Provides the latest RSS feeds for San Francisco News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page California Telegraph.com http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/cat/20134e53b4e12830/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 01:21:18 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:21:18 -0400 30 A broken anchor rod rises up next to still-tensioned rods on a shear key on the new Bay Bridge Friday afternoon May 3, 2013. Caltrans showed off the rods and some of the techniques they are using to monitor and test other installed anchor rods as they design a fix for the compromised hardware. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214730492/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:35:52 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214730492/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Scouts for Equality holds a rally to call for equality and inclusion for gays in the Boy Scouts of America at the Boy Scout Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 22 2013. On Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, the Boy Scouts of America's National Council will meet to consider changes to its policy on homosexuals. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214729356/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:12 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214729356/scat/20134e53b4e12830 .Crabtree, San Francisco's star wide receiver, went down this week with an Achilles injury, very much like the one Hunter suffered in a Week 12 road win over the New Orleans Saints.Hunter didn't have surgery immediately after his injury like Crabtree did on Wednesday, but the third-year running back is now cutting on a limited basis six months removed from his setback.The former ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728726/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:13 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728726/scat/20134e53b4e12830 What a jerk! A 35-year-old man was arrested on indecent exposure charges Wednesday morning after allegedly masturbating at a Muni shelter and a nearby hospital. About 9 a.m., police officers were called about a man exposing himself in the area of Commonwealth Avenue and California Street, near the California Pacific Medical Center campus. A witness said the man was seen masturbating on ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728727/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:22 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728727/scat/20134e53b4e12830 SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Firefighters contained a fire in heavy brush near Coyote Creek Thursday afternoon, a fire captain said. The fire near Brokaw Road and Interstate 880 was first reported at 2:45 p.m., Capt. Cleo Doss said. Crews arrived at 2:51 p.m. and quickly called a second-alarm response after finding about an acre and a half of brush burning. Heavy smoke was coming from the area and ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728430/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:49 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728430/scat/20134e53b4e12830 SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A San Jose City College student who matched five of the six winning numbers in last week's Powerball drawing has claimed his millions. Michael Garcia recounted the unbelievable moment he checked the numbers against nine tickets he had bought on whim: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52. "Oh, wow, I got all five," he said. "What about the Powerball? What about the ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728429/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:49 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728429/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Icon: 18 units coming to Market Street Graystar is fueling up on Castro apartments. The South Carolina-based developer, which has 200,000 rental housing units under management, has filed an application to build 87 units at 2198 Market St., a former Shell gas station. The project is being designed by HellerManus. The project site consists of a triangular shaped lot with frontage on Market and ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728265/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:27:23 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728265/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Chris Lytle, Port of Oakland executive director The Port of Oakland has hired a new executive director, tapping Long Beachs executive port director. Chris Lytle will assume his position in Oakland in July. The Port which operates Oaklands airport, maritime port and real estate division had been without a permanent executive director since last November when Omar Benjamin retired amid a probe of ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728268/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:06 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214728268/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The 32nd Annual Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau Art & Wine Festival, will be held June 1 and June 2 at Heather Farm Park and Raider Nation On Location will be on ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214727752/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:42 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214727752/scat/20134e53b4e12830 preseason contest between the two teams, with Denver holding an 18-16 edge over San Francisco. During last year's preseason matchup in Denver, the 49ers defeated the Broncos 29-24.-This will mark Denver's first preseason trip to Candlestick Park since 2009 when the 49ers edged the Broncos ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214727753/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:13 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214727753/scat/20134e53b4e12830 preseason contest between the two teams, with Denver holding an 18-16 edge over San Francisco. During last year's preseason matchup in Denver, the 49ers defeated the Broncos 29-24.-This will mark Denver's first preseason trip to Candlestick Park since 2009 when the 49ers edged the Broncos ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214727754/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:11 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214727754/scat/20134e53b4e12830 GRAPEVINE, Texas -- The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. Under the proposal drafted by the Scouts' governing board, gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders. ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726534/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:00 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726534/scat/20134e53b4e12830 MOUNTAIN VIEW -- The global threat of climate change must be addressed without delay lest we pass a tipping point after which the damage can't be undone, Gov. Jerry Brown told a sustainability technology summit Thursday."What's coming at us is what we ourselves are creating," he said, adding that if action against climate change "is just about like this five years from ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726536/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:59 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726536/scat/20134e53b4e12830 BERKELEY -- The school board Wednesday night named Donald Evans as the new superintendent to oversee the district after a tumultuous search that took over a year.Evans was not at Wednesday night's meeting where board members unanimously approved his $229,500 salary because he was attending his last school board meeting as superintendent of the Hayward school district which he has overseen ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726535/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:59 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726535/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Covered California health benefit exchange, and that met the requirements of the exchange, were "selected" to be in Covered California, according to its statement today and the ones they provided afterward. But what about the health plans that chose not to participate? It's not that they weren't "selected," at least in some notable cases, it's that they ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726424/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:19:11 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726424/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Campbell Soup Co. is acquiring Emeryville's Plum Organics, a maker of organic baby foods. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, the company said that with the addition of Plum Organics' products, Campbell's portfolio of kid-focused soups, beverages and snacks will have annual sales of more than $1 billion. Baby food is currently a $2 billion category in the United ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726537/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:19:10 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726537/scat/20134e53b4e12830 California's stem cell agency has awarded $36 million from the Research Leadership Awards to attract six top stem cell scientists. The stem cell agency, called ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726423/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:19:10 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214726423/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Hoping to ride the profitable wave of recent hotel sales, the San Franciscos St. Regis just landed on the market for a whopping $140 million asking price. With 260 rooms, 46 suites and 15,000 square feet of meeting space, thats in the range of more than $530,000 per key. If the hotel snags a buyer at the suggested price which has been the trend lately it would be the biggest deal in recent ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725871/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:07 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725871/scat/20134e53b4e12830 (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Golden Gate Petroleum (ASX: GGP) will soon participate in production testing of the Hensarling-1 well in the Napoleonville Project, Louisiana. A workover rig is scheduled to arrive today to run the completion operation and commence production testing from the Cris R III sands, which has 49 feet of net oil pay.Another 31 feet of net pay was intersected in ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214724876/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:05 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214724876/scat/20134e53b4e12830 San Francisco-based Loyal3 raised $18 million to further its efforts to help customers invest in name-brand companies they like. San Francisco-based Loyal3 said Thursday that it raised $18 million to expand its service that lets clients invest as little as $10 a month in company's stock without paying a brokerage fees and commissions. The company's third round was led by investors Michael ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725798/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:26:20 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725798/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Lawrence Okoye Mike Purcell.McDonald, a sixth-year veteran, has been with Tomsula his entire career in San Francisco. The 6-foot-3, 290-pound defensive tackle has a firm grasp of defensive line techniques and has been eager to share them with rookie teammates.Consider it to be "The Forty Niner Way.""We don't want to be seen as older guys who don't want to help the younger ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725138/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:21:57 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725138/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Pandora Media Inc. lost $28.6 million in the April quarter, pushing its accumulated deficit -- that's how much money it has lost or written off since it started -- to $168.1 million. The Oakland company (NYSE: P) lost $20.2 million a year ago in the first quarter. Sales rose to $125.5 million in the quarter, up from $80.8 million a year ago, with strong gains in both advertising sales and ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725140/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:05:05 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725140/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Gap Inc. reported a 2 percent rise in same store sales in the first quarter ended May 4. Same store sales compare performance only at shops open a year or more, and so are considered an important retail metric, as they compensate for growth through opening new locations. A year ago in the first quarter, Gap (NYSE: GPS) had a 4 percent jump in same store sales. The 3,428-store San Francisco ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725139/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:05:04 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725139/scat/20134e53b4e12830 SAN JOSE (KCBS) - A large group of registered nurses walked off the job Thursday morning at two hospitals in San Jose. Instead of changing IVs and administering medication, nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center were walking the picket line in a dispute over wages, benefits, pension and staffing levels. The union represents 1,400 members of the California Nurses ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214724498/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:02:41 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214724498/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:28 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/20134e53b4e12830 SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Coach Jim Harbaugh confirmed that 49ers No. 1 wide receiver Michael Crabtree suffered a torn right Achilles tendon and that Crabtree underwent surgery Wednesday morning. Harbaugh also said that Crabtree is not expected to miss the entire 2013 season, though he declined to give a timetable for Crabtree's return. The injury happened Tuesday during a 7-on-7 drill ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723419/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:08:11 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723419/scat/20134e53b4e12830 preseason contest between the two teams, with Denver holding an 18-16 edge over San Francisco. During last year's preseason matchup in Denver, the 49ers defeated the Broncos 29-24.