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Texas Firm Sues Calif. Homeowners With Foreclosed 2nd Mortgages
by Rick Jurgens, California Watch Adding new uncertainty in the state’s ongoing mortgage crisis, a Texas company is aggressively pursuing hundreds of Californians to collect second-mortgage debt – on homes they’ve already lost through foreclosure. Many of these former homeowners … Continue reading
Berkeley Police Chief on 10 Officers Searching for Son's iPhone: "Not some kind of preferential treatment"
From Berkeleyside's Frances Dinkelspiel… Source: Berkeleyside Embattled Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan said Wednesday that having 10 police officers search for his son's stolen iPhone on January 11 was not "some kind of preferential treatment," but is something the department … Continue reading
Hunt for iPhone of Berkeley Police Chief's Son Cost $740 in Overtime
Source: Berkeleyside It cost the city of Berkeley about $740 in overtime pay to have 10 detectives search for Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan's son's missing iPhone. Three detectives and a sergeant from the property crimes unit put in two … Continue reading
Muni Inflated On-Time Performance Rates
By Shane Shifflett and Reyhan Harmanci, The Bay Citizen Question: When is a minute longer than 60 seconds? Answer: When you work for Muni. San Francisco transit officials have redefined time, fudging their statistics to make it look like buses … Continue reading
HP's Whitman to Announce Restructuring Plan Wednesday; 30,000 Jobs Targeted
Source: Allthingsd The daunting task of restructuring Hewlett-Packard will begin in earnest next Wednesday when the company reports its quarterly earnings. Sources familiar with the company's plans say that CEO Meg Whitman will discuss the opening steps of a company-wide … Continue reading
In San Francisco, Billboards Proliferate, Despite Voter-Approved Ban
by Matt Smith, The Bay Citizen When Milo Hanke moved from Boston to San Francisco in 1982, he found a city in need of improvement. “This was the most charmed and enchanted city,” Hanke recalled, “but there were certain urbanscapes … Continue reading
Alan Blueford's Family Pleads for Council Help in Oakland Police Shooting
From Jennifer Inez Ward at KQED News Associate Oakland Local… Source: Oaklandlocal It wasn't supposed to be this way. Skyline High School senior Alan Blueford was just weeks away from graduating Skyline High School. Instead, his family is preparing for … Continue reading
App That Scans Faces of Bar Crowds Raising Privacy Concerns
by Reyhan Harmanci for The Bay Citizen A priest and a rabbi walk into a bar. And a camera records their entrance so that users of a new app can tell the age, gender, and the number of people sipping … Continue reading
Errors, Delays at Oakland VA Office Leave Northern California Vets in The Lurch
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by Aaron Glantz, California Watch Staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Oakland office regularly made incorrect decisions when evaluating disability claims and failed to inform veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan that they are entitled to free mental … Continue reading
As Deadline Nears, Lawmakers Introduce Plan to Save Calif. Parks
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Two state lawmakers unveiled a plan today they say would save at least 50 California parks from closing this summer. Democratic Senators Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) and Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) say they want to shift as much as $40 … Continue reading
