Oakland Tribune back issues from March 2009:
Valley local scoreboard
Mar 01, 2009; ... BASEBALL High school Nonleague Dougherty Valley 8, St. Patrick-St. Vincent 1 St. Patrick 000 010 0-- 1 3 1 Dougherty Valley 411 002 x-- 8 11 3 Arolde, Kaleache (4) and Nories; Wilson and Faris. W: Wilson (2-0). L: Arolde. 2B: Faris. Highlights: DV ...
Four years of toil means no one can foil Baumann
Mar 01, 2009; ... NEWARK -- Dublin High wrestler J.T. Baumann exhaled, andcollected his thoughts before describing what it meant to win the189-pound title at Saturday's North Coast Section IndividualWrestling Championships at Newark Memorial High. "Four years of hard work," Baumann said matter of ...
Biel's dream goal gives De La Salle title
Mar 01, 2009; ... DUBLIN -- The De La Salle High School soccer team should havefelt very comfortable that it was going to win the North CoastSection's 3A soccer title on Saturday, because Garrett Biel had avision. The senior midfielder dreamt for the three days prior to thechampionship game ...
Biel's dream goal gives De La Salle title
Mar 01, 2009; ... DUBLIN -- The De La Salle High School soccer team should havefelt comfortable it was going to win the North Coast Section's 3Asoccer title on Saturday, because Garrett Biel had a vision. The senior midfielder dreamt for the three days prior to thechampionship game against San Ramon ...
Daily Review/Argus scoreboard
Mar 01, 2009; ... BASEBALL High school Nonleague Pittsburg 10, American 0 American       000       00--      0       0       2 Pittsburg       113       5x--      10       ...
Newark defense stifles Berkeley
Mar 01, 2009; ... All the momentum coming into Saturday's North Coast SectionDivision I quarterfinal seemed to be with Berkeley High. The Yellowjackets carried a 15-game winning streak while hostNewark Memorial struggled while gutting out two Mission ValleyAthletic League playoff ...
Burlingame boys basketball into CCS semifinals
Mar 01, 2009; ... It had all the entertainment value of a root canal, butBurlingame High School eked out a 38-34 win over host St. Ignatiuson Saturday to advance to the Central Coast Section Division IIIboys basketball semifinals. Burlingame (25-4), which won its 20th in a row, will face ...
Contra Costa Times local scoreboard
Mar 01, 2009; ... Wednesday's NCS basketball semifinals Boys Div. I: Newark Memorial at De La Salle, 8 p.m..; Monte Vista atSan Leandro, 7:30 p.m. Div. II: Heritage at Hayward, 7:30 p.m.; Las Lomas at Northgate,8 p.m. Div. III: Bishop O'Dowd at Analy, 7:30 p.m.; Piner at ...
St. Mary's cruises after a slow start
Mar 01, 2009; ... The St. Mary's High girls basketball team marched into the NorthCoast Section semifinals with a 68-33 quarterfinal victory overJustin-Siena on Saturday night. Sluggish at the start, the Panthers (25-4) used a 17-5 run, whichspanned the end of the second quarter and the beginning ...
Boys basketball: Newark Memorial 49, Berkeley 45
Mar 01, 2009; ... Boys basketball Newark Memorial 49, Berkeley 45: All the momentum coming intothis NCS Division I quarterfinal seemed to be with theYellowjackets, who carried a 15-game winning streak while the hostCougars struggled while gutting out two Mission Valley AthleticLeague playoff ...
Tribune/WCT local scoreboard for March 1
Mar 01, 2009; ... Baseball JC BVC Yuba 9, Contra Costa 5 Contra Costa       000       102      002--       5       10      4 Yuba       431       000      10x--   ...
Carlmont slows pace, scores win
Mar 01, 2009; ... Like a well-oiled machine with a bunch of interchangeable parts,the Carlmont High offense kept churning out points. It didn't makeany difference who was running the plays, everything worked in a 63-43 win over Oak Grove in a Central Coast Section Division Iquarterfinal game Saturday at ...
Burlingame does it again
Mar 01, 2009; ... SAN JOSE -- Powered by a defense as dominant as its scorers areslick, the Burlingame High girls soccer team wrapped up a stunningfollow-up campaign to last season's 23-0-2 mark on Saturdayafternoon. The Panthers put the finishing touches on their latestmasterpiece by overwhelming Mitty ...
