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Local – Yahoo! News Solar users to feel surge in wallet New state law requires utilities to buy surplus power from their customers Full Story; Flu shortage: Seasonal flu shots hard to find On Monday, Rite Aid announced the cancellation of 64 clinics in the Bay Area. The vaccine shortage has also affected Walgreens, CVS and local doctors’ office. Full Story; SAN JOSE3241 Remington Way, 3:50 p.m. Friday Four juveniles were robbed on the grounds at Norwood Creek Elementary School by a person who threatened to hurt them. Full Story; UC Berkeley economist wins Nobel Prize Oliver Williamson, an economist at the University of California-Berkeley will share the $1.4 million prize with Elinor Ostrom, a political economist at Indiana University. Ostrom is the first woman to win the prize. Full Story; Herhold: ‘Hassle Free Process Service’ becomes a big hassle Move by Santa Clara County deputies could end up costing taxpayers Full Story; De la Salle basketball player dies during game A 15-year-old freshman basketball player at De la Salle High School collapsed and died of a heart attack during a game Sunday, the school said. Darius Jones of Pittsburg was stricken while playing at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill before an audience… Full Story; Schwarzenegger signs ammo-regulation bill People buying ammunition in California will soon have to be thumb-printed and dealers will have to keep records of sales, under legislation that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law. After vetoing similar bills three times since 2004, Schwarzenegger… Full Story; High winds, heavy rain headed our way Consider sandbagging the door, keep some candles handy and leave the sailboat in port, those of you with sailboats. For the rest of you, who get to work in cars, remember that rain makes roads wet – and with a long, dry summer for motor oil to have built up,… Full Story; Man booked in fatal hit-and-run in Oakland A suspected drunken driver was arrested after he fled the scene of a crash that killed a passenger in East Oakland, police said Monday. Theodore Collins, 22, of Oakland was booked on suspicion of felony driving under the influence, gross vehicular… Full Story; A family’s tragedy – twin girls drown in pool Annalise and Aspen Niva-Wiggle were twin 2-year-old girls who were told never to go into their pool without a parent present. But the two little girls probably thought that they weren’t disobeying any orders Saturday afternoon when they went by themselves… Full Story; Lynbrook’s Signore is 2nd at Central Park, in Stanford top 20 The way Luca Signore of Lynbrook has been running the past couple of weeks, he probably wishes the Central Coast Section championships were this weekend, five weeks ahead of the scheduled date. Full Story; Homestead volleyball team off to tough De Anza start With a “very young” team and a tough pre-season schedule, Cupertino volleyball coach Bob Huff figured the Pioneers would take their lumps this season. Full Story; Batnitch, Bond lead Homestead to a big upset win over Wilcox In a stunning return to the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division, Homestead earned its first football win of the season on Oct. Full Story; Sunnyvale shorts: Local man in ironman event in Hawaii Mark Fischer-Colbrie, 53, of Cupertino will compete in the Ford Ironman World Championship on Oct. 10 in Kona, Hawaii. Full Story; Letters: Open discussion should be part of Sunnyvale election I was rather disappointed with the letter from Mr. Cirigliano in last week’s Sunnyvale Sun. Rather than discussing some of the many issues that face the city of Sunnyvale (finance, planning, downtown Sunnyvale mess, etc. Full Story; Skeletal Remains Found At Old Alameda Naval Base Skeletal remains were located Monday evening in an abandoned building at the Alameda Naval Air Station, a police lieutenant said. Around 5:50 p.m., a transient who was rummaging through an abandoned residential building on the former naval base came across the remains and notified police, Lt. Paul Rolleri said. Full Story; Iowa Pumpkin Sets Half Moon Bay Weigh-Off Record The pumpkin that landed Iowa resident Don Young first place at the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay Monday morning is not the biggest he has ever grown, but he said it is the densest. “I just wanted to grow a big Jack-O-Lantern,” the 45-year-old said. He drove 2,000 miles from his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, to enter his pumpkin in Monday’s competition. Full Story; Alameda Man Missing For More Than 2 Weeks Alameda police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 29-year-old man who has schizophrenia and diabetes. Dante Marshall, of Alameda, was last seen at his home Sept. 27 when he left to go to a flea market at Laney College. Police said it is not clear if he attended the event and he has not been seen since. Full Story; UC Merced’s Founding Chancellor Dies Of Cancer Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, a lifelong educator who looked at a Merced farm field and envisioned a University of California research university, has died in Georgia of breast cancer five months