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OAKLAND Ronnie Grier was an outgoing, gregarious 16-year-old who liked to make people laugh.

BERKELEY A man arrested five years ago in connection with a Berkeley slaying was charged Tuesday with two counts of murder in the September shooting deaths of two men on Derby Street in West Berkeley.

The two men were both hardworking engineers, both immigrants, both doting fathers pursuing their American dreams in Silicon Valley. From all appearances, it looked like they both had made it. Sid Agrawal, a 56-year-old native of India, was chief

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San Jose, Calif. -- Three sports teams in the San Francisco Bay Area say they are sticking to their plans to build new stadiums despite the soft economy. The management of the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland A's and San Jose Earthquakes told the San Jose

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The fees to park a car in parts of San Francisco will soon depend on the supply and demand of parking spaces. Under a pilot project approved Tuesday, parking rates could run as high as $18 an hour -- or drop as low as 25 cents. The $18

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland City Council met Tuesday night and approved new reforms to end nepotism in city government, a move made in response to this past summer's scandal involving former City Administrator Deborah Edgerly. Oakland city leaders say

People who read this also read ... SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Three sports teams in the San Francisco Bay Area say they are sticking to their plans to build new stadiums despite the soft economy. The management of the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland

A man whose body was found floating in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary off Coast Guard Island this afternoon has been identified as a 76-year-old reported missing from San Jose, the Alameda County coroner's bureau said. Lawrence Kameon had last been seen

OAKLAND Ronnie Grier was an outgoing, gregarious 16-year-old who liked to make people laugh. This makes his killing harder for family and friends to accept. The Rudsdale Academy 11th-grader was found shot to death about 12:45 a.m. Friday in the street

-- More than 30 police officers have kicked off a proposed age discrimination class action against the city and county of San Francisco, claiming that its police department has repeatedly awarded promotions and raises to younger, less qualified

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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to join the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles in a lawsuit asking the state's high court to void Proposition 8 on the grounds voters did not have the authority to make what they say is a

BERKELEY, Calif. Al Alameda County Superior Court Judge Marshall Whitley sentenced Kingman Lim, Zachary RunningWolf Brown and Michael Schuck to five days in prison Monday and ordered them to pay an amount that has yet to be determined toward the

Neither McBride, who was appointed to the bench by Gov. Pete Wilson in 1994, nor his lawyer responded to requests for comment. The commission said his actions lacked legal authority and were 'contrary to fundamental principles of fairness and due

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OAKLAND, MaineWhen it comes to environmentally sensitive home construction, there's green. Then there's David Gottfried's home in Oakland. Gottfried, founder of the World Green Building Council, his wife Dr. Sara Gottfried, and their two young children

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'Endless Sleep,' which sold more than a million copies in 1958, kicked off the melodramatic teen tragedy genre, including Mark Dinning's 'Teen Angel,' Ray Peterson's 'Tell Laura I Love Her,' Dickey Lee's 'Patches' and the Shangri-Las' 'Leader of the

Police found fireworks inside the garage at 108 Congo St., but said the devices hadn't triggered the blast that shook the neighborhood of tidy, attached homes at 7:45 p.m. Monday. All but the top two steps on the staircase leading up to the house's

The U.S. Coast Guard searched into the evening for Su, without success. His body was found about 2:45 p.m. Monday by a diver not far from where he was last seen, authorities said. The Sonoma County coroner's office is conducting an autopsy to determine

Josefat 'Joe' Estrada Jr., 35, a math teacher at Vintage High School in the Napa Unified School District, was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of sexual molestation and lewd acts on a child, including oral copulation and oral copulation of a minor

The victim, whose name wasn't immediately released, was found inside or near a car on the 2000 block of the expressway at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, said Officer Jermaine Thomas, a San Jose police spokesman. This article appeared on page B - 5 of the

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It was seven minutes after 10 p.m. when the old lioness rose from her seat and made her way slowly down to the podium at the San Jose City Council chambers. She brushed aside a gentle jibe from Mayor Chuck Reed about how hard it was for her to stay

