Oakland Tribune back issues from February 2009:
Business Bulletin Board for Feb. 1-7
Feb 01, 2009; ... Bulletin board listings are free but limited to nonprofitorganizations announcing events costing less than $200 to attend. Anexpanded version of the bulletin board can be found on-line atwww.ContraCostaTimes.com/business. Two weeks prior to event sendinformation, including sponsor, date, ...
Menus
Feb 01, 2009; ... FREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Students may have one entree, milk, and fruit and vegetables fromthe salad bar. Monday: Mozzarella cheese pizza sticks, turkey taco pocket. Tuesday: Beef teriyaki with rice, turkey hot dog, bean and cheeseburrito. Wednesday: Chicken ...
Newark gears up for major housing development
Feb 01, 2009; ... NEWARK -- Construction tentatively is scheduled to begin nextyear on the city's biggest housing development in more than adecade. The project would remake the east side of Cedar Boulevard fromCentral Avenue to Smith Street, replacing an RV storage site andindustrial businesses ...
Danville man's recycling project: a 1969 Camaro
Feb 01, 2009; ... IF YOU ASK most people who built the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS(Rally Sport) SS (Super Sport) in this photo, the answer wouldprobably be Chevrolet or General Motors. But that answer would onlybe partially correct. This particular Camaro was built by Danville resident ...
Fremont's story hits the big screen
Feb 01, 2009; ... FREMONT -- To some, Fremont might be just another pool inCalifornia's sea of subdivisions and strip malls. But not to Harvard researchers. They first visited the city nearly 20 years ago and returned in2006 for the city's 50th birthday to make a movie that will bepremiered ...
Pet of the Week
Feb 01, 2009; ... Like a comet in the sky, Comet the cat is a rare find. He is anurturing cat that loves to snuggle up with the baby kittens andtake care of them! He also is a lap connoisseur, always searching for a warm lap tocurl up in. To cuddle with Comet, visit Valley Humane ...
Bay Area lawmakers keeping busy
Feb 01, 2009; ... SACRAMENTO -- On a recent night at her Capitol office,Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, spent until 2 a.m. answering150 e-mails from constituents worried about the state's fiscalcrisis. That was after she'd hand-signed 500 letters she'd writtenabout the budget. Assemblyman ...
Sunday Perspective: The untold lessons of Guantanamo's early days
Feb 01, 2009; ... In his first week in office, President Obama signed an executiveorder that would shut down the notorious U.S. military prison atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year. But as the United States movesto end this shameful episode, it's worth reflecting on the untoldstory of the very beginnings ...
Sunday Perspective: Guantanamo good first step, but only a step
Feb 01, 2009; ... PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA was courageous to issue an executive orderclosing Guantanamo within the next 12 months. Having litigated on behalf of Guantanamo detainees for the lastfive years, I am delighted that this ugly symbol of the cruelty ofthe Bush years is being shut down ....
Tammerlin Drummond: Will justice be served this time?
Feb 01, 2009; ... WHEN ALAMEDA County Superior Court Judge Leo Dorado reluctantlyset Jahton Green free, the question was not whether the 21-year-oldOakland man would be arrested in the savage beating and robbery ofanother elderly person, but when. It took 22 days. At 10 a.m. Sept. 10, El ...
People week in review: 'Thriller' battle, 'Taxi' movie, and Ledger settlement
Feb 01, 2009; ... Broadway producer James L. Nederlander, who recently purchasedthe rights to make "Thriller" into a musical, says he's hopeful alegal duel over "Thriller" rights can be resolved. John Landis, who directed the iconic music video, suedNederlander and former collaborator Michael ...
Roadshow: What is a fair price for a gallon of gas?
Feb 01, 2009; ... Q Hail, you guru of all roads and defender of the oil companies. Hameed Shakeri Saratoga A Uh-oh. I suspect I know where this is heading. Q After years of reading your column and recommending it to mywife and two teen daughters, I am finally writing you. I could ...
Californians could soon be paying more to drive, take transit
Feb 01, 2009; ... When Kent Lue opened up the DMV renewal notice for his 2004 BMWmotorcycle two weeks ago, he was in for a surprise. The cost hadjumped from $92 to $101. "I'm not complaining about the extra $9, but in the past feesusually decreased as the vehicle got older," said Lue, a ...
