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Calif fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:07:15 PDT
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur. The blaze had charred nearly 42 square miles as of Friday in...

4.3-magnitude quakes strikes Mammoth Lakes area Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:23:09 PDT
Authorities say a magnitude-4.3 earthquake has struck the Sierra Nevadas but there are no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 7:44 a.m. Saturday and was centered nine miles southeast of Mammoth Lakes. A Mammoth...

NRA sues S.F. over guns in public housing Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a constitutional right to possess guns for self-defense, the National Rifle Association sued San Francisco and its Housing Authority for banning firearms in the authority's public housing. The NRA...

Big Sur blaze spares main resort area Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Firefighters made progress Friday on hundreds of wildfires that have consumed more than 300 square miles of California, while a 27,000-acre wildfire appeared to have skirted and spared the well-known resort areas of Big Sur. Crews were reinforcing their...

Fatal shooting closes 101 freeway for several hours Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:07:26 PDT
Brisbane police said today they are investigating a fatal shooting that left southbound Highway 101 closed for more than four hours Friday night. The incident happened around 9:45 p.m., when police responded to a car with its hazard lights flashing on the...

MOUNTAIN VIEW / Woman, man found killed in house Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A man and woman were found slain in a Mountain View home Saturday morning, in what police said were probably not random killings. The identities of the two people have not yet been released. The incident started at about 5 a.m. when police responded to a...

BRISBANE / Apparent suicide shuts lane of U.S. 101 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Brisbane police said Saturday they are investigating a fatal shooting that left southbound Highway 101 closed for more than four hours Friday night. The incident happened around 9:45 p.m., when police responded to a car with its hazard lights flashing, on the...

SAN JOSE / Motorcyclist, 28, IDd in solo fatal crash Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Police Saturday identified a motorcyclist who died in a solo accident in San Jose Friday night as Joseph Leroy Dinapoli, 28. Dinapoli, of San Jose, was driving southbound in the fast lane of Almaden Expressway south of Coleman Avenue around 8:30 p.m. when he...

S.F.: Sprinklers form puddles for park patrons Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1 Park sprinklers in S.F.: One recent night, Marcia Gagliardi was bicycling through the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park when she encountered what she says was "a complete and utter mess." Not dog feces. Not tossed-away garbage. A shower...

Mariners could be ready for a swap meet Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:07:35 PDT
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict the Mariners will be sellers at the trade deadline. The last time they went that route with as much gusto as figures to happen this year - needs to happen - was in 2004, when in a two-day span they dumped Randy Winn,...

Creamer a better player, but Wie gets better billing Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:07:34 PDT
Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie were getting ready to play in their first U.S. Women's Open, at Pumpkin Ridge in Oregon in 2003. Creamer, who grew up in Pleasanton, was a few weeks shy of her 17th birthday and already was tired of hearing about Wie. "It gets...

Sapp's Raider experience: 'Dark as a black hole' Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:07:33 PDT
Warren Sapp never really had a sack dance. He would just kind of stomp over the fallen quarterback as if putting out a cigarette butt. But Sapp will enjoy one last tango in Tampa on Saturday night when he hosts a retirement party at the Seminole Hard Rock...

Organizers hoping cycling's showcase isn't tour de farce Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
For a second year running, the Tour de France has no defending champion and no star. More than ever, cycling's showcase event desperately needs a clean race following the recent doping scandals that have brought the 105-year institution to its knees. Whether...

HORSE RACING / Mast Track easily wins in Hollywood Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Mast Track, owned, bred and trained by Bobby Frankel, controlled the pace with steady fractions and won the Grade 1, $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup by 21/4 lengths over favored Go Between on Saturday at Hollywood Park. Ridden by Tyler Baze, Russell's second...

$15 can go a long way to preserving rare bird habitats Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Below us to the left, thousands of white pelicans flocked in a cove and along a peninsula of a small lake. The pilot banked the airplane to the left and then swooped down and powered overhead for a closer look. Unbelievably, there were thousands of pelicans....

TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK / Future still looks bright for Johnson Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The sore right foot that forced Alysia Johnson to withdraw from her 800-meter semifinal at the NCAA Championships earlier this month flared up at the worst possible time Friday night, ending the Cal senior's dream of making the U.S. Olympic team for Beijing....

Trials venue gets back in the swim Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Hundreds of swimmers resumed practice for the U.S. Olympic trials at the Qwest Center's two pools Saturday, while repairs were made to the arena after damage by a severe storm in Omaha, Neb., a day earlier. Powerful winds tore siding off the front side of...

Clock is running out on struggling Wie's season Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Even in some of her lowest moments in golf, Michelle Wie never had so little to gain. She had to return to Interlachen at dawn Saturday to play one hole of the rain-delayed second round at the U.S. Women's Open, with no chance of making the cut or even...

