An off-duty federal agent was injured in a gunfire exchange in Newark this morning, a police spokesman said. The shooting was reported at 5:53 a.m. in the area of Mayhews Landing Road and Bettencourt Street.“The federal agent had a confrontation where gunshots were exchanged in front of his residence,” police Cmdr. Bob Douglas said. The agent was hit and is being treated at a hospital for his injuries.
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It’s been Nonito Donaire’s moniker for most of his professional fist-fighting life.
His exquisite speed of hand and foot while toiling in Bay Area boxing gyms led to his branding as “The Filipino Flash.” But flashy, in addition to fast, is how the elite Peninsula-based pugilist fights.
That’s how Donaire fought — or tried to fight — in his last contest against the defensively competent but offensively unwilling Argentine Omar Narvaez.
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A woman with a small child in her car was arrested in San Leandro early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence and child endangerment after an officer saw her throw a tequila bottle out her car window, police said. Shortly after 2 a.m., the officer saw the woman, later identified as Lynisha Jefferson, 30, of Escalon, Calif., trying to park her Nissan Altima in the parking lot of a Quik Stop at 1001 MacArthur Blvd., police said.
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Regional officials have declared Wednesday a Spare the Air day, the 13th such day already this winter season.
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Bay Area commuters with hefty transit costs will get a lot less help from the federal government in dealing with those fees next year, while motorists will receive extra financial incentive to drive to work.
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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Sunday, banning fires in the Bay Area on Christmas Day.
The alert, the 10th in the region since the winter season started on Nov. 1, was issued because of anticipated cold and still weather conditions that will trap air pollution close to the ground.
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A medical emergency at BART’s San Leandro station is causing delays of about 20 minutes this afternoon, a dispatcher said.The medical emergency was reported at 1:14 p.m. It has since been cleared from the station but is causing residual delays for trains headed to Richmond and Daly City, the dispatcher said at 1:40 p.m.
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An ex-Golden State Warriors employee has sued Monta Ellis and the pro basketball team, saying the star guard sent her unwanted sexually explicit text messages, including a photo of male genitalia he claimed was his, and that team officials forced her out when she came forward.
The team denied the allegations and said it would “vigorously defend” its reputation in court.
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Guard Monta Ellis and the Golden State Warriors and are being sued for sexual harassment. A lawsuit set to be filed in Alameda County Superior Court on Wednesday morning claims Ellis, 26, sexually harassed a now-former employee between November 2010 and January 2011.
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A big opportunity to improve the region’s infrastructure came and went last week when the federal government opted to turn down $63 million in funding requests for Bay Area projects, including $30 million for Muni- and BART-related undertakings.
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