 ( ) Walnut Creek: Unusual plans for 'Cadillac Corner' A dining concept that exists nowhere in Contra Costa County, perhaps the entire East Bay, will soon come to Mt. Diablo and Main. |
 ( ) Danville car enthusiast leads journey of 1,000 miles For 18 years, Danville car enthusiast Dan Radowicz has been organizing the California Mille, an annual salute to Italy's most famous race, the Mille Miglia, a thousand-mile race that ran from 1927 to 1957. Every year he brings the drivers of some 75 ancient autos from all over the world to San Francisco for a car tour that spans 1,000 miles over four days, allowing them to stop at inns, bed-and-breakfasts, restaurants and coffee shops along the Northern California and Nevada back roads. |
 ( ) Father of 15-year-old Santa Clara boy 'thanked God' he is safe The father of the 15-year-old Santa Clara teen who survived a flight from San Jose to Maui in a jetliner's wheel well "thanked God" for his son's good fortune and said the boy's struggles at school and yearning to return to Africa may have compelled him to embark on the daring journey, according to the Voice of America. |
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) Raiders' treacherous schedule starts at Jets The Raiders find themselves away from home for much of the first quarter of the season, traveling to New England in Week 3 and then leaving Boston for London and a 'home game' at Wembley Stadium against the Miami Dolphins in Week 4. |
BUSINESS  Tech's race to develop artificial intelligence The latest Silicon Valley arms race is a contest to build the best artificial brains. Facebook, Google and other leading tech companies are jockeying to hire top scientists in the field of artificial intelligence, while spending heavily on a quest to make computers think more like people. |
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) Kawakami: History shows Warriors can't afford playoff loss at home The last time the Warriors won a playoff series despite losing a home game was in 1977 |
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) Stowaway: Father of 15-year-old Santa Clara boy 'thanked God' he is safe The father of the 15-year-old Santa Clara teen who survived a flight from San Jose to Maui in a jetliner's wheel well "thanked God" for his son's good fortune and said the boy's struggles at school and yearning to return to Africa may have compelled him to embark on the daring journey, according to the Voice of America. |
 (Ljiljana Pavkov) Coming right up: The world's fastest elevators Japan's Hitachi said this week it will provide the world's fastest elevators, which can clock speeds up to 45 mph, to a high-rise building in China. Full Story |
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) Today's Music Picks: String Cheese Incident hits Oakland Also, Aerosmith, Slash make plans for Concord Pavilion. |
 (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file) Beyonce tops Time magazine's list of influential people Miley Cyrus, Matthew McConaughey, Pharrell Williams, and Kerry Washington also make list. . |
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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. |
