Archive for November 5th, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. — The doctor doesn't look like much of a crusader, bent over the frail frame of 90-year-old Alberta Scott. »

Final unofficial results from Tuesday's contested elections in Stanislaus County. »

Authorities are looking for a 29-year-old woman who abandoned one of her children at the home of a Redlands man who took her in. »

San Jose officials are asking taxpayers and city workers to take part in helping the city reduce its $96.4 million deficit. »

The Los Angeles Police Department is asking residents to be on the lookout for a sexual predator who has been targeting young girls in the mid-city area. »

Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 went five for five at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, with their innovative collaborations and politically charged reggaeton that crosses genres. »

A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. »

Santa Clara County will pay $800,000 to the father of a bicyclist who was killed when a deputy fell asleep while driving his patrol car. »

The weak economy is creating some unanticipated troubles in suburban Contra Costa County. »

Berkeley professors have a message for the athletics department: Stop running in the red. »

Law enforcement officials from the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world have wrapped up a two-day conference in Beverly Hills, where they discussed ways of improving coordination and knowledge sharing. »

Elected officials Tuesday decided to join local business leaders in taking legal action against the state over the construction of a new prison hospital on the outskirts of Stockton. »

Police released a 911 call in which a shaken young woman tells a dispatcher about a drunken, naked girl on a high school campus whom officers later said was gang-raped by as many as 10 people. »

A 47-year-old mother of eight remains behind bars after admitting to embezzling from an elderly Marin County couple. »

Students, family members and friends packed a Dickinson State University memorial service for three college softball players found dead in their sunken vehicle in a livestock pond. »