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Wednesday May 16, 2012

• Raiders' backup quarterback Terrelle Pryor looks sharp in practice
• Rookie Juron Criner impresses Oakland Raiders teammates
• Oakland Raiders' Darren McFadden feels like his old self  
• Families, teachers stunned by sudden closure of Oakland charter school  
• Monte Poole: Carson Palmer's defining year with Oakland Raiders  

• Electrical fire reveals warehouse-sized pot grow in Richmond  
• Mark Purdy: 49ers' Super Bowl bid will take a village, or a valley
• Gas leak causes Contra Costa College classes to evacuate in San Pablo
• Postal worker attacked, robbed near Hayward
• Google to change search pages, include new results from extensive database

• Mark Purdy: 49ers' Super Bowl bid will take a village, or a valley  
• Cal star Valerie Arioto is Pac-12 softball Player of the Year
• Sisters Jolene and Danielle Henderson aim to make College World Series trip together with Cal softball
• Giants: No defense, no clutch hitting, no win
• A's: Has Bartolo Colon's second half slide already started?  

• Hicks: Aaron Sorkin signs on to write, direct Steve Jobs film  
• Review: 'The Dictator'  
• Joshua Redman, Matt Penman head new band headed to Bay Area  
• Review: 'Raisin in the Sun' gets brilliant revival in San Francisco  
• Review: Despite leaks, 'Battleship' entertains  

• Google to change search pages, include new results from extensive database
• San Jose City Council OKs developer incentives to build downtown apartment high rises
• Richmond to place 'soda tax' on November ballot  
• Facebook increases size of IPO, pushing proceeds toward record
• Pleasanton council approves Walmart grocery store

• Ooh, aah: Take in Yosemite views -- by computer.  
• Eugene: For runners, this is Mecca  
• Travel: Finding May flowers; metalheads at sea
• Time warp: hippie scene is alive and well in Eugene  
• Travel briefs: Berlin delays June opening of new airport; Hawaiian to fly to Sapporo

• Plug into the views  
• Mini Me Desserts  
• Prevention is goal of Alzheimer's drug trial
• Bogue: Hummer no match for a hornet's stinger
• Teen talk: Teens on Obama, texting and driving, and boy bands  

• Thomas Friedman: This column is not sponsored by anyone
• May 16 letters to the editor
• Contra Costa Times editorial: Legislature should insist utility bonuses come from shareholders
• Oakland Tribune editorial: Legislature should insist utility bonuses come from shareholders
• Contra Costa Times: Schools districts should not make deals with bond firms