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Raiders bring back kicker Eddy Carmona

By: Staff report 04/30/13 8:48 PM
Oakland Raiders
The Raiders re-signed free agent kicker Eddy Carmona, general manager Reggie McKenzie announced Tuesday. Carmona, a left-footed kicker out of Harding University in Arkansas, spent training camp and preseason with the Raiders in 2012 after originally signing as a non-drafted rookie free agent. He was out of football last year after being waived by the Raiders on Aug. Read More

Music, lectures and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 04/29/13 9:16 PM
Lights, Canadian electro-pop
San Francisco events for April 30, 2013. Who’s in town Eve Bunting delivers the Effie Lee Morris Lecture, hosted by the San Francisco Public Library in celebration of children’s books. [6 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., S.F.] Lectures Read More

Giants' Larry Baer talks philanthropy, Thee Oh Sees at Brick and Mortar and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 04/28/13 8:09 PM
Thee Oh Sees
San Francisco events for April 29, 2013. Who’s in town Austrian pianist Till Fellner appears in concert performing works by Haydn, Mozart, Bach and Schumann. [8 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.] Lectures Read More

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning won’t be SF Pride parade marshal

By: Staff and wire report 04/28/13 7:19 PM
bradley manning
A protest is planned today in support of Bradley Manning, the openly gay Army private who is charged in a massive leak of U.S. secrets and who was reportedly wrongfully named a grand marshal for The City’s Pride parade in June. The president of San Francisco Pride said Friday that Manning, who is accused of providing the WikiLeaks website with U.S. intelligence, will not be an honorary grand marshal after all. Read More

Matt Cain looks to stop losing streak for Giants

By: Staff and wire report 04/28/13 7:06 PM
Matt Cain
The Giants are in desperate need of a strong outing from a starting pitcher to put an end to their current five-game skid and normally Matt Cain would be just the man for the job. But Cain hasn’t been his normally reliable self in 2013. The right-hander is off to an 0-2 start and is sporting a 6.59 ERA. To make matters even more troubling, Cain will be tasked with stopping the losing streak in hitter friendly Chase Field in Phoenix. Read More

SF Film Fest, lectures and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 04/24/13 7:00 PM
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco events for Thursday, April 25, 2013. Who’s in town Documentary photographer Catherine Opie speaks at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her subjects have included the LGBT community, California surfers and high school football players. [7 p.m., 151 Third St., S.F.] Lectures Read More

Sergent Garcia, activities and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 04/23/13 8:54 PM
Sergent Garcia
San Francisco events for April 24, 2013. Read More

Nevada governor speaks to patient dumping allegations

By: Staff and wire report 04/23/13 8:28 PM
brian sandoval
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is responding to allegations that his state is dumping psychiatric patients in other locales, including San Francisco, after they’re discharged. Sandoval issued a statement Tuesday saying disciplinary action was taken after he learned that at least one patient was improperly discharged from Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas. He added that a new policy was implemented weeks ago to strengthen oversight, and he denied Nevada had a policy of dumping. Read More

Demonstrators disrupt Wells Fargo meeting in Utah, protest outside S.F. headquarters

By: Staff and wire report 04/23/13 6:26 PM
wells fargo protest
A dozen people protesting Wells Fargo’s mortgage policies disrupted a shareholders’ meeting in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, and one of them tried to make a citizen’s arrest of CEO John Stumpf. And in San Francisco, about 30 demonstrators gathered outside Wells Fargo’s headquarters on Montgomery Street in the Financial District to mourn what they said were losses caused by the bank. The gathering was in support of the Salt Lake City protesters. Read More

Pianist Daniel Glover, lectures and other San Francisco activities

By: Staff report 04/22/13 6:10 PM
Pianist Daniel Glover
San Francisco events for Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Read More

San Francisco events April 19 - 21

By: Staff report 04/18/13 9:14 PM
San Francisco events for April 19 - 21, 2013. Read More

1906 Earthquake remembrance and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 04/17/13 6:47 PM
1906 earthquake
San Francisco events for April 18, 2013. Read More

Laura Mvula, lectures, films and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 04/16/13 9:01 PM
Laura Mvula
San Francisco events for April 17, 2013. Who’s in town Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, lectures on issues surrounding carbon pollution. [Noon, Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.] Lectures Read More

Molly Ringwald, films and other San Francisco events

By: Staff report 04/15/13 9:32 PM
Molly Ringwald
San Francisco events for April 16, 2013. Who’s in town Dance artist Shantala Shivalingappa performs a program of works choreographed by herself and other dance-makers of our time. [8 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.] Lectures Read More

Man shocked with stun gun during melee on BART train

By: Staff report 04/10/13 10:13 PM
A passenger reportedly fired a stun gun during a battle for a seat on a rush-hour BART train Wednesday morning, the transit agency said. A fight between passengers broke out just before 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to news reports, as a San Francisco International Airport-bound train approached the Pleasant Hill station. Witnesses said a younger man swung at an older man while arguing over a seat. The older man then wrapped the younger man in a headlock, police said, and at that point a third passenger pulled out a stun gun and fired it at the younger man. Read More
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