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 (Alan Diaz/AP photo) Homes close to a Starbucks rise in value more quickly Zillow's number-crunchers release survey that shows home values rise more quickly when the house is close to a Starbucks.
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 (Erin Baldassari) CHP: Officer justified in drawing gun at protesters The California Highway Patrol has concluded a plainclothes officer acted within department policy when he drew his gun and pointed it at protesters during a melee at a December anti-police brutality protest in Oakland. |
 (Courtesy Hercules Police Department) Man arrested with $700,000 worth of marijuana An officer conducting a routine security check at a golf course in Hercules found a van carrying nearly 250 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday, police said. |
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) 'TK Show' podcast: Mark Davis on Raiders' possible move The Pac-12 is facing a mammoth TV revenue gap in coming years. Hotline projections show it could lag the SEC and Big Ten by at least $10 million per school per year starting in 2017-18. |
BAY AREA NEWS  (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) Hayward man gets life sentence in murder of Castro Valley woman during a burglary Cody Nicosia's best friend, Christian Birdsall, is scheduled to go to trial in April in the killing of 58-year-old Barbara Latiolais in 2012. |
Celebrities  (JONATHAN ALCORN/AFP/Getty Images) Harrison Ford plane crash injuries 'moderate'; engine failure cited The “Star Wars” actor crash-landed a small vintage plane on a Venice Beach golf course. Reports say he was taken to a hospital with bloody gashes on his head. |
SPORTS  (
Nhat V. Meyer
) The TK Show: Raiders owner Mark Davis explains how the Carson plan came together The Pac-12 is facing a mammoth TV revenue gap in coming years. Hotline projections show it could lag the SEC and Big Ten by at least $10 million per school per year starting in 2017-18. |
Spotlight  (Committe Films frame grab) Friday's TV picks: 'In An Instant' captures harrowing survival tales Plus, Tina Fey brings kooky sitcom 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' to Netflix. |
BUSINESS  (Mark Lennihan/AP photo) Apple will be added to Dow Jones industrial average Apple's importance to Wall Street in the past few years is nearly impossible to overstate, and the tech giant will now receive its validation by joining the Dow Jones industrial average. |
(Committe Films frame grab) Friday's TV picks: 'In An Instant' captures harrowing survival tales Plus, Tina Fey brings kooky sitcom 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' to Netflix. |
(JONATHAN ALCORN/AFP/Getty Images) Harrison Ford plane crash injuries 'moderate'; engine failure cited The “Star Wars” actor crash-landed a small vintage plane on a Venice Beach golf course. Reports say he was taken to a hospital with bloody gashes on his head. |