Stanford scientists are downsizing champs: They've generated world's smallest writing
Feb 01, 2009; ... Finally, good news in the world of downsizing: StanfordUniversity physicists have broken the record for small writing,opening a new door to computing's future. Their two letters -- an "S" and a "U," in honor of their employer-- are so tiny that if used to print out the 32-volume ...
Californians paying more to drive, take transit
Feb 01, 2009; ... When Kent Lue opened up the DMV renewal notice for his 2004 BMWmotorcycle two weeks ago, he was in for a surprise. The cost hadjumped from $92 to $101. "I'm not complaining about the extra $9, but in the past feesusually decreased as the vehicle got older," said Lue, a ...
Stewart soars on in Supercross with S.F. win
Feb 01, 2009; ... SAN FRANCISCO -- James Stewart still isn't in first place in theoverall season standings for the AMA Supercross class. But if the Floridian keeps racing like this, it's probably only amatter of time. Stewart followed his 10-second win in Houston last week with asimilarly ...
Memory of Cal's hot start is fading
Feb 01, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES -- Cal's big men played big Saturday night at theGalen Center. But it wasn't enough to get the Golden Bears over the hump ontheir weekend trip to Los Angeles. While 7-foot center Jordan Wilkes scored a career-high 16 pointsand grabbed nine rebounds and forward ...
Californians paying more to drive, take transit
Feb 01, 2009; ... When Kent Lue opened up the DMV renewal notice for his 2004 BMWmotorcycle two weeks ago, he was in for a surprise. The cost hadjumped from $92 to $101. "I'm not complaining about the extra $9, but in the past feesusually decreased as the vehicle got older," said Lue, a ...
Skyline has no problem with bouncing back
Feb 01, 2009; ... The day after a tough loss to Oakland Athletic League-rivalMcClymonds, it would have been easy for Skyline to roll over afterwatching UCLA recruit Reeves Nelson score 16 points in leading hisModesto Christian team to a 28-22 lead with just over three minutesremaining in the first ...
Las Positas comes on strong to beat Chabot
Feb 01, 2009; ... It was a tale of two halves for the Las Positas College men'sbasketball team. In the first half against rival Chabot, the Hawks surrendered 103-point field goals as the Gladiators raced to a 44-35 halftimelead. The host Hawks turned up their intensity in the second half ...
Rieschi fires St. Francis by ND
Feb 01, 2009; ... It was an agonizing loss for the Notre Dame High basketball team. The host Tigers couldn't stop St. Francis senior guard KieferRieschl, who went off for a season-high 29 points, and Notre Damelost to St. Francis in overtime Saturday night, 54-50, in a WestCatholic Athletic League ...
Signs are still positive for Serra High boys soccer
Feb 01, 2009; ... SAN MATEO -- Fortified by a newfound ability to attack the net,the Serra High boys soccer team is peaking at just the right time. The ultimate gauge? The Padres walked off their field on Saturdayafternoon knowing they gave mighty Bellarmine all it could handle. But Serra ...
College of San Mateo seeking better time
Feb 01, 2009; ... The past offseason was the longest of Nicole Borg's career,either as a player or a coach. After suffering through a losingrecord last season, the College of San Mateo softball coach embarkedon making 2009 a much better season. Eight months of recruiting and fall workouts appear to ...
Apple's Macintosh celebrates 25th birthday
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Apple Macintosh, born at the hands of renegade engineers inthe early 1980s, changed the relationship between human andkeyboard. The Mac, which turned 25 in January, has consistently been anindustry pioneer of new technology, including the graphical userinterface, speech, ...
Motorcyclist killed in Antioch accident
Feb 01, 2009; ... A 36-year-old motorcyclist was killed in Antioch Saturday around5:35 p.m. when his motorcycle hit a car that was turning onto theroad he was on, according to the Antioch Police Department. The man, identified as Vince Darone of Antioch by the ContraCosta County ...
Hits keep coming for NFL retirees
Feb 01, 2009; ... This was a little more than 20 years ago. The 49ers were about tomeet the Minnesota Vikings in a playoff game. It seemed a good timeto call Charlie Krueger, who'd been a central figure the only othertime those teams had met in the postseason. The Charlie Krueger that 49ers fans ...
