Residents, firefighters contain Pleasanton grass fire PLEASANTON — Residents used garden hoses to keep a grass fire in check and away from several apartments Friday, long enough for firefighters to arrive and contain it before any damage was caused, according to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department.
Peter Magowan is stepping down after 16 years as the Giants' managing partner and will be replaced by general partner and former Microsoft chief attorney William Neukom.
TRACY — Peter Van Katwyk hurled four innings of shutout ball for the Diamondbacks in a 2-1 win over the Braves in recent Tracy Little League major division action.
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, Rocky was one of the most gentle and affectionate animals to be found in Hollywood's vast exotic menagerie of performing lions, tigers and bears — until the 700-pound grizzly bit down on the neck of a veteran trainer and killed him.
