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<![CDATA[UC Berkeley police break through barricade, arrest 50 students]]>
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<![CDATA[UC Berkeley police have broken through a barricade on the second floor of Wheeler Hall and have begun arresting the 50 students protesting tuition fee increases. <P>  <img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif"> &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="top-stories/ci_13834706" target="_blank">Protesters occupying UC building using Twitter to organize supporters </a></strong>  <P>  <img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif"> &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frr6qPySVak" target="_blank">UC Berkeley Cops hitting students at Wheeler Hall protest</a></strong>  <P>  <img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif"> &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Slideshow: <a href="http://extras.mercurynews.com/slideshows/news/2009/11/ucprotest1120/" target="_blank">Protesters clash with UC Berkeley police </a></strong>]]>
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<![CDATA[cmetinko@bayareanewsgroup.com (Angela Woodall and Chris Metinko / Oakland Tribune)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:29 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Garage fire contained in Pittsburg]]>
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<![CDATA[PITTSBURG &mdash; Contra Costa firefighters have contained a one-alarm fire that burned a garage and an attic at a Pittsburg home this afternoon.The fire in the 1000 block of Ventura Drive was reported at about 4:15 p.]]>
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<![CDATA[rgokhman@bayareanewsgroup.com (Roman Gokhman / Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:56 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[19-year-old suspect in Danville killing has criminal past]]>
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<![CDATA[Teen's arrest record started when he was 13 years old.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Paul T. Rosynsky / Oakland Tribune)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:10:43 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Teen shot to death through his front door]]>
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<![CDATA[A 16-year-old boy was shot to death Thursday night when he went to answer a knock at the door to his home.]]>
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<![CDATA[hharris@bayareanewsgroup.com (Harry Harris / Oakland Tribune)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:45 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[One Pittsburg woman arrested in connection with homicide, another sought]]>
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<![CDATA[n Police say women robbed and shot man from San Francisco(in his car]]>
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<![CDATA[rgokhman@bayareanewsgroup.com (Roman Gokhman / Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:46:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Walnut Creek man pleads no contest to killing Rodeo teen at house party]]>
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<![CDATA[Murder charge dropped in stabbing at summer house party]]>
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<![CDATA[mraley@bayareanewsgroup.com (Malaika Fraley / mfraley@bayareanewsgroup.com)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:46:20 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[San Ramon home burglaries on rise]]>
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<![CDATA[As two-month spree continues despite four arrests, police ask residents to promptly report suspicious behavior.]]>
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<![CDATA[rgokhman@bayareanewsgroup.com (Roman Gokhman / Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:23:48 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Inmate on death row for killing Oakland couple dies at hospital]]>
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<![CDATA[OAKLAND &mdash; Prison officials say a man convicted of a 1987 double murder has died of natural causes, 16 years after he was sent to death row at San Quentin State Prison.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:56 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[After 34 years, death of Oakland woman found in Pleasanton solved]]>
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<![CDATA[The death of an Oakland woman found on Foothill Road in Pleasanton is finally determined to have been accidental.  The 34-year-old mystery of how Karen Rose Robinson died has been solved. Heroin, not a person, killed her.]]>
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<![CDATA[skazmi@bayareanewsgroup.com (Sophia Kazmi  /  Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:40:05 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Newspapers argue for release of Peralta report]]>
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<![CDATA[The college district claims that data on a questionable contract is draft that must be kept secret.]]>
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<![CDATA[tpeele@bayareanewsgroup.com (Thomas Peele / Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:29 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Oakland man to spend life in prison for killing 16-year-old girl]]>
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<![CDATA[Defendant, then 17, fatally shot teen during a robbery attempt in 2003.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Paul T. Rosynsky / Oakland Tribune)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:32 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Read live Twitter posts from inside Wheeler]]>
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<![CDATA[Protesters use web site to update supporters]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Oakland Tribune)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:48 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Former sex crimes prosecutor, accused of rape, caught in conflict]]>
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<![CDATA[Michael Gressett says he can't afford a lawyer, and public defender's office cites conflict of interest in taking the case.]]>
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<![CDATA[jsimerman@bayareanewsgroup.com (John Simerman / Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:05 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Mitchell brothers relative to stand trial in Marin bludgeoning death of ex-girlfriend]]>
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<![CDATA[Pittsburg resident Jim Mitchell is accused of beating the woman to death with a ball bat and kidnapping their infant son.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Gary Klien / Marin Independent Journal)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:28 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Rare Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in U.S.]]>
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<![CDATA[Four cases reported in North Carolina; three of patients have died]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Mike Stobbe / Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:50 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Mt. Diablo school board close to naming Steven Lawrence new superintendent]]>
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<![CDATA[SACRAMENTO &mdash;  The Mt. Diablo school board appeared close today to naming Steven Lawrence, currently superintendent of a West Sacramento school district, as the new Mt.]]>
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<![CDATA[tharrington@bayareanewsgroup.com (Theresa Harrington / Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:08 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns, killing 1]]>
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<![CDATA[Star not on board during crash]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Associated Press)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:42:24 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[More than 50 protesters arrested at UC Davis]]>
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<![CDATA[Anger over a controversial student fee hike approved for the University of California system exploded Thursday into a protest on the Davis campus that ended with a show of force by authorities from throughout the region and more than 50 arrests.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Vacaville Reporter)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:48 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[Mother cited for leaving child in car]]>
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<![CDATA[Police have cited a woman for admittedly leaving her 3-year-old son locked in her car while she was shopping.At about 3:45 p.m. Monday, police received a call about an unattended child sleeping in the back seat of a car in the Southampton shopping center, police said.]]>
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<![CDATA[editor@contracostatimes.com (Vallejo Times-Herald)]]>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:52 -0700]]>
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<![CDATA[UC regents give final approval to fee hikes]]>
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<![CDATA[Student fees will rise 32 percent over eight months, beginning in January.]]>
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<![CDATA[mkrupnick@bayareanewsgroup.com (Matt Krupnick  /  Contra Costa Times)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:12 -0700]]>
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