Saratoga, CA News
- Saratoga, CA News
- Vatican confirms pope's butler arrested in scandal
- Review: James Farm: Cinematic jazz goes pop
- Most students eagerly count the days until summer vacation, but homeless children will lose safe havens
- Three hearts in three days at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- UFC 146: The comeback begins for Cain Velasquez
- Manny Ramirez not sure when he'll be ready to join Oakland A's
- Lionel Blanks convicted of beating, raping and trying to strangle woman parked on Palo Alto street for a nap
- Driver wounded in Bayfront Expressway shooting in Menlo Park
- Silicon Valley heavyweights urge Obama to weigh in on Hangar One's fate
- New York Yankees rough up Tyson Ross, Oakland A's
- Small grass fire smolders in San Jose
- Big inning bites Tim Lincecum again in San Francisco Giants' 7-6 loss to Miami Marlins
- In a Vatican whodunit, a punch line of a suspect
- Dragon makes history with space station docking
- Freshman assemblyman from Fremont faces two challengers
- Police not convinced by report of mountain lion attack in Los Gatos.
- Monterey: San Jose man arrested on suspicion he sent porn to girl, 14
- Stanford gymnast Alex Buscaglia keeps keen perspective on his Olympic bid
- Night Owl: Get your nerd on in Oakland's downtown
- Police Blotter
- Democratic Oakley Councilman Jim Frazier takes large lead in money race for Assembly seat
- New box design to make Tide Pods harder to eat
- From AOL squatter to entrepreneur
- Icon of Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, Robert 'Big Boy' Stagnaro, dies at 83
- Pizarro: Shopping around during President Obama's visit
- Likely runoff choices represent two extremes facing Egypt
- Hicks: Janet Jackson doesn't want niece Paris to start acting
- 3 last-minute getaways for Memorial Day weekend
- Federal government rejects Scotts Valley Indian casino in North Richmond
- San Jose woman killed in big rig crash remembered for family devotion
- U.N .finds uranium in Iran enriched to higher level
- Apple CEO Tim Cook turns down $75 million in dividends
- Clear fast-pass lanes return to SFO
- What's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query
- Yahoo kills iPad magazine Livestand less than a year after launch
- Bill banning employers from requesting social media passwords passes California Legislature
- Exclusive: San Francisco-based ECOtality sues state regulators over electric vehicle charging deal
- Hewlett-Packard works to keep Autonomy employees after founder's ouster
- Mercury News interview: Greg Woock, co-founder/CEO, Pinger
- New York Mets release Hayward's D.J. Carrasco
- Body found in Pleasanton trash is adult female, case being investigated as a homicide
- Biz Break: Silicon Valley's fails -- Facebook's stock, Yahoo's iPad magazine, Cisco's tablets
- Ex-San Leandro officer pleads no contest to marijuana charge, gets light sentence
- Fremont man, 18, arrested for battering girlfriend, her mother at BART station
- Bonny Zanardi: Rydell visual arts fellows featured at Sanchez Art Center
- Review: Tenacious D rocks the Fox in Oakland
- Police not convinced by report of mountain lion attack in Los Gatos
- 'American Idol': What fans think of Phillip Phillips' win
- 'So You Think You Can Dance': Big changes coming for live shows, but first up are auditions in New York, Dallas
- New study details mercury contamination in California sport fish
- Hill and Lieber stand out in 13th Senate District campaign
- Firefighters tackle difficult three-alarm San Jose blaze in office building
- Building owner interrupts burglary in unincorporated San Mateo County
- $80K loan makes Chang top fundraiser in Santa Clara County District 5 race
- Facebook could face huge damage claims from IPO
- Big Tobacco leads in spending race for June election
- Oakland A's slugger Josh Reddick gets resilience from father
- Ly Tong: Vietnamese 'freedom fighter' guilty of all but most serious offense
- Community meeting about police-involved shooting turns raucous, Occupy Oakland members arrested
- Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives
- Expert: Kleiner Perkins discrimination lawsuit is more about dollars than sex
- Sierra LaMar's alleged killer charged with murder; no plea entered, no bail set
- Big Tobacco leads spending race for June 5 election
- San Francisco Giants beat Miami Marlins 14-7
- Gordon faces 3 challengers in 24th district race
- Talks on Iran end; both sides to meet again in Moscow in June
- Romney ventures onto Democratic turf, gets earful in Philadelphia
- Fremont seventh-grader places third in National Geographic Bee
- US 30-year mortgage rate falls to record 3.78 percent
- Expert: Kleiner Perkins discrimination lawsuit is more about dollars than sex
- Soldier from San Jose killed in Afghanistan
- Pleasanton police investigating body found in trash can
- Man pleads not guilty to Peninsula Lego scam
- State regulators raise existing cap on solar 'net metering'
- Supreme Court limits protection against double jeopardy
- Facebook introduces own Instagram-like photo-sharing app despite acquisition
- Hewlett-Packard stock shoots higher after layoffs announcement
- Herhold: Sierra LaMar case resonates with many
- Electronic dance music is booming in Bay Area, across nation
- U.S. poised to OK possible arms for Syrian rebels
- Consumer Reports rates sunscreens; drugstore brand a best buy
- VA medical facilities draw health and safety violation citations
- Analysts' response to Hewlett-Packard layoffs
- West Contra Costa charter schools get mixed reception at board meeting
- Missouri opts for untested drug for executions
- Senate passes bill to speed up approval of key medicines
- Foster City police chief to retire
- President Barack Obama ends quick, quiet visit to San Jose
- Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs
- Family of Sierra LaMar suspect considered him the good son
- Support for new California tobacco tax drops
- Mullin the favorite in Assembly race
- The day the Golden Gate Bridge flattened
- New graduation requirements adopted by Palo Alto school board
- Redwood City lays out the welcome mat for Obama
- '80 Plates' Episode Tres: Monkfish, Ink & Nookie
- Romain Collin sets Piedmont Piano date
- Redwood City teen who allegedly set boyfriend's bed on fire pleads not guilty to attempted murder charge
- San Jose Earthquakes overcome 2-0 deficit to stun Los Angeles Galaxy
- President Obama arrives for two-day fund-raising trip
- Former Stanford star Katy Steding joins Cal women's basketball staff
- Golden State Warriors notebook: Drew Gordon works out, likes underdog role
- Ly Tong: Vietnamese 'freedom fighter' appears at trial in drag
- Herhold: When a choice is not really a choice
- Memorial Day weekend kicks off most dangerous time of year to be on the road
- Teen girl held in attempted murder of her mother
- El Cerrito: Mom arrested for shoplifting, waving knife with baby in tow
- Bikes recovered after being stolen from Bay Area cycling team
- Oakland A's still uncertain when Manny Ramirez will join them
- Tim Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith has lots of new toys
- Family of Sierra LaMar suspect considered him the good son
- 'American Idol' live blog: Who will take the crown?
- Man says Oregon psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay
- Walnut Creek fountain becomes mosaic art masterpiece
- Hicks: Scotty from 'Star Trek' finally goes into outer space
- San Jose school suspends three girls for cyberbullying
- Kennedy-King Memorial College Scholarships go to 17 undergraduates
- Secret Service director testifies about Colombia prostitution scandal
- Review: 'A Behanding in Spokane' at SF Playhouse
- 49ers sign punter Andy Lee to six-year contract
- Google scores victory in battle with Oracle
- Downtown Oakland Tully's closes because of furloughs and competition
- Pakistan sentences doctor who helped CIA find bin Laden to 33 years for treason
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential elections
- Late rally erases steep losses on Wall Street
- Suspect enters plea in slaying of Newark football star Osana Futi
- DA: Lego barcode switch scam hits the Peninsula
- BART proposes improvements with budget surplus
- Biz Break: Hewlett-Packard to cut thousands of jobs, Facebook stock turns around, Google triumphs over Oracle
- Facebook, Zuckerberg, banks sued over IPO
- A's offense stalls again in 11-inning, 3-1 loss to Angels
- Study: East Contra Costa commute among nation's worst
- Blue Shield of California CEO Bruce Bodaken to retire in December
- Several Vallejo women among newly minted ironworkers
- Hangar One preservationists aim to get Obama's attention
- Redwood City chooses firm to build downtown office complex and conference center
- Proposal to fund freeway overcrossing, trail link hits speed bump with Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
- Donald Driver scores touchdown, crowned new 'Dancing with the Stars' champ
- 'America's Got Talent': Howard Stern is growing on us
- Los Angeles Angels shut out Oakland A's 5-0
- San Jose City Council leaves minimum-wage hike to voters
- 'American Idol': Did Jessica or Phillip win your heart?
- Rolando McClain has Raiders' support right now, but his future is full of uncertainty
- Leno looks to add San Mateo County constituents
- No charges in Foster City intruder shooting, DA says
- Obama campaign rolls out its LGBT drive in California
- San Francisco gay marriage case goes to federal appeals court in September
- San Jose approves Vietnam War monument
- Want more San Jose flights? Speak up, airport officials say
- Buster Posey hits another HR as San Francisco Giants defeat Milwaukee Brewers
- Bay Area open space: 75 percent is being protected, but 300,000 acres are still at risk
- Proposals for Peninsula High - a continuation school - draw backlash from parents and police
- Woman killed in Sunnyvale mobile home fire
- Obama sees gold on California coast, little inland
- CIA discloses names of 15 killed in line of duty
- Golden State Warriors announce plan to move to San Francisco in 2017
- Firefighters responding to house fire in Antioch
- Silicon Valley tech executive nabbed in flim-flam involving Lego toys
- Five left to vie for Nadia Lockyer's empty Alameda County District 2 Supervisor seat
- Feds to probe Facebook IPO; stock continues to fall
- Brown makes pitch to business leaders for tax hikes
- Oakland police release sketch of sexual assault suspect
- Partner sues Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers firm for sex discrimination, retaliation
- SAP agrees to buy Sunnyvale-based Ariba for $4.3 billion
- Tesla's Model S will land with customers June 22
- 49ers notes: Kyle Williams says NFC title game turnovers provide motivation
- Suspect in Sierra LaMar case was watched constantly for weeks before his arrest
- Cuba's first daughter lands in Bay Area
- A's outfielder brings science of baseball to Richmond school
- After 35 years, Jill Tarter will no longer lead search for ET
- Anonymous donor ensures Andrew Luck's legacy will live on at Stanford
- Sister of Sierra LaMar suspect says 'it's not him'
- After public outcry, Pleasant Hill to review home gun sales
- Record number of school districts in financial trouble
- Late Contra Costa supervisor lauded for her devotion to the county
- Authorities ID motorcyclist who died Sunday in Fremont crash
- Massachusetts subpoenas Morgan Stanley for Facebook actions
- Facebook-Morgan Stanley furor 'shows the inherent conflicts of investment banking'
- Yahoo Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn to focus on content, advertising, insiders say
- SpaceX rocket blasts off, headed to space station
- 'The Bachelorette' recap: Emily makes some rainbow connections
- 'America's Got Talent' recap: Crowd goes nuts for a man named Horse
- Authorities announce arrest in Sierra LaMar disappearance
- Palo Alto City Council signs off on driveway that will connect Art Center, Main Library lots but run through community garden
- Stanford community critical of bridge, trail link projects
- Cal's softball team to host Washington in NCAA super regionals this weekend
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Flurry of 10's as Levy, Jenkins, Driver impress
- Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum's dad says son is close to finding his old form
- Golden State Warriors set to announce plan to move to San Francisco
- Developer offers 'no-electric bill' homes in Brentwood and Rio Vista retirement communities
- Rutgers webcam-spying defendant sentenced to 30 days in jail
- Silicon Valley tech executive nabbed in false barcode scheme involving Lego toys
- Facebook stock plummets on second day of trading
- San Jose: Firefighters extinguish garbage truck fire, townhomes singed
- San Jose City Council to consider higher minimum wage on Tuesday
- Residents want deadly PG&E pipe plugged with cement, San Bruno says
- San Jose Vietnamese 'freedom fighter': It wasn't pepper spray
- San Jose man was driver in crash-and-clash with bikers on Peninsula freeway
- Peninsula molestation defendant withheld toys for sex, DA says
- Berkeley Police Chief orders detectives to track down son's stolen iPhone in Oakland
- Cosco Busan oil-spill pilot trying to sail in San Francisco Bay again
- Apple's Tim Cook, Oracle's Larry Ellison had highest CEO compensations in 2011, study finds
- Hicks: Arsenio Hall about to launch comeback
- A's activate Coco Crisp, put him in lineup
- Hicks: Miley Cyrus forgot to wear pants to Billboard Music Awards
- Action Line: Penny stolen is a penny stolen
- Missing UC Santa Cruz hiker found safe in Yosemite
- Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz dialing back due to health concerns
- O'Brien: Time to change our expectations about IPOs after Facebook 'flop'
- Court won't reduce student's music download fine
- Warriors-San Francisco courtship may be getting serious
- Yahoo's sale of Alibaba stock called good news for troubled company
- California Senate votes to allow self-driving cars
- 'Transformers' ride at Universal Studios changed shape many times before Friday opening
- Berkeley crash victim identified; had been preparing to attend UCLA grad school
- Senators target federal judges' tropical get-together
- 'The Normal Heart' comes to San Francisco's ACT
- Drew Gordon works to repair reputation for NBA draft
- Biz Break: Who's to blame for Facebook's fall as Wall Street rises?
- Family, friends gather in Alameda to remember fallen soldier
- Herhold: Pauper's cemetery 'discovered' again
- Quakes' Victor Bernardez called up by Honduran nation team
- Millions look skyward as eclipse crosses US, Asia
- Monday is the last day to register to vote
- National study tracks number of people falsely convicted of crime
- Congress pulls plug on Pell Grants; thousands of students affected
- Golden State Warriors mum on purported move to San Francisco
- Parents make appeals before webcam case sentencing
- Some gay rights advocates oppose jail time in Rutgers case
- Mercury News wins 26 Peninsula Press Club awards
- Top-seeded Cal overwhelms Arkansas twice to advance to NCAA softball tournament's super regional
- Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B
- Mark Purdy: San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum searching for answers
- Tim Kawakami: Golden State Warriors appear headed to San Francisco
- Political Blotter: Medical pot activists plan State Capitol blitz
- Robert Gesink wins Tour of California cycling race
- More than 50K runners, walkers show up for Bay to Breakers
- Pakistan temporarily blocks Twitter over cartoons
- Al-Megrahi, convicted in Lockerbie bombing, dies at 60
- Two critical ties in play for Obama at NATO meeting
- Conservative donors slow to back Romney's campaign
- Pell Grants plug pulled for thousands of students
- Oakland A's snap 11-game losing streak at AT&T Park in 6-2 win over San Francisco Giants
- Tim Lincecum continues to struggle in San Francisco Giants' 6-2 loss to Oakland A's
- Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62 following battle with cancer
- New revolution coming to electronics technology
- Wolverton: Comcast takes step in right direction but needs to go further
- USS Iowa's departure delayed by rough seas
- Police: Bikers beat video-taping driver on Highway 101
- Scotts Valley man dead in San Mateo county crash
- Strong quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy
- Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60
- Golden Gate Bridge anniversary: After 75 years, it remains California's icon
- Earthquakes' Chris Wondolowski called to U.S. national team training camp
- First tropical storm of the season Alberto forms off South Carolina
- U.S. men's eight crew takes top seed at 2012 Olympic qualifier
- A's hold Manny Ramirez out of minor league rehab game with wrist injury
- A's put starter Brandon McCarthy on disabled list with shoulder strain
- Ethiopian woman takes Bay to Breakers race
- San Pablo boy, 5, struck and killed by car in Richmond
- Two gun-toting suspects rob Redwood City liquor store
- Woman's body found in waters outside Golden Gate
- Vallejo mayor's motorcycle stolen from City Hall parking lot
- Alan Gordon rescues San Jose Earthquakes again
- Taking slice out of labor key to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax campaign
- Poole: Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin finds another loss to San Francisco Giants hard to swallow
- Indy 500 qualifying: Ryan Briscoe wins the closest pole duel in event's history
- San Jose-based Daniel Cormier wins Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix
- Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg changes status to 'married'
- San Jose man wounded in gang-related shooting
- Contra Costa Supervisor Gayle Uilkema dies following bout with cancer
- Cleanup volunteers find body in San Jose's Guadalupe River
- Manny Ramirez goes 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in his return to pro ball
- Ordeal ended, China activist lands in U.S.
- 83-year-old ex-Marine to scale Mount Whitney in campaign against Feinstein
- Maker Faire explodes into the ultimate DIY project
- Herhold: Ms. Ravel goes to Sacramento
- San Jose SaberCats have six turnovers in 72-47 loss to San Antonio Talons
- Oakland Effect: Richmond students contemplate violence globally and locally
- Fremont student to represent California in National Geographic Bee
- Man survives being stabbed in head in East Palo Alto
- Man dies after being struck by Caltrain in Burlingame
- Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another wins Preakness
- SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
- Thomas Peele: News operation seeking involvement from citizen journalists
- Annular solar eclipse -- a 'ring of fire' -- visible in Northern California on Sunday
- Three men accused of plotting attacks around NATO summit in Chicago
- South Asia a rising force in global meth trade
- Jim Beall, Joe Coto compete for 15th Senate District each
- Charting Obama's journey to reshape Afghan War
- Top news photos: Caught up in NATO summit protests, taking laps and more
- Man dies after being struck by Caltrain in Burlingame
- Road closures planned in Fremont for Holy Spirit parade Sunday
- Romney's Mormon faith runs silent, but deep
- Authorities ID San Francisco woman killed in Oakland crash
- Oakland A's shut out by San Francisco Giants 4-0
- Roadshow: Over 61,000 cell phone-texting tickets issued in April crackdown
- Fatal school bombing stokes worries of new violence in Italy
- San Francisco Giants shut out Oakland A's 4-0
- Man found dead in Guadalupe River in San Jose
- Two people injured in separate San Mateo County vehicle accidents
- Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?
- Roadshow: Praise for improved DMV service
- Three-alarm fire at marijuana grow operation on Oakland's Auto Row
- Mary Kennedy is mourned at private funeral in New York
- Families' rift evident in Kennedy funeral plans
- Great expectations for Stanford diver Kristian Ipsen
- Runner's World founder doesn't let age slow him down
- What Silicon Valley venture capitalists say about the Facebook IPO
- Court says county can move San Jose graves
- Albany artist's passion for fire, robots to be on display at Maker Faire
- Barry Zito pitches well; San Francisco Giants hold off A's 8-6
- Review: 'Endgame,' 'Play' at ACT in San Francisco
- Steward: Darting here and there . . .
- A's Josh Donaldson shows some pop in return to A's
- Palo Alto City Council to plot course in road debate
- Bonny Zanardi: Open studios is grand closing for 1870 Art Center
- Impressive Daly City pair to graduate
- Analyst calls Brown budget projections 'realistic'
- San Jose: Gilroy man convicted of murder in retrial of 2009 DUI crash that killed 6-year-old
- Chavez Supermarket sets up shop on Mission Boulevard in Hayward
- Cassidy: Facebook's IPO is more than a liquidity event in Silicon Valley -- and beyond
- Police Blotter
- Former foster youths push Contra Costa to fund gap in transition to adult independence
- Move over Segway, Honda introduces the Uni-Cub
- O'Brien: HP layoffs and Facebook IPO reflect Silicon Valley's highs and lows
- Well break outside Scotts Valley prompts mandatory water conservation for more than 500 homes
- Low-flow watering options for gardeners
- South Bay adds 3,600 jobs, strongest employment gains for April in entire state
- Social media stocks take hit
- Bay Area regional growth plan advances
- It's official: Martinez sells historic building amid hopes for a downtown revival
- Difficult graduation for family of San Jose teen killed in 2009
- The unemployment rate fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country
- Pizarro: Happy Hollow opens its gates for a zoo VIP
- Gov. Brown names Marquez, Greenwood and Danner to judicial posts
- Federal officials announces 20,000 youth summer jobs
- San Diego man's defibrillator stops knife during attack
- People: Van Halen postpones concerts to avoid burnout
- San Jose dad lobbies to require schools to stock allergy-attack medication
- Biz Break: Facebook's IPO underwhelms as Wall Street, other social media stocks plunge
- Financial media, and their camp followers, gather outside Facebook campus
- Facebook IPO huge but no pop
- Man killed in Fremont crash involving big rig
- High school students share name, share quote, share fame
- Driver who was hero in Chowchilla bus kidnap dies
- Mysterious 'massive' black cat spotted again in the hills of Pleasanton
- San Jose man dies after getting caught in middle of CHP chase
- Police: Peninsula man faked carjacking story
- Oakland pot entrepreneur facing criminal charges
- Berkeley will revamp media policies after chief sent officer to reporter's home
- Seven injured in Palo Alto when car collides with airport shuttle
- Mountain View City Council to vote on letter of support for naming post office in fallen soldier's memory
- San Francisco Giant hitters come alive in victory over St. Louis Cardinals
- In brief
- Union City school to hold free documentary screening
- Cataloging wounds of war to help heal them
- State judges must post financial info online
- San Jose city officials to temporarily reinstate homeless camp cleanups
- Family's search for grandmother's remains leads to San Jose hospital grave site
- O'Brien: Facebook reminds us that whatever its flaws, Silicon Valley works
- Atherton: PG&E crews repairing gas line leak that prompted shelter in place
- Teen caught cheating can't return to Sequoia High honors class, judge rules
- Crews responding to downed power lines in Woodside, SF
- U.S. forecasters say heat will stay on this summer
- No DEA agents took part in Honduran shootout, U.S. says
- Hercules loses state environmental grant; city, state exchange letters
- San Mateo announces date for Lee memorial service
- Man, 20, busted for pepper spraying cousins, 5 and 8, near Redwood City
- War crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb commander delayed
- World's first Wikipedia town to launch in Wales
- Facebook sets bar high for huge IPO
- Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain found guilty
- County lawyers win national honor
- Mean streets. Drug-addict mom. Failure in school. Teenage motherhood. Physically abusive boyfriend - Now: University of San Francisco graduate
- Despite Bay Area efforts, the USS Iowa is heading to L.A. as a military museum
- Seven Bay Area players selected to U.S. women's Olympic water polo team
- San Jose retirement chief to retire
- Gravel spill blocking lanes on westbound I-580 in Castro Valley
- Hicks: Billy Bob Thornton on Angelina Jolie -- he' 'like the janitor who married Audrey Hepburn'
- Dark days for California's courts
- Teen triumphs over obesity
- Authorities ID bicyclist struck and killed by vehicle in Dublin
- Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy will host a benefit concert on Tuesday to raise money for his camp
- Martinez: Outdoor dining a go, but plan to abolish one-way streets on hold
- Missing San Jose man found alive a week after discovery of his wrecked pickup
- Analysts: Market 'overreacting' in Samsung sell-off over Apple supplier report
- Iran to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf name
- Facebook orders have stopped at almost all banks
- Purdy: 49ers' Super Bowl bid will take a village, or a valley
- Review: Dandy Warhols rock the Fillmore
- Roadshow: A new Roadshow contest: Where are the most considerate drivers?
- Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss unveils proposal to spend $8M on bike-pedestrian overcrossing, key Bay Trail link
- '80 Plates' Episode Two: Sheep, Quenelles and Massive Egos
- Menlo Park dad won't face charges over son's teen drinking party
- One man shot, another assaulted in San Jose fight
- 'American Idol' Top 3: Who won the night?
- Darvish, injuries put big hurt on Oakland
- Anemic San Francisco Giants lose to St. Louis Cardinals
- What will Facebook do with all its cash?
- Leland High assistant principal charged with molesting underage girl
- Letter from Sierra Lamar's dad marks 2-month anniversary since teen went missing
- Sacramento man gets 18 years for killing college roommate from Santa Clara
- Caltrain hits, kills man in South San Jose
- Herhold: Get ready for a showdown on your water bill
- Syrian leader, in rare TV interview, disparages opponents
- Volunteers needed for annual creeks cleanup
- San Jose's East Side district names former teacher as superintendent
- Stop the presses, fire up the grill: Pleasant Hill In-N-Out opens Thursday
- Electrical fire reveals warehouse-sized pot grow in Richmond
- Healthy eating can cost less, study finds
- Video of incident involving Raiders' Rolando McClain surfaces
- Pleasanton woman sentenced to year in county jail for burning down family home
- Richmond to place 'soda tax' on November ballot
- FEC says Feinstein can't go back to donors after embezzlement
- Authorities ID man found dead at Castro Valley house
- Facebook IPO frenzy builds
- Bay Area plan to guide growth up for regional vote
- Sagan wins fourth straight Tour of California stage
- Man killed while sitting in his car in Richmond
- Gas leak at Contra Costa College nearly fixed after classes evacuated
- Former FAME charter school CEO claims in suit that she's a scapegoat
- The buzz: Study finds coffee drinkers live longer
- Huge DEA sweep crushes alleged father-and-son marijuana ring based in the East Bay
- Dwight Bentel, founder of San Jose State University journalism department, dies at 103
- Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm
- 'Good cholesterol' may be an overstatement, study finds
- Santa Clara painter gets prison for bogus tax returns
- Cybercrimes (via cell phones) up in 2011
- State Supreme Court to decide if illegal immigrant can practice law
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Maria Menounos and Derek Hough eliminated
- Facebook boosts number of shares, pushing possible IPO proceeds near record $18 billion
- Kawakami: It's clear some San Francisco Giants went out in a blaze of glory with 2010 title
- Roadshow: Nasty nickname once again fits the Nimitz Freeway
- Palo Alto, police union agree to new contract
- Palo Alto Animal Services scores another victory
- San Francisco Giants' flaws exposed in 5-4 loss to Colorado
- Monte Poole: Carson Palmer's defining year with Oakland Raiders
- San Jose City Council votes to cap payday lenders
- Atherton's interim police chief could get the job for good tonight
- San Jose City Council OKs developer incentives to build downtown apartment high rises
- 'America's Got Talent' recap: San Francisco auditions weird and wonderful
- Cancer survivor starts San Jose's Amgen Tour of California stage with a bang
- Judge OKs video of wife in SF sheriff's hearing
- San Jose approves social host law
- In brief
- Millbrae beats cop's retaliation suit
- Man survives being struck by Caltrain in South S.F.
- Immigration permit auction touted as reform that would aid economy
- Contra Costa election forums air on public television, online Forums on available on public television and online
- Santa Clara Valley Water District under investigation for violating water-pollution laws
- Candidates set the table for 18th Assembly District seat
- Body found in bloody scene at Castro Valley home
- Cassidy: How Philz Coffee became the official beverage of IPO darling Facebook
- Romney pins 'prairie fire of debt' on Obama
- Is Facebook a good investment?
- Obama assets valued at $2.6 million to $8.3 million
- Rally in Oakland on Wednesday to decry proposed early education budget cuts
- City Slicker Farms is accepting bids to turn old paint factory into a farm
- Burglars steal cash from Foothill High principal's office in Pleasanton
- Malcolm X festival Saturday in Oakland
- 3 suspected gang members charged in deadly San Pablo drive-by shooting
- Judge: Video of suspended SF Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife can be used in suspension hearing
- Yahoo, AOL veteran Garlinghouse takes helm of startup YouSendIt
- Appeals court upholds securities fraud findings against former Silicon Valley executive
- Amgen Tour nears the finish line in Livermore
- Hicks: Ellen DeGeneres wins Mark Twain award
- Peter Sagan continues Tour of California dominance, wins Stage 3 with sprint finish in Livermore
- Facebook IPO has individual investors in a tizzy
- Raiders' Darren McFadden feels like his old self
- Oakland's annual Greek festival starts Friday
- DA: Peninsula community leader's murder suspect competent for trial
- Raiders' backup quarterback Terrelle Pryor looks sharp in practice
- Oakland: NBC reporter, photographer have equipment stolen in brazen daylight theft
- Palo Alto City Council approves 'gateway' building
- San Carlos Council chooses new mayor, but splits on how to fill Andy Klein's council seat
- 'The Bachelorette' recap: Emily wants a minivan full of babies
- Driver stunned, carjacked in East Palo Alto
- Oakland A's defeat Los Angeles Angels 5-0
- Giants topple Colorado Rockies
- 'Dancing with the Stars': 10's fly for incredible quartet of semifinalists
- Fox fall lineup moves 'Glee,' brings changes to 'X Factor'
- 'America's Got Talent' recap: Howard Stern behaves himself in debut
- Gov. Jerry Brown slashes programs for the poor, threatens to do the same to schools
- San Jose proposes payday lending restrictions
- Herhold: A bully's confession from the '60s
- Los Gatos doctor started drug-dealing operation, DA says
- San Francisco makes new play for Warriors
- 9 arrested after UC police clear out 'Occupy the Farm' settlement in Albany
- Pittsburg couple volunteers time to teach kids through sports, help with academics
- Proposed legislation targets bonuses to utility executives, including PG&E
- Santa Cruz: Physician accused of diverting drugs for his use surrenders medical license
- Roadshow: Green-bike lanes aren't a hit with everyone
- Couple robbed on river levee in Santa Cruz, police say
- Richmond to consider placing 'soda tax' before voters
- Gov. Jerry Brown says voters face 'day of reckoning' to avoid budget pain
- MLB, union rescind ex-Giant Eliezer Alfonzo's 100-game drug ban
- Man gets stabbed for intervening in downtown Los Gatos fight
- Warriors promote Kirk Lacob to assistant GM
- Ooh, aah: Take in Yosemite views -- by computer.
- Slovakia's Peter Sagan wins another Tour of California stage with strong finish in Aptos
- Hicks: Michael Jackson's clothes going on tour
- Man killed in drive-by shooting in North Richmond
- AEG holds on to lead in bid for O.co Coliseum contract
- South San Francisco: Monday blaze possibly tied to string of arson fires
- Five arrested on suspicion of scamming 83-year-old El Cerrito man out of thousands
- Homeless brothers see light at end of tunnel after lightning strike
- Authorities confirm VTA supervisor found dead near Tracy
- Yahoo's stock rises in wake of CEO's departure, Third Point deal
- Review: 'The Dictator'
- Bump California death penalty measure from November ballot, group says
- Apple to reportedly introduce Instagram-like photo-sharing features to iCloud
- Matt Leinart happy to join a West Coast offense with Raiders
- Facebook IPO has privacy implications, advocates say
- More solo drivers using toll lanes at Highway 237 and Interstate 880
- San Bruno to welcome back survivors of PG&E blast
- Tables turned: UC Berkeley researchers study kids to make computers smarter
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- In brief
- Bay Area school districts rescinding layoff notices
- San Jose Earthquakes earn 1-1 draw with Chivas USA
- Dems, GOP using popular bills to hurt other party
- AP source: Top JPMorgan official expected to leave
- On gay marriage declaration, Obama tried to limit risk
- Member of Afghan peace council is assassinated
- States cracking down on strangulation attempts
- Antioch police investigating nonfatal Sunday shooting near West 10th Street
- Daniel Loeb: Southern California native a hedge fund manager who takes on corporate executives
- Shred it, skateboard mama!
- Peter Sagan takes first stage of Amgen Tour of California
- Yahoo announcement of CEO Scott Thompson's resignation a victory for Third Point
- Oakland Athletics fall to Detroit Tigers 3-1
- San Francisco Giants take series against Arizona Diamondbacks with 7-3 win
- Fire destroys seven downtown Mariposa businesses
- Police say dad delivering kids to soccer game was going 104 mph
- School districts issuing fewer layoff notices
- Malicious online ads target consumers
- Political Blotter: House again refuses to stop federal raids on medical marijuana
- Mark Purdy: Giants, A's ownership should do what's right for baseball
- NBC announces a fall schedule heavy on comedy
- Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson stepping down
- Yahoo Statement: Scott Thompson out as CEO; new chairman and new interim CEO named
- Boston University community mourns loss of three classmates
- Lance Armstrong's former manager to rejoin team for Stage 2
- Police looking for Menlo Park gunmen
- Gunman kills Afghan peace council member in Kabul
- California FBI agent missing, possibly armed, suicidal
- Official: 49 bodies left on Mexico highway
- Bass player Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo
- Oakland A's outfielder Jonny Gomes swings pink bat for mom
- Poole: Oakland Raiders rookie receiver Juron Criner is quick to impress
- San Jose's District 10 winner could solidify mayor's power base on City Council
- Tour of California: Reigning champ Chris Horner making case for Olympics
- Decline in companies going public prompts worries about role of big-banks in IPOs
- Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants beat Diamondbacks 5-2
- Website reports that federal agents served Lance Armstrong's former team director with subpoena
- Internal Affairs: Readers take a whack at city sign -- and guess who gets lopped off
- Body found in sedan of missing VTA worker
- Winning lottery ticket sold in San Jose
- Capuchino art teacher savors new home
- Brandon McCarthy, Oakland A's beat Detroit Tigers 3-1
- Oakland Effect: Tell us what 'Oakland effect' means to you
- FAME charter school faces uncertain future
- Online gun business based in Pleasant Hill condo raises concerns
- Slideshow: Google's Eric Schmidt delivers UC Berkeley keynote speech
- Medical group offers free care to uninsured
- Gov. Jerry Brown removes controversial doctor fighting tobacco tax
- Luhr/Graf win overall title at American Le Mans Series Monterey
- Oakland Raiders rookies get crash course during minicamp
- Herhold: The travails of Rose Herrera
- A's outfielder Yoenis Cespedes goes on disabled list
- California's budget deficit has ballooned to $16 billion, Gov. Jerry Brown says
- Gov. Jerry Brown: California facing $16 billion shortfall
- Top news photos: Football fans riot in Istanbul, hot air balloon festival and more
- Earthquakes not rattled by injuries
- Family and co-workers search for missing VTA supervisor
- Facebook is more than the year's hottest stock story -- it's a cultural phenomenon
- Oakland officials ask public to send video, photos of vandals
- One killed, one injured in Oakland shootings
- Police: Man arrested after pulling gun on victim in Santa Cruz
- Pleasanton boy suffers minor injuries when run over by vehicle
- San Ramon house fire displaces family of four
- One-alarm fire damages Bay Point home
- Man dies from heart attack in boat off Half Moon Bay coast
- Former Warriors coach Don Nelson graduates from Iowa 50 years later
- Rescued girl tells sister: 'Now we can go home'
- Spain braces for more protests over economic woes
- In Egypt turmoil, thieves hunt pharaonic treasures
- Oakley man lone American killed in Indonesia plane crash
- Oakland A's slug way to 11-4 romp over Detroit Tigers
- San Francisco Giants lose again in Arizona
- Tim Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers top pick A.J. Jenkins gets message from taskmaster Jim Harbaugh
- Veterans incensed over report of overwhelming delays at Oakland VA office
- Moms react to Time's provocative breast-feeding cover
- SaberCats beat Utah Blaze, own first place in Arena Football League's West Division
- DA: 'Biker Babes' scam leads to charges for San Jose auto dealer
- San Carlos to consider being ruled by local charter instead of state law
- Mountain View woman seeks to rename downtown post office after son killed in Iraq war
- School board trustee says San Mateo County supe's job is a perfect match for her experience
- Bonny Zanardi: Nigerian art unmasked at Cantor Arts Center
- Problems with San Jose homeless community rise as raids cease
- San Jose police: Student with Airsoft gun touched off Independence High lockdown
- Mother of missing teen Sierra LaMar issues Mother's Day letter
- Oakland's Jack London Market still hungry for food vendors
- Authorities: Kidnapped girls didn't eat for days
- 49ers, San Francisco team up -- to bring Super Bowl to Santa Clara
- Prolific surgeon leads way as Fremont hospital rides wave in joint replacements
- 20,000 mourners pay final respects to Junior Seau at public memorial service
- Big bank hurt by trades that regulation sought to end
- Former senior Murdoch aide faces hacking inquiry
- 49ers rookie LaMichael James determined to make big impression
- Gov. Jerry Brown removes controversial doctor fighting tobacco tax
- Mercury News interview: Paul Leonard, Center for Responsible Lending
- Case of Chen Guangcheng raises question of who really runs China
- Cal softball: Bears shut out Arizona State, clinch first outright Pac-12 title since 1987
- Roadshow: Bottlenecks at 87-101 and 85-Foothill Expressway in South Bay could be unplugged
- Jennifer Hudson family slayings suspect convicted of murder
- Pizarro: A big week for honoring women in Silicon Valley
- Palo Alto school's fab lab teaches students to create and build
- Roadshow: Rules of the road same for green bike lanes
- Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies at 89
- Former Your Black Muslim Bakery member not guilty in gun case
- Biz Break: Gilead pins hopes on HIV drug; Apple rumors; and chipmakers' outlook improves
- Levi Leipheimer to compete in Tour of California after all
- Newark students grieve for slain football star Osana Futi
- Zuckerberg and Facebook roadshow come to Palo Alto
- West Contra Costa schools erred in teacher layoffs, judge rules
- Disabled BART train at San Francisco's Civic Center station causing delays
- Los Gatos murder-for-hire: Ex-fiancee was willing to lie on stand, according to document
- Carl Steward: Darting here and there . . .
- Shelter-in-place lifted from 3 San Jose High Schools after gunman flees area
- A's send outfield prospect Michael Taylor to Triple-A Sacramento
- Hicks: Whitney Houston's family to star in reality show
- Reprieve for Palo Alto Animal Services
- Paly alumna dies from bacterial meningitis in St. Louis
- Redwood City teen charged with setting boyfriend's bed on fire
- Spotlight put on weapon in attack on Vietnamese singer
- Detroit Tigers unload on Oakland A's starter Bartolo Colon in 10-6 win
- Monte Poole: Question still lingers as fans says goodbye to Junior Seau
- Mark Purdy: Oakland Raiders fans should be concerned about Minnesota Vikings stadium deal
- Former Stanford receiver Chris Owusu looks for fresh start with the San Francisco 49ers
- Brothers suspected in San Jose homicide arrested in Salt Lake City
- Rising California gas prices expected to increase even more
- 60,000 tiny salmon trucked to Pillar Point Harbor
- Millbrae: Man who killed friend gets 57 years
- BART board approves contract for 410 new train cars
- Authorities continue to probe Santa Clara fire that destroyed unfinished townhouses
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: Junior Girl Scouts bring some joy to Santa Clara County shelter animals
- San Jose City Hall falcons given names
- Federal appeals court overturns Alameda County death sentence
- Santa Clara men's tennis team ready for its first NCAA tournament appearance
- Hicks: Time magazine's breast-feeding covers causes stir
- Fremont school board reluctantly raises class sizes
- Oakland's Mother of the Year event is Saturday
- 'American Idol': Time runs out for Hollie Cavanagh
- Expect delays Tuesday due to Amgen Tour of California
- Owners claim pit bull found tied to Antioch railroad track
- NBC renews 'Parenthood,' plans final season of '30 Rock'
- Dog bite ends hunt for Morgan Hill sex offender
- Solar industry, utilities clash over proposal to change the way "net metering" is calculated
- Equipment problems causing 20-minute BART delays
- San Jose SaberCats set up well for Friday's first-place showdown with Utah
- Bay Area vets wait almost a year on average to have claims processed at Oakland VA facility
- Gilead drug can prevent HIV, FDA panel says
- Dog adopted by family friend after cyclist is killed in hit-and-run accident
- Live coverage: Garcia sentenced to life in prison in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case
- Rally Friday in Oakland against cuts to services for women and families
- 'Help me! Get me out!': Burning car crash driver in San Rafael rescued, then booked
- California's only wolf meets people, gets picture taken
- Herhold: Scott Thompson's resume is not the real issue: His performance is
- Owners claim pit bull found tied to Antioch railroad track
- Injury accident blocking all lanes of I-80 near Richmond
- O'Brien: Only remaining drama to Scott Thompson story: Will he quit or will Yahoo board push him out?
- State audit blasts Hercules financial practices; more reports coming up
- Standoff at Oakland hills home ends peacefully
- Hicks: Russell Brand will host MTV Movie Awards
- Apple processor supplier Audience, San Mateo's WageWorks have successful IPOs
- Report: Darrius Heyward-Bey of Oakland Raiders charged with drunken driving
- Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson says he never gave company a resume, source says
- Microsoft deeply integrates Facebook search results with Bing in effort to battle Google
- iPrimate: Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPads to communicate
- U.S. wireless subscribers hang up on contract plans
- Apple, Foxconn to share costs of improving factories
- Sony reports record $5.7 billion annual loss
- Fewer Californians attending state universities, researchers find
- It's hot, but not record-breaking hot
- Five-alarm Santa Clara fire rages 100 feet high through three homes being built
- Narayana Murthy, Infosys co-founder and avid philanthropist, to be honored by annual Tech Awards
- Proposals surface for saving Palo Alto Animal Services division
- Silicon Valley Soap Box Derby slated for May 19, drivers still needed
- San Francisco Giants lose to Dodgers 6-2
- Menlo Park council member runs for San Mateo County supervisor seat on housing platform
- 47 San Mateo households will be transferred into new school districts
- 'American Idol': Joshua, Jessica blow the judges away
- Mark Purdy: It'll be salsa time for Oakland A's if Yoenis Cespedes stays healthy
- Report: San Francisco police shoot, kill man in Nob Hill standoff
- President Barack Obama announces support for same-sex marriage
- Trial of Vietnamese 'freedom fighter' to begin
- Obama's shift on gay marriage in line with country's shift
- Silicon Valley technology helps power new 'sharing economy'
- Herhold: Sheriff should upgrade the level of candor on Sierra LaMar case
- Adults with disabilities learn to perform at college of their own
- Bed, Bath & Beyond to buy Cost Plus
- New Russian aircraft vanishes during flight
- Union City exempts gas stations from tobacco ordinance
- Actress wife in key role for Mexican front-runner
- Fremont second-grader wins national wildlife art contest
- Saratoga, Santa Clara school districts pass parcel taxes
- Blast near U.N. vehicle shows fragility of Syria truce
- Molotov cocktail suspected in fire in unincorporated San Pablo
- Community mourns San Jose native killed in Half Moon Bay crash
- Hicks: Sofia Vergara splits with boyfriend
- Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says recall campaign poised to fail
- Long-time San Bruno Mayor Bob Marshall dies
- Silicon Valley technology helps power new 'sharing economy'
- Roadshow: Come meet Mr. and Mrs. Roadshow at Hybrids 2 Hot Rods show on Saturday
- Bike to work? Me?
- Mountain View tech firm Audience prices IPO higher than expected, raises $89.6 million
- Biz Break: Wall Street's free fall continues; Cisco and Tesla head in opposite directions after earnings reports
- SFO-bound jet makes emergency landing in Denver
- Man guilty in 2008 San Francisco traffic killings
- Cable TV program to examine San Leandro cold case Friday night
- A's lose to Blue Jays
- Samsung acquires Palo Alto mobile startup mSpot
- Late payments on mortgages fall in first quarter of 2012
- Pizarro: Solving the Santana Row parking crunch one shop at a time
- Hicks: 'Avengers' sequel gets green light
- Review: Death Cab brings Magik to Fox
- Former bike racer Bob Roll rolls into TV career with offbeat wit
- Mount Diablo provides a new wrinkle when Amgen Tour of California hits the Bay Area next week
- Authorities investigating San Jose's 8th homicide in a month
- Sheriff retracts endorsement of incumbent San Jose Councilwoman Rose Herrera
- Palo Alto's Jive Software posts stronger than expected quarterly numbers
- Judge tosses out second California Avenue suit
- Mountain View approves switch in animal services providers, ends partnership with Palo Alto
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Fans finish Roshon Fegan; Melissa Gilbert gone, as well
- Antioch focuses federal block grant dollars toward code enforcement, economic development
- Brandon Inge's ninth-inning grand slam lifts Oakland A's by Toronto Blue Jays
- Ryan Vogelsong, Brett Pill leads San Francisco Giants to 2-1 win over Los Angeles Dodgers
- Redwood City auto mechanic gets jail time for unneeded repairs
- 'The Voice': And the winner is ...