Thomas A. Musil: Buyers learn guesthouse has many code violations
Mar 01, 2009; ... Q: We bought a property in January 2008 that consists of a mainhouse built in 1943 and a guesthouse that was being rented out bythe previous owner. While we were trying to do some repairs, a cityinspector dropped by and discovered that the property has a lot ofcode violations ....
Housing Sale Statistics ANG papers 3/1
Mar 01, 2009; ... Housing Sale Statistics This information is obtained from public county records andprovided to us by California REsource. Neither CalREsource nor thispublication is liable for errors or omissions. All inquiries shouldbe addressed to CalREsource@aol.com. City Sales Lowest $ ...
Cohen and Cormier: Older living -- on and off screen
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Annual International Film Festival on Aging took place in theBay Area during the recent Oscar weekend. How did the festival filmspresent people in their later years? The short answer is: in theirdiverse struggles, accomplishments and engagements. In general, movies provide ...
Real estate transactions ANG papers 3/01
Mar 01, 2009; ... This information is obtained from public county records andprovided to us by California REsource. Neither CalREsource nor thispublication is liable for errors or omissions. All inquiries shouldbe addressed to CalREsource@aol.com. The listings show propertyaddress, date sale was recorded, ...
Northern California best sellers, week ending Feb. 22
Mar 01, 2009; ... Fiction 1. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society," by Mary AnnShaffer and Annie Barrows. 2. "Fool," by Christopher Moore. 3. "The Associate," by John Grisham. 4. "The Women," by T.C. Boyle. 5. "Cutting for Stone," by Abraham Verghese. 6 ....
Literary calendar for the week of March 1-7.
Mar 01, 2009; ... East Bay Clayton Books -- 5433 D, Clayton Road, Clayton. 925-673-3325,www.claytonbookshop.com. Tuesday: "The Little Giant of AberdeenCounty," Tiffany Baker. 7 p.m. -- Diesel -- 5433 College Ave., Oakland. 510-653-9965. Tonight:"In Other Rooms, Other Wonders," Daniyal ...
Uniforms OK'd for second San Leandro school
Mar 01, 2009; ... SAN LEANDRO -- The 2009-10 school year doesn't start for sixmonths, but Woodrow Wilson Elementary School students already canstart selecting their fall wardrobes. That's because uniforms will be required garb at the kindergarten-through fifth-grade school, San Leandro school ...
Real estate transactions CCT 3/1
Mar 01, 2009; ... This information is obtained from public county records andprovided to us by California REsource. Neither CalREsource nor thispublication is liable for errors or omissions. All inquiries shouldbe addressed to CalREsource@aol.com. The listings show propertyaddress, date sale was recorded, ...
Nilda Rego: President Teddy Roosevelt s West Coast Visit
Mar 01, 2009; ... When President Theodore Roosevelt announced he would tour theWest in the spring of 1903, he set off a tumult of activity in everycity he visited, whether it was cosmopolitan San Francisco or ruralYakima, Wash. Oakland folks raised $2,500 to decorate and furnish the mostlavish ...
Advice Goddess: Martyr, she wrote
Mar 01, 2009; ... Q: My boyfriend of five years has severe anger and money issues.I constantly helped him out financially, professionally andpersonally. If I refused, there'd be a fight. Still, I love himdearly because he's a good guy. He's always said I'm "the one"; thatevery other woman has left him, ...
Ask Amy: Potluck moocher's luck runs out
Mar 01, 2009; ... DEAR AMY: I socialize with about eight women in my neighborhood.We get together at each other's homes on weekends and always bringsnacks and a beverage. One woman does not bring any food, helps herself to the snacksand drinks, and even takes leftovers home (one time she took ...
Housing Sale Statistics CCT 3/1
Mar 01, 2009; ... Housing Sale Statistics This information is obtained from public county records andprovided to us by California REsource. Neither CalREsource nor thispublication is liable for errors or omissions. All inquiries shouldbe addressed to CalREsource@aol.com. City Sales Lowest $ ...
Larry Guillot: Keep a coat in your car
Mar 01, 2009; ... I've written repeatedly about the importance of emergency kitsfor home and cars. Another suggestion: During winter, keep an extrawarm coat in your trunk or back seat. You'll be happy you did ifyou're walking home after a big one hits in cold weather and you'recaught with just a ...