Elementary, My Dears: Heigh-ho! It's off to work we go
Feb 01, 2009; ... Kids can lend a hand, contribute to the household, and free upsome time for parents who are working so hard during these difficulteconomic times. They are capable of carrying out many of the everyday jobs doneby their parents. Plus, chores are one of the best ways to build ...
Joan Aragone: Check your phone bill every month
Feb 01, 2009; ... Like many Californians, I recently experienced shock when Iopened my telephone bill and found an increase in the amount due ofalmost $20. Unable to decipher the charges, I called AT&T customer service.So began a journey into the mist of so-called telecommunications"consumer ...
Woman emerging from struggle to get disability benefits
Feb 01, 2009; ... EL GRANADA -- Dierde Miner nearly died giving birth to her son,Elijah, in 2005, with medical complications leaving her in a comafor a day. When she awoke, she was left with a seizure disorder, andnearly a third of her life memories had been erased. "I have no memory of the birth of ...
Hayward schools to catch some rays
Feb 01, 2009; ... HAYWARD -- When the sun shines on the five new schools beingrenovated or rebuilt using the Measure I bond, it will be anempowering thing -- solar cells will generate about 75 percent ofthe facilities' needs. At a presentation to the Measure I Bond Oversight Committee lastweek, ...
Kamala Harris mines rich lode for state attorney general run in 2010
Feb 01, 2009; ... EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a sampling of political writers' JoshRichman's and Lisa Vorderbrueggen's blog, The Political Blotter.Read more and post comments at www.ibabuzz.com/politics. Jan. 26 I was just taking a spin through recent campaign finance filingsin the secretary of ...
That bus ride will cost a little bit more
Feb 01, 2009; ... The roughly 50,000 riders who take SamTrans buses each day willhave to dig a bit deeper into their pockets. Beginning Sunday, the bus agency has implemented the fareincrease it approved last year to help cover the rising cost of gas.Adult local fares rose 25 cents to $1.75 and the ...
Athlete makes amazing recovery from near-fatal fall
Feb 01, 2009; ... RENO, Nev. -- As long as Janet Simpson heard the familiar beep ofthe brain scan monitor, everything was OK. But the wrong beep could signal too much pressure on her son'sbrain -- too much stimulation for a young brain that had experiencedsevere trauma. The wrong beep could've been ...
Entrepreneur inspired by past to give others technical skills
Feb 01, 2009; ... Meryl Natchez, the founder of technical writing firm TechProse,knows a thing or two about the adage that life is what happens whenyou're busy making other plans. Natchez's accidental voyage into entrepreneurship andphilanthropy not only radically changed her own circumstances ...
Richmond family mourns deaths of two brothers
Feb 01, 2009; ... One recently become a father. One recently completed Job Corps tobecome a graphic designer. The two brothers were close. The Boughton brothers were working together Saturday morning whenthey were shot dead. They had been carrying furniture out of theRichmond apartment where one had ...
What's happening
Feb 01, 2009; ... To submit an item to the What's Happening calendar, e-mailccnsports@bayareanewsgroup.com to request a form. Put "What'sHappening" in the subject line. Nonprofit organizations only. Youmay be asked to submit a copy of your 1099 or 501(c)3 to verifynonprofit status. Entries are edited for ...
From a shelter to the silver screen
Feb 01, 2009; ... My Life as a Dog: Once I was a suburban dog living in the coldnorthern reaches of Canada. Now I'm a movie star and I live inHollywood, basking in the warm glow of fame. Don't call me Max. That's my old name. My name is J.R., for Jack Russell (terrier), and I star in amovie ...
Peninsula BART station parking fees start Monday
Feb 01, 2009; ... BART riders will have to shell out $1 per weekday to park atthree Peninsula stations starting today, when fees at two otherlocal stations will also jump by a dollar. The new $1 fee approved by the BART board of directors in Octoberwill be implemented today at the Millbrae, San ...
Kamala Harris mines rich lode for AG run in 2010
Feb 01, 2009; ... EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a sampling of political writers' JoshRichman's and Lisa Vorderbrueggen's blog, The Political Blotter.Read more and post comments at www.ibabuzz.com/politics. Jan. 26 I was just taking a spin through recent campaign finance filingsin the secretary of ...
