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  • Superbowl host choice to be announced today in Santa Claras council chambers

    Superbowl today, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The City of Santa Clara will be one of many hosting meetings for residents and public, with City of Santa Clara leaders, staff and community members gathering together in the city council chambers to watch the results of the NFL's choice of the city that will host Super Bowl L. in ...

  • East Palo Alto Police Chief Declaring ‘Crime Emergency’

    Sunday’s killing of a teenager , police Chief Ronald Davis is calling a ';crime emergency'; for the department, which will take effect on Tuesday. Declaring a ';crime emergency'; allows the department to cancel days off and make assignment changes as needed. It will more than double the number of patrol officers in the field during critical time periods, Capt. Carl ...

  • Green Beret from Hayward buried in Arlington National Cemetery

    A Green Beret from Hayward who died of injuries sustained in combat in Afghanistan was laid to rest Monday with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.Sgt. 1st Class James Grissom's family, including his wife, parents and sister, attended the burial of his cremated remains.The family chose Arlington in Virginia over other military cemeteries, said his father, Jim Grissom, of ...

  • Fire danger again peaks as temperatures climb across Bay Area

    Forecasters say the high temperatures that moved in Monday should dissipate through the week's end, but state and city fire officials said they still plan to keep an eye on hills and other land covered with dry brush throughout the Bay Area.That danger was on display Monday, as several brush fires drew quick, strong responses from firefighters in Oakland, Orinda and San Jose. There were no ...

  • Vogelsong Injures Hand Giants Shut Out Nationals

    Trainer Mark Gruesbeck (L) of the San Francisco Giants looks at the pitching hand of Ryan Vogelsong #32 after Vogelsong was hit in the hand by a pitch against the Washington Nationals in the fifth inning at AT&T Park on May 20, 2013 in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...


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Movie Review

The Postman (Il Postino)

Michael Radford's "The Postman (Il Postino)" is the beautiful and moving story of an unlikely friendship between a simple man and a profound poet. The man, Mario Ruppolo (brought to life with wonderful charm and feeling by the late Massimo Troisi) is a postman on a small Italian island in the early 1950s. The island is so small and backward that everyone seems to be either an illiterate fisherman ... ...

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  • Seven Arrested in Bay Area Security Officers’ Protest over Income Inequality www.privateofficer.com

    –In the heart of San Francisco’s wealthy financial district, seven people were arrested yesterday while blocking traffic at the intersection of Pine and Montgomery Streets in a security officers protest over Bay Area income inequality. ';I’m a fourth-generation San Franciscan,'; says security officer Matt Roberts. ';The middle class built this city and made it ...

  • Smith Colon Lead A’s Past Rangers

    Bartolo Colon #40 of the Oakland Athletics throws in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on May 20, 2013 in Arlington, Texas. (Rick Yeatts/Getty ...

  • San Mateo Ice Rink Fights Forced Closure

    The owner of the space that houses a San Mateo ice rink has chosen not to renew its lease. The rink operators are fighting to stay open. Cherly Hurd ...

  • San Jose Abandons Century-Old Trestle

    Canneries used the trestle to transport the canned good from the Del Monte and other factories, to the train stations for shipment across the ...

  • Teacher accused of molesting students used recess activities as cover police say

    UNION CITY -- Police say third-grade teacher Michael Howey made sure he had extracurricular activities for girls -- specifically arts and crafts, during recess for a choice group of students who made his "cutiest (sic) girl list."Howey, 47, who now faces dozens of charges related to inappropriate behavior with his students, sent the other girls and the boys to the playground, court ...

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