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  • Veteran of Richmonds neighborhood wars changes life

    Eric Welch, a fellow with the City of Richmond's Office of Neighborhood Safety, visits one of the four locations where he was shot in Richmond on May 7, 2013. Welch is moving on from his rough background and has been chosen to serve as Summer Policy Fellow for the Campaign for Youth Justice in Washington, D.C., this ...

  • Famed Dancer Dorothy Toy Reveals How Rival Sabotaged Career

    OAKLAND (KPIX 5) - Known as the ';Chinese Ginger Rogers,'; Dorothy Toy was one of the most famous dancers in the Bay Area. But a deep, dark secret revealed by a jealous rival sabotaged her dreams. Now 95 and living in Oakland, Toy just recently hung up her dancing shoes. She was one half of a famous dancing act that got its start in the 1930s and 40s. Dorothy Toy and Paul Wing were ...

  • San Jose Sabercats Coach Accused Of Attacking Opposing Team Exec

    Cedric Walker, a defensive coordinator with the San Jose Sabercats, is accused of attacking Jacksonville Sharks assistant general manager Tim Johnson following a game on May 18, 2013. (Jacksonville Sheriff’s ...

  • 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 ...


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Cop Out

Cop Out

Its no secret that Kevin Smith has been trying to reboot the Fletch franchise for the better part of the past decade, and the fact that Cop Out features a suspiciously similar synth score by Fletch composer Harold Faltermeyer and ends with Stephanie Mills Bit by Bit (Theme Fr ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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