Grant helps San Mateo students build rockets
Feb 01, 2009; ... A San Mateo High School teacher recently earned a grant to helpstudents design and build model rockets that they can enter in aphysics competition. Paul Robinson won $400 from the Paul and Ruth Steiner PermanentEndowment Fund for Gifted Public High School Students. With the ...
Stanford University physicists' subatomic writing breaks record, and opens a new door to computing's future
Feb 01, 2009; ... Finally, good news in the world of downsizing: StanfordUniversity physicists have broken the historic record for smallwriting, opening a new door to computing's future. Their two letters -- an S and a U, in honor of their employer --are so tiny that if used to print out the ...
2005 killings served as 'wake-up call' for Pinole
Feb 01, 2009; ... In the late afternoon of July 30, 2005, a twice-convicted felonwalked into Fernandez Park and, in the span of a few seconds,snuffed out two young lives, and Pinole's innocence. The killing of Darren Kretchmar, 21, of Pinole, and Dave Gregory,18, of Hercules, by a complete stranger ...
Is Europe in Sharks' future?
Feb 01, 2009; ... By David Pollak The NHL has asked the Sharks to be among the teams opening the2009-10 season in Europe, with one report indicating a possiblematchup with the Calgary Flames in Helsinki, Finland. "We have been invited by the league and there are discussionsgoing on about it," ...
Richmond beating a suspected hate crime
Feb 01, 2009; ... Seven men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of beating a blackman in Richmond about a week ago, fracturing bones in his face andyelling racial epithets during the attack, police said. Brandon Manning, 24, said that after he finished his shift at aUPS transit center about midnight ...
Newhouse: Oakland ethnic hall of fame also global
Feb 01, 2009; ... Perhaps there is a hall of fame for peanut farmers, which wouldmean a first-ballot induction for Jimmy Carter. There must be a hallowed hall for goober growers as there is ahall of fame, it seems, for everything nowadays. This need forcreating legends borders on religious fervor ....
Kelly edges Hoffman in topsy-turvy playoff
Feb 01, 2009; ... Kenny Perry finally finished off Charley Hoffman in a playoff,making a 22-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole Sunday in theFBR Open. After Perry bogeyed the final hole of regulation to set up theplayoff, the two bogeyed and parred the first two extra holes. Perrythen rolled ...
Review: Labelle celebrates successful reunion
Feb 01, 2009; ... A little bit of Patti provides a lot of perspective. Having spent two nights last week watching heavily-hyped youngfemale vocalists -- Katy Perry and Adele -- I then got the chance tosee the real deal in concert: Patti LaBelle. Ironically, there was also quite a bit of hype ...
Bus route changes proposed for Tri-Valley cities
Feb 01, 2009; ... The wheels on the bus will still go round but riders will morethan likely face route changes and fare increases to keep the localtransit company's books balanced. The Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority board will voteMonday at its 4 p.m. meeting to alter routes and increase ...
Jockey has insult added to injury
Feb 01, 2009; ... Jockey Frank Alvarado suffered a mild concussion when he was head-butted by the 4-year-old filly Newport Lulu during the post paradeof the second race at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday. While Alvarado was waiting to undergo a precautionary CT-scan atHighland Hospital in Oakland, ...
Inspection to close Oakland-to-Alameda tubes
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Posey and Webster Street Tubes will be closed Monday andTuesday night from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. for ceiling inspections. Traffic will be detoured to the High Street Bridge during theinspection. The Webster Street Tube was closed for six hours on Jan. 25 aftera 2-inch ...
Caltrans to close lanes for Hilltop Drive project
Feb 01, 2009; ... Construction on the Interstate 80 Hilltop Drive Bridgereplacement project will begin this week. Caltrans plans to close up to two lanes in each direction forconstruction. Eastbound lanes will close from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m.starting Monday and continuing until Friday. Westbound lanes ...
Asian lions dance in Jack London Square
Feb 01, 2009; ... OAKLAND -- In a gesture to continue clearing out any spiritualdeadwood left over from the Lunar New Year, a group of young martialartists donned their leonine apparel and stormed through Jack LondonSquare on Sunday. Seven dancers and drummers from the Oakland Police Asian ...
