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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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