News 2008-06-22 Andanh.com

Cody's, landmark Berkeley bookstore, closes Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:30:42 PDT
Cody's, the legendary bookstore that catered to literati nationwide for more than half a century and was firebombed in the 1980s because of its support of the First Amendment, has closed its doors, the victim of lagging sales. The bookstore, which in recent...

Midwest worshippers hear good news: River cresting Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:32:19 PDT
The faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hard-hit by flooding along the Mississippi River, and many found comfort in word that the swollen waterway had apparently started to hit its high point. Dozens of parishioners filled the dry Centenary...

Five dead in separate Oakland shootings Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:44:12 PDT
Five people have been slain in shootings this weekend in Oakland, including a man gunned downed near an illegal "sideshow" car rally on 90th Avenue and another killed at a Chinese restaurant on Foothill Boulevard, police said today. The Alameda County coroner'...

Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:44:00 PDT
Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew. Coast guard frogmen who managed to get to the...

In Bay Area, some view heat wave as rare treat Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The message from the National Weather Service to the Bay Area: Just be glad you don't live in Arizona. Or Southern California, for that matter. The high-pressure system that drove up temperatures all over the western United States late last week didn't let up...

Exodus of S.F.'s middle class Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
It's urban flight flipped on its head: The number of low- and middle-income residents in San Francisco is shrinking as the wealthy population swells, a trend most experts attribute to the city's exorbitant housing costs. Many worry it's increasingly turning...

Distant family to give veteran a proper burial Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
He might have been forgotten. Milton Dinerboiler grew up in Elkhart, Ind., during the Depression. He lived alone with his father, who was killed in a car accident when the young man was just 16. Dinerboiler joined the Army shortly thereafter and went to fight...

Air board's ambitious plan to battle warming Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
California's air board, for years an obscure state agency, will take center stage this week when it unveils a blueprint for the nation's most aggressive fight against global warming that is expected to affect every resident, industry and government agency in...

UC's treetop standoff reaches volatile heights Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The 18-month-long battle of the trees next to Cal's football stadium has reached a critical phase. An intensified UC Berkeley crackdown is colliding with continued resistance by defiant tree-sitters, and no one seems sure which side will give way. The...

2 new parks catalysts for S.F. neighborhoods Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
At the very least, good neighborhood parks offer places to play and places to loaf, grass in the sun and benches in the shade. Two young parks in San Francisco up the ante: They're catalysts that make the neighborhoods around them come alive. One sits amid...

Cooldown helps firefighters Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Cooler conditions and lighter winds are helping the firefighters working to contain a 3,500-acre blaze in Solano and Napa counties, but dozens of fires continue to burn elsewhere around Northern California today, where it remains hot and dry. The Wild Fire,...

Body of San Francisco man pulled from the Bay Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A man found floating in the San Francisco Bay on Saturday evening was identified today as Timothy Scherer, a 55-year-old San Francisco resident, authorities said. Scherer's body was pulled out of the water near Pier 48 around 8 p.m. Saturday, after someone...

Oil drilling question looms as election issue Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
There's a reason Republican Sen. John McCain, President Bush and even Republican Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida all abruptly endorsed plans to expand offshore drilling last week - and it's not just $4-a-gallon gasoline. In an election year when Republicans...

Four feared dead in boating mishap; one man arrested Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Four young men from Oakland are feared dead today, and a fifth has been jailed on suspicion of felony manslaughter, after a 14-foot aluminum boat carrying them and six others capsized in the middle of the night in a California Delta canal in Tracy,...

Two grassfires threatening homes near Fairfield Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:07:31 PDT
Two grassfires were threatening homes in Solano County Saturday evening and had shut down a section of Highway 12, according to the Solano County Sheriff's Office. The first fire, reported at 3:38 p.m., was burning near Highway 12 and Beck Avenue and...

S.F.: Singing the blues over 'Babylon' tree Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1 Memorial tree in trouble: "Beach Blanket Babylon" creator Steve Silver is one of San Francisco's great cultural figures - up there with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Herb Caen and Armistead Maupin - but Silver's legacy has fallen on hard...

400 who fled Watsonville fire still not home Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
As firefighters contained most of the blaze that destroyed 630 acres and several structures north of Watsonville Saturday, displaced residents praised community members for helping them save many of the animals they keep on their large lots. The blaze was 90...

S.F. firm harvests potential of unused land Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Anne Fisher Vollen used to have a box of organic vegetables delivered to her home every week, and religiously separated her family's food scraps from the trash. Yet the mother of two children and the co-founder of a startup company didn't have the energy to...