Rookie takes lead in Open / Creamer trails by a stroke Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Stacy Lewis is making her professional debut one to remember. Nineteen days after she turned pro, Lewis showed the poise of a veteran Saturday with no bogeys and a 6-under-par 67 that gave her a one-shot lead over Paula Creamer going into the final round of...

Williams powers way past Spanish qualifier / Venus joins sister on path to final showdown; Nadal eas Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
One swing from completing her week's work, Venus Williams toed the baseline, dribbled the ball, gave it a toss and delivered yet another thunderclap serve at sun-kissed Wimbledon. The ace bounced off the Court 1 backstop as Williams trotted to the net to bid...

Pacquiao claims 4th belt / Filipino knocks out Diaz to capture lightweight crown Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Manny Pacquiao's place among the greats in boxing history might have been secured Saturday night with a well-placed right jab and a solid left hand to the chin of David Diaz. Before a largely pro-Filipino crowd of 8,362 that wildly cheered their hero's every...

SOCCER / Germany's Ballack injures calf, uncertain for final against Spain Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Germany captain Michael Ballack missed his team's last practice Saturday because of a calf injury, putting him in doubt for today's European Championship final against Spain. The German soccer federation said Ballack hurt his right calf Friday and did not...

Kanaan leads lucky 13 to line / Only half field survives IRL's 3/4-mile derby Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Pole-sitter Tony Kanaan took advantage of an out-of-sequence pit stop by front-running teammate Marco Andretti on Saturday night and ran away with the SunTrust Indy Challenge in Richmond, Va., for his first victory of the season. On a night when half of the...

As the AL lords over the NL, even the lowly Royals are flush Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The best team in the American League? Either the Red Sox or Angels. Best team in the National League? Your Royals. One of the worst in the AL, but dominating the NL. Nothing like interleague play to reiterate which league is dominant. What do we do? Do we ban...

Buscher is Twins' latest steal from the Giants Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
First it was pitchers Joe Nathan, Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano, all lost in the A.J. Pierzynski trade. Now it's third baseman Brian Buscher, another promising player the Twins yanked from the Giants - in the 2006 Rule 5 draft. Buscher, the Giants' third-...

ON BASEBALL / NUMBERS GAME Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
5 Consecutive losses for Randy Johnson, who fell 5-0 to Boston on Wednesday. Big Unit's only longer skid came in 1992, when he dropped eight straight with Seattle. 6 Times a closer earned a save by striking out the side after loading the bases. The latest...

A road less traveled / Christian's path to the big leagues had several detours Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Had your Joba Chamberlain fill yet? He gets more hype than Tim Lincecum even though he was a lower draft pick and his numbers are inferior. Why? Pinstripes, baby. Anything that happens with a New York team, it's reality if you divide by 10. Depending on who...

But seriously, folks, Roberts not ready yet Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
It was clear that Giants left fielder Dave Roberts was making progress in the healing of his surgically repaired left knee. His infectious smile had returned, coaches were giving good reports from his batting-practice sessions, and he was getting closer to...

Shoulder bothers Chavez in the field and at plate Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Eric Chavez remained out of the Oakland lineup with a sore right shoulder and the third baseman said Saturday that he is "a little befuddled" by the problem considering how much effort he has put into strengthening the shoulder following surgery in October....

Quentin delivers for Chisox again Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
INTERLEAGUE Carlos Quentin, who played for Stanford from 2001 to 2003, has been the biggest surprise for the White Sox the first three months of the season, and he delivered again Saturday. Quentin led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a tie-breaking...

Dodgers can't get a hit, but beat Angels, anyway / 5th team in history to do it; 2 errors lead to un Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo combined to no-hit the Dodgers on Saturday night - and it still wasn't good enough for the Angels. The Dodgers became the fifth team in modern major-league history to win a game in which they didn't get a hit, defeating the...

Ball bounces, dribbles in wrong way for A's Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Two hits. That's all the damage the Giants did against Justin Duchscherer in his eight innings Saturday night. Those hits came back-to-back, though, and were followed by an RBI grounder, a sequence the A's couldn't manage despite getting several cracks with...

Cubs keep collecting bumps and bruises Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Injuries continued to mount for the Chicago Cubs, who put former Giants reliever Scott Eyre on the 15-day disabled list Saturday because of a left groin strain. Pitcher Carlos Zambrano (shoulder) and outfielders Alfonso Soriano (broken hand) and Reed Johnson (...

