The wait is over. The Powerball numbers are out. 

At 8 p.m., the winning numbers were chosen: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and Powerball 11. Of the millions and millions of people who put down $2 on a dream to become instantly rich, one winning ticket was purchased - in the state of Florida. 

No California tickets hit the big jackpot.

A Powerball ticket sold in a San Jose store did have five of the six winning numbers, but missed the Powerball number. The ticket is worth $2,309,228, according to California Lottery officials.

It was sold at the 7-Eleven at 2440 Almaden Expressway. A second ticket with the same winning numbers was sold at a 7-Eleven in Kern County. 

The estimated $600 million ended up being just a little shy of the $600M-mark. Lottery officials said late Saturday they estimate the jackpot at $590.5 million with an estimated cash value of $376,900,000.

California joined the Powerball club in December. This was the first mega-jackpot that allowed us to join in on the ticket buying frenzy. Tickets were sold wherever Super Lotto or Mega Million tickets were sold. Currently, 43 states participate in the Powerball Lottery.

Lottery officials say adding California to the mix has given the Powerball jackpot a quick growth spurt that helped lead to Saturday night's prize.

If no one had won tonight, the pot could have gone as high as $975 million, according to the Lottery.

Those looking to find an advantage visited spots deemed lucky retailers. The list included six Bay Area retailers that had a history of selling winning tickets stretching from Santa Cruz to Alameda.

One of those on the list is Kavanagh Liquors in Alameda. It reported long lines throughout the day Friday, with even longer lines Saturday.

Another lucky store was in Los Altos. It was also a very popular destination Saturday thanks to its lucky status with the California lottery.

JP Liquors had lines out the door at times.

Here's what customers and an employee had to say about the chances of a winner coming from Los Altos:

The largest jackpot ever was a $656 million Mega Millions prize won in March 2012. The prize was split three ways with winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.

People in Nevada drove hours to cross the California state line in order to buy tickets. Those lines were blocks long Friday and were expected to get longer Saturday.

The photo to the right is the line at the Primm store in Nipton, California.  The store is very close to the Nevada border and many Nevadans make the trek.

NBC Bay Area reporter Sam Brock broke down the bad news to us.

He has a Reality Check on the odds we really have of winning the money. Odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 175 million.

His video below:

One of San Jose City Hall's prized falcons was found dead Sunday morning.

Gabriel Mcclelland said he was walking by city hall at 10:15 a.m. Sunday morning when he stopped and noticed a falcon on the ground. The bird wasn't moving, so he called police.
Mcclelland said he recognized the bird as one of the celebrated Peregrine falcons that hatched on top of the city hall this spring.

According to Glenn Stewart, a local bird expert from the University of California at Santa Cruz, the death was an unfortunate but completely natural event.
"They're still kind of clumsy at this age," Stewart said.

The bird was one of the latest offspring of mother falcon Clara and her mate Fernanfo El Cojete. Clara has nested on the south wall of city hall, about 20 stories off the ground, for the past seven years.

The three male falcons hatched this year in early April and were later named Orion, Comet and Striker by Mayor Chuck Reed's office after local school children submitted their name suggestions.
The names came right in time for the bird's first flight earlier this month.

It is not the first time that some of the young falcons have died.
In 2010, two of Clara's four chicks died before reaching adulthood.

This time, Steward, explained, "mom and dad deliver food to the babies, there was a midair delivery, and the baby grabbed the pigeon and looked for a place to eat it. They fly well but they don't land very well. It just crashed and died immediately," he said.

About two-dozen pairs of peregrines are known to live in the Bay Area.
 

Police officers fatally shot a machete-wielding man who was allegedly smashing patrol car windows in front of the Inglewood Police Department headquarters, authorities said.

The man, whose name was not released, was shot once in the torso just before 6 p.m. on Saturday. He broke windows on at least eight squad cars before the shooting, police said.

The incident was under investigation.

A University of California, Berkeley study testing 32 common lipsticks and lip glosses found metals like lead, titanium, manganese and chromium.

Scientists were concerned that overexposure to the metals could lead to health problems in the long term, and asked government officials to take a closer look at regulations. Women who applied lipsticks several times each day were particularly at risk of overexposure.

The U.S. does not ban metals from cosmetic products, unlike European nations.

"Just finding these metals isn't the issue; it's the levels that matter," study principal investigator S. Katharine Hammond, professor of environmental health sciences, said in a prepared statement. "Some of the toxic metals are occurring at levels that could possibly have an effect in the long term."

Lead was found in 24 products at fairly low levels. Chromium, which has been linked to stomach cancer, was present in potentially dangerous levels in some lipsticks and lip glosses.

The European Union bans cadmium, chromium and lead in all cosmetic products.

"I believe the FDA should pay attention to this," said study lead author Sa Liu, a UC Berkeley researcher in environmental health sciences in a prepared statement. "The lipsticks and lip glosses in our study are common brands available in stores everywhere. Based upon our findings, more thorough survey of lip products - and cosmetics in general - is warranted."

A five-year-old child was hospitalized after falling out of a window in San Francisco's Sunset District this morning, a fire department dispatcher said.
Firefighters responded to reports of an injured child at a home in the 3800 block of 38th Avenue at about 11 a.m., and learned that it had fallen from a second-floor window, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
The child was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and was expected to survive.

Napa police are looking for the person who punched and robbed a Taco Bell employee Sunday morning.

The employee had the deposit bag stolen from her shortly before 9 a.m. at the restaurant at 155 Soscol Ave. The suspect then punched the employee in the face and ran west through the parking lot toward a Home Depot store.

A second suspect seen in a gray pickup truck that was stopped in the Taco Bell parking lot drove in the same direction the first suspect ran, police said.

The victim was not injured, and the case remains under investigation.

A number of people drove by the area during the robbery.

More than 30,000 people, many of them dressed in costumes, participated in the 102nd annual Bay to Breakers race Sunday morning, making their way from the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood, across the city to Ocean Beach.

According to preliminary results, runners from Ethiopia and Burundi were first to cross the finish line.

Ethiopian Tolossa Gedefa Fufi was the top male runner, completing the 7.46-mile course through San Francisco in 35 minutes and 1 second, race spokeswoman DeeDee Taft said.
 

The second fastest in the men's competition was American Ryan Hall, with a course time of 35 minutes and 40 seconds.
 

One the women's side, Burundi athlete Diane Nukuri-Johnson finished first, running the course in 40 minutes and 12 seconds, according to preliminary results.
 

