 ( ) Loaves and Fishes feeds Contra Costans in need Most mornings about 11 a.m., Kaysdria Johnson and her young family of four drive from their Antioch apartment to the Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa dining room in Pittsburg to get a hot lunch and pick up free groceries. |
 (Laura A. Oda/Staff) Beastie Boys sue Oakland toy company GoldieBlox The legal battle GoldieBlox thought it had laid to rest escalated on Tuesday when the Beastie Boys sued the Oakland toy company over a copyright dispute after it used the group's song in a video advertisement. |
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) One year after Newtown, the gun control debate rages on The year since the Newtown school massacre has seen a boom in business for lobbyists and the gun industry, thousands more U.S. firearms deaths, congressional paralysis and a spate of new state laws that some claim protect the public and others claim infringe on basic rights. |
 (Mercury News archives) California report: Bay Area population gains are strongest in state The Bay Area is the only region in California where more people are moving in from elsewhere in the United States than moving out, another sign of the tech industry's rebound and the creation of more jobs here, with Alameda and Contra Costa counties leading in domestic migration, according to a new state population report released Thursday. |
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) Cassidy: Hour of Code builds a deeper understanding of the power of computing Sure, Code.org's push to have millions of kids spend an hour learning computer programming during the Hour of Code is a little gimmicky, but there is a big and important idea behind it all. And, oh yeah, it might be working. |
SPORTS  (Nhat V. Meyer) San Jose Sharks put end to four-game slide Much maligned power play proves to be the difference for the San Jose Sharks
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) Young couples seek townhouses and condos with an urban feel Buying instead of renting is a decision that’s being made by increasing numbers of young couples, according to experts, and it’s one that has Bay Area builders scrambling to meet the demand |
 (Yarruta/iStock) Ex-CIA agent helps sleuth kids' wish lists What does it take to get your children the perfect holiday gift? A professional sleuth, apparently. Full Story |
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) Tonight's TV picks: 'Hawaii Five-0' explores shameful part of American past WATCH THIS: "Hawaii Five-0" (9 p.m., CBS): In an unusually powerful episode, a murder attempt is made on a Pearl Harbor veteran and the case leads the team to focus on a shameful piece of American history: The imprisonment of residents of Japanese ancestry during World War II. |
 (John P. Filo/CBS ) Julie Chen criticizes Jenny McCarthy 'The Talk’ hosts says 'The View’ should not have hired the former Playboy model. |
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) Bay Area residents live longer; here's why Bay Area residents are among the nation's longest-lived people, surviving on average more than a decade longer than residents of rural Kentucky, West Virginia or Mississippi. |
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) Mi Pueblo files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Mi Pueblo, the festive Bay Area supermarket chain and icon of family-grown Hispanic businesses, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, citing a dispute with its primary lender, Wells Fargo. |
