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The Insider: Getting her name out there

We'll say this for Sabrina Brennan: She has a no-nonsense approach to campaigning.Brennan was in attendance Wednesday evening at the Comfort Inn in Half Moon Bay, where an audience of roughly 55 people, many of them surfers, packed a meeting of the San Mateo County Harbor Commission.

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Thank the Zero One festival for those pianos along San Jose streets

They're part of British conceptual artist Luke Jerram's outdoor installation 'Play Me, I'm Yours.' The biennial festival, making its third appearance here this month, has attracted unprecedented foundation money and cooperation from local arts groups for what could turn out to be the most cohesive Zero One event yet.

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Private employers add 67,000 jobs, but unemployment rate rises

Positive gains: Private sector surprise, revise of earlier months' numbers cheered
Negative reality: Government layoffs, end of census still sent jobless rate up slightly

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Former SJ State University student sues school and sorority for hazing

When honor student Courtney Howard pledged to join a sorority on San Jose State University, she sought the support of close-knit sisters in the school's small African American community.
Instead, what she got was ritualized hazing that included a nearly month-long string of beatings, punching, kicking and paddling.

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Sales of 'Medal of Honor' video game blocked on U.S. military bases

Decision comes amid storm of protest against Redwood City-based Electronic Arts and its 'first-person shooter'' game, which allows players to pretend they're Taliban fighters killing American soldiers in Afghanistan.

Barry Zito's slide continues as San Francisco Giants fall to Los Angeles Dodgers

Zito is 0-7 with a 5.79 ERA in nine starts (10 appearances) since his last victory July 16 against the New York Mets

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Eric Chavez still holding out hope

Erstwhile A's third baseman isn't ready to announce his retirement

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San Jose State enters Alabama's church of football

San Jose State will experience the passion of Alabama football firsthand when it faces the No. 1 Crimson Tide today before an expected sellout of 101,821 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

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49ers' final roster cuts in; Michael Robinson out

The 49ers said goodbye to Robinson, a team captain and a special-teams Pro Bowl alternate for each of the past two seasons.

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Stanford staffer competes in Scottish games

Participating in the heavy athletic events portion of the games, Alan Hebert, 54, will throw weights for height and distance, toss a 16-pound rock over his shoulder, hurl a 50-inch Scottish hammer over his head and, of course, toss a caber.

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Jerry Brown says hed be a frugal governor

Jerry Brown said Friday that if elected governor he would have to do things that labor doesnt like, including cutting pension benefits for public employees and asking labor leaders to put everything on the table to get Californias bloated budget under...

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Wounded cops wife: Life turned upside down

Nicole Young was at home when she got a call from her husband, Fremont police Officer Todd Young, who told her that he had been shot in the leg in East Oakland. He said he was OK. Thinking it was simply a minor injury, she loaded the couples children into...

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Deputies ask for help in East Bay pot killing

Alameda County sheriffs investigators are asking for the publics help in locating two men charged with murdering a man they apparently suspected of plotting to steal their marijuana. Mohammed Kahn, 47, and Manuel Trujillo, 62, know they are being sought in...

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Skull, other remains found near Golden Gate

A human skull and other bones have been found in a cove in the Marin Headlands, authorities said Friday. The skull was first spotted by a kayaker at 7:30 p.m. Monday in a rocky area by the water below Battery Spencer, near the Golden Gate Bridge, said George...

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Worker killed in chaotic gun battle at pharmacy

A shootout in the Sacramento suburbs has left a pharmacy worker dead and police hunting for two drugstore robbers. Sacramento County Sheriffs Department spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran says two men walked into a Rexall pharmacy Thursday afternoon and demanded...

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Watch those gas pumps; prices expected to fall

Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumns leaves begin to drop. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. Thats...