Adrienne Herzog of the Netherlands came in second with a time of 40 minutes and 42 seconds.

An Amtrak train traveling from New Orleans to Chicago derailed Sunday with at least 197 passengers on board, according to officials.

The City of New Orleans train No. 58 was scheduled to arrive in Chicago, but derailed at 9:30 a.m. CDT just outside Chicago’s Union Station on 16th Street, officials said.

Shuttle buses transported passengers to Union Station and no injuries have been reported, authorities said.

Amtrak officials said the wheels of the train "lost contact with the tracks," but no further details were immediately available Sunday morning.

Trains on Metra's Rock Island District line are blocked from entering or exiting the LaSalle Street station. Commuters on delayed Metra trains are being routed to CTA buses, which will take them around the blockage, according to Metra's website.

CTA is honoring Metra passes for commuters between LaSalle Street station and their 35th Street station on the Green Line. Commuters can then board metra trains from the Lou Jones station, Metra said.

Metra trains No. 214 and 209 will not operate Sunday due the obstruction, according to Metra.

Amtrak train No. 391 is also delayed up to three hours, Amtrak officials said.

Check back for updates on this developing story.

President Obama speaks to the class of 2013 at Morehouse College.

 

The MTA says that the clean-up process has begun at the Metro-North Railroad crash site after Friday's rush hour derailment in Connecticut that injured 72 people.

The National Transportation Safety Board authorized the removal of rail cars from the crash site on Saturday night, allowing the investigation and clean-up process to proceed. All rail cars were removed by Sunday afternoon and taken to the Bridgeport railyard, according to the NTSB.

"Our crews will essentially be rebuilding two thousand feet of damaged track, and overhead wires and signal system," said Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut.

Crews will work around-the-clock over multiple days to rebuild, which means disruption to the New Haven line will persist in the coming week, Permut said.

Investigators are looking into a broken part of the rail that underwent repairs last month, but have not determined whether it was a pre-existing fracture or if it occurred as a result of the accident, according to NTSB spokesperson Earl Weener, who spoke at a news conference on Saturday afternoon. The board said the FBI has ruled out foul play in the investigation.

The trains were traveling at approximately 70 mph at the time of the crash, which is the posted speed limit, according to the NTSB.

Officials arrived on the scene on Saturday morning to begin investigating the cause of the train crash, injuries sustained by the commuters and operator performance.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and other officials spoke at a news conference on Saturday morning where they described a grisly scene after a Metro-North commuter train heading east from New York City derailed and was hit by an oncoming train heading west from New Haven.

"The damage is absolutely staggering," Sen. Blumenthal said. "Ribbons on the sides of cars are torn away like ribbons of clothes."

The NTSB's investigation could take seven to 10 days but that does not mean that service shutdown will take that long, board spokesman Earl Weener said..

The eastbound Metro-North train derailed just after 6:00 p.m. and was hit between the Bridgeport and Fairfield stations, officials said.

"We came to a sudden halt. We were jerked. There was smoke," Alex Cohen, a Canadian passenger on the westbound train en route to New York, told NBC Connecticut.

"People were screaming; people were really nervous. We were pretty shaken up. They had to smash a window to get us out," he said.

St. Vincent Hospital in Bridgeport, Conn. said on Saturday that it saw a total of 46 patients, six of whom were admitted for treatment.  As of Saturday night, all patients remained in the hospital and were reportedly in stable condition.

Bridgeport Hospital saw 26 patients and admitted three. Two of those patients were in critical condition a day after the accident, and one was in stable condition.

Chicago's Navy Pier went into the record books this weekend for longest ride on a Ferris wheel.

Beginning Friday, pier operations manager Clinton Shepherd attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the longest ride on Chicago's iconic attraction. Shepherd hopped on at 2:30 p.m. with plans to stay on for a full 48 hours.

The previous record was 30 hours and 35 seconds. Shepherd broke that record and Navy Pier lit up the sky with fireworks after 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, but he didn't stop there.

He remained on the wheel for another 18 hours to reach his 48-hour goal, setting a new record of 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds on the Ferris wheel with no sleep.

Throughout the process, fan could follow Shepherd on Twitter and ask him questions via #FWRecord. Or ride along with him to be a part of history.

Navy Pier also offered free rides on all Pier Park attractions to all active military men and women and their families ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday. 

“This achievement highlights Navy Pier as the number one tourist attraction in the Midwest and serves as a great attraction as the City of Chicago honors the men and women of the Armed Forces,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.

“Navy Pier is excited to host Clinton’s world record attempt,” Navy Pier, Inc CEO Marilynn Gardner said. “We support his commitment to bringing the world record to the city of Chicago where the first Ferris wheel was built in 1893 and we are proud to partner with him to dedicate his ride to the men and women of the armed forces.” 
 

A deaf 11-year-old mini Yorkie apparently taken by dognappers demanding $1,000 from his owners was dropped off by someone in a white car near his owner's home on Saturday, the dog's owner told NBC4 News.

Someone speeding by in a white car with tinted windows dropped off the dog named Walter. A woman walking her dog in the neighborhood noticed the Yorkie, checked his dog tag and called the owner, Tricia O’Kelley.

Walter, who weighs about 5 pounds, hadn't been seen since Thursday afternoon in the family’s fenced-in backyard along Los Feliz Boulevard in the Griffith Park area. 

A blocked number called O’Kelley’s cellphone, which is listed on Walter’s tags, about 10:15 p.m. Thursday.

The man on the other end of the line told O’Kelley he wants $1,000 for the dog’s safe return. O’Kelley said she heard another man laughing in the background.

Her husband took over negotiations. The dognapper said he’d call back and hung up.

Within minutes, the blocked number called back and this time, O’Kelley’s husband, Adam Rosenblatt, put the call on speaker so the police on a second phone could hear.

The dognapper laid out his demands.

He wanted the family to create phony fliers offering a $1,000 reward for Walter’s return and listed streets on which he wanted them posted. Then, he would bring one of those posters to a Chevron station on Western and Franklin avenues where he would exchange the dog for the cash.

Police suggested they make the fliers and meet the men at the gas station with a plain-clothed officer.

O’Kelley’s husband was in the process of hanging up the fliers when the man called back, saying he’d been lied to and that police were at the gas station.

“He said, ‘Don’t lie to me. I’m keeping your dog,’” O’Kelley said.

That last phone call at 11:15 p.m. Thursday came from a 7-Eleven payphone in North Hollywood, O’Kelley said. And that was the last time she heard from whoever has Walter.

