- The Alcatraz Challenge Aquathlon's motto "Swim or Die" proves literal after a competitor dies during race. [Chron, Examiner]

-- Police get Devandre (or Devaughndre) Broussard -- 19-year-old handyman and a UC youth program award-winner, no less! -- to confess to Chauncey Bailey's murder. [Chron]

-- Bonds ties Hank Aaron's homerun record on Saturday, sits out Sunday's game loss. [CBS5, Chron, SJ Merc]

-- Oakland kills. [Chron, Oakland Tribune]