Obama picks Leon Panetta to head CIA
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
WASHINGTON—Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA.
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New video shows BART officer shooting Hayward man in the back
Sean MaherbrOakland Tribune @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
Family’s attorney calls for $25 million lawsuit, calling the incident ‘the most unconscionable shooting” he has ever seen.
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Man bound, beaten in Concord home invasion
By Robert Salonga br Contra Costa Times @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
CONCORD — A man was tied up and pistol-whipped over the weekend by a group of home invaders who may have been looking for drugs, police said.Police were called to John Muir Medical Center in Concord about 10 p.
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Light rain today, then warmer temps rest of week
By Sean Maher, Oakland Tribune @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
The Bay Area will warm up as week progresses
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SF church vandalized with swastikas
Bay City News Service @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
A Catholic church in San Francisco was defaced with spray-painted graffiti depictions of swastikas over the weekend
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De La Fuente won’t seek new term as Oakland council president
By Kelly RayburnbrStaff writer @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
Among the several Oakland City Council members seeking the position, Jane Brunner could be the favorite.
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Pilot injured in weekend plane crash near Lake Chabot
By Sean Maher, Oakland Tribune @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
Experimental plane flying out of Oakland experienced engine problems and crashed onto a hill on the north end of Lake Chabot over the weekend.
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Firefighters extinguish early morning house fire in Berkeley
Oakland Tribune @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
No one injured; blaze may have spread from chimney, officials said.
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4.4 quake strikes Sunday near The Geysers in Sonoma
p class="bylinejb"By br //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Bay Area News Group @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck in Sonoma County Sunday near The Geysers, according to the U.
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East Bay students thrive at online ’school’
By Kimberly S. Wetzel br West County Times @ January 5, 2009 # Comments Off
Web-based programs gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional education model
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