Sunnyvale News

San Jose Mercury News

• Palo Alto man's body was decomposing in covered public pool

  San Jose Mercury News – 1 hr 13 mins ago  

  The San Mateo County coroner's office has identified the body found decomposing in a covered public swimming pool in Redwood City Thursday as a 21-year-old Palo Alto man. Full Story »

• San Jose keeps lid on litigation costs

  San Jose Mercury News – Sat Nov 7, 7:44 am ET  

  Watchdog group finds San Jose better than most big California cities at tamping down multi-million dollar legal costs. Full Story »

• Pro surfer in California says shark broke his board — and his nerve

  San Jose Mercury News – Sat Nov 7, 1:29 am ET  

  Pro surfer Eric Geiselman of Florida had his surfboard broken in half by what he thinks was a great white shark Thursday evening while he was surfing near Davenport. Full Story »

• Detective: Palo Alto real estate agent Jennifer Schipsi apparently was strangled

  San Jose Mercury News – Sat Nov 7, 1:14 am ET  

  Jennifer Schipsi, the real estate agent found dead after a Palo Alto house fire Oct. 15, appeared to have been strangled, according to a police affidavit unsealed Friday. Full Story »

• Santa Cruz: Crab season opens today for sport fisherman

  San Jose Mercury News – Sat Nov 7, 1:14 am ET  

  A good crab season is especially important for local fishermen, as federal regulators canceled salmon season this year for the second year in a row.    My Town: Central Coast | More My Town pages Full Story »

San Francisco Chronicle

• Palo Alto man, 21, identified as pool body

  San Francisco Chronicle – 46 mins ago  

  A body found decomposing in a public swimming pool in Redwood City has been identified as that of a 21-year-old Palo Alto man, authorities said today. Gabriel Estrada Contreras' body was found Thursday afternoon at the Hoover Park city pool by a maintenance... Full Story »

• Man slain in S.F.'s Crocker Amazon

  San Francisco Chronicle – 1 hr 16 mins ago  

  A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car in the Crocker Amazon neighborhood of San Francisco was found mortally injured by officers responding to reports of an assault, a police spokesman said today. Police were called to Cordova and Munich streets (... Full Story »

• $19.5 million settles Shell environmental suit

  San Francisco Chronicle – Sat Nov 7, 3:34 am ET  

  Shell Oil Co. will pay $19.5 million to settle a lawsuit that accused it of violating rules on hazardous waste, underground fuel storage and other environmental regulations at its gas stations in California, Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday. The... Full Story »

• State prisons plan to expand psychiatric care

  San Francisco Chronicle – Sat Nov 7, 3:34 am ET  

  State prison officials announced a five-year plan Friday to add beds and treatment space for about 2,600 mentally ill inmates, in response to years of federal court rulings that found substandard psychiatric care in California's penal institutions. Most of... Full Story »

• Another crash on Bay Bridge S-curve

  San Francisco Chronicle – Sat Nov 7, 3:34 am ET  

  Another day, another Bay Bridge commute slowed to a halt by an accident at the famed S-curve. On Friday morning, a motorcyclist rear-ended a truck that resulted in a broken leg for the motorcyclist and an hourlong delay for San Francisco-bound drivers. The... Full Story »

The Sunnyvale Sun

• Los Gatos school runners are outstanding in a pair of tough middle school cross country meets

  The Sunnyvale Sun – Fri Nov 6, 12:13 pm ET  

  Cupertino Middle School runner Giorgio Liatono posted the fastest time of any competitor at the Silicon Valley middle school cross country championships, Oct. Full Story »

• Commentary: Test drivers by asking the appropriate questions

  The Sunnyvale Sun – Fri Nov 6, 11:43 am ET  

  One night a couple of weeks ago, while sitting in some late-evening commute traffic, I caught a piece of a radio talk show . Full Story »

• Commentary: A time when 'lighter than air craft' filled the air

  The Sunnyvale Sun – Fri Nov 6, 11:43 am ET  

  Every once in a while when I drive past Moffett Field on Highway 101, I see their hangars and think of them. Full Story »

• Commentary: Why hand out trophies just for having fun?

