Urban harvesting takes root in Bay Area

Oakland Tribune - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

For years, Barbara Stackhouse would go out every spring with her husband, Richard, to pick oranges from three big trees in her backyard in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. The couple would give the juicy navels and Valencias to friends, family members and neighbors.But as they got older, climbing ladders and hauling down all those oranges wasn't possible any more. "They fall. ...

Giants Score Twice In 8th Defeat Padres

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Juan Perez hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 5-4 on Tuesday night, snapping the Padres’ seven-game winning ...

South San Francisco Husband Wife Charged With Operating Brothels

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Authorities say a South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to ...

SF Mayor Celebrates Pride Month Weighs In On Prop. 8 Case

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee raised the LGBT rainbow flag at City Hall late Tuesday morning, ushering in Pride Month and optimism about an upcoming decision on marriage equality from the U.S. Supreme Court. Standing on the mayor’s balcony at 11 a.m., Lee unfurled the multi-colored flag, about two weeks before the annual Pride parade and accompanying ...

Grass Fire Burns More Than 140 Acres In Benicia

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

BENICIA (CBS SF) — A grass fire burning in an open space area in Benicia that grew to 142 acres Tuesday is now 80 percent contained, fire officials said. Crews responded to reports of a fire near an industrial park in the 4500 block of California Court around 2:20 p.m., according to a Benicia fire dispatcher. The fire, which is burning near Lake Herman Road about a mile west of ...

5 Things Learned In Game 3 Of Stanley Cup Finals

CBS 5 - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

BOSTON (AP) - Five things learned in the Boston Bruins’ win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night: ___ SUPAH TUUKKA: Tuukka Rask is proving the Bruins right for putting their faith in him. Rask watched the Bruins’ entire 2011 Stanley Cup run from the bench while Tim Thomas led Boston to the NHL title, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in the ...

Phil Matier Brown Demonstrates Political Savvy With Unions Over Pay Raise

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The union representing 95,000 state employees have reached a tentative contract agreement that includes a 4.5 percent pay raise over a two-year ...

BART Warns Passengers Of Potential Strike In Coming Weeks

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

OAKLAND (KCBS)-- BART is warning its passengers that there could be a strike by one or more of its employee unions in the next several weeks, but one union representative thinks that warning is coming a little too soon. BART Spokesperson Alicia Trost said they are working with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on a strike-contingency plan and that the agency has posted a warning on ...

Some Bay Area School Districts To See Increase In State Funding

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

OAKLAND (KCBS)-- Oakland Unified, San Francisco Unified and other Bay Area school districts will see significant increases in state funding now that the legislature has passed a budget. The only thing they need now is Governor Brown's signature. On Friday the Legislature passed the state budget and a bill that changes state funding for California schools by giving more money to districts ...

Your Medical Records Could Be Sold on Black Market

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Your doctor's name, your past illnesses and medical history, even the kind of medicine you take - these are the types of personal details for sale in a multimillion dollar underground ...

Goleta Sues Department of Finance Over Funds for San Jose Creek Project

Santa Barbara Independent - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The City of Goleta filed a lawsuit late yesterday against the California Department of Finance (DOF) regarding the money earmarked to complete the public safety improvements to the San Jose ...

CPUC Safety Award Questioned

NBC 11 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

CPUC president Michael Peevey for his commitment to safety at the state capitol Monday night. Peevey is scheduled to vote later this year on the size and details of the penalty for PG&E’s role in the San Bruno pipeline explosion in Sept. ...

Richmond City Official Faces Blight Charge

NBC 11 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

City officials are going after him by threatening a lawsuit to clean it up. Booze said he keeps the items in his Richmond storage yard under lock and ...

Reward fund swells to $30000 in slaying of Emeryville man last week

Oakland Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

OAKLAND -- As the reward for information leading to Emeryville resident Aya Nakano's killer grew to more than $30,000 Tuesday, friends and family said goodbye to a young man with an intense love for basketball and a passion for Motown and soul music.Nakano, 22, who was gunned down last week after an unknown driver rear-ended him, was remembered as a guy who loved to tease and poke fun at ...

Fruitvale Station private screening to be held in Oakland

Oakland Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

(L-R) MICHAEL JAMES, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, TRESTIN GEORGE, THOMAS WRIGHT, KEVIN DURAND and ALEJANDRA NOLASCO star in FRUITVALE STATION The Weinstein Company. All Rights ...

2-Alarm Fire Burning In San Francisco’s Tenderloin

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Firefighters are responding to a two-alarm fire in the San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday evening, a fire dispatcher ...

War Correspondent Michael Hastings Dies In SoCal Car Crash

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith said he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early ...

Rapids Coach Defenseman Suspended For Actions Vs. ‘Quakes

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Head coach Oscar Pareja of Colorado Rapids leaves the pitch after being defeated 2-1 by the San Jose Earthquakes. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty ...

Jawbones UP Band Saves Appirio Healthcare Dollars

NBC 11 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Jawbone, the San Francisco company that makes the popular UP band (full disclosure, one is dangling on my right wrist as I type these words...), just signed a deal to team up with Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a group that helps kids avoid obesity, by living healthy ...

MLB notebook San Jose sues MLB over A’s stalled move

Tribune Review - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed ...

Fatality At Hayward BART Station Shuts Down Service

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAYWARD (CBS SF) — A person died after jumping in front of a BART train at the Hayward station Tuesday afternoon and service is stopped in both directions, a BART police lieutenant ...

Marin Supervisors Approve County Fair Dress Code Aimed At Gang Members

CBS 5 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

MARIN (KCBS) --The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally adopted a dress code policy targeting gang members at the upcoming County Fair. But some are concerned the policy could lead to racial profiling. The dress-code policy won unanimous approval. Supervisors said gang members are allowed at the fair, as long as they are not wearing gang colors or other insignia. The fair runs ...