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East Bay to face water rationing

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:16:58 MDT

Residents will likely be prohibited from hosing off sidewalks, washing cars and watering lawns two days in a row under the first water rationing in decades.

Vote: Which prohibition are you likely to break?

49ers backup plan: former garbage dump

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:03:08 MDT

Brisbane emerges as third choice for football team's future digs

Family and friends struggle to make sense of teen's death

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:23:56 MDT

College student dies from head injuries after attack at Giants game

East Bay will be riding heat wave

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:34:31 MDT

An offshore weather system will shut off the Bay Area's natural air conditioning this week, cranking the heat up into the triple digits in some communities.

21-year-old shot dead near Hilltop mall

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:59:19 MDT

Someone in a black car shot and killed a 21-year-old Vallejo man two blocks from Richmond's Hilltop mall this afternoon.

Two pot farms discovered in burning Oakland high-rise near Lake Merritt

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:58:09 MDT

Firefighters battling a fire early this morning in a once- staid, 80-year-old landmark building near Lake Merritt discovered two pot farms, one on the sixth floor and one in the seventh-floor penthouse, where the fire apparently started, authorities said.

Clean up the Colesium concessions

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:02:57 MDT

THE OAKLAND A'S might be winning on the field, but according to a report, the team is striking out big time at the concession stands.In the June issue of Portfolio magazine, the home of the Athletics, McAfee Coliseum, is rated the second filthiest facility in Major League Baseball.

Newark schools chief named

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:54:02 MDT

NEWARK — One of two internal candidates who sought to be the next Newark schools superintendent landed the job over the weekend.Kevin Harrigan, associate superintendent of educational services for the district, will take the reins July 1, school board President Jan Crocker said Monday.

Clean up the Colesium concessions

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:50:49 MDT

THE OAKLAND A'S might be winning on the field, but according to a report, the team is striking out big time at the concession stands.

Study: Hands-free calling law for drivers could save hundreds of lives

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:08:32 MDT

California's new hands-free cell phone law could save 300 lives a year, a new study indicates. Similar laws in other states already have saved lives, the Public Policy Institute of California reported Monday night.