Oakland Tribune back issues from December 2007:
Newark to hold peace conference
Dec 01, 2007; ... NEWARK -- At the heart of the fourth annual American Muslim Voicepeace convention is the question of how to respect culturaldifferences in a nation often viewed as an ethnic melting pot. In the Tri-City area -- a beacon for South Asian immigrants andhome to significant Latino and ...
Feds sue for cleanup costs
Dec 01, 2007; ... SACRAMENTO -- The mess from the San Francisco Bay oil spill isspreading anew, with suspension of a port pilot's license,legislators blasting the state's response and the retirement of theU.S. Coast Guard regional commander. In addition, the federal and state governments moved ...
Suspect nabbed after thefts Cops: Man may be linked to string of crimes
Dec 01, 2007; ... NEWARK -- A man arrested Friday afternoon following a five-hourSWAT incident may be linked to a trio of morning crimes: firing agun at one man, a home-invasion robbery and a burglary. Police arrested the man, whose name has not yet been released, inthe garage of a home on Tenaya ...
Mission San Jose among top high schools in country
Dec 01, 2007; ... FREMONT -- Mission San Jose is the best public high school in theBay Area and one of the top 100 in America, based on rankings byU.S. News & World Report released Friday. Coming in at No. 49, the Fremont school was the highest-rankedcampus in Alameda County. Moreover, it surpassed ...
Ardenwood Farm welcomes visitors for holiday season
Dec 01, 2007; ... FREMONT -- Once again, the Patterson home in the historicArdenwood Farm has been transformed into a holiday paradise. The Christmas program is in full swing starting today. Someelementary school classes got an early peak inside the Victorianhome Friday. By the time the holiday ...
Fremont church offers breakfast to the hungry
Dec 01, 2007; ... FREMONT -- "Once upon a time," Nate Williams' story begins, "Iwas homeless." Once upon a time, he pushed a shopping cart stuffed with his lifebelongings. Now, he pushes one stocked with the ingredients for hislifework: culinary arts. He used to find emptiness when he opened ...
Hungry students
Dec 01, 2007; ... IN THE impoverished Karakoram Mountains of eastern Pakistan, "Hewas appalled to see 82 children, 78 boys, and the four girls who hadthe pluck to join them, kneeling on the frosty ground, in the open .... Haji Ali (the village chief) said the village had no school, andthe Pakistani ...
Nurses plan for another strike
Dec 01, 2007; ... Nearly 5,000 registered nurses at 13 Bay Area hospitals will holdtheir second two-day strike this fall beginning Dec. 13, theCalifornia Nurses Association said Friday. The strike would affect hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health,a nonprofit network of hospitals and doctors' ...
Group maps Mount Diablo with GPS
Dec 01, 2007; ... A surveyor named Leander Ransom trekked to the top of MountDiablo in the blistering summer heat of 1851 to mark the startingpoint for determining property boundaries in Northern California andNevada. He chiseled a hole in summit rock and planted a flagpole to makeDiablo a key ...
Oakland man awarded $5M in police lawsuit
Dec 01, 2007; ... A jury in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Friday awardedan East Oakland man $5 million for emotional distress after claimingOakland police planted a gun on him. The lawsuit, filed in October 2005, concerns an incident on Sept.10, 2004, when two Oakland police officers went ...
Annual children's parade kicks off holidays
Dec 01, 2007; ... OAKLAND -- Colorful floats, giant helium balloons and marchingbands will kick off the "America's Children's Parade" today indowntown Oakland. One of the premier children's events on the West Coast, theComcast Holiday Parade features a clown brigade and more. The parade ...
Post offices extend hours for holidays
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Fremont and Union City main post offices will extend theirhours for three Saturdays leading up to the Christmas holiday. Other local post offices will be open their normal hours,contrary to earlier reports that all post offices would haveextended hours ....
Informant in Antar Bey slaying wins deal from DA
Dec 01, 2007; ... OAKLAND -- A police informant whose testimony helped the districtattorney's office secure a guilty verdict in Your Black MuslimBakery leader Antar Bey's murder trial won a deal this week in hisown robbery case. The deal, which still must be approved by an Alameda CountySuperior ...
