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Organ donation

34-year-old Quinn Boyer, a Santa Clara County paramedic, was fatally shot in the Oakland Hills on April 2, 2013. (Family Photo / Bay City News Service)

Family Of Paramedic Slain In Oakland Hills To Donate Organs

The organs of a Santa Clara County paramedic who was shot and killed Tuesday while driving in the Oakland Hills will be donated to other patients in need, his family said Friday in a statement.

2013/04/05

Charles Butler

Fender-Bender May Have Led To 2011 Oakland Murder

Oakland police released a video Thursday in connection with the death of an Oakland man who was shot after he accidentally bumped into another car in front of a convenience store on West Street last December.

2012/10/18

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Organ Donation Becomes Part of California’s Curriculum

Students in the state’s public schools are about to get a lesson or two in organ and tissue donation.

2012/09/28

Kenyon Youngstrom

4 Receive Organs From Slain CHP Officer, Funeral Set For Thursday

A California Highway Patrol officer killed in a shooting on Interstate 680 last week near Alamo is being hailed as a hero after his organs were donated to four California residents—including three from the Bay Area.

2012/09/11

Kenyon Youngstrom

Slain CHP Officer Donates Organs As Family, Friends Mourn Loss

A California Highway Patrol officer who died of his injuries following a traffic stop shooting on an East Bay highway had his organs donated and is helping save the lives of eight people, according to the CHP.

2012/09/06

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California Pacific Medical Center Performs 4-Way Kidney Transplant

Until Thursday, when all eight people were formally introduced at the hospital on Buchanan Street, the individuals involved did not know for sure who donated to whom.

2012/06/07

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Facebook To Make It Easier To Become Organ Donor

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. and U.K. users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world’s biggest social networking site.

2012/05/01

Charles Butler

Oakland Homicide Victim’s Organ Donation Saves Lives

Lives were saved thanks to organ donations from a young man gunned down just days earlier in Oakland.

2011/12/26

Robert Redford (R) and son James Redford attend an event in Hollywood, 2003. (Giulio Marcocchi/Getty Images)

Film Producer Promotes Organ Donation Awareness At UCSF

Thousands of lives could be saved each year if more people placed the telltale organ donor “dot” on their drivers licenses.

KCBS–2011/03/01

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San Francisco Nightclub Murder Victim Saves Lives Through Organ Donation

A University of California at San Francisco medical student who was killed at a South of Market nightclub earlier this month has saved lives as an organ donor.

KCBS–2011/01/21

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