after the first freshmen class graduated from the school. She was 66. Tomlinson-Keasey was chancellor of UC Merced until 2006, when she stepped down to return to teaching and to write a book about the … Full Story; College Cutbacks Make It Harder To Earn Degrees It isn’t just tuition increases that are driving up the cost of college. Around the country, deep budget cuts are forcing colleges to lay off instructors and eliminate some classes, making it harder for students to get into the courses they need to earn their degree. The likely result: more time in college. And while that may sound agreeable to nostalgic alumni, to students like Michael Redoglia … Full Story; Big storm could drop 3 inches of rain or more Showers, winds expected to peak today. Full Story; Plan to reshape Bay Point marina set to go before county board early next month A new sports field and hundreds of medium-density homes are part of talks to develop the city’s waterfront. Full Story; Bills promising fundamental changes signed by governor n Governor signs hundreds of bills into law, including some focusing on gay rights, human trafficking Full Story; Alameda: Police search for missing man ALAMEDA — Police are searching for a developmentally handicapped man who has been missing since last month.Dante Marshall, 29, was last seen Sept. Full Story; New features strengthen new Bay Bridge New Bay Bridge east span has giant metal fuses that break in quake like circuitbreaker Full Story; Not Safe Enough: Bay Area Bridges Still Need More Retrofitting In the aftermath of the Loma Prieta earthquake, area bridges still need work. Full Story; Wet, windy weather is bad for grapes on the vine — which means a rush to finish the harvest ahead of Tuesday’s storm. Full Story; More Layoffs Rumored at Current TV San Francisco-based Current Media, co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, is looking to lay off more local employees. Full Story; A new iPhone app offers “bros” help talking to 24 different kinds of “ladies.” Full Story; Celebspotting Moves to Mill Valley With the Presidents Cup over, celebspotters head across the Golden Gate. Full Story; Proposed limits rev up debate over loud bikes By DEREK J. MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Motorcycle riders claiming ‘loud pipes save lives’ under increasing criticism Full Story; Petaluma council faces sewer rate ballot decision By LORI A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The Petaluma City Council is expected to vote grudgingly Tuesday night to put an initiative on the ballot that would roll back sewer rates to 2006 levels, a move council members say would cripple the city’s finances. Full Story; New vineyard pest detected in Napa County By ROBERT DIGITALE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A new exotic pest, the European grapevine moth, is damaging grape clusters in the Napa Valley, raising concern among farmers and sparking a hunt to learn the extent of the infestation. Full Story; BY PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT State employees at Department of Motor Vehicles offices in Sonoma County showed up for work Monday despite the threat of widespread absences connected to Columbus Day. Full Story; Trucks set ablaze in Sebastopol By RANDI ROSSMANN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Sebastopol investigators Monday were trying to determine who started three separate overnight truck fires and were seeking the public’s help looking for witnesses or information. Full Story; Naturalization ceremony held on ship 13 members of the military became U.S. citizens on a ship as a part of Fleet Week. Full Story; Alameda police look for missing man Alameda police are looking for Dante Marshall, 29, who has schizophrenia. Full Story; New tax on oil could bring money for school A new tax on oil is gaining support since it would bring in more money for college. Full Story; Flood-prone neighborhood braces for storm An early season storm is making residents of one East Bay neighborhood nervous. Full Story; ’89 quake left an indelible print on roadways Twenty years after Loma Prieta, the work that remains be done to roadways. Full Story; No Articles Weather Watchers: Has the rain reached you yet? A large storm is due to hit Napa County and the entire Bay Area early Monday evening, intensifying through Tuesday. Full Story; Big storm makes harvest a rush job Hold onto your hats. A wet and windy storm is rolling toward Northern California and the Napa Valley. Full Story; Video: The legend of the broken-down pumpkin Growing a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,000 pounds is one thing. Transporting the pumpkin to the weigh-in for a contest is another. Full Story; About 35 cars were vandalized in American Canyon over the weekend. Full Story; New pest moth detected in Oakville A single grapevine moth called Lobesia botrana was found in Oakville along with larvae, Napa County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Whitmer announced today. Full Story; An artist performs with fire in a city park in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov Opinions & Editorials: Diverse views on news from the right, left, and center.  Mail this post |