Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 17:18:51 -0700 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:18:51 -0700 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Santa-Clara-Water-District-Admits--Leaked-Hydraulic-Fluid/151804545 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:50:17 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/webdamianwaterpollution_6507254_high_722x406_17964000.jpg
The Santa Clara Valley Water District admitted Wednesday that over the last 11 years, there have been eight separate reported leaks of hydraulic fluid at several of its reservoir intake valves.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Richmond-Cyclists-Organize-Ride-of-Silence-151803165.html Wed, 16 May 2012 16:38:15 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/ghost+bike+richmond.JPG
Twenty-one-year old James Johnson is feeling pretty fortunate he's still around. Johnson was hit by a car as he rode his bicycle along main street on May 5, leaving him with broken ribs, an injured neck, and...

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Chefs-Rally-Against-Foie-Gras-Ban-151798525.html Wed, 16 May 2012 16:06:12 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/200912paulmeadowood.jpg
A French delicacy is serving up a debate between some of California’s most high-powered chefs and politicians.

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Livermore SWAT team officers arrested a man who threw a dog off of a motel room balcony.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Soda-Tax-Hits-Richmond-Ballot-151785245.html Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:18 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/soda-can-041812.jpg
Merchants selling soda in Richmond could pay a tax of one cent per ounce of the sugary syrupy drinks, if the tax is approved at the ballot in November.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/SV-Water-District-Leaked-Hydraulic-Fluid-151781215.html Wed, 16 May 2012 14:18:31 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/coyotecreek.jpg
The Santa Clara Valley Water District admitted Wednesday that over the last 11 years, there have been eight separate reported leaks of hydraulic fluid at several of its reservoir intake valves.

Photo Credit: Damian Trujillo

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/SJSU-Journalism-Prof-Dies-at-103-151776705.html Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:08 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/dwight-bentel-crop.jpg
In a touch of symbolic irony, the Spartan Daily's home page is dedicated to the death of Dwight Bentel, the San Jose State University newspaper's founder, who died Wednesday at the age of 103.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/UC-Regents-Meeting-Disrupted-By-Protesters----Again-151776585.html Wed, 16 May 2012 13:56:44 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/161*120/regents.jpg
Members of the University of California's Board of Regents walked out of their own meeting after a group of protesters started shouting and clapping, professing their outrage over proposed tuition hikes.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/FTC-Skechers-Shape-Ups-Claims-False-151731175.html Wed, 16 May 2012 13:52:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/skechers-shapeups-1.jpg
The Manhattan Beach-based footwear company agreed to a $40 million settlement to pay for consumer refunds following false advertising allegations for its "toning" shoes.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Guess-Facebooks-Closing-Price-151752755.html Wed, 16 May 2012 13:34:22 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/198*120/mark-zuckerberg-young.jpg
The fact that Facebook's initial public offering is turning out to be a not so public affair after all has many sitting on the sidelines wondering how they can be involved.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-Working-on-Larger-iPhone-Smaller-iPad-Report-151741795.html Wed, 16 May 2012 11:56:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/191*120/ipad_rgb-thumb-550xauto-384881.jpg
Apple's long history of keeping its secrets locked behind the walls of 1 Infinite Loop has changed over recent years.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Pedestrian-Dies-in-Caltrain-Colision-in-San-Jose-151714745.html Wed, 16 May 2012 12:07:40 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/223*120/caltrain.jpg
A northbound Caltrain heading up from Gilroy to San Jose has struck and killed a person on the tracks, police and Caltrain reported.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Jose-approves-Social-Host-Law-151714685.html Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:58 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/KNSD_Teen_Cited_for_Speeding_Prior_t_041312_99_mezzn_722x406_2222787891.jpg
An ordinance designed to discourage teenagers from drinking and adults from allowing them to imbibe illegally has passed in San Jose.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Foie-Gras-Fight/151749155 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:50 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/FOIEGRASPKGFORWEB_65029311_722x406_2235553831.jpg
There's a controversy between top chefs and animal rights activists. It has to do with the cooking Foie Gras. NBC Bay Area's Stephanie Chuang talks to former state Senate president John...

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The Giants and the Cardinals square off in a two-game series beginning on Wednesday, that features a nice pair of pitching matchups.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/A-Look-at-How-Facebook-Began/151733875 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:57:54 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/budmanfacebookliveforweb_65024941_722x406_2235549279.jpg
With Facebook's IPO coming on Friday, NBC Bay Area's Business and Tech Reporter Scott Budman takes a look back on how Mark Zuckerberg put the tech juggernaut together from his Harvard dorm room.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Hawk-Drops-Puppy-From-Its-Clutches,-Woman-Is-Keeping-It/151602005 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:40:13 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/HAWKPUPPY_6496989_722x406_2235139105.jpg
Elaine Bouschard was out on her property in Los Banos Saturday, when something unusual fell from the sky. A hawk dropped a puppy from its claws, sending the tiny dog tumbling to Earth.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/the-cove/Melky-Cabrera-Extension-RumorsI-Love-it-Here-151715935.html Wed, 16 May 2012 08:40:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Melky_Cabrera_Open_Extension_Rumors_Giants_Love_San_Francisco.jpg
After chatter about a Melky Cabrera extension led to Brian Sabean commenting that he'd be open to it, naturally someone had to ask Melky himself about the possibility -- Melky said he is "open" to a new...

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Reporter Kris Sanchez helps explain how parents can make sure the counselors who are watching their children at summer camp are safe.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/PayLenderLimits-151710155.html Wed, 16 May 2012 08:03:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Money15.jpg
The number of payday lenders in San Jose will be capped.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Jose-Bicyclist-18-Dies-in-Accident-151709875.html Wed, 16 May 2012 12:07:53 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/bicycle+generic.jpg
An 18-year-old San Jose bicyclist who was not wearing a helmet died Tuesday night after a driver in a Toyota Camry struck him in Santa Clara, according to the California Highway Patrol.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/When-the-Going-Gets-Tough,-the-Tough-Keep-Coaching/151641635 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:23:15 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/judocoach_722x406_2235315956.jpg
You can't tell the history of judo in America without mentioning Yoshihiro Uchida's name more than a few times. Even at 92, though, he may be ready to write yet another chapter in the story, thanks to...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Homicide-Investigation-in-Castro-Valley-151530995.html Tue, 15 May 2012 22:30:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/161*120/castrovalley.jpg
The Alameda County Sheriff's office has spent the night investigating a homicide in Castro Valley.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/The-New-Fight-Against-Alzheimers/151654945 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:43:47 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Obama+american+flag.jpg
NBC Bay Area's Brent Cannon sits down with Bill Fisher, CEO of the Alzheimer's Association Northern California, to discuss how to prevent and combat the disease. For more information,...

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A shark, rumored to be a great white, attacked a kayaker off of the Central Coast near Cambria on Saturday.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Down-Syndrome-Test-for-Pregnant-Women/151646195 Wed, 16 May 2012 07:38:33 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/webpregnancybloodtest_6502264_722x406_2235328225.jpg
A new blood test for pregnant women shows if their baby will be born with down syndrome. It's developed in the Bay Area. NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro reports.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bayCrisis-or-Ploy-to-Raise-Taxes-151619875.html Tue, 15 May 2012 15:06:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/new+brown+image.JPG
Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to close a $16 billion budget gap is just a ploy to raise taxes, California Republican leaders said Tuesday.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Paupers-Bodies-Found-Buried-at-Valley-Medical-in-SJ-151597015.html Wed, 16 May 2012 11:09:15 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/wesval2.JPG
Construction at a portion of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has stopped in San Jose because crews have unearthed pine boxes filled with the bodies of poor people, whose families couldn't afford their...

