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  • Dewanda Joseph and her nephew, Taiwan Walker, are recovering from a kidney transplant operation. She was the donor and he, the recipient.
  • Dewanda Joseph and her nephew, Taiwan Walker, are recovering from a kidney transplant operation. She was the donor and he, the recipient.
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health, lyanne melendez
  • Merrill Newmans family remains concerned
  • While the concern grows for a Palo Alto man detained in North Korea, we take a look at what it is like traveling there.
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palo alto, north korea, veterans, travel, south bay news, lyanne melendez
  • San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.
  • Students charged with a hate crime for allegedly taunting and abusing their black roommate have been suspended from SJSU.
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san jose, san jose state, SJPD, crime, hate crime, south bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Emergency crews examine wreckage from Asiana Airlines plane crash
  • SFO has released a preliminary report on how well things were handled following the Asiana crash and what needs to be improved.
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Asiana Airlines crash, plane crash, crash, san francisco international airport, NTSB, peninsula news, lyanne melendez
  • San Francisco police at Valencia Gardens public housing complex.
  • San Francisco police are being accused of brutality in a case that involved a bicyclist at the Valencia Gardens public housing.
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SFPD, crime, george gascon, caught on tape, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • Batkid gives the crowd a thumbs-up.
  • As Miles Scott was saving San Francisco as Batkid, people were happy to see a happy story dominating the news cycle.
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batkid, children, charities, cancer, greg suhr, ed lee, crime, barack obama, twitter, facebook, social media, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • Cal student
  • Do student athletes wanting to attend Cal get an academic break? One study found that some do.
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UC, uc berkeley, NCAA, education, lyanne melendez
  • Dancer Lani Dickinson
  • A young woman has taken the phrase "overcoming adversity" to a new level.
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disability, art, san rafael, entertainment, lyanne melendez
  • Janet Napolitano talks one-on-one with ABC7 News
  • Janet Napolitano has promised to freeze undergrad tuition next year, but is realistic about the true costs of running the UC system.
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UC, Janet Napolitano, tuition, immigration, education, lyanne melendez
  • Aldon Smith
  • SF 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith pleaded not guilty to felony weapons charges in San Jose.
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san francisco 49ers, DUI, shooting, santa clara county, lawsuit, guns, alcohol, marijuana, drugs, crash, nfl, nfl, lyanne melendez
  • Typhoon Haiyan aftermath.
  • Aide is starting to reach those who survived the Typhoon Haiyan but it is not enough.
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philippines, rain, storm, wind, evacuation, fundraiser, non-profit, local news, lyanne melendez
  • Silicon Valley investors work to make guns safer
  • Anyone who can come up with an idea on how to make guns safer will be given $1 million.
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silicon valley, guns, connecticut school shooting, technology, lyanne melendez
  • Google Helpouts screenshot
  • If you've ever wished for some expert advice at a moment's notice, Google thinks it can help.
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google, gadgets, technology, lyanne melendez
  • Andy Lopez memorial.
  • The parents of Andy Lopez, the 13-year-old boy shot to death by a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy have filed a federal lawsuit.
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santa rosa, shooting, sonoma county, guns, FBI, children, protest, lawsuit, north bay news, lyanne melendez
  • The Internet is still abuzz over a secretive barge located at Treasure Island.
  • Google won't even confirm it's theirs, but people are speculating on what the company is doing on a barge in the bay.
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google, san francisco bay, technology, lyanne melendez
  • Celebrity chef Guy Fieri
  • Celebrity chef Guy Fieri testified in the trial of a Marin County teen accused of stealing Fieri's Lamborghini in 2011.
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marin county, mill valley, crime, shooting, celebrity, trials, north bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Inside the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif.
  • Tesla opened its doors to demonstrate how science, technology, engineering and math are used in our daily lives.
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fremont, tesla, google, education, lyanne melendez
  • The son of a city gardener accused of running over a woman in a San Francisco park has been arrested for leaving the scene of a collision with a bicycle.
  • The son of a city gardener accused of running over a woman in a San Francisco park has been arrested for leaving the scene of a collision with a bicyclist.
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hit and run, crime, crash, mission district, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • Students panic over online college application glitches
  • Glitches in the new version of the online Common Application is making it difficult for students to turn in their college applications.
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internet, computers, moraga, education, lyanne melendez
  • Goats running in Daly City.
  • Several hundred students witnessed the relationship between tech and agricultural at a career day at the Cow Palace.
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agriculture, apps, computers, daly city, cow palace, peninsula news, lyanne melendez
  • New CCSF chancellor Arthur Tyler
  • A new chancellor named to head City College of San Francisco is vowing to help the embattled school maintain accreditation.
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san francisco city college, budget cuts, teachers, unions, tuition, education, lyanne melendez
  • Cal Sports Coors Light billboard
  • A measure to ban alcohol billboards near Richmond schools is expected to pass, but not everyone thinks it will deter teens from drinking.
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richmond, alcohol, laws, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Lafayette girl writes songs for Malala
  • A 12-year-old Lafayette girl wrote two songs for Malala and was able to reach out and speak to her via Skype.
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lafayette, pakistan, children, music, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Government shutdown protester at the Cliff House in San Francisco
  • The federal government shutdown continues to affect all sorts of services in the Bay Area, leaving a lot of people disappointed.
