OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area commuter train returning from routine maintenance struck and killed two workers who were inspecting the tracks Saturday afternoon — an accident that comes amid a strike that has shut the Bay Area Rapid Transit system down to riders for the past few days. The four-car train […]
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Audio pioneer Ray Dolby dies at 80
Ray Dolby, a pioneering sound engineer who removed the hiss from audiotapes and whose innovations brought surround-sound into movie theaters and altered the recording industry, died Sept. 12 at his home in San Francisco. He was 80. His company, Dolby Laboratories, said in a statement that he had Alzheimer’s disease and had recently developed acute […]
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Officials probe if rescuers ran over crash victim
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling “significantly below” the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. What they don’t yet know is whether the pilot’s inexperience with the type of aircraft and at […]
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South Korean airliner crashes in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety. It was not immediately known whether there were any injuries. The Boeing 777 was supposed to land on runway 28 left at the […]