(Undated) -- Here are the latest stories making news around the San Francisco Bay Area: Tips being followed into recent shooting of a young rapper. Thousands of students and teachers from the Bay Area protest education cuts in Sacramento today. One of San Francisco\'s oldest buildings to soon be demolished. Bay Area sports institutions help a little league get ready for the baseball season. A new Pittsburg employer takes in plenty of applications. California is just average when it comes to posting online information.
(Richmond, CA) -- The CHP and Richmond police say they\'ve received several good leads in connection to a recent drive-by shooting that left a young, aspiring rap-artist dead. Witnesses say a red-van pulled alongside 21-year-old Marcus Russell on Tuesday and fired several bullets into his car while driving westbound on Interstate-580 in Richmond. Russell was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger, who was shot in the leg, is expected to be okay. Investigators say the victim was returning from a photo-shoot. Anyone who may have witnessed the attack is urged to call police.
(Sacramento, CA) -- Thousands of educators, students and parents from the Bay Area are in Sacramento to protest impending cuts to education. Many arrived by the bus-loads at Capitol Hill for a noon-time rally and demonstration. Some 25-hundred San Francisco City College students say they want to get the message across that education has already been cut to the point that further reductions will hurt student learning.
(San Francisco, CA) -- Despite pleas from preservationists, a 148-year-old Russian Hill cottage in San Francisco is set to be knocked down. A bulldozer is standing by today, as the building\'s owners await a permit. The city-inspector issued an emergency demolition order, as the two-story Victorian is near collapse. Some architects maintain, though, the home can be stabilized. The "Chronicle" reports the city-attorney is investigating claims the owners may have deliberately neglected the property by exposing it to the elements by leaving the doors open. In doing so, the inspector says, the owners were ultimately able to bypass regulations and get a demolition-order.
(Vallejo, CA) -- Infineon Raceway and the Oakland A\'s are stepping up to the plate and helping young Vallejo baseball players raise money for much-needed supplies. The North Vallejo Little League\'s storage locker was vandalized last week and thieves made off with the teams\' uniforms and baseball equipment. A racetrack spokesperson says five-thousand-dollars will be donated and the A\'s will pitch in 25-hundred-dollars so the boys can get everything they need in time for the little-league March-28th season-start. The team will get new uniforms with help from the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.
(Pittsburg, CA) -- As jobs are few and far between these days, a new employer in Pittsburg is hiring. Managers with recently-opened"Mi Pueblo" food-center have started filling various positions. They say 36-hundred applicants have applied for 245-job-openings at the market serving the Latin community. Several new-hires say they\'ve been out of work for more than seven-months and are thankful for their jobs.
(Undated) -- Though California may be America\'s hub of technological-innovation, the state ranks in the middle of the country when it comes to providing government information to the public online. According to a recent audit, Texas ranked first by being the only state to provide Internet access to all types of records including, school-bus performance and gas stations that skimp on fuel. The Golden State finished 23rd, behind Alabama and North Dakota. California received high-praise for posting Caltrans contracts and bridge-safety data online. However, the report offers lower-marks for not making routine audits, child-care inspections, and financial disclosures of government officials available on the internet.<