  The Sunnyvale Sun – Fri Nov 6, 11:35 am ET  

  I counted my son's soccer trophies the other day. Buried under a thick layer of dust and boyhood detritus on his bookshelf were 23 trophies in various shapes and sizes. Full Story »

• Fremont High school district celebrates completion of its first solar grid

  The Sunnyvale Sun – Fri Nov 6, 11:35 am ET  

  This month, the Fremont Union High School District will symbolically "flip the switch" on its first solar electricity system. Full Story »

CBS 5 Bay Area

• Fiery Crash Shuts NB Lanes On I-280 In Cupertino

  CBS 5 Bay Area – 17 mins ago  

  All northbound lanes were back open on Interstate Highway 280 just south of Wolfe Road in Cupertino after a major crash involving an overturned utility truck that caught fire. Full Story »

• Woman Killed On Sacramento I-80 Recovering Boxes

  CBS 5 Bay Area – 1 hr 26 mins ago  

  A 36-year-old woman has died after she was struck several times while retrieving boxes on a Sacramento freeway. California Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lizz Dutton says the woman walked onto eastbound Interstate 80 to try and get several boxes of clothes that had fallen from her car Saturday. She was hit by an approaching car whose driver did not see her. The impact propelled the woman into ... Full Story »

• Body Found In Redwood City Swimming Pool ID'd

  CBS 5 Bay Area – 1 hr 41 mins ago  

  The San Mateo County coroner's office identified the body found decomposing in a covered public swimming pool in Redwood City Thursday. Full Story »

• Vallejo Child Removed After Mom Busted For Meth

  CBS 5 Bay Area – 2 hrs 52 mins ago  

  Officers from a multi-jurisdictional methamphetamine enforcement team arrested three people, seized a cache of drugs and removed an 8-year-old child from a home in Vallejo on Thursday. Full Story »

• SJ Halloween Attack Means Youth Center Open Longer

  CBS 5 Bay Area – Sat Nov 7, 12:45 pm ET  

  City officials are keeping two San Jose community centers open until 11 p.m. Saturday night, hoping to give local teens a safe place to socialize in a city still reeling from a gang-related attack on two young trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Full Story »

Contra Costa Times

• Cops: Las Vegas woman, 19, led burglary ring hitting Lyndsey Lohan, other Hollywood celebrities

  Contra Costa Times – 1 hr 35 mins ago  

  A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said. Full Story »

• Harmer loss could galvanize East Bay Republicans in 2010

  Contra Costa Times – Sat Nov 7, 12:37 am ET  

  Democrat John Garamendi beat GOP David Harmer by 10 points in the 10th congressional district special election but the margin of victory falls well short of the Democratic Party registration advantage. Full Story »

• Parents in Mt. Diablo district clamor to be fingerprinted

  Contra Costa Times – Sat Nov 7, 12:07 am ET  

  Demand to place security data on file causes a logjam into January. Full Story »

• Pleasant Hill to cut back on street sweeping

  Contra Costa Times – Fri Nov 6, 11:31 pm ET  

  Starting Jan. 1, residential thoroughfares to be cleaned every other month Full Story »

• El Sobrante dog rescue group keeps eye on the 'Poms"

  Contra Costa Times – Fri Nov 6, 11:07 pm ET  

  Organization has found homes for more than 400 Pomeranians since 1995. Full Story »

NBC Bay Area

• San Francisco Anti-Bigotry Resolution Back in Court

  NBC Bay Area – Fri Nov 6, 8:45 pm ET  

  Is San Francisco's Board of Supervisors pursuing "the final solution" to the Catholic problem? Full Story »

• New York Newspaper Busts on Bay Area's Bikes

  NBC Bay Area – Fri Nov 6, 8:00 pm ET  

  Should California allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs? East Coasters have advice. Full Story »

• Cal Professors Vote to End Sports Subsidies

  NBC Bay Area – Fri Nov 6, 6:06 pm ET  

  Classes are being cut at UC Berkeley, so why not sports teams, too? Full Story »

• Will Facebook Be Less Friendly to Scammers?

  NBC Bay Area – Fri Nov 6, 6:00 pm ET  

  Have you fallen prey to scams on social networks? Here's one possible scapegoat. Full Story »

• Madison Avenue?s Love Hate Relationship with YouTube

  NBC Bay Area – Fri Nov 6, 5:46 pm ET  

  As Google?s YouTube is making progress in generating revenue from advertising agencies, there are still grumblings about the quality of the video that is found on the site.The head of media buying for WPP, one of the world?s largest ad agency says... Full Story »

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

• Sharp split in battle for county D.A.

