N.B.A. Season In Peril as Players Reject Offer
By Howard Beck, The New York Times
By Howard Beck, The New York Times
Published: November 14, 2011
The union representing National Basketball Association players formally disbanded Monday and declared it would take its labor standoff with the league’s owners into federal court, a development that pushed the league as close as it has ever been to losing an entire season of play.
Three French aid workers home after being held hostage in Yemen
By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times
Published: November 14, 2011
Three French aid workers who were held hostage in Yemen for more than five months returned home Monday after they were freed over the weekend.
Police Clear Occupy Oakland Encampment, but Protestors Return
By Malia Wolan, The New York Times
Published: November 14, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif. — Protesters returned to a downtown plaza Monday evening, after hundreds of police officers raided the Occupy Oakland encampment there early Monday, arresting 33 people and flattening tents.
Hispanics Reviving Faded Towns on the Plains
By A.G. Sulzberger, The New York Times
Published: November 13, 2011
ULYSSES, Kan. — Change can be unsettling in a small town. But not long ago in this quiet farming community, with its familiar skyline of grain elevators and church steeples, the owner of a new restaurant decided to acknowledge the community’s diversity by adding some less traditional items to her menu. Cheeseburgers. French fries. Chicken-fried steak.
Pirate booty turns up in East Bay storage unit
By Vivian Ho, San Francisco Chronicle
Published: November 14, 2011
Sometimes a treasure chest is a dusty blue Rubbermaid storage container, buried in an abandoned storage unit.
A San Jose man uncovered about $500,000 worth of booty in this unlikely hiding place: a Contra Costa County storage unit he bought at an auction last month.
A San Jose man uncovered about $500,000 worth of booty in this unlikely hiding place: a Contra Costa County storage unit he bought at an auction last month.
Oil prices gushing: 20% surge in 6 weeks
By James O'Toole, CNN
Published: November 14, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Americans reeling from all the grim economic news lately can add one more item to the list -- surging oil prices.
Legislature to examine Caltrans testing of Bay Bridge
By Charles Piller, The Sacramento Bee
Published: November 14, 2011
The leaders of the California Senate and Assembly committees on transportation said they would hold separate hearings later this month to examine the issues raised in The Bee investigation Sunday about Caltrans testing problems involving the new Bay Bridge and other freeway structures.
Santa Clara University, FBI probe grades tampering
By The Associated Press
Published: November 14, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Santa Clara University and the FBI are investigating who may have hacked into the university's computer system and changed some undergraduate students' grades.
Update: Suspect in fatal Highway 99 shooting was licensed security guard
By Kim Minugh, The Sacramento Bee
Published: November 14, 2011
The man who allegedly shot a California Highway Patrol officer before being fatally shot by an Elk Grove police officer was licensed by the state as a security guard, according to state records available online.
California adds a year of kindergarten to give kids a head start
By Diana Lambert, The Sacramento Bee
Published: November 14, 2011
Preet Sandhu wasn't surprised to learn last week that her daughter Kirat wasn't eligible for kindergarten. Elk Grove Unified staff had done a good job of getting the word out.
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