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Sf Drug Cases At Risk Amid Crime Lab Questions
San Francisco courtrooms on Thursday stemming from allegations of evidence tampering in the city's crime lab.At least two-dozen drug cases were dropped Wednesday as prosecutors were left with no...


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Allen Martin co-anchors the 5 pm and 6 pm news Monday through Friday. He was hired by CBS 5 in August of 2004 as a reporter in the South San Francisco Bay area. Twelve months later he was promoted...
Roadshow: From Roads To Food To Buses To Hands, A Spin Around The San Jose Airport
Q: Every time I drive to the San Jose airport, my blood pressure goes up. This is the only major airport I know of that has arrival and departures on the same level, and I don't understand why. This...
Vallejo: Reward Offered For Information On Second Murder Suspect
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4-month Search For Fugitive Teens Ends In Mexico
Hemet police say 18-year-old Jose Campos and his 17-year-old girlfriend, Felicia Sharp, were returned to Riverside County from Mexico on Wednesday. They were being questioned late Wednesday at the...
Oc Da To Warn Public About Molester Release
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― The Orange County district attorney has scheduled a news conference for Thursday to warn the public about the scheduled release of a convicted child...
Census Campaign Targets Tech-savvy Hispanic Youth
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot-soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic:...
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Lawrence Karnow is the weekend weather anchor for CBS 5 Eyewitness News. Prior to joining CBS 5 in July 1997, Karnow served as the morning weather forecaster at KSBW-TV in Salinas, the city where...
Uc Regents To Look At Changing Policy On Fees
If professional schools within the University of California want to raise student fees, they might soon be allowed to set new prices by considering what private universities are...
15 Groups Spent $1 Billion To Sway Policy
(03-11) 04:00 PST Sacramento - -- The California Teachers Association spent $211.8 million - more than any other special interest group - over the past decade to influence state voters and...
Santa Clara Fire / Big Blaze At Electronics Recycler
Instead of being recycled, a heap of computer and electronic parts in Santa Clara burned and melted Wednesday in a fire that had officials urging nearby workers to stay inside, away from the...
Push To Build 2 Crucial Bay Bridge Parts Faster
Efforts to pick up the pace of progress on the new east span of the Bay Bridge are working, as evidenced by the steel deck pieces from China finally being lifted into place off Yerba Buena Island,...
State Projects Huge Undergrad Increase
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCBS) -- A report by the California Postsecondary Education Commission has found that the state’s public colleges and universities must prepare to serve 387,000 more...
Newhouse: Modest Mary, The Reporter's Reporter
"I'm a reporter," she nearly shrieks before running her hands spontaneously through her white hair and then raising her arms triumphantly.All of us, regardless of career, should love our work as much...
Lucid Imagination Raises $10m
has also invested. Eric Gries is CEO of the company. Marc Krellenstein, who started Lucid Imagination in 2007, is its chief technology officer. Ted Dunning...
Sony Unveils New Motion Controller In Sf
Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Wednesday night its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at...
Meth Lab Found In Pleasanton Home
Plesanton Police and state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement officers collecting evidence of a meth lab inside a home on East Angela Street on...
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Emmy award winning anchor and bay area native Juliette Goodrich anchors the Emmy Award Winning Noon Newscast on CBS 5 in addition to other special assignments.   Juliette joined CBS 5 in 1997...
Crime Lab Fallout: Drug Defendants Go Free
(03-10) 20:32 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- It was Justin Belton's lucky day. Belton, 30, pumped his fist in victory Wednesday as he left court after San Francisco prosecutors dropped a felony heroin sales...
Pelosi: Democrats Close On Health Care
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite...
Two Arrested At Suspected Pleasanton Meth House
PLEASANTON — Police arrested two brothers Wednesday after discovering a hidden meth lab at a Pleasanton house.Officers arrived at the home of 40-year-old Matthew Donald Magoon, in the 800 block...
Piedmont Doctor Sentenced In Sexual Predator Sting
Piedmont oncologist Dr. Maurice Wolin, who challenged his prosecution in connection with a sexual predator sting operation in Petaluma in August 2006, was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation...
