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Employers cut fewer jobs in April, jobless rate falls Fri, 02 May 2008 06:21:27 PDT
Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, a better-than-expected showing that nonetheless still revealed strains in the nation's crucial labor market. For the fourth month in a row, the economy...

Torch makes its way through Hong Kong despite protests Fri, 02 May 2008 04:36:18 PDT
Runners carried the Olympic flame through Hong Kong without disruption Friday, as large groups of flag-waving torch supporters shouted insults at pro-Tibet and human rights protesters, forcing them to seek refuge in police vans. One angry pro-China mob...

Western ports return to normal after workers' war protest Fri, 02 May 2008 04:03:05 PDT
West Coast cargo traffic came to a halt Thursday as port workers ditched the day shift, saying they wanted to commemorate May Day and call on the U.S. to end the war in Iraq. Worker stayed off the job for about 10 hours before returning for evening shifts....

After 11 years and two trials, S.F. man cleared of Marin City slaying Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:08 PDT
A San Francisco man enjoyed his first full day of freedom in 11 years Thursday, one day after he was acquitted of the 1997 murder of a man at a party in Marin City. A Marin County jury cleared Darrell Hunter, 33, of all charges Wednesday in connection with...

Hundreds rally in San Francisco for immigrant rights Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:03 PDT
The Bay Area celebrated May Day in traditional fashion today - with an array of protests around the region - for an end to the war in Iraq, against education budget cuts and in favor of legalization for undocumented immigrants. Dockworkers with the...

Newark man accused of beating infant son to death Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:03 PDT
A Newark man has been charged with murder and assault for allegedly beating his 2-month-old son to death in December, authorities said today. Adrian Natividad Ledesma, 23, appeared Wednesday at the Fremont Hall of Justice in the slaying of Christian Auxier....

S.F. man shot to death while sitting in car in the Mission Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:03 PDT
A San Francisco man was shot and killed Wednesday night as he sat in a car in the Mission District, authorities said today. Martel Peters, 21, was shot numerous times near the corner of 26th and Harrison streets shortly after 9:30 p.m., authorities said. He...

Canseco's home foreclosed Thu, 01 May 2008 22:35:34 PDT
Jose Canseco, the former AL MVP who made millions during his baseball career, has had his home foreclosed. Canseco told the syndicated TV show "Inside Edition" that he walked away from his $2.5 million, 7,300-square foot home in suburban Encino because it...

Obama-Wright rift reveals divided loyalties in black church Thu, 01 May 2008 20:33:17 PDT
Sen. Barack Obama's break with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is putting black pastors and their congregations in a difficult position, their loyalties divided between a politician who could be the first black president and a celebrated preacher who many believe...

Trial date moved up for man accused of accosting Elie Wiesel Thu, 01 May 2008 20:28:17 PDT
A New Jersey man accused of accosting Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel at a San Francisco hotel last year will stand trial beginning June 13. A judge moved up the trial date Thursday following the defense's request to expedite the proceedings. Eric Hunt's previous...

Drought certain if solutions are absent Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
In many ways, Stanford University's huge water system of reservoirs, pipelines and creeks mirrors the crisis facing California as a whole - water resources are in real trouble, but there are ways to handle it. Whether there is the political will in the state...

6,000 UCSF patients' data got put online Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Information on thousands of UCSF patients was accessible on the Internet for more than three months last year, a possible violation of federal privacy regulations that might have exposed the patients to medical identity theft, The Chronicle has learned. The...

How humans, vanishing cougars changed Yosemite Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Agile, fast and fierce, cougars once hunted their prey throughout Yosemite National Park, but as human invasions and hunting began about 80 years ago, the predators steadily disappeared, and the entire ecology of the fabled valley was disrupted, researchers...

Need to deal with water needs crucial Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Two parched years - punctuated by the driest spring in at least 150 years - could force districts across California to ration water this summer as policymakers and scientists grow increasingly concerned that the state is on the verge of a long-term drought....

'D.C. Madam' hangs herself at mother's home Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Vallejo woman known as the "D.C. Madam" was found hanged Thursday at her mother's home in Florida, two weeks after a federal jury convicted her of running a prostitution service patronized by some well-known Washington insiders, police said. Deborah Jeane...

California, Bay Area added people in 2007 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:08 PDT
The population of California grew 1.3 percent last year and now tops 38 million, according to state figures released today. The nine-county Bay Area region grew at a slightly faster rate of 1.4 percent, adding 100,443 residents for a total of more than 7.3...

Berkeley rent board member who lived in Oakland gets 6 months in jail Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:03 PDT
Former Berkeley rent board member Chris Kavanagh was sentenced today to six months in jail for improperly registering to vote in Berkeley when he lived in Oakland. Kavanagh, 50, will be barred from holding public office in California during a five-year...