Silicon Valley was once thought of as recession-proof. But the technology sector is taking hits in the current economic downturn. Yahoo and Google are only two examples of sagging profits in the industry. Alex Cohen talks to former Hewlett-Packard chief

(San Jose Mercury News - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) -- It struck me as I sat at the computer in the kitchen the night of Nov. 4, with the TV blaring election results in the background. I was doing my best John-King-on-CNN imitation,

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(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) FOSTER CITY, CA, November 19 / MARKET WIRE/ -- SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) today announced that Silicon Valley Bank will provide the company's operating subsidiaries a $6,000,000 debt financing

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SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCLN) today announced that Silicon Valley Bank will provide the company's operating subsidiaries a $6 million debt financing. The Bank Line will be used to provide additional working capital to support SciClone's

City officials agreed Tuesday to explore ways to cut back the San Jose Police Department's aggressive use of the public-drunkenness law, following a public hearing at which hundreds of residents turned out to protest city policy. Just before midnight,

SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) today announced that Silicon Valley Bank will provide the company's operating subsidiaries a $6,000,000 debt financing ('the Bank Line'). The Bank Line will be used to provide additional working capital to

SciClone Pharma secures $6 Mln Debt Financing From Silicon Valley Bank - Quick Facts (RTTNews) - SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SCLN: News ) announced that Silicon Valley Bank would provide the company's operating subsidiaries a $6 million debt

(MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SCLN: SCLN News, chart, profile, more Last: Delayed quote data Add to portfolio Analyst Create alert Insider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: , , ) today announced that Silicon Valley Bank will

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SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) today announced that Silicon Valley Bank will provide the company's operating subsidiaries a $6,000,000 debt financing ('the Bank Line'). The Bank Line will be used to provide additional working capital to

Also News Release (U-SIVB) SVB FINANCIAL GROUP FOSTER CITY, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/19/08 SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) today announced that Silicon Valley Bank will provide the company's operating subsidiaries a $6,000,000 debt

-- SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NasdaqGM:SCLN - News) today announced that Silicon Valley Bank will provide the company's operating subsidiaries a $6,000,000 debt financing ('the Bank Line'). The Bank Line will be used to provide additional working

th November 1 - 2pm - Welcome Plenary: panel discussion - all speakers 'Entrepreneurship, Innovation, RECESSION' 2 - 3.15pm - Masterclasses and Panel Discussions Set 1 (run concurrently) 1) Social Networks: The New Nations...? Reid Hoffman, Chairman and

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, who is stepping down after a rocky tenure as chief executive of the Internet company, is one of the original Silicon Valley dot-com billionaires. Born in Taiwan on 6 November 1968, Yang moved to the United States with his

th November, 1.00pm-8.00pm OXFORD, England, November 19 OXFORD, England, November 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Media invitation to the 8th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford - the Said Business School's leading entrepreneurship forum. Speakers will explore the

/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Media invitation to the 8th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford - the Said Business School's leading entrepreneurship forum. Speakers will explore the big issues and future directions of innovation and entrepreneurial

OXFORD, England, November 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Media invitation to the 8th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford - the Sad Business School's leading entrepreneurship forum. Speakers will explore the big issues and future directions of innovation and

th November, 1.00pm-8.00pm OXFORD, England (CNW) - Media invitation to the 8th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford - the Said Business School's leading entrepreneurship forum. Speakers will explore the big issues and future directions of innovation and

OXFORD, England, November 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Media invitation to the 8th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford - the Said Business School's leading entrepreneurship forum. Speakers will explore the big issues and future directions of innovation and

th November, 1.00pm-8.00pm OXFORD, England, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - Media invitation to the 8th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford - the Said Business School's leading entrepreneurship forum. Speakers will explore the big issues and future directions of

Mumbai (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - Indian realty firm Parsvnath Developers (BSE:532780) has announced a joint venture with Spanish company Constructora San Jose to bid for infrastructure development projects. Constructora San Jose is a subsidiary of