Inventor of Post-it Notes adhesive dies at age 80
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The inventor of the adhesive used on one of 3M’s best-known products, the Post-it Note, has died, according to the company and his published obituary. Spencer Silver was 80 and died...
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Child reporter who interviewed President Obama dies at age 23
By Melissa Alonso | CNN Damon Weaver, who as a child landed an interview with President Barack Obama in 2009, has died at the age of 23, according to a medical examiner. At age 11, Weaver was selected...
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Charles Grodin, star of ‘Midnight Run’ and ‘Beethoven,’ dies at 86
By Jake Coyle | Associated Press Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in “The Heartbreak Kid” and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niro’s...
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San Francisco Giants’ first major free-agent addition dies at 72
Former major leaguer Rennie Stennett, the San Francisco Giants’ first high-priced signing of baseball’s free agent era, died in Coconut, Fla. after a battle with cancer. He was 72. Stennett was best...
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Ex-Oakland councilmember, regional parks director John Sutter dies
OAKLAND — John Sutter, a champion of San Francisco Bay Area transit, environmental preservation and open space efforts, died late last week. He was 92. Born on July 15, 1928, Sutter grew up in Oakland,...
View ArticlePioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Richard Pryor, dies at 79 at his...
By JAKE COYLE | The Associated Press NEW YORK — Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life...
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San Jose State, Olympic track legend Lee Evans has died
Lee Evans, the two-time Olympic champion who was a major part of San Jose State’s Speed City track program and an activist for social justice, has died in Nigeria where he had been unconscious for the...
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Redwood City: New Veterans Memorial Senior Center to begin construction in July
REDWOOD CITY — More than a decade in the making, a new senior center and veterans memorial building will finally begin construction at Red Morton Park in July after council members unanimously voted to...
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WWII sailor finally identified through DNA, returns to California to be...
After almost 80 years, Wallace Gregory Mitchell, a seaman first class in the U.S. Navy, has finally returned home. Mitchell, 19, serving on the U.S.S. Oklahoma, was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor...
View ArticleFormer Sen. John Warner, ex-husband of Elizabeth Taylor, dies at 94
By EILEEN PUTMAN | The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a centrist Republican who served as Navy secretary and one of the Senate’s most influential military...
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Alameda briefs: Arnold Brillinger, who served on Alameda’s commission for...
ALAMEDA Arnold Brillinger, of Oakland, who was a member of the city of Alameda’s Commission on Persons with Disabilities, passed away May 19 at age 72. Known by family and friends as Arne, he was...
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Eric Carle, author of the beloved children’s book ‘The Very Hungry...
By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their...
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Taptej Singh: VTA light rail operator killed in San Jose’s mass shooting...
The family of Taptej Singh, a 36-year-old VTA light rail operator, waited all day for the news they wished they’d never get. Singh, married with a 3-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter, was gunned...
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Photos: San Jose mourns nine VTA workers killed in mass shooting
Related Articles VTA mass shooting: South Bay light-rail service suspended indefinitely They said it: Rail yard rampage Horror at the VTA: The unbridled terror, true heroism behind Bay Area’s deadliest...
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Photos: Rededication of Oakland’s Firestorm Memorial Garden
A granite bench on Hiller Drive now bears the name of fallen Oakland Fire Battalion Chief James M. Riley Jr. The bench was dedicated during a ceremony at Oakland’s Firestorm Memorial Garden on...
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Remembering Michael Rudometkin, a VTA technician killed in San Jose mass...
The family of Michael Rudometkin, who died at age 40 in Wednesday’s mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, said they were left devastated by the loss and are...
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Alex Fritch: A ‘fairytale romance’ and loving father lost in San Jose VTA...
Terra Fritch first met her future husband, Alex Fritch, at the country Saddle Rack Bar when it was in San Jose through mutual friends. “He had noticed me but I had not noticed him,” Terra said. Still,...
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World War II tail gunner’s death pieced together by California family
Sgt. Cruz Coyazo is coming home after more than 76 years. The Redlands native was a tail gunner on a B-26 Marauder during World War II when his plane was shot down in a burst of flames during a bombing...
View ArticleWriter Michael Lewis’ 19-year-old daughter dies in Northern California crash
LOS ANGELES — The 19-year-old daughter of “Moneyball” writer Michael Lewis and former MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren died in a Northern California highway crash. Dixie Lewis was a passenger in a car...
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Mark Eaton, NBA shot-blocking legend, dies in bicycle crash
By TIM REYNOLDS Mark Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA’s defensive player of the year during a career spent entirely with the Utah Jazz, has died. He was 64. The Summit...
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