  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Sat Nov 7, 2:50 am ET  

  By PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT County supervisors endorse Passalacqua while Santa Rosa council members back Ravitch Full Story »

• New veterans' clinic opens in Santa Rosa

  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Fri Nov 6, 10:50 pm ET  

  By DEREK J. MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A large American flag flying at half staff tempered Friday's official opening of an expanded clinic for military veterans in Santa Rosa while also underscoring the need for services the clinic will provide. Full Story »

• Recipe for success at school

  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Fri Nov 6, 9:50 pm ET  

  By KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A joint program at Comstock Middle School and Monroe Elementary is aimed at providing models for success, and engaging students in committing to graduation and college. Full Story »

• Desperate bus passenger causes commute-hour panic

  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Fri Nov 6, 9:21 pm ET  

  BY DEREK J. MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A passenger aboard a Greyhound bus fled Friday evening after yelling that he needed to get off because men with guns were chasing him. The 32-year-old New York man was later captured in north Santa Rosa off Highway 101. Full Story »

• Former Petaluma mayor will run again

  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat – Fri Nov 6, 8:35 pm ET  

  By LORI A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Petaluma City Councilman David Glass will seek the city's mayoral seat now that Mayor Pam Torliatt is running for the Sonoma County board of supervisors. Full Story »

KGO-TV Bay Area

• ABC7-Safeway holiday food drive starts

  KGO-TV Bay Area – Sat Nov 7, 6:39 am ET  

  The ABC7-Safeway Share Your Holiday food drive starts this Sunday. Full Story »

• SF cold case unit cracks cases with DNA help

  KGO-TV Bay Area – Sat Nov 7, 5:57 am ET  

  The San Francisco cold case unit is solving cases with the help of DNA evidence. Full Story »

• Witnesses defend Muni agent after fight

  KGO-TV Bay Area – Sat Nov 7, 5:12 am ET  

  Conflicting stories are emerging over a Muni station agent fight involving two girls. Full Story »

• Same-sex ballroom dancing comes to SF

  KGO-TV Bay Area – Sat Nov 7, 1:57 am ET  

  A same-sex ballroom dance competition, California Dreaming, comes to San Francisco. Full Story »

• Man reported missing found shot in Pittsburg

  KGO-TV Bay Area – Sat Nov 7, 1:01 am ET  

  Pittsburg police search for clues in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Benjamin Merrill. Full Story »

Oakland Tribune

• Palo Alto man's body was decomposing in covered public pool

  Oakland Tribune – 1 hr 18 mins ago  

  The San Mateo County coroner's office has identified the body found decomposing in a covered public swimming pool in Redwood City Thursday as a 21-year-old Palo Alto man. Full Story »

• Cops: Las Vegas woman, 19, led burglary ring hitting Lyndsey Lohan, other Hollywood celebrities

  Oakland Tribune – 1 hr 33 mins ago  

  A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said. Full Story »

• List of Ft. Hood dead includes pregnant soldier, man working two weeks after heart attack

  Oakland Tribune – 1 hr 33 mins ago  

  The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Full Story »

• Winner of Half Moon Bay giant pumpkin weigh-off appears on Tonight Show

  Oakland Tribune – Sat Nov 7, 8:24 am ET  

  A great pumpkin gets monster-mashed Full Story »

• James Logan clinches share of MVAL title

  Oakland Tribune – Sat Nov 7, 8:09 am ET  

  Pole helps Colts beat Washington, avenge 2008 loss    Twitter | Photos | Two Geeks: Videos, chats Full Story »

Napa Valley Register

• Budget cuts possible in American Canyon

  Napa Valley Register – Sat Nov 7, 3:37 am ET  

  American Canyon parents, residents, church groups and others are being asked to weigh in on what city services they can live without as the city looks for as much as $1.7 million worth of expenses to trim from its total annual budget of $16 million. Full Story »

• School district asking if residents would support tax

  Napa Valley Register – Sat Nov 7, 3:36 am ET  

  The Napa Valley Unified School District is going ahead with plans for a poll to learn whether area residents would support a school parcel tax. Full Story »

• Murder witness testifies in hearing on Calistoga killing

  Napa Valley Register – Sat Nov 7, 3:36 am ET  

  The preliminary hearing for a man accused of shooting a Calistoga man began Friday with the emotional testimony of the suspect’s ex-girlfriend, who witnessed the murder. Full Story »

• Napa card scam part of a trend

  Napa Valley Register – Sat Nov 7, 3:36 am ET  

  Napa victims of recent debit card theft are not alone. Full Story »

• Boxer's staff answers questions in American Canyon

  Napa Valley Register – Sat Nov 7, 3:36 am ET  

  A field representative for Sen. Barbara Boxer held office hours Thursday at American Canyon City Hall, giving locals an opportunity to bring questions and concerns — face to face. Full Story »