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) Bay Area apartment rents set record Bay Area apartment rents are rising at nearly double-digit annual rates and have reached record levels, according to a report released Tuesday, prompting some analysts to warn that the region's economic boom could be choked off by the relentless rise. |
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DAN ROSENSTRAUCH
) Three great bites: The Bay Area's best ice cream sandwiches Spring has sprung and this balmy weather brings on a powerful yearning for truly great ice creams. Here are three places to get your fix at Cream, Cookiebar and Pacific Cookie Company. |
 AC Transit officials: No indication that CFO took agency funds A day after AC Transit's chief financial officer, Lewis Clinton Jr., appeared in court on charges of embezzling more than $500,000 from one of Oakland's largest churches, his colleagues expressed surprise, but said that the transit agency's ongoing financial audits made it very unlikely that any public funds could have been taken. |
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) Giant Robot magazine feted in new Oakland exhibit Art and artifacts from the groundbreaking Asian pop culture publication on display at the Oakland Museum of California April 19-July 27. |
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) Quinn: Maybe Silicon Valley should be more like Amazon Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has a 'Pay to Quit' program at the giant online retailer offering employees money to leave as a way to test their commitment. Maybe Silicon Valley should try it. |
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) Cal names Tennessee's Cuonzo Martin as new basketball coach Cuonzo Martin led the Volunteers to Sweet 16 in last month's NCAA Tournament, but his treatment by Tennessee's fan base might have led to his departure. |
LOCAL NEWS  ( ) Fremont: Five displaced, two dogs die in house fire A family of five escaped with their lives after a one-alarm fire spread through their home early Monday, but two of their pets perished, a battalion chief for Fremont Fire said. |
 'Titanic' steam locomotive coming back to life on the rails CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) In its prime, a massive steam locomotive known as Big Boy No. 4014 was a moving eruption of smoke and vapor, a 6,300-horsepower brute dragging heavy freight trains over the mountains of Wyoming and Utah. Full Story |
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DAN ROSENSTRAUCH
) Three great bites: The Bay Area's best ice cream sandwiches Spring has sprung and this balmy weather brings on a powerful yearning for truly great ice creams. Here are three places to get your fix at Cream, Cookiebar and Pacific Cookie Company. |
 (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for Producers Guild/AP Images) Bryan Cranston helps Bay Area teen get prom date Los Gatos teenager gets former “Breaking Bad” to record a pitch for him. |
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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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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. |
