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Downed overhead wires at the Van Ness Muni station Wednesday night caused service to shut down for Muni Metro riders between the Castro and Embarcadero stations. Muni spokesman Judson True said service has been interrupted in both directions and cannot tell exactly when service will be restored. Full Story »

Staff members of the agency that oversees the Bay Area's state-owned bridges Wednesday recommended raising car tolls by at least a dollar on all seven bridges and imposing a charge for carpoolers for the first time since the 1970s. Full Story »

Most classes were canceled Wednesday at San Francisco State University's Business Building due to a student occupation that continued late into the night, a university spokeswoman said. Full Story »

The San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously accepted a recommendation by Mayor Chuck Reed to create a group to review the Police Department's use of force. City Manager Debra Figone will meet with the San Jose Police Officers Association to discuss the group's formation. The group, which could include the independent police auditor and the city auditor, will review incidents of force in the ... Full Story »

San Francisco police recovered more than 600 marijuana plants and $5,000 cash after serving search warrants at three locations in the city's Silver Terrace and Bayview neighborhoods Wednesday night, a police spokesman said. Full Story »

Apple IPhone users who jam the airwaves by watching video on their devices will be put on tighter leashes, an AT&T Inc. executive said Wednesday. The carrier has had trouble keeping up with wireless data usage, leading to dropped connections and long waits for users trying to run programs on their devices. Full Story »

Patrick Christopher had game-high totals of 22 points and 10 rebounds Wednesday night to lead California to a 79-54 victory over Pacific. The Stockton Showcase turned into a showcase for Cal's shooters as the Bears shot 53 percent in the first Division I basketball game played at Stockton Arena. The crowd of 8,704 was the largest ever for a Pacific home game. Full Story »

Adrian Oliver scored 30 points, including eight of his team's 12 in overtime, as San Jose State edged Cal State Bakersfield 84-80 Wednesday night. Oliver also had 11 rebounds, and Chris Oakes finished with 18 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Spartans (4-4). Full Story »

Dustin Brown scored 1:16 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings overcame a blown third-period lead to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Wednesday night. After Dany Heatley's pass to the point went out of the Sharks' zone, Brown took the puck at center ice, skated in and beat Evgeni Nabokov through the legs for his seventh goal of the season. Full Story »

Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install. Lowe's has begun stocking solar panels at its California stores and plans to roll them out across the country next year. This shows how far the highest of the high-tech alternative energy technologies has come ... Full Story »

The Berkeley City Council has a pointed message for Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted to keep federal funds from being used to pay for abortions. The governing body of this proudly liberal city on Wednesday sent a coat hanger and a letter to each of the 20 lawmakers urging them to reconsider any steps that would limit access to abortions. Full Story »

Chasity Shavers scored a career-high 32 points and made three free throws in the final 34 seconds to close out San Jose State's 68-66 upset of No. 22 California on Wednesday night. Full Story »

A controversial measure that dictates how San Francisco police deal with underage illegal immigrants goes into effect on Thursday. The law, approved by the Board of Supervisors in October, prohibits law enforcement from turning over minors to federal authorities unless they are felons. The city's juvenile probation department has 60 days to implement it. Full Story »

Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger said Wednesday that the contractor for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will be fined $300,000 a day if steel for construction work isn't shipped by the end of the month. Full Story »

The Marin Humane Society is looking into two reports that a monkey was spotted in Novato in the past week, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Full Story »

Caltrans and California Highway Patrol officials told a bridge oversight committee Wednesday that progress has been made on resolving problems on the troublesome S-curve section on the Bay Bridge but more work remains to be done. Full Story »

Chief Anthony Batts of the Oakland Police sat down with the media Wednesday for what he's promising will be a monthly availability. "I will stay transparent because more information we give to you, the more that our constituency and our city gets to see the things that the police department is doing," said Batts. Full Story »

Monta Ellis scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and the Warriors turned 22 New Jersey turnovers into 30 points in a 105-89 victory Wednesday night that snapped a four-game losing streak. Full Story »

For the last 34 years, a mural depicting San Jose's history has been affixed to a wall on Terminal C at Mineta San Jose International Airport. But next year, the airport plans to demolish the terminal as part of its modernization. Full Story »

About 150 truckers gathered at the Port of Oakland Wednesday morning, forming a convoy to travel to Sacramento in protest of a new emissions requirement taking effect in January that will ban about 1,000 trucks from entering the port. Full Story »

Randy Hanson, who accused Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable of assault after a training camp scuffle, has returned to work in the team's personnel department. Full Story »

An East Bay mother is running a one-woman campaign against hunger in her community. But as Kate Kelly reports, this week's Jefferson Award winner is hoping others will borrow her simple ideas to feed families in need. Full Story »

Even after the wet weather we've had this week, water officials in Silicon Valley are continuing to ask people to conserve because there's still no telling if California's three-year drought will come to an end in 2010. Full Story »

San Francisco parents can take advantage of a federal stimulus plan that encourages small businesses to hire more workers. The federal Jobs Now program provides the city of San Francisco with $24 million of economic stimulus money, which will go toward salaries for 1,000 employees. Full Story »

San Francisco Supervisors have approved a controversial measure that extends eviction protections to tenants who are not covered by the city's rent control laws, even though the legislation breaks a promise made to landlords 30 years ago. Full Story »