- Mountain View police seek man who allegedly exposed himself to girl -- twice
- U.S. News and World Report's top 100 high schools includes seven Bay Area schools
- Jefferson Union hopes third time is the charm
- California will reach 40 million people milestone later than expected
- Settlement reached in 2009 San Francisco Bay oil spill
- Airline plotter a double agent, U.S. officials say
- Scientists find 100-fold increase in plastic trash in Pacific Ocean since 1970s
- San Mateo County approves $16.5 million for new jail
- Investigators have car possibly connected to disappearance of missing teen Sierra LaMar
- Cupertino eighth-grader wins junior division of California State Science Fair
- Report: Schools key to fighting America's obesity
- O'Brien: For Color founder, failure and reboots are just another day in Silicon Valley
- Hobbs, NM, picked as site of scientific ghost town
- State's lawyers call MTC's building purchase improper; opinion fuels regionalism reform
- Thomas Kinkade autopsy: alcohol, Valium and smudges of green paint
- Apple can't be sued in U.S. in iPad trademark case, judge rules
- Rabid bat found in city of Watsonville
- Hicks: Denise Richards dating Richie Sambora, kissing Charlie Sheen
- Quakes announcer Gus Johnson making an impact in first year calling soccer matches
- Crews battling raging fire at Antioch tire shop
- Woman accused of running over San Mateo man during robbery
- Biz Break: First Yahoo domino falls, Wall Street claws back at the finish
- Silicon Valley engineer convicted in Marvell trade secrets case
- California will reach 40 million people milestone later than expected
- Castro Valley toddler mauled by family dog, the second East Bay attack in two days
- 7 Bay Area high schools ranked among magazine's top 100
- Ad for cigarette-tax initiative attacks tobacco industry
- Oakland Raiders sign free agent center Colin Miller
- Democratic senators push back against plan to close state parks
- Apple zooms up Fortune 500 list, but can't catch oil giants, Hewlett-Packard
- Local pizzerias defy the corporate restaurant steamroller
- Pleasanton mother, daughter shot to death in their home
- Users of Zynga game YoVille say hackers have attacked them
- Even after Redwood City Saltworks project is withdrawn, furor continues
- Los Altos School District, Bullis announce tentative agreement
- Palo Alto police investigate hate crimes
- Palo Alto to reveal beta version of overhauled website
- 'Dancing with the Stars': First-ever trio dances triumph
- Los Angeles Dodgers rout San Francisco Giants 9-1
- Giants notebook: Reliever Guillermo Mota hit with 100-game suspension by Major League Baseball for positive drug test
- Official: Nuclear plant will be offline
- Sheriff's Office seeking red, mid-1990s Jetta associated with Sierra LaMar disappearance
- Mystery San Jose Costco shopper -- subject of award-winning portrait -- found
- San Jose City Council committee OKs naming bridge in toddler's memory
- Report: Thomas Kinkade died of accidental booze, Valium overdose
- Oakland: Man killed by officers Sunday was 18-year-old high school senior
- San Jose police officer shoots at suspect, who is not injured
- Google receives nation's first license to test self-driving car on public streets
- Team looking at safety situation on Niles Canyon Road
- Bay Area News Group's Week 9 MLS power rankings: Canadian teams seize the spotlight
- 9th Circuit tosses lawsuit over VA mental health care
- Needs of women veterans reflected in art at San Francisco exhibit
- Well-funded Palo Alto startup Color teams with Verizon in hopes of boosting struggling app
- Redwood City: Robbers target four men, shoot one
- O.co Coliseum authority to redo vote on management contract Friday during special board meeting
- Flying Fortress makes annual stop in Hayward
- Green bike lanes spreading across Bay Area
- DA: Japanese Consulate official charged on Peninsula with stabbing wife
- Frustrated by college costs, advocates turn to small piece of puzzle: student loan interest
- DA: Millbrae murder defendant mentally incompetent for trial
- Top news photos: Facebook IPO roadshow, mascot race and more
- UC Berkeley running out of patience for 'Occupy the Farm'
- Electronic Arts to lay off workers despite earnings win, stock plummets
- 49ers' A.J. Jenkins chooses running over walking
- Hicks: Matthew Fox arrested for DUI
- Mysterious gas odor reported Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill; school briefly evacuated
- Herhold: The death of a fixture at Original Joe's
- Campbell-based Coulomb Technologies raises $47.5 million in a fourth round of funding
- Willows Theatre Company offers local students free admission to 'A Year with Frog and Toad.'
- San Jose police: Dozens of arrests, but a quieter Cindo de Mayo than other years
- LG to launch Google TV in U.S. in late May
- Ballots are in the mail for June 5 election
- Californians to vote once again on modifying term-limits law
- State controller seeks return of redevelopment agency property, assets transferred last year
- Magid: It's time for technology to disrupt education
- Poole: Thirty years after the move, Oakland Raiders' bond with fans still in need of repair
- Shea Shaw, 17 -- still in a coma sixteen months later -- still bravely battling for life
- Purdy: Playing properly is key to success for San Francisco Giants
- San Jose: More than 30 arrests at relatively peaceful Cinco de Mayo
- 'Sully' Sullenberger on being a national hero and making a difference
- Fire in San Jose's Alma neighborhood displaces six people
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Alamo: Neighbor rescues 96-year-old woman from burning house
- Roadshow: Some cheer double carpool lanes on Highway 101
- 'Sully' Sullenberger on being a national hero and making a difference
- Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image
- Paul wins majority of Maine GOP delegates
- Amphibious aircraft makes emergency landing in Bay
- 'Griffith' show's Goober Pyle dies
- Political Blotter: Boxer brisk and brusque, but bullish on bipartisanship
- VP Joe Biden OK with equal rights for married gay couples
- Top news photos: Paddle-out for Junior Seau, World Laughter Day and more
- San Francisco Giants defeat Milwaukee Brewers in 11 innings
- Blake Young wins West Coast Moto Jam AMA SuperBike race at Infineon
- 50 firefighters battle blaze in San Jose's Alma neighborhood
- Ballots are in the mail for June 5 election
- Californians to vote once again on modifying term-limits law
- Sharks' Marc-Edouard Vlasic injures knee; will miss remaining games for Team Canada
- Irish tourist blamed for wrong way crash in San Mateo County
- Police: Man likely to survive San Jose shooting
- East Palo Alto police buy back over 70 guns
- San Jose: More than 30 arrests at relatively peaceful Cinco de Mayo
- San Jose woman killed in Half Moon Bay crash
- Oakland A's cap winning road trip with 9-5 victory over Tampa Bay Rays
- Oakland cop wounded, suspect dead after shooting
- FDA calls for 'judicious' antibiotic use on farms
- Three Stanford graduates advance to men's national gymnastics championships
- Stanford, Cal women's rowing pair qualifies for 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wife saw bullet hole while Skyping with soldier who collapsed
- George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies
- Indy police: Girl, 14, charged in 4-year-old cousin's killing
- Jonny Gomes' home run gives Oakland A's 4-3 win over Tampa Bay Rays in 12 innings
- California farmers already follow FDA guidelines on antibiotics
- Review: 'Cinderella' at Ballet San Jose
- Willie Mays: The embodiment of baseball genius
- Cinco de Mayo draws crowds downtown, but little trouble reported in San Jose
- Kawakami: Leadership mantle has passed to the Giants' pitching staff
- Leonard Cohen plots return to Bay Area
- San Jose SaberCats hold off Arizona Rattlers
- Vancouver Whitecaps beat San Jose Earthquakes 2-1
- Slideshow: Super moon shines on as brightest and closest of 2012
- Twin sisters defied social pressures; now they're bound for Yale -- together
- The cost of California's death penalty
- Mercury News wins award for best large newspaper in the state from the California Newspaper Publishers Association
- Oakland Effect: Oakland's high homicide numbers affect everyone
- Longtime environmentalist helped create wildlife refuge
- Walnut Creek trying to lure Lucasfilm to business park
- Junior Seau's death a sobering wake-up call, former NFL players say
- Roadshow: Some do-it-yourself traffic help
- For 9/11 victims' families, hearing another ordeal
- Warriors' Stephen Curry expresses relief over ankle surgery
- Greek election critical and uncertain
- 5 killed in Syria's increasingly restive Aleppo
- Putin returns to presidency in a changed Russia
- Kentucky Derby: I'll Have Another rallies to win
- Herhold: The long, sad story of a woman released after 27 years
- Study links fertility treatment, birth defect risk
- Egypt military detains hundreds following violence
- Cal grads formerly held in Iranian prison to marry Saturday
- Polls open in France's overseas territories
- Activists: Chen case does not mean controls easing
- Sept. 11 'mastermind,' others being arraigned at Guantanamo
- Connecticut aims to avoid states' medical marijuana woes
- South Africa: Man photographs cheetahs attacking wife
- Slideshow: Notre Dame de Namur University 2012 Commencement
- Man dies while hiking on park trail in Fremont hills
- U.S. military turns its focus on drug smuggling in Honduras
- Man arrested after Vallejo man killed, woman injured in stabbing
- Man killed in East Oakland shooting
- Man in stable condition after Oakland shooting
- Madison Bumgarner helps snap San Francisco Giants' losing streak
- Sunnyvale winning lotto ticket worth more than $200,000
- More than 20 arrests Friday in Cinco de Mayo celebrations in San Jose
- One-alarm fire damages San Jose school
- Tyson Ross roughed up again as Oakland A's lose 7-2 to Rays
- San Francisco Giants drop fourth straight, 6-4 to Milwaukee Brewers
- Refinery repairs driving up gas prices in California
- Purdy: San Jose State gets its revenge by finally joining the Mountain West Conference
- Outsourcing of Palo Alto Animal Services division to come at a price
- Portola Valley School District audit discovers $844K shortfall and 'budget irregularities' after Hanretty leaves
- Suspected copper thieves caught in PG&E yard in San Carlos
- 47 San Mateo County households to vote Tuesday on switching school districts
- Dog stays for hours with owner killed by apparent hit-and-run driver on California coastal road
- Bonny Zanardi: Size matters in Avenue 25 Gallery exhibit
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: San Jose's St. Joseph Cathedral under wraps during paint job
- Santa Clara man dies in chain-reaction Willow Glen crash that injured two more
- Former Concord P.I. admits guilt in CNET corruption scandal; ex-San Ramon cop sentenced
- Pittsburg schools launch free dinner program for kids
- San Jose State's Mountain West Conference dream now a reality
- Arson suspected in fire at disabled vet's Hayward home
- Federal appeals court denies Chabot challenge to power plant
- Tribute to Creature Features TV show slated Saturday in San Leandro
- Thizz defendants plead not guilty in federal court in drug probe
- Hillary Clinton to visit India, Bangladesh with modest agenda
- After years of environmental battles, truce may be near at Pebble Beach
- Digital First Media's chief says newspapers have key advantages in the struggle for readers and advertising
- Alameda County prosecutor put on leave for violating defendant's attorney-client privilege
- Girl-power produces new apps
- Report: Miguel Tejada close to signing with Baltimore Orioles
- Google-Oracle jury deliberations to continue Monday
- El Cerrito reaches deal with bank to continue operations until June
- San Francisco: Police responding to suspicious pacakge near Balboa Park BART station
- Yahoo faces mounting pressure over CEO's inflated resume
- Doctor in tobacco ads faced bankruptcies; house now being foreclosed
- Hicks: Tanning mom calls detractors jealous, fat and ugly
- San Jose teen prodigy to play Warren Buffett in ping pong
- Breast cancer is rare in men, but they fare worse
- Fuel leak at AC Transit yard in Emeryville forces evacuations at Pixar, school
- Secret sex partner's pay gets former UC Berkeley vice chancellor fired
- AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop
- In Cuba, young people long for Web access
- San Jose gang leader nicknamed 'Capone' sentenced to 223 years to life for violent kidnapping
- Foxconn workers talk about jobs, work with Apple
- Super moon shines Saturday night
- Motorcycle lane splitting is legal, but even some bikers get nervous about it
- Two West San Jose houses burned by 3-alarm fire
- Boy, 6, dies after being rescued from San Jose fire that killed mother
- Cassidy: At Google, search is important, but grub is king
- Oakland A's: Weeks' second season not coming quite so easily
- 'American Idol': The competition is down to a fab four
- Palo Alto police report decline in burglary cases
- Gateway project returns to Palo Alto City Council
- Palo Alto police seek man who made bomb threats
- Facebook plans to go public with stock priced at $28 to $35, a valuation slightly less than $100 billion
- Former Seau teammate Gary Plummer: 'He was crying out for help'
- Yahoo confirms CEO's education misstated, will launch probe
- As primary election nears, Rep. Pete Stark apologizes for recent gaffes
- Apple, Foxconn open up about China factories
- San Francisco Giants lose Pablo Sandoval to hand injury, lose game to Marlins
- Stanford on hunt for new A.D. after Bob Bowlsby leaves for Big 12 commissioner's job
- San Mateo judge denies motion to move accused child molester from state hospital
- San Jose: Leland High assistant principal arrested for alleged unlawful sexual contact with minor
- State and national leaders in San Jose offer solutions to fix California's economy
- Friends and family mourning shooting death of 37-year-old transgender woman from Hayward
- Police: Antioch man found with backpack of incendiaries during Oakland May Day melee
- Carman's Nursery - 75 years of beautiful plants, flowers and love of nature
- Judge gives N.Y. man 2 weeks on Facebook lawyer fees
- Yahoo investor says CEO Scott Thompson lying about computer science degree
- Newark high school students arrested in on-campus brawl
- Plans vetoed for Oakland dog park
- Hicks: Michael Jackson to be featured in Pepsi campaign
- Missing San Jose teen found on VTA after being raped by man, police say
- Biz Break: Facebook's IPO details, Yahoo CEO's degree gaffe, and LinkedIn's big day
- Jury may be struggling in Oracle-Google trial
- Three journalists slain in Mexico's Veracruz state
- Sex with 7 girls lands Morgan Hill teen in jail, police say
- New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera carted off field with injury
- Obama to attend three Silicon Valley fundraisers May 23
- San Jose State rally rails against increase in student loan rates
- Herhold: How two scammers inflicted psychic damage
- Travel briefs: Spirit raising carry-on fee to $100; Tioga Pass to open early; Grand Canyon preps for eclipse party; Sahara to reopen in Vegas
- Cyclist Levi Leipheimer still ailing as Tour of California approaches
- Pet wash fundraiser to help fund canine search and rescue organization
- Contra Costa County seventh- and eighth-graders learn college is cool at 'COOL Nite'
- Firefighters rescue four dogs from Martinez apartment fire
- Square pitches Stanford students
- San Jose-based SunPower's losses exceed estimates
- Apple, Foxconn open up about China factories
- San Jose 8th-grader killed in savage park beating, police say
- Lawyer: Client not a berserk vigilante
- Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby calls morning meeting for undisclosed topic
- First-place San Jose Earthquakes score five goals for first time in eight years in beating DC United
- 'American Idol' recap: This race is too close to call
- San Jose card room wants ballot measure to expand
- Berkeley law professor cannot be sued over Bush-era torture memos
- Deadly infection claims San Francisco VA lab worker
- Upstart Mountain View robotics team looking to next year's competition
- Half Moon Bay: Still quirky, and back from the brink
- Dublin man arrested in San Leandro burglary spree
- Family still grieves
- Pizarro: Retired San Jose police chief Rob Davis takes job with high-end security firm
- Analysis: For Obama, a delicate new balance on national security
- Clinton urges China to protect human rights
- First of two papers on lab-made bird flu published
- California poised to bar employers from peeking into private information on social media sites
- Fasting for peaceful solutions to violence in Oakland
- Oakland A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2
- Harvard and MIT team to offer free online courses
- For Romney, gay aide's exit creates storm
- U.S. lags in global measure of preterm births
- Automated dorm room tests tolerance, opens world
- Eurozone unemployment hits record high
- Oakland regroups after May Day protests
- Herhold: DeAnza president emerges in debate over Apple's taxes
- Elizabeth Edwards tore off her shirt in confronting husband in front of aides, witness says
- 13 charged in hazing death of Florida A&M band member
- Deadly infection claims San Francisco VA lab worker
- With Junior Seau death, NFL could be reaching tipping point
- Fierce clashes stoke tensions ahead of Egypt vote
- Walnut Creek adopts alcohol restrictions; bar owners might sue
- Fremont man gets 93 months in prison, must pay $7 million restitution for mortgage fraud
- Voting begins to name the four San Jose City Hall falcon chicks
- Pizarro: VivaFest gets an early start this year
- Castro Valley Unified reaches tentative agreement to avoid cuts
- Milpitas public works director abruptly retires
- Roadshow: Plenty of carpool stickers available for Prius, Volt plug-ins
- Top news photos: Jetman flies again, shaky ceasefire in Syria and more
- National Day of Prayer observance Thursday to honor Oikos victims
- Castro Valley man arrested in Pleasanton robbery, police chase
- Mobile apps and technology change the way consumers look at cash
- Pinole council adopts ban on home gun sales
- Fremont police vehicles vandalized in Oakland May Day protests
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Jaleel White loses Dance Duel
- Sheriff's Office searching for man who shot at Oakley police
- San Jose council deadlocks on lowering pensions
- Jon Wilner's early look at the Pac-12's top prospects for the 2013 NFL draft
- Bullis says it intends to occupy facilities offered by Los Altos School District
- San Francisco Giants still can't support Matt Cain
- Jarrod Parker earns first major league win as A's hang on to beat Red Sox
- Bid to reconsider San Jose graffiti contract fails
- San Jose city officials cautiously optimistic about 2012-13 budget
- Facebook organ-donation option gives 'an immediate spike' to California registration
- Occupy Oakland attempt to revitalize momentum met with riot-clad police, tear gas
- Alameda County District 2 seat open to challengers beginning Wednesday
- Fremont man formally charged with murder in slaying of Newark football star
- Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy fringe bent on destruction
- Power restored in Walnut Creek, nearby areas
- Bay Area to get new chief federal judge
- One person dead, 2 others critically injured in San Jose fire
- Cancer genome data center raises hope for cures
- Mt. Diablo school district and SunPower celebrate solar project
- Walnut Creek burglary leads to car chase, arrest in Concord
- Oakland: Thousands marching to downtown Oakland as May Day march picks up steam
- Jury begins deliberations in murder trial for Richmond boy
- On surprise visit to Afghanistan, Obama lays out path to ending war
- O'Brien: IPOs begin to sizzle as Facebook debut inches closer
- Big fish con man gets 8 years for bilking elderly San Jose woman
- Sunday circulation up, daily flat for San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune
- Raiders sign QB Matt Leinart
- Hicks: Tony Award nominations snub 'Spider-Man', 'Ghost'
- San Jose man ID'd as Highway 17 driver who died after winding up in oncoming traffic
- Facebook organ-donation option gives 'an immediate spike' to California registration
- May Day protesters call for reforms of child protective services
- Facebook to begin pitching IPO to investors as soon as next week
- Coach Frank Yallop's steady style guiding Earthquakes to unprecedented start
- New BlackBerry operating system, RIM's hope for the future, makes a limited debut
- District court upholds jury's ruling in Antioch discrimination case
- Berkeley Rep adds two more plays for next season
- Spare the Air smog season starts Tuesday in the Bay Area
- Louis C.K., Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook win Webby Awards
- Pizarro: Be prepared for parking headache at Santana Row's Cinco de Mayo celebration
- Newest San Jose City Hall falcon chicks are three boys and a girl
- Hicks: Khloe Kardashian may ditch hubby for new show
- Two former Oakland Raiders charged in Florida tax ring
- Groupon replaces Starbucks CEO, VC on board after accounting issues; shares fall
- Boston Red Sox rout Oakland A's 11-6
- Wilner: San Jose State has plenty to gain from move to Mountain West
- 'Difficult reductions' needed for Palo Alto budget, city manager says
- Planning commission OKs Menlo Park downtown plan
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Maria Menounos, Derek Hough perform perfect paso
- Vandals attack police station, businesses during protest march in San Francisco's Mission District
- Former Colts backup quarterback Jim Sorgi to work out for Oakland Raiders
- Report: Oakland Raiders fire longtime scout Jon Kingdon
- Police: Four San Jose car theft suspects busted in Belmont
- Newark: High school mourns star football player killed in weekend stabbing
- O.co Coliseum board challenged on decision to negotiate with AEG for management contract
- Funeral held for Doris Chibuko, Oikos victim from San Leandro
- Former San Jose Redevelopment Agency properties heading to sale
- Herhold: A youthful tester for your app
- Prosecutor: No charges against driver in fatal that killed 6-year-old East Palo Alto girl
- Manresa of Los Gatos makes 'World's 50 Best Restaurants' list
- Review: Marvel's 'The Avengers' does it right
- Sheriff's deputies: Men caught with fighting rooster in Half Moon Bay
- Pyschic, sweetheart scams net San Jose woman 5 years in prison
- Police allege manslaughter against Antioch man in brother's accidental shooting death
- MLS Player of the Week Steven Lenhart touts Earthquakes' balanced scoring
- Accused Oikos University shooter pleads not guilty
- In Mass. US Senate race, a question of heritage
- A tale of two beer fests -- Martinez event thrives while Pleasant Hill hopes for bigger payoff this year
- San Mateo's CafePress moving headquarters to Louisville, Ky.
- Joined at birth, separated through surgery, San Jose twins relish independence
- Oakland, Vallejo men arrested after Vallejo carjacking in which driver was shot twice
- Moderate Islamist gains in presidential race
- Sierra LaMar search reaches San Jose as sex offenders arrested on unrelated charges
- 'Octomom' files for bankruptcy, is as much as $1 million in debt
- 'Crowd labor' helps spur social networking revolution
- Roadshow: I-880 lanes through Brokaw Road construction seem narrower but they aren't
- Purdy: A Tiger, Rory battle royale not likely at Olympic Club
- Three children killed in Taliban-U.S. crossfire
- Pet therapy dogs help relieve UC Berkeley students' stress as finals loom
- San Mateo's SolarCity, chaired by Elon Musk, plans to go public
- Google, Oracle attorneys wrap up first part of trial
- Census: Homeownership hits 15-year low
- Ocean race accidents stun sailors as probe deepens
- Biz Break: Microsoft looks at Nook for tablet anchor, Apple falls below $600 again, and a big day for cleantech
- Oakland man takes top prize in international natural bodybuilding contest
- Pizarro: Festive farewell for San Jose State professor Terry Christensen
- Kids build with Lego to honor friend who died of leukemia
- As scandal winds down, aging state Treasurer Bill Lockyer sets sights on controller's job
- A Bay Area first: Double carpool lanes coming to Highway 101
- San Jose State expected to receive 2013-14 Mountain West Conference invitation
- American distance record-holder Alan Webb battles back from injuries
- Payton Jordan Invitational track notebook: Despite losing track of laps, Lopez Lomong records world-leading time in 5,000 meters
- Roadshow: Fines for texting or using handheld cellphone while driving could be increased
- Chances of Iran strike receding, U.S. officials say
- San Jose: Fans turn out for 'American Idol' singer DeAndre Brackensick in his hometown
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Crew to be named in final bid for U.S. men's eights to reach London Olympics
- World Trade Center tower to reclaim sky in lower Manhattan
- Study: Heavy teens have trouble managing diabetes
- Political Blotter: Barbara Lee to co-chair Sudan Caucus
- Lots of help available for finding an apartment online
- U.S. drone strike kills three suspected militants in Pakistan
- Sudan declares emergency on border with south
- Gunmen open fire on Christians in Nigeria, killing as many as 20
- U.S. official in Beijing to discuss activist's case
- UC students 'spread the word' about college life to Richmond High students
- Fifteen-year-old victim in Brentwood crash identified
- San Francisco Giants take series against San Diego Padres with 4-1 win
- Oakland Raiders ticket plan to aid Oakland public schools
- Man shot and killed on San Jose elementary school campus
- As scandal winds down, aging state Treasurer Bill Lockyer sets sights on controller's job
- Oakland A's drop series finale against Baltimore Orioles 5-2
- Newark Memorial ball player stabbed to death at Fremont party, officials say.
