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1 of 5 charges tossed out in Bonds perjury trial
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has granted prosecutors’ request to dismiss one of the charges against Barry Bonds in his federal trial for allegedly lying to a grand jury. U.S. District Judge...
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Obama to host Facebook town hall
NBC Bay Area President Barack Obama is returning to the Bay Area in a couple weeks. This time, though, he won’t be dining with captains of industry — he’ll be addressing the nation via Facebook....
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Obama to supporters: I understand your frustration
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Easing into his 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama is telling his supporters he understands their frustration over the compromises he’s made with Republicans, while preparing...
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Slain Oakland Post editor trial comes to close
From NBC Bay Area The former leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery, who is accused of engineering the killing of journalist Chauncey Bailey, ran a criminal enterprise that terrorized the city’s residents...
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Warriors hire analyst Mark Jackson as head coach
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Mark Jackson’s leadership skills as a player more than outweighed his lack of coaching experience when it came time for the Golden State Warriors to hire their coach. The...
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Ex-cop in Oscar Grant shooting death to be released
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A white former San Francisco Bay area transit officer convicted of fatally shooting an unarmed black man is expected to be released from jail next week after serving 11 months of...
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SF Bay transit cop convicted in killing released
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A white former San Francisco Bay area transit officer convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man that has drawn continuing protest was released from jail early Monday...
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Baggy pants lead to player's arrest at airport
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say a University of New Mexico football player’s saggy pants led to his arrest at San Francisco International Airport. Sgt. Michael Rodriguez says 20-year-old Deshon Marman...
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SF Bay Area transit officers kill man on platform
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man reportedly armed with a knife on a Bay Area Rapid Transit station platform was shot and killed by police, transit officials said Monday. Dispatchers received a call of a...
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No charges in 'saggy pants' airplane case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file charges against a University of New Mexico football player who was arrested after wearing saggy pants on a plane at San Francisco...
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Oscar Grant's friend fatally shot in parking lot
NBC Bay Area The Alameda County coroner’s bureau identified a man who was fatally shot in a gas station parking lot in Hayward Friday evening as Johntue Caldwell, one of the men traveling with Oscar...
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San Francisco police shooting sparks community outrage
Two uniformed officers were conducting a fare inspection on Saturday afternoon in the Bayview District of San Francisco when a routine check went south. The officers attempted to detain a man on the...
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Black teen's unusual talent: Singing Chinese opera
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Chinese opera. The black teenager from Oakland has captivated audiences in the U.S. and China with his ability to sing...
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Protestors to rally in support of prisoner rights
NBC Bay Area Organizers who say California prisoners are “tortured” in solitary confinement are planning a rally Monday to show support of inmates who spent much of July on a hunger strike over poor...
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Fist fight turns when man pulls gun
From NBC Bay Area A fight between two men in Vallejo on Wednesday morning led to a shooting, Vallejo police said. Police arrived in the 1900 block of Broadway Street at about 10:50 a.m. in response to...
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Bonds' sentencing brings BALCO saga near a close
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The largest federal criminal investigation into sports doping began more than nine years ago with a tax agent digging through the trash of the now notorious Bay Area Laboratory...
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Deion Sanders announces divorce on Facebook
By Elvira Sakmari NBC Bay Area Former Dallas Cowboy and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders hosted a pregame show for his old Texas team Saturday. (Sanders also played for the San Francisco 49ers back in...
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Racist cartoon sent to parents in middle school newsletter
PLEASANT HILL, Calif. (AP) — A substitute secretary apparently mistook a racist cartoon for a harmless comic and sent it to parents and others as part of a Northern California middle school’s...
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Occupy Oakland: Over 400 arrested in turbulent protests
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It started peacefully enough: A midday rally at City Hall and a march. But as the day wore on, Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators...
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Oakland names first black woman to lead major US fire department
Beginning in March, a black woman will be at the helm of a major fire department for the first time in U.S. history. Theresa Deloach-Reed, 52, was named chief of the Oakland city fire department. Reed...
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Elderly woman leaves home to homeless in her will
From Bay Area: Lelia Boroughs, 84, wasn’t known to many. At least not outside her apartment building in San Francisco’s lower Pacific Heights. Her neighbors knew her well as an eclectic, kind soul who...