Real Estate calendar 3/01
Mar 01, 2009; ... Buyers and sellers Amador Valley Adult & Community Education, 215 Abbie St.,Pleasanton. Registration information: 925-426-4280, www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/adulted. "ABCs of Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts" two-day class: 7-9p.m. March 3 and 10; $35. "Retirement ...
Cal State East Bay plans to build Recreation and Wellness Center
Mar 01, 2009; ... HAYWARD -- Student life will get a boost next year at Cal StateEast Bay with the opening of the university's $32 million Recreationand Wellness Center. The facility -- scheduled to be completed when classes begin forthe fall quarter of 2010 -- is the latest change to make ...
EAST COUNTY BIRTHS
Mar 01, 2009; ... Birth listings are compiled from information provided by areahospitals and from information supplied by parents. Birthannouncements cannot be taken by phone. Information must besubmitted by a parent and include a phone number. For information,call Lisa Herendeen, ...
New Haven students paint legacy murals
Mar 01, 2009; ... UNION CITY When you're in middle school, it's often difficult to look aheadbeyond one week. Now imagine being asked to fathom eternity. Tasked with painting legacy murals, students at Cesar ChavezMiddle School have begun to think beyond the present as they talkabout leaving a ...
Births
Mar 01, 2009; ... EDEN MEDICAL CENTER, Castro Valley Jacinta Gonzalez and James Rivas, San Leandro, Feb. 14, a boy. Maria and Arvin Geronimo, San Lorenzo, Feb. 14, a girl. Lorena Perez and Carlos Gomez, Hayward, Feb. 14, a boy. Simone Mueller-Moore and Richard Moore, San Leandro, ...
Menus
Mar 01, 2009; ... FREMONT SENIOR CENTER LUNCH Served at noon at the center, 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont,510-790-6610. Seniors, $4; nonmembers, $6. Monday: Crab cakes, oven-baked fries, coleslaw, vegetable, bread,dessert. Tuesday: Poached English sole with pineapple salsa, ...
PET OF THE WEEK
Mar 01, 2009; ... Flower, above, a dwarf young bunny, is as beautiful and sweet asher name implies. Probably just a few months old, Flower appears tobe an affectionate, calm and gentle rabbit who loves attention,being cuddled on your lap and even enjoying your favorite music withyou. As a dwarf rabbit, ...
Hayward voters likely to see tax measure on ballot
Mar 01, 2009; ... HAYWARD -- Voters likely will decide in May if they are willingto foot a utility tax to generate $13.2 million per year -- and keepthe city from making cuts that would include thinning the ranks ofthe police and fire departments. The 5.5 percent tax would be applied to gas, ...
Roadshow: The risks of talking on a cell phone while driving
Mar 01, 2009; ... Q: Hey, Gary, are you sure you really want to hear all of ourcell-phone horror stories? Lois Grace San Jose A: Most definitely. This came up because of the billboard postedby Grant Paulson along Highway 101, saying California's hands-freelaw "sucks" and should be ...
Court showdown on Prop. 8
Mar 01, 2009; ... Jack Becker and Lyle Swallow share a hilltop home in Concord'seastern reaches, affording an expansive view of Mount Diablo and theentire Concord area, filled with their collection of Native Americanart and photos from their cruise vacations. So it almost seems odd that this ...
Rise of SHP girls hits crescendo with CCS soccer crown
Mar 01, 2009; ... SAN JOSE -- A doormat program a few short years ago, the SacredHeart Prep girls soccer team is the one laughing now. The Gators' storybook season reached its climax Saturdayafternoon, as the No. 2 seed prevailed 2-1 over top-seeded SantaCruz at Valley Christian in the Central Coast ...
Tiny Central Valley town prepares for 'Armageddon"
Mar 01, 2009; ... FIREBAUGH -- Shawn Coburn is barreling down a country road in hiswhite Ford F-150 pickup, talking about how California's water crisisdarkly reminds him of a scene from a movie aptly named "Armageddon." "Billy Bob Thornton tells Bruce Willis that a huge asteroid isapproaching ...
Kate Scannell: Want to lose the weight? Cut the calories
Mar 01, 2009; ... LAST WEEK, A major study concerning weight loss and dietinggenerated many headlines. Researchers in the New England Journal ofMedicine had claimed that weight loss was all about the number ofcalories one consumed -- not any particular proportion of fat,carbohydrate, or protein in one's ...
