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Construction Boom Hits the South Bay
The founder of Barry Swenson Builder, a San Jose general contractor, has never been busier. He has $300-million dollars in home and commercial construction projects going right now, including two hotels near Mineta San Jose International Airport and a multi-unit housing project going up at San Carlos and Meridian in the city’s Midtown ...
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Accused Naked BART Acrobat Rearrested Faces Several Charges
allegedly harassed passengers while naked at the 16th Street BART station in an incident caught on video last month. The San Francisco District Attorney's office told KCBS that 24-year-old Yeiner Perez is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon on two counts of false imprisonment, four counts of battery and one count of sexual ...
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Family considers moving after shooting injures 11-year-old boy
A little blood is left on the mattress near the bullet hole in the wall at the Tran family home in West Oakland, Calif. on Monday, June 17, 2013. Bullets riddled the Tran family home early Sunday as a gun battle took place outside. Phuc Tran, 11, was hit in the arm while asleep in his bed. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News ...
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SF Muni Muggers Hunted After Attack On 67-Year-old
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – San Francisco police hope someone recognizes the two young women seen carrying out a mugging on a San Francisco Muni Train last week. In surveillance footage released Monday, the women approach a seated 67-year-old, punching her in the face and then taking off with her purse and cell ...
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Byclist Killed by Hit and Run Driver San Jose Police
San Jose police said dispatchers received a 911 call at 3:25 p.m. with a report of a male down in the street in the area of Highway 87 and Taylor ...
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Movie Review
The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) [DVD]
The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse dor) was the first film Jean Renoir made after returning from a more than decade-long stint in Hollywood after the disastrous reception of The Rules of the Game (1939), which is now considered his masterpiece. While some critics have ... ...
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Armed Man On San Francisco Overpass Shuts Down Caltrain Service
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Police activity near Caltrain’s 22nd Street station in SanFrancisco has shut down Caltrain service Monday evening. Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said San Francisco police are working to apprehend an armed man on an overpass above the ...
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Petaluma Fire Contained Before Damaging Homes
PETALUMA (CBS SF) – A two-alarm vegetation fire outside of Petaluma has been contained to about 20 acres, a Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District spokesman said. The fire, initially reported at 5 acres, was reported in the 1100 block of Thompson Lane at 3:23 p.m., spokesman Dave Welch said. The blaze spread to 20 acres and was bumping up against residences, Welch ...
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Netflix Cuts Original Programming Deal With Dreamworks
LOS GATOS (CBS / AP) — Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content. Though financial details were not disclosed, Netflix Inc. said the agreement includes more than 300 hours of new TV episodes in a multi-year deal. Analysts estimated the contract ...
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San Jose Earthquakes Quietly Build South Bays Other Stadium
The Earthquakes -- who play the football known as soccer in the United States -- are building a new home of their own next to Mineta San Jose International ...
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49ers Yahoo Ink Exclusive Deal
Flickr users will see photos posted on the big screen at Levi's Stadium and will also have exclusive access to Yahoo Fantasy Football under a deal inked between team and tech ...
Making headlines
Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
Hotel Review
The Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, Canada
This spectacularly located waterfront hotel backs on to the CBD and the Gas Light district at Canada Place, adjoining the ...
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