KARL MONDON

With 44 accidents reported since its opening as a bypass to accommodate a new Bay Bridge east span, the bend in the road has become a focus of safety concerns.

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Republicans call Brown's internal investigation a whitewash.  

PLEASANTON — Jonathan Lowell has been hired as the city's new attorney, succeeding Michael Roush, who is retiring after 21 years.Lowell has spent the past six years as city attorney for San Luis Obispo, a coastal town of 43,000 people three hours south of Pleasanton.  

In an update to previously announced enrollment cuts, Chancellor Charles Reed said the 23-campus system will accept 40,000 fewer students for the 2010-11 school year.  

This year's catch near Half Moon Bay is said to be unusually small.  

While the figures may vary from one war to the next, the burden of war on society, the family and individuals is shared across time and location. Except that in Afghanistan and Iraq, the effects on the men and women are intensified by repeated deployments and a lack of services available to deal with the trauma of the terrifyingly unpredictable warfare being waged there.  

RICHMOND — A prosecutor today handed over 685 pages of documents and 28 DVDs containing evidence related to the Oct. 24 gang rape of a Richmond High School student on campus — discovery that defense attorneys said they'll need to review before the accused can enter pleas.  

Veterans Day SCHOOLS: Closed BANKS: Closed POST OFFICEs: Closed GARBAGE COLLECTION: Regular schedule BART: Regular weekday schedule AC TRANSIT: Regular weekday schedule CITY AND COUNTY OFFICES: Closed PARKING METERS: Oakland meters will be enforced LIBRARIES: Closed STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES:  

A half-dozen proposed changes to how Oakland regulates construction projects could create more than 2,000 jobs in the next two years, according to speakers at a rally outside City Hall.  

MARTINEZ — At the county hospital Thursday, they're having a talk titled, "Is it Rest in Peace for a Single Payer National Health Program?''Considering the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center's growing popularity as a health-care option for residents, reports of the single-payer system's  

VACAVILLE — A Vacaville couple pleaded not guilty today to child endangerment and weapons charges after the accidental shooting death of their 2-year-old daughter.