 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Pleasanton braces for fallout of Safeway sale Safeway's $9 billion merger with Albertson's reverberated in the grocery chain's corporate home of Pleasanton where officials are bracing for the impact on the city's second-largest employer.
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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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) NFL free agency: Raiders have lots of money, many needs Jairus Byrd and Michael Vick might make sense for Oakland Raiders, but Reggie McKenzie warns against free-agent frenzy |
 (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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) NFL free agency: Raiders have lots of money, many needs Jairus Byrd and Michael Vick might make sense for Oakland Raiders, but Reggie McKenzie warns against free-agent frenzy |
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. |
 (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) This country is threatening to ban Facebook and YouTube Turkey's prime minister has threatened drastic steps to censor the Internet, including shutting down Facebook and YouTube, where audio recordings of his alleged conversations suggesting corruption have been leaked in the past weeks, dealing him a major blow ahead of this month's local elections. 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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) 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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) 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. |
