Abducted children in stolen yacht safely recovered; father in custody; Brooklynn, 3, and Devin, 2.

Abducted South San Francisco kids in stolen yacht safely recovered
San Jose Mercury News
A domestic kidnapping case out of South San Francisco -- which took a bizarre turn when the purported abductor loaded his two tots onto a stolen yacht in Alameda and set sail -- ended Friday evening in the waters off the Monterey Peninsula where the ...

Kids recovered after abduction, police say San Francisco Chronicle
Monterey: Abducted children in stolen yacht safely recovered; father in custody


Missing kids may be on stolen yacht

Police: Stolen boat with man suspected of kidnapping his kids spotted off San ...
San Jose Mercury News
A boat stolen by a man who allegedly abducted his children from South San Francisco was spotted by a commercial fisherman early this morning about 50 miles offshore of Pillar Point, according to police.

Missing kids may be on stolen yacht
San Francisco Chronicle
South San Francisco police are searching for a man suspected of fleeing with his two kidnapped children aboard a stolen yacht, according to police.

Police: Stolen boat with man suspected of kidnapping his kids spotted off San ...San Jose Mercury News
Stolen yacht, missing children spotted off the Northern California coast


Apple Plans Web Radio Challenge to Pandora; could drop iPhone 3GS; sales expected to sizzle; tops JD Power satisfaction survey

Pandora Shares Sink after Apple Plans Reported
Wall Street Journal
Shares of Pandora Media Inc. (P) dived Friday following reports Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to introduce its own competing custom-radio service.

Pandora down on WSJ's Apple online radio report Newsday
Pandora slumps on report Apple could take a bite out of its business NBCNews.com
Highly Cited:Apple Plans Web Radio Challenge to Pandora New York Times - by Nick Wingfield


iPhone 5 Release Could Bring End To iPhone 3GS: Report
Huffington Post
But writing for The Telegraph, Matt Warman notes the release may also mean an end to Apple's iPhone 3GS, the third-generation handset that was released in 2009 but continues to be offered in the United States as the entry-level iPhone. Citing "sources ...

Apple could drop iPhone 3GS next week, says reportCNET
Apple's iPhone 3GS Will Retire After Next-Gen iPhone's Launch AMOG
Highly Cited:Apple 'to drop iPhone 3GS'

iPhone 5 release date projected for Sept. 21; sales expected to sizzle ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
LOS ANGELES - Morgan Buehler has been waiting for a new iPhone, and she has a long laundry list of features she'd like to see on the iPhone 5, which Apple is expected to unveil Wednesday at a media event in San Francisco, with a projected Sept.

More iPhone 5 part leaks compare thickness to 4S CNET
iPhone 5: Expert Predictions and the Challenges Ahead

iPhone again tops JD Power satisfaction survey
Lance Whitney CNET
iPhone owners continue to be the most satisfied smartphone customers of all, at least according to new survey results from J.D.

Apple's iPhone tops JD Power satisfaction survey for 8th straight time Apple Insider
Apple's secret weapon for iPhone 5: satisfaction Computerworld


Intel Corp., the largest semiconductor maker, slashed its third-quarter sales prediction amid declining demand for PCs; cuts 3Q revenue outlook

Intel Cuts Third-Quarter Sales Forecast Citing Weak Demand
San Francisco Chronicle
Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor maker, slashed its third-quarter sales prediction amid declining demand for personal computers from corporate ...
Intel cuts 3Q revenue outlook on softer demand


Toilet Arsonist Sets Mobile Potties on Fire in the Richmond District; Is the outhouse arsonist back?

Toilet Arsonist Sets Mobile Potties on Fire
SF Weekly
A couple of Porta Potties were torched early this morning in the Richmond District, which naturally leaves us with this burning question: Is the outhouse arsonist back?
Two more portable toilets set on fire in San Francisco


Hometown advantage for boxing champ Andre Ward; faces WBC and Ring magazine Light Heavyweight Champ Chad Dawson; Nonito Donaire, of San Leandro

Hometown advantage for boxing champ Ward or unbearable amounts of ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Undefeated WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine Super Middleweight World Champion Andre Ward will undoubtedly have the biggest fight of his professional career when he faces WBC and Ring magazine Light Heavyweight Champ Chad Dawson this Saturday, ...

Ward vs. Dawson & DeMarco vs. Molina Final Press Conference QuotesBoxing News 24.com
Ward vs. Dawson ready to walk the talk

Andre Ward Comes From a Colorful Line of Bay Area Boxing Champs
SF Weekly
With Andre Ward, of Hayward, and Nonito Donaire, of San Leandro, the Bay Area boasts two of the three best active American boxers (behind Floyd Mayweather).


Amazon announced four new Kindle Fire models; Motorola unveiled five new smartphones; Apple's iPhone 5 in wings

Amazon Joins Gadget Makers Jockeying for Edge
ABC News - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Amazon announced four new Kindle Fire models on Thursday, a day after Nokia and Motorola unveiled five new smartphones between them.