-This will mark Denver's first preseason trip to Candlestick Park since 2009 when the 49ers edged the Broncos ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723673/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:00 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723673/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Robin MacSwain, left, and June Johnson, background, work on a new frame installed on the fire damaged Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley on Tuesday April 30, 2013. The restaurant has been closed since the March 8 fire. (Doug Oakley/Bay Area News Group) (Doug Oakley) its reservation phone line May 27 at 9 a.m., and online reservations can be made ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723674/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:23 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723674/scat/20134e53b4e12830 MSN , Steam, VKontakte and Yahoo. The service enables private and group chat, sharing of multimedia files and photos, voice and text messaging and searching of chat histories. The company claims more than 7 million mobile downloads, 750,000 unique daily visitors and delivery of an average of 50 million messages per ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723675/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:49:22 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214723675/scat/20134e53b4e12830 "By adopting the LEED standard for all new major construction, we are demonstrating our commitment to green building strategies and to the total health of our communities," said Don Orndoff, Kaiser's senior vice president of National Facilities Services. Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based healthcare giant, plans to score LEED gold certification for all its new major projects going ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722927/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:27:09 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722927/scat/20134e53b4e12830 A month after Facebook reportedly donated computers to a San Bruno elementary school that had been burglarized, thieves struck again Tuesday, police said. At 8:41 p.m., officers reportedly responded to a burglary alarm at El Crystal Elementary School at 201 Balboa Way. Officers discovered a window had been shattered and also a door forced open to one of the classrooms, San Bruno police Lt. Tim ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722170/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:27 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722170/scat/20134e53b4e12830 A courageous corner store clerk in the Mission District called a gun-toting thug's bluff Wednesday and thwarted the robbery, police said. About 6:30 p.m., a thug reportedly walked into the liquor store in the 3000 block of ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722171/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:26 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722171/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Zimride Inc., maker of the Lyft mobile device ride dispatching application that is earning private vehicle owners money and the ire of traditional taxi firms, has raised a $60 million Series C round of venture funding led ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722172/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:03 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722172/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Trinity Ventures , Juniper Networks and Seagate. Founded in 2006, San Francisco-based Cloudscaling was previously a cloud consulting company that pivoted solely into making software products in 2011. Cloudscaling's CEO ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722173/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:02 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722173/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Taking advantage of the fact that large numbers of people love to tweet about television programs they are watching, Twitter Inc. is testing targeted ads linked to the TV ads its users likely see, the company said Thursday. Linking promoted tweets with TV content would give San Francisco-based Twitter a new way to tap into what remains the largest ad spending category -- television advertising. ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722174/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:01 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214722174/scat/20134e53b4e12830 It was a clean break. Two women decided not to press charges against each other after a brawl at an Oceanview Laundromat last weekend. The dispute spun out of control when one of the women removed the other woman's clothes from a dryer, police said. About 6:45 p.m. Sunday, police responded to the 200 block of Broad Street and spoke with one of the women, who claimed the other woman had ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214720549/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:48 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214720549/scat/20134e53b4e12830 WibiData, a maker of technology that uses data to make better computer applications, has raised a $15 million in a Series B round of funding led ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214720550/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:41 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214720550/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Charlie Scharf . McInerney was CEO of consumer banking at JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), overseeing a network of 5,600 bank branches and some 75,000 employees. That unit had about $14 billion in revenue. He steps into a slightly reconfigured president's role that has been vacant a couple of months ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214719638/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:15:40 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214719638/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Michael Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon in practice Tuesday. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Crabtree could return in mid-November. But John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew the 49ers should prepare for a full season without him. ';It’s a tough loss. It’s a big loss,'; Madden said. ';I think it’s one of those things that maybe he could be back this year, ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214720073/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:13:03 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214720073/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Covered California's Peter Lee. Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Health Net and nine smaller, regional health plans will participate in Covered California next year, the health benefit exchanged authorized by the Affordable Care Act. The smaller participants include the Bay Area's Alameda Alliance for Health, San Francisco-based Chinese Community Health ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214719851/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:26 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214719851/scat/20134e53b4e12830 HAYWARD -- A woman was in stable condition after being stabbed at least a half-dozen times during an early morning attack about four blocks south of the Hayward BART station.The victim was not seriously injured and police said that the incident was gang related.Officers responded about 3 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Grand Avenue and Dean Street for a report of an assault with a deadly ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214718949/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:17 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214718949/scat/20134e53b4e12830 A mangled bicycle lies on the ground at the intersection of 16th St. and South Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco following a fatal crash with a garbage truck, May 23, 2013. ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214718506/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:56:37 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214718506/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Amazon.com Inc. said its Kindle Fire tablets are now available for preorder in more than 170 countries, with its app store online in nearly 200, PCWorld reports. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is hoping the lower-priced tablets, the strongest challenge yet ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214717344/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:46:19 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214717344/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP. Prologis Inc. has joined Blackstone Group LP in a deal to purchase a portfolio of 17 million square feet of warehouse space for about $960 million, according to reports. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. owns 80 percent of the portfolio, Bloomberg reports. Blackstone is expected to operate 9.5 million square feet of the ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716549/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:33:17 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716549/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., testifies at a Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing in Washington. European leaders on Wednesday met to discuss how global firms such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have managed to pay nearly no taxes on sales revenue generated on the continent, the Mercury News reports. The meeting took place as the U.S. Senate this week looked ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716822/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:26:29 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716822/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The Walnut Creek City Council has approved a 141-apartment project that will include 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, the Contra Costa Times reports. Laconia Development is set to build the 164,615-square-foot project, called 1500 California, on a 1.23-acre site in the city's downtown. The development will consist of two six-story glass towers on California Boulevard, with ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716548/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:19:40 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716548/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Hoping to hook in younger viewers, Discovery Communications is launching an online network to show original series for free, using resources from the online producer Revision3, the Wall Street Journal reports. Discovery bought San Francisco-based Revision3 for $30 million in May of last year. The new Discovery online network, called TestTube, will initially run 15 original shows. They will be ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716426/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:15:55 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716426/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Square Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey. Square Inc. has announced available of its mobile-payments system in Japan, its first market outside the United States. Merchants in the country will be able to get a Square credit card reader for free and accept payments for 3.25 percent of each transaction. The company is working in a partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Corp. in the country, where people have a ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716442/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:23 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716442/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Kasa met the Raiders coaching staff at the Senior Bowl in January and believes the relationships he built there have been helpful in his transition to the NFL. "I think it helped out a ton because I know them all already," said Kasa. "I love all the coaches too. I think they're all great guys, great coaches, and so it was definitely helpful to meet them all before I got here. ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715788/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:02:25 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715788/scat/20134e53b4e12830 QB3 associate director Douglas Crawford, in the under-construction QB3@953: Helping life sciences startups through the 'valley of death.' A unique real estate partnership including the University of Californias QB3 institute will expand San Franciscos amount of biotech incubator space by 50 percent, providing enough room for 20 to 30 young companies. QB3 and Dewey Land Co. Inc. expect to ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716546/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:22 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214716546/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Attorney Gloria Allred said that some of the complaints allege a hostile environment for women and others charge colleges with violating the federal Clery Act, which requires accurate reporting of campus crimes. Women "will no longer accept the status quo where rapes and sexual assaults are swept under the rug and condoned by college administrators," Allred said in a statement released ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715790/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:37:10 