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CBS News: Man Accused Of 19 San Ramon Garage Burglaries

Fri, 18 May 2012 02:08:10 -0500

SAN RAMON (CBS SF) — A San Ramon man was arrested Wednesday in connection to 19 residential garage burglaries in San Ramon’s Dougherty Valley area over the past several months, police said Thursday.

Chase Adamic, 23, was arrested Wednesday evening after an ongoing investigation linked him to the burglaries, five of which occurred in the past two weeks, police said.

CBS News: Yahoo’s New Boss Revamps Recently Created Division

Fri, 18 May 2012 02:02:33 -0500

SUNNYVALE (CBS / AP) — Yahoo’s new boss is reorganizing a consumer-commerce division created by recently dispatched CEO Scott Thompson.

Instead of operating as a separate division, Yahoo’s commerce operations will operate within the company’s global media team.

Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn announced the decision in a memo sent Thursday to Yahoo Inc. employees. The move signals Levinsohn’s ideas for turning around the troubled Internet company differ from Thompson’s.

CBS News: Facebook Sets IPO Price At $38 Per Share

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:53:33 -0500

MENLO PARK (CBS SF) – Facebook’s initial public offering of stock is shaping up to be one of the largest ever. The world’s definitive online social network is raising at least $16 billion, a big windfall for a company that began eight years ago with no way to make money.

CBS News: Vallejo Family Demands Answers After Police Officer Kills Dog

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:46:57 -0500

VALLEJO (CBS SF) - A Vallejo family demands answers after a police officer shot and killed one of their dogs when he came to their house Wednesday to investigate an identity theft.

Officer Chase Calhoun went to the family’s home near the corner of Kentucky and Trinity streets around noon Wednesday to take a statement. According to Vallejo Police, he heard two dogs growl, then saw them charge, as he opened the front gate of the home.

CBS News: Little-Known Report May Affect Your Car Insurance Rates

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:45:48 -0500

SACRAMENTO (CBS) — A Northern California driver thinks a mistake on his record caused his car insurance to double.

When he learned of a little-known report we all have, called a C.L.U.E. report, he called CBS to investigate.

When Del Barrett’s car insurance doubled, he learned his insurance company used something called a C.L.U.E. report to set his rates.

“I was absolutely clueless as to what a C.L.U.E. report was,” Barrett.

CBS News: Benicia Man Sentenced In Torture, Murder Of Martinez Teen

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:02:39 -0500

MARTINEZ (CBS SF) — Benicia resident Robert Gardner was sentenced to 29 years to life in prison Thursday morning for his role in the torture and murder of a Martinez teenager days before Christmas in 2009.

A jury in March found Gardner guilty of first-degree murder, torture, residential burglary and larceny for aiding and abetting the Dec. 20, 2009 torture and killing of 18-year-old Eric Bean.

CBS News: Live Vietnam-Era Grenade Found In Pacifica Park

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:29:17 -0500

PACIFICA (CBS SF) — A live Vietnam-era grenade was found in a Pacifica park Thursday morning, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 10:30 a.m., the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad was called to the entrance of Edgemar Park in the Manor District of Pacifica where a military grenade had been found along the fence line, sheriff’s officials said.

Authorities determined the Vietnam-era style grenade was intact and live.

Pacifica police cordoned off the immediate area to cars and pedestrians as the bomb squad mitigated the grenade.

CBS News: Zabriskie Wins Individual Time Trial, Takes Tour of California Lead

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:42:01 -0500

BAKERSFIELD (CBS / AP) – Dave Zabriskie won the individual time trial in hot and breezy conditions Thursday to take the Tour of California overall lead in with three stages left.

Zabriskie, the 33-year-old Garmin-Barracuda rider from Salt Lake City, finished the 18.4-mile flat course in 35 minutes, 59 seconds at an average speed of 30.77 mph.

Germany’s Jens Voigt, racing for RadioShack-Nissan-Trek, was second in the fifth stage, 23 seconds back.

CBS News: Arrests Made In Scam Targeting Elderly SF Asian Women

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:40:48 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Several women from Hong Kong were arrested at San Francisco International Airport in connection with a scam to rob elderly Asian women of jewelry and cash.

San Francisco police have linked the suspects to an organized crime ring responsible for similar robberies in other major U.S. cities.

Lirong Lin, 57, Caiqiong Chen, 43, and Huifei Lin, 42, were arrested and charged with multiple counts of grand theft, extortion and elder financial abuse. Lirong and Huifei Lin are also being held on out of state warrants, according to police.

CBS News: Style Expert, Tim Gunn Talks To ‘Sarah & Vinnie’

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:57:15 -0500

"Fifth & Pacific Chief Creative Officer" Tim Gunn will in the Bay Area giving fans a chance to Meet & Greet the Style Expert! He will be hosting at...