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  • Birds Shot by Bay Area Airports

    Under federal law, all major airports can apply for a permit to shoot birds out of the sky when they pose threat to airplanes. It’s a little known program designed to keep travelers ...

  • Straily Cespedes Lead A’s Past Rangers

    Starting pitcher Dan Straily #67 of the Oakland Athletics throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on May 21, 2013 in Arlington, Texas. (Brandon Wade/Getty ...

  • Giants’ Affeldt Grows To Love Open-Minded Bay Area

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) When Jeremy Affeldt came to the Bay Area as an opposing player, he refused to leave his hotel room aside from going to and from the ballpark. He was admittedly ...

  • Oakland Startups May Tap Into Kiva Micro-Lending

    Oakland's city council is set to vote on an idea that could help small businesses get off the ground. It's a proposal to partner with Kiva.org, a non-profit micro-lending organization based in San Francisco. Cheryl Hurd ...

  • New Tool Helps Healthcare Consumers

    California's HealthCare Foundation releases an update to its searchable map allowing residents and doctors to search and compare the frequency of more procedures in communities throughout the ...


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Movie Review

Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

Humans are strange, emotional creatures, and sometimes we react to each other in unexpected ways. It is easy for a person to become caught up, fascinated with someone else, often blurring the line between interest and obsession. With the advent of movies and television, it has become even easier, because the screen gives us a plethora of beautiful, fascinating subjects to observe and wonder about. ... ...

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  • Details emerge in slaying of two teenage Oakland girls last year

    OAKLAND -- The slaughter of two teenage girls near Brookdale Park last November was sparked by an adolescent relationship squabble, a witness testified in court Tuesday.Raquel Gerstel, 15, and Bobbie Sartain, 16, were gunned down in the early morning hours of Nov. 25 after a teenager they were hanging out with announced that he had another woman coming to meet them, a 16-year-old witness ...

  • Fire Spreads to Two San Jose Homes

    The first fire was reported at 4 p.m. on Warner Driver. Crews said they were able to knock it down, but not before embers from that first drifted down on a neighbors ...

  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland fined $142970 for safety violations

    State regulators have fined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland $142,970 for not properly isolating nearly two dozen patients suspected of having tuberculosis.The hospital failed to put the patients in appropriately ventilated rooms to prevent the disease from spreading to other patients and hospital employees, Cal-OSHA said.As it turned out, none of these patients tested positive for ...

  • San Francisco’s Political Leaders Ecstatic About Hosting Super Bowl L

    SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The rotunda at San Francisco's City Hall was packed full of Warriors fans on Tuesday when Mayor Ed Lee was passed a note and a big smile broke out on his face. The city's political and civic leaders were gathered for a Warrior's Day celebration, but it was the news about another sport that Lee was reacting to. You didn't have to be a mind reader to ...

  • Poll Finds Teens Migrating From Facebook To Twitter

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/ AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many ...

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