THERMAL, RIVERSIDE COUNTY / 90-day deadline for poorest of poor / Judge orders cleanup of trailer pa Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Here in the sprawling, forlorn trailer park called Duroville, hope is as fleeting as the wind and fragile as a butterfly. It can arise suddenly, only to be crushed beneath the daily cares and fears of a people isolated by geography, language and...

SAN FRANCISCO / Man shot to death in Mission District Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A San Francisco man was shot and killed Wednesday night as he sat in a car in the Mission District, authorities said Thursday. Martel Peters, 21, was shot numerous times near the corner of 26th and Harrison streets shortly after 9:30 p.m., authorities said....

SANTA ROSA / 3.2 quake hits area near The Geysers Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 struck a rural area about 25 miles north of Santa Rosa Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor occurred at 6:28 a.m. at The Geysers on the border of Sonoma and Lake counties and...

SAN RAFAEL / Police find skeletal remains on hillside Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
San Rafael police on Thursday removed human skeletal remains from a hillside in the Bret Harte area, three days after a human skull was found in the same location. On Monday, a Lynn Court resident found the skull under some blackberry bushes near his home ,...

Oakland: Museum blasts away grime of the times Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
RESULTS: DAY 17 Oakland museum cleans sign: Lori Fogarty took a water blaster, aimed it at grime that obscured a prominent 12th Street sign at the Oakland Museum of California, then pulled the trigger. The dirt - layered from years of neglect - began to come...

Former Dodgers GM Buzzie Bavasi dies in San Diego at 93 Fri, 02 May 2008 03:39:03 PDT
Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won four World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Thursday at his home in the La Jolla area of San Diego. He was 93. His death was announced by the Seattle Mariners, whose general manager is Bill...

Rockies' Tulowitzki out at least until All-Star break Fri, 02 May 2008 03:39:03 PDT
Colorado Rockies star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tore a tendon in his left quadriceps and could be out until the All-Star break, if not longer. "Best case scenario is six weeks. The realistic one is a few months," agent Paul Cohen told The Associated Press on...

Martz's key cog: Can Gore be Faulk? Fri, 02 May 2008 00:07:14 PDT
Frank Gore NoYdsAvg.TDsRushing3121,6955.48Receiving624858.01 Marshall Faulk NoYdsAvg.TDsRushing2531,3815.57Receiving871,04812.05 Mike Martz is hopeful he can build an offense around Frank Gore the way he did Marshall Faulk with the Rams. The stats from Faulk...

Starting grid Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
NASCAR SPRINT CUP Dan Lowry 400 Site: Richmond, Va. Schedule: Today, qualifying, 2:30 p.m., Speed Channel; Saturday, race 4 p.m., Channel: 2 Channel: 40 Track: Richmond International Raceway (tri-oval, .75 miles, 14 degrees banking in turns) Race distance:...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL / Police called on ex-Richmond prep Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Freshman center Eli Holman, a former Bay Area prep standout, threw another potential wrench into Indiana's rebuilding project Thursday, telling coaches he intended to transfer before apparently throwing a tantrum in their office that required a call to the...

Toms regains his stroke / Wachovia leader hasn't won on tour in 2 years Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
David Toms took the first-round lead in the Wachovia Championship, breaking out of a missed-cut, sore-back funk with a 5-under 67 in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday. Playing in the morning when the greens were still soft from the drenching rain earlier in the...

Cost of gas may repel race fans / Attendance at tracks is down Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Auto racing is the ultimate in gas-guzzling entertainment. But the prospect of paying $4 a gallon to get to the track has some fans reluctant to start their engines. Ticket sales have slipped just as May, the biggest month in motor sports, approaches. So...

Locals help 49ers fill roster Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
On the eve of their mandatory full-squad minicamp, the 49ers signed 11 undrafted rookie free agents, including four players with local ties. They are guard John Booker of San Jose State, guard Brian De La Puente of Cal, wide receiver Robert Jordan of Cal and...

Red Wings overwhelm Avs Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Johan Franzen's second hat trick in three games fueled the Red Wings' 8-2 rout of host Colorado on Thursday night that completed a sweep of the injury-riddled Avalanche in the Western Conference semifinal series. Franzen's nine goals in the series matched...

It's De La Hoya's farewell tour / Fight Saturday is first of three before he retires Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Oscar De La Hoya's farewell tour is beginning at home. He can only hope it doesn't end there, too. De La Hoya fights Saturday night against light-hitting Steve Forbes in what is scheduled to be the first of three fights before he calls it a well-done career...

Ex-49er Parks to college hall / Cannon, Aikman also elected Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Former 49ers Pro Bowl receiver Dave Parks was among 15 coaches and players elected Thursday to the College Football Hall of Fame. Parks, the first player chosen in the 1964 NFL draft, set numerous records while at Texas Tech in the early 1960s, including...

