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Karl Mondon
) San Quentin radio, paper: View from the inside The San Quentin Prison Report radio program and the San Quentin News represent a burgeoning media enterprise produced by inmates in the home of California's Death Row. |
 (Gary Reyes, Bay Area News Group) Lottery winner, store owner fight over $1 million Instead of dipping into the money for a family vacation in Hawaii and banking the rest for early retirement, the 53-year-old mother of five is gearing up for a court battle with the owner of USA Liquors. |
 (Doug Duran) Zito happy with first outing in comeback bid Oakland A's lefty Barry Zito, who is attempting a comeback after taking a year off, yields two-run homer in... |
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Nhat V. Meyer
) Jones-Drew announces retirement Raiders running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who struggled last season after arriving as a free agent, announced his retirement on Twitter Thursday. |
BAY AREA NEWS  (AP) LA superbug: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria spreads to second SoCal hospital An antibiotic resistant superbug linked to a medical scope that's widely used has infected four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the second hospital in Southern California to report patients with the dangerous infections. |
Celebrities  (JONATHAN ALCORN/AFP/Getty Images) Update: Harrison Ford plane crash injuries 'moderate' 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  (Doug Duran) Giants' Hunter Pence fractures arm, will miss up to 8 weeks Pence hit by pitcher during Giant' 8-6 win over Chicago Cubs on Thursday |
Spotlight  (Jordan Strauss/Invision for Ente) 'Being Mary Jane': Gabrielle Union relishes a career high point Losing the role of Olivia Pope on 'Scandal' 'happened for a reason,' says Pleasanton native, who also talks of how Whitney Houston's death altered her focus. |
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. |
(Jordan Strauss/Invision for Ente) 'Being Mary Jane': Gabrielle Union relishes a career high point Losing the role of Olivia Pope on 'Scandal' 'happened for a reason,' says Pleasanton native, who also talks of how Whitney Houston's death altered her focus. |
(JONATHAN ALCORN/AFP/Getty Images) Update: Harrison Ford plane crash injuries 'moderate' 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. |
