Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:51:15 -0800 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:51:15 -0800 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/San-Francisco-Anti-Bigotry-Resolution-Back-in-Court-jw-69423452.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:24:25 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*80/52820892.jpg
Is San Francisco's Board of Supervisors pursuing "the final solution" to the Catholic problem?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/traffic/transit/New-York-Newspaper-Busts-on-Bay-Areas-Bikes-jw-69420537.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:50:12 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/171439679_be7063220f_o.jpg
Should California allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs? East Coasters have advice.

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Classes are being cut at UC Berkeley, so why not sports teams, too?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Will-Facebook-be-Less-Friendly-to-Scammers-jw-69410717.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:46:29 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*80/3116296915_e00b3b4155_b.jpg
Have you fallen prey to scams on social networks? Here's one possible scapegoat.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Madison_Avenue_s_Love_Hate_Relationship_with_YouTube_Bay_Area.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:29:13 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/JohnMcCarusstillonYouTube_640x480.jpg
As Google?s YouTube is making progress in generating revenue from advertising agencies, there are still grumblings about the quality of the video that is found on the site.The head of media buying for WPP, one of the world?s largest ad agency says...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/Comeback-QBs-to-do-Battle-in-49ers-Titans-69400087.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:23:01 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/89806122.jpg
49ers game Sunday matches draft bust quarterbacks who are both on the comeback.

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Maybe police should have started their sting this week on Muni at the ticket booth.

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Hide your couches. Rumor has it that Tom Cruise is moving to San Francisco.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/food-drink/NYC-Chef-Tells-San-Francisco-to-Smoke-More-Pot.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:14:29 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*80/bourdainandchang.jpg
Celebrity chef David Chang says San Francisco needs to chill out.

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A Twitter hanger-on gets into the restaurant reservation business.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Ex-Cisco-Star-the-Big-Loser-in-Skype-Battle-69392012.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:47 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*98/skypefounders.jpg
eBay and the founders of Skype have ended lawsuits that threatened the Internet phone service's multibillion-dollar spinoff.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/_This_Is_The_Phone_I_ve_Been_Waiting_For__Chicago.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:01:32 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/KNTV_This_Is_The_Phone_I_ve_Been_Wa_110609_34_mezzn_640x480.jpg
Alexandra Micuda waited outside a Verizon store in San Francisco since before 3 a.m. to get the store's very first Google Android phone.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/Raiders-Gallery-has-Bouncing-Baby-69379182.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:39:23 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/76364542.jpg
Raiders' guard Robert Gallery welcomes his first born child.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Taking-Classic-Rock-from-The-Vault-to-the-iPod-69385092.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:48:56 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*67/jimi-hendrix.jpg
The tapes are rolling as classic rock goes digital.

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There's a surf advisory for Bay Area beaches but it's not enough for the surfers in the world-famous Mavericks Surf Contest.

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On your weekend calendar: Woodsy waterfall hike in Marin, sporting clay shoot and a scavenger hunt/pub crawl combo.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/County-to-Pay-Again-for-Cyclist-Killed-by-Asleep-at-the-Wheel-Deputy-69370817.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:59:16 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*66/mattpeterson_kristygough.jpg
Santa Clara County will pay $800,000 to the father of a cyclist killed by a deputy who fell asleep behind the wheel of his cruiser.

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It's punk rock so shut up!

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Sully-Lands-Atop-Rose-Parade-69332357.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:14:17 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/sully-Sullenberger-parade.jpg
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is named Rose Parade Grand Marshal.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Music_Raw__Orelia_Bay_Area.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:12:19 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/MusicRaw_640x480.jpg
Vocalist Orelia comes in to NewsRaw to talk about her latest album and her work with children's music.

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A BART worker is out of a job and facing serious charges for what a rider said he did.

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A long, strange journey for a group of sick birds came to a glorious end near Sausalito Thursday.

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A look at what's on NBCLA.COM with Jon Lloyd.

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A speeding ticket on I-5 turned into a whole lot more for the young Giants No.1 pitcher.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/food-drink/Popular-Street-Food-Vendors-Future-Put-on-ICE-69328357.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:45:13 -0800 Analise T. on Yelp]]> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/AmuseBouche.jpg
Popular San Francisco street food vendor given his deportation papers.

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We are learning new details about how Richmond gang rape victim is coping.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/Another-Bay-Area-Mini-Madoff-jw-69324652.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:33:46 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/fahey_fund_office_268_bush.jpg
What exciting new type of fraud can a Bay Area financier be accused of now?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/San-Francisco-Mayoralty-Up-for-Grabs-jw-69322222.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:56:46 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*67/2230676181_f6f005622a_b.jpg
Instead of playing "Where's Gavin," how about "Who's Mayor?"

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Taped-Calls-Insurance-Fix-Haunt-Jerry-Brown-jw-69318382.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:19:37 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*86/86184029.jpg
The brouhaha over a surreptitious recording draws attention to a deeper scandal.

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Google's war on Apple officially began Friday.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Cable-Meets-With-Davis-Not-Fired-69310697.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:51:14 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*80/91474049.jpg
Tom Cable leaves a meeting with Al Davis with his job intact.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Google-Shows-Off-Socially-Awkward-Side-jw-69313237.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:46:16 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*80/84458511.jpg
The awkward rollout of a privacy dashboard and a new music site shows off Googlers' awkward side.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/SJ-Mayor-We-Cant-Arrest-Our-Way-Out-of-This-Problem-69316137.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:44:18 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/mathson.jpg
A candlelight vigil is planned in San Jose in support of two young boys attacked on Halloween night.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/food-drink/Jai-Yun-Is-Yum-69313917.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:09 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/jainyunmain.jpg
Sichuanese cuisine is in San Francisco and it is yummy.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/San-Joses-96-Million-Problem-69307017.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:15:06 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/sanjoseskyline.jpg
The City Council will consider cutting salaries, retirement benefits and health care to start.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/shopping/Mid-Market-Says-No-to-Billboards-Yes-to-Shopping.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:03:21 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*84/4078399332a470e450e7o.png.jpg
Billboards may not be the answer but shopping could be.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Now-Hair-This-HIV-Vaccine-Study-69305897.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:03:20 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*70/Hairstyle_man_woman.jpg
Your dark locks could hold the key to a breakthrough in HIV prevention.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Monterey-Lets-Another-Big-One-Get-Away-69303732.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:37:22 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/greatwhite.jpg
It's going to be a long time before another shark goes on display in Monterey.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/food-drink/Guy-Fieris-Hot-Air-Comes-With-a-Price-69303037.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:31:12 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/fieri.jpg
How much would you pay to get a sniff of celebrity chef Guy Fieri?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/East-Bay-Losing-Beloved-Theatre-69300857.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:05:17 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/theatregeneric.jpg
Concord's Willows Theatre will close at the end of the month.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Garamendi-Gets-Right-To-Work-in-New-Digs-69297812.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:32:25 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/garamendi1.jpg
The Bay Area's newest congressman is getting right to work in Washington.

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Cops launch the first-ever citywide sweep in an effort to make the transit system crime-free.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/City-Hotel-Workers-Walk-Off-Job-69290717.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:09:06 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/grandhyatt.jpg
A handful of hotel workers walked off the job Thursday morning in San Francisco.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Welcome-Home-Lefty-the-Chihuahua-69287762.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:24:25 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*96/custom1248902076305bevhills.jpg
Let the ending credits roll.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/How-Your-Car-Could-Save-State-Parks-69280707.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:58:10 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*76/beachsign.jpg
Would you pay more to the DMV if it meant saving state parks?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/events/Artists-Bring-Rock-and-Roll-Back-to-North-Beach--69151882.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:56:31 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/63*120/AlanForbes1.jpg
Those who miss the days when rock music flourished in San Francisco will be able to relive that history.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Mesherles-Venue-Decision-Could-Tip-the-Scales-of-Justice-69253132.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:24:13 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*106/mesherle.jpg
The decision on where the Johannes Mehserle will stand trial is fraught with controversy.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/See-Where-41K-of-Your-Money-Goes-Every-Year-69246657.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:39:02 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/shockedwoman.jpg
A new report adds up how much it costs to live and drive here.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Violent-Yelp-Confrontation-Was-a-Misunderstanding-Bookstore-Owner-69241457.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:08 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/oceanavenuebook.jpg
A Yelp review gone bad was just a simple misunderstanding, one party says.

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