Walter has a condition that causes his trachea to collapse, which is common for his breed.

Walter was outfitted with tags and has a microchip.

The lines outside the San Jose Convention Center started forming Friday morning as people began to wait their turn to get free dental care.

Once a year, people without health insurance can get free dental work in San Jose thanks to an army of some 800 dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants from across the state who give up their weekend in order to offer the free service. 

Some patients camped out overnight to make sure they got to see someone. One man said he hadn't seen a dentist in 13 years. 

By Friday night, the line was a block long as hundreds decided they would sleep on the streets in order to make sure they got the medical attention they needed.

Patients were seen on a first come first served basis for services ranging from basic exams and cleanings to fillings, root canals and extractions.

It's estimated that 30-percent of Californians don't have dental insurance.  That adds up to 11 million people. 

The first patients were seen at 5 a.m. Saturday.   The clinic is also open Sunday. 

The event is sponsored by the California Dental Association.

More than 2,000 people are expected to get help by the time the clinic closes on Sunday.  

Maybe you slipped something into your pocket before you paid, or you were caught – beer in hand – at 20 years old.

What happens if you’re caught and arrested? Will you be fired from your job? Spend time in jail?

That could depend on where you committed the crime.

For a man we’ll identify as “Mark,” it was the difference of just hundreds of feet. He was caught by security personnel at the Macy’s store at the Stanford Shopping Center when he was 19 years old, a college student at the time.

Mark said his friend knew the guy behind the cash register who was set to give them a “good deal.” He and his friend were getting ready to walk out with hundreds of dollars of merchandise, but they were just the first two to get caught that day. He described spending eight hours in a “back room” in the department store, questioned before Palo Alto police picked him and the five others up.

Mark added he had never experienced anything like it – the worst thing he’d done before was get a parking ticket.

“There was six of us in the squad cars to Palo Alto Police Department. Then they put us in a transport vehicle three-by-three, facing each other with a metal wall divider in the back,” Mark described. “If everything went down for what I was charged with, I could have been charged with double felony at the age of 19 for something stupid.”

But Mark wasn’t even charged. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office officially kicked off a new misdemeanor diversion program last July for petty theft, trespass, and vandalism charges. James Gibbons-Shapiro oversees the Misdemeanor Unit at the D.A.’s Office.

“If you have low or no criminal record, then we will offer you the opportunity before we file criminal charges to participate in diversion.” What that meant for Mark was completing 50 hours of community service and voluntarily attending two counseling classes. He said that made the difference for him – allowing him to pay back to the community and then move on with his life, nothing on his record. But he had been very close to a different outcome.

Stanford Shopping Center is in Palo Alto, which is part of Santa Clara County. Just hundreds of feet to the west was the San Francisquito Creek, and everything on the other side of that falls into San Mateo County where every single misdemeanor, even if it’s a first-time low-level and nonviolent offense, will be charged. “If someone has stolen something, like anything else they have to accept the consequences for their conduct if they’re caught,” said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County District Attorney. “We do convict them for that. Something as simple as vandalism – we will prosecute.”

The punishment for the lowe-level misdemeanors include things like taking part in the Sheriff’s Work Program, which usually involves picking up trash on the side of the highway, being subject to police searches, and paying hefty fines. Conviction for this category of misdemeanors usually does not result in jail time, but even misdemeanors can stick around someone’s record for years. “We don’t want people to lose their jobs,” Wagstaffe explained. “We don’t want people to have their lives destroyed over a misdemeanor but we do want them to make amends for the criminal conduct.”

Paula Canny, a Redwood City-based defense attorney, showed NBC Bay Area a letter she penned to Wagstaffe last May asking him to consider adopting misdemeanor diversion programs in San Mateo County. “I’ve known Steve Wagstaffe for 30 years. He is a really good lawyer, but in this instance, he’s a dinosaur,” said Canny. “Every Bay Area county has a diversion program except San Mateo County and it’s unfair.”

Canny said diversion programs not only save counties and taxpayers money by cutting the number of misdemeanor cases running through the system, but more importantly, helps prevent recidivism. “The best way to ensure a person doesn’t come back into the system is to rehabilitate them, educate them,” said Canny.

One of the few counties in California that has tracked the recidivism success rate is Orange County.

The District Attorney’s office in 2011 found that 25-percent of those who decided to go the traditional route of getting charged instead of diversion committed a crime again, while the repeat offense rate was six-percent for those who completed the diversion program. Pacific Educational Services is the company that administers the diversion program in Orange County, along with 12 other California counties.

According to Walter Stockman, president of the company, 98 percent or 4,721 people enrolled in diversion in Orange County in 2012.

Of those, 94 percent completed the program which also resulted in more than 73,000 dollars in restitution. There are also certain misdemeanors that never qualify for diversion under California law, including driving under the influence and domestic violence.

As for those who don’t complete diversion programs, they are redirected back into the traditional process of getting charged.

For Wagstaffe, San Mateo has it right in holding everybody accountable for every level of a crime committed. “We have a warm fuzzy side to us, but it’s going to be in how we sentence people,” Wagstaffe said. He added that his county has earned the reputation of one of “law and order,” keeping would-be criminals away.

“Because they know we have a jail and our judges will use it. I don’t wish that crime anywhere, but if it keeps it out of San Mateo County, boy I think we’re doing our job.” Mark disagreed. He said without diversion, his life would have gone in the wrong direction. He wants others to also have a second chance after a stupid mistake.

“I can understand people should be held accountable for their actions definitely,” he admitted. “But I think people should be given a second chance to show society they’re not just a horrible person.”

It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

The single winner was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told The Associated Press by telephone that more details would be released later.

"This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it's the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot," O'Connell told AP. "We're delighted right now that we have the sole winner."

She said Florida has had more Powerball winners than any other state.

The winner was not immediately identified publicly and O'Connell did not give any indication just hours after Saturday's drawing whether anyone had already stepped forward with that winning ticket.

With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, lottery executives said earlier that someone was almost certain to win the game's highest jackpot, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.

Saturday night's winning numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball of 11.

Estimates had earlier put the jackpot at around $600 million. But Powerball's online site said Sunday that the jackpot had reached an estimated $590.5 million.

Terry Rich, CEO of the Iowa Lottery, initially confirmed that one Florida winning ticket had been sold. He told AP that following the Florida winner, the Powerball grand prize was being reset at an estimated jackpot of $40 million, or about $25.1 million cash value.

