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Everyone who knew the 59-year-old nurse — Girl Scout leader, dog lover, school volunteer and devoted mother — is shocked at Bowden's sudden death. But they're not at all surprised that she died helping somebody else. "That was so her,'' said Kirsten …
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Houston's influence emcompassed his work as an author of eight novels and numerous essays and non-fiction books, many of them reflections on California history and culture. He was also a teacher and workshop leader at UC Santa Cruz and several other …
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"There's a lot of neighborhood pride in this event. We get up early to come out and cheer everybody on." Not as early as Brenda Torres, 22, who drove from her home in Los Angeles to stay with Army friends in Sacramento on Friday, sleeping only a few …
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"For years, they talked about going into business together somehow — some kind of small business, like maybe a restaurant. It was funny, all the ideas they used to talk about all the time," she says. Eventually, the two couples went their separate ways …
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She rescued Mickelson — aka Micka, Mickaboo, McMuffin and M-Cat — from Humane Society Silicon Valley seven years ago, and the rascal is now a 20-pounder. "He's the biggest bundle of purrmonster love on the planet," Lisa said. …
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The Castro Valley resident was leading SWAT team members into an East Oakland apartment. "He was the finest human being ever born," close family friend Ted Knight said of Sakai. Knight, a resident of Big Bear Lake, where Sakai was raised, remembers the …
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Andrew Segal was working toward a bachelor of fine arts in musical theater at the University of Arizona. "It was very competitive; you had to audition to get in," Maria Segal said. She noted that two of Andrew's uncles are accomplished musicians, …
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At the same time members of the team are retracing the tragic route of Gough and Peterson on Monday, deputy sheriff Tommy Council will face a judge to determine whether he will stand trial on two counts of vehicular manslaughter. …
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"It's been no vacation," said Council's lawyer, Michael Rains, who also represents baseball player Barry Bonds in his steroids case. Not only have visions of the crash led to nightmares, Rains said, but his client is worried about his career. …
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The annual Winter Cupertino Used Book Sale, hosted by the Friends of the Cupertino Public Library, is scheduled Feb. 28 and March 1 in the community hall, 10350 Torre Ave. Sale hours are 9 am to 4 pm Feb. 28 and noon to 3 pm March. 1. …