Former San Joaquin sheriff held on DUI
Dec 01, 2007; ... MANTECA -- A former San Joaquin County sheriff -- who spent sixmonths in federal prison for his role in a corruption case -- wasarrested Thursday evening on felony drunken driving charges,authorities said. Temple Baxter Dunn Jr., 60, of Manteca, was traveling between 65and 70 ...
Oakland wins back partial control of schools from state
Dec 01, 2007; ... OAKLAND -- After 41/2years under state control, the Oaklandschool district will have a leader hired by its own school board,rather than appointed by the state superintendent. And the board,itself, will have more governing authority. But not all of it. In the coming months, the ...
Area high schools among nation's best
Dec 01, 2007; ... U.S. News & World Report ranked more than a dozen high schools inthe East Bay among the best in the nation, according to first-everratings released Friday. Contra Costa and Alameda counties each had seven schools on thelist. Solano had one. Piedmont High, one of only two ...
15 more charged in grade scam
Dec 01, 2007; ... Contra Costa County prosecutors have filed felony charges against15 more Diablo Valley College students in the cash-for-gradesscheme, expanding what has become one of the nation's largestcriminal cases regarding academic fraud. The 25-page complaint released Thursday details 23 ...
15 more charged in grade scandal
Dec 01, 2007; ... Contra Costa County prosecutors have filed felony charges against15 more Diablo Valley College students in the cash-for-gradesscheme, expanding what has become one of the nation's largestcriminal cases of academic fraud. The 25-page complaint released Thursday details 23 counts ...
Police investigate arson at Pleasanton restaurant
Dec 01, 2007; ... PLEASANTON -- Police are investigating an intentionally set fireat a Hopyard Road restaurant after finding traces of fuel andcontainers inside similar to those used in Molotov cocktails. The fire caused minimal damage at Baci Restaurant at 4889 HopyardRoad, Pleasanton, police Sgt ....
Win-starved Colts feast on St. Joseph
Dec 01, 2007; ... FREMONT -- After heartbreaking losses to Castro Valley and MonteVista, the James Logan High boys basketball team was about as hungryas you can get for that first victory of the 2007-08 season. It finally came Friday afternoon in the consolation round of thefirst Rob Vares Jr ....
Firefighter honored for saving man's life
Dec 01, 2007; ... SAN RAMON -- A spot-on emergency diagnosis by San Ramon Valleyfirefighter-paramedic Clinton Pruett saved the life of an elderlyman in October, and the fire department thanked him this week bygiving him its lifesaving award. On Oct. 11, a 77-year-old Diablo man was brought into ...
Church offers services for special needs people
Dec 01, 2007; ... PLEASANTON -- Valley Community Church is helping to make Godaccessible to all people. Churches reach out to all ages and walks of life, with many oftoday's churches also welcoming gays and lesbians. But one groupthat can get overlooked is those who are developmentally ...
Las Lomas rides Jackson to NCS 2-A title
Dec 01, 2007; ... WALNUT CREEK -- It was a situation the Las Lomas High footballteam hadn't faced this season -- trailing in the fourth quarter withless than two minutes remaining. But the Knights didn't change a thing on offense. They simplywent to the same playmakers who fueled Las Lomas' ...
Castro Valley wins behind Parker's 26
Dec 01, 2007; ... FREMONT -- Just three games into the season, and first-yearCastro Valley High boys basketball coach Nick Jones already hasreeled in a huge win. The Trojans haven't gotten much attention around the East Bay,but that should change after their 57-51 win over Monte Vista, ...
Las Positas' height too much for Marin
Dec 01, 2007; ... LIVERMORE -- An oversized Las Positas College women's basketballteam won the tipoff, then dominated College of Marin in a 66-49victory Friday night. The Hawks went on a 13-0 run to start the game before HelenCiFuentes scored for the Mariners, ending a five-minute drought ....
Newark won't win title this time
Dec 01, 2007; ... NEWARK -- For the first time in the history of the Newark RotaryIronman Duals wrestling tournament, host Newark Memorial entered asthe defending champion. Last year, the Cougars went 5-0 during theduals and beat Will C. Wood in the championship to claim the title. This year, the ...