Warriors report
Feb 01, 2009; ... Warriors report Today's game: vs. San Antonio TIPOFF: 7:30 p.m., Oracle Arena -- TV/RADIO: CSNBA; 680-AM -- RECORDS: Warriors 15-33; Spurs (32-14) -- SPURS UPDATE: The Spurs have won seven of eight and finishedJanuary 12-3 ...
Mountain View company delivers environmentally-friendly diapers that turn into topsoil
Feb 01, 2009; ... Mountain View resident Marc Tauber, who has two small children,was rolling his trash can out to the curb one day when he realized"from top to bottom, the whole bin was diapers." He could not get the image out of his head as he drove down thestreet, passing garbage can after garbage ...
Fans of the Silver and Black give back
Feb 01, 2009; ... SAN LEANDRO -- The 66th Street Mob Family wasn't cheering for itsfavorite team on Super Bowl Sunday, but was out in forcenevertheless wearing silver and black at the Englander Sports Puband Restaurant in San Leandro. Alameda resident and lifelong Raiders fan Griz Jones is ...
Warriors wondering where offense went
Feb 01, 2009; ... OAKLAND -- Warriors coach Don Nelson's reaction -- quick, brief,definitive -- summed it up perfectly. The question after Saturday's loss at Houston: Is the offensewhere you want it to be? Nelson's answer: "Noooo." The three-game road trip the Warriors just completed ...
Holy Batgirl! Stanford women zap UCLA
Feb 01, 2009; ... STANFORD -- Action heroes to the rescue. It took a page out of popular comic books to describe theStanford Cardinal women's basketball team on Sunday after a 68-51dismantling of UCLA at Maples Pavilion. "I call it Batman, Robin and Batgirl," UCLA coach Nikki Caldwellsaid as ...
Cable is looking like the last man standing
Feb 01, 2009; ... There was a day when the final gun at the end of the Super Bowloccasioned a sense of triumphant closure in the Bay Area. Historiansrefer to it as the Ronald Reagan Presidency. Sunday it signaled an end to all those tedious games anddelivered us to the part of the NFL calendar we ...
Stanford speakers will recall worst race violence in American history
Feb 01, 2009; ... Stanford alumni Reggie Turner and Charles Ogletree thought theyknew American history. The political activists and scholars studiedat the nation's top law schools, launched successful legal careersand joined America's black aristocracy. However, nowhere in their studies were they ...
TV ads vs. The Boss? No contest
Feb 01, 2009; ... During so many Super Bowl telecasts, the pricey commercials havebeen the main event. But on Sunday, they played third string to notonly a down-to-the-wire thriller, but Bruce Springsteen'sbreathtaking halftime show. In fact, it could be said that the gridiron combatants and ...
Steelers' Harrison gets record with 100-yard dash
Feb 01, 2009; ... TAMPA, Fla. -- Down 10-7, the Arizona Cardinals faced first-and-goal at the 1 with 18 seconds left in the first half and lined upwith wide receivers Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald flanked tothe left on Sunday. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison lined up outsideleft ...
Family, friends gather to remember slain teen
Feb 01, 2009; ... DUBLIN -- Several hundred mourners filled the CrossWinds Churchon Saturday morning to pay their final respects to Rylan AlexanderFuchs. Fuchs, 17 years old, was slain in front of his Danville home onthe night of Jan. 20. "It is amazing to see how many of your hearts this ...
Sunday Perspective: Guantanamo good first step, but only a step
Feb 01, 2009; ... PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA was courageous to issue an executive orderclosing Guantanamo within the next 12 months. Having litigated on behalf of Guantanamo detainees for the lastfive years, I am delighted that this ugly symbol of the cruelty ofthe Bush years is being shut down ....
Economy won't recover in lifetime
Feb 01, 2009; ... Our economic crisis is the result of congressional malpracticeand corporate greed. I do not foresee a recovery in my lifetime. The game was rigged by CEOs who couldn't see past the board room,and politicians who couldn't see past the next election. Now thosesame crooks are writing ...
Tax cuts needed for economic rebound
Feb 01, 2009; ... That's the $64,000 question. If we knew the answer to thatquestion, we'd be sittin' pretty. The Democrats believe if they spend wads of money, without delay,on pet projects, our economy will quickly bounce back. Where will they get the money? They'll likely tax ...