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  • Giants ATT Park Concession Workers Call One Day Strike

    The workers dispute isn't against the Giants. The workers are employed by a company called Centerplate, which is the San Francisco Giants’ food and beverage ...

  • Home For Sale in Almaden Valley Catches Fire

    Five people were displaced in a house fire this morning in San Jose, fire officials said. Crews responded to a report of a fire at a structure on Timberview Court at about 4:30 a.m., according to fire officials. That is in the Almaden Valley portion of San ...

  • Narsai David Book Review A History Of Food In 100 Recipes

    is an utterly fascinating hybrid of a cook book and a history book. Of course, no two people trying to write the history of food would pick exactly the same recipes. Here are a few of Sitwell's choices that really caught my ...

  • Turkish Premier visits Silicon Valley

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Silicon Valley to see latest informatics developments SAN FRANCISCO - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "We wanted to see the latest developments in informatics sector by visiting the Silicon Valley before we hold a bid for FATIH project because we plan to realize a similar project in Istanbul." Turkish Prime Minister ...

  • White House Agrees DOMA Should Be Repealed But Dianne Feinstein Not A Traitor

    WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) listens during a news conference on gay marriage on Capitol Hill on March 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. Feinstein and sixteen other Democrats introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Given how excited people get about taxes, it is surprising ...


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Chinatown [Blu-Ray]

Chinatown [Blu-Ray]

Roman Polanskis Chinatown is one of the great masterworks of 70s American cinema and an apex of the decades obsession with genre revisionism. Along with Coppolas The Godfather (1972), Altmans Nashville (1975), and Spielbergs Jaws (1975), whic ... ...

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  • Silicon Valley investors bet on Tesla as electric car age arrives

    Tesla again boosted investor confidence by repaying a US$465 million US government energy loan nine years early. The payback comes after Tesla's higher-than-expected sales forecast and its newly launched Model S sedan, which is receiving some rave reviews. "Confidence from investors stems from a range of factors and recent announcements," says the Tesla spokesman Karl Berridge. ...

  • Walnut Creek Las Lomas High School wrestler dies suddenly of brain aneurysm

    WALNUT CREEK -- With just two weeks left until school lets out for summer, the Las Lomas High School community has suffered a devastating blow with the loss of 18-year-old junior Amir Khakimov, a fierce competitor and athlete who died Tuesday from bleeding in the brain. A student known for his smile and called by his wrestling coach "the glue" that held the team together, Khakimov had ...

  • A family remembers a fallen soldier

    ALAMEDA -- A shadow of uneasiness fell upon Stephanie Fisher that night as she talked with her son while he prepared to leave for Afghanistan on his third combat tour."I felt the worst kind of dread," Fisher said. "It was deep and dark and all-consuming. I told him, 'Just say you can't go right now.' He said, 'Mom, I have the same feeling as you.'" ...

  • Lyft Takes Off With $60 Million

    -- Lyft, a mobile ridesharing app, has received $60 million in Series C funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Mayfield Fund and Founders Fund. The company launched last June offering a ridesharing app in San Francisco and is now offering 30,000 rides a week. It now is available in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. The funding will be used to help Lyft to expand to more ...

  • HP to Sell $169 Android Tablet

    POSTED February 27, 2013 PALO ALTO -- HP announced plans in April to sell the Slate, an affordable Android Jelly Bean consumer tablet that provides customers with easy access to Google Mobile services with a starting price of $169.With a 7-inch diagonal screen and weighing 13 ounces, the HP Slate is an ideal trusted personal companion, featuring a stainless-steel frame and soft black paint in ...

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