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Facebook unveils Instagram rival called Camera
From NBC Bay Area: In its S-1 filing, Facebook said mobile was the company’s biggest weakness.It has since spent $1 billion to acquire mobile photo-sharing app Instagram and Thursday, Facebook...
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Vigilante parents accused of killing daughter’s ‘pimp’
Middle school sweethearts Barry Laprell Gilton and Lupe Mercado have been arrested for killing their daughter’s alleged pimp. After their 17-year-old daughter became involved with a known Compton gang...
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Ruth Dewson closes hat shop after 37 years
View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com. NBC Bay Area – Ruth Dewson’s outfits are not complete without a hat. Hats are her life. “My father had hats. I always wore hats so when I came to San...
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Oscar Grant movie being made in Oakland
View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com. NBC Bay Area – After months of speculation, filming of a movie about Oscar Grant is underway in the East Bay. Producers with Forest Whitaker’s film company...
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Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant, records show
NBC Bay Area- The man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training – which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s – was an undercover...
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Alameda County In-N-Out burger slapped with discrimination lawsuit
NBC Bay Area – A class action law suit was filed in Alameda County this week alleging that the popular In-N-Out burger chain discriminates against people of color. “We believe individuals that are...
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New film highlights health care woes through an Oakland ER
A new documentary out today, The Waiting Room, exposes the woes of the health care system through the backdrop of an emergency department waiting room. “I spent a lot of time in the hospital before...
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Comedian-actor Katt Williams arrested in California
OAKLAND, California (AP) — Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested after a man told police that the entertainer hit him over the head with a bottle. Authorities say the 41-year-old Williams was...
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Wrongly convicted man released; ‘truly happy’ after 14 years in prison
View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com. NBC Bay Area - Johnny Williams spent 14 years in prison for an attempted rape he never committed. On Friday, a judge overturned his conviction. And on...
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Brian Banks joins with ‘Innocence March’ to protest wrongful convictions
View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com. NBC Southern California - Brians Banks joined the “Innocence March” in Malibu Saturday as part of a 660-mile walk to support the California Innocence...
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Zimmerman verdict brings back bad memories in California: ‘No winners’
Editor’s Note: This is the third piece in a series of on-the-ground reports on reactions to the not guilty verdict reached by the jury in the George Zimmerman trial. The acquittal of George Zimmerman...
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Court: Oscar Grant’s dad can sue officer who killed son
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says Oscar Grant’s father can sue the Northern California transit officer who shot and killed his son on a train platform. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
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1-year-old boy, father killed by gunfire in Oakland
View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com. NBC Bay Area - Three weeks after an 8-year-old Oakland girl was shot to death at a slumber party, a 1-year-old boy was gunned down Wednesday morning,...
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Former NFL player Thomas Howard dies in car crash
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Former NFL linebacker Thomas Howard has died following a high-speed car crash on a freeway in Oakland. The Alameda County Coroner’s office said the 30-year-old Howard was one of...
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8th grader ‘brain dead’ after tonsillectomy
View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com. An Oakland teen has been declared brain dead three days after having her tonsils removed. Jahi McMath, 13, entered Oakland Children’s Hospital on Dec. 9 for...
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2nd opinion planned for teen declared brain dead
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The family of a Northern California girl on life support after being declared brain dead was expected to appear with hospital officials in court Monday to announce the name of...
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Tonsillectomy tragedy: Time running out for Jahi McMath’s family
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Without another court order, a California hospital could unhook a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead from a breathing machine. Jahi McMath underwent a tonsillectomy at the...
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Life support extended for girl declared brain dead
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The family of a girl who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery received another reprieve Monday from a judge who ordered the 13-year-old to be kept on life support for...
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Jahi McMath pushes the envelope on end of life issues
In Oakland, California, the tragic case of Jahi McMath has resurrected the debate over end of life issues, the circumstances under which hospital patients should be removed from life support, and the...
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Jahi McMath’s mom clear to take her from hospital
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge said Friday that the mother of a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery can remove her daughter from a California hospital if she assumes full...
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Oakland mother mourns death of two sons killed by gun violence 19 days apart
View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. An Oakland, Calif. mother is in heavy grief after she lost both of her sons to gun violence just over two weeks apart. Dinyal New’s youngest son,...
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