- BART officials were still trying to figure out how a man was crushed to death in an elevator shaft at Montgomery Station Sunday night, how he got there, and what he was doing there. Mercury News
- A judge overturned the conviction of an Oakland man who spent 14 years in prison for raping a 9-year-old girl after evidence unearthed by the Northern California Innocence Project proved the man was innocent. Oakland Tribune
- California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye implored the Legislature to better fund the state’s crumbling court system, warning of still more draconian reductions if it doesn’t. Capitol Alert
- Cal’s Alan Crabbe was chosen Pac-12 men’s basketball player of the year. AP
Family and friends were waiting and hoping for information about Erica Maskaleris, 31, an Oakland woman who went running near her home and hadn’t been seen in four days. Chronicle; Oakland Tribune
- Ads offensive to Muslims and sponsored by a pro-Israeli group have reappeared on Muni and some city officials aren’t happy about it. SF Weekly
- Compared to the torrent of gifts that flooded in to former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown’s gifts are but a trickle. Mercury News
- The Merc’s Oakland Tribune edition will sponsor a public forum on Alameda County’s abnormally high asthma rate March 20.
- State Attorney General Kamala Harris named Oakland attorney Eric Casher, 34, to a four-year term on the Fair Political Practices Commission. Political Blotter
- This blogger says he’s found the smallest laundromat in San Francisco. San Francisco Citizen
- The Warriors broke out of their funk with a 92-63 romp over the Knicks at Oracle. Mercury News
- Saint Mary's lost to top-ranked Gonzaga 65-51 in the championship game of the West Coast Conference tournament in Las Vegas. Mercury News
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Morning Wrap
Morning Wrap: 3/12/13
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
By
Ron Russell
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7:25 AM
Those offensive anti-Muslim ads re-emerge on Muni, case of the missing Oakland jogger, chief justice’s dire appeal to lawmakers to fix California’s crumbling court system, more.
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