BUZZIE BAVASI 1914-2008 / He built Dodgers' title teams Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Buzzie Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won four World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Thursday at his home in La Jolla (San Diego County). He was 93. His death was announced by the Seattle Mariners, whose general manager is Bill Bavasi,...

Pitchers have work cut out for them now Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
- The Giants are venturing into the danger zone this weekend when they face the Phillies for three games at Citizens Bank Park. The Giants won almost exclusively with pitching during a 13-16 March and April. When they ventured into good hitting parks that...

GIANTS ON DECK Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAY Opponent: At Phillies Time: 4:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Misch (0-0) vs. Kendrick (2-2) SATURDAY Opponent: At Phillies Time: 4:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Cain (1-2) vs. Myers (2-2) SUNDAY Opponent: At Phillies Time: 10:35 a.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers:...

Harden is pleased with results of rehab start Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Rich Harden, out since April 2 with a strain under his right arm, threw 32/3 innings in a rehab start at Triple-A Sacramento. He allowed three hits and a run while striking out four against Omaha. He threw 50 exactly pitches - coming out with a 2-2 count to...

A'S ON DECK Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TONIGHT Opponent: Rangers Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Padilla (3-2) vs. Blanton (2-4) SATURDAY Opponent: Rangers Time: 6:05 p.m. TV: Channel: 36 Pitchers: Murray (0-0) vs. Gaudin (3-1) SUNDAY Opponent: Rangers Time: 1:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA+ Pitchers:...

NATIONAL LEAGUE / Howard's HR powers Phillies Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning to lift the Phillies over the Padres 3-2 on Thursday night in Philadelphia. Tom Gordon pitched a perfect eighth and Brad Lidge retired the side in the ninth for his seventh save in seven chances....

AMERICAN LEAGUE / Ponson gets 1st victory in a year Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
When Sidney Ponson was released by Minnesota last May, the big right-hander knew he wasn't physically or mentally ready to keep pitching. So he went home and was out of the major leagues until last week. Now his pitches are sinking again, and his confidence...

NOTEBOOK / Tulowitzki possibly sidelined until July Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki tore a tendon in his left quadriceps and could be out until the All-Star break, if not longer. "Best case scenario is six weeks. The realistic one is a few months," agent Paul Cohen said. "We're hoping it's a couple months,...

Rodman jailed after dispute Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman was arrested for allegedly hitting a woman at a Century City (Los Angeles County) hotel. He was arrested Wednesday night after officers answered a report of a domestic dispute, police said. The woman sustained injuries to her...

Big Brown takes a shot at history / Derby favorite has limited experience Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
You only have to go back one year to find a horse in the Kentucky Derby like Big Brown. Curlin went into the 2007 Run for the Roses undefeated in three starts - all dazzling victories. His original owners sold majority interest in him after his 12 3/4-length...

Stanford's Follmar was a cut above Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Looking like something out of a teen slasher movie, Alicia Follmar of Stanford gutted out the final two laps of her race at the Penn Relays with blood streaming down her face and the right side of her body festooned with strawberry abrasions to earn the...

SOCCER / Quakes' new home simple but sweet Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
In these days of lavish, high-tech professional sports stadiums and arenas, Buck Shaw Stadium may not seem like much, but to Quakes general manager John Doyle the simple facility is "going to be awesome." For the next couple of years or so - or until the...

SPORTS CALENDAR Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAY BASEBALL 4 p.m.Giants at PhiladelphiaCSNBA6805 p.m.Chicago Cubs at St. LouisWGN7 p.m.Texas at A's, McAfee ColiseumCSNBA106.9, 1550BOXING 8 p.m.Lightweights: Vicente Escobedo vs. Roberto ArrietaChannel: 66 11 p.m.Super middleweights: Anthony Hanshaw vs....

Pumped-up Pistons prevail Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The 76ers got the Pistons' attention. Then they got steamrolled. Detroit powered into the second round of the playoffs by crushing host Philadelphia 100-77 on Thursday night, winning the series 4-2 and again demonstrating how good the Pistons are when they...

Two blasts from past in Philly Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A player who returns to face his old team usually encounters a discomforting feeling that even non-athletes can understand. An ordinary Joe who visits his old office will feel out of place. The furniture is the same, as are the people. But they are part of...

Source: Raiders seek new front-office money man Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Raiders owner Al Davis is reorganizing his front office and could bring in a new salary "capologist" and contract negotiator, a league source said Thursday. Rams executive Samir Suleiman, director of football operations in St. Louis since 2000, is among those...

THE CREATIVE DIFFERENCE / Daring and dash characterize 49ers' new offensive coordinator Martz Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Mere days after being hired in January to resurrect a horrid 49ers offense, Mike Martz was presented with a situation ripe for a creative offensive mind like his: On the sideline with head coach Mike Nolan in charge of the South college all-stars in the Jan....

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