SRV's linebackers play as one
Dec 01, 2007; ... DUBLIN -- It's an old saying and even qualifies as a cliche, butwhen it comes to football, defense wins championships. This year, the San Ramon Valley High football team has validatedthe cliche. Paced by a consistently strong defense, the Wolvesclaimed a share of the East Bay ...
Nunnally persists for Weston Ranch
Dec 01, 2007 ... STOCKTON -- James Nunnally finished with 27 points and 13rebounds, and Chris Gray had 14 points, 15 rebounds and six blockedshots on Friday for Weston Ranch, helping the Cougars beat Vallejo59-45 at home. "They played well," Weston Ranch coach Bill Slikker said. "Weplayed much ...
Grace Davis rolls past East Union
Dec 01, 2007; ... MODESTO -- Michael White poured in 10 first-quarter points Fridaynight as the Grace Davis Spartans jumped out to a 10-0 lead overEast Union and coasted to a 54-38 win in second-round action of theModesto City Classic at Modesto High. "On Thursday, he had four fouls in the first ...
'Bionic Man' out to collar title
Dec 01, 2007; ... Dave Douglas III knew something was wrong as soon as the whistlesounded following his 70-yard run against Tomales in the second gameof the season. The sophomore running back for St. Elizabeth High -- who leadsthe No.2 Mustangs into today's 7 p.m. North Coast Section Class Btitle ...
Pinole Valley faces stiff test in No.1 SRV
Dec 01, 2007; ... DUBLIN -- Pinole Valley High football coach Steve Alameda knowshis team has a tough road ahead at Dublin High tonight when theSpartans take on San Ramon Valley in the North Coast Section 3-AEast Bay championship game. Kickoff is 7. And, if the statistics are any indication, ...
Knights win on Jackson catch Knights win on Jackson catch
Dec 01, 2007; ... WALNUT CREEK -- It was a situation the Las Lomas High footballteam hadn't faced this season -- trailing in the fourth quarter withless than two minutes to play. But the Knights didn't change a thing on offense. They simplywent to the same playmakers who had fueled their unbeaten ...
Defilipps forces OT with 3, delivers M-A win
Dec 01, 2007; ... What seemed like a hopeless, desperation shot from Menlo-Atherton High's Peter Defilipps in the final seconds of regulationin Friday's Cupertino Shootout semifinal somehow found its way intothe net. Trailing by three with six seconds left in regulation, Defilippsnailed what was ...
Two Cinderella teams vie for Class B title
Dec 01, 2007; ... OAKLAND -- Talk about your feel-good story. The St. Elizabeth and St.Vincent high football teams -- who meetin today's 7 p.m. North Coast Section Class B title game at SantaRosa High -- had nowhere to go but up after subpar 2006 seasons. St. Elizabeth, which made the playoffs ...
Serra's soccer victory has its rough spots
Dec 01, 2007; ... BURLINGAME -- It wasn't so much that anyone arriving late toFriday's soccer match between visiting Serra and Burlingame highschools missed all the scoring, but certainly those there from thestart saw a different type of game. The non-league match started with a Serra goal in the ...
Mullins scores 18 points as Mills cruises to win
Dec 01, 2007; ... MILLBRAE -- Mills High crushed South San Francisco on the boardsand rolled to a 52-33 win over South San Francisco in thechampionship game of the Kelly Shea Gallo Memorial Tournament onFriday night at Mills High. Mills (3-1) had a 26-10 rebound advantage in the first half ...
San Leandro hosts top teams in East Bay Showcase
Dec 01, 2007; ... HAYWARD -- Suprisingly, no boys basketball program from theHayward Area Athletic League has hosted a premier showcase in recentyears. But San Leandro High coach Todd Petersen made sure that changedthis season. The Pirates will host the first East Bay Showcase today at ...
CV makes some noise, upends MV
Dec 01, 2007; ... FREMONT -- Just three games into the season, and first-yearCastro Valley High boys basketball coach Nick Jones has alreadyreeled in a huge win. The Trojans haven't gotten much attention around the East Bay,but that should change after their 57-51 win over Monte Vista, ...
Cal out to avoid Big Collapse
Dec 01, 2007; ... BERKELEY -- The Big Game could help prevent Cal from completing aBig Collapse. The 110th meeting against Stanford comes at a perfect time forthe Bears, who could use an extra reason to stay motivated. Cal'ssecond-half struggles have left its once lofty aspirations in thedust, ...
