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Justin Sullivan
) Safeway sold for $9.4 billion, merges with Albertsons Safeway and Albertsons will be merged 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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 ( ) Food trucks returning to Martinez marina March 15 MARTINEZ -- After a successful one-day run last fall, food trucks return to the Martinez marina next weekend. Beginning March 15, Food Truck Mafia -- one of the biggest players on the Bay Area's thriving food truck scene -- is bringing a weekly event to the marina from 11 a. |
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Patrick Tehan
) Live chat: Oakland A's in the Cactus League, 11:30 a.m. Join beat writer John Hickey as he hosts an Oakland A's live chat from Arizona. |
 (Robert Rogers/Staff) Richmond city leaders criticized for housing complex living conditions Residents of Hacienda tell City Council members that the city's housing authority has failed to provide decent living conditions |
BUSINESS  ( (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)) Safeway sold for $9.4 billion, 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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) Live chat: The Oakland A's in the Cactus League, Friday at 11:30 a.m. Join beat writer John Hickey as he hosts an Oakland A's live chat from Arizona. |
LOCAL NEWS  (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. |
 Dating startup crowdfunds cross-country flights for singles A startup is crowdfunding cross-country flights to help single men and women in San Francisco and New York find love. Or, at least, dates for a weekend. Full Story |
 (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SXSW Music Picks: Chain Gang of 1974 buzzes into Texas Also meet Adrian Marcel, one of Oakland's most promising R&B talents. |
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Manuel Balce Ceneta
) Oops! Obama misspells Aretha Franklin's iconic song The president omitted a letter from the singer's 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T' while praising her at a White House celebration. |
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Nhat V. Meyer
) 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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JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO
) 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. |