Urban agriculture resources Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Guerrilla gardening. Visit guerrillagardening.org. Click on Community and navigate to San Francisco. Free Farm Stand. This volunteer-run organization offers produce grown in local backyards free to the public, especially to low-income people. Sundays 1-3...

A's On deck 6/22 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:35:29 PDT
TODAY Off TUESDAY Opponent: Phillies Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Moyer (7-4) vs. Blanton (3-10) WEDNESDAY Opponent: Phillies Time: 7:05 p.m. TV: CSNBA Pitchers: Kendrick (6-3) vs. Smith (4-5)...

Notebook: Show Me The Yen Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:35:28 PDT
The A's players still haven't received their stipends from Major League Baseball for their season-opening series against Boston in Tokyo, closer Huston Street said Sunday. Street, the team's player representative, said he was told by an official that the...

Duke, Duke, Duke of Hurl Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:15:23 PDT
Justin Duchscherer is making an impressive bid for a spot in the All-Star game. Duchscherer bounced back from a first-inning home run to win his fourth straight start, Emil Brown hit a two-run single and the Oakland Athletics won the rubber game against the...

A Royal Comeback Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:05:20 PDT
Mo. - Mike Aviles had three RBIs and Joey Gathright drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, capping an eight-run comeback that gave the Kansas City Royals an 11-10 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Seven different Royals drove in...

NHRA driver Kalitta killed in horrific crash Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:46:03 PDT
Scott Kalitta died Saturday when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. The NHRA said the 46-year-old Kalitta _ the...

Hamm, Horton named to team Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Paul Hamm is going to his third Olympics, and he didn't have to do a routine. The reigning Olympic gold medalist, who missed this week's trials in Philadelphia with a broken hand, was selected for the U.S. gymnastics team for the Beijing Games on Saturday...

Spring-meet title on the line Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The longest winning streak, chronologically, in Bay Area sports is in jeopardy going into today's final program of Golden Gate Fields' spring season. William E. Morey saddled a career-high four winners Saturday, giving him 25 for the meeting and a two-victory...

Holes in one Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
San Francisco: Leo Hainline, 104-yard 6th, Olympic Club, Cliffs Course, 8-iron. Peninsula: J. Duncan Benas, 209-yard 5th, Moffett Field, 5-wood; Jack Paton, 123-yard 9th, Burlingame, pitching wedge; Lin Storer, 133-yard 15th, Peninsula, 5-hybrid. East Bay:...

Ferrer takes 1st grass-court title Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Top-seeded David Ferrer won his first grass-court title Saturday by defeating Marc Gicquel 6-4, 6-2 at the Ordina Open in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Earlier, Thai qualifier Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated third-seeded Dinara Safina 7-5, 6-3 to pick up her first...

NHRA driver killed in crash during qualifying Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Scott Kalitta died Saturday after his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. The NHRA said the 46-...

Cink owns lead at Travelers Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Stewart Cink got his first PGA Tour victory at TPC River Highlands in 1997 by shooting 13-under-par. He figures he'll need to be at least 20-under today to win the Travelers Championship on the same course in Cromwell, Conn. "There's no guarantees the way...

Young targets return Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The Padres' Chris Young threw 40 pitches in a bullpen session Saturday, exactly a month after he sustained a broken nose and small skull fracture when he was hit in the face by Albert Pujols' line drive. "Today I was pretty happy with the way things went,"...

A rally, then an exit / Cardinal's 9th-inning bid falls short in Omaha Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
There was no need for any deep digging to uncover how Georgia ended Stanford's stay at the College World Series. The Bulldogs won all the key spots early in building a big lead, then withstood the Cardinal's last-gasp rally to post a 10-8 victory Saturday at...

North Carolina stays alive Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Chad Flack homered to get North Carolina to the College World Series in 2006 and 2007. This year, he homered to keep the Tar Heels in Omaha at least for another day. Flack's monster two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday night kept Carolina...

A righty and lefty in one Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte can confound hitters - and umpires - when he's on the mound. The umps working a game Thursday night between the Class A Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn Cyclones had nothing to guide them when Venditte made his...

NUMBERS GAME Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
20 Consecutive converted saves for Mariano Rivera to begin the season. Two other closers in the 2000s opened seasons by converting 20 or more saves: J.J. Putz (29 in 2007) and Jonathan Papelbon (20 in 2006). 33 Consecutive scoreless outings for Cubs reliever...

