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SEATTLE - It's probably not the kind of "whiff" San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum wants to be known for.

Lincecum, a 2008 Cy Young Award winner, is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state.

Washington State Patrol spokesman Steve Schatzel said Thursday that Lincecum, a former University of Washington star, was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 5 in the town of Hazel Dell, about four miles north of the Oregon border, on Oct. 30.

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NEW YORK (CBS) His name was Richard "Ricky" Ramirez, but the nation knew him as "The Night Stalker," a silent menace who cut window screens and crept into homes at night to murder more than a dozen people in California.

Ramirez, 49, is being held on death row at San Quentin State Prison after being convicted in 1989 in Los Angeles of 13 murders. His body count is likely going to grow, now that he's been linked by DNA to the 1984 murder of a 9-year-old San Francisco girl.

In 1989, I found myself face to face with Ramirez in a Los Angeles courtroom.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was once a NBA basketball star, but it is now a San Francisco thief that is keeping him on his toes.

Johnson says he was robbed over the weekend as he was helping an elderly man.

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SAN FRANCISCO - The queen of drama novels now has a bit of it in her own life.

A former aide to Danielle Steel is facing time in federal prison after admitting she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the romance novelist.

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SAN FRANCISCO - In March of 1977, Phillip Garrido was 25 and in federal prison pleading with a judge to reduce his 50-year prison sentence for kidnapping a stranger.

In neat handwriting and misspelled words, Garrido wrote in a letter that drugs had caused a “downfall” that led to his conviction a month earlier. He promised he had seen the error of ways during his brief time behind bars.

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SAN FRANCISCO - Bombs away! A very determined and aggressive blackbird has some people wondering if it's safe to walk in San Francisco's financial district.

The tiny bird has spent the last several weeks dive bombing people as they walk near the intersection of California and Front street.

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