- Former Cal tight end Anthony Miller signs with Denver Broncos
- Mark Purdy: 'Crackback!' looks into why there are so few opportunities for black head coaches in college football
- New World Trade Center poised to become New York's tallest skyscraper
- St. Louis tent collapse raises safety questions
- Van plunges off NY road into zoo grounds; 7 killed
- Romney, Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them all
- 1 year later, weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for U.S. raid that killed bin Laden
- Oakland A's to sign third baseman Brandon Inge
- 'Avengers' hurtles to $178.4M overseas debut
- San Jose P.E. teacher falls short in Olympic wrestling bid
- Oakland: Three killed in weekend violence
- How Apple sidesteps billions in taxes
- Internal Affairs: San Jose city clerk's office finds some names that look familiar on petition
- Tim Lincecum pitches San Francisco Giants to victory over San Diego Padres
- Defense steps up in San Jose SaberCats blowout
- San Jose Earthquakes defeat Philadelphia Union 2-1
- Crews pull together in honor of athlete
- How Apple sidesteps billions in taxes
- Mad cow discovery reignites debate: Are U.S. food-safety laws too lax?
- 1 dead after storm blows down St. Louis beer tent
- Grateful Silicon Valley families get a sweet 'Extreme Makeover.'
- Cheating controversy grows into angry, national dialogue about ethical breakdowns
- Police: Antioch man shoots brother, says it was accidental discharge
- Baltimore Orioles rout Oakland A's 10-1
- San Jose hit-and-run from April 15 charged as homicide
- Roadshow: Some readers recommend calling 911 if they see a person slapping a child in a car seat
- East Oakland has its very own neighborhood watch
- May Day protests won't include shutting down Golden Gate Bridge
- Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut out three more months after ankle surgery
- Former State Sen. Daniel Boatwright dies
- San Jose police identify suspects in Rose Garden stabbing
- Class of 2012 faces harsh reality of college expenses
- Hayward firefighters save unconscious woman in burning home
- Authorities ID Marin County sailor found Thursday, killed in April 14 accident
- Intel puts big bet on 'ultrabooks'
- O'Brien: Now that Google Drive has landed, I ask: 'What took so long?'
- Grateful Silicon Valley families get a sweet 'Extreme Makeover'
- Two men wanted in Fremont attempted home burglary
- 49ers: Depth is the priority on final day of draft
- Two-alarm fire destroys Ashland house, displaces six residents
- Assembly, Contra Costa supervisor and East Contra Costa parcel tax elections set for public forum
- Herhold: Memo to Sequoia High Dad: Let kids face consequences
- Danville lotto ticket wins more than $300,000
- Reward for Sierra LaMar's safe return increased to $25,000
- Cal receiver Marvin Jones goes to Bengals
- San Jose leaders to vote on shrinking new worker pensions
- Doyle Drive demolition begins, continues through the weekend
- Fremont running back Robert Turbin goes to Seattle
- Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California
- Oakland A's beat Baltimore Orioles 5-2, move above .500 mark
- Defense lets San Francisco Giants down again in loss to San Diego Padres
- A Special Place for kids with life threatening illnesses
- Poole: Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie's first draft pick isn't flashy, but it's revealing
- Los Gatos mom injured in drunken driving crash can sue town, appeals court says
- Anxiety disorders like Aubrey Huff's largely misunderstood
- Mark Purdy49ers welcome A.J. 'Big Hands' Jenkins
- Review: Coldplay is on top of its game in San Jose
- Dogs may get exercise area at Palo Alto's El Camino Park
- Menlo Country Club gets OK to tee off renovation work
- Golden State Warriors find hope amid the gloom
- Reward to be increased in Sierra LaMar case as searches continue
- San Jose: School starts fund to help family of student hit by car
- Two-alarm fire rages through Ashland house Friday night
- San Jose homicide leads to nine-hour standoff, people in house detained
- California Justice Department won't charge Nadia Lockyer's ex-lover
- 11 charged in connection to huge Oakland marijuana grow house raid
- Accused child molester: Too mentally and physically sick to stay legally hospitalized?
- Golden State Warriors win tiebreaker, will enter NBA draft lottery at No. 7
- Oregon running back LaMichael James 'stoked' about 49ers' second-round draft call
- Oakland Raiders select Utah offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom with 95th pick in draft
- NCS Board of Managers votes down open division plan
- Oakland city attorney has sued two more Occupy Oakland protesters over vandalism
- For Obama, bin Laden killing becomes campaign tool
- Grisly injury couldn't deter triple jumper Erica McLain
- Florida's crucial Hispanic voters remain wary of Romney
- Video shows bicyclists violently struck by vehicle in Berkeley
- Stanford's Coby Fleener and Jonathan Martin, Cal's Mitchell Schwartz and Mychal Kendricks go in NFL draft's second round
- San Leandro theater owner sentenced to four months for obstructing deputies, appeals verdict
- Hicks: Ted Nugent concert at Army base canceled over his remarks about President Obama
- Antioch officials investigate possible carbon monoxide poisoning at middle school
- Martinez lice-removal salon ruling expected Wednesday; proposed requirements more restrictive
- Chance this weekend to meet San Jose's 'American Idol' finalist
- Hicks: 'Battleship' studio suing knockoff flick
- Pizarro: Diners make a big splash for Health Trust fundraiser
- Blind activist escapes house arrest in China
- Energy firm NRG will add electric car charging stations in low-income communities
- Don't want a SmartMeter? PG&E would like to hear from you by May 1
- Dutch ban takes aim at foreigners buying pot
- Distracted driving highlighted by safety advocates in Concord
- Novato hotel killer found hanged in cell at San Quentin
- Newest 49er A.J. Jenkins not lacking for hands
- Alameda County sheriff's SWAT team travels to Jordan
- Bonny Doon resident welcomed to the neighborhood by mountain lions
- Chevron reports $6.5 billion profit, fueled by oil prices, refinery margins and new production
- Andreessen Horowitz partners pledge half their earnings to philanthropy
- Saxophonist with the Killers dead at 33
- 'American Idol': Another one bites the dust
- Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
- Pizarro: Mike Hackworth's generosity laid foundation for San Jose's Tech Museum
- Poole: NFL draft underscores the Raiders' move into a new era
- Man killed in East Palo Alto apartment parking lot
- Arrest warrant issued in Palo Alto animal cruelty case
- One-year contract approved for Redwood City school teachers
- San Francisco 49ers pull first-round surprise, take Illinois receiver A.J. Jenkins
- Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers surprise everyone with their first-round pick
- Parents who sued school over son's punishment for cheating receive hate messages
- Golden State Warriors' season ends with a loss, hope for a lucky draw
- At 92, movie DVD bootlegger is soldiers' hero
- FTC hires outside attorney in Google antitrust case
- Three Strikes Law initiative likely to qualify for Nov. ballot
- Several sites in Santa Clara County to collect unused, expired prescription drugs Saturday
- Union City commission nixes tobacco-sale exemption for gas stations
- Divided Fremont school board approves dogs to sniff out drugs on campus
- Stanford's David DeCastro joins Andrew Luck in NFL draft
- Testifying, Murdoch cites 'cover-up' in hacking
- Cat rescued from Iran ends up at San Francisco animal shelter
- Holsinger tapped for San Mateo County harbor board
- Occupy Oakland has to leave A's-White Sox game at O.co Coliseum over flier flap
- Ominous North Korean 'missiles' shown off at parade were fakes, analysts say
- Thizz Entertainment releases statement on behalf of Mac Dre's mother regarding DEA probe
- Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor convicted of crimes against humanity
- Former Sun chiefs differ on Google's use of Oracle's Java code in Android
- Wounded warriors ride a surfboard's nose, and it smells like...victory
- Los Gatos family whose house burned twice offers reward to catch arsonist
- Trustees vote to not close school in neighborhood of San Bruno explosion
- It's official: Andrew Luck goes to Colts with No. 1 pick
- San Leandro Portuguese library provides newspapers for digitization project
- Sacramento man arrested at Burlingame hotel for human trafficking, police say
- Ernest Callenbach, 'Ecotopia' author, dies in Berkeley at 83
- Hicks: Lane Garrison charged with battery
- Livermore man replaces war artifact stolen from Pearl Harbor survivor in San Leandro
- Man convicted of sex with 13-year-old girl he met online faces life in prison
- Owners of El Balazo taqueria chain sentenced for immigration and tax fraud
- MIT students drop piano from roof in annual rite
- Corsair sets terms for $78 million IPO, seeks $13 share price
- Milpitas police: Five San Jose men arrested after gun tossed from car
- Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
- Police find drugs, arrest two during stolen-car stop in El Cerrito
- Biz Break: A changing video game industry shows up in Zynga, Nintendo results, rumors of bid for EA
- Britain reopens the Madeleine McCann missing toddler case
- Reports: Police raid East Oakland warehouse in massive pot bust
- Kawakami: Just a guess, but Georgia Tech wide receiver Stephen Hill looks like San Francisco 49ers' kind of guy
- Parents sue district for kicking son out of Sequoia High honors class for cheating
- Police called to Piazza's in Palo Alto after boys use chalk to write poems
- 'American Idol' recap: Queen for a day
- San Mateo County streets and parks to come alive with free activities
- A landmark retrofit
- Herhold: A few more thoughts about smoking in the parks
- Mother's intuition leads to arrest of suspected kidnapper in Daly City, DA says
- DA: Angry man sets car afire in Daly City DMV
- Man charged with trafficking on suspicion of pimping 17-year-old girl in San Bruno
- Giants place Aubrey Huff on DL due to anxiety
- San Jose man found with cache of guns, explosives pleads guilty to 50 felony counts
- AC Transit approves bus rapid transit project in Oakland and San Leandro
- Rare charges accuse CEO of over-billing San Jose for spinal implants
- Cabrillo Unified School District pushes bond measure
- Police Blotter
- Berkeley summer youth program at risk after 12 kayaks stolen
- Man's lost loot will be returned four weeks after students find it in Lake Merritt
- Apple CEO Tim Cook emerges from Steve Jobs' shadow
- Hospital worker slain while walking to North Oakland home
- Mary Hayashi inquired about Nadia Lockyer's seat
- Father with ties to Hercules arrested on suspicion of kidnapping ailing son from Missouri hospital
- Hicks: George Jones feuding with daughter
- Warriors' Davis Lee to have surgery on torn abdominal muscle
- Safeway could be a potential takeover target
- A's defeat White Sox 5-4 in 14 innings
- Tobacco industry gearing up to take down California cigarette tax initiative
- SoCal assemblyman apologizes after blood test reveals he was drunk during Concord stop
- Hicks: TLC planning reunion tour with holographic Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
- Commissioners nix cell antennae
- Richmond man arrested after firing gun in his home during quarrel
- Free Asperger's presentation Thursday at Valle Verde Elementary in Walnut Creek
- Most taxpayers getting a big refund
- Freddy Sanchez's return to second-base duty in rehab stint on hold
- Roadshow: Starting Monday, Fremont's Kato Road closing nine months to build BART
- Preliminary hearing set for four teens accused in Santa Cruz stabbing
- San Mateo coast should stick with Cal Fire, report says
- Sizing up the Warriors' draft lottery situation
- Andrew Luck is big on brawn, even bigger on brain
- Richmond council updates General Plan
- Occupy protest puts senior housing, Whole Foods project in Albany put on hold
- Top news photos: India milk protest, Mexico forest fire and more
- Newark man arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing into a house
- With five more victories, Romney's focus is fall
- San Jose City Council blocks bonus payments to retirees
- San Francisco Giants blown out by Cincinnati Reds 9-2
- Kurt Suzuki's pinch-hit double sparks Oakland A's to 2-0 win over Chicago White Sox
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Gladys Knight leaves on midnight train off
- Sharks' Doug Wilson noncommittal, but says: 'I believe in Todd'
- Warriors make Bob Myers their GM
- DA: Belmont roofing company owners busted in $600,000 scam
- Fire chief who led response to San Bruno blast retiring in May
- Bay Area tennis community absorbs news of loss of SAP Open
- Mad cow disease found in Central Valley dairy cow
- San Jose minimum wage initiative qualifies for November ballot
- Alameda County Supes make Nadia Lockyer's resignation official Tuesday
- Feds bust suspected Ecstasy drug ring centered around Bay Area rap label founded by Mac Dre
- City reports on progress of graffiti program
- Apartment fire displaces 13 San Jose residents
- Logan High student injured in Union City shooting
- Moraga police: Man made false robbery report to test police response
- San Jose and Santa Clara County city leaders push for curbs on payday lending
- Suspect arrested after taking pregnant woman hostage at Hayward bank
- Police seek details after Burlingame man's death
- Sharks notebook: Logan Couture needs shoulder surgery
- Frank Quattrone lauds prospects for tech IPOs, mergers at venture capital conference
- Apple posts another blowout quarter
- Oracle confronts Google's Schmidt about Java
- El Cerrito center opens a new, greener era
- Manila court backs breakup of Aquino estate
- Company aims to strike it rich by mining asteroids
- PG&E's pipeline maintenance should be more thoroughly scrutinized, advocates say
- Concord settles most recent sex-harassment case
- Months-long closure of Kato Road in Fremont scheduled
- U.S., Yemen pledge united front against al-Qaida
- Giants' Freddy Sanchez takes infield for first time in week
- Fremont trio arrested on auto burglary, possession of stolen property charges in Milpitas
- Defense attorney will seek to have escaped Santa Cruz County inmate's trial moved
- Artist Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend accused of being gold-digger out for 'money and fame'
- Biz Break: Apple has another quarter of mind-boggling revenues and profits
- Netflix stock crumbles after earnings reports, analyst downgrades
- Metta World Peace suspended for 7 games for elbowing player
- 49ers finally remade front office -- and it's paying off handsomely
- Contra Costa, deputy district attorneys at contract impasse
- Palo Alto City Council looks to consultant to sort out CPI flap
- Battle over Sheriff Mirkarimi's job could drag on for months
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Katherine, Jaleel dance to top on Motown Week
- Oakland A's manage just three hits off Jake Peavy in 4-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox
- Calif. prison overhaul would save $1.5B a year
- Crews recover wreckage from deadly yacht crash off the Farallon Islands
- Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie has strong bond with his twin brother
- PG&E power lines fall over Caltrain tracks
- Public Market Emeryville remodel pays homage to its industrial past
- Grand jury report criticizes San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services
- AT&T workers miss service calls after dust-up over pro-union stickers
- Silicon Valley officials tout legislation for new emergency communication network
- Freddy Sanchez begins rehab assignment in San Jose
- Oakland Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie seeking students of the game
- Former Pinole officer looks to reshape UC Davis police after pepper-spray scandal
- Antioch sees slight sales tax bump, must find ways to make money
- Nate Robinson's future with the Golden State Warriors far from certain
- Netflix posts loss, shares plunge in after-hours trading
- Robbery suspect runs into police at South San Francisco party
- Facebook says now has 900 million monthly users
- Alameda County needs poll workers for June 5 election
- Hicks: Lane Garrison arrested for domestic violence
- 'Wounded Warriors' begin week of surfing lessons
- Contra Costa seeks volunteers for homeless outreach
- Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
- Ex-Yahoo president and husband agree to split millions in final divorce settlement
- Oikos shooting suspect has not eaten in three weeks
- Silicon Valley CEOs see solid job growth this year
- San Bruno may tear out deadly gas pipe
- Anti-death penalty measure qualifies for November ballot
- AC Transit sets Wednesday hearing and vote on bus rapid transit project
- Roadshow: Requests for bumper stickers on turn signals still pouring in
- Gang members arrested in slaying of Marine vet outside Antioch bar
- Suspect in shootout with Berkeley police faces attempted murder charges
- San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum gets back in the win column in 6-1 win over Mets
- Canadian firm recommended for $2.5 billion BART car contract
- Facebook pays Microsoft $550 million for AOL patents
- Supreme Court ruling on mental health testing clears way for Daly City murder trial
- Oakland prescription drug disposal day is Saturday
- Sneak peak in Oakland of HBO 'Weight of the Nation' series Wednesday
- Four men compete for three spots at Pillar Point Harbor
- Warriors' Oracle Arena adds new tech features
- Mark Purdy: San Jose Sharks have changes to make, but it probably won't start with firing Doug Wilson or Todd McLellan
- San Jose Sharks likely to get roster makeover after early playoff exit
- Rookie Charles Jenkins helps Golden State Warriors rally past Minnesota Timberwolves
- Scorched-earth divorce trial slated for Monday might finally settle instead
- Michael A. Hackworth - Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist - dies at 71
- Lovable Bugs all over big San Jose classic Volkswagen show
- Earth Day opening of the new, $2.3 million Sobrato Science & Sustainability Center
- Roadshow: Drivers cannot pull into bike lane to pass a vehicle waiting to make a left turn
- Neighbors act quickly to rescue woman from Antioch house fire
- Supreme Court to hear Arizona immigration case this week
- Political Blotter: Stark jabs at Romney with bill for welfare moms
- Hollande and Sarkozy head to runoff in French race
- Watchdog: Mexican government must probe Wal-Mart
- With pact, U.S. agrees to help Afghan for years to come
- Romney on spending: Guns triumph over butter
- Oakley invites residents to submit their to-do list
- Heavy rain in East, and April snowflakes for some
- Restoration of huge wetland near Redwood City nearing completion
- On a mission all her own, she's walking California's royal road
- Oakland Athletics beat Cleveland Indians 5-1
- Court documents reveal PG&E likely to take hard line on issue of paying punitive damages
- Stanford primed for NFL draft's first-round spotlight
- Wide receiver Marvin Jones from Cal sees NFL draft stock rise
- Ex-Cal punter Bryan Anger confident he'll get NFL draft phone call
- NFL draft projections for prospects from Cal, Stanford, San Jose State
- Ex-Cal star Mychal Kendricks believes he measures up to NFL linebacker standards
- All eyes on Florida jail as George Zimmerman awaits release on bail
- Explosion heard in NV, CA traced to meteor
- San Francisco Giants rained out Sunday against New York Mets
- Tressor Moreno plays clutch role in San Jose Earthquakes' rise to top of MLS Western Conference
- Bay Area athletes qualify for Olympic games in table tennis
- Officials ID San Bruno man killed in Highway 101 crash
- Earth Day: In 1972, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics
- Poole: Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis moving team into NFL's modern era
- Imagination at work: Youths compete in Tech Challenge
- Camp in a California state park -- while you can
- Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut, Stephen Curry scheduled for surgery
- San Jose Earthquakes beat Real Salt Lake 3-1
- Oakland A's put up little resistance, fall to Cleveland Indians 5-1
- San Jose Sharks ousted from Stanley Cup playoffs by St. Louis Blues
- Firefighter suffers minor injury in San Jose vehicle fires
- Internal Affairs: Santa Clara County Democrat finds himself on outs with labor honcho
- San Jose Sharks notebook: Faceoff failure come back to haunt Sharks
- Army data gives snapshot of drug trade in war zone
- The VA's Palo Alto Health Care System welcomes Marines with open arms
- Herhold: Latest outburst proves Pete Stark needs to go
- A scorcher: San Jose reaches 91
- Exclusive interview: Nadia Lockyer tells traumatic story of how affair, drugs and deceit led to downfall
- Pizarro: Old San Jose Fire Station No. 1 designated a city historic landmark
- Permanent fix sought for Mt. Diablo Scenic Boulevard
- Pleasant Hill restaurateur eyes Martinez marina for new venture
- More than a month later, search for Sierra LaMar continues
- 'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids
- Zimmerman urged to keep low profile after release
- Official vs. political trips: blurry line, tricky math
- To New England fishermen, Whole Foods is another barrier
- Fired Santa Clara County prosecutor allegedly pressed cops to arrest husband's ex-wife
- Vast Mexican bribery case hushed up by Wal-Mart
- One dies in East Oakland vehicle crash
- Mt. Diablo school board may extend top administrator contracts on Monday
- IMF warns Europe not to ease up debt battle
- O'Brien: Welcome to the new and expanded Silicon Valley
- Bahrain tense ahead of F1 after protester dies
- Apple's big year outshines mixed result for Silicon Valley
- U.N. monitors visit Syria opposition stronghold
- San Francisco Giants lose to New York Mets 5-4
- Volunteers clean up North Richmond creek for Earth Day
- Perfect games thrown in major league baseball history
- White Sox pitcher Phil Humber throws perfect game against Seattle Mariners
- Facebook's pending IPO poised to shake up SV150 rankings
- Cal football: Freshman leads Gold to victory
- Apple overwhelmingly dominant in consumer IT sector
- A volatile year for cleantech
- Entertainment sector had rough year
- Bay Area economy is not just tech
- Big rig catches fire, blocks I-580 lanes in Livermore
- Oakland artist awarded a piece of $5.7 million grant
- San Francisco Giants hold on, beat New York Mets in 10 innings
- 1972 A's are still Swingin' 40 years later
- Pizarro: San Jose State president Mohammad Qayoumi lays out academic plans
- Pre-Facebook IPOs show investors may 'like' enterprise software more than social networking
- CPI vows to fight relocation efforts; Palo Alto council scheduled to review options Monday
- Oakland A's fall to Cleveland Indians 4-3
- Searchers find body believed to be missing Santa Rosa girl
- Bonny Zanardi: Poetry inspires visual arts creations
- Another daylong Sierra LaMar search scheduled for this weekend
- The great San Jose scorcher set for Saturday
- Morgan Hill students get in trouble for getting high on pot cookies
- Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia
- Bay Area adds nearly 11,000 jobs in March as employment surges
- Traffic flowing again on San Mateo Bridge following early morning crashes
- Summit student held to answer on attempted rape charges
- Police Blotter
- Skyline High School student killed in rollover crash near King City
- San Jose Earthquakes head into Real Salt Lake match minus some key contributors
- San Jose Sharks just trying to stay alive in series
- San Francisco judge refuses to grant suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's request to derail administrative process
- More Secret Service agents gone; Obama briefed
- Embattled Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer resigns
- Biz Break: 24 hours of IPO success in Silicon Valley, counterbalanced by Apple's fall
- Treasured junk is headed home to Taiwan
- Santa Clara software company Infoblox jumps higher in IPO
- Kawakami: Reeling Sharks in need of a catalyst
- Proofpoint finds eager buyers in IPO, stock increases on open market
- Norwegian gunman describes hunting down teenagers
- AEG moves a step closer to O.co Coliseum management contract
- Oakland pot protest targets Obama
- Mexico preps shelters as volcano roars, spews ash
- Obama to designate Fort Ord as a new national monument
- Purdy: The face of San Jose Sharks' Game 4 defeat is Patrick Marleau
- Connector road idea divides Palo Alto residents
- New plan puts tall buildings, plazas and garages in the cards for downtown Menlo Park's future
- 49ers' kick off move to Santa Clara with far-from-traditional groundbreaking
- Golden State Warriors brace for three games in three nights
- Quakes G.M. John Doyle criticizes MLS punishment system after Marvin Chavez's one-match suspension
- Cal's Memorial Stadium financing faces challenge to meet lofty goals
- Oakland A's have surprise for Los Angeles Angels, win three of four
- San Jose Sharks fall to St. Louis Blues 2-1, trail playoff series 3-1
- Purdy: The toughest job in sports?