Drummond: Credit crunch choking off any recovery
Mar 01, 2009; ... SUPERIOR TOYOTA was one of the best things to happen to Oaklandin a while. Owner Michael Kahn had big plans: to build a $36 millionshowpiece right off I-880 in the shadows of the Coliseum. It wasgoing to be the largest Toyota dealership in Northern California,the first phase of ...
Byron Williams: No question that California must change its ways
Mar 01, 2009; ... DOES CALIFORNIA NEED a Constitutional Convention? That's thefundamental question posed by the Bay Area Council, along with itspartners, at last week's Constitutional Convention Summit inSacramento. Judging by the capacity crowd, representing myriad organizationsand interests, ...
Review: 'King' chronicles the reign of one of the original 'Mad Men"
Mar 01, 2009; ... For anyone serious about the craft of advertising, several booksare essential. "Confessions of an Advertising Man" and "Ogilvy onAdvertising" have permanent places in my own ever-shifting library.The author of both volumes had been a cook, a spy, an Oxforddropout, savior of "Masterpiece ...
Editorial: Larger Los Vaqueros Reservoir would ease Bay Area water problems
Mar 01, 2009; ... AN EXTENSIVE environmental report issued last Monday makes clearwhat should have been known years ago: A larger Los VaquerosReservoir near Brentwood would do much to alleviate the Delta'sailing ecosystem and provide a stable water supply to much of theBay Area. The report by the ...
Worlds Beyond: Warning on 'Without Warning': Bullets and brain parts abound
Mar 01, 2009; ... John Birmingham's latest, "Without Warning" (Del Rey, $26, 510pages), was written before America let loose a lung-deep economiccough, and the world caught a recessionary cold -- after all, itsbasic premise is how much everyone would really miss us if we weregone. The setup is ...
Sunday Times letters
Mar 01, 2009; ... Recent letters to this forum about Social Security started mewondering why we haven't heard any more about the crisis in fundingthe program since President George W. Bush attempted to privatize itin 2005. If funding was in crisis in 2005, the situation must be worsenow ....
Tammerlin Drummond: Credit crunch choking off any recovery
Mar 01, 2009; ... SUPERIOR TOYOTA was one of the best things to happen to Oaklandin a while. Owner Michael Kahn had big plans: to build a $36 millionshowpiece right off I-880 in the shadows of the Coliseum. It wasgoing to be the largest Toyota dealership in Northern California,the first phase of ...
Sunday Perspective: California politics point true North
Mar 01, 2009; ... NEARLY TWO YEARS before we learn the results of the 2010California governor's race, the identity of the likely winner isclear: Northern California. More than half of California's population lives south of theTehachapi Mountains, but the state -- in matters of politics,governance ...
Sunday Perspective: Be wary of primary election reform
Mar 01, 2009; ... CALIFORNIA STATE Sen. Abel Maldonado, a Republican legislatorfrom the Central Coast, had the Democrats over a budget barrel andextracted from them the ultimate insider's deal -- they would putthree of his pet ideas on the 2010 ballot (as constitutionalamendments) in return for his ...
Sunday Perspective: California politics point true North
Mar 01, 2009; ... NEARLY TWO YEARS before we learn the results of the 2010California governor's race, the identity of the likely winner isclear: Northern California. More than half of California's population lives south of theTehachapi Mountains, but the state -- in matters of politics,governance ...
Miss Manners: Birthday 'tradition' can be safely ignored
Mar 01, 2009; ... DEAR MISS MANNERS: When did the tradition of having others pinmoney to your shirt on your birthday come about? How did thisoriginate? Is it some modern take on an old tradition? It just seems like a tasteless excuse to beg for money to me. AmI wrong? In case you are new to ...
Gary Bogue: There's a web on my car's side view mirror! Where's the spider?
Mar 01, 2009; ... their presence tiny daisies sprouting in the moist grass by Jerry Ball, Walnut Creek Dear Gary: Hi, I've had the presence of a spider web on the side view mirroron my car since last summer. After being pulled off a couple of times, the web ...
