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<![CDATA[Top Stories]]> en News 15 <![CDATA[Transfer club at Oakland's Merritt College helps students navigate path to universities]]> By Katy Murphy Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[$590 million Powerball jackpot: 1 winning ticket sold in Florida]]> By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press <![CDATA[UC Berkeley commencement: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gives graduates a happiness equation]]> By Katy Murphy Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Shirakawa's decisive vote in ambulance deal prompts Santa Clara County scrutiny]]> By Karen de Sá kdesa@mercurynews.com <![CDATA[Oakland officers' punishments rescinded in tragic SWAT raid]]> By Matthew Artz Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Super Bowl vote: 49ers, Bay Area prepare for NFL's decision Tuesday]]> By Mike Rosenberg <a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a> <![CDATA[Oakland Effect: Police say Melrose and 50th is latest crime 'hot spot']]> By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[I-880 shootings: Investigators to review video surveillance tapes for leads]]> By Harry Harris Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Powerball jackpot lures hopefuls around the Bay Area]]> By Steve Johnson and Katie Nelson Mercury News <![CDATA[Burlingame Japanese restaurant skewered for serving lion meat]]> By Aaron Kinney akinney@bayareanewsgroup.com <![CDATA[Citywise: Deborah Edgerly returns to Oakland City Hall as union consultant]]> By Matthew Artz and Rebecca Parr Bay Area News Group <![CDATA[East Bay high school seniors without plans told college is still in reach]]> By Ashly McGlone Hayward Daily Review <![CDATA[Longshoreman killed when truck plunges into the bay]]> By Harry Harris and Kristin J. Bender Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Suspected gang members convicted in Hayward carjacking, shooting at Oakland CHP officer]]> By Harry Harris Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Castro Valley: Man in critical condition after shooting by deputy near I-580]]> By Rick Hurd Bay Area News Group <![CDATA[Grilling goes sustainable -- and delicious]]> By Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times <a href='mailto:jburrell@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jburrell@bayareanewsgroup.com</a> <![CDATA[Part of Telegraph Avenue to close on Sundays in summer]]> By Doug Oakley Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Huge parcel in Fremont slated for development]]> By George Avalos Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Oakland: Suspect jumping on trains wreaks havoc at MacArthur BART station]]> By Rick Hurd Contra Costa Times <![CDATA[East Bay men sentenced in attack on federal agent]]> By Katie Nelson Contra Costa Times <![CDATA[STAR test scores raise questions, but don't prove cheating]]> From staff reports <![CDATA[Hayward: Suspect arrested in officer-involved shooting near DMV office]]> By Natalie Neysa Alund Bay Area News Group <![CDATA[Celebrity figure skater Johnny Weir to headline Oakland show]]> By Elliott Almond ealmond@mercurynews.com <![CDATA[Hayward police shooting raises questions]]> By Rebecca Parr The (Hayward) Daily Review <![CDATA[Swine flu turns up in elephant seals off Central Coast]]> ]]> By Jessica Shugart and Elizabeth Devitt Staff writers <![CDATA[San Lorenzo: Man struck and killed by train Wednesday afternoon]]> By Kristin J. Bender Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Advocates for California poor insist fight has just begun]]> By Steven Harmon Bay Area News Group <![CDATA[Oakland council pulls talk about audit criticized by black leaders]]> By Matthew Artz Matthew Artz <![CDATA[EBMUD proposes 19 percent water rate hike over two years]]> By Denis Cuff Contra Costa Times <![CDATA[Cal grad student guilty of killing girlfriend, her son in DUI crash]]> By Paul T. Rosynsky Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[Newark Junior High offers school app to communicate better with parents, help students]]> By Chris De Benedetti The Argus <![CDATA[San Jose: Grand jury indicts owner of party bus involved in Santa Cruz woman's death on Highway 17]]> By Robert Salonga rsalonga@mercurynews.com <![CDATA[Exploratorium reinvents the museum cafe]]> By Jackie Burrell <a href='mailto:jburrell@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jburrell@bayareanewsgroup.com</a> <![CDATA[Alameda: Woman, 83, discovers burglar in her living room, police say]]> By Peter Hegarty phegarty@bayareanewsgroup.com <![CDATA[Bay Bridge: Senate committee is told decision to use susceptible steel for anchor rods was a group exercise]]> By Lisa Vorderbrueggen Contra Costa Times <![CDATA[Lukewarm support, hostile reaction to proposal to lower DUI line]]> By Robert Salonga <a href='mailto:rsalonga@mercurynews.com'>rsalonga@mercurynews.com</a> <![CDATA[Gov. Brown proposes more education spending, but his budget is less upbeat]]> ]]> By Steven Harmon, Josh Richman, Theresa Harrington and Katy Murphy Bay Area News Group <![CDATA[Oakland's new interim police chief, Sean Whent, still looking to win over officers]]> By Matthew Artz Oakland Tribune <![CDATA[California Gov. Jerry Brown proposes more education spending, but his budget is less upbeat]]> By Steven Harmon, Josh Richman, Theresa Harrington and Katy Murphy Bay Area News Group