- 'American Idol' recap: Another surprising elimination night
- San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum not worried about his poor start
- Federal court hears arguments on Hayward power plant permit
- Police: SeaWorld car thief arrested in San Mateo County
- Herhold: The old question -- sleaze or incompetence?
- Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
- Jury can't reach verdict in San Jose murder trial
- Antitrust case against Apple, Google, other tech titans advances
- Jack Douglas, 79, eminent Santa Clara Valley historian
- Police: Man sets wife on fire San Jose, kills her
- Tentative ruling denies Ross Mirkarimi's bid to overturn suspension
- Fewer people registering for Susan G. Komen races
- Golden State Warriors fact box
- 49ers' kick off move to Santa Clara with far-from-traditional groundbreaking
- Hicks: Kinder, gentler Hannibal Lecter
- Police identify man shot and killed while pushing stroller in East Oakland
- PG&E fined nearly $20 million for safety lapses in Contra Costa County
- California Lottery pulls ad with slap-happy Lady Luck
- NASA's greenest building unveiled at Moffett Field
- Fremont school board mulls budget cut options
- Richmond anti-violence agency accuses Sheriff's deputy of assaulting staff member
- U.S. helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 4 troops
- Get ready for the heat; South Bay temps expected to reach 90 this weekend
- Bud Selig says A's must get new stadium
- Strong Bay Area housing sales stir hopes for spring
- India missile test has few critics, unlike North Korea's failed launch
- Wind surfer stranded, rescued from Davenport cliff
- Pizarro: Guys with sore feet help spread YWCA's message
- Vehicle in fatal Concord crash linked to earlier drug and weapons citation
- Apple, Google, Intel, other valley companies face antitrust lawsuit
- Bombs kill 30 in Iraq's worst violence in a month
- Clinton urges tougher U.N. pressure on Syria
- Oracle probes Google engineer about key email
- Purdy: How the San Francisco 49ers became Santa Clara's team
- Sentencing of Paul Garcia in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case postponed again
- San Jose murder-suicide victim once ran popular Sunnyvale nightclub Abyss
- Police investigate South Richmond shooting
- General manager Trent Baalke says San Francisco 49ers have a player in mind to take with first-round draft pick
- Santa Clara County board of education mixed on appointing Bullis Charter representative
- San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson scheduled for Tommy John surgery on injured right elbow
- San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings
- Bartolo Colon is sharp in pitching Oakland Athletics over the Los Angeles Angels
- 'American Idol' recap: Top 7 belt out hits from now and then
- Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry turns attention to next season
- Herhold: Can anti-smoking laws be enforced outdoors?
- Coffin prepared hot dogs even a vampire would relish
- Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
- Retired Ill. couple claims share of $656M jackpot
- San Jose woman sentenced to 1 year in jail for stealing jewelry from young students
- Oikos classes to resume Monday, some in building where students were slain.
- CVS will pay $13.7 million to settle lawsuit over hazardous waste disposal
- San Jose-bound passenger goes nude at Portland airport to protest screening
- Giants' Brian Wilson will have Tommy John surgery
- Sentencing of Paul Garcia in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case postponed again
- Oikos classes to resume Monday, some in building where students were slain.
- Fremont City Council nixes more meeting about Kimber Park development
- Reflecting on Pat Summitt and her impact on the college women's game
- Larry Page evasive with Oracle's lawyer, but admits Google never obtained Java license
- Cal football: Bears to hold spring game Saturday at Edwards Stadium
- Pleasanton Safeway employee cited for selling cigarettes to underage decoy
- Pot backers plan Friday protest in Oakland
- Man fatally shot in Oakland while pushing girl in toy stroller; child unharmed
- 'Big data' startup Splunk set to go public in busy week for Silicon Valley IPOs
- Roadshow: Major repairs needed to fix gravel problems on I-880
- Pleasant Hill man killed in Orinda freeway crash
- Local workers get training for green jobs, and placement
- Police looking for witness in Fremont homicide
- Congressman Pete Stark apologizes for accusing challenger of taking bribes
- Lightning grazed homeless men, and cast spotlight on need for help
- Purdy: Sharks bolster their penalty kill with Thornton
- No charges in death of Long Beach girl, 10, after fight
- Kids sue Woodside father over mother's death
- Contra Costa supervisor candidate forum set for Lafayette
- 3 agents out in wake of Secret Service scandal
- Police: Men arrested in Half Moon Bay BB gun shooting spree
- Pleasanton approves 500 apartments south of BART station
- San Jose jury stalls after less than two days of deliberations on car death trial
- Menlo Park council unanimously approves multi-million dollar deal for Facebook expansion
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Gavin DeGraw loses duel, sails off the dance floor
- Madison Bumgarner leads San Francisco Giants past Philadelphia Phillies
- Monte Poole: Golden State Warriors can win for losing
- Work to restore Middlefield Road in Palo Alto to begin today
- Construction worker injured in fall at Palo Alto High School
- Oakland A's rally past Los Angeles Angels 5-3
- Pinole council bans home-based gun and ammo sales
- Part 3 of The Jed York interview on 49ers' Santa Clara stadium: What to expect
- East Palo Alto woman arrested on suspicion of identity theft
- Reconsider Proposition 209 decision, minority students ask federal court
- Bay Area attorney facing jail time on contempt charges because of scheduling conflict with Alameda County murder trial
- Stop California bullet train, state's top analyst urges
- Whale rescue operations halted in Southern Calif.
- Moms Of DUI Victims Fight to Apply Forgotten Law
- California lawmakers OK plan to shift pot shop regulation to state
- Calif. bill to punish student-teacher dating dies
- Seismic overhaul of Hetch Hetchy system reaches midway point
- Legislative group turns focus amid Martin backlash
- Flying the world, from his own garage
- Tech titans testify in federal court
- Several units damaged in fire at Antioch apartment complex
- Tim Kawakami: San Jose Sharks' Doug Wilson and San Francisco 49ers' Trent Baalke are kindred spirits
- Police: Crossing guard slugs Hillsborough walker
- Apple and Samsung chiefs ordered to meet
- Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum
- Happy? Positive outlook may be good for your heart
- Oracle considered buying BlackBerry maker or Palm, building Java phone, Larry Ellison says in Android trial testimony
- 49ers to open 2012 season at Green Bay
- Top news photos: Discovery's final flight and more
- Hicks: Oscar Grant movie planned; Octavia Spencer eyed for key role
- Norway killer expounds on fanatical views at trial
- Two suspects arrested in burglary of San Leandro business
- State Supreme Court denies review of San Leandro Hospital's purchase by Sutter Health
- PG&E investigating outage that shorted out Rio Vista and other Delta towns
- Syrian regime bleeds cash as cease-fire is threatened
- Twitter seeks to stay out of patent madness
- Cleaner clouds needed at Apple, Amazon and Twitter, Greenpeace says; Apple denies charges
- Intel's profits down from year ago, but earnings beat expectations
- Oakland Raiders release 2012 schedule
- Illegal prison cellphones being disabled
- Stop California bullet train, state's top analyst urges
- Downtown San Jose residential tower is bought for $118 million
- Federal court to hear appeal of Hayward power plant permit
- Are NHL playoffs evolving into a sequel of Slap Shot?
- UC grows more selective as applications flood in
- IBM profits grow 7 percent
- Herhold: A historical footnote on violence toward police
- Dialysis website enables patients to compare safety records of clinics
- Purdy: San Jose Sharks playing like it's February, which won't get it done in postseason
- Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike eager to get to work after becoming WNBA's top draft pick
- Golden State Warriors coach wants to solidify small forward position
- Part 2 of the Jed York interview on 49ers' Santa Clara stadium: How we got here
- Palo Alto on track to meet greenhouse gas emission goals
- Palo Alto police arrest three burglars
- East Palo Alto officials unruffled by news of Best Buy closure
- Police: Evidence gives new leads in Sierra LaMar abduction
- Oakland A's shut out by Los Angeles Angels
- San Jose Sharks yield three power-play goals in loss to St. Louis Blues, who lead series 2-1
- San Jose Sharks' top line held without a goal for third straight game
- Mark Purdy: St. Louis Blues postseason return to San Jose evokes a haunting past
- 'Dancing with the Stars': William Levy, Katherine Jenkins steam up the ballroom
- Tim Lincecum's free fall continues against Philadelphia Phillies
- Tim Kawakami: Game 3 shows why the St. Louis Blues are a tough matchup for San Jose Sharks
- San Mateo County parks at fiscal and developmental 'crossroads'
- Police identify pair killed in San Jose shopping center murder-suicide
- Google target of new federal privacy probe
- Oracle: Google used 'somebody else's property' when it created Android
- Bay Area renters squeezed in tight market
- Oakland: I-580 offramp closed at MacArthur Boulevard while police probe shooting death
- Bay Area renters squeezed in tight market
- The Seasoned Collector: Vintage toys in Palo Alto; gem-mineral show in San Jose; bottle collectors in Antioch
- Ride to cemetery turns fatal for San Mateo man
- Roadshow: Tips on adjusting outside mirrors to cover blind spots
- DA: Good Samaritan stabbed in San Mateo, assailant arrested
- Antioch community members join DeSaulnier in support of homeowner protection
- Woodside Elementary grieves for third-grader killed recently in auto accident along with her father
- Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
- Trial date set for Watsonville teen accused of raping, beating woman
- Hotel market rebounds in Bay Area
- San Mateo takes down lightning-damaged redwood
- Hicks: Bobby Brown pleads not guilty
- Biz Break: Apple, Google drag tech stocks down as Electronic Arts denies reports of layoffs
- Fumble leaves Alabama with a shattered BCS trophy
- San Francisco City Attorney, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi spar in legal filings
- Giants to pay tribute to yacht-race victim who was former bat girl
- Judge releases teen prosecution witness who said she was raped
- Fewer post offices are handling late-night tax rush
- San Jose State names interim AD, will conduct national search to find Tom Bowen's replacement
- AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying on Muslims
- San Pablo musician rocks and rolls for charity
- Raiders kick off preseason with Monday night game against Dallas on Aug. 13
- With Syrian cease-fire unraveling, U.N. chief calls for freedom of movement for monitors
- Apple and Google's large Wall Street losses continue
- Police: Toddler found at scene of San Jose murder-suicide was victims' daughter
- High-stakes Oracle-Google trial has tough veteran federal judge at helm
- San Jose Family Shelter celebrates $16.5 million grand opening in new location
- National day to support end-of-life health-care planning
- Family tries to move on after slaying of Marine vet in Antioch bar
- Kawakami: Surprising Sharks trio taking fight to Blues
- Jed York Q&A: Finishing what Uncle Eddie started, 49ers CEO envisions iconic stadium for Silicon Valley
- Former Stanford star Alex Aragon wins TPC Stonebrae Championship on Nationwide Tour
- Hundreds of San Jose high-schoolers clamor for free prom dresses and tuxedos
- Roadshow: Expect delays on I-5 near Buttonwillow through August
- High-stakes Oracle-Google trial has tough veteran federal judge at helm
- Political Blotter: How tightfisted was your House member?
- GOP in Congress would obstruct Romney shift to center
- 100 tornadoes in 24 hours, but plenty of notice
- Obama: US, Colombia trade deal a 'win'
- Gunfure and explosions shake Afghan capital
- Don't wait for Social Security check in the mail
- Hundreds of San Jose high-schoolers clamor for free prom dresses and tuxedoes
- National day to support end-of-life health-care planning
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues say they're focused on winning, not fighting
- State tries to contain citrus disease
- San Francisco Giants drop series finale against Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1
- Oakland A's drop series in 5-3 loss to Seattle Mariners
- Top news photos: Paris Marathon, Titanic anniversary and more
- Police: Toddler found at San Jose murder-suicide was victims' daughter
- Searchers race against clock in hunt for missing Farallons sailors
- Attorney: Former KNBR host Ralph Barbieri wrongfully terminated
- San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson concedes season-ending surgery likely
- Residents digging out after tornadoes hit Midwest
- Dole recalls bagged salad for salmonella risk
- 'Hunger Games' earns $21.5M to slap down 'Stooges'
- Teen missing after he reportedly tried to steal marijuana from Fresno grow site
- Ship code or ship out: Bootcamp for new Facebook engineers
- Bay Area sees patchwork recovery from housing crash
- Bay Area fencers sweep Olympic foil qualifiers
- Tempers flare, but San Jose Sharks lose to St. Louis Blues in Game Two
- O'Brien: Does San Francisco really have a startup problem?
- Purdy: Sharks, Blues take turns pounding on each other -- some of it questionably
- Light-hitting A's stay course against Mariners, fall 4-0
- Internal Affairs: A's legal team adds superstar to its roster
- San Francisco Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates on throwing error in bottom of the ninth
- One person dead, four missing after yacht runs aground at Farallon Islands during race
- Tears and inspiration at TEDx San Jose
- San Jose SaberCats lose 61-55 at Philadelphia Soul
- Local sports digest: SJSU athletic director Tom Bowen headed for Memphis, according to reports
- Feds fine Google for impeding probe into data collection
- Obama seeks aid from U.S. CEOs in improving trade relations with Latin America
- Spring Game does nothing to settle Stanford's search to replace Andrew Luck at QB
- Man convicted in Santa Clara County escapes from minimum-security camp
- Santa Clara man lives on with donated heart from Hayward man, meets his family
- San Jose Earthquakes earn 2-2 draw with New York Red Bulls
- Gun rights activists promise big turnout at Pinole council meeting
- Roadshow: Rant on overly courteous drivers connects with readers
- Best Buy to close stores in East Palo Alto, Pittsburg
- 6-year-old San Jose girl killed by a log on Santa Cruz beach identified
- Former Vice President Dick Cheney makes first appearance since heart transplant
- Man convicted in Santa Clara County escapes from minimum-security camp
- Hayward resident displaced, home damaged in one-alarm fire
- Mt. Diablo district residents are invited to community forums regarding proposed property tax increase
- Giants closer Brian Wilson likely headed for season-ending elbow surgery
- Golden State Warriors lose to Clippers despite Nate Robinson's 28 points
- Two dead in apparent murder-suicide in San Jose
- Herhold: Trying to judge the impact of Measure B on employees
- Suspect wounded in officer-involved shooting in Berkeley
- Vandals break into vehicles, set booth on fire in downtown Oakland
- Purdy: McLellan, Hitchcock share mutual admiration
- Snow blankets mountains as strong storm moves into Southern California
- After swerving to avoid coyote, woman is trapped in car overnight in Big Sur
- Former Bee Gee Robin Gibb reportedly in a coma
- Loan modification attempt turns into nightmare for Antioch family
- One hurt after Caltrain hits vehicle in Menlo Park
- Bartolo Colon, Oakland A's shut down Seattle Mariners
- Quarterback David Fales impressive in San Jose State football Spring Game
- Kawakami: Cain masterpiece a fitting beginning for Giants
- Bonny Zanardi: Society of Western Artists show celebrates spring
- West San Jose gang shooting, stabbing injures 3
- Cupertino company recalls tuna after Salmonella outbreak
- Anselmo 'Chemo' Candelaria, Chicano and Native American activist, dead at 68
- 3rd agency lowers San Jose's credit rating
- Readers rise to the challenge of helping refugee from war weary African nation
- Los Gatos board votes suddenly to close school
- Misconduct alleged against Secret Service agents
- U.S. overture to North Korea fizzles with rocket
- Advice from politicians who know: Nadia Lockyer's future is up to her
- Primavera Century offers cyclists steep climbs, scenic vistas
- Redwood City kung fu instructor could get life in prison
- PG&E makes $70 million payment to San Bruno
- Measure Q passes after all
- Family of man bludgeoned to death criticize Berkeley police response
- Police release details on suspects, car believed used in Oakland hills shooting
- Google shares drop on stock-split news
- Vermonth governor chased by 4 bears in backyard
- Independent booksellers ponder their fate as Amazon and Apple duke it out
- Latest ailing Warrior: David Lee
- Hicks: Mindy McCready has second child
- Police Blotter: Police arrest man believed to be un-registered sex offender
- Soldiers arrest prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, coup-prone cocaine hub
- Lighting bolt grazes two campers on Mount Diablo
- Equipment problem causing BART delays
- San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues make adjustments for Game 2
- Mercury News interview: Shaun Rein, China-based marketing expert
- Police: Armed suspect at Oakland hotel disguised himself as a woman
- Santa Cruz choir teacher pleads not guilty to charges that he secretly videotaped girls undressing
- Artsy designers finding fans at Silicon Valley's tech titans
- Eye on the East Bay: Occupy movement comes to Brentwood pub
- French designer Philippe Starck says he is working on 'revolutionary' project for Apple
- PG&E makes $70 million payment to San Bruno
- Honor Bar Grill and Cocktails in Emeryville fills a gap for tech-and-art set
- Man who fatally beat Sacramento State dorm roommate from Santa Clara is sentenced
- San Jose 6-year-old dies after accident at Santa Cruz County beach
- Giants get one-hitter from Cain in home-opener
- Hicks: Morgan Freeman denies being involved with step-grandaughter
- A Stow family moment brightens Giants' home opener
- 'American Idol' shocker: Judges forced to save one of top singers
- San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 3-2 in playoff opener
- At long last -- a BART groundbreaking
- Redwood City firefighter loses grandfather, cousin in Pacifica blaze
- Woodside Plaza area homes get extra shot of chlorine in water system Thursday
- Flames seen coming from Modesto standoff apartment
- Golden State Warriors rally but lose to Dallas Mavericks
- A's bullpen could be team's biggest question
- Email from Nadia Lockyer account claims Treasurer Bill Lockyer supplied her with drugs
- Fish and Game chief who killed mountain lion broke political contribution law, state panel says
- Mark Purdy: Playoff experience pays off for San Jose Sharks
- Thunder, lightning filling Bay Area skies
- Nationwide Tour golf: Ben Martin braves elements, takes lead at TPC Stonebrae
- San Jose police arrest suspected 'Neapolitan Bandits'
- Conviction upheld in killing of rookie San Jose officer Jeffrey Fontana
- Brother says painter Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism
- San Jose auditor wants cops to wear cameras
- California Supreme Court: It's not the boss's problem if employees work during breaks
- Alameda County tries to salvage of its redevelopment projects
- Evicted from park, Occupy protesters take to the sidewalks
- High-speed rail board approves final plan for California bullet train
- Giants get better pitching in win over Rockies
- Modesto: Deputy, citizen killed while sheriff is serving eviction notice
- San Jose auditor wants cops to wear cameras
- Hicks: 'Arrested Development' set to start shooting this summer
- UC student newspaper Daily Californian searches for survival money
- Riding for a fall: Pair with ALS set to skydive
- US applications for unemployment aid tick up
- Raiders sign TE who never played college football
- George Lucas stuns Marin, pulls plug on movie studio project
- North Korean rocket launch appears to have failed, U.S. says
- Caine's Arcade: Boy creates cardboard wonder, and grown men cry
- Heavy rains flood San Francisco street with sewage
- Police Blotter: Heavy sleeper doesn't answer door when fire department officials come knocking
- BrightSource shelves IPO, walks away from public markets
- Alameda County District 4 Supervisor race a David and Goliath story
- Former Saint Mary's star Diamon Simpson signs with Houston Rockets
- Biz Break: Google's earnings and stock split, in layman's terms; plus, HP's big day
- Tesla cuts factory cost as shares rise on profits
- Hicks: Green Day to release three records within the next year
- Hewlett-Packard has best day on Wall Street in more than three years
- Facebook expands collected data available to users
- Economic reports show continued slow but steady growth
- YouTube aims for better social-networking integration
- Vandals slash vehicle tires in Pleasanton
- Tim Lincecum hit hard as San Francisco Giants are routed by Colorado Rockies 17-8
- 'American Idol': Top 7 take on contemporary artists
- San Mateo County's top medical chief rips Peninsula health district for ignoring uninsured adults
- Redwood City considers putting Saltworks on November ballot
- Mountain View pushes forward with plans to ban plastic bags, takeout containers
- Golden State Warriors lose to Portland Trail Blazers 118-110
- Purdy: Low expectations might bode well for Sharks
- Investigators in Sierra LaMar case study underwater sonar images for clues to help find missing Morgan Hill teen
- Train hits car in San Leandro, killing elderly woman
- Oakland's BrightSource Energy shelves IPO, announces it will pull S-1
- Accused Oikos University gunman One L. Goh tells reporter he is 'deeply sorry' in first jailhouse interview
- Hayward man sentenced in DUI crash that injured boy after Giants game
- Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie looking forward to NFL draft
- Memorial Day Celebration
- San Jose Sharks putting puzzle together as they meet St. Louis Blues in NHL playoffs
- Andrew Bogut's upside appears very high with Golden State Warriors
- A la Carte: La Viga in Redwood City; Roux reinvents itself; Morocco's closing in San Jose
- In poppy war, the Taliban aim to protect a cash crop
- Herhold: A heavyweight bout on San Jose's pension reform
- Police Blotter: Man leaving business with burglary tools arrested
- Cops seek transient they say robbed San Jose, Santa Cruz banks
- Former Hoover family home to reopen as nature center at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
- George Zimmerman is in custody, will be charged with second-degree murder
- Funeral held for father and daughter killed in Concord crash
- Syria vows to observe Thursday cease-fire but reserves right to deter aggression
- Proposal gets closer to returning $2 million in taxes
- San Jose software engineer Jason Cai found guilty of murdering lawyer Xia Zhao
- Which Silicon Valley startup will be the next Instagram?
- Walk-off hit batter caps Oakland A's comeback win over the Kansas City Royals
- PC shipments up nearly 2 percent in first quarter
- Stanford football notes: Tight end dynamic has changed with Coby Fleener gone
- Foster City, North Peninsula Jewish Campus reach agreement on sale
- Rafael Baca providing clutch midfield play for the San Jose Earthquakes
- Apple, publishers sued by feds, accused of conspiracy to fix e-book prices
- Roadshow: Woman repeatedly slaps kid in car. What would you do if you saw this?
