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Carbon Monoxide alarms are displayed in a Home Depot store. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Watsonville Man Using Charcoal BBQ For Heat Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

A 21-year-old man was found dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning from indoor use of a charcoal-burning barbecue grill late Wednesday night in Watsonville, according to police.

2013/01/17

Tenant Viviann Green said mice, along with a lack of heat and hot water, are  ongoing problems in her apartment. (CBS)

Bay Area Landlord Accused Of Not Providing Heat, Ignoring Mice

Viviann Green was feeling grateful to get a small apartment for $2,300 a month. But right away she started noticing the problems, such as no heat and no hot water. But the worst problem was mice.

2012/10/31

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Salinas Farmworker Dies In Near 100-Degree Heat

State workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a farm supervisor who died after passing out on a Salinas Valley farm.

2012/10/03

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San Jose’s Alum Rock Park Closed Over Fire Concerns

San Jose’s Alum Rock Park was closed Tuesday because of extreme fire danger, according to the city.

2012/10/02

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Elderly Concord Woman Found Dead Amid Extreme Heat

An elderly woman reported missing from an adult care home in Concord Sunday evening was found dead at a nearby elementary school hours later, a police sergeant said.

2012/10/01

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Bay Area Heat Wave To Bring Triple Digit Temperatures

Temperatures were expected to approach 100 degrees in inland parts of the Bay Area this week, according to the National Weather Service.

2012/08/08

The sun reflects off of energy-efficient windows. (CBS)

ConsumerWatch: Energy-Efficient Windows Blamed For Melting Neighbor’s Car

A California woman says the energy efficient window installed in a neighbor’s condominium is melting the plastic components on cars parked in her carport.

2012/05/10

The Knicks' Amar'e Stoudemire sits on the bench after getting into foul trouble during the first half of Game 5 in Miami on May 9, 2012. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Knicks Wilt Down Stretch Of Game 5, Season Comes To An End

LeBron James had 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 106-94 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference first-round series in five games.

2012/05/10

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Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony: ‘Next Year, We’ll Be Better’

Anthony vowed after the team’s latest first-round ouster that things will change. And soon.

2012/05/10

Baron Davis of the New York Knicks is taken off the court on a stretcher after he injured his knee in the third quarter against the Miami Heat in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 6, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Davis Leaves Game 4 With Severe Knee Injury

Baron Davis left Game 4 of the Knicks’ opening round match-up with the Heat with an apparently serious knee injury.

2012/05/06

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