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 (Bay Area News Group) Walnut Creek: Sex predator on 'safe route to school' The Contra Costa District Attorney's office is debating whether to challenge a judge who placed Charles Christman into a residential Walnut Creek neighborhood. |
 (Family photo) Jahi McMath's family sues hospital, surgeon Jahi McMath's family plans to file a lawsuit Tuesday seeking unspecified damages and alleging that UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland doctors and nurses mishandled the 13-year-old's care after surgery in a case that continues to challenge the medical establishment's thinking on brain death. |
 (CINDI CHRISTIE) 2 men fatally shot in Livermore ID'd Police identified the Sunday afternoon homicide svictims as Ryan Rossknecht, 22 of Livermore and Brandon Lowell, 29, of Manteca. |
 (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix announce shows Kelly Clarkson tour visits Shoreline, Toyota amphitheaters in August. |
BAY AREA NEWS  (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) California drought likely a fixture, says Stanford study Human-caused climate change is increasing the risk of severe drought in California -- boosting the odds that our current crisis will become a fixture of the future, according to a major report Stanford scientists released Monday morning. |
Celebrities  (
Nick Briggs
) Maggie Smith is not leaving 'Downton Abbey' Comments made by the actress were misinterpreted, leading to reports that the Dowager Countess of Grantham would meet her maker in Season 6. |
SPORTS  (
Josie Lepe
) Live chat: Inside the Sharks, Tuesday at noon Curtis Pashelka answers your questions about the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday at noon. |
Spotlight  (
Terrence McCarthy
) San Francisco Symphony: New season delivers focus on Schumann, Sibelius Subscriptions go on sale March 2 for new season that also includes Bernstein's 'On the Town' and a new work by Mason Bates, among many other highlights. |
BUSINESS  (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP photo) John Doerr and Ellen Pao: The mentor and the protege on the stand John Doerr, the legendary venture capitalist, tried to help his protege Ellen Pao, but it may not have been enough. |
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Terrence McCarthy
) San Francisco Symphony: New season delivers focus on Schumann, Sibelius Subscriptions go on sale March 2 for new season that also includes Bernstein's 'On the Town' and a new work by Mason Bates, among many other highlights. |
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Nick Briggs
) Maggie Smith is not leaving 'Downton Abbey' Comments made by the actress were misinterpreted, leading to reports that the Dowager Countess of Grantham would meet her maker in Season 6. |