The chances of winning the prize were astronomically low: 1 in 175.2 million. That's how many different ways you can combine the numbers when you play. But lottery officials estimated that about 80 percent of those possible combinations had been purchased recently.

While the odds are low for any one individual or individuals, O'Connell said, the chance that one hits paydirt is what makes Powerball an "exciting game to play."

"There is just the chance that you will have the opportunity and Florida is a huge Powerball state. We have had more winners than any other state that participates in Powerball."

Such longshot odds didn't deter people across Powerball-playing states — 43 plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands — from lining up at gas stations and convenience stores Saturday for their chance at striking it filthy rich.

Calls by AP to the Publix supermarket outlet in Florida where the winning ticket was sold were not answered Sunday.

Elsewhere, Rich said, lottery officials reported 33 winning tickets for a $1,000,000 prize each were sold around 17 states, led by six tickets in New York. He said lotteries reported 2 winning tickets each for the $2,000,000 PowerPlay, one in New York and the other in South Carolina.

Before the drawing, there was a rush for tickets around the country.

At a mini market in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, employees broke the steady stream of customers into two lines: One for Powerball ticket buyers and one for everybody else. Some people appeared to be looking for a little karma.

"We've had two winners over $10 million here over the years, so people in the neighborhood think this is the lucky store," employee Gordon Chan said as he replenished a stack of lottery tickets on a counter.

The world's largest jackpot was a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012. If $600 million, the jackpot would currently include a $376.9 million cash option.

Clyde Barrow, a public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, specializes in the gaming industry. He said one of the key factors behind the ticket-buying frenzy is the size of the jackpot — people are interested in the easy investment.

"Even though the odds are very low, the investment is very small," he said. "Two dollars gets you a chance."

That may be why Ed McCuen has a Powerball habit that's as regular as clockwork. The 57-year-old electrical contractor from Savannah, Ga., buys one ticket a week, regardless of the possible loot. It's a habit he didn't alter Saturday.

"You've got one shot in a gazillion or whatever," McCuen said, tucking his ticket in his pocket as he left a local convenience store. "You can't win unless you buy a ticket. But whether you buy one or 10 or 20, it's insignificant."

Seema Sharma doesn't seem to think so. The newsstand employee in Manhattan's Penn Station purchased $80 worth of tickets for herself. She also was selling tickets all morning at a steady pace, instructing buyers where to stand if they wanted machine-picked tickets or to choose their own numbers.

"I work very hard — too hard — and I want to get the money so I can finally relax," she said. "You never know."

New York City authorities are investigating the deadly overnight shooting of a 32-year-old man in Greenwich Village as a hate crime after detectives learned the suspect taken into custody at the scene may have made anti-gay remarks to the victim before pulling the trigger, authorities said.

Law enforcement officials say Marc Carson, who lived on West 131st Street, and a friend were near a 99 Cent Pizza shop on Sixth Avenue around midnight when the suspect, who was with two other men, hurled anti-gay slurs at them, Carson's friend told detectives.

Carson made some remarks in response to the suspect's taunts and walked away, law enforcement sources said. 

A short time later, the suspect, who was by himself, confronted Carson and his friend again near a building on West Eighth Street, and words were exchanged for a second time, law enforcement officials said. Then the suspect allegedly pulled out a .38 caliber revolver and shot Carson in the face, killing him.

The suspect ran off and police responding to the shooting put out a description of him. An officer on foot patrol saw a man who fit the description of the suspect near McDougal and West Third Streets and tried to question him, but the suspect fled. The officer chased him down and took him into custody. A silver revolver was found in his possession and charges are pending against him, authorities said.

Detectives are looking to question the two men who were with the suspect during the initial confrontation near the pizza shop, but they do not believe they were with the suspect during the shooting. 

Law enforcement officials say the suspect has refused to identify himself to officers questioning him at the precinct, and he appears to have a fake ID in his possession.

Police are reviewing surveillance video from the area.

Before the shooting, police say the suspect had a separate confrontation with a manager and bouncer at the West Village restaurant Annisa on Barrow Street. Both men told detectives the suspect made anti-gay comments and threatened them. 

State and local officials blasted the slaying Saturday, citing a spike in alleged anti-gay crimes in Manhattan over the last several months.

On May 10, police said a gay couple was attacked on West 32nd Street and beaten so severely that one of the men needed eye surgery. Days earlier, another gay couple was assaulted by a group of men in the same area near Madison Square Garden.

A California Highway Patrol officer from Oakland working the Amgen Tour of California was seriously injured Saturday in Brentwood.

The officer was riding ahead of the pack of bicyclists just before 12:30 p.m. providing traffic control for the race when the crash occurred, according to CHP spokesman Jonathan Fransen. 

The CHP said he collided with a car on Marsh Creek Road, just east of Deer Valley Road.

The CHP said it appears the driver was making a u-turn when he or she collided with the motorcycle officer.

This happened at 12:30 p.m. The officer was life-flighted to John Muir Hospital with what was considered moderate-to-major injuries, according to the CHP.  

After being evaluated by doctors, his condition was improved. The officer is expected to recover and could be released as soon as tomorrow, Fransen said.

Investigators said Saturday that it was too early to tell if the driver will face charges. A photographer on the scene said that the motorcycle appeared to be totaled.

The Tour of California was on one of the final legs of a cross-state race. Cyclists were racing from Livermore to the top of Mount Diablo.

History will have to wait at least one more year.

Orb, the Kentucky Derby champion who many hoped would become the first Triple Crown winner in 35 years, finished fourth in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, as 15-1 longshot Oxbow pulled off a surprise wire-to-wire win at Pimlico.

"It's so special," said Oxbow jockey Gary Stevens, who came out of retirement this year at age 50. "We were kind of flying under the radar after the Derby. Didn't get a lot of respect."

Oxbow trainer D. Wayne Lukas seemed to take pleasure from dashing Orb's Triple Crown hopes.

"I get paid to spoil dreams," Lukas said.

Orb's fate may have been sealed days before the race, when he drew the No. 1 post position along the rail -- only two horses have won the Preakness from that position over the last 63 years. Sure enough, Orb got boxed in against the rail by a pack of horses early in the race, and could never find room to break free.

Meanwhile, Oxbow pulled ahead of the pack and never relinquished the lead.

"When I hit the half-mile pole, I just said, 'Are you kidding me, is this happening?'" said Stevens, who worked for NBC as a racing analyst during his seven-year retirement.

Oxbow finished the 1 3/16th-mile race in 1:57.54. Itsmyluckyday finished second, Mylute finished third and Orb, the 3-5 favorite, finished fourth.