Don't worry about Yabu wearing down Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Reliever Keiichi Yabu has pitched in 29 games, putting him on pace to finish with 63. That number might prove to be low, because he is pitching more now as a setup man than he did as a long reliever. That sounds like a harsh workload for a 39-year-old, but...

Ziegler's bullpen success gives manager latitude Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The A's bullpen was a little on the thin side Saturday evening after an 11-inning game the night before, but manager Bob Geren said that one man he expected might be available was rookie Brad Ziegler. Ziegler was, and he came into the game in the seventh with...

INTERLEAGUE / Sabathia homers, strikes out 10 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
C.C. Sabathia made a pregame promise to his teammates that he'd swing for the fences. He backed up that boast in a hurry. Sabathia hit a tape-measure home run in his first at-bat of the year and also struck out 10, highlighting the Cleveland Indians' 7-2 win...

EURO '08 / Russians stun Dutch in OT Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Russia had the right Dutch coach. And the better team. The long-shot Russians, led by coach Guus Hiddink, scored two goals in extra time Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the European Championship with a 3-1 upset win over the Netherlands. It was a...

Sharks trade up in draft / San Jose's 1st pick: Conn. prep Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
After entering the NHL draft with no selections until the end of fourth round, the Sharks maneuvered to the top of the third and fourth rounds Saturday, taking Connecticut prep center Justin Daniels and Quebec defenseman Samuel Groulx. They later took Daniels'...

HARD TO BELIEVE / Draft lead-up usually means trickery and deceit Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Nothing in the NBA generates quite as much hearsay as its annual draft, which unfolds Thursday in "war rooms" across the league. A Don Nelson confidante once joked that he purposely kept draft conversations to a minimum this time of the year. Whatever Nellie...

Late goal gives U.S. women title Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Angela Hucles scored the game's only goal in second-half injury time as the U.S. women's national team defeated Canada 1-0 to win the Peace Queen Cup in Suwon, South Korea, on Saturday. Goalkeeper Hope Solo made two game-preserving saves at the end of the...

SPORTS CALENDAR Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAY ARENA FOOTBALL 1 p.m.Dallas at ChicagoESPN2BASEBALL 10:30 a.m.St. Louis at BostonTBS11 a.m.Giants at Kansas CityCSNBA6801 p.m.Florida at A's, McAfee ColiseumCSNBA+106.9, 15502 p.m.Florida at A's, joined in progressCSNBA5 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Chicago...

Beijing drama is gripping ... my laptop Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
You want drama in your Olympic Games, and so far the Beijing Olympics is delivering. Tension is building nicely. The torch relay has experienced embarrassing incidents, including the Old Hidden Torch Trick in San Francisco. Which has contributed to a Chinese...

Patience can pay off with coaches Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Does your favorite team need a little boost, specifically a new and improved coach in place of the guy who, though not a disaster, lacks the artistry, precision or passion needed to reach the highest level? Well, get started on Fire (Insert name here).com....

BEIJING GAMES: Synchronized swimming / Training with the circus / U.S. Synchro adds touch of Cirque Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
If the U.S. national synchronized-swimming team does well at the Beijing Olympics this summer, it will be because the women all ran away and joined the circus. No, not the circus of an idealized youth with clowns, bears on tricycles and a man in a top hat,...

Golf world reeling from Tiger's wounded knee Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Tiger Woods was must-see TV at the U.S. Open, making birdie on the final hole to force a playoff, another clutch birdie the next day to extend the playoff and winning his 14th major on what amounted to one good leg. Halfway across the country, ticket sales...

Guillen shows Giants the way / A home run is a thing to envy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
With one ferocious swing in the seventh inning Saturday night, Royals designated hitter Jose Guillen changed the entire tenor of a game. His two-run homer against Billy Sadler busted open a one-run game, all but dooming the Giants to their 5-3 defeat....

TOYOTA/SAVE MART 350 / Odds no longer favor road experts at Infineon Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The era of the road-course ace in Sonoma, when Infineon Raceway practically guaranteed a precious NASCAR win each year for aficionados of the layout such as Jeff Gordon, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace or Tony Stewart, appears to be over. Nobody is preaching that...

Marlins get to Street for win Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
In many ways, the Marlins and A's are an unexpectedly fine interleague matchup. Both are exceeding preseason expectations after high-profile trades, and after Florida's 6-4 victory at the Coliseum on Saturday night, they have matching 40-34 records. They're...

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