12/22/09 OROVILLE -- A Butte County jury Monday acquitted an Oroville motorist of a vehicular manslaughter charge. 12/22/09 60 years agoByron and Oakley beat hospital annexation: Heavily favored in Brentwood, Bethel Island and Knightsen, the proposal to annex most of the fifth supervisorial district to the Pittsburg Community Hospital District was defeated in Tuesday's special election by landslide negative vote in both 12/22/09 Today, Bay Area resident David Nininger Wells will think about his father's death. He will think about the sacrifice his father made, serving in the United States Coast Guard, and the 16 people he helped to save before his helicopter -- amid the 12/22/09 California's picturesque coastal prairies and open meadows may be the result of fires set by native peoples thousands of years ago. Kent Lightfoot, a Berkeley professor of anthropology and expert on California Indians and early European colonization, is collecting evidence to demonstrate how much Native Americans relied on fire to manage their environment. 12/22/09 The Turlock Police Department is investigating a fatal incident in which a woman ran onto the tracks in front of a moving freight train Tuesday morning and was killed. 12/22/09 Today, Bay Area resident David Nininger Wells will think about his father's death. He will think about the sacrifice his father made, serving in the United States Coast Guard, and the 16 people he helped to save before his helicopter -- amid the 12/22/09 Pro Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 5 0 .643 365 244 Miami 7 7 0 .500 316 333 N.Y. Jets 7 7 0 .500 282 221 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 225 288 South W L T Pct PF PA x-Indianapolis 14 0 0 1.000 394 248 Jacksonville 7 7 0 .500 266 322 Tennessee 7 7 0 .500 320 347 Houston 7 7 0 .500 327 286 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 9 5 0 .643 288 244 Baltimore ... 12/22/09 Detectives yesterday arrested a man suspected in the death of another man during a drive-by shooting Dec. 10 in the Logan Heights neighborhood. 12/22/09 Radioactive tritium accidentally released Monday into Lake Ontario from Darlington nuclear generating station poses no harm to local residents, according to Ontario Power Generation, which has launched an investigation and continues to test lake water hourly. 12/22/09 California's picturesque coastal prairies and open meadows may be the result of fires set by native peoples thousands of years ago. Kent Lightfoot, a Berkeley professor of anthropology and expert on California Indians and early European colonization, is collecting evidence to demonstrate how much Native Americans relied on fire to manage their environment. 12/22/09 Today, Bay Area resident David Nininger Wells will think about his father's death. He will think about the sacrifice his father made, serving in the United States Coast Guard, and the 16 people he helped to save before his helicopter -- amid the 12/22/09 Police believe Tylar Witt, 14, and her boyfriend may be the Bay Area Bonnie and Clyde | 