But nobody ever gave Oxbow a serious threat.

It's a landmark win for Lukas: Oxbow's Preakness victory marks the trainer's 14th Triple Crown win, the most ever. He's won the Preakness six times, and the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont four times each. He passed James Fitzsimmons, who has won 13 Triple Crown races.

Jockey Gary Stevens has now notched three wins apiece at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont over his career.

Oxbow's win means the Triple Crown drought continues.

In the lead-up to the Preakness, Orb seemed like a prime candidate to end that drought, and bettors made him a heavy favorite. His breathtaking late push in the Kentucky Derby had people believing: He emerged from the back of the pack down the stretch, blew past a large group of horses and pulled away from the pack for a dominant win. Combined with a pedigree to make race fans drool -- his blood lines includes two Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slew (1977) and Secretariat (1973) -- many thought the three-year-old colt would take a place among the horse-racing elite.

Instead, he'll become another in a long line of almosts and what-ifs. Only 11 horses have won the Triple Crown, and none since Affirmed in 1978.

Orb wasn't the only one trying to make history on Saturday who came up short in Baltimore.

Rosie Napravnik, the jockey riding Mylute, hoped to become the first female jockey to win the race. Instead Mylute finished in third place.

Kevin Krigger, the jockey riding Goldencents, hoped to become the first African-American jockey to win the race since 1898. He too came up short as Goldencents finished in fifth place.

Hayward police said they located a missing three year old who went missing Friday night.

Police said the boy, Sonny Lee, was being watched by his grandfather. The grandfather said he woke up and discovered Sonny was missing.

This happened around 9 p.m. at a home on Orchard Avenue.

Police said it appeared Sonny either walked out or was taken out of the house.

In the end the boy was with his father, according to police. That man, John Lee, took the child without the family's knowledge, police said.

Police did not issue an Amber Alert and initially did not release a photo of either the child or the father.

The grandparents currently have court-ordered custody of Sonny. Police said John Lee may face criminal charges, but the important thing is that Sonny is safe.

If you have any information, please call Hayward Police Department at 510-293-7000.

Leading up to the most recent elections this past fall, a small-time Dublin prosecutor in his early 30s, named Eric Swalwell made national headlines as he waged an aggressive battle to unseat a once-beloved 20-term member of Congress, Pete Stark.

Come Nov. 6, 2012, Swalwell was successful - the young upstart beat the outspoken and aging liberal Stark, who had overseen the Fremont area for 40 years from the Hill.

Fast forward to today and Congressman Swalwell is now making his way as a freshman member of Congress.

He feels he has finally landed.

“Well, 11 years ago I was just an intern on Capitol Hill,” said Swalwell, as he described how the tables have turned.

“For me, I still go to the elevators that say ‘Members Only’ and I look at them and wonder, ‘Am I allowed to get on that?’ – You kind of slap yourself and say, ‘Yeah, you’re here now, you belong.’”

While Swalwell long dreamed that he was going to be a professional soccer player when he grew up, that ended after he sustained an injury in college.

As he explains in an interview with Raj Mathai at the top of this article, Swalwell then turned his attention to politics.

He interned in Congress a decade ago. Now, he is a member of Congress at the age of 32, representing East Bay communities like Dublin, Fremont and Hayward.

The Powerball jackpot keeps climbing. Lottery officials say the big prize now sits at $600 million.

The $600 million prize is the largest in the multi-state game's history, beating out last November's $587.6 million jackpot.

No one won Wednesday's drawing, causing the jackpot to soar.

The thought of winning all that money may have you asking yourself: Can you put a price on happiness?

For some people, the idea of hauling in a $600 jackpot from the lottery would probably come pretty close to fitting the bill.

Yet despite the fact Powerball’s jackpot now sits at $600 million and counting, the mathematical reasoning goes that a $2 ticket for a shot at unthinkable wealth isn’t worth it.

"The breakeven point for an individual person buying a ticket is $287 million,” said Dan Ostrov, a professor of mathematics and computer science at Santa Clara University.

Ostrov used his considerable numerical prowess to calculate the expected return of a lottery ticket.

Specifically, he looked at the possible prize outcomes, and the probability of winning, to come up with the magic number.

For example, if a lotto player had a 1 percent chance of winning $200, the ‘breakeven’ point would be $2.

That’s because you would multiply the 1 percent probability (.01) by the $200 jackpot to get $2. In this case, the Powerball breakeven figure comes out to $287 million.

That’s a sum many people would wrap their arms around, but Ostrov says not when they’re throwing in a couple bucks for nearly impossible odds.

"If you take a deck of 52 cards, and you pull out just five random cards, the chance that you're going to have a royal flush in those first five cards is 270 times more likely than your chance of winning the jackpot at Powerball,” said Ostrov.

He offered a second example, as well. "If you take half the U.S. population, include yourself in that, and then select one person at random, the chance that you will be selected is higher than your chance of winning the jackpot at Powerball."

If a lotto player from California were to win the Powerball exclusively, he or she would collect the $600 million annuitized, or one lump sum of $282 million, according to the Powerball web site.

That’s because the lump sum is taxed at the federal level, though not at the state level in California.

While the present dollar value of $282 million does come close to matching Ostrov’s breaking point, it doesn’t quite get there.

Nonetheless, it’s still hard to imagine just about anyone passing up a chance to win the jackpot for a $2 investment.

Three people were fatally shot in the head and another shot dead in the chest in weekend violence that wounded at least 14 others across Chicago, according to police.

The most recent fatality to strike the weekend occured at 9:10 p.m. in the 6800 block of South Lowe Avenue when shots were fired into a group of people, striking a 30-year-old woman in the head, police said.

In the same shooting, a 27-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the wrist and a 37-year-old man was shot in the back. Both were taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center where their conditions were stabilized, according to the Chicago police news affairs Officer Sullivan.

The weekend's first fatality took place at 7:24 p.m. Friday in the 7800 block of South Langely Avenue when a 17-year-old man was shot in the chest, according to news affairs officer Jose Estrada.

The man, identified as Clifton Barney, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Barney was reportedly on the street when an offender shot him once in the chest and jumped into a light-colored vehicle, Estrada said. No one was in custody as of Saturday morning.

Less than an hour later, a 40-year-old man was shot in the head in the 200 block of North Mayfield Avenue, police said.

The shooter ran up to the man firing several times before hitting him in the back of the head and fleeing on foot, Estrada said.

The man, Ramar Bonner, was taken to Loyola University Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner's office.