- East Bay firm accused of illegal debt collection shut down
- Report: Barbieri let go by KNBR
- CloudPassage announces $14 million in new funding
- Man arrested in Capitola after attacking police officer, being Tasered three times
- Expect 'trucks with dirt' as BART construction gets under way
- Advocates of Palo Alto Animal Services rally to keep division
- Committee orders 'lighter touch' for new Palo Alto massage ordinance
- San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy still figuring out how to use new outfielders
- Oakland A's manage only one hit in loss to Kansas City Royals
- New Project Safety Net program director named
- Newest Raider Dave Tollefson feels indebted to club
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Sherri Shepherd KISS'ed goodbye
- Antioch moves forward with changes to housing document
- Warriors president Rick Welts found courage to tell 'whole story'
- Police use pepper spray to subdue San Jose State student in 'hallucinogenic state'
- The ugly side of the beauty industry
- Gang killing victim in San Jose identified, suspects arrested
- Federal anti-hacking prosecutions reined in by appeals court ruling
- Redwood City martial arts instructor arrested on suspicion of lewd acts
- Mountain View man killed by vehicle; police look for witnesses
- Schools turn to voters to help dig out of budget hole
- San Jose expands outdoor smoking ban
- SJ State ends admission guarantee for local students
- Chicken is a winner at 30th napkin art contest
- Service held in Newark for Oikos victim
- Purdy: One year later, Stow family keeps rooting for little victories
- Robosquirrel fools rattlesnake
- O'Brien: Three things Instagram says about Silicon Valley in 2012
- Tulsa residents want death penalty in shootings
- Yahoo CEO outlines reorganization into three main divisions
- East Contra Costa farmers say unusual winter may push back the start of the summer fruit season
- Santa Cruz County sheriff-coroner in crossfire on immigration program
- Hayward firefighters extinguish garage blaze on Second Street
- Electric vehicle charging station agreement raises hackles
- Choir teacher arrested for producing child porn with 'spy pen' during school trip to Pajaro Dunes
- Ship leaves NYC to visit Titanic graves in Canada
- Weight loss study: Fads not as helpful as exercising, eating less
- Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi faces a big challenge against Blues
- South San Francisco: 49-year-old man injured when struck by car on El Camino Real
- Walnut Creek restaurant, bar owners against proposed alcohol law
- Santorum's decision to call it quits puts chill on California primary
- North Korea space official: Rocket ready for launch
- Rain delaying flights at SFO up to two hours
- Syria defies cease-fire plan as peace hopes fade
- Loyal Instagram users fret about Facebook's reach
- Murder at center of Chinese scandal that toppled official
- Driver in Concord fatal crash released from custody, victims' family prepares for funeral
- San Jose seeking applications for planning commissioners
- San Jose woman jumps off Hoover Dam bridge
- Cassidy: Commodore 64 pioneer Jack Tramiel lived Silicon Valley's story
- Special fund on Santa Clara County property tax bill pays for employee pensions
- Jury must decide if teen driver killed a woman with his car on purpose
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Donald Driver charges to top, KISS rocks ballroom
- Residents call on Palo Alto City Council to reverse restriping project
- San Carlos council denies permit to Carlos Club
- California Connections Academy expands into Santa Clara County
- Mountain View hotel robbed of more than $3,000
- Tom Milone sharp in Oakland A's debut with victory against Kansas City Royals
- HP to offer cloud-based computing service
- Boudoir photography goes mainstream
- Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
- AP Enterprise: Rushed bills compromise disclosure
- San Jose Sharks have to figure out how to beat St. Louis Blues
- Instagram co-founders are young, widely praised -- and very, very rich
- Pokemon: Not just for kids any more
- Boy Scout troop leaders inspire special ed kids by teaching leadership and outdoor scouting skills
- Falcon eggs hatch atop San Jose City Hall
- Sally Campbell, longtime San Mateo County harbor commissioner, dies at 68
- Family mourns Fremont homicide victim
- Gaps in Netflix streaming service options likely to persist
- Smoke scare at San Jose jail over after blaze flames out in ventilation system
- Tax deadline pushed back two days this year
- Police probe continues into tragic Concord crash
- Facebook to buy mobile photo app Instagram for $1 billion
- Edwards Avenue freeway off-ramp in Oakland closed while police investigate shooting
- Market-rate rentals in stalled Hercules project get mixed reception from public
- Pipeline tests set for Tuesday in East San Jose
- Roadshow: How Air Resources Board helped clear things up
- Girlfriend says painter Thomas Kinkade died in his sleep
- Elderly Santa Clara driver who died on freeway is named
- Netflix basing much of its future on recommendation feature
- $7 million raised for 'next Google,' but companies were bogus, feds say
- Hayward forum Tuesday for candidates in Congress, City Council races
- Duplex fire in West Oakland displaces five
- Giants get first victory as Zito shuts out Rockies
- Oakland: Suspect arrested in December fatal shooting
- Herhold: Unraveling the puzzle that was Thomas Kinkade
- Kenneth Libo, historian of Jewish immigration, dies at 74
- Microsoft to pay $1 billion for AOL patents
- Report: Sony to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide
- Wolverton: A Jedi mind trick -- "Kinect Star Wars" has obvious appeal, but proves disappointing
- Beautiful orange and black butterflies are staying home for a change
- Biofuel firms face uncertainty over future government help
- Poole: Warren Sapp just another example of poor planning
- San Jose's Oak Grove High rallies around African immigrant who speaks rare language
- Cassidy: Donald Trump is coming to school Silicon Valley
- San Jose Sharks in unfamiliar position as underdog
- Three day 'hackathon' at San Jose State -- golden minds with great ideas
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- New trail under I-580 opens door for more Tri-Valley bike, foot travel
- Oakland A's Josh Donaldson working hard to learn to play third base
- Cal football stadium on time for Sept. 1 kickoff
- Tulsa police say shootings may have been revenge
- GOP superdelegates: It's over, Romney is nominee
- Challenges facing Romney in wooing female voters
- Work continues to rid Richmond, San Pablo homes of lead
- Mary Mendez, founder of day worker center, dies at age 66.
- Golf: Bubba Watson wins Masters playoff over Louis Oosthuizen
- San Francisco Giants swept by Arizona Diamondbacks
- Oakland Catholics reflect on Easter in wake of Oikos tragedy
- Cost of Dying: planning for a good death, from advance directive to talking with your family
- Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies
- Roadshow: Flashing white lights on bicycles: legal or not?
- Santa Clara man killed in San Jose crash
- Oakland school shooting a global shame in immigrants' communities
- Police probe driver's cell phone after fatal Concord crash
- Two robberies on same Gilroy block, just minutes apart
- Tim Tebow draws big crowd to Texas Easter service
- Oakland: Three-alarm fire scorches business
- Sharks begin playoffs Thursday, return home against Blues on Monday, April 16
- 'Hunger Games' leads box office charts for a third straight weekend
- Cost to pack state park artifacts will cut savings
- Details of artist Thomas Kinkade's tumultuous final years surface
- East Palo Alto stabbing victim dropped off at hospital
- Golden State Warriors blow out Denver Nuggets
- Back home with the parents
- Oakland A's fall to Seattle Mariners again
- San Jose Sharks will face St. Louis Blues in NHL playoffs
- Poole: Basketball documentary 'Town Game' scores big points with gritty look at Leon Powe, Demetrius 'Hook' Mitchell
- Tyson fans meet hero fighting for redemption
- San Jose Sharks want to relish underdog role in playoffs against St. Louis Blues
- Chris Wondolowski scores twice in San Jose Earthquakes' 3-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps
- San Jose man stabbed to death
- 'Uncooperative' teen male stabbed in Watsonville
- Details of artist Thomas Kinkade's tumultuous final years surface
- Valley Christian band headed to Beijing to play with counterparts; combined bands to play in Rose Parade
- Gay Mormon students at BYU come out in Web video
- Oikos University killings surpass 1986 mass murder as Oakland's most deadly
- United to pull out of Oakland airport in June
- Tammerlin Drummond: Easter sermons seek spiritual meaning in Oikos tragedy
- Pizarro: San Jose's old Studio Theater climbs to new heights
- Zach Maynard blocks out chatter, seizes role as Cal's unchallenged starting quarterback
- Golf: Sweden's Peter Hanson holds one-shot lead over charging Phil Mickelson with one round left in Masters
- Roadshow: Santa Clara County-wide litter cleanup is planned
- Navy jet crash a 'Good Friday miracle' -- but how?
- Father, young daughter killed by speeding vehicle in Concord
- Shared experiences connect Romney and Netanyahu
- Windfall of cash could hit state treasury from global warming program
- Fang Lizhi, who inspired Chinese dissidents, dies
- Pakistani troops dig for 135 missing in avalanche
- U.S. defines its demands for Iran talks
- Pope holds Easter candle at basilica vigil
- Family of Sierra LaMar announces $10,000 reward; 49ers Alex Smith participates in search
- China reportedly detains returning Tibetan pilgrims
- Motorist dies in big rig crash on I-280 near San Mateo
- San Francisco Giants fall to Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4
- Herhold: Huge water bill increase tied to conservation
- Eye on the East Bay: Media storm Piedmont home after Oikos shooting
- Heroes emerge from Oikos tragedy
- Oakland Coliseum still bears O.co name
- Woman injured in Oakland shooting
- 'Uncooperative' teen male stabbed in Watsonville
- Huh? U.S. and British English to collide at Olympics
- Ford recalls 140,000 Focus cars for wiper problem
- Contracts expire tonight for 40,000 AT&T workers in California, Midwest
- Program teaches tennis to blind Fremont students
- Poole: Opening night in Oakland just cruel facade for A's fans
- Ousted 'Idol' DeAndre Brackensick: I can build something off this
- U.S. added 120,000 jobs in March, report shows
- Pinterest vaults into third place for social networks, ahead of LinkedIn and Google+
- Thomas Kinkade, one of nation's most popular painters, dies suddenly in Los Gatos at 54
- Ex-Woodside school district CFO pleads not guilty to felony charges
- Six Mountain View stores stung for selling booze to minors
- From saving to being saved: Community members band together to keep Palo Alto Animal Services from being outsourced
- Los Altos bank robbery attempt ends in frustration for armed, wig-wearing man
- 8-year-old boy robbed by pocketknife-wielding man in Mountain View
- Ex-Intel worker pleads guilty to stealing design documents
- Oakland A's lose home opener, 7-3 to Seattle Mariners
- San Jose SaberCats hold off San Antonio Talons 76-53
- Golden State Warriors lose 104-98 to Utah Jazz
- Legal titans clash in San Jose murder case
- Police Blotter
- Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves
- Oaksterdam founder to leave cannabis business
- Bonny Zanardi: 'Kublai Khan' inspires Ruth Eckland video installation
- Sheriff's van carrying prisoners catches fire on I-580 in San Leandro
- San Jose State spring football: SJSU out to retool offensive line
- Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves
- Fremont rejects energy conservation ordinance
- Big lottery winners often prize anonymity
- Oaksterdam founder to leave cannabis business
- Oakland shooting victim's remote village wants him home
- Pizarro: San Jose Taco Festival serving up more than food
- Hicks: 'Bully' gets PG-13 rating
- Mercury News interview: Lloyd Carney, CEO of Xsigo Systems
- San Francisco sheriff's wife: Husband victim of coup
- Contra Costa supervisor candidates to participate in environmental forum
- Former Modesto teacher arrested for sexual contact with another teen
- San Jose firefighters applaud man for pulling driver from wrecked car
- Mt. Diablo district residents are starting to chatter about proposed property tax increase for bond projects
- Hicks: 'Hunger Games' director reportedly quits before next film
- Sharks' captain giving San Jose some bite
- Oakland tragedy: Community continues healing as case develops
- California Passover diners get the word: No Coke
- Monte Poole: Comcast documentary captures Oakland city basketball
- Police looking for Fremont bank robber
- Hicks: Morgan Freeman reportedly dating step-granddaughter
- Fremont man robbed at knife point on city street
- Muscular Dystrophy Association show leaving Vegas
- Man dies after being shot near Fremont DMV
- Tim Kawakami: Ex-Saints defensive coach Gregg Williams will never coach again
- California's tough gun laws could not prevent East Oakland tragedy
- Felony charges filed against ex-CFO of Woodside, Portola Valley school districts
- San Jose Sharks clinch playoff berth, then hold off Kings in shootout
- San Jose Sharks' Ryane Clowe breaks up Kings' late potential scoring threat from the bench
- Mountain View looks for ways to fix $1.1M deficit in fiscal year 2012-13
- Fluoescent dye triggers hazmat response in Palo Alto
- Former Menlo College mail manager sentenced for credit card thefts
- 49ers react to Gregg Williams audio tape
- Walking Jesus' final path
- San Jose murderer who killed inmate says he was avenging innocent children
- Bounty Tape Transcript: Ex-Saints assistant Gregg Williams tells his players to try to seriously hurt 49ers players
- Wealthy Chinese seek special visas to relocate to Bay Area
- 'American Idol': San Jose's DeAndre Brackensick eliminated
- Appellate court issues temporary stay on San Jose pension reform ballot measure
- California gets longest commercial salmon fishing season since 2005
- Longtime Santa Clara city manager, who oversaw 49ers stadium deal, to retire in June
- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul draws crowd at UC Berkeley
- Connecticut moves to abolish death penalty
- GOP National committee closing the gap on fundraising
- To court, administration admits what can't be denied
- San Jose SaberCats: Kicking issues might be resolved
- Suspect in Hayward murder also charged in 2007 Union City killing of 14-year-old
- Oakley votes no on clean water initiative
- Suspect in Hayward murder also charged in 2007 Union City killing of 14-year-old
- Oakland police: Different administrator was true target of Oikos shooter
- Housing proposed for old Mervyn's headquarters site in Hayward
- Teen tries 100-plus mph chase from Walnut Creek to Cupertino
- Want to party in the shade at the Martinez pool? It'll cost you this year
- Jury deliberations begin in Richmond Police Department racism trial
- San Jose Earthquakes' Steven Lenhart leaves practice with injury
- US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.98 percent
- Wallet stuffed with $10,000 returned in Laguna Beach
- Three attackers beat man at Colma BART station, police say
- Google CEO goes public
- Tenants in foreclosed San Jose home given help with moving expenses
- Firefighters responding to swimmer in distress near Cliff House in San Francisco
- Deadline approaching for IRAs
- Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson expected to outline post-layoffs vision to workers Tuesday
- Hicks: Keith Olbermann sues Al Gore's network
- Ferdinand Porsche, designer of 911 and grandson of car company's founder, dies at 76
- Biz Break: Facebook chooses a stock exchange, Wall Street falls again and YouTube lawsuit revived
- Facebook will list shares on Nasdaq, sources say
- A's second baseman Jemile Weeks: Is he on the verge of stardom?
- Lawsuit seeking to ban Happy Meal toys in California shot down
- San Francisco Giants are expecting an improved offense in 2012
- 'American Idol': Contestants rock out on '80s night
- Sax titan Dayna Stephens fights for his life
- Redwood City considers allowing offices to move into empty, ground-level downtown storefronts
- Director of Mountain View counseling agency named 'Woman of the Year'
- Warrant issued for Redwood City man accused of having his SUV torched in insurance scam
- Menlo Park father who emotionally abused and beat teenage daughter sentenced to eight months in jail
- Oakland A's send right-hander Tyson Ross to minors, choose Graham Godfrey as fourth starter
- San Jose Sharks must get past Los Angeles Kings to achieve postseason
- Golden State Warriors rally from 20 points down to beat Minnesota Timberwolves
- Herhold: County should allow scanning public records
- Eighth grader aces spelling bee -- in Spanish
- Judge upholds San Jose pension reform language
- 'QR codes' replace milk cartons in quest to find missing children
- Fake San Jose cop has search routine down, but he's the criminal
- Drunk woman booked for driving into San Jose house, cops say
- San Mateo County tapped for pilot health care project
- Police: Napping DUI driver rolls through Half Moon Bay red light
- Mattison appointed to fill vacant Discovery Bay board seat
- Hayward, police officers sued by family of man who died after dog bite
- Warm and fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
- Whitney Houston autopsy says white powder, residue on spoon found in her room
- Sunnyvale police: Fatal hit-and-run suspect admitted he intentionally drove into 2 pedestrians
- Google plans to expands Oklahoma data center
- Somali theater bombing kills 10, shatters calm
- Silicon Valley to get its own reality TV show
- Chevron's failed tax appeal illuminates paradox in Contra Costa lawsuit by 28 cities and special districts
- College official from Piedmont says she was target of Oakland rampage suspect
- Oakland university shooting: One Goh charged with seven counts of murder, may be eligible for death penalty
- Top news photos: Golf legends at Masters, bunny ears on Wall Street and more
- U.S. moves toward normalizing relations with Myanmar
- Afghan suicide bomber kills 10, including 3 U.S. soldiers
- Oakland university shooting: Family remembers San Leandro's Doris Chibuko as genuine, generous; husband said she raised alarm about accused gunman One Goh
- Pizarro: San Jose's Municipal Stadium still a gem after 70 years
- Alameda County gun show case may end without definitive legal shot fired
- LSI takes San Jose offices in expansion that will shift 850 workers
- Yahoo to cut 2,000 jobs, or 14 percent of global workforce
- Thursday search in Sierra LaMar disappearance to focus on San Martin, Gilroy
- DA: Ex-Silicon Valley executive pleads no contest to teen boy tryst
- Cal football stadium on time for Sept. 1 kickoff
- Goalkeeper Joe Cannon revitalizes career with Vancouver Whitecaps
- A's hopeful that Cespedes can provide a power boost
- Hicks: Whitney Houston autopsy says 'white powdery substance' was found in singer's hotel room
- Josh Donaldson hits two homers as A's beat Giants 8-1
- DA's probe into fiscal 'irregularities' of Woodside school district's former CFO almost done
- Though redevelopment agencies are gone, Peninsula cities scramble to finish their business
- Forget Farmville, who's more energy efficient?; Palo Alto rolling out 'social energy' app
- Hohbach proposed four-story, mixed-use project on Birch Street in Palo Alto
- Soap actor Jack Wagner washes out of 'Dancing with the Stars'
- Two Redwood City residents arrested in San Mateo burglary, police say
- A's notebook: Dallas Braden's injury not as serious as Oakland A's feared
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Brandon Belt appears set as opening-day first baseman
- Chief: Oakland shooting victims hailed from Korea, Nigeria and the Philippines
- Matt Cain strikes out six as San Francisco Giants beat Oakland A's 3-2
- Golden State Warriors blow 12-point fourth-quarter lead, lose to Memphis Grizzlies
- San Jose neighborhood evacuated for gas scare after woman drives into home
- Healthiest California counties ranked in new study
- Wolverton: Nokia's new flagship phone makes waves
- Stockton finances prompt state investigation
- Gilroy police negligent in 2008 shooting death of man, jury decides
- Accused killer, Jason Cai, finally takes the stand, speaks in his own defense
- San Jose Sharks beat Dallas Stars, move closer to NHL playoffs
- Ex-Seaside police officer acquitted on all 33 counts in sexual abuse case
- Peter Douglas, champion of the California coast, dies at 69
- Roadshow: Prius drivers fire back at their critics
- Seton Medical Center in Daly City appoints interim CEO
- Foster City property sale generates $30 million boost for city coffers
- Singer Avril Lavigne visits Pleasanton Safeway to launch campaign for disabled
- Doctors launch new effort to cut wasteful medical spending
- Mt. Diablo school board will poll district residents on tax increase
- Oakland university shooting: Authorities release One Goh's booking mug, list of victims
- Police: Rampage suspect sought revenge against Oakland school
- Willow Glen mom killed in Oakland school rampage
- Tornadoes slam Dallas area, more than a dozen injured
- Top news photos: Large tornadoes hit Dallas area
- Nursing student lauded for sealing classroom from Oikos shooter
- Healthiest California counties ranked in new study
- U.S. offers $10 million reward for Pakistani militant
- New stain-resistant seats are expected to please unhappy BART riders
- James Murdoch steps down as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting
- Singer Avril Lavigne visits Pleasanton Safeway to launch campaign for disabled
- Hicks: Paul McCartney's son wants to form band with other Beatles' kids
- Oakland university shooting: Grace Eunhae Kim was 2007 Foothill High grad, Fremont resident
- Rocket carrying secret payload launches from Vandenberg AFB
- Police: Eight gang members busted after months long probe
- Mom seeks help in finding bipolar son, car abandoned at a San Jose McDonald's
- San Mateo: Family safe after escaping 2-alarm fire; two pets die in blaze
- Facebook brings patent counterclaim against Yahoo
- Tammerlin Drummond: Another black mark for Oakland
- Oakland school rampage suspect sought revenge against administrator, police say
- Ex-Facebook VP Heiliger joins venture firm North Bridge
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Personal stories bring high emotion, high scores
- Daric Barton is still in mix at first base for Oakland A's despite shoulder surgery last September
- Melky Cabrera gets San Francisco Giants off on right foot in Bay Bridge Series
- Giants notebook: Buster Posey touched by fans' reception
- O'Brien: Three lessons all tech companies should learn from Apple's latest audit
- Palo Alto man cited for indecent exposure
- Two boys robbed on Palo Alto street
- Moist March hiked up snow pack levels
- Mountain View police arrest two teens on suspicion of robbery
- Victim in Oakland massacre was studying for nursing degree
- Gov. Brown looks to global warming fees to pay for high-speed rail
- 'Shakespeare Iraq' exceeds $30,000 fundraising target, will perform at Oregon festival
- Jurors must decide if teen who killed neighbor with car did it on purpose
- San Jose police officer shoots at man who opened fire inside bar
- Moist March hiked up snow pack levels
- Casino M8trix opening delayed for time being
- Agency stops seismic tests; worries about dolphins
- Pakistani court orders deportation of bin Laden's family
- Mavericks Festival to be held later in spring
- RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH KILLS 31
- Syria commits to April 10 deadline on Annan plan
- S.J. Councilman loses legal challenge
- Arrests made in 2010 slaying of popular Hayward High student
- Chevron loses Contra Costa County property tax appeal
- Groupon settles coupon expiration lawsuits for $8.5 million
- Apple's iPad tops Consumer Reports' list despite heat issue
- Hicks: Chevy Chase feuding with "Community creator
- Feds raid three Oakland medical marijuana sites
- Herhold: The tattoo of time shapes our political beliefs
- Former nursing student opens fire at Oakland university, killing 7 and wounding 3 others; suspect arrested later in Alameda
- Bay Area nonprofit fights to keep camp alive
- Seton Medical Center in Daly City appoints interim CEO
- Newest Raider Wheeler said fans helped make his decision
- 'American Idol' contestant DeAndre Brackensick generating excitement in San Jose
- Stanford grad student investigates online privacy
- Roadshow: Drivers explain why they don't close gaps behind cars at a red light
- Matt Cain's deal with Giants guarantees pitcher $127.5 million
- Groupon restatement sparks more worries
- Sunnyvale man dies two days after hit-and-run
- Ex-Warriors Jamaal Wilkes, Ralph Sampson join Don Nelson in basketball Hall of Fame
- New California bullet train plan a grand finale to years-long drama
- Los Angeles Lakers defeat Golden State Warriors 120-112
- Baylor defeats Stanford 59-47 in Women's Final Four semifinal
- U.S. and others move to increase assistance to Syrian rebels
- Coast Guard rescues two injured crew members from stranded racing yacht
- Woman hit by truck, seriously injured in Pleasant Hill Marshall's parking lot
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Brett Bochy makes his dad proud with scoreless inning of relief against Brewers
- Roadshow: Double white line crossings are rampant
- First base still to be sorted out as Oakland A's wrap up exhibition play
- Hakone Gardens Atmosphere Workshop
- 10 students win Santa Clara County science fair
- School district seeks better home for Peninsula High School
- Mercury News Wish Book raised more than $500,000 for Silicon Valley people, charities in 2011
- Widow of Pa. teacher slain in Yemen felt no threat
- Taylor Swift wins Country Music Awards entertainer of the year
- UK government reportedly planning surveillance program
- Pakistani boy who burned himself over uniform dies
- Party claims victory for Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
- Scramble for West playoff spots enters final week for San Jose Sharks, four other teams
- Buster Posey's health the best development of spring camp for San Francisco Giants
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Police investigating homicide of homeless man in Concord
- Pacifica: Three-alarm blaze kills two, injures two
- Temporary outage of Visa card network Sunday
- San Jose solicitor cited as police battle Palo Alto break-ins
- Jeremy Lin's injury leaves Knicks star's story incomplete
- Mitt Romney's staff pulls April Fools' gag on candidate
- Victim, suspect in Thursday Berkeley murder identified
- Sailors injured in storm during race off California coast
- Santa Rosa cyclist Levi Leipheimer suffers leg injury after hit by car
- Police: Thousands of dollars in damage after Occupy Oakland antipolice march
- Box office: 'Hunger Games' earns $61.1 million, 'Titans' takes in $34.2 million
- Missing Martinez man found, returned to family
- Among many teens, cheating is part of school
- Classic party: Togas, catapults and trivia enliven Latin convention
- Purdy: Joe Pavelski helps San Jose Sharks make statement in win over Dallas Stars
- Being named to the James Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame not all that pleases ex-Warriors coach Don Nelson
- Poole: It looks like Tiger Woods' time again at Masters
- O'Brien: Russian tech revolution plants a flag in Silicon Valley
- NCAA Final Four: Kentucky, Kansas advance to title game
- San Jose Sharks give playoff push a huge lift in 3-0 win over Stars
- Chris Wondolowski scores on a penalty kick in the San Jose Earthquakes' 1-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC
- Two pedestrians seriously injured in Sunnyvale hit-and-run
- Oakland A's pitcher Dallas Braden suffers setback with shoulder injury
- Five Bay Area lottery tickets pay $227,955 prize
- Hackers, investors, designers collaborate at Super Happy Block Party in Palo Alto
- Internal Affairs: The campaign donation is mightier than the sword
- China clamps down on social networking
- New hangars going up at Hayward airport
- Video arraignments, tech-based efficiency employed in Hayward courtroom
- Stanford women are primed for the challenge of upsetting undefeated Baylor on Sunday
- Three winners, over 100 million Mega Millions losers
- San Francisco 49ers QB Alex Smith joins search for Sierra Lamar
- Thirty East Bay Elementary Campuses Named 2012 'California Distinguished Schools'
- Eye on the East Bay: Councilman's effort to speed up Richmond meetings draws backlash
- Police: One shot dead during Antioch bar fight
- Ron Paul to speak at UC Berkeley on Thursday
- Global failures on a Haitian epidemic
- Top news photos: Earth Hour ceremonies, rally for Trayvon Martin and more
- Despite low turnout, organizers happy with Mavericks Festival
- First lady commissions newest Coast Guard cutter
- New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin needs knee surgery, likely done for season
- Romney looks to Wisconsin for all-clear
- Congress gets rough treatment at Supreme Court
- Herhold: The strange death of a veteran San Jose attorney
- Thomas Peele: Convenient excuses allow officials to evade public disclosure in times of embarrassment
- Police are using phone tracking as routine tool
- National Science Foundation program at Stanford aims to tap into Silicon Valley know-how
- Oakland's O.co old and gray but still beloved
- Prosecutor in Trayvon Martin case known as tough
- North Korea rebuilds Pyongyang to welcome new leader
- Syria says it won't be first to lay down arms
- Clinton: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran
- Fallen tree limb causes 1,600 Los Altos homes to lose power
- Stanford's Nneka, Chiney Ogwumike make WBCA Coaches' All-America team
- Steward: Darting here and there . . .