Around the Remote: Chuck barney's TV Picks for March 1-7
Mar 01, 2009; ... DON'T MISS: "The Bachelor" finale -- The wretched economyapparently has had little impact on this reality series, which hasexperienced a ratings resurgence fueled by the appeal of JasonMesnick, its single-dad leading man. As Season 13 draws to a close,Jason must choose between Melissa ...
Men's Basketball: Ohlone 85, Merritt 63
Mar 01, 2009; ... FREMONT -- The Ohlone men's basketball team turned to the 3-point shot to break open a tight game in the second half on theirway to a 85-63 win over Merritt College in the opening round of theCalifornia Community College playoffs. James Hancock scored 17 of his 19 points after the ...
Carondelet too much for Livermore in NCS quarterfinals
Mar 01, 2009; ... It made sense that Carondelet High basketball player Erica Payneregistered blocks in the first minute of both the first quarter andsecond quarter against Livermore on Saturday. Payne and the No. 1- seeded Cougars produced top-notch defense inthis North Coast Section Division II ...
Franklin runs away early, eliminates Tracy girls
Mar 01, 2009; ... SACRAMENTO -- After a toe-to-toe start with No. 15-seeded Tracy,No. 7 Franklin-Elk Grove went on a 20-2 run to end the suspenseearly in Saturday's Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls basketballplayoff game at Cosumnes River College. The Bulldogs nevered recover from Franklin's big ...
Report: Raider on missing boat off Florida coast
Mar 01, 2009; ... Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper is among the four men presumedmissing in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sundayafternoon. Cooper, 26, and the three other men left shore in a 21-foot,single-engine boat Saturday at 6:30 a.m. EDT for an all-day fishingtrip. They were ...
Alamo author's charisma overcomes cancer scars
Mar 01, 2009; ... Confidence and charisma had never been a problem for TerryHealey. At age 20, he seemed to have it all. It was 1984, and Healey was a junior at UC Berkeley, the head ofhis fraternity. He had plenty of female admirers. But four monthsinto his junior year of college, Healey's magnetic ...
Fertility clinic rules often disregarded
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Los Angeles doctor who performed in vitro fertilization on a33-year-old woman who gave birth to octuplets in January is widelydescribed within the industry as an outlier who violatedprofessional norms. But data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionshow ...
Mt. Diablo school board to vote on $8.1 million in cuts, including sports and music
Mar 01, 2009; ... Funding for high school sports, fourth-grade music, middle schoollibrarians and some vice principals will be eliminated next year ifthe Mt. Diablo school board approves recommended cuts. The board must slash $8.1 million from its 2009-10 budget toaccommodate state funding ...
Martinez homeless want a new shelter
Mar 01, 2009; ... Joseph Valencia says there is a perfect building for a newhomeless shelter in downtown Martinez -- the old county jail. "It's got beds, it's got showers, it's got everything we need,"said Valencia, who has been homeless since losing his constructionjob about two years ...
Pleasant Hill sauna robbed
Mar 01, 2009; ... A suspect fled on foot after robbing the American Family Sauna inthe 2300 block of Pleasant Hill Road on Saturday night. A man brandished a small caliber semi-automatic handgun anddemanded cash from the register at 9:48 p.m., police said. Therewere no injuries and the amount of ...
San Bruno students promote peace
Mar 01, 2009; ... Students at Crestmoor School in San Bruno practiced and promotedpeace across campus through a program that tapped into theirperforming-arts skills. The third- to sixth-graders recently participated in KaiserPermanente's PEACE Signs program, which uses theater to teachstudents how ...
Two robbed in downtown Walnut Creek leaving nightclub
Mar 01, 2009; ... Two women were robbed, one at knifepoint, near Walnut Creek'sCivic Park around 1 a.m. Sunday as they walked to their car fromLiquid Nightclub, police said. A woman asked one of the victims for a cigarette, then brandisheda knife and grabbed her purse, running to a nearby car. When ...
Free computer classes offered in Half Moon Bay
Mar 01, 2009; ... HALF MOON BAY -- Reece Computer Systems is offering eight weeksof free computer classes beginning Tuesday to help residents improvetheir employment opportunities. The classes will teach computer skills to those who want toexplore new technology. The classes -- from 6 to 8 ...
Local green energy projects could get boost from stimulus package
Mar 01, 2009; ... President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus packagecould help California counties and cities comply with pendingmandates to cut greenhouse gas emissions. A handful of programs in the federal spending plan set asidemoney for green energy development and retrofit, ...