Sunnyvale News

San Jose Mercury News

• Valley sees steady growth in tech sector

  22 mins ago  

  Strong May job gains in the South Bay's tech sector cemented Silicon Valley's leading role in the economic recovery of the Bay Area and California, a state jobs report released Friday shows. Full Story »

• San Jose police show sketch of serial armed robber

  22 mins ago  

  San Jose police on Friday said they need the public's help to identify a serial armed robber.The man is wanted for an armed robbery that occurred Sunday around 6 p. Full Story »

• Documentary celebrates life of 9/11 hero, bond with his Los Gatos mother

  2 hrs 21 mins ago  

  Mark Bingham's life as athlete, businessman, and gay man led to heroism on doomed Flight 93. Full Story »

• Santa Clara County supervisors finalize budget with more cuts to working poor and elderly

  2 hrs 22 mins ago  

  Santa Clara County supervisors Friday approved a $4 billion budget that continues to downsize social services and pummel the working poor, homebound seniors and troubled children. Full Story »

• Mountain View: Suspect in bank robbery arrested at nearby Starbucks

  Fri Jun 17, 4:50 pm ET  

  A man suspected of robbing a Mountain View bank was arrested when a police detective spotted him reading a newspaper at a Starbucks just around the corner from where the crime occurred. Full Story »

San Francisco Chronicle

• Woman gets 16 years for drunk crash that killed 4

  1 hr 3 mins ago  

  A Richmond woman was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison for a drunken crash in Oakland that killed her pregnant domestic partner as well as the victim's brother and twin 3-year-old sons. Tiffany Reynolds, 28,... Full Story »

• Police: Murder suspect mistook victims for rivals

  Fri Jun 17, 5:09 pm ET  

  A man arrested in the April slayings of two patrons of an Oakland restaurant mistakenly believed he was shooting at gang rivals, authorities said Friday. Neither victim was a gang member, nor were the five other people... Full Story »

• Angry driver shoots S.F. city employee

  Fri Jun 17, 3:39 pm ET  

  A San Francisco Parking and Traffic Department employee was shot and wounded today during an apparent road-rage incident in the city's Bayview District, police said. The victim, a painter, was driving a city truck with... Full Story »

• Convicted sex predator freed without restrictions

  Fri Jun 17, 3:24 pm ET  

  Convicted sexual predator Cary Verse was ordered released without any restrictions by a Contra Costa County judge today. Verse, 40, is to be released within three days from Coalinga State Hospital. His commitment at the... Full Story »

• Antioch woman convicted of niece's torture death

  Fri Jun 17, 11:55 am ET  

  An Antioch woman has been convicted of murder, torture and child abuse in the death of her 15-year-old niece, a prosecutor said today. Shemeeka Davis, 40, was found guilty Thursday of killing Jazzmin Davis, whose badly... Full Story »

The Sunnyvale Sun

• Sunnyvale: Lockheed Martin to layoff 1,200 employees nationwide

  38 mins ago  

  Lockheed Martin announced this week that the Space Systems Company will be laying off 1,200 employees nationwide beginning late-August through mid-October. Full Story »

• Sunnyvale: Dinner at the Dump returns June 25

  Thu Jun 16, 11:20 pm ET  

  Specialty Solid Waste and Recycling will host its signature invitation-only dinner benefiting local nonprofit groupss on June 25 at Dinner at the Dump. Full Story »

• Court stops sale of Sunnyvale Town Center

  Thu Jun 16, 11:20 pm ET  

  The Santa Clara County Superior Court last week stopped the sale of the troubled Sunnyvale Town Center, a proposed 36-acre foreclosed mixed-use development project, after the court-appointed receiver attempted to sell the property without an open-auction bidding process. Full Story »

• Sunnyvale shorts: AARP/Walgreens Wellness Tour coming to Sunnyvale June 27

  Thu Jun 16, 11:19 pm ET  

  Walgreens tour offers free health tests June 24-27The AARP/Walgreens Wellness Tour will be in Sunnyvale on June 27 from noon to 6 p. Full Story »

• Service Scholars: Eshoo recognizes military service academy appointments

  Thu Jun 16, 11:19 pm ET  

  Photograph courtesy of Patrick M. BolandService ScholarsU.S. Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto), third from left, announced her congressional nominees appointed to military service academies at an awards ceremony on June 6. Full Story »