Apple iPhone 5 launch, iPad speculation spur new tech gadgets for holidays Newsday
Verizon Confirms Plan for Nokia Partnership Wall Street Journal
Featured:Nokia Lumia 920 Hands On: You Really Want This Thing—But Enough to Switch?Gizmodo - by Kyle Wagner
Opinion:With Apple's iPhone 5 in wings, competitors make pitches


Facebook Completes Instagram Acquisition; photo-sharing app Instagram fan page is seen on the Facebook website

Facebook-Instagram deal finally done
San Francisco Chronicle - ‎31 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 09: In this photo illustration, the photo-sharing app Instagram fan page is seen on the Facebook website on the Apple Safari web browser on April 9, 2012 in New York City.

Facebook Completes Instagram Acquisition Mashable - by Lauren Indvik
Facebook-Instagram deal officially closes


Lyft for riders is a downer for SF taxis; Lyft rideshare service boasts pink mustaches, dodges regulations

Lyft for riders is a downer for SF taxis
San Francisco Chronicle - ‎10 hours ago‎
Yev Kaplinesky looks up driving directions after picking up customers using the Lyft passenger service in the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco, Calif.

Lyft: Ride Sharing Startup Zimride Hits the Gas Pedal in San Francisco
TIME-Sep 4, 2012
John Zimmer had been at Lehman Bros. for just over a year when he realized he didn't like Wall Street. It was early 2008, and Zimmer, who ...
Blog: Carpool from your phone: Ride-sharing apps take off Christian Science Monitor
San Francisco Car Sharing: Cab Companies Want To Put The ... Huffington Post
Cab Companies Want To Put Brakes on Ridesharing NBC Bay Area
KQED (blog) - San Francisco Chronicle
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Lyft rideshare service boasts pink mustaches, dodges regulations
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)-Aug 31, 2012
The fuzzy pink mustache strapped to the car's front grill is a bit puzzling — and maybe a bit obnoxious — but it's not just for decoration, ...

Debunking the Pink Mustaches: Taxi Alternative Lyft Launches in ... SF Weekly (blog)
Ride-Sharing Apps Take Off Washington Post


Bay Area Poverty Is Growing Faster in Suburbia Than in Urban Areas

Bay Area Poverty Is Growing Faster in Suburbia Than in Urban Areas
SF Weekly
Suburban poverty is a relatively new phenomenon. For the past 60 or so years, the suburbs have traditionally represented the American Dream.


Double rainbow wows S.F. residents; National Weather Service promised the sound and fury of an unraveling tropical storm

Double rainbow wows S.F. residents
San Francisco Chronicle
(09-06) 09:03 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Weather Service promised the sound and fury of an unraveling tropical storm would buffet the Bay Area Wednesday.

Police chief: Vallejo killing justified; CHP officer pronounced dead following shooting on I-680; CHP killer must have snapped

Police chief: Vallejo killing justified
San Francisco Chronicle
(09-05) 17:04 PDT VALLEJO -- Department officials said two Vallejo police officers who shot and killed a man outside his home early Sunday fired a total of 31 bullets after they said the man reached into his waistband for what turned out to be a pellet ...

CHP officer pronounced dead following shooting on I-680
San Jose Mercury News
A photograph of California Highway Patrol officer Kenyon Youngstrom is placed on the lawn at Ridgeview Park in Cordelia, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept.

Friends: CHP killer must have snapped
San Francisco Chronicle
Traffic is diverted from a freeway entrance near So. Main Street and Rudgear Road as the freeway was closed due to a shooting on Interstate 680 near Alamo, Calif.


Former Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer arrested on drug, child abuse

Former Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer arrested on drug, child ...
San Jose Mercury News

Nadia Lockyer Arrested in SoCal NBC Bay Area
Former Alameda County Supe Lockyer arrested for drugs, child abuse


California controller slams teachers' fund, San Francisco schools, on pension-spiking oversight

State Controller John Chiang said the California State Teachers' Retirement System does not do enough to catch and prevent "pension spiking," where a public worker gets a big raise right before retiring.

He also identified problems with oversight in the San Francisco Unified School District, which is "a high risk for pension spiking."

Is the problem, big business or big institutions?

Source


Save Oakland Sports fights to rescue A's, Raiders, Warriors; Raiders talk to veteran receiver Jabar Gaffney

Save Oakland Sports fights to rescue A's, Raiders, Warriors
San Jose Mercury News
OAKLAND -- If somehow, some way Oakland holds on to the A's, Raiders and Warriors, it might be fitting to celebrate at the Denny's by the Coliseum.

Raiders talk to veteran receiver Jabar Gaffney
San Jose Mercury News
scorkran@bayareanewsgroup.com. The Raiders reportedly had veteran wide receiver Jabar Gaffney in for a visit on Wednesday, signaling the likelihood that Oakland doesn't expect to have all five of its wideouts ready for the regular-season opener.


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#DNC2012 California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Maryland Gov. #DNC2012 Martin O'Malley present the Rules Committee report

Kamala Harris gets key convention slot
San Francisco Chronicle
CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 04: Co-Chairs of the Rules Committee, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Maryland Gov. Martin OÂ'Malley present the Rules Committee report during day one of the Democratic National Convention at Time ...


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