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 (Elise Amendola/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 |
 (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. |
 (Family photo) Person of interest in custody in slaying of 14-year-old A person arrested for an unrelated crime in another city is also a person of interest in the fatal shooting on Saturday night of 14-year-old Davon Ellis, police said Thursday. |
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  (
Darron Cummings
) Giants' Hunter Pence breaks forearm San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks after suffering a fractured left forearm. |
Spotlight  (Rob Smoak/Tribune Media Services) Cats' complicated communication Adult cats rarely 'talk' to each, but they can give humans an earful. |
BUSINESS  (Nam Y. Huh) Sunnyvale's Pharmacyclics sells for $21B to AbbVie It took more than 20 years for Pharmacyclics to launch a blockbuster drug, but the payoff for its success was immense: The biotech company has agreed to be acquired by AbbVie for about $21 billion. |
(Rob Smoak/Tribune Media Services) Cats' complicated communication Adult cats rarely 'talk' to each, but they can give humans an earful. |
(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. |