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barack obama, john boehner, republicans, obamacare, health care, congress, government shutdown, furloughs, democrats, soldiers, politics, lyanne melendez
  • Students at Washington High in San Francisco drove a simulator and learned why they shouldn't text and drive.
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crash, smartphones, driving, AT&T;, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • San Francico middle school students with donated iPads
  • Middle schools in San Francisco are trying something new, iPads in the classroom, and it's all thanks to a huge gift from Salesforce.
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iPad, charities, ed lee, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • Alcatraz cruise
  • If the government shutdown continues businesses fear the economic impact to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf will be huge.
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fleet week, fisherman's wharf, san francisco bay, tourism, travel, budget cuts, government shutdown, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • U.C. Berkeley substation.
  • Officials confirm that stolen copper from a substation caused a campus-wide outage at U.C. Berkeley Monday night.
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UC, uc berkeley, berkeley, power outage, fire, evacuation, explosion, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Kristina Chesterman died after a drunk driver plowed into her as she cycled home from the library.
  • Kristina Chesterman died after a drunk driver plowed into her as she cycled home from the library.
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DUI, driving, alcohol, bikes, crash, CSU, livermore, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Breast cancer scan
  • There is some encouraging news about breast cancer rates in the state of California and hard-hit Marin County -- they're declining.
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marin county, cancer, study, medical research, women's health, north bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Charalampos Loannou of Greece shows his experiment at the Google Science Fair
  • On Monday students from around the world showed off their experiments at the Google Science Fair in Mountain View.
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google, children, school competition, education, lyanne melendez
  • San Jose State University student
  • The San Jose State University wireless internet system isn't keeping up with demand and it's making things tough for students.
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san jose state, internet, gadgets, computers, iPad, tablets, south bay news, lyanne melendez
  • San Ramon shooting suspect led away by SWAT
  • The man who apparently opened fire as he was being evicted on Wednesday is a former investment advisor who had fallen on hard times.
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contra costa county, san ramon, shooting, foreclosures, housing market, crime, guns, violence, standoff, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Zuckerberg attends opening of first SF KIPP school
  • On Tuesday Mark Zuckerberg attended the opening ceremony for a new public KIPP charter school in San Francisco.
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mark zuckerberg, facebook, children, education, lyanne melendez
  • Students in Oakland and Sacramento are being offered a two-year program in video game design.
  • Parents in the East Bay may soon actually be encouraging their teens to play video games.
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jerry brown, oakland, video game, technology, lyanne melendez
  • school bus
  • Imagine putting your child on a school bus only to learn she was dropped off at the wrong school.
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hayward, autism, children, education, lyanne melendez
  • Belmont-Redwood Shores School District construction
  • The school year has finally started for Belmont-Redwood Shores School students, delayed due to a major construction project.
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belmont, redwood shores, construction, real estate, peninsula news, lyanne melendez
  • student working on car at Washington High School
  • Washington High School in San Francisco is revving up its auto shop program and encouraging other students to sign up.
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auto industry, jobs, toyota, education, lyanne melendez
  • A new Harvard study finds if women get mammograms before the age of 50, it could help save lives.
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cancer, women's health, mammogram, health, lyanne melendez
  • Kid eating
  • In the Bay Area, several organizations have come together during Hunger Action Month to tackle hunger, especially among children.
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charities, children, food, tenderloin, marin county, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • YouTube has come up with an education category focused on sharing lessons for anyone around the world.
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youtube, teachers, education, lyanne melendez
  • San Jose police car
  • San Jose may be the first city in the nation to document every time an officer temporarily detains someone on the curb.
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racial profiling, san jose, SJPD, south bay news, lyanne melendez
  • CCSF
  • The same accrediting commission that investigated City College is now being reprimanded by the Department of Education.
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san francisco city college, budget cuts, teachers, unions, tuition, education, lyanne melendez
  • Oakland Unified School District building
  • The Oakland Unified School District school board will vote Wednesday on a strategic plan on a how to best manage its assets.
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oakland, budget cuts, voting, real estate, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Hunter Kilbourn
  • A young boy from Antioch, about to celebrate his birthday, needed more than 100 stitches after he was attacked by a pit bull.
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antioch, dog attack, children, animal, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Some high school students interning at SF General as part of a unique learning experience are getting to see everything -- even the cadavers.
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san francisco general hospital, san francisco news, lyanne melendez
  • Dr. Steven Chu shares his concerns over global warming
  • Former US Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu is teaching at Stanford and says climate change continues to be his biggest concern.
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uc berkeley, climate change, stanford university, politics, lyanne melendez
  • The private ambulance company that serves Santa Clara County is still rolling, even after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
  • Rural/Metro, a private ambulance company serving Santa Clara County, is fully operational even after it filed for bankruptcy.
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bankruptcy, business, lyanne melendez
  • Man working on laptop at workspace during BART strike
  • If there is a BART strike next week, many people can take advantage of work spaces to avoid getting stuck in traffic.
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transportation, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, bay area traffic, lyanne melendez
  • Blind BART rider
  • For the disabled and those from underserved communities, another BART strike would be a huge inconvenience.
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oakland, BART, unions, strike, SEIU, traffic, transportation, disability, bay area traffic, lyanne melendez