The third fatality of the weekend took place around 3:50 a.m. Saturday in the 4800 block of West Iowa Street where a man was found dead with a gunshot wound.

The 27-year-old man was reportedly involved in a verbal altercation with an unknown offender prior to the shooting, Estrada said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Earlier, a 16-year-old was shot in the leg around 9:58 p.m. Friday in the 5400 block of West Wrightwood Avenue, according to police.

The teen was walking with several others when the group was approached by a male who began firing shots. The teen was transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the right leg in stable condition. No others were injured in the shooting.

The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. Friday near the 4800 block of Golf Road in Skokie, where officers discovered a male juvenile shot in the abdomen, according to police.

The victim was taken to an area hospital where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Shortly after, two 18-year-old men were shot around 10:20 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Laflin Street, Estrada said.

The two teens were in separate groups when a verbal altercation erupted and shots were fired, police said. One teen was shot in the left calf and the other was shot in the hip. Both men were taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital in stable condition.

Around 10:50 p.m., a 34-year-old man was shot in the back and abdomen during a drive-by shooting in the 120 block of South Perry Avenue, Estrada said.

The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

Three others were shot in the Lawndale neighborhood around 11:25 p.m. on the 1200 block of South Kolin Avenue, police said.

The victims were in a group with several others when unknown offenders approached on foot and fired shots from a nearby alley, Estrada said.

A 38-year-old man was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the back. A 38-year-old woman was shot in the arm and taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. The third victim, a 27-year-old woman was shot in the neck and was reported to be in “grave” condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to police.

Police recovered three guns from the alley and discovered the shooters’ emptied vehicle in the 1200 block of South Kostner Avenue.

Around 3:35 a.m. Saturday, a 20-year-old man walked into Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, police said.

The man claimed to be riding in a vehicle when another car pulled up with occupants flashing gang signs and shouting gang slogans before firing at the victim.

No shots were reported in the area, however, and the shooting is still under investigation.

The weekend's most recent shooting occurred around 3 p.m. Saturday when a 12-year-old boy was shot  in the 2300 block of West 23rd Street, according to a tweet from Chicago Fire Media. 

Two boys were reportedly playing with a gun when it accidentally went off. 

The boy was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound in his arm in stable condition, according to police news affairs. 

A third boy is being charged in the shooting for bringing the gun into the home, police said. Details of the charges were not immediately available.
 

A former Philadelphia police officer, once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama, is being held on $60 million bail after he allegedly raped two women and assaulted another.

A source tells NBC10 former officer Richard DeCoatsworth, 27, met one of the women at a bar on North Front Street two weeks ago, then forced her into prostitution at a Days Inn hotel along Roosevelt Boulevard.

Between 2 a.m. Thursday and Friday evening, DeCoatsworth went to the woman’s home along North Howard Street in the Fishtown-Kensington area, according to the source.

Once he arrived, DeCoatsworth forced that woman and a second woman, both in their 20s, to use drugs and perform oral sex on him at gunpoint, according to the source. The alleged victims reported the assault Friday only after DeCoatsworth went home, according to police.

Police raided DeCoatsworth’s house on the 2700 block of Salmon Street in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. He was charged with rape, sexual assault, terroristic threats and related offenses. Police also confiscated drugs and guns from the home, according to a source. No word yet on what kind of drugs were removed from the home.

According to court documents, bail was set at $25 million for each of the alleged victims. Another $10 million bail was set in a separate domestic violence case DeCoatsworth is now being charged with, according to investigators. Police say he assaulted his live-in girlfriend on May 9. The $60 million bail is reportedly one of the highest set in Philadelphia history. Decoatsworth faces more than 32 crimes in all three cases.

• Criminal Court Docket - Alleged Victim 1
• Criminal Court Docket  - Alleged Victim 2
  
• Criminal Court Docket - Alleged Domestic Violence Assault

One of DeCoatsworth’s neighbors said she was relieved to hear about his arrest.

“I am scared to be saying this now but I hope he stays where he is at, he has been a thorn in the side of this neighborhood for so long,” said the woman who did not want to be identified.

DeCoatsworth was shot in the face back in 2007 when he was a rookie officer. After being shot, he managed to chase down the suspect for several blocks before collapsing. He called in enough information by radio that police were able to track down and arrest the suspect later the same day.

His heroism earned him an invitation from Vice President Joe Biden to attend President Obama’s first congressional address at the U.S. capital in February of 2009. The officer sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the address. He was also honored by his peers as a 2008 Top Cop. He was involved in two more dramatic incidents soon after.

In April of 2009, police say DeCoatsworth was jumped and attacked by a man when he tried to disperse a crowd at the Logan section of the city. During the struggle, sources say DeCoatsworth’s gun went off and hit the suspect who took off running. Another officer responding to the scene shot the suspect dead, according to sources.

In September of 2009, police said DeCoatsworth and another officer stopped a man on a motorcycle in the Kensington section of the city. While they were questioning him, a second man allegedly jumped on the motorcycle and drove at the officers. Police say DeCoatsworth shot at the suspect, who sped off. The suspect was found later at the hospital where his mother had taken him to be treated for a shotgun wound.

During the incident, local witnesses claimed the two suspects did nothing wrong and that DeCoatsworth and the other officer acted recklessly, shooting while children were nearby.

In November of 2011, Internal Affairs investigated an alleged scuffle between DeCoatsworth and another officer, according to Philly.com. The Daily News also reports he amassed nine citizen complaints, accusing him of assault, abuse and misconduct.

DeCoatsworth retired from the police force on disability back in December, 2011.

In February of 2012, an arrest warrant was issued for DeCoatsworth after he allegedly threatened a woman in Port Richmond.

A deaf 11-year-old mini Yorkie was snatched from a yard in Hollywood and his dognappers are demanding $1,000 from his owners, who are pleading with the public to help bring their dog home.

“I’m scared for him because he’s used to being inside and cozy and cuddled with,” owner Tricia O’Kelley said, her voice quavering. “He slept with me every night for the last 11 years.”

Walter, who weighs about 5 pounds, was last seen Thursday afternoon in the family’s fenced-in backyard.

A blocked number called O’Kelley’s cellphone, which is listed on Walter’s tags, about 10:15 p.m. Thursday.

“From the second I answered the call, I knew this guy was bad news,” she said.

The man on the other end of the line told O’Kelley he wants $1,000 for the dog’s safe return. O’Kelley said she heard another man laughing in the background.

Her husband took over negotiations. The dognapper said he’d call back and hung up.