- Cassidy: Monterey Bay Aquarium jellyfish confront the iPhone era
- Baylor's Brittney Griner presents an imposing obstacle to Stanford women's NCAA title hopes
- Top scorers slumping down the stretch for Sharks
- Photos, texts and police reports shed new light on Nadia Lockyer's tortured affair
- Wilner: It'll take a lot to topple Kentucky at Final Four
- Split campus offer riles Bullis
- Family of girl killed in East Palo Alto crosswalk files wrongful death claims
- Redwood City looking into letting dogs go off-leash at Stulsaft Park
- Man stabbed in fight inside 7-Eleven in downtown Palo Alto; suspect arrested
- Valley oak at Palo Alto elementary school on the chopping block
- Stanford University sends out admission letters to Class of 2016
- New Jersey Nets edge Golden State Warriors
- No one in California wins $640 million lottery prize, but jackpot claimed elsewhere
- San Jose SaberCats snap 8-game road losing streak
- San Francisco Giants put infielder Mike Fontenot on waivers
- Bonny Zanardi: Women's Caucus for Art show in Palo Alto celebrates 40th anniversary
- 1,200 expected to ascend 52 flights of stairs Saturday
- Mega Millions also-rans: 5 tickets worth $130,000 each were sold in the Bay Area
- Brown's balancing act on tax hike: Wage populist fight to soak the rich or carefully court business?
- California lowers estimated cost of rail project
- Raiders trade for veteran Carolina Panthers running back
- Dozens sickened by carbon dioxide leak at Vallejo food processing plant; company owner calls incident 'false alarm'
- Mt. Diablo High science labs lacking, teachers say.
- Time expiring on perfect sisterhood
- With warning, preparing for an attack on the Internet
- Mercury News interview: Bill Ruh, vice president of software at General Electric
- Bill would prohibit employers from demanding applicants' social media information
- Pizarro: San Pedro Square gets another farmer's market
- San Jose police: 3 men arrested trying to sell stolen guns
- Gunman in Hayward video game store slaying pleads no contest to manslaughter
- Lake Merritt sunken treasure could go back to Oakland students
- Mastercard and Visa look into possible security breach
- Old photos may be deceptive in Florida neighborhood watch shooting case
- Morrison: Fremont weathered depression, prepared for future
- Scotts Valley man facing new molestation charges after another teenage girl comes forward
- Brentwood considers tapping budget reserves
- U.S. ambassador to Moscow accuses Russian journalists of hacking
- People: Olbermann makes sudden departure again
- Sunnyvale police: Sunday hit-and-run was homicide; driver fled to Dubai
- Mexico's vanquished ruling party stages a comeback
- Emeryville police arrest man suspected in two sex-related attacks
- Police detain three armed robbery suspects in North Oakland
- Jerry Lee Lewis marries wife No. 7 his cousin's ex-wife
- Bodies ID'd in well linked to Speed Freak Killers
- Agency: Citrus disease detected in California
- Berkeley shooting victim dies, suspect arrested
- Santorum stumps in Bay Area, despite long-shot status in Golden State
- In Fairfield candy factory visit, Rick Santorum touts the sweetness of a conservative America
- Purdy: New Orleans Saints are getting off light for bounties
- Hundreds of employees will have to turn in their San Mateo County-issued cellphones
- Palo Alto hackathon to unite developers, artists, government
- Man lunges at girl on Mountain View elementary school campus
- Ravenswood superintendent wants a raise, school board trustee says
- Sketch of Menlo Park stabbing suspect released
- San Jose Sharks lose 2-0 to Phoenix Coyotes, fall to ninth in Western Conference
- 'American Idol': San Jose singer advances as field is cut to eight
- In California, countdown to foie gras ban begins
- Weather forecast can't dampen enthusiasm of Mavericks Festival organizers
- San Mateo man convicted of raping, molesting orphan relative
- Pizarro: San Jose City Council shines a spotlight on its feminine side
- Police Blotter
- Fremont district could eliminate home-to-school bus transportation
- San Francisco Giants running short of time to reach a deal with Matt Cain
- Oakland students find 10 pounds of sunken treasure at Lake Merritt
- Nine students caught in Leland High School cheating scandal
- Former Mrs. Pakistan used her striking appearance to scam families, prosecutors charge.
- Air Force pilot from Vacaville dies in overseas crash
- One-alarm fire destroys vacant Hayward home
- Flawlessly beautiful Mrs. Pakistan's used her striking appearance to scam clueless families
- Where are you buying your Mega Millions tickets? A list of the Bay Area's luckiest lottery outlets
- Hayward city union members say enough with the cuts
- List: Terry Christensen's students
- Herhold: A famous San Jose State teacher heads into retirement
- Southern California legislator arrested for DUI in Concord
- Union City teacher pleads not guilty to underage sex charges
- Convicted murderer from Contra Costa County stabbed in prison
- One killed, two wounded in Oakland shootings
- Sensitive personal information missing on 800,000 California residents
- China's leaders seek unity after one official's ouster
- Six-legged Swiss calf takes celebrity in stride
- Excitement builds as Mega-Million drawing for $540 million approaches
- Developer back with new Pleasanton housing plan at contentious hill site
- Fremont schools could use police dogs on campus
- Delta's woes: No easy fix, report finds
- Report: Google to open online tablet store
- Signatures submitted for San Jose minimum wage vote
- Free on bail, man steals South Bay IDs to rent hotels, Mercedes, DA says
- Oakland police use tracking technology to find teens who escaped from L.A. group home
- Name of teen found dead at Alameda County juvenile jail still not released
- Syria's Assad demands rebels halt attacks
- Sunni rulers largely shun Iraq at Arab summit
- Palo Alto police launch campaign to battle burglary trend
- Menlo Park police interview 67-year-old stabbing victim again
- Man robs, tries to sexually assault woman in San Carlos
- San Carlos home ransacked; four suspects from East Palo Alto arrested
- Palo Alto to hold second Twitter Q&A session
- Menlo Country Club plans to renovate grounds, remove 345 trees
- 'American Idol' recap: Contestants get a whole lotta love from judges
- Golden State Warriors say Stephen Curry could return in two weeks
- San Jose Sharks fall out of Pacific lead with 3-1 loss to Anaheim Ducks
- Bill requiring dense breast tissue notification returns
- High court justices try to envision post-health insurance mandate landscape
- Adrienne Rich, renown feminist poet, dies at 82: Santa Cruz luminary fiercely advocated for social justice
- Bay Area inks $1.5 billion deal to electrify Caltrain for high-speed rail
- Neighborhood mourns elderly woman who died in West Oakland house fire
- Judge stops plan to pave College of San Mateo garden
- Stanford law school dean to step down in September
- San Francisco: Prosecutors allege suspect murdered five people during robbery
- GOP-run House easily rejects bipartisan budget
- San Jose startup Vocera goes public, shares soar in heavy trading
- Mumbai, Miami on list for big weather disasters
- Berkeley organic food company Annie's leaps 89 percent in IPO
- Lucy's species was not alone, foot fossil indicates
- M8trix owners sue San Jose as licensing delay threatens opening
- Lottery players quietly wait for $500 million jackpot Friday
- Stanford law school dean to step down in September
- Cupertino pair at center of legal fight over future of national cricket organization
- Lucha Libre USA Mexican wrestling tour grapples with controversy
- Romney edges into mop-up phase of campaign
- Arab summit appears divided over approach to Syria
- Report: Former Warriors coach Don Nelson elected to basketball's Hall of Fame
- Pope urges greater openings in vast Cuban Mass
- Action Line: Verizon land line outage hits Netflix and surrounding Los Gatos area
- Federal agents shoot, critically wound suspect, arrest two others in incident near Hilltop Mall in Richmond
- New security for U.S. troops in Afghanistan
- San Carlos: Police destroy dozens of explosives belonging to deceased commercial blaster
- Authorities identify Hayward boy who died in school P.E. class
- Richmond councilman again drops push for audit of anti-violence agency
- Mark Purdy: Giants fans should be concerned about the deep-pocketed new Dodgers owners
- Sierra LaMar's disappearance raises questions about how schools notify parents when students don't show up for class
- Exar cuts 120 jobs, or 30 percent of its workforce.
- East Bay school districts forge ahead with transitional kindergarten programs.
- Google+, developers hope to revolutionize video chat with new 'Hangouts' apps
- Top news photos: Colorful chicks, Pope's mass in Cuba and more
- Water bond teeters, may be pulled from 2012 ballot
- Palo Alto sends letter expressing interest in downtown post office site
- Mountain View council signals support for Shoreline owl preserve
- Menlo Park council approves Beechwood land sale, new fees and SEIU contract
- Palo Alto High staff save teen from drowning, fire official says
- Roadshow: Backups persist at 880 and 237, but some toll users love their faster commutes
- Kobe Bryant ends Golden State Warriors' hopes of upsetting the Lakers
- Frank McCourt has announced he is selling Los Angeles Dodgers to Magic Johnson's group
- Hercules approves sale of troubled Sycamore North project
- Jon Wilner: Conference shake-ups put San Jose State football back on bubble
- Oakley hires contractor to overhaul downtown shopping center
- Buster Posey catches games two days in a row, a good sign for the San Francisco Giants
- Daly City votes to ban pot clubs, joins over 170 California cities
- Investigators say Morgan Hill girl Sierra LaMar, 15, likely abducted, didn't run away
- Justices have hard questions on health insurance requirement
- Antioch agrees to Tri Delta's plan for senior bus program
- First lady to visit S.F., Alameda this weekend
- Giants notebook: Tim Lincecum eager for season to start
- Oakland A's tour disaster zone in Japan
- San Jose City Council signs off on priority road repairs, improvements
- Credit downgrade to cost San Jose $350,000 a year
- $5,000 reward offered in 'severe' San Bruno dog cruelty case
- San Bruno school uses music to boost math scores
- San Mateo County crabber dies in fishing accident
- Santa Clara felon pleads not guilty to killing Hayward man nearly 30 years ago
- California courts scrap $2 billion tech project
- Jean-Marc Alexandre's goal leads San Jose Earthquakes to 1-0 win over Portland Timbers
- Lack of bipartisan support hampers Russia talks, Obama says
- Berkeley man bludgeoned to death requested quick police response, transcript shows
- JetBlue captain restrained by passengers after ranting about a bomb
- Syria accepts U.N. peace plan, but intense fighting continues
- Cuban official rules out reforms urged by pope
- Teen found dead at juvenile jail in San Leandro
- Police: Human foot found on Pacifica beach
- First lady to visit S.F., Alameda this weekend
- Plot sends Afghan Defense Ministry into a near lockdown
- Romney's fundraisers are quietly amassing millions
- Amish buggies exempt from orange stickers under new Kentucky law
- Say it's not so! Thieves take Lorax and go
- New Walnut Creek law would allow crackdowns on all bars, restaurants and clubs
- Electric vehicles: It's about more than cars
- Gay-marriage foes sought to split gays and blacks
- Livestream: Community forum on Trayvon Martin killing, Tuesday at 6 p.m.
- Top news photos, March 27: Colorado wildfire, heading to Afghanistan and more
- Study: Birds adjusting slowly to climate change
- San Mateo County looks to provide valuable connections for released offenders
- FBI: Pennsylvania man stole Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's identity
- Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry wants to play, awaits doctor's advice
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Ryan Vogelsong looks sharp in Cactus League debut
- Stanford women look to reach new heights in Final Four
- Palo Alto official suggests outsourcing Animal Services as difficult budget season looms
- New San Mateo County budget already starts $28 million in the hole, board of supervisors told
- East Palo Alto's David Woods says he raised more for supervisor race than late report shows
- San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche, move into first place in Pacific Division
- Neglected police dog figures into former Watsonville cop's 'excessive force' case
- Stanford women defeat Duke, advance to NCAA Final Four
- Obama to Russia: More flexibility after elections
- Police: Wounded Foster City intruder may have been lost
- Millbrae: San Jose man charged in DUI crash that killed Gavilan ball player
- Dozens rally in Oakland, joining national call that the man who shot Florida teen be prosecuted
- San Jose: Five suspects in February homicide charged with murder, attempted murder
- DA: Man gets 16 years in Daly City killing where man was run over by car
- Two San Jose men to be sentenced for $2 million loan modification scam
- KlaasKids Foundation to begin searches for Sierra LaMar
- Police Blotter
- Who owns Mountain View's $260,000 lottery ticket?
- New federal Internet privacy standards introduced
- Fairfield men ID'd as Napa golf club stabbing victims
- Facebook asks for dismissal of suit seeking half the company, says trove of emails show man is a 'fraud'
- Panel finds new Bay Bridge is safe, although news story questions panel's objectivity
- San Jose: Mother describes attempted abduction of daughter in Willow Glen
- Antioch to consider options for senior bus programs
- San Francisco slaying suspect had been ordered deported; served time for armed robbery in San Jose
- Buyers compete for short supply of homes in Bay Area
- Vehicle fire cleared from Bay Bridge; traffic still slow
- Stray bullet grazes fisherman one-quarter mile from the shooting
- Billboard campaign takes jab at steel in new Bay Bridge
- Joe Montana, Steve Young disagree on whether Tim Tebow has created Jets quarterback controversy
- Ex-SF Giants employee gets 21 months in prison
- Raiders' McKenzie happy to have more draft picks
- Danville chiropractor to pay $1.125 million fraud settlement
- Hicks: 'Bully' gets no rating
- Benedict arrives in Cuba as 'pilgrim of charity'
- Herhold: Gilroy mayor's race could impact other offices
- Pizarro: BUILD finds success at second annual gala
- Slideshow: Staff pictures of the week, March 20-26
- Top news photos, March 26: Health care debate, table tennis focus and more
- Milpitas man killed in three-car crash in Pleasanton
- Peccaries make debut at San Francisco Zoo
- Oclaro to buy Opnext in $179 million deal between optical firms
- Man badly injured in stabbing near Occupy San Francisco encampment
- After failing to reach goals, California attempts to jump-start its 'Hydrogen Highway'
- Yahoo spurns activist investor, names its own new board directors
- Wolverton: Windows 8 a big misstep for Microsoft
- Stanford Chiney Ogwumike says bruised knee shouldn't be problem against Duke in Elite Eight game on Monday
- Oakland A's might not feel like 'home' team in Japan opener against Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners
- State bonds propel road-building blitz across Bay Area
- San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche meet for first time since trade
- Hakone Gardens invites other cultural celebrations -- Persian New Year -- to Saratoga landmark
- Oakland A's notebook: Yoenis Cespedes will bat fifth in his major league debut
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Senegal's Sall celebrates election victory, 'new era'
- Despite big night by rookie Charles Jenkins, Golden State Warriors lose to Portland Trail Blazers
- Political Blotter: Santorum in Alamo; Citizens United in the cross hairs
- Roadshow: Prius drivers under attack -- again
- In health care case, training for a legal marathon
- House GOP budget plan heats up as campaign issue
- Women's NCAA tournament: Baylor's Brittany Griner likely awaits Stanford-Duke winner
- Bold, daylight kidnap attempt of 16-year-old girl in Willow Glen
- Suspect arrested in San Francisco multiple-homicide
- Rep. Mike Honda presents his 'Budget for All' as counter to GOP plan
- Jon Wilner: Plenty of storylines for the Final Four
- Veterans group looks to settle in Antioch
- Quake hits central Chile; no reports of casualties
- Rave party with deadly past coming to Oakland's Oracle Arena
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Infielder Joaquin Arias making strong roster bid
- Sierra LaMar search remains fruitless - investigators consider new strategies
- Director James Cameron reaches deepest spot on Earth
- Costly state courts high-tech update fate in hands of judicial leaders
- Police: Officer shoots at man armed with BB gun in San Jose
- U.S. health reform law two years old and still a heated debate
- Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help
- Afghans: US paid $50K per shooting spree death
- French gunman's brother charged, denies role
- 'Hunger Games' battles to $155M opening weekend
- Police: Sketchy details on San Leandro liquor store shooting
- Police: Intruder shot at Foster City home
- A's lineup revealed with a few surprises
- Iraqi woman dies after beating in Southern California; threatening note found nearby
- Senators ask feds to probe requests for Facebook passwords
- How many pot patients California has is anyone's guess
- O'Brien: After decades leading economic growth, science and engineering jobs stall
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley charities see curbside donations snatched
- San Jose Sharks beat Phoenix Coyotes in shootout
- Gilroy soldier's final days
- Purdy: For San Jose Sharks, this stretch has new look
- San Jose neighborhood, long familiar to gang violence, celebrates a day of peace
- Women's college basketball: Nneka Ogwumike scores 39 points to lead Stanford into regional final
- Klay Thompson scores 31 points as Golden State Warriors beat Sacramento Kings
- San Jose SaberCats lose 60-59 to Utah Blaze
- Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana
- Living alone and loving it
- With opening day nearing, Oakland Athletics' Yoenis Cespedes starting to feel more comfortable
- Investigators still trying to determine killer in San Francisco home where 5 found dead
- San Jose Unified conference talks college readiness, financial aid with parents
- Huge search for missing Morgan Hill girl yields no new clues
- 'Survivor' star nominated for Indiana governor's race
- Say Hello! to Pakistan's glamorous side
- Roadshow: Guess who honks at drivers talking on cellphones: DOT boss Ray LaHood!
- Time running short for San Francisco Giants to decide on second baseman
- Five ways GOP could finally settle presidential race
- Chavez going to Cuba to begin radiation treatment
- Herhold: Get rid of San Jose's elections commission
- One person wounded in East Palo Alto shooting
- Eye on the East Bay: Search continues for missing Walnut Creek tiger
- Mt. Diablo and some other East Bay school districts fare poorly in educating minorities and low-income students.
