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H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Clinics Planned Around the Bay Area This Weekend

Health officials are holding free H1N1 flu vaccinations throughout  the Bay Area Saturday, but the vaccines will only be available for people at  the highest risk for illness from the virus. Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz are among the  counties hosting clinics. Due to limited supplies of the vaccines, only pregnant women,  young children, and people with chronic medical conditions or compromised  immune systems will be eligible to receive the vaccine.

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Three Men Accused in Alleged Santa Rosa Gang Rape to Stand Trial

Three Santa Rosa men were held over for trial Wednesday on five  felony charges stemming from the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl in April. Oscar Anibal Magana-Aristando, 20, Salvador Armando Rivas, 18, and  Alejandro Corado, 31, will re-enter pleas to the charges on Nov. 12 in Sonoma  County Superior Court. They are charged with rape in concert by force or violence,  kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, oral copulation in concert by  force, and giving a minor a controlled substance.

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Trial Begins in Sonoma County's Brutal Stabbing Murder Case

Honorio Pantaleon killed his common-law wife and tried to kill her  mother but he was delusional and believed both of them had implanted demons  and snakes inside him, his defense attorney told a Sonoma County jury Thursday  morning. "This is not first-degree murder and torture," Deputy Public  Defender Jeff Mitchell told the jury during his opening statement in the  trial in Sonoma County Superior Court.

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Few People Speak at Hearing About Increasing Bay Area Bridge Tolls

A key transportation committee is considering raising tolls by at  least $1 on the Bay Area's seven state-owned bridges next year, but the  proposal doesn't seem to be generating much controversy as only five people  spoke at a public hearing on the subject Wednesday.

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Napa County's H1N1-Swine Flu Vaccines Will Mostly Go to Pregnant Women

Napa County has received 2,800 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, most  of which will go to local obstetricians and gynecologists who serve pregnant  women, according to county health officials. The doses arrived Friday, Napa County spokeswoman Elizabeth Emmett  said. There are 1,500 doses of adult vaccine without preservatives,  which are appropriate for pregnant women and other adults, county Public  Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith said.

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Vallejo Police Investigate Shooting Death of Teen

Vallejo police said a 19-year old man was sitting in a car with a  teenage girl drinking milkshakes when he was fatally shot during an attempted  robbery early this morning. Lt. Abel Tenorio said one of the three suspects took the girl out  of the car and threw her to the ground before the shots were fired. The girl  was not injured.

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Extra $18 Vehicle License Fee Suggested to Help State Parks

A coalition of environmental and nonprofit groups are hoping an increase in vehicle license fees will help keep California parks open and accessible to residents. The new initiative, California State Parks and Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2010, would charge drivers an extra $18 to register their vehicles. In exchange, motorists would receive free admission to all state parks.

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Fired H.P CEO Carly Fiorina Enters Race for U.S. Senate

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said Wednesday she is running for the Republican nomination to battle liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat. Fiorina ended months of speculation with an announcement in an opinion piece in the Orange County Register. She then made a formal announcement Wednesday morning in Garden Grove.

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