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California's distractions now seem about as distant as the Pacific Ocean. That disappointing loss in the Pac-10 tournament? Getting sent across the country to open the NCAA tournament? The suspension of a starter? The Golden Bears overcame them all—and showed even more resiliency in the first round against Louisville. Full Story »

Pleasanton police say a protest organized by the tea party movement caused some traffic troubles but no other problems Friday afternoon. Police say about 300 people showed up for the protest and march over health care reform that began near the office of Congressman Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and continued across a freeway overpass. Full Story »

Mayor Gavin Newsom is waiting one week to enact layoffs that would turn most of San Francisco's 17,000 government employees into part-time workers. Newsom spokesman Tony Winnicker said the idea is still on the table, but other options are being considered. Full Story »

For several months last year, Steve Jobs concealed that he needed a liver transplant. As speculation swirled about his health, the Apple CEO registered as an organ recipient in Memphis, Tennessee. Most of the 20,000 Californians in need of a transplant do not have that luxury, and Jobs is lending his star power to efforts to expand the number of organ donors in California. Full Story »

Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the worst day in the history of the Oakland Police Department, when four officers were killed during a confrontation with a wanted parolee. The Police Department will mark the anniversary of the March 21, 2009, incident in a low-key manner with a barbecue hosted by the police officers union, Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said Friday. Full Story »

Rookie Mikael Backlund set up second-period goals by Nigel Dawes and Eric Nystrom, and the Calgary Flames held on to defeat the struggling San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Friday night. Jarome Iginla and Daymond Langkow also scored for Calgary, which has won six of its last eight to get into the Western Conference playoff hunt. Full Story »

The Golden State Warriors have lost 24 consecutive times in San Antonio, but they've never seen anything here like this. Ditto for Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. Scoring the most points in a game in nearly 20 years, the Spurs throttled the Golden State Warriors 147-116 on Friday night in the most points scored under Popovich since he took over in 1996. Manu Ginobili scored 23 points, and Richard ... Full Story »

The governing body of U.S. competitive swimming hasn't done enough to address widespread sexual abuse against young girls at swim clubs across the country, an Olympic gold medalist said in San Jose on Friday. Deena Deardurff Schmidt, a 1972 Olympic champion swimmer, said as she trained in the 1960s, she was repeatedly molested over a four year period by her coach. Despite telling officials at ... Full Story »

Pacifica police on Friday identified 44-year-old Richard Serrano Jr. as the man who disappeared Thursday after he went swimming near the Pacifica Municipal Pier and never came out of the water. At 2:17 p.m., police received reports of a person needing assistance in the water off Sharp Park Beach, about 100 yards south of Clarendon Road. Full Story »

The cost of closing streets and providing for public safety is being blamed for canceling San Jose's downtown Fourth of July fireworks again. The head of the events company that had produced the show for several years says payments to city would have been 60 percent higher than in 2008. It's the second year in a row the downtown fireworks show has been canceled. Full Story »

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday named his selections to a new council overseeing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Schwarzenegger announced four appointees to the seven-member Delta Stewardship Council: Francis Randall Fiorini, former Democratic state Assemblyman Phil Isenberg, Henry Nordhoff and Richard Roos-Collins. Full Story »

A state appeals court in San Francisco ruled Friday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had no right to furlough about 475 lawyers who work for the State Compensation Insurance Fund. The Court of Appeal said the attorneys are protected by a provision of state insurance law that makes fund employees "exempt from any hiring freezes and staff cutbacks otherwise required by law." Full Story »

Police arrested a 41-year-old Martinez man Thursday after a neighbor allegedly saw him loading property into a van parked outside a house in Walnut Creek that appeared to have been broken into, Walnut Creek police said Friday. Full Story »

A three-alarm fire was controlled Friday evening after it started earlier Friday at a vacant high-rise building in Hayward that used to be the home of City Hall, a fire captain said. The blaze was reported around 4:30 p.m. on the 12th floor of the building located on City Center Drive, Hayward fire Capt. Thor Poulsen said. The fire was controlled at 5:06 p.m., Poulsen said. Full Story »

A prosecutor said Friday that he hopes first-degree murder verdicts against two East Bay men for the deaths of a drug dealer in Antioch and a churchgoing woman in Oakland four years ago will bring some solace to the victims' family members. Alameda County Deputy District Attorney John Brouhard said he's "extremely pleased" with the verdicts against 28-year-old Stephon Johnson of Hayward and 26 ... Full Story »

Greg Smith just wants to pitch. His role with the Rockies still unsettled, Smith was impressive over five innings Friday as Colorado beat the Oakland Athletics 10-4. Full Story »

California parole officials have ordered increased monitoring of all sex offenders after several recent high-profile lapses. Full Story »

Rohnert Park police are trying to determine whether a 21-year-old man involved in a nearly seven-hour standoff with authorities was kidnapped and being held hostage by his father. Full Story »

A 28 year-old man is clinging to life Friday after being shot Thursday afternoon in San Francisco's Bayview District in what investigators believe may have been a gang-related retaliation for another shooting the day before. Thursday's shooting occurred around 1:40 p.m. near the intersection of Commer and Garlington courts, according to police spokesman Sgt. Wilfred Williams. Full Story »

Buster Posey hit a run-scoring double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over a Cleveland Indians split-squad on Friday. Indians left-hander Tony Sipp walked Matt Downs, who advanced to second base on a passed ball before Posey's go-ahead hit. Full Story »

A Senate subcommittee plans to hold a hearing next week on findings that nurse assistants who lost their certification with one state department were later approved by another as caregivers for the elderly. Full Story »

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A conviction has been decided by the Santa Clara County Superior Court for a Gilroy man who was connected to the death of 27-year old Philip Lacy during a 2008 robbery in Palo Alto. Full Story »

Rohnert Park police are investigating an alleged kidnapping that lead to a seven-hour standoff Friday morning at a Motel 6. Full Story »

The varsity baseball teams of Marin Catholic High School and The Branson School were set to use wooden bats when they squared off at Branson's Ross campus Friday afternoon. Full Story »