CBS San Francisco

• Concord Dogs Killed By Poisoned Meatballs, Police Say

  1 hr 4 mins ago  

  Two dogs belonging to a Concord resident were found dead after police said they ate poisoned meatballs. Full Story »

• Barn Owl Rescued From Mothball Fleet On Suisun Bay

  1 hr 47 mins ago  

  An unusual stowaway discovered aboard an old oiler of the mothball fleet in the Suisun Bay will soon be returned to the wild, officials at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum said Friday. Full Story »

• Man Who Shot Chauncey Bailey Apologizes In Jailhouse Interview

  1 hr 59 mins ago  

  The confessed gunman in the shooting of an Oakland journalist and another man said in a jailhouse interview that he is sorry for the pain he caused his victims' families. Full Story »

• Volunteers Fan Out Again For Missing Bay Area Nursing Student

  Fri Jun 17, 4:58 pm ET  

  Investigators have reclassified Le's missing person case as a homicide investigation, but the men and women out looking for her Friday were undeterred, and many said they simply couldn't accept authorities' explanation of what had happened to the young woman. Full Story »

• Antioch Copper Wire Thieves Reach New High – Or Low

  Fri Jun 17, 4:10 pm ET  

  The price tag to replace just one power pole and its missing transformer: $12,000. Full Story »

NBC Bay Area

• Police Nab Latte-Sipping Bank Robber

  Fri Jun 17, 5:59 pm ET  

  Heading to Starbucks 25 minutes after robbing a bank to sip a latte and act like nothing happened is probably not the most brilliant of ideas. Full Story »

• Muni Changes and Traffic Delays to Fill Busy SF Weekend

  Fri Jun 17, 4:29 pm ET  

  It is going to be a busy weekend in the City and Muni is warning people ahead of time of service changes and traffic disruptions that may happen. Full Story »

• Father's Day Pages on Facebook

  Fri Jun 17, 4:15 pm ET  

  The Social Network is full of Dad's Day deals. Full Story »

• Yosemite's Half Dome to Reopen

  Fri Jun 17, 4:15 pm ET  

  The cables allowing hiker access to the summit of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome are set to be in place next week. Full Story »

• Former Stockton Cop Faces 20 Years for Child Porn

  Fri Jun 17, 3:44 pm ET  

  A graphic email to a 15-year old girl could land a former cop in federal prison for 20 years. Full Story »

Contra Costa Times

• Alameda, animal shelter supporters reach deal

  20 mins ago  

  Local nonprofit group will take over operation Nov. 1 Full Story »

• Convicted rapist Cary Verse set free with few restrictions

  50 mins ago  

  A Contra Costa judge ordered Verse, a 40-year-old sexually violent predator, released from custody Friday after doctors were not in agreement on his danger to society. Full Story »

• Four arrested in Friday afternoon demonstration in Oakland

  1 hr 10 mins ago  

  Protesters are marching against government cutbacks Full Story »

• Future for Oakland Airport looks bright

  1 hr 55 mins ago  

  Airport administrators have hope for the future of the Oakland Airport, including the installation of a BART connector in 2014. Full Story »

• Summer food program begins Monday in Oakland

  2 hrs 10 mins ago  

  Oakland youth will be able to eat free breakfasts and lunches throughout the summer months. Full Story »

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

• Sonoma County libraries ready to cut back hours

  2 hrs 14 mins ago  

  The county's library commission is scheduled to vote Monday on a new, reduced schedule that cuts public hours by nearly a quarter, prompting intense debate and criticism. Full Story »

• Court hearing today in Petaluma abused dog case

  Fri Jun 17, 5:28 pm ET  

  A settlement hearing resumes today in the case of a 67-year-old Petaluma man charged with felony animal abuse. Full Story »

• Balloon fest returns to Sonoma County

  Fri Jun 17, 4:13 pm ET  

  Hot air balloon aficionados took to the skies over Windsor and Santa Rosa Friday in preparation for this weekend's Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic. Full Story »

• Petaluma squatter arrested for 4th time at red-tagged home

  Fri Jun 17, 3:13 pm ET  

  Petaluma police were unsure what to expect when they got another call early Friday from a man who has tried repeatedly to move back into a red-tagged home despite the threat of arrest. Full Story »

• Cloverdale railroad tunnel fire could burn for a week

  Fri Jun 17, 2:59 pm ET  

  A 2-day-old fire in a railroad tunnel north of Cloverdale continued Friday to generate smoke and a large number of phone calls from worried citizens, authorities said. Full Story »