Within minutes, the blocked number called back and this time, O’Kelley’s husband, Adam Rosenblatt, put the call on speaker so the police on a second phone could hear.

The dognapper laid out his demands.

He wanted the family to create phony fliers offering a $1,000 reward for Walter’s return and listed streets on which he wanted them posted. Then, he would bring one of those posters to a Chevron station where he would exchange the dog for the cash.

Police suggested they make the fliers and meet the men at the gas station with a plain-clothed officer.

O’Kelley’s husband was in the process of hanging up the fliers when the man called back, saying he’d been lied to and that police were at the gas station.

“He said, ‘Don’t lie to me. I’m keeping your dog,’” O’Kelley said.

That last phone call at 11:15 p.m. Thursday came from a 7-Eleven payphone in North Hollywood, O’Kelley said. And that was the last time she heard from whoever has Walter.

Walter has a condition that causes his trachea to collapse, which is common for his breed.

“He’s not just some puppy,” O’Kelley said. “He needs special care.”

The family’s two young daughters – ages 2 and 4 – ate breakfast outside Friday morning in the hopes that Walter would smell the food and come home, O’Kelley said.

“It’s unbearably terrifying and heartbreaking,” she said. “The whole thing about pets and kids, they trust you to take care of them and keep them safe.”

Walter is outfitted with tags and a microchip. O’Kelley said she’s willing to pay the extortion if the men would return her dog, which she’s had since he was a puppy.

NBC4 obtained an incident report number in the case. Calls to LAPD to confirm the report had not been returned as of 8 p.m.

Anyone with information is asked to call the LAPD Hollywood Division, which is handling the case.

San Francisco police and other city departments are preparing for the 102nd Bay to Breakers race on Sunday with added security measures following the bombings at the Boston Marathon last month.

Backpacks or other bags larger than 8.5 inches by 11 inches by 4 inches will be banned from the 12K course, which spans from downtown San Francisco to Ocean Beach on the western end of the city.

Bomb technicians and canine units from the Police Department will be located along the course while police will also monitor cameras in real-time at the start and finish lines and at a hilly location along Hayes Street where crowds often gather for the race, police Chief Greg Suhr said.

A total of 17 law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, are contributing resources to ensure the safety of runners and spectators, Suhr said.

The city's Department of Public Works has also been replacing regular trashcans along the course with transparent ones so authorities can make sure nothing suspicious has been placed inside, Suhr said. Organizers of Bay to Breakers, which is presented for the first time this year by the classified ads website Craigslist, are reimbursing all costs for law enforcement, Suhr said. Race director Angela Fang said, "We're going to have the same great event that this city loves."

Matt Stiker, chief marketing officer of the San Francisco Travel Association, called Bay to Breakers a great example of the quirkiness of San Francisco.

The race is famous for the zany costumes worn by its participants, as well as the occasional runner wearing nothing at all. Stiker said the race is "a pressure release valve" for hard-working San Franciscans and "this city blows off steam like no one else does."

One costumed contestant will be Tom Sweeney, who has been a doorman at the city's Sir Francis Drake Hotel for 37 years and is running Bay to Breakers for the 40th time. Sweeney has run the race for the past 15 years in his 40-pound beefeater outfit similar to the ones worn by guards at the Tower of London.

"It's not your everyday running outfit but I love the challenge," he said. Sweeney is a native of San Francisco's Sunset District and grew up with Suhr, even briefly dating the police chief's sister.

He said he is always cheered on by his friends and other supporters when he runs the race. "It's great, seeing all my friends," he said. "I look forward to this day every year."

Sweeney said he wasn't concerned about his safety in the wake of the Boston bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 200 others near the race's finish line in April.

"I think it will be the safest thing ever," he said. "Boston was unique but I think in San Francisco, everyone comes together. It should be a good year." 

Olympian Ryan Hall, who holds the fastest marathon time ever run by an American, will be participating in the Bay to Breakers for the first time this year.

Tesfaye Alemayehu, an Ethiopian who trains in Antioch and has three top-five finishes in the San Francisco race, is among other top competitors.

The race starts at 7 a.m. Sunday at Howard and Main streets and will affect San Francisco Municipal Railway bus lines along the course.

More than 25 Muni routes will be affected, including the F, N, 2, 5, 6, 8X, 9, 10, 12, 14, 14L, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 38, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 71 and 108 lines.

The Great Highway parking lot closed at 6 a.m. Thursday in advance of the event, while dozens of other streets will be closed shortly before and during the race.

A list of street closures and other information about the event can be found online at www.baytobreakers.com.

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A shooting as the Warriors game let out Thursday night left two fans dead - the driver of a Porsche was killed by bullets and the passenger was killed as he staggered out onto Interstate 880 in Oakland.

Now, police are turning to Warriors fans and nearby surveillance video from the O.co Coliseum for help in finding the killers. Oakland police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said Friday that the two men were leaving the arena about 10:35 p.m., when the shooting broke out.

• SLIDESHOW: Images from the scene

The victims were identified late Friday by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as Christopher Beardon, 30, of Pittsburg and Terrance Marks, 28, of Richmond. Authorities said that it appeared as though they were heading home to Contra Costa County.

The men were wearing Warriors clothing and had tickets to the playoff game on Thursday, which were found inside their 2010 Porsche Panamera, Watson said.

Police said it appears as though people in two cars were shooting at each other. The people in the second car have not been found. On Friday, witnesses told authorities the second car may have been a dark-colored SUV.

The driver was killed by the bullets, authorities said, and the passenger was killed when he was struck by an oncoming car - he had staggered out onto the highway after the bullets whizzed into the Porsche.

California Highway Patrol spokesman Sam Morgan said his officers were processing the highway at Jackson Street, looking for shell casings to collect more evidence. Oakland police will be handling the homicide investigation.

The freeway was shut down for hours, causing major traffic backups for people leaving the Golden State Warriors game, where the team lost, 94-82, to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6, ending their season. The highway was re-opened at 2:30 a.m. Friday.

The pair of killings brought Oakland's homicide numbers up to 37. Last year at this time, there were 46.

Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $20,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of the killer. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3821 or a tip line at 510-773-2805.

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Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade granted a South Florida teen's wish and showed up at her senior prom on Friday.

Nicole Muxo said that she was called up to the dance floor, where she was told that Wade was on the phone.

“So I talked to him on the phone, and as I was talking to him the doors opened and he walked out and I was completely shocked, I had no idea that he was going to even call," said Muxo, who attends Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School in West Kendall. "So I was super-excited, everyone else was super-excited in there.”

