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  • 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 ...

  • BART Warns Passengers Of Potential Strike In Coming Weeks

    OAKLAND (KCBS)-- BART is warning its passengers that there could be a strike by one or more of its employee unions in the next several weeks, but one union representative thinks that warning is coming a little too soon. BART Spokesperson Alicia Trost said they are working with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on a strike-contingency plan and that the agency has posted a warning on ...

  • Some Bay Area School Districts To See Increase In State Funding

    OAKLAND (KCBS)-- Oakland Unified, San Francisco Unified and other Bay Area school districts will see significant increases in state funding now that the legislature has passed a budget. The only thing they need now is Governor Brown's signature. On Friday the Legislature passed the state budget and a bill that changes state funding for California schools by giving more money to districts ...

  • Your Medical Records Could Be Sold on Black Market

    Your doctor's name, your past illnesses and medical history, even the kind of medicine you take - these are the types of personal details for sale in a multimillion dollar underground ...

  • Goleta Sues Department of Finance Over Funds for San Jose Creek Project

    The City of Goleta filed a lawsuit late yesterday against the California Department of Finance (DOF) regarding the money earmarked to complete the public safety improvements to the San Jose ...


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Movie Review

Magnolia [DVD]

Magnolia [DVD]

Watching P.T. Anderson's "Magnolia" is like moving deep into the heart of a vertiginous spiral. "Magnolia" takes place over one day in Los Angeles and tells interlocking stories involving a dozen different characters. The first hour and a half of the film takes its time setting up these characters and giving them each large chunks of screen time. It is like moving along the wide, gently arching o ... ...

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  • CPUC Safety Award Questioned

    CPUC president Michael Peevey for his commitment to safety at the state capitol Monday night. Peevey is scheduled to vote later this year on the size and details of the penalty for PG&E’s role in the San Bruno pipeline explosion in Sept. ...

  • Richmond City Official Faces Blight Charge

    City officials are going after him by threatening a lawsuit to clean it up. Booze said he keeps the items in his Richmond storage yard under lock and ...

  • Reward fund swells to $30000 in slaying of Emeryville man last week

    OAKLAND -- As the reward for information leading to Emeryville resident Aya Nakano's killer grew to more than $30,000 Tuesday, friends and family said goodbye to a young man with an intense love for basketball and a passion for Motown and soul music.Nakano, 22, who was gunned down last week after an unknown driver rear-ended him, was remembered as a guy who loved to tease and poke fun at ...

  • Fruitvale Station private screening to be held in Oakland

    (L-R) MICHAEL JAMES, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, TRESTIN GEORGE, THOMAS WRIGHT, KEVIN DURAND and ALEJANDRA NOLASCO star in FRUITVALE STATION The Weinstein Company. All Rights ...

  • 2-Alarm Fire Burning In San Francisco’s Tenderloin

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Firefighters are responding to a two-alarm fire in the San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday evening, a fire dispatcher ...

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