The San Francisco Examiner

• Police release description of suspect sought for DPT worker shooting

  2 hrs 43 mins ago  

  Police are looking for a man suspected of a road rage shooting that injured a San Francisco city employee working this morning in the Bayview district. An employee with The City’s Department of Parking and Traffic was shot in the shoulder at about 8:35 a.m. near the intersection of Palou Avenue and Quint Street. The suspect is described as a 30-year-old Hispanic man with a medium build. He was ... Full Story »

• Police arrest man, woman in San Francisco on suspicion of several Colma burglaries

  Fri Jun 17, 4:58 pm ET  

  Colma police earlier this week arrested a man and woman suspected of several storage locker burglaries in the area. Joseph Matthew Dowd, 44, and Janette Azadian, 36, were arrested in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Colma police detectives determined that a vehicle used in a burglary at a storage facility in their city was located at Dowd’s residence in San Francisco. While ... Full Story »

• San Francisco Elections Commission appoints three to Redistricting Task Force

  Fri Jun 17, 3:38 pm ET  

  The Elections Commission this week picked three people to sit on the Redistricting Task Force, the panel tasked with redrawing San Francisco’s supervisorial districts so they have roughly the same number of people living in them. They had more than 20 candidates to choose from, but ultimately offered the job to Mark Schreiber, Melissa Tidwell and David Pilpel. Pilpel is the candidate most ... Full Story »

• Pawlenty showered with confetti by left-leaning activist group in San Francisco

  Fri Jun 17, 3:32 pm ET  

  A left-wing activist group is claiming responsibility for a copycat confetti attack on Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty in San Francisco. A video posted by CodePink shows two of its activists Thursday raining confetti down on a table where the ex-Minnesota governor was signing books at a health insurance industry conference. Stone-faced Pawlenty aides vigorously brushed the pink ... Full Story »

• Bevan Dufty slams Arizona as ‘xenophobic, homophobic and ignorant’

  Fri Jun 17, 3:24 pm ET  

  Did he just say that? At a mayoral debate Thursday evening focused on the power of technology in government, mayoral candidate and former Supervisor Bevan Dufty veered from the topic of technology to list what he thought was so great about San Francisco. He mentioned former Mayor Gavin Newsom’s defiant decision to start marrying same-sex couples at San Francisco City Hall. He mentioned Healthy ... Full Story »

KGO-TV Bay Area

• Alameda County CHP investigating fatal crash involving bicyclist

  Fri Jun 17, 5:16 pm ET  

  The CHP is investigating the case of an Alameda County probation officer who hit a bicyclist with her car. Full Story »

• SJ board of supervisors approves budget

  Fri Jun 17, 4:55 pm ET  

  The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors passed a $4 billion budget Friday morning. Full Story »

• Homeowners line up for mortgage relief help

  Fri Jun 17, 3:10 pm ET  

  Homeowners from around the Bay Area are in San Jose out of desperation after trying to deal with the lenders. Full Story »

• Volunteers begin search for Michelle Le

  Fri Jun 17, 2:30 pm ET  

  Volunteer searchers began looking for anything on Friday that could reveal more clues into Michelle Le's disappearance. Full Story »

• SF city worker shot in shoulder in the Bayview

  Fri Jun 17, 1:36 pm ET  

  A San Francisco city worker was shot Friday morning in what may have been a road rage incident. Full Story »

Oakland Tribune

• Alameda, animal shelter supporters reach deal

  28 mins ago  

  Local nonprofit group will take over operation Nov. 1 Full Story »

• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Bank robbery suspect arrested at nearby Starbucks; Reunion Saturday for current, former Marine ...

  28 mins ago  

  Other top stories include: Robbery suspects surrender after Oakland standoff; Jurors award diabetic bodybuilder $217K in civil case involving Redwood City police Full Story »

• Convicted rapist Cary Verse set free with few restrictions

  43 mins ago  

  A Contra Costa judge ordered Verse, a 40-year-old sexually violent predator, released from custody Friday after doctors were not in agreement on his danger to society. Full Story »

• People: Disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner offered role on 'Entourage' TV show

  56 mins ago  

  Also: 'Moneyball' trailer getting decent reviews; Rebecca Black's video back on YouTube; Lady Gaga back with her boyfriend. Full Story »

• Dems fuming over Brown veto

  58 mins ago  

  Governor will have to resolve rift with political allies Full Story »