- Top news photos, March 24: Bahrain unrest, Occupy Wall Street heats up
- Aide: Dick Cheney recovering from heart transplant
- Chris Wondolowski leads San Jose Earthquakes to 3-0 win over Toronto FC
- Rave party with deadly past coming to Oakland's Oracle Arena
- Man arrested after police officer fires weapon in South San Jose
- Analysis: Who is the true heir to Ronald Reagan?
- Pinole council to consider options for fire department budget
- Audit rips San Jose cops' outside jobs
- Hillsborough man gets seven years for killing friend
- Tulips galore on display at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland
- Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry out of Saturday's lineup
- Woman found stabbed to death in residential neighborhood San Leandro
- Man arrested in fatal stabbing of San Leandro ex-girlfriend.
- Jon Wilner's NCAA Tournament picks for Saturday's Elite Eight games
- Several injured, 1 airlifted in incident at Napa golf club
- Ex-Brazilian cop sentenced for raping 5 in Oakland
- Poole: Move to left field still bothers Oakland A's Coco Crisp
- San Jose Sharks need more offense from third and fourth lines
- Oakland A's dazzled by arrival in Japan
- Eagles reappear in San Mateo County after nearly century absence
- Palo Alto mayor puts new spin on pingpong diplomacy
- San Carlos school district will do survey to gauge voter support for bond measure
- Fees for Menlo Park services could get boosted
- Ex-Menlo College post office manager accused of using credit cards stolen from mail bin
- Stanford police release sketch of suspected prowler
- Boys basketball: Archbishop Mitty wins second straight state title as Aaron Gordon scores 33
- Archbishop Mitty girls beat J.W. North-Riverside for Division II state title
- San Francisco Giants' Ryan Vogelsong, Freddy Sanchez appear headed to disabled list
- Santa Clara County report on status of girls, women reveals improvements, but need for more
- For sale: Boardwalk's Hurricane roller coaster. Cost: $500,000
- Pennsylvania church conducts mock kidnapping on youth group
- Santorum on defensive as race turns to Louisiana
- Steps set for livestock antibiotic ban
- Newark council, shooting victim honor officers
- Pizarro: Rotating shelter up and running in Silicon Valley
- NRG Energy's $120 million settlement over energy crisis contracts reaps big investment for electric cars
- Los Gatos murder-for-hire case in chaos as defense attempts to disqualify judge
- Richmond lands $2.48 million federal award to clean up lead paint, other home hazards
- San Francisco: Five found dead in possible murder-suicide
- Bay Area adds more than 15,000 jobs as employment surges
- Pope arrives in Mexico, denounces violence
- 'Pepper gas' was needed at UC Berkeley protest, review finds
- Army sergeant charged in Afghan massacre
- Mercury News interview: Kudo Tsunoda, corporate vice president, Kinect for Xbox 360
- Tens of thousands in Syria call for fall of regime
- Bonny Zanardi: Artists share love of technology and visual arts
- Masur raises more than six other contenders for San Mateo County supervisor race
- Nothing freshman-like about Stanford point guard Amber Orrange
- Obama taps Dartmouth president to lead World Bank
- Sunnyvale: Youth soccer coach arrested on charge he sexually assaulted 13-year-old
- Man gets one year in county jail for 1969 gunbattle with police
- Hewlett-Packard increases cash it gives back to shareholders by 10 percent
- Bank of America tests program that lets underwater homeowners sacrifice title, rent home
- 'Napoleon' conquers the Paramount in Oakland
- San Jose police: Physician assistant sexually assaulted woman
- Review: 'Red' at Berkeley Rep
- Report gives C's, D's to schools in educating poor, minority students
- Kidnap survivor Midsi Sanchez a hero to family of missing teen
- Live blog: CIF State basketball championships in Sacramento, 1:15 p.m.
- In brief
- Palo Alto burglary suspects ditch loot, car at Google parking lot
- San Jose Sharks boost playoff bid with 2-1 win over Boston Bruins
- Golden State Warriors lose to Houston Rockets 109-83
- Atherton to allow some special events at Holbrook-Palmer Park after all, but not weddings
- Cal's Valerie Arioto showing she's among softball's best in the U.S.
- Mark Purdy: Andrew Luck attracts a circus atmosphere for his Pro Timing Day
- San Francisco 49ers sign quarterback Josh Johnson, return specialist Ted Ginn Jr. and wide receiver Mario Manningham
- Sergio Romo is fine with setup role for San Francisco Giants
- Defendants admit guilt to reduced charges in Newark pot club case; charges against three others dropped
- Hayward Unified presents positive budget report
- Antioch police fatally shoot man they say is fugitive parolee
- More roadwork Friday at Laurel Curve on Highway 17
- Senator: Employers shouldn't seek site passwords
- Inching toward energy independence in America
- San Jose Council candidates raising campaign cash
- Sierra LaMar case: Bag, clothes belonging to missing girl yield no clues
- San Jose councilman sues over ballot measure
- More than 8,500 runners expected for Sunday's Oakland Running Festival
- Coast-to-coast buzz grows for Friday drawing of $290 million Mega Million jackpot
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Tim Lincecum, Brian Wilson get their work in against minor leaguers
- Body of Martha Gutierrez found near Pacheco Pass Highway
- Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie says Michael Bush's departure as free agent was inevitable
- Soldiers loot Mali presidency after ousting leader
- San Francisco: Suspicious package near Jewish Community Center deemed harmless
- East Bay brothers use almond milk to make ice cream alternative
- Suspect not mentally competent to stand trial in beating death of Berkeley hills man
- California ballot initiative would make college free for residents
- Return specialist Ted Ginn Jr. re-signs with 49ers
- Southwest shows off new, larger plane
- Senator: Employers shouldn't seek site social media passwords
- T-Mobile cutting 1,900 jobs nationwide
- Report gives C's, D's to schools in educating poor, minority students
- New Wal-Mart in San Jose plans to open in mid-April
- Fremont woman suffers minor injuries after scuffle with intruder
- Fremont school prepares for week looking into the future of science
- Andrew Luck has little to say about Peyton Manning, Robert Griffin
- Black Panther birthplace flipped and sold as trendy Oakland showpiece
- Santa Rosa: Mountain bicyclist found unconscious in Annadel State Park dies
- $5k reward offered in hawk shooting case; bird recovering at San Jose wildlife center
- Hundreds march in NYC for slain Florida teenager
- Police: Islamic gunman dead after French standoff
- In brief
- Kitten hitches a ride in van's engine compartment from Marin to Santa Cruz
- Grand jury: San Mateo County allowed 'public' pools to stay open before making required inspections
- Black East Palo Alto residents tell stories of their plight at 'Protest Racism' rally
- 'American Idol' recap: Contestants take on Billy Joel
- High-speed rail, Bay Area plan to split $1.5 billion cost to supercharge rail line
- Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith has game
- Stanford men beat Nevada to earn trip to New York, spot in NIT semifinals
- Klay Thompson scores career-high 27 points as Golden State Warriors beat New Orleans Hornets 101-92
- ArtSPARK aims to light passion for music, arts in elementary students
- Nadia Lockyer lied about offering legal advice to ex-lover, attorney says
- San Lorenzo River straightens path to ocean, away from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
- New federal public defender for Bay Area
- Oakland A's embracing a 'great lifetime experience' in trip to Japan
- Brisbane parcel tax has high stakes for teachers, students
- Odds shrinking for San Jose Sharks in bid to make playoffs
- Alex Smith signs with San Francisco 49ers, 'not offended at all' by Peyton Manning pursuit
- Troubled Peninsula mosquito district to undergo official audit
- Brentwood police investigating shooting deaths of man and woman found in a home
- French riot police pressure gunman to surrender
- UN chief: Syria unrest could have global impact
- Safeway to stop using controversial filler for ground beef
- Father of missing Morgan Hill girl asks public to focus on search, not his record
- Financial services job cuts underscore weakness in sector
- Rockers add their touch to Goodguys car show in Pleasanton this weekend
- UC violates law in delaying pepper-spray report release, experts say
- HP confirms it will combine PC and printing units, and other changes
- Free clinic at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland opens for registration 3:30 a.m. Thursday
- Mexico's Catholic Church assumes a more vocal role
- Denver Broncos trade Tim Tebow to New York Jets hits snag, Jaguars now a possibility
- Doctors find clue in quest to predict heart attack
- Two men who stole bank info from Michaels customers headed to federal prison
- California egg farmers donating thousands of eggs to food bank
- Wilson says his 'general soreness' is nothing serious
- Top news photos, March 19: Mexico quake damage, World Water Day and more
- San Leandro man pleads not guilty in slaying of man found after apartment fire
- San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi charged with official misconduct
- Oakland-based BrightSource Energy seeks to raise up to $182.5 million in IPO
- Surf's not up for Mavericks
- "Pitchcrawl" brings dozens of startups, investors together in downtown San Jose
- Pizarro: Cilker, Lester families to be honored at History San Jose event
- Herhold: A story of sacrifice by a Mount Umunhum commander
- Yahoo shareholder pushes for its board nominees
- Review: 'The Hunger Games' hits the bull's-eye
- Slocum says he didn't intend to mislead voters into thinking he's still San Mateo County's elections chief
- Menlo Park woman receives $22M medical malpractice verdict
- Palo Alto police launch 'Lock It or Lose It' anti-burglary campaign
- New downtown Redwood City farmers market to launch May 1
- San Jose Sharks lose to Los Angeles Kings 5-2
- San Jose City Council considers rezoning major swath of open land to retail only
- Missing Morgan Hill teen's father is registered sex offender, but not a suspect in disappearance
- San Francisco Mayor Lee suspends embattled Sheriff Mirkarimi
- Flying with fabric at Redwood City fitness center
- French hunt school killer, suspect neo-Nazi ties
- Maker of methyl iodide scraps controversial pesticide
- Contra Costa prosecutor Michael Gressett announces plans to sue the county and Martinez for malicious prosecution in rape case
- Going with the 'reverse flow': Powerful politicians say downsizing is just fine with them
- Fighting between falcons in San Jose is a sign of peregrine health, best in Bay Area history
- New clue gives hope to solving Earhart mystery
- Meg Whitman plans to merge printing and PC groups in major Hewlett-Packard reorganization
- 880-237 toll lane: Is it worth it?
- New ACLU report on costly realignment - counties ignoring cheaper, better alternatives
- Fighting between falcons in San Jose is a sign of peregrine health, best in Bay Area history
- Temporary medians to be added to deadly Laurel Curve on Highway 17
- Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer visited ex-lover in jail, records show
- Cal women ousted from NCAA tournament with loss to top-seeded Notre Dame
- Afghanistan suspect had shaky business dealings
- Alex Smith, 49ers appear to have a new deal in place
- O'Brien: IPO reform spells disaster for investors
- Monte Poole: Chili Davis is a man on a mission with the Oakland A's
- General says no sudden Afghan withdrawal is planned
- Herhold: Alrie Middlebrook's next frontier is the schools
- Tim Kawakami: How Chris Mullin's night turned into Joe Lacob's nightmare
- Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza plan gets OK
- Labor contract that reflects spirit of Menlo Park's pension reform measure headed to vote
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Celebrities, pros light dance floor on fire for Week 1
- Palo Alto council approves appointment of 'chief people officer'
- Facebook crowns world's best hacker -- a Russian again
- Mark Purdy: Did the 49ers mess up with pursuit of Peyton Manning?
- Chris Mullin's jersey retirement marred by booing
- Stanford basketball team rallies for 92-88 overtime win over Illinois State in NIT
- San Jose Sharks miss chance to move into first place, lose to Anaheim Ducks 5-3
- CHP wants median barrier at Highway 17's lethal Laurel Curve
- Oakland A's: Yoenis Cespedes will start in center field; Coco Crisp moves to left
- San Jose Police Officer's union sues city
- Gilroy shooter's mother still missing after hunt in Santa Cruz mountains
- Parents plan rally in support of demoted Hayward principals
- Mike Daisey hits back at critics after Apple firestorm
- Tuesday is deadline to register for PTA Legislative Day to be held Friday in Danville
- Airline passengers may get a break on use of personal electronics
- Police: Woman abducted and raped at gunpoint in downtown Oakland
- Sunnyvale PTA treasurer accused of stealing $21,000
- DA: Hells Angel and rival tussle at Belmont coffee shop
- Markets cheer as Apple announces dividend, stock buyback
- Contrition accomplished? San Francisco Sheriff Mirkarimi: 'Not the person I thought I was'
- Bay Area News Group's Week 2 MLS power rankings
- SXSW: Hot bands from Austin festival are headed to the Bay Area
- Morgan Hill: Missing girl's cell phone found three-quarters of a mile from her home
- Apple sold more than 3 million iPads in first three days of availability
- Biz Break: Apple's dividend decision, iPad sales sends stock to record high
- Redwood City man's conviction in fatal crash reversed
- Santa Cruz surfer died of neck injuries, coroner says
- Contra Costa County Board of Education seeks representative for Clayton Valley Charter High board
- Roadshow: Carpoolers need to cover FasTrak transponders to avoid being charged at 237-880
- Hicks: Ashton Kutcher headed for outer space
- At San Jose solar convention, SolarWorld's trade case against China looms large
- A's send top pitching prospect Jarrod Parker to minors
- Feds: New flight system to save 2.6 million gallons of jet fuel, speed Bay Area air travel
- Amazon to sell $10 cards for $5 to lure customers
- Fed fines 8 US banks for alleged foreclosure abuse
- Alameda County wants residents to understand how cuts will affect them and do something about it
- Report: Raiders sign ex-49ers defensive back Shawntae Spencer
- Casino M8trix -- formerly Garden City Casino -- plans April opening at new site
- Gunman kills 4 outside Jewish school in France
- Chinese writers sue Apple over e-book piracy
- Mobile apps raise new privacy concerns
- Apple announces early-morning conference call to discuss its massive cash reserves
- Jon Wilner: NCAA tournament Sweet 16 has plenty to be excited about
- Golden State Warriors believe in Klay Thompson
- Hawaii-bound jet out of Oakland makes unscheduled landing at SFO
- San Jose Sharks 3-0-1 since Joe Thornton, Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski were made the top line
- Bay Area News Group photographers win 4 first-place awards.
- Police call off search for mother of Iraq War veteran in murder-suicide
- Saratoga sandwich line aims to feed hungry
- Search continues for missing Morgan Hill girl
- Layshia Clarendon scores 16 points as Cal women hold off Iowa in NCAA win
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Political Blotter: SEIU's 'un-endorsement' sparks feud in AD18
- Longtime San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith makes free-agent visit to Miami Dolphins
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Second baseman Freddy Sanchez's availability for opening day in doubt
- Report: US makes modest gains in graduation rate
- Stanford women face a physical West Virginia team Monday in NCAA tournament
- San Jose State prepares to give up local guarantee
- San Mateo at the center of school-renovation boom
- Gun shows caught in the crossfire
- Apple to reveal decision on use of cash hoard
- Mitt Romney wins Puerto Rico, GOP campaign continues
- Report: Alex Smith makes free-agent visit to Miami Dolphins
- Once-venerable Los Gatos saloon, stained by a murder plot, gets a fresh beginning
- Police: Search called off for missing Gilroy woman likely slain by son
- Pizarro: Retro Dome trying to fund its next musical with Kickstarter
- Cal hangs on to beat Iowa 84-74 in NCAAs
- Police: Woman abducted and raped at gunpoint near Oakland city hall
- Search continues for missing Morgan Hill girl
- Man in critical condition after being shot in Oakland liquor store
- Berkeley Marina body ID'd as Oakland man
- Oakland A's reliever Joey Devine on 15-day DL with arm injury
- Purdy: Alex Smith's visit with Miami Dolphins is no surprise
- Kawakami: Alex Smith's visit to Miami latest twist in same agent QB Shuffle
- Report: Raiders free-agent Samson Satele arrested in Hawaii
- Golden State Warriors lose to Utah Jazz in overtime
- O'Brien: Will shift to mobile change balance of power between Apple and Google?
- Android apps targeted by malware
- Stanford women roll past Hampton 73-51 in NCAA tournament opener
- Purdy: Roaming around Giants, A's camps
- Internal Affairs: On second thought, injured San Jose firefighter is feeling much better
- San Jose Sharks down Detroit Red Wings, move into tie for eighth in Western Conference
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Reliever Sergio Romo giving his elbow a rest
- Storm doles out wildly uneven amounts of rain across Bay Area
- Relatives, friends and neighbors search for missing Gilroy woman likely slain by son
- Archbishop Mitty girls basketball upends 3-time defending state champs to win CIF title
- Archbishop Mitty rallies late to beat Newark Memorial in NorCal Div. II title game
- John Demjanjuk, accused as a Nazi camp guard, is dead at 91
- Alameda County appoints acting chief probation officer LaDonna Harris
- Newark adding businesses big and small, eases pain of recent departures
- Bay Area Tuskegee Airmen speak at USS Hornet
- New San Francisco 49ers receiver Randy Moss lauded by former Oakland Raiders teammates
- Family says Florida man didn't kill black teen in self-defense
- Giants young catcher Hector Sanchez earns praise for solid work this spring
- Sunol quarry makes friends in deals to help environment and pay community
- United flight attendant's 63 years in the air, from glamour to days of gray
- Despite quick NCAA exit, Saint Mary's season had share of high points
- Cal football team developing the next generation of tailbacks
- Dead body discovered in Berkeley Marina
- Two San Jose carjacking suspects arrested after pursuit through city streets
- Occupy Wall Street celebrates 6 months since start
- Top news photos, March 17: St. Patrick's Day, Occupy Wall Street 6-month anniversary
- Delicate rescue saves stranded $1.7 billion U.S. satellite
- Republicans brace for possible open convention
- Monte Poole: 49ers should be easy choice for Peyton Manning
- Concord woman identified as victim of fatal Friday crash in Pacheco
- San Jose Earthquakes fall to Houston Dynamo 1-0
- Pacifica woman arrested in stabbing, carjacking of taxi driver
- In Mexico, a kidnapping ignored as gang crimes go unpunished
- From tickets to beer, a dozen things to watch for in 49ers' Santa Clara stadium
- Redistricting gives San Mateo County a power boost
- Herhold: Why would a vet kill those who love him?
- Peyton Manning's wedding anniversary puts 49ers, Broncos decision on hold
- AP Exclusive: How Somalia famine aid went astray
- Intoxicated man dangling over San Leandro freeway fell, but was uninjured
- Power restored to all Contra Costa County residents after outage
- At SXSW, Oakland band Howlin Rain hopes to catch someone's ear
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley's Santa Claus dies
- Kawakami: Andrew Bogut can't play yet, but he looks like a good fit with the Golden State Warriors
- Performance artist Mike Daisey accused of lying about Apple subcontractor Foxconn
- Purdy: 49ers, fans need to be careful in their pursuit of Peyton Manning
- Police still looking for two armed carjacking suspects in South San Jose
- Small gardens deliver big rewards
- Redwood City may accept a second farmers market downtown, but not in Redwood Shores
- Monta Ellis returns to Oakland with his new team, the Milwaukee Bucks, who rout the Golden State Warriors
- Oakland A's notebook: Ailing reliever Joey Devine still hopes to make Tokyo trip
- Saint Mary's absorbs pain of narrow NCAA loss to Purdue
- Former San Jose cop pleads no contest to sex acts with high school students
- Eight girls allege Campbell nanny molested them, encouraged them to talk to strangers online
- Eye on the East Bay: Martinez scratches its head over lice salon
- Police Blotter
- Northgate High School crisis counselors address teen suicide attempt at Ygnacio Valley High
- Berkeley hires attorneys to investigate police chief
- An Irish tradition with an only-in-America star
- My Los Gatos estate for your Facebook shares, Silicon Valley exec says
- Night Owl: Night Light lounge opens near Oakland's Jack London Square
- Obama administration outlines options on birth control coverage
- Raiders release Kamerion Wimbley, agree to terms with free-agent guard Mike Brisiel
- Wolverton: New iPad's changes welcome, but a bit underwhelming
- Afghan leader blasts US over probe into shootings
- Pizarro: Pizza My Heart snags top honors at international competition
- Documentary details Fremont group's work with elderly Afghans
- Interstate 580 in Dublin reopen after afternoon wreck
- Doctor pleads not guilty in prescription drug deaths
- Syrian revolt simmers outside capital
- UC pepper-spray report stays partly sealed
- Hicks: Brand sprung from big house
- Google faces scrutiny from states
- Bonny Zanardi: Favorite works earn a second look at The Main Gallery
- Mercury News interview: Tom Bedecarré, CEO of AKQA, the San Francisco-based global digital marketing and technology firm
- Milpitas police bust auto theft ring linked to 17 cars, motorcycles; three arrested
- North Korea plans rocket launch that U.S. calls a 'deal-breaker'
- Bidders for Coliseum complex to make their case
- Live blog: NorCal basketball playoffs at Sacramento, Saturday at 10 a.m.
- Weeks before Gilroy murder-suicide marred with violence, pain
- Brentwood man killed in crash on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County
- San Jose employees sue city over pension reform wording
- Gilroy police: Iraq War veteran killed sister, 11, then himself
- Pilot walks away from crash landing near Highway 101 in Palo Alto marshes
- Facebook is evaluating 'other options' in case Menlo Park doesn't let it expand
- Temporary teachers get brunt of layoff notices in Redwood City
- San Jose Sharks beat Nashville Predators 2-1 in a shootout
- 'American Idol': San Jose singer moves into the Top 10
- San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez still not ready to play in a game
- Sewer, water rates headed up in San Bruno
- Many homes damaged as tornado rips through Michigan
- Saint Mary's steady swingman Clint Steindl making most of increased role
- Despite merger of tax initiatives, proponents will also go their own ways
- UC Berkeley professors condemn light punishment for administrator
- Measure would give San Jose libraries bigger budget slice
- Judge awards more than $400,000 in back pay, damages to workers at Sunnyvale restaurant
- Santa Clara OKs final 49ers stadium deals, including loan increase of up to $100 million
- Vigil planned in Fremont's 'Little Kabul' for slain Afghan civilians
- Police Blotter
- Helicopter makes emergency landing in marsh near Palo Alto Airport
- Second murder conviction for killer of Raiders legend's daughter
- Recent CDC study reveals dangers of raw milk, but fans say benefits outweigh concerns
- Saint Mary's brings tournament-savvy attitude into NCAA opener with Purdue
- Hicks: Jennifer Lopez's manager talks about her "obsessive" men
- Berkeley police step up focus on west side after two shootings
- Communist Party chief in Chinese city is removed from post
- Pro-regime rally marks anniversary of uprising
- Pizarro: Pulling an idea out of the bag
- Iran cut off from global financial system
- Gilroy police: Iraq War veteran killed sister, 11, