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Suspect held in slayings of 5 has prison record

Jason Dearen, Terry Collins The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 4:46pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- The suspect in the slayings of five people in a San Francisco home that police initially thought might have been a murder-suicide served nearly a decade in prison for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, records show.

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(WAYNE TILCOCK/The Associated Press) University of California, Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters while blocking their exit from the school’s quad Friday in Davis, Calif. Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in pepper spraying seated protesters were placed on administrative leave Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, as the chancellor of the school accelerates the investigation into the incident.

Univ. of Calif., Davis police chief now on leave

Jason Dearen The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 10:50am

SAN FRANCISCO — The president of the University of California system said he was “appalled” at images of protesters being doused with pepper spray and plans an assessment of law enforcement procedures on all 10 campuses, as two police officers and the police chief were placed on administrative leave.

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Occupy Oakland Calif., protesters cheer as they climb on tractor trailers loaded with shipping containers at the Port of Oakland, Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011, effectively shutting down the United States' fifth busiest port during a day of non-stop protesting in Oakland. (AP Photo, Kent Porter, Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Emotions run high after Occupy protests in Oakland

Jason Dearen, Lisa Leff The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 4, 2011 - 9:41am

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Emotions ran high as Occupy Wall Street supporters and public officials dealt with the aftermath of protests that shut down the nation's fifth-busiest port before spiraling into chaos near the movement's downtown encampment.

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$Zachary Greer holds a photo of Scott Olsen during a candlelight vigil on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. During an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday night, a projectile apparently fired by police struck the Iraq veteran in the head leaving him in critical condition with a fractured skull. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)$

Wall Street protesters hold vigils for injured vet

Jason Dearen, Terry Collins The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 9:08am

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Anti-Wall Street demonstrators held vigils for an Iraq War veteran seriously injured during a protest clash with police in California as some Occupy encampments came under growing pressure from authorities to abandon sites in parks and plazas.

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A San Jose police stands guard outside of an apartment where authorities say a shooting suspect lived in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Authorities say a disgruntled employee opened fire, killing three people and wounding at least seven others. Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokesman Jose Cardoza said the shooting at Lehigh Southwest Cement Company occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday in nearby Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Police shoot, kill suspected quarry shooter

Beth Duff-Brown, Jason Dearen The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 1:10pm

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- The man suspected of opening fire at a Northern California limestone quarry, killing three co-workers and injuring six has been shot by authorities in a Silicon Valley neighborhood.

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Company's solar applications denied for Nevada

Jason Dearen The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, August 20, 2011 - 2:49pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal land managers are rejecting a Goldman Sachs-owned company's applications to develop solar projects on public lands in the sun-drenched Nevada desert; years after the subsidiary filed more claims to build glimmering solar farms than anyone else.

For years Goldman's Cogentrix Solar Services, LLC held exclusive rights to develop solar plants on nearly as much federal land in Nevada as all other companies combined -- even though the firm had neither written plans nor inked agreements with utilities to buy the power they proposed to make.

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Enviros call for better America's Cup planning

Jason Dearen The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 4:22pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Conservation groups on Thursday called on city leaders to improve plans for reducing the environmental impact of events related to the America's Cup in 2013, when the world's fastest yachts will race on San Francisco Bay drawing millions to its famous shoreline.

City planners were set to hear public comments Thursday afternoon on the 1,400-page draft environmental impact report outlining plans to protect water, air and land from pollution during the event's 50 days of racing.

The America's Cup is expected to draw 5 million spectators, including 500,000 people a day on peak race days. San Francisco's total population is just above 800,000, so city residents, especially in neighborhoods near the waterfront, are girding themselves.

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Thousands cheer on Giants at San Francisco parade

Jason Dearen, Paul Elias, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 4:30pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tens of thousands of baseball fans flocked to downtown Wednesday to toast the San Francisco Giants' World Series championship and see their hometown heroes take a victory lap in a ticker-tape parade reminiscent of the one held when the team moved west from New York 52 years ago.

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