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The Coast Guard is stepping up the search for a local computer scientist who has been missing at sea since Sunday. The man, Jim Gray, set off for the Farallon Islands and was supposed to return on Sunday. When he didn't, his wife called in the Coast Guard to let them know. They have not been able to find him yet. more ›

Two guys were arrested in Oakland over the weekend for firing paintballs at eight random passersby and one dog. A cop said, "I know a lot of people use it more like a toy, but without the proper gear or equipment it can actually cause injury or death." There's a very detailed shot-by-shot account of the incident in the Oakland Trib -- this would be even better if it were illustrated with a Family Circus Jeffy-walks-around-the-neighborhood dotted-line style picture. Authorities think a body that they found in the bay in Oakland is a man who jumped into the water with a knife and repeatedly refused assistance from the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard says they tossed him a life ring numerous times but he swam away from it each time. This reminds us of that homily about the man who's sitting on a roof of a flooding house and refuses to get on two rescue boats and a helicopter, saying God will provide. There's been a fourth armed robbery in Palo Alto, this time of a Stanford grad student walking to his on-campus housing. The police department has provided a sketch of the suspects and suggests walking in groups at night. more ›

The Coast Guard is searching for a 22-year-old UC Santa Barbara student who was last seen on Wednesday morning with a friend, hanging out at the Sutro Baths on Ocean Beach. Shawn Attaie had been out all night drinking with a childhood friend and that morning, they reportedly snuck into a restricted area on the beach, where Attaie fell into the water. The police are still piecing together the story, but they know Attaie must have fallen in some time after 11 a.m., because his friend has a digital photo of Attaie from around that time. After Attaie fell in, the friend apparently tried to get help from other tourists, but the tourists thought he was drunk or lying and pushed him away. At that point, the friend became "uncommunicative," and went home, where his roommates managed to figure out what happened. The friend is on a suicide watch, and Attaie's family say the two men were close and they wouldn't suspect foul play. For some reason, no one notified the Coast Guard or the federal Park Police (who have jurisdiction over Sutro Baths because it's part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area) until late Thursday night -- when Attaie's father called the Coast Guard to request an update on the search and independent searchers called to report finding nothing -- only to find that that was the first they'd heard of it. Apparently everyone thought someone else had called the police. Because it was so late, the Coast Guard and the Park Police couldn't start their search until this morning. They've searched all day but found nothing. They estimate that a person could spend maybe 10 hours in the water maximum. Attaie's family and friends are hoping maybe he got himself out of the water and they just haven't managed to hook up with him yet. more ›