Bay City News wire
REGIONAL: MARIN AND SONOMA RESIDENTS WILL VOTE ON PASSENGER TRAIN IN NOVEMBERFri, 18 Jul 2008 12:45Residents in Marin and Sonoma counties will vote again in November on a proposed one-quarter percent sales tax to
FRIDAY MIDDAY NEWS ROUNDUPFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:55A high school in Pinole was temporarily locked down this morning and then students were evacuated following reports that
OAKLAND: JUDGE SAYS IT WAS LEGAL FOR CITY TO MISLEAD VOTERS ABOUT TAXFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:35OAKLAND (BCN) A judge said today that it was legal for Oakland city and elected officials to mislead voters
PALO ALTO: MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY FAKED MOUNTAIN LION ATTACK WON'T FACE CHARGESFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:20PALO ALTO (BCN) A 50-year-old man who says he was attacked by a mountain lion in a Palo Alto
SF: GROUPS MARCH TO 'SILENCE THE VIOLENCE'Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:10SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) Several groups are marching in San Francisco today to "Silence the Violence'' in neighborhoods like the
SF: TWO MEN CHARGED IN HOMELESS MAN'S BEATING DEATH APPEAR IN COURTFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:10SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) Prosecutors have charged two men accused in the beating death of a homeless man in San
SONOMA CO.: UPDATE: NAPA COUPLE RECOVERING AFTER CRASH NEAR CASINOFri, 18 Jul 2008 11:00SANTA ROSA (BCN) An elderly Napa couple are recovering in Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital today after their car was
REGIONAL: MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRES 100 PERCENT CONTAINEDFri, 18 Jul 2008 10:40Four weeks after lightning strikes caused 129 Mendocino Lightning Complex blazes, the fires are 100 percent contained, Cal Fire
FAIRFIELD: MAN SHOT IN ARM AT GAS STATIONFri, 18 Jul 2008 10:05FAIRFIELD (BCN) A 25-year-old Vacaville man was shot in the arm at a gas station in Fairfield late Thursday
REGIONAL: FILMMAKERS TO COMPETE IN 48-HOUR CONTESTFri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00Bay Area filmmakers will have a chance this weekend to compete in an international contest in which teams will
SANTA ROSA: RESTAURANT CITED FOR ALCOHOL SALE IN MINOR DECOY OPERATIONFri, 18 Jul 2008 09:35SANTA ROSA (BCN) Santa Rosa police cited an employee at a local restaurant Thursday for furnishing alcohol to a
CAPITOLA: MAN TURNS HIMSELF IN SHORTLY AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING PREGNANT GIRLFRIENDFri, 18 Jul 2008 08:25CAPITOLA (BCN) A 48-year-old man turned himself in to the Santa Cruz County Jail on Thursday night about a
REGIONAL: ALAMEDA HARBOR BAY FERRY SERVICE AFFECTED BY MECHANICAL PROBLEMFri, 18 Jul 2008 07:40Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry service has been affected this morning due to a mechanical problem on the Bay Breeze
MONTEREY CO.: ADDITIONAL MANDATORY BASIN COMPLEX FIRE EVACUATIONS LIFTEDFri, 18 Jul 2008 06:55Some mandatory evacuations will be lifted this morning for areas affected by the 128,000-acre Basin Complex Fire burning in
SJ: DUI AND DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECKPOINTS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHTFri, 18 Jul 2008 05:50SAN JOSE (BCN) San Jose police will be conducting DUI and driver's license checkpoints tonight at undisclosed locations in
SONOMA CO.: NAPA COUPLE SUFFER MAJOR INJURIES IN COLLISION NEAR CASINOFri, 18 Jul 2008 05:10A Napa couple was airlifted to a hospital Thursday afternoon after their car was broadsided by a box truck
SF: OFFICER SUFFERS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES DURING SUSPECT PURSUITFri, 18 Jul 2008 03:40SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) A San Francisco police officer received non-life threatening leg or ankle injuries during a Thursday night
PLEASANT HILL: GROUND BROKEN FOR TRANSIT VILLAGE AT BART STATIONFri, 18 Jul 2008 02:35PLEASANT HILL (BCN) Bay Area Rapid Transit district and Contra Costa County officials, along with two developers, broke ground
SJ: POLICE USE NEW GRAFFITI-TRACKING DATABASE TO CATCH VANDALSFri, 18 Jul 2008 01:30SAN JOSE (BCN) With the help of a new graffiti-tracking system, the San Jose Police Department's Metro Graffiti Team
DALY CITY: FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH HOUSE FIRE WITHIN 15 MINUTESFri, 18 Jul 2008 00:30DALY CITY (BCN) Six fire companies responded to a fire at a home in Daly City Thursday morning and
SSF: ADULT AND JUVENILE SUSPECTS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF GRAFFITI VANDALISMThu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) South San Francisco police investigating graffiti in the city's downtown area have arrested several groups
SANTA ROSA: DRIVER DIES AFTER VEHICLE HITS HOSPITAL PARKING LOT TREEThu, 17 Jul 2008 22:10SANTA ROSA (BCN) A 69-year-old man died this afternoon after police found him in a vehicle that had crashed
REGIONAL: REPORT CALLS CALIFORNIA'S MAJOR WATER SOURCE UNSUSTAINABLEThu, 17 Jul 2008 21:20A report released today by the Public Policy Institute of California claims the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which provides water
GILROY: 2-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH GUNSHOT WOUND LEFT AT HOSPITALThu, 17 Jul 2008 20:55GILROY (BCN) Police are questioning a man who dropped off a child suffering a gunshot wound at a Gilroy
CALIFORNIA STATE LOTTERY RESULTSThu, 17 Jul 2008 20:35The California State Lottery winning numbers for the Daily 3 game this evening are 5, 5 and 5. The