MESA, Ariz. — The exhibition season is less than a week old, but the mantra for the young Oakland Athletics pitching staff is clear: "In Kendall, We Trust." "I've thrown to him twice," starter Joe Blanton said. "I haven't shook him off yet.
I DON'T know why everyone is so crabby about tofu. I hear people say it's too jiggly or too bland. I hear them say it doesn't taste enough like beef, which is like complaining that green beans don't taste like chocolate ice cream.
SAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Tuesday it would bid $525 million for Retek Inc. as it attempts to prevent the company from being sold to one if its fiercest rivals, Germany-based SAP.
PHILADELPHIA — There was Chris Webber sitting on the bench, boos serenading Philadelphia's impact player and the Sixers trailing by double digits to woeful Golden State.
Second-ranked Cal's softball team defeated No.7 Alabama 7-0 in the title game of the Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament on Sunday in Honolulu. The Bears (18-1), who beat Delaware State 12-1 in the semifinals, swept all seven games at the tournament.
OAKLAND — Halfway through the fiscal year, the Oakland Police Department is on track to exceed its budget by $12.9 million, mostly because of overtime pay. Despite that, however, the city is expected to end this fiscal year with a $6.
SACRAMENTO — Ten California labor unions announced Tuesday they had formed a political committee that would spend whatever it takes to combat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's reform agenda.
OAKLAND — Mayor Jerry Brown may view billboards as "a modern piece of commercial art," but a City Council committee doesn't, and it voted Tuesday to explore options available to stop them from sprouting up around the Port of Oakland.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hundreds of thousands jammed a central Beirut square Tuesday, chanting support for Syria and anti-U.S. slogans in a thundering show of strength by the militant group Hezbollah. The rally greatly outnumbered recent demonstrations against Syria's presence in Lebanon.
SACRAMENTO — State education officials said Tuesday they will investigate the business practices of a Pasadena-based charter school that serves 20,000 students at dozens of centers throughout California.
Options for Youth is the state's largest independent study charter school organization.
FRESNO — The niece of a man charged with killing nine of his children gave graphic testimony Tuesday about the sexual abuse she suffered in his household, describing years of strict discipline, repeated rape and lengthy discussions about "having babies for the Lord.
Areal-life hero came to Oakland on Feb. 28 and most of the mainstream media ignored him — but the public did not.
The Oakland Public Library arranged for Paul Rusesabagina of "Hotel Rwanda" fame to give a lecture as part of its "Conversations of Conscience" series at the Oakland Museum.