Up and comer down under / St. Mary's Mills is a rising star in Australia Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
When Patty Mills left his hometown of Canberra, Australia, last summer to come to the United States, he was a skinny, 19-year-old with a world of potential. In just his first collegiate basketball season, Mills helped put St. Mary's back on the map, leading...

SPORTS CALENDAR Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
TODAYBASEBALL 10 a.m.N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. MetsTBS1 p.m.Giants at A's, McAfee ColiseumChannel: 36 CSNBA680, 106.9, 1550, 11705 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Chicago White SoxESPN1050CYCLING 2:30 p.m.Tour of PennsylvaniaVERSUSGOLF 5 a.m.PGA European Tour French Open '...

U.S. OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD TRIALS / Gay speeds to U.S. record / Sprinter runs third-fastest 100 in h Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
San Jose was known as "Speed City" 40 years ago for its group of sprinters, but the title shifted here in a big way Saturday as America's fastest citizens put on a dazzling demonstration of their fast-twitch muscle fibers. In one remarkable group of men's...

U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS / Phelps has his work cut out for him Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Michael Phelps, swimming's rock star, says, "I don't consider myself a rock star." Which is a very rock-starish thing to say, except that Phelps backs it up. In the same news conference held here before the start of the U.S. Olympic swim trials, Phelps was...

Ratto: Bochy did the right thing by pulling Lincecum Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Bruce Bochy turned to Dave Righetti as soon as Tim Lincecum hit the dugout step at the end of the seventh inning and said, "What do you think?" Righetti knew what the question was without Bochy offering, and was momentarily and properly horrified. Then Bochy...

Giants skate razor's edge / Lincecum outduels A's Duchscherer, barely Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
There's one surefire way to beat great pitching. Pitch even better. A's starter Justin Duchscherer produced a dominating performance, but Giants starter Tim Lincecum was better at the right times as San Francisco snapped a seven-game losing streak in the...

Rookie pay has been out of scale Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
What do a 69-year-old Spanish men's soccer coach and the 20-year-old woman who upset Maria Sharapova have in common? They provided two of the more satisfying and amusing moments of the last week in sports. We'll get back to them in a bit, after giving a...

Dodgers beat Angels without a hit Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:45:54 PDT
No hits, one run _ and a win for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After watching his team beat the Angels 1-0 without getting a hit Saturday night, manager Joe Torre couldn't recall a stranger game in his managerial career. "That's about as bizarre as you can get,"...

Allen calls Gates shift 'a signature moment' Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, spoke last week about Gates' shift away from day-to-day duties at the company. Here are edited excerpts: Gates' departure: All companies go through an evolution like this, and people go through their...

Memo: Don't frustrate the boss / Bill Gates is moving on to charity after big success with Microsoft Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
The message to top Microsoft Corp. executives wasn't that different from many others - written by an aggravated Windows user who simply wanted to install a piece of the company's software on his computer. Except that it was Bill Gates venting his...

Gates Foundation is following new paths with philanthropy Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Out of a Seattle basement and then a garlic-scented room above a Redmond, Wash., pizza parlor, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has emerged in little more than a decade as the world's largest philanthropy. Its charitable war chest, already at $38 billion,...

BAY AREA BIZ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Bay Area real estate: Buy, sell or wait The real estate bubble has burst, borrowers are defaulting on mortgages and people are losing their homes. In this gloomy climate, the Commonwealth Club will host a forum with local experts on Tuesday to discuss today's...

CHECKBOOK: DRY CLEANERS / Freshness that won't clean out your wallet Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A survey of thousands of Checkbook and Consumer Reports magazine subscribers found that about a fifth of Bay Area dry cleaners were rated "superior" by more than 90 percent of their customers. But there were big price differences among cleaners, even in the...

This time it's (sort of) different (maybe) in the global market / Pimco leader says investing condit Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Mohamed El-Erian's message at the Morningstar Investor Conference last week in Chicago could be boiled down to one simple, dangerous statement: "This time it's different." But if the global market conditions are as different as the co-chief executive and...

Start of 2008 is the ugliest in decades Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
You have to go back many decades - to the early 1970s at least - to find a year that started as miserably for the economy and the markets as 2008. For the first half, which ends Monday, most of the vital signs are looking anemic to appalling. The Standard &...

Pioneer in the field of global outsourcing Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his friends) is the chief executive officer of Infosys Technologies Ltd., one of the world's largest technology companies and a pioneer in the field of global outsourcing. As a co-founder of the company, way back in 1981, he has...

costs are changing commutes / High gas prices cause workers to consider distances to jobs as well as Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT
A couple of months ago, Yoko Olsgaard was weighing offers for two project management positions. One was in Fremont, about 27 miles from her home in Oakland's Redwood Heights neighborhood. The other, which paid 10 percent less, was with Kaiser Permanente in...

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