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  • Oakland to compensate cops for dressing time

    San Francisco Chronicle – Thu Dec 10, 9:34 pm ET  

    The city of Oakland is expected to pay $1.75 million in legal fees and will offer vacation time and money to police officers who claimed in a lawsuit that they had been underpaid for working extra hours and for the time they spent putting on their uniforms,... Full Story »

  • Assembly getting its first openly gay speaker

    San Francisco Chronicle – Thu Dec 10, 9:19 pm ET  

    Assemblyman John Pérez, an openly gay Latino Democrat from Los Angeles, made history Thursday when he was unanimously chosen by the Assembly's Democratic Caucus to succeed Karen Bass as the lower house's leader. Pérez, a freshman lawmaker who is expected to... Full Story »

  • Alamo robbery suspect was about to lose home

    San Francisco Chronicle – Thu Dec 10, 8:26 pm ET  

    A 50-year-old Alamo contractor accused of shooting a jewelry-store owner was on the verge of losing his cul-de-sac home and intended to rob a man he had treated as a friend in a desperate attempt to stay afloat, a prosecutor said Thursday. Thomas Paul Bennett... Full Story »

  • Dino discovery supports migration theory

    San Francisco Chronicle – Thu Dec 10, 7:49 pm ET  

    Dinosaur hunters digging in a New Mexico quarry have unearthed the fossil bones of an early meat-eating beast whose remains tell a remarkable story of evolution that started more than 200 million years ago when the whole world was one supercontinent known as... Full Story »

  • Muni slasher suspect charged in fifth attack

    San Francisco Chronicle – Thu Dec 10, 7:26 pm ET  

    A man already accused of four random stabbings in San Francisco, including attacks on a woman and an 11-year-old boy riding Muni, was charged Thursday with another slashing on a Muni Metro train. Bobby L. Brown Jr., 30, allegedly stabbed a 40-year-old woman... Full Story »

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CBS 5 Bay Area

  • No Early Lineups For Santa Clara Co. H1N1 Clinics

    CBS 5 Bay Area – 46 mins ago  

    The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is holding another round of H1N1 vaccination clinics this weekend, but arriving at 3:30 a.m. to wait in line is no longer an option. Full Story »

  • Vallejo Police Defend Security Guards At Six Flags

    CBS 5 Bay Area – 53 mins ago  

    Last month, CBS 5 Investigates told you about visitors to a Bay Area theme park who say they were beaten by security guards. Now there are serious questions about how local police handled many of those cases. Full Story »

  • San Pablo Woman Shot On AC Transit Bus

    CBS 5 Bay Area – 1 hr 17 mins ago  

    A 51-year-old woman was shot in the stomach during an apparent robbery attempt on an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Bus in San Pablo Thursday afternoon, officials said. The shooting occurred at 1:40 p.m. on the 72-line on San Pablo Avenue near Laurie Lane, AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson said. Full Story »

  • Conviction Upheld 2004 SF Fort Funston Death

    CBS 5 Bay Area – 2 hrs 1 min ago  

    A state appeals court has upheld the voluntary manslaughter conviction and 21-year prison sentence of a woman who, at age 16, helped to lure a Russian immigrant to a remote area of San Francisco and then shot him. Full Story »

  • Democrats Pick LA Lawmaker As New Assembly Speaker

    CBS 5 Bay Area – 2 hrs 23 mins ago  

    Democrats settled an internal dispute Thursday by selecting a Los Angeles union organizer to be the next speaker of the California Assembly. They unanimously backed Assemblyman John Perez, chairman of the Assembly Democratic Caucus. His nomination for the post, among the most powerful positions in state government, marked another milestone for the 80-member house. Full Story »

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Contra Costa Times

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

  • Warning from Healdsburg's new mayor

    The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 10:05 pm ET  

    By CLARK MASON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Healdsburg’s new mayor believes 2010 could be the year citizens feel the effect of budget woes. “For the last year, I’ve been telling my fellow council members 2010 will be more challenging than 2009,” said Jim Wood, who was unanimously selected to serve as mayor for the coming year. He replaces outgoing mayor Eric Ziedrich. Full Story »

  • Christmas joy: Piner students donate toys to elementary students

    The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 9:35 pm ET  

    By JULIE JOHNSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Five-year-old Ailton Orozco could barely contain his ear-to-ear grin Thursday as he jumped up to Santa Claus. Santa was sitting at the front of Ailton’s classroom at Monroe Elementary School in west Santa Rosa and pulled a toy out of his sack. “Oooh, a car!” Ailton said, and he clutched the toy to his stomach. Full Story »

  • Barbose takes over as Sonoma Mayor

    The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 9:35 pm ET  

    Steve Barbose, a Sonoma City Councilman since 2006, has taken over as the city's mayor for 2010. Barbose, 61, will preside over meetings and be the face of the five-member City Council, taking over from longtime Councilman Ken Brown, who handed over the gavel last week. Full Story »

  • Ronald W. Sykes

    The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 9:20 pm ET  

    By BLEYS W. ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Ronald W. Sykes, who served as an executive in several high technology manufacturing companies in Sonoma County including Optical Coating Laboratory, has died at his Sebastopol home at the age of 77. He and his family had lived in Sonoma County since 1974. He died on Nov. 26. Full Story »

  • Santa Rosa winery to pay $3 million to teen injured in DUI

    The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 9:05 pm ET  

    By PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A Santa Rosa winery has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a Sebastopol man who was permanently disabled in an alcohol-related car crash in 2006. Full Story »

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Oakland Tribune

Napa Valley Register

  • Midday Bay Area news highlights

    Napa Valley Register – Thu Dec 10, 4:25 pm ET  

    Dozens of San Francisco State University students who occupied a building on campus were arrested this morning after a 24-hour protest of budget cuts and fee hikes to the state's public university system. Full Story »

  • Work under way to clean old warships in Suisun Bay

    Napa Valley Register – Thu Dec 10, 4:24 pm ET  

    SAN FRANCISCO — Work is under way to clean the first vessels removed from a fleet of decaying warships shedding toxic paint into waters near San Francisco Bay. Full Story »

  • Braves on the brink

    Napa Valley Register – Thu Dec 10, 3:25 am ET  

    Two months ago, in the wake of a 42-0 drubbing of his Braves, Justin-Siena High School varsity head football coach Rich Cotruvo offered what sounds like a typical sports cliché. Full Story »

  • $400k in budget cuts possible in American Canyon

    Napa Valley Register – Thu Dec 10, 3:25 am ET  

    American Canyon City Manager Rich Ramirez unveiled Tuesday what may be the first $400,000 of up to $1.5 million in eventual cuts to the city budget. Full Story »

  • Domestic violence arrest in Napa

    Napa Valley Register – Thu Dec 10, 3:25 am ET  

    A Napa man was arrested after he allegedly shoved a woman during an argument Tuesday. Full Story »

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