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715790/scat/20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND -- With just over a month to adopt a budget, Oakland council members approved rules aimed at preventing a repeat of last year when the final budget plan was introduced at the last minute with no chance for public vetting.The new law, passed 6-2 after a testy debate, forbids council members from submitting major budget amendments within three days of the final meeting when the budget is ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715789/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:37:10 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715789/scat/20134e53b4e12830 California reported the largest jump in new jobless claims of 15,060. It attributed the change to layoffs in the service industry. The number of people making new jobless claims across the country dropped by 23,000 to 340,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. California saw a huge increase in new claims. The four-week moving average was 339,500, or a drop of 500 from the previous ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715707/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:32 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214715707/scat/20134e53b4e12830 LAKEPORT, Calif. -; Officials say a Northern California subdivision that partly sank into a hilltop has stabilized after several homes, roads and sections of a sewer system were ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214714313/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:30 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214714313/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Fourth-graders at Joaquin Miller Elementary School celebrate, learn and relive the history of the migration of African-Americans to California from the south in the 1940s with music, dance, costumes, food and ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710457/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:56 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214710457/scat/20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND -- Caltrans and private engineers deliberated three months in 2003 over the proper corrosion method to use on high-strength steel rods for the new Bay Bridge, a decision that led to the embarrassing failure of 32 rods a decade later.Documents reveal a series of back-and-forth letters and emails on the subject among more than two dozen engineers and designers from Caltrans and the hired ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708690/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:44 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708690/scat/20134e53b4e12830 the Marin Independent Journal he was taking his 38-foot vessel to San Francisco around 2 p.m. Monday when his daughter saw the unidentified man jump. They heard a Coast Guard radio call for a jumper in the water moments later and sailed toward the man after spotting him underneath a California Highway Patrol helicopter. Walecka, of Santa Cruz, said the man grabbed a life sling they threw ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708691/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:38 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708691/scat/20134e53b4e12830 the Marin Independent Journal he was taking his 38-foot vessel to San Francisco around 2 p.m. Monday when his daughter saw the unidentified man jump. They heard a Coast Guard radio call for a jumper in the water moments later and sailed toward the man after spotting him underneath a California Highway Patrol helicopter. Walecka, of Santa Cruz, said the man grabbed a life sling they threw ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708692/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:36 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708692/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Authorities said a truck crashed into this home near Florentine and Morse in San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood on May 22, 2013. ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708394/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:29:08 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214708394/scat/20134e53b4e12830 If you want to keep your DNA to yourself, be sure not to leave any stray hairs, Q-tips or underwear lying around. There are genetic testing companies out there willing to reveal your most intimate biological secrets to anybody -- without your knowledge or permission. And under California law, such genetic snooping is perfectly legal.Now, legislators in Sacramento are considering a bill to change ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707827/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:28:09 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707827/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The meetings are long, the hours unpaid and the complaints loud, but a dozen candidates including Anne Campbell Washington, chief of staff to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, are hoping to fill the Oakland Unified School's District 4 board seat left vacant when Gary Yee stepped down to become acting superintendent on July 1. The challengers come from a variety of professional and personal ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707829/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:28:09 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707829/scat/20134e53b4e12830 LIVERMORE -- A 33-year-old Lodi man died after he was impaled by a metal rod that burst through his windshield on westbound Interstate 580 early Wednesday morning, police said. A spokeswoman from the Alameda County Coroner's officer identified him as Michael Cox. Cox was alone in the car and no one else was injured, said a spokesman from the California Highway Patrol. CHP officers responded ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707828/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:28:08 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214707828/scat/20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND -- A man who was shot and killed while working on a car Tuesday morning in East Oakland has been identified, but the shooter remains at large, police say. Jose Orellano-Cruz, 54, of Oakland, was visiting a relative in the 2600 block of Bartlett Street near Brookdale Avenue when shots rang out about 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. Police said Orellano-Cruz had been outside working on a car when a man ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706075/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:47 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706075/scat/20134e53b4e12830 In the past few years, police departments in smaller cities around San Mateo County have closed their doors, with police services contracted out to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. But bucking the trend is the unincorporated community of Broadmoor, which continues to fund and operate its own department as it has done for more than 60 years. In