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Gordon Ramsay to open steakhouse in Las Vegas
Jan. 17, 2012 1 Comment
LAS VEGAS — World-renowned chef, Gordon Ramsay, will be opening his first Las Vegas restaurant, Gordon Ramsay Steakhouse, in the Paris Las Vegas Resort in Spring 2012. The restaurant, which will be replacing Les Artistes Steakhouse, will add to Ramsay’s string of restaurants around the globe. Ramsay, who has hosted television, shows such as “Hells [...]
Solyndra requests approval for $500,000 in bonuses despite bankruptcy filing
Jan. 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
FREMONT, Calif. — After filing for bankruptcy on Sept. 6, the California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra LCC is now asking a Delaware judge to approve approximately $500,000 in employee bonuses. The Huffington Post reported the potential bonuses would be distributed to nine equipment engineers, six general business and finance employees, four facilities workers and two [...]
UC puts a ban on campus smoking
Jan. 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
DAVIS, Calif. — As announced by University of California President Mark Yudof earlier this week, a smoking ban on all UC campuses is scheduled to take effect beginning in 2014. The ban will include cigarettes as well as all other tobacco products and will restrict smoking in all areas including outdoor spaces, parking lots and [...]
Inmate firefighter thought to have died of natural causes
Jan. 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
SAN LUIS OBISBO, Calif. — Just over a week ago, on Wednesday January 4, a California inmate firefighter, Crisanto Leo Lionell, died a natural and unforeseeable death at the age of 54 during his daily training exercises. Although the autopsy results give out little to no information as to his actual cause of death, the [...]
Man robbed and beaten in possible anti-gay attack
Jan. 12, 2012 1 Comment
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A man was attacked and robbed early Wednesday morning near San Francisco State University after being taunted with homophobic slurs. According to police officer Albie Esparza, the 20-year-old victim was walking near the university when three men in a 70’s Oldsmobile pulled up next to him. They began yelling anti-gay offenses, [...]
San Francisco Sheriff-elect being investigated for domestic violence
Jan. 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO — Sheriff-elect, Ross Mirkarimi is being investigated for domestic abuse. Ivory Madison, neighbor of Mirkarimi and his wife Eliana Lopez, reported to police that Lopez was a victim on New Years Eve. According to the San Francisco Examiner, Madison had apparently videotaped the bruise on Lopez’s arm with a Panasonic video camera and [...]
Occupy Oakland attempts to take over City Hall
Jan. 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
OAKLAND, Calif. — Occupy Oakland protesters determinedly tried to enter City Hall on Thursday in an attempt to take over the mayor’s and city administrator’s offices; the intrusion follows the arrests of a dozen protesters Wednesday night. Their attempts to bang on the doors and chants to “Shut down City Hall!” were met with demands [...]
Criminals to heroes: California penal system trains inmates to be firefighters
Jan. 4, 2012 2 Comments
Fire camps teach the incarcerated real life skills and gives them a new lease on life.
Haight-Ashbury three-alarm fire injures 1
Jan. 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO — The cause of a three-alarm fire on Masonic Ave. in San Francisco is still unknown as police continue to investigate. NBC Bay Area reports that police are treating the fire as a crime scene until they determine the fire’s cause, as the initial emergency call reporting the blaze was made by a [...]
Suspect charged in veteran shooting
Dec. 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Ruben Ray Jurardo, 19, is being charged for the attempted murder of war veteran and Purple Heart recipient Christopher Sullivan, 22. Sullivan was shot at a house party and is currently paralyzed from the neck down. The altercation occurred during Sullivan’s welcome home party on Friday. The Associated Press reports Sullivan’s [...]
Oakland to investigate police violence at Occupy protests
Dec. 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mayor Jean Quan announced on Wednesday that an independent investigation into police conduct during the raid on Occupy Oakland in late October. Thomas Frazier, former San Jose Deputy Police Commissioner, is slated to lead the probe. The investigation will focus on police tactics and alleged brutality that led to the arrest and [...]
Hells Angel murder suspect still at large
Dec. 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Steve Ruiz, a 38 year-old Hells Angel member who is suspected of shooting fellow biker Steve Tauson, was reportedly spotted in San Jose this weekend. San Jose police officer Jose Garcia told SF Weekly that the San Jose police team thinks Ruiz is either in San Jose, Campbell, Fremont or Gilroy. [...]
Military base helicopter crash kills four
Dec. 13, 2011 Leave a Comment
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McHORD, Wash. — All four crew members were killed Monday night after 8:00 p.m. when two army surveillance OH-58 Kiowa helicopters crashed outside of Rainier at Joint Base Lewis-McHord The identity of the soldiers and cause of the crash are still unknown. It is not clear yet whether the helicopters collided in mid-air [...]
Black Friday shooting suspects arrested
Dec. 9, 2011 1 Comment
OAKLAND, Calif. — Queron Foreman, the third suspect in the shooting that took place outside of a San Leandro Walmart on November 25th, was arrested earlier today after his mother turned him into the police according to MercuryNews.com. The 18-year-old, a resident of Oakland, is the alleged driver of the suspect vehicle that was connected [...]
Two in critical condition following Mission District fire
Dec. 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO — Two adjacent apartment buildings caught fire in the Mission District early Thursday morning. Four individuals were injured — two critically – and there were no deaths. Responding firefighters arrived on scene around 4:30 a.m. and were faced with a difficult task due to strong winds and the old, wooden structures they had [...]
Slain Vallejo officer honored at memorial service
Dec. 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
VALLEJO, Calif. — A memorial service for slain Vallejo Police Officer Jim Capoot was held at Vallejo High School’s football field on Nov. 30. Officer Capoot was 45. According to The Reporter, approximately 5,000 people were present at his memorial service, with nearly 3,500 officers and 1,500 guests. Gov. Jerry Brown, the Vallejo City Council, [...]
Facebook targeting a gigantic IPO
Nov. 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook, which has become the largest social networking website with 800 million users since its launch in February 2004 from founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dorm room, is considering raising $10 billion in order to receive a total valuation of $100 billion. If this occurs, Facebook’s perceived value will be twice as high [...]
