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.

Dozens of photographs of birthdays, basketball games and graduations greeted mourners at the entrance of the tightly packed St. Paul Church on Tuesday, but all eyes were affixed on the caskets ahead of them, grave reminders that three lives were taken from a San Francisco family.

Mayor Gavin Newsom made it unofficially official that will he will run for governor in 2010.

Airline passengers will cram just about anything in an overhead compartment - from giant, bulging duffel bags to an actual human being.

Hard as it is to believe, point guard Baron Davis has played his last game for the Warriors.

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

John McCain denied a Republican colleagues claim that he roughed up an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on a diplomatic mission in 1987, saying the allegation was simply not true. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., told a Mississippi newspaper that...

Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoos online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. The latest twist in Microsofts convoluted courtship caused Yahoos shares to rise more than...

Colombia freed Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors from leftist guerrillas on Wednesday after military spies tricked rebels into giving them up without a single injury, the defense minister said. The rescue is the most serious blow ever...

A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians in a deadly rampage Wednesday that killed three people and wounded dozens in Jerusalem. The attackers unusual weapon _ a...

A hedge fund swindler who set off a national manhunt when he faked his suicide to avoid reporting to prison surrendered Wednesday to small-town police in Massachusetts. U.S. Marshals said his own mother helped broker the surrender. Authorities suspect he had...

Three of the Memorial Stadium tree-sitters left their perches today and Tuesday night, leaving just four protesters making a stand against UCs plans to build an athletic training center in the grove, UC Berkeley officials said. The three protesters, who have...

SEIU reaches tentative contract at 10 NorCal nursing homes
United Healthcare Workers West -- the Oakland-based local that's feuding with its Service Employees International Union parent -- said Wednesday it's reached a tentative contract agreement at 10 Mariner Health Care nursing homes in the region, including six in the East Bay.

Titan Parkinson's treatment fails trial, likely to be dropped by Bayer Schering
Titan Pharamceutical Inc.'s potential cell-based treatment for Parkinson's Disease failed in a Phase IIb study, the company said Wednesday, and likely won't be continued by partner Bayer Schering Pharma.

Francisco Partners wraps up $720M sale of Metrologic Instruments
Private equity fund Francisco Partners finished selling its portfolio company Metrologic Holdings Corp. to Honeywell International for $720 million. (HON)

Bayer to pay up to $120M for Maxygen hemophilia program
Bayer HealthCare will pay $90 million up front -- with potential milestone payments of an additional $30 million -- for Redwood City-based Maxygen Inc.'s hemophilia drug program. (MAXY)

San Leandro's Energy Recovery shines in IPO
Energy Recovery Inc. priced its initial public offering of 14 million shares at $8.50 each, and the shares jumped to $11 each in early trading Wednesday. (ERII)

Oakland Council Head: Edgerly Firing Long Overdue
Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente said Wednesday that he supported the decision to fire the city's embattled administrator, suspected of tampering with a police investigation, calling it "long overdue.''

Police Raid Hells Angels Locales In SF, North Bay
Police and the FBI executed search warrants Wednesday morning in San Francisco, Healdsburg and Santa Rosa in an effort to find evidence connecting Hells Angels members to assaults in February and March.

All Of Big Sur Now Evacuated; SoCal Fire Flares
Authorities ordered more Big Sur residents to evacuate Wednesday after a wildfire burning for more than a week jumped a fire line and threatened more homes. Meanwhile a new wildfire is spreading in the southern extension of the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara.

SF Police Crack Down On Tenderloin Robberies
San Francisco police arrested 12 people in two undercover robbery abatement operations in the past week targeting crime in the city's Tenderloin district and Market Street corridor, police announced Wednesday.

Victim Identified In Oakland Fatal Shooting
Police released the identity Wednesday of a 22-year-old man who was
fatally shot at a gas station in the city Tuesday night.