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 (Alan Diaz/AP photo) Zillow: Homes close to a Starbucks rise in value more quickly Zillow's number-crunchers release survey that shows home values rise more quickly when the house is close to a Starbucks |
 (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. |
 (Courtesy Hercules Police Department) Man arrested with $700,000 worth of marijuana An officer conducting a routine security check at a golf course in Hercules found a van carrying nearly 250 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday, police said. |
 (
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  (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) Hayward man gets life sentence in murder of Castro Valley woman during a burglary Cody Nicosia's best friend, Christian Birdsall, is scheduled to go to trial in April in the killing of 58-year-old Barbara Latiolais in 2012. |
Celebrities  (JONATHAN ALCORN/AFP/Getty Images) Update: Harrison Ford plane crash injuries 'moderate'; engine failure cited 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  (
Darron Cummings
) Giants' Hunter Pence breaks forearm San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks after suffering a fractured left forearm. |
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'; engine failure cited 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. |
