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  • BART to Assess Police Reforms Since Oscar Grant Shooting

    Retired BART police chief will return to begin an assessment of the department's reforms since the shooting death of Oscar Grant. Terry McSweeney ...

  • City of Calistoga Removes Gay Pride Flag

    Mayor Chris Canning says the complaints were about the process, or the lack of public process, of why the flag was raised and not about the ...

  • Boy 6 dies after being attacked by family dog in Union City

    UNION CITY -- What may have begun as typical child's play ended in a "tragic accident" Monday morning, police said, as a 6-year-old boy died after being bitten by the family dog at a Union City home.The boy, identified as Nephi Selu, was playing in the backyard of his grandparents' home in the 32400 block of Elizabeth Way just after 11:30 a.m. when the dog -- a young pit bull ...

  • Urban harvesting takes root in Bay Area

    For years, Barbara Stackhouse would go out every spring with her husband, Richard, to pick oranges from three big trees in her backyard in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The couple would give the juicy navels and Valencias to friends, family members and neighbors.But as they got older, climbing ladders and hauling down all those oranges wasn't possible any more. "They fall. ...

  • Giants Score Twice In 8th Defeat Padres

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Juan Perez hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 5-4 on Tuesday night, snapping the Padres’ seven-game winning ...


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Captain America: The First Avenger [Blu-Ray]

Captain America: The First Avenger [Blu-Ray]

Following Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger was the summer of 2011s second big-budget action juggernaut based on a second-tier Marvel superhero, with both playing as necessary precursors to next summers superhero mash-up The Avengers ... ...

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  • South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels

    SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...

  • SF Mayor Celebrates Pride Month Weighs In On Prop. 8 Case

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee raised the LGBT rainbow flag at City Hall late Tuesday morning, ushering in Pride Month and optimism about an upcoming decision on marriage equality from the U.S. Supreme Court. Standing on the mayor’s balcony at 11 a.m., Lee unfurled the multi-colored flag, about two weeks before the annual Pride parade and accompanying ...

  • Grass Fire Burns More Than 140 Acres In Benicia

    BENICIA (CBS SF) — A grass fire burning in an open space area in Benicia that grew to 142 acres Tuesday is now 80 percent contained, fire officials said. Crews responded to reports of a fire near an industrial park in the 4500 block of California Court around 2:20 p.m., according to a Benicia fire dispatcher. The fire, which is burning near Lake Herman Road about a mile west of ...

  • 5 Things Learned In Game 3 Of Stanley Cup Finals

    BOSTON (AP) - Five things learned in the Boston Bruins’ win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night: ___ SUPAH TUUKKA: Tuukka Rask is proving the Bruins right for putting their faith in him. Rask watched the Bruins’ entire 2011 Stanley Cup run from the bench while Tim Thomas led Boston to the NHL title, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the ...

  • Phil Matier Brown Demonstrates Political Savvy With Unions Over Pay Raise

    SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The union representing 95,000 state employees have reached a tentative contract agreement that includes a 4.5 percent pay raise over a two-year ...

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