Believers believing in birth of run smb
Dec 01, 2007; ... OAKLAND -- Magazine covers. Newspaper profiles. Prime spots onthe ESPN and TNT schedules. Everywhere you go in the NBA, the BostonCeltics' trio of Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce can befound, with headlines blaring and soundtracks trumpeting theirgreatness. Except ...
Cardinal seniors have no Axes, only 0's
Dec 01, 2007; ... STANFORD -- They will leave Stanford without ever reaching a bowlgame or experiencing a winning season. They've played for three headcoaches, endured the lowest of lows (see UC Davis in 2005) andenjoyed one historic high (see USC in'07). Today, if they beat Cal, the Cardinal ...
Hardin wipes the boards clean -- No.2 in nation
Dec 01, 2007; ... CAL COACH Ben Braun gives his players the green light to beselfish about rebounds, assists and taking charges on defense. That suits senior center DeVon Hardin just fine. His plan -- notjust his goal -- is to average 20 rebounds per game. For the season. His dream game? ...
Nolan learned from 'The Play'
Dec 01, 2007; ... SANTA CLARA -- To this day, coach Mike Nolan stresses to 49ersdefensive players that nothing should be left to chance. If there isa question about whether a runner has been ruled down, Nolan wantshis players to be absolutely positive the play is over beforestopping to argue with ...
Captain Jack a difference-maker
Dec 01, 2007; ... DARTING HERE and there ... - The latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie comes out on DVDnext week, but there is only one Captain Jack worth talking aboutright now -- the dynamic, amazing and misunderstood Stephen Jackson.He's the most compelling figure on the Bay Area sports ...
N'diaye sparks Cal rally to win over St. Mary's
Dec 01, 2007; ... BERKELEY -- Cal sophomore Rama N'diaye made a pretty strong pitchfor atonement Friday night, scoring 16 points and hauling in 18rebounds as the No. 12 Bears beat St.Mary's 77-61 in the ContraCosta Times Classic. It was N'diaye's third double-double of the season, but the ...
Culpepper ailing, so McCown is likely to start
Dec 01, 2007; ... ALAMEDA -- Daunte Culpepper missed his second straight practiceFriday. That increases the likelihood of Josh McCown starting Sundayagainst the Denver Broncos, coach Lane Kiffin said. It also bears noting that rookie JaMarcus Russell took some snapswith the first-team offense for ...
L.A. story: USC football may go to Pasadena
Dec 01, 2007; ... STANFORD -- The best thing about the Cal and Stanford footballteams is they're not going anywhere, geographically that is. Thiscannot be said for people and schools at the other end of the faultline. A look toward the Los Angeles area offers the possibilitiesUCLA's Karl Dorrell ...
GPS used to detail Mount Diablo
Dec 01, 2007; ... A surveyor named Leander Ransom trekked to the top of MountDiablo in the blistering summer heat of 1851 to mark the startingpoint for determining property boundaries in Northern California andNevada. He chiseled a hole in summit rock and planted a flagpole to makeDiablo a key ...
Bay port pilot suspended
Dec 01, 2007; ... SACRAMENTO -- The mess from the San Francisco Bay oil spill isspreading anew, with suspension of a port pilot's license,legislators blasting the state's response and the retirement of theU.S. Coast Guard regional commander. In addition, the federal and state governments moved ...
Task force doesn't resolve Delta issue
Dec 01, 2007; ... New housing development should be discouraged in the Delta regionand more funding is needed to increase the state's ability to storeand move water, according to an independent commission charged withcreating a new vision for the troubled Delta. The Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task ...
Absentee voters have half the vote
Dec 01, 2007; ... SACRAMENTO -- Presidential hopefuls might want to heed thefindings of a new statewide poll on California's absentee voters. The California Field poll shows that almost half of all theballots cast in California are done so in the days and even weeksbefore Election Day -- and it's a ...
Big League Dreams may start pitching revenue to Manteca
Dec 01, 2007; ... MANTECA -- The city's newest sports complex continues to knockoriginal projections out of the park. Revenue figures for the first nine months of operation at BigLeague Dreams exceeded original projections by 30 percent, MantecaParks Director Steve Houx said. As a result, rent ...
