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Search for missing Hercules man turns to Bay Point landfill

Crews scour Bay Point dump in bid to find missing Hercules man

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Vigil honors slain salon worker and security guard

Friends turn out at shopping center where victims Cindy 'Jenny' Tran and Ricardo Sales worked

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San Jose man fears persecution in Philippines, tries to avoid deportation

Benito "Benny" Honorio is now sitting in a Yuba County jail while his attorney races against the clock to win a court hearing from the federal Board of Immigration Appeals.

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People: 'Crocodile Dundee' actor Paul Hogan allowed to leave Australia

Also: New poll suggests Alaska hates Levi Johnston, Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson rips Taylor Swift; did Lindsay Lohan really run over a baby?

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$100,000 damage in two-alarm Pleasant Hill house fire

PLEASANT HILL -- A two-alarm fire caused about $100,000 worth of damage to a house Friday afternoon, but firefighters were able to keep flames away from the living quarters, preventing more destruction, a battalion chief said.

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Sales of "Medal of Honor" video game blocked on U.S. military bases

Decision comes amid storm of protest against Redwood City-based Electronic Arts and its "first-person shooter'' game, which allows players to pretend they're Taliban fighters killing American soldiers in Afghanistan.

Pleasant Hill utility tax ballot measure draws support, derision

Some residents say city needs more money for police and road fixes; others contend council needs to cut spending

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Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites

Attack on Shiite Muslim procession also wounds 78

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Fremont police officer shot last week in Oakland still sedated, but improving

Officer Todd Young will undergo more surgeries in the next few days, doctors announced

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Swords to Plowshares awarded $1 million to help vets

Nonprofit works to reduce unemployment among returning service members

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San Leandro spa hosts benefit to raise money to continue search for Hasanni Campbell

Benefit for the Citizens of the Lost Society is Sunday

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No injuries, no leak in oil-rig fire, but safety worries remain

Another offshore tragedy averted, but it's a new PR blow

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Jerry Brown says hed be a frugal governor

Jerry Brown said Friday that if elected governor he would have to do things that labor doesnt like, including cutting pension benefits for public employees and asking labor leaders to put everything on the table to get Californias bloated budget under...

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Wounded cops wife: Life turned upside down

Nicole Young was at home when she got a call from her husband, Fremont police Officer Todd Young, who told her that he had been shot in the leg in East Oakland. He said he was OK. Thinking it was simply a minor injury, she loaded the couples children into...

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Deputies ask for help in East Bay pot killing

Alameda County sheriffs investigators are asking for the publics help in locating two men charged with murdering a man they apparently suspected of plotting to steal their marijuana. Mohammed Kahn, 47, and Manuel Trujillo, 62, know they are being sought in...

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Skull, other remains found near Golden Gate

A human skull and other bones have been found in a cove in the Marin Headlands, authorities said Friday. The skull was first spotted by a kayaker at 7:30 p.m. Monday in a rocky area by the water below Battery Spencer, near the Golden Gate Bridge, said George...

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Worker killed in chaotic gun battle at pharmacy

A shootout in the Sacramento suburbs has left a pharmacy worker dead and police hunting for two drugstore robbers. Sacramento County Sheriffs Department spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran says two men walked into a Rexall pharmacy Thursday afternoon and demanded...

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Watch those gas pumps; prices expected to fall

Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumns leaves begin to drop. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. Thats...