Firm Draws Complaints

    SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Deregulation of the energy industry allows California consumers a chance to shop around for gas and electricity providers. But consumers should watch out for pressure tactics to switch. Karla Gallardo said she was duped, by a salesman who recently came knocking at her door. "They wanted to know if we qualified for one of the PG&E discount programs," ...

  • Oakland Non Profit Praised By White House

    Michele Clark says she was flattered to be singled out by the White House for being innovative and cutting edge. Still, she feels the real success of her organization, Youth Employment Partnership, is something old-fashioned: getting young people ...

  • Berkeley Second man charged in February slaying

    BERKELEY -- Two men were charged with murder Wednesday for the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Zontee Jones in broad daylight in Berkeley in February. Jevon Calland, 21, had a motive to harm Jones and had threatened him in front of witnesses the day before Jones was shot to death, Berkeley police officer Jesse Grant said in a statement filed in court. Jones was found shot in the 1000 block of ...

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