Saturday 28th January, 2012
Suit claims Silicon Valley anti-poaching scheme
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- In Silicon Valley's white-hot competition for tech talent, programmers can face a daily barrage of calls from recruiters seeking to woo them to rival companies with ...
Local Cop to Coach Olympic Badminton in London
Lee has been a badminton athlete for years, competing at the international level and representing the U.S. in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ...
After Meeting Online, Girl Lures Man into Robbery
Three people have been arrested in connection with the Dec. 22 robbery, in which the victim was struck in the head with a handgun and robbed at gunpoint by two men on the 900 block of Keegan Dr. ...
Campbell Man Gets 3 Years for Abusing Ex's 3-Year-Old
NBC 11A man was sentenced today to three years and four months in state prison for severely abusing his ex-girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in Campbell last ...
Cocaine Smugglers Caught by Local Coast Guard Crew
NBC 11An Alameda-based U.S. Coast Guard crew seized approximately 140 pounds of cocaine and apprehended three suspected smugglers earlier this month in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard announced ...
Peru: 24 killed in fire at rehabilitation center
Oakland TribuneLIMA, Peru -- Police in Peru's capital say a fire at a private rehabilitation center for addicts has killed 24 people and injured 10. The police chief in Lima's Zarate district, Clever ...
Private creditors: Deal with Greece close
Oakland TribuneATHENS, Greece -- Greece and its private creditors are very close to a deal that will significantly reduce the country's debt and give it more time to repay the rest of what it owes. After ...
Police: Rebels kill 4 at Indian polling station
Oakland TribuneIMPHAL, India -- A suspected Naga rebel opened fire at a police station packed with voters on a tense election day Saturday in northeast India, killing four people before he was shot dead, police ...
Celebrity pot busts put tiny Texas county on map
Oakland TribuneSIERRA BLANCA, Texas -- Nestled among the few remaining businesses that dot a rundown highway in this dusty West Texas town stands what's become a surprise destination for marijuana-toting ...
Alabama tornado survivors help after latest twisters
Oakland TribuneCLAY, Ala. -- Survivors still haunted by memories of last year's tornado outbreak that killed 250 in Alabama are writing checks, donating diapers and standing over hot grills to help victims of ...
Imaginary Skin Disease Prevalent in Bay Area: Feds
NBC 11It could be entirely in the mind, according to a report issued this week by the federal Centers for Disease Control, a statement which has led to outrage from Bay Area doctors who treat sufferers of ...
BART's Transbay Tube to be Quake-Proof
NBC 11The cash will pay to install steel plating inside the 3.6-mile long concrete tube, which runs along the floor of the San Francisco Bay. The plates, 2.5 inches long, will be bolted onto the walls of ...
SFPD's Cell Phone Service Stinks
NBC 11San Francisco police officers had a very tough time sending and receiving phone calls and text messages during last week's San Francisco 49ers game at Candlestick ...
15-Year-Old Girl Stabbed to Death
NBC 11Officers responded to the 1900 block of Pacific Avenue at around 6:20 p.m. and found the girl suffering from multiple stab wounds to her torso, police ...
Hope fades for survivors in Rio building collapse
Oakland TribuneSAO PAULO -- Firefighters pulled more bodies from the rubble of three collapsed buildings in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, raising the death toll to at least 17 as hopes faded for finding ...
British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe
Oakland TribuneLONDON -- British police searched the offices of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers Saturday after arresting a police officer and four current and former staff of his tabloid The Sun as part ...
Oracle Buys RightNow for $1.5 Billion
Silicon Valley DailyPOSTED October 26, 2011 REDWOOD SHORES -- Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire RightNow Technologies , a leading provider of cloud-based customer service, for $43.00 ...
Sports names & faces: Dany Heatley, John Calipari
San Francisco ChronicleMinnesota Wild players congratulate left wing Dany Heatley, right, after he scored in the first period against the Colorado Avalanche in their NHL hockey game on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, in Denver. ...
Exhibit opens generation dialogue
Oakland Tribune"Question Bridge: Black Males," a new video installation at the Oakland Museum of California, is bent on changing the past, present and future architecture of black men in American ...
San Leandro Disaster Council discusses strategies
Oakland TribuneEarthquake. Fire. Train or plane crash. Should disaster hit, the plan in San Leandro is for a command team to report to the city's Emergency Operations Center, then coordinate the actions of ...
Facebook IPO filing could come next week
Oakland TribuneFacebook may file as soon as Tuesday night to sell stock to the public, multiple sources said Friday.Although shares won't start trading for months, the IPO could raise as much as $10 billion ...
Bay Area buddies find success with baseball agency
San Francisco ChronicleThe Giants ' chances to return to the playoffs took a sudden hit. And Posey, his promising career shelved with a broken leg and torn ankle ligaments, was taking no calls from Cousins, who tried ...
San Jose State student arrested in dorm gropings
San Francisco ChronicleUniversity student who broke into four female students' dorm rooms and groped them early Friday has been arrested, campus officials said. Michael Escobar, 21, is being held at Santa Clara ...
Best Romantic Trips For Valentine’s Day in The Bay Area
CBS 5Valentine's Day with a special friend? The choices for high-end romance are endless for lovestruck San Franciscans. Here are a few sweet ideas, from an elegant wine country get-away to a snowy ...
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