Former county sheriff in trouble with law
Dec 01, 2007; ... MANTECA -- A disgraced San Joaquin County sheriff -- who spentsix months in federal prison for his role in a corruption case --was arrested Thursday evening on felony drunken driving charges,authorities said. Temple Baxter Dunn Jr., 60, of Manteca was traveling between 65and 70 ...
15 more charged in DVC grade scandal
Dec 01, 2007; ... Contra Costa County prosecutors have filed felony charges against15 more Diablo Valley College students in the cash-for-gradesscheme, expanding what has become one of the nation's largestcriminal cases of academic fraud. The 25-page complaint released Thursday details 23 counts ...
Firefighter honored for saving man's life
Dec 01, 2007; ... SAN RAMON -- A spot-on emergency diagnosis by San Ramon Valleyfirefighter-paramedic Clinton Pruett saved the life of an elderlyman in October, and the fire department thanked him this week bygiving him its lifesaving award. On Oct. 11, a 77-year-old Diablo man was brought into ...
East Bay AIDS clinic overcomes obstacles in 1980s
Dec 01, 2007; ... SAN LEANDRO -- In the early 1980s, when the AIDS epidemic firstexploded upon the Bay Area, most patients from the East Bay traveledto San Francisco for medical services because of limited treatmentin the East Bay. "It's hard to appreciate that time unless you appreciate ...
Church offers services for special needs people
Dec 01, 2007; ... PLEASANTON -- Valley Community Church is helping to make Godaccessible to all people. Churches reach out to all ages and walks of life, with many oftoday's churches also welcoming gays and lesbians. But one groupthat can get overlooked is those who are developmentally ...
Ardenwood Farm opening doors for holiday season
Dec 01, 2007; ... FREMONT -- Once again, the Patterson home in the historicArdenwood Farm has been transformed into a holiday paradise. The Christmas program is in full swing starting today. Someelementary school classes got an early peak inside the Victorianhome Friday. By the time the holiday ...
Nurses set dates for 2nd strike
Dec 01, 2007; ... Nearly 5,000 registered nurses at 13 Bay Area hospitals will holdtheir second two-day strike this fall beginning Dec. 13, theCalifornia Nurses Association said Friday. The strike would affect hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health, a nonprofit network of hospitals and ...
Oakland district regains some control over schools
Dec 01, 2007; ... OAKLAND -- After four and a half years under state control, theOakland school district will have a leader hired by its own schoolboard, rather than appointed by the state superintendent. And theboard itself will have more governing authority. But not all of it. In the coming ...
Spill fallout spreads, pilot suspended
Dec 01, 2007; ... SACRAMENTO -- The mess from the San Francisco Bay oil spill isspreading anew, with suspension of a port pilot's license,legislators blasting the state's response and the retirement of theU.S. Coast Guard regional commander. In addition, the federal and state governments moved ...
Board approves deal for Sequoia Hospital
Dec 01, 2007; ... REDWOOD CITY -- Catholic Healthcare West will fully own SequoiaHospital under a deal the Sequoia Healthcare District Board ofDirectors unanimously approved Friday to rebuild the aging RedwoodCity medical campus. The historic agreement sets in motion a $240 million project ...
Council ponders $37M judgment
Dec 01, 2007; ... HALF MOON BAY -- City officials are still struggling to come togrips with what City Councilman John Muller called "the biggestcrisis to hit Half Moon Bay in its history." City Manager Marcia Raines said no decisions were made atThursday's emergency council meeting, which was ...
1920s steamship ready to reopen as restaurant
Dec 01, 2007; ... BURLINGAME EILEEN LONG figured her husband eventually would forget about theboat. The couple first visited the old steamship, which is docked inSan Francisco Bay at 410 Airport Blvd., in the spring of 2006 topick up some free barstools advertised in a local newspaper ....
Caltrain kills man in San Mateo
Dec 01, 2007 ... SAN MATEO -- A man was hit and killed by a northbound Caltrain atthe downtown San Mateo train station Friday afternoon. According to San Mateo Police Sgt. Al Baccei, a man in his 40smay have stepped in front of the train. There was no immediate determination as to whether the ...