recent years, police departments in Half ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706782/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:05 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706782/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The San Mateo Police Department and middle schools in the San Mateo-Foster City School District are providing kids with sessions that explore topics such as controlling anger in hopes of steering them from ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706783/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:04 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706783/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Square is a growing San Francisco titan and disrupter in the world of electronic payments. But the city can look forward to another square-themed organization doing its own seven-figure moving and shaking this summer. This moving and shaking will be literal, as we are referring to the impending annual convention of the International Association of Gay Square Dancers Clubs. Hands up if you even ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706258/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214706258/scat/20134e53b4e12830 A proposed 47-story condominium tower -- which also would be the long-awaited permanent home of the Mexican Museum -- faces the prospect of a lawsuit from residents of the Four Seasons on Market Street who want to stop it from casting a pall on sunny Union Square. The 510-foot tower would be built at 706 Mission St. by developer Millennium Partners. At that height, it would drop shadows on the ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705404/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:16:30 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705404/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Faced with the prospect of a four-figure fine, motorists will probably think twice about illegally using a disabled parking placard in San Francisco -- unless they know how to game the system. But to the chagrin of city officials, drivers can actually clear that $1,000-plus citation by ponying up just enough cash to buy a large pizza, due to a processing glitch at the Department of Motor ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705669/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:06:36 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705669/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The music venue Brick and Mortar Music Hall will operate under heavy restrictions as it works toward needed upgrades, the Entertainment Commission ruled this week. The restrictions stem from nearly two years of complaints by neighbors of the venue on Mission Street near Duboce Avenue who say they have heard noise from the concert hall since it opened. Following an hourlong discussion, the ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705666/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:06:35 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705666/scat/20134e53b4e12830 San Francisco is poised to pay up to $4 million in damage claims related to the Feb. 27 water main rupture that damaged 25 homes and several cars in the West Portal neighborhood. Meanwhile, city repairs to the neighborhood's infrastructure remain ongoing following the break at 15th Avenue and Wawona Street. Anticipating a number of costly damage claims -- 27 have been filed to date with ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705667/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:06:35 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705667/scat/20134e53b4e12830 With employees logging an average of 40 unscheduled absences annually, reforming work rules will be a key focus for BART during ongoing labor negotiations. BART management and its five unions, which collectively represent 3,200 workers, are engaged in contentious contract talks, with the current pact expiring June 30. However, talks so far have yielded little progress, and union groups say they ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705665/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:06:34 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214705665/scat/20134e53b4e12830 preseason contest between the two teams, with Denver holding an 18-16 edge over San Francisco. During last year's preseason matchup in Denver, the 49ers defeated the Broncos 29-24.-This will mark Denver's first preseason trip to Candlestick Park since 2009 when the 49ers edged the Broncos ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214704734/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:38 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214704734/scat/20134e53b4e12830 We may fire up the barbecue year-round, but even we weather-blessed Californians view Memorial Day weekend as the true start of grilling season. Whether we're lighting the hibachi or revving up the gas grill, what lies ahead is an endless, sunlit series of backyard feasts with friends and family.It's also the raison d'être for a dozen new cookbooks, from Michael ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214704736/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:57:03 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214704736/scat/20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND -- Caltrans' use of large galvanized steel fasteners on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge in 2001 led to engineers' choice to deploy the same specifications for the bolts that later snapped on the new Bay Bridge.High-strength steel coated with zinc is susceptible to a well-known phenomenon where hydrogen atoms invade the metal's molecular structure and it becomes brittle and ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214704735/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:57:03 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214704735/scat/20134e53b4e12830 preseason contest between the two teams, with Denver holding an 18-16 edge over San Francisco. During last year's preseason matchup in Denver, the 49ers defeated the Broncos 29-24.-This will mark Denver's first preseason trip to Candlestick Park since 2009 when the 49ers edged the Broncos ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703632/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:26 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703632/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Carol Nurmi of San Jose paints her investment property home which she has been remodeling in order to sell or rent it out, on May 13, 2013 in Union City. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703072/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:48:50 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703072/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Actor Dick Van Patten founded New Balance Pet Foods with company President Joey Herrick. San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods agreed Wednesday to buy New ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703633/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:58 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703633/scat/20134e53b4e12830 a story about how security company executives approach their online security . But after I interviewed those folks for that story, I sure did two-factor authenticate my gmail account. It was fear, mostly. There were the well-publicized Associated Press and New York Times Twitter hacks. And if you've ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703634/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:56 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703634/scat/20134e53b4e12830 SAN JOSE (KCBS) -- A San Jose weekly newspaper is being pressured by community leaders to stop running advertisements for escort services. The Metro is under fire for escort service ads both in the paper and on their website metroactive.com. Santa Clara County prosecutor Chuck Gillingham is among those who said the newspaper is promoting the sexual exploitation of young boys and girls and the ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703256/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:40 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703256/scat/20134e53b4e12830 San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree speaks to the press during a media availability at the team hotel prior to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on January 31, 2013. The 49ers will play the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013. UPI/Kevin ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703636/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:12 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703636/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Ian Desmond drove in the go-ahead run with a 10th-inning single Wednesday and the Washington Nationals held on to edge San Francisco 2-1. The Giants forged a 1-1 tie the eighth ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703635/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:12 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703635/scat/20134e53b4e12830 How much of a factor would you say that gathering of the fans had and their support on social media and whatnot played a part in you signing back with the ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702542/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:04:14 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702542/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The proposed 601 Main St. Downtown Redwood City is getting denser by the day. Lennar Multifamily Investors LLC has filed an application to build a 179-unit apartment project in Redwood City, the latest in a string of proposals that could bring nearly 1,200 housing units to the downtown. The project at 601 Main St. would consist of 179 for-rent housing units with two levels of underground parking ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703036/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:58:24 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214703036/scat/20134e53b4e12830 OAKLAND -- Diantay Powell, 18, pleaded not guilty to killing two teenage girls during an adolescent lovers' quarrel last year, but two close friends and one acquaintance all said he did it, evidence presented during a preliminary hearing revealed.Based largely on that evidence, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson ruled that there was enough reason to believe Powell committed the ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214701821/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:57 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214701821/scat/20134e53b4e12830 UNION CITY -- A third-grade teacher who faces dozens of child molestation charges for allegedly kissing and fondling female students has been placed on unpaid leave.Michael Howey, 47, who teaches at Alvarado Elementary School, was arrested May 1 in connection with the allegations and has been held on $750,000 bail at the Santa Rita Jail since his arrest. The move to freeze his pay came Tuesday ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702544/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:57 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702544/scat/20134e53b4e12830 I spent some time recently with a couple of young kids from the neighborhood. Joseph was 15, John was 18, both were African-American. (I'm going to keep their real names private for various safety considerations.) In different ways, these two boys are grappling with challenges that are both unique to their neighborhoods and their families but also common to many of us. Joseph was a relative ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702545/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:56 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702545/scat/20134e53b4e12830 University of California, Berkeley's entomology museum hopes to decipher and digitize some of the labels on collections of insects, some more than a century old, with the help of the public. Cal's Essig Museum of Entomology seeks volunteers with Internet access to sign up for the Calbug project, through which they'll be sent images of hand-written field notes that identify insects ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702131/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:35:55 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702131/scat/20134e53b4e12830 SAN JOSE (KCBS) - The legal battle over San Jose's landmark pension reform measure continues, nearly a year after voters approved Measure B. By a vote of 8-to-3 on Tuesday, the San Jose City Council voted to increase the legal budget for defense ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702120/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:33:32 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214702120/scat/20134e53b4e12830 SAN JOSE (KCBS) - The San Jose City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance increasing taxes on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. The tax rate will be going from 7-to-10 percent starting in July, a move that is expected to generate $1.5 million in additional revenue each year. "We probably have 100 dispensaries operating in San Jose, even though they're illegal under ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214701958/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:33:31 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214701958/scat/20134e53b4e12830 The City of Oakland is the first U.S. city to become a "trustee" in microlender Kiva.org's program aimed at small businesses. Oakland's city council approved the deal, which won't cost the city anything, on Tuesday night. Barbara Parker, Oakland's city attorney, and Councilmember Libby Schaaf proposed the arrangement with San Francisco-based Kiva. As a trustee, Oakland ... http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214701756/scat/20134e53b4e12830 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:53:09 -0400 http://www.californiatelegraph.com/index.php/sid/214701756/scat/20134e53b4e12830