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NEWS ABOUT: Bay Area

Bay Area stories: 14 news summaries

 SF Bay Bridge Reopens 

Test of repairs to repair clears way for commuters

Nov 2, 09 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened to commuter traffic this morning after a successful test of repairs was conducted overnight. The bridge has been out of commission since Tuesday, when the original repair failed and crushed three cars. Workers took a while to “get the geometry” of the new... More »

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Bay Area • steel • repair • San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge • commuters • road crew • stress test

Five Youths Held in 'Barbaric' Calif. Gang Rape

Victim knew one 15-year-old assailant, was drinking with them

Oct 28, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco-area cops have arrested three more young men in the savage gang rape, beating, and robbery of a 15-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance while dozens more watched. Five youths are being held, ranging from a 15-year-old boy who knew the victim to a 21-year-old. The girl was drinking... More »

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California • high school • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • sexual assault • beatings

Do-Nothing Bystanders Watched, Filmed Calif. Rape

Two arrests made in vicious 2-hour attack

Oct 27, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two arrests have been made in a homecoming night rape of a 15-year-old high school student that was witnessed by as many as 15 do-nothing bystanders. Some may have even participated in the two-hour attack in a San Francisco suburb while others apparently filmed the assault with cell phones, according... More »

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California • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • homecoming • sex assault

(Newser) - Pez is suing a California store and museum over an 8-foot-tall dispenser custom-made for the establishment—and thus not sanctioned by the Austrian candy-maker, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “From a branding perspective, I think Pez should embrace the Dosses and the museum, instead of trying to attack... More »

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California • museum • Austria • Bay Area • statue • memorabilia • civil lawsuits • candy company • PEZ • dispenser

 Pellet Gun Sniper 
 Targets Calif. Freeway 

Drivers hit as they pass hilly lowland

May 12, 09 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sniper who has been using a San Francisco-area freeway for target practice has hit nearly a dozen cars over the past two weeks, KGO-TV reports. Police are trying to find the perpetrator—who they say may be using an air-powered rifle from nearby hills or parks—before someone is... More »

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California • highway safety • Bay Area • highways • sniper

4 Busted in 'Hate Crime' Rape
of Lesbian

Tips from outraged
San Francisco area
led to suspects

Jan 2, 09 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Police have arrested all four suspects in the Bay Area kidnapping and gang rape of a lesbian last month that police have deemed a hate crime, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The two adults and two teenagers face charges including felony kidnapping to commit a sex crime, carjacking and gang... More »

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lesbians • kidnapping • hate crime • rape • Bay Area • arrest • sexual assault

 Cops: SF Bay Lesbian 
 Gang-Raped in Hate Crime 

Attackers taunted victim over her sexual orientation

Dec 23, 08 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Bay Area police are treating the brutal gang rape of a lesbian as a hate crime, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The victim, who displayed a gay pride sticker on her license plate, was kidnapped, gang-raped and dumped naked by four men who taunted about her sexual orientation. A $10,... More »

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crime • lesbians • hate crime • rape • Bay Area • homosexual • sexual assault

Silicon Valley, Big Apple, DC Remain Top US 'Cybercities'

51 of 60 major metro areas found by industry survey to have added tech jobs

Jun 24, 08 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silicon Valley, New York, and Washington, DC, still have the most tech workers among US metro areas, a new report shows. New York has the most techies, but when San Francisco and the greater Bay Area are combined with Silicon Valley, it tops the list, MarketWatch notes. The Valley is... More »

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technology • Silicon Valley • New York • Durham • employment • Bay Area • Washington, DC • Boulder • Huntsville

Matzo Shortage Plagues Passover in Calif.

Stores sold out before holiday began Saturday, Jews 'at wits' end'

Apr 22, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Passover in full swing, Jews in the San Francisco area are enduring a shortage of matzo, the Chronicle reports. Most grocers were cleaned out Friday or Saturday, the first day of the observance, and with the holiday stretching to the weekend, the observant wonder how they'll manage without the... More »

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California • Jews • Judaism • Bay Area • holiday • Passover • matzo

SF Bay Area Businesses Face Penalties for Pollution

Fines would range from $1 to $195K per year

Apr 17, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco Bay Area businesses could face major fines—the first ever imposed by a local government—based on the amount of climate-changing emissions they produce annually, the New York Times reports. The move, which the Bay Area Air Quality Management District could make official May 21, would skirt plodding... More »

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environment • San Francisco • Bay Area • oil refineries • Shell Oil • air quality

Criminal Probe in Bay Oil Spill

Communication, management problems on Hong Kong ship

Nov 12, 07 6:09 AM CST
(Newser) - A criminal probe into the oil spill off San Francisco was launched yesterday as federal investigators began to question the crew of the Hong Kong ship that hemorrhaged 58,000 gallons of fuel oil after crashing into the Bay Bridge last week. The Coast Guard contacted the US attorney's office... More »

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San Francisco • Hong Kong • Dianne Feinstein • oil spill • Coast Guard • Bay Area • Cosco Busan

Slow Response Slammed in SF Bay Oil Disaster

Cleanup lags as contamination sprawls, area residents try to rescue seabirds

Nov 9, 07 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - As Bay Area residents braved noxious oil to rescue oil-covered seabirds, officials asked why the emergency response to Wednesday's spill had been "unusually slow." The oil slick spread dozens of miles along the San Francisco and Marin coastlines, contaminating beaches and coating marine life, in the hours before... More »

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environment • oil • San Francisco • oil spill • Coast Guard • Bay Area • Bay Bridge

'Tectonic Time Bomb' Ticks Along SF Bay

2M live on Hayward Fault, overdue for major earthquake

Oct 25, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - With 2 million people living directly on top of it, and a major rupture due at any moment, seismologists are calling the Haywood Fault the "single most dangerous fault in the entire Bay Area," and a "tectonic time bomb," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A high... More »

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California • Bay Area • earthquake

Bay Area Overpass Collapses

Oakland Tanker explosion and fire close busy freeway

Apr 30, 07 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A speeding 8,600-gallon gas tanker smashed into a guardrail early yesterday on a Bay Area highway, causing a fireball that melted an overpass above it. The driver sustained minor injuries, and no one else was hurt. But the collapsed overpass, which carried traffic eastbound from the Baby Bridge, closed... More »

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California • San Francisco • Arnold Schwarzenegger • traffic • commute • Bay Area • overpass • earthquake

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