My Blog My WordPress Blog

MARTINEZ, Calif. – The Coast Guard says a significant amount of gasoline may have spilled into San Francisco Bay after a tugboat struck a refinery pipeline. The collision took place sometime during the night at the Tesoro Petroleum’s Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez, about 30 miles east of San Francisco. …

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma – A 19-year-old first-year student at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state. With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 70 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said …

SAN FRANCISCO – California prosecutors have declined to charge De Anza College baseball players who were accused of raping a 17-year-old girl last year. The Santa Clara County district attorney’s decision not to press charges sparked outrage last year. Local prosecutors also declined to pursue a woman’s claim that she …