Photos show Wade taking pics with the teen and others before the prom at the La Jolla Ballroom in Coral Gables. He also was snapped at the dance.

Muxo said Wade brought her flowers and then they danced.

Wade tweeted about the prom and shared photos on Twitter.

"I had a blast at Prom w @nicole_muxo... Never be 2 scared to ask.. They might just say… " Wade Tweeted.

Muxo thanked the NBA player for coming by.

"It meant a lot to me. It made my dreams come true," she said.

Initially Wade had said he wasn't aware of the YouTube video, in which Muxo makes her pitch to the NBA superstar while wearing a No 3. Wade jersey. Kanye West's "The Glory" plays in the background.

WATCH the YouTube video here.

"My senior prom is coming up, and I have everything set for a perfect night except for one thing: a perfect date," she says.

In the video she called Wade her favorite basketball player and used signs and "Prom?" written on basketballs to ask Wade to the big event.

Muxo had told NBC 6 South Florida she asked out Wade because he's her favorite player and because he's a positive role model for a lot of people.

It wasn't the first time she asked him out.

"Back when I met him last year, I asked him to Homecoming, but the season was about to start, and he had practice, so he couldn’t make it, so I thought, why not take another shot and ask him to prom?” she said.

The San Jose Police Department’s Bomb Unit detonated a grenade that a resident found in her garage Friday afternoon.

The woman called 911 just after 2 p.m.  She told dispatchers that she found a grenade on a work bence while she was cleaning her garage.

The home is on the 5300 block of Clovercrest Drive.

Police said when officers arrived they discovered the grenade still had the pin in it so they called in the bomb squad.

The Bomb Unit responded to the scene and the area around the residence was evacuated. Bomb technicians removed the grenade from the garage and utilized explosives to blow it in place outside of the residence.

There were no injuries as a result of this incident and the investigation into where the grenade came from is on-going, however it was not believed to have been planted in an attempt to cause harm.

Because the bomb squad blew it up, we don't know if it was actually a live bomb.

The woman said she did not know where the bomb had come from.

The Coast Guard jumped into action Friday after a truck with a person inside plunged into the water at the Port of Oakland.

The report was made from Berth 30 in the 2800 block of Seventh Street just before 2 p.m. Firefighters and dive teams also responded to the scene.

From the NBC Bay Area helicopter, at least three scuba divers jumped into the narrow canal area about 2:15 p.m. and a large metal boom had been lowered into the water in the hopes of finding the vehicle, which appeared to be submerged.

Within an hour a body was retrieved from the truck Oakland this afternoon, police said. The person was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was a beloved longshoreman who had worked at the Port of Oakland for more than 50 years, according to a co-worker. The victim's name was not released.

The truck was apparently knocked into the water by some sort of  machinery and the man was underwater for more than 30 minutes before port divers could reach the vehicle and retrieve the body, Oakland fire Battalion Chief Coy Justice told Bay City News.

The truck was also recovered from the water, fire officials said.

"He's a very loved man, he's like a father to all of us," said Frank Gaskin, a business agent with International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10.   

Gaskin said work will shut down at the port until Saturday in honor of the employee and while authorities investigate the incident.

A spokesman for the port said the financial implications of the shutdown would not be extreme because the crash happened late on a Friday and Saturday is not a busy day at the port.

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There may be no meat to incite the masses to action, like bacon.

Burger restaurants, pizzerias, bars have all folded under the vocal opposition of neighbors. But it seems a San Francisco restaurant that specializes in bacon will live to oink another day.

The year-and-a-half-old Bacon Bacon in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood has been battling for its porky existence since some neighbors began complaining a while back about the bacon smell wafting their way.

“Depending on the wind patterns day to day, there were strong odors of bacon,” said attorney Ryan Patterson, who is representing a neighbor with sensory olfactory nerves. “This is a restaurant that specializes in bacon and is called Bacon Bacon -- and it did smell like bacon.”

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With dishes like fried chicken wrapped in bacon, bacon scones and a bacon bouquet (five bacon strips wrapped in paper), it’s not incomprehensible there would be a bacon smell.

But the restaurant had other issues beside just the aroma – namely it didn’t have a permit.

“They have been operating without a permit since December 2011,” said Richard Lee of San Francisco’s Health Department. "We finally set a deadline when they need to get a permit.”

Under the city’s deadline, the restaurant was set to shut down on Friday at 3 p.m. Owner Jim Angelus said he offered to install a $35,000 air filtration system, but was afraid to commit to the work if the city was going to shut him down anyway.

The neighbor’s opposition stood in the way of a Planning Department permit, which stood in the way of a Health Department permit. Supporters signed petitions, and finally, came down Friday to pig out one last time, walking past a chalkboard sign out front that read “Save Our Bacon.”

“I want to stay here because I’m not going to let a couple neighbors ruin what’s a great neighborhood,” Angelus said. “I live in this neighborhood, too.”

But as Angelus’ four employees wondered if they’d have jobs next week, Angelus received a call Friday - just after lunch - from his neighbor and Patterson. As they negotiated over speakerphone, the contingent finally reached a verbal deal. Angelus agreed to put in the filtration system, and the neighbor would drop his complaint.

“My client has offered to contribute money to make this happen,” Patterson said. “I think everyone is really happy about it.”

The deal had yet to be put into writing, and still required approval from the Planning and Health Departments.

But as he hung up the phone, Angelus illuminated a cautious smile. Then he headed back to the restaurant’s kitchen – there were bacon burritos to be made.

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A 1-year-old child died after being left alone in a vehicle in an elementary school parking lot, Dallas police say.

The child's mother, Vibha Marks, has been arrested on a charge of abandoning a child with serious bodily injury.

Police said someone spotted the child unattended in a car parked in the faculty parking lot at Frank Guzick Elementary School at 5000 Berridge Lane at about 1:20 p.m.

The passer-by broke the window on the vehicle, removed the child and began performing CPR, police said.

Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed that it was called to the school at about 1:30 p.m. When responders arrived, the child was unresponsive. Emergency workers continued CPR and transported the child to Baylor Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Marks, a teacher at the elementary school, was interviewed by the Dallas Police Department on Friday afternoon.

Officials with the Dallas Independent School District said Marks has been placed on administrative leave and that a letter was sent home to parents about the police presence at the school.

At 1 p.m., the temperature at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was 84 degrees. Studies of temperatures in enclosed cars shows that temperatures can rise by as much as 43 degrees in a one-hour period.