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Franciscos-US-Mint-On-Its-75th-Birthday-151631665.html Tue, 15 May 2012 17:14:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/MINT1.JPG
A rare look inside.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Graves-From-1800s-Found-Near-SJ-Hospital/151638095 Tue, 15 May 2012 18:09:02 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/valleymed_6502066_722x406_2235288103.jpg
A construction project at Valley Med is stopped following gruesome discovery.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Raw-Video_-Boxs-Aaron-Levie-Talks-IPO,-More/151626135 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:37:53 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/186*120/2012-01-06-AaronLevie.jpg
With Facebook getting ready to go public as early as this week could Box.net be the next big IPO.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/Gruesome-Discovery-in-Castro-Valley-Home/151646995 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:30:18 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/webcastrovalleydeath_6502282_722x406_2235328729.jpg
An anonymous tip led police to a body in a home in a quiet Castro Valley neighborhood. NBC Bay Area's Jodi Hernandez reports.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/More-Instatram-Images-of-GGB75-151635105.html Tue, 15 May 2012 17:15:38 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*160/fa5c68ee9ea211e180c91231380162657.jpg
Submitted Instagram images of the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Apple's dream of cutting the cable chord got a little bit of a boost Tuesday.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/151597755.html Tue, 15 May 2012 15:03:35 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/moffett3.jpg
A Republican senator from Iowa is questioning Google use of Moffett Field following an NBC Bay Area investigative story last week.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Another-Whale-Caught-in-Crab-Line-151588995.html Tue, 15 May 2012 13:15:46 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/199*120/5-15-2012+11-36-57+AM1.jpg
For the third time in the past few weeks a whale has been found tangledin a crab pot line off the California coast.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Struck-By-Lightning-Homeless-Brothers-Getting-Help-151585255.html Tue, 15 May 2012 12:25:42 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/foreclosure-generic.jpg
The Janske brothers lost their Oakland home to foreclosure, and hit rock bottom when a lightning bolt struck their tent while they lived in a tent on Mt. Diablo. But now they're headed back to housing.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Rare-Woodside-Estate-Hits-Block-in-Time-for-Facebook-IPO-151580815.html Tue, 15 May 2012 17:19:37 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/woodside-estate.jpg
For those elite few desperately looking for ways to spend their new fortune, may we suggest buying a home built with old money.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/New-Slower-Driving-Rules-Near-SF-Schools-151580525.html Tue, 15 May 2012 12:06:58 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/generic+school+zone+speed+limit+sign+generic.jpg
Drivers near San Francisco school zones are now required to slow down to 15 miles per hour.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Facial-Recognition-Technology-in-SF-Bars-Defended-Not-Too-Intrusive-151579195.html Tue, 15 May 2012 12:05:46 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Bar-generic.jpg
The facial recognition technology to be rolled out in 25 San Francisco bars this weekend isn't all that creepy, the CEO behind the startup says. Handing your ID to the bouncer is more of a privacy...

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/151571255.html Tue, 15 May 2012 14:10:31 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/001_occupy_the_farm.jpg
Amazon says Berkeley is the third best read city in the nation.

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Elaine Bouschard said a puppy dropped from the clutches of a hawk on her Los Banos property on Saturday. She' s keeping it, and naming him, "Heavenly."

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/California-Budget-Deficit-Gov-Jerry-Brown-No-Surprise-151437315.html Tue, 15 May 2012 10:34:11 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/KNSD_Brown_s_Pitch_Scaring_Voters_051412_22_mezzn_722x406_2234452766.jpg
There's nothing new about Governor Jerry Brown's disclosure last weekend that the state budget deficit has swelled to $16 billion. Anyone who is surprised by the revelation must have spent the past 11...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Will-Not-Take-Over-Golds-Gym-151555075.html Tue, 15 May 2012 09:51:35 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/gold%27s-gym-venice.jpg
Google says it will not take over Gold's Gym's space despite reports saying it was a done deal.

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