West Contra Costa Teachers Must Decide On President's Recall, Election
West Contra Costa teachers have some big decisions to make this month, with their union holding both a general election and a recall vote on its president.A group of teachers successfully petitioned...
Sf Police Commission Discusses Sit-lie Ordinance
(3/2/2010) A controversial sit-lie ordinance proposed in San Francisco received a public airing once again Wednesday night as the city's Police Commission debated the issue of enforcement and who...
Convicted Child Molester Due To Be Released Friday
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted for years by a convicted child molester who is scheduled for release later this week in an unrelated case will tell her...
2,000 Hens And Roosters Seized In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) ― Authorities say nearly 2,000 hens and roosters have been confiscated from a two-block area in Los Angeles as part of an ongoing cockfighting...
2 Teens Wanted In 2009 Killing Found In Mexico
HEMET, Calif. (AP) ― Two fugitive teenagers wanted in the 2009 killing of a Hemet 16-year-old were returned from Mexico Wednesday to authorities in Riverside County following a four-month...
Manager Of Sober Living Home Gets Jail For Drugs
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) ― The former manager of a Santa Cruz sober living home has been sentenced to jail for selling methamphetamine to the residents of the...
Two Charged In Watsonville Bowling Alley Attack
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) ― Two suspected gang members were in court Wednesday to face charges in connection with a Watsonville bowling alley attack that sent a 7-year-old boy and a 20-year-old...
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San Jose native Len Ramirez has been a news reporter for CBS 5 Eyewitness News covering the Santa Clara County/South Bay Region since 1989. Prior to his arrival at CBS 5, Len was a reporter for KOMO...
2010 San Francisco Flower & Garden Show Highlights
The 25th Annual San Francisco Flower & Garden Show has expanded this year, in size, focus and beauty. Inspirational gardens, hundreds of green living ideas, acres of plants, and the wisdom of...
Myspace Turns To Games To Regain Prominence
MySpace is turning to video games to help the former social-networking king recoup its share of Internet relevancy that it lost to Facebook. At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on...
Locomotive Fans Steam Into Sunol
The Pacific Locomotive Association's Niles Canyon Railway plans to fire up and operate four steam locomotives at the same time on its rail line between Sunol and the Niles neighborhood of Fremont.On...
Former Manager Of Drug Recovery Center Sentenced; Sold Meth To Patients
SANTA CRUZ — The manager of a Santa Cruz sober living environment arrested by drug detectives last year on suspicion he was selling methamphetamine to residents of the supposed drug-free house...
Piedmont Doctor Nabbed In Sex Sting Sentenced
(8/9/2007) Piedmont oncologist Dr. Maurice Wolin, who challenged his prosecution in connection with a sexual predator sting operation in Petaluma in August 2006, was sentenced to three years...
2 Men Injured In Richmond Shooting
Two men were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening near the Hilltop Mall in Richmond, a police spokeswoman said. Officers responded to the Hilltop Drive overcrossing at Interstate 80 around 5:20...
Mt. Diablo Schools Slash Budget By $48.7 Million
About 200 teachers and administrators will be getting preliminary layoff notices as Mt. Diablo schools officials move to cut millions from the school district's...
Advocacy Group Sues Marin County Court
A youth advocacy group is suing Marin County Superior Court after the court's announcement that minors would no longer be physically present for their...
Historic La Railway To Reopen
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Nine years after a fatal accident, the historic Angels Flight railway in downtown Los Angeles is getting back on...
Sushi Chef Charged With Serving Illegal Whale
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale...
Federal Agent Wins $2 Million Verdict From Police
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― A federal jury has awarded more than $2 million to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who said he was roughed up by police officers during an undercover...
Mother Arrested In Death Of Her 2-year-old Girl
OAKLAND, Calif., (AP) ― A 19-year-old Oakland woman is being held on suspicion of murder in the suffocation death of her 2-year-old...
Korean Immigrant Homeowners Sue La Law Firm
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A group of Korean immigrant homeowners is suing a Los Angeles law firm they say charged them thousands of dollars in fees for loan litigation services it never...
Photos Taken By Oc Serial Killer Released
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― Huntington Beach police asked for the public's help Wednesday in identifying any potential victims among dozens of young women apparently photographed by convicted...