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Music Notes: Hot jazz at Filoli

Tuned in to jazz? Jazz at Filoli, a six-Sunday musical series kicking off this weekend at the historic house and garden, will turn you on.

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Digital Breakdown: Give McConaughey, Hudson a 'Gold' star

Shockingly, the romantic comedy "Fool's Gold," starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, isn't as trite as expected; it falls more along the lines of "Romancing the Stone" than the other Hudson-McConaughey flick, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." The actors play a divorced couple on a treasure hunt to find lost pirate's booty in order to pay off a gangster to whom McConaughey's character owes money. Of course, along the way, through the bickering and bantering, they find love again.

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A history of healing victims of violence

When Raye Lynn Rapoza's husband intentionally drove her and the couple's 4-year-old daughter to their deaths off of a Moss Beach cliff in 2002, the crime shook Wendy Miller to her core.

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U.S. Open presents brutal challenge

My greatest golfing experience came at Pebble Beach, the day after the 1992 U.S. Open, when the press was allowed to play the course under the conditions that Tom Kite had to endure in order to become an Open champion. It was humbling.

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Peninsula Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log

These are excerpts from Peninsula police departments' daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by city.

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S.F. Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log

These are excerpts from the San Francisco Police Department's daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.

SF Gate/Chronicle Headlines
Man kills baby and is shot to death by police

A young Turlock man parked a pickup truck on a dark country road outside his Central Valley city Saturday night, removed a baby boy from a car seat and then viciously beat the child in the street, fighting off passersby who tried to stop him until he was...

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Forecast for lower flood crest at Iowa City

Displaced residents trickled back into the hardest-hit areas of Cedar Rapids on Sunday for their first up-close look at flood devastation, while a forecast of an earlier and lower flood crest at Iowa River sparked hope that the university city would escape a...

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Research illuminates how stem cells may work

UC Berkeley scientists are a step closer to understanding how a series of molecular switches can turn on or off the regenerative power of stem cells that normally build new muscle tissue after it has been damaged. The research, conducted on laboratory mice,...

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Sen. Kennedy preparing to do battle, son says

Sen. Edward Kennedy enjoyed the Fathers Day weekend surrounded by family at his home and preparing to do battle, undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments for his brain cancer, said his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy. The Rhode Island congressman told...

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Flooding in China kills 55; 1 million flee

At least 55 people have died and seven are missing in flooding across a broad stretch of southern China, state media reported Sunday. More than 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes across nine provinces, including Sichuan, which is still...

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16 hurt at Muni streetcars collide near ballpark

Two Municipal Railway light-rail trains collided near San Franciscos AT&T ballpark this afternoon, injuring 16 people, including the trains two drivers. At 2:03 p.m., a westbound one-car T-Third rear-ended a two-car N-Judah, which had stopped at a light on...

SF Business Times Headlines
Donna Scala out at Urban Tavern
It won't open for several months yet, but change is already on the menu at Urban Tavern, Hilton San Francisco's new upscale restaurant.

Matson Navigation to raise charges on Pacific routes
Matson Navigation Co. will raise the fuel surcharge on its Pacific routes in July. (ALEX)

Nasdaq warns Zhone Technologies on minimum stock price
The Nasdaq warned Zhone Technologies Inc. that it could be delisted due to the low price of its stock. (ZHNE)

Tamalpais Bank's parent adopts new name
San Rafael-based Tamalpais Bancorp is the new name adopted for the parent company of Tamalpais Bank and Tamalpais Wealth Advisors. (TAMB)

United Airlines, US Airways latest carriers to charge for checked bag
United Airlines and US Airways will become the second and third major U.S. carriers to charge passengers $15 for their first checked bag. (UAUA) (LCC) (AMR)

Yahoo, Google strike ad deal
Yahoo Inc. agreed Thursday to a search-advertising deal with rival Google Inc. just hours after announcing that Microsoft Corp. was no longer in the picture. (YHOO) (GOOG)

CBS 5 Headlines
Alameda Co. Offers Free Summer Lunches For Kids
The Alameda County Community Food Bank is partnering with the City of Oakland, the school district, and Senator Don Perata, to make sure Oakland children won't go hungry during summer vacation.

San Pablo Teen ID'd In Fatal I-80 Crash
A teenager was killed early Sunday morning when he slammed into a concrete bridge abutment off Interstate Highway 80 in San Pablo, crumpling his car and causing a multi-vehicle pileup behind him.

CA's Constitutional Budget Deadline Arrives
Sunday is the deadline, contained within the California constitution, for the state Assembly to pass the budget.

PG&E Announces Increased Electric Rates
Pacific Gas and Electric has announced plans to increase electric rates by 4.5 percent in October.

SSF Residents Left Without Water After Main Breaks
A water main break in South San Francisco Saturday night left about 30 residences without running water, according to the fire department.

2-Alarm Fire Blazes At SF Park Merced Apartments
San Francisco firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze Sunday morning that burned the seventh floor of an apartment complex in the area of Park Merced, a fire dispatcher said.