 ( (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)) Safeway sold for $9 billion, merges with Albertsons Safeway and Albertsons will merge to create a massive nationwide grocery network that both companies hope will help them compete in a market they have been steadily losing to big-box retailers, convenience stores and niche grocers.
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 (Robert Rogers/Staff) Richmond leaders come under fire from residents of troubled housing complex Residents of Hacienda tell City Council members that the city's housing authority has failed to provide decent living conditions |
 (Courtesy Richmond Police Departm) Richmond: Teacher's arrest on sex abuse charges raises concerns about hiring practices As shock spread Thursday about the arrest of Ronald Guinto, who was fired from Richmond's Making Waves Academy after several students accused him of sexual abuse, questions followed about how he was hired at Mira Vista Elementary School even as police were investigating him. |
 Pittsburg man pleads not guilty to charge that he tried to hire hit man Business owner charged with trying to hire a hit man to maim a former employee in retaliation for back pay settlement |
BUSINESS  ( (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)) Safeway sold, merges with Albertsons Safeway has reached a preliminary deal to sell itself to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, according to reports Thursday.
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) Thompson: Warriors are where they should be When assessing the Golden State Warriors using realistic expectations, the team is right where it should be heading into the final quarter of the season. |
LOCAL NEWS  (Paul Sakuma/AP Photo) Safeway sale would transform supermarket industry  A sale of Safeway, the second-largest supermarket chain, would reshape the industry landscape, close stores and transform the company from an outsize supermarket to a neighborhood grocer that more closely resembles Trader Joe's. |
 Dalai Lama offers historic prayer in U.S. Senate The Dalai Lama offered the opening prayer in the U.S. Senate Thursday, a historic moment for the upper chamber of Congress. Full Story |
 (Charles Bloom/The Kansas City Star) The last stigma: mental illness and the workplace People with depression, bipolar or other mental health conditions are able and willing to work, but stigma makes employers reluctant to have them on the payroll. |
 (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Invision/AP, File) Look who's sleeping in Justin Bieber's bed Qianying Zhao was arrested after breaking into the home Bieber is renting and falling asleep in a bedroom. |
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) Kawakami: Kaepernick shoulders blame for loss Colin Kaepernick's late-game interception allows the Seattle Seahawks to hold off the San Francisco 49ers and advance to the Super Bowl against the Denver Broncos |
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) Purdy: Brutal heavyweight fight went way of Seahawks This was a wicked, awful, exhausting game for both the 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. |
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) Thompson: 49ers defense shows fight even after Bowman injury The San Francisco 49ers defense was not as dominant as it needed to be Sunday. But when things looked most bleak against the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship game, the defense got the ball back to the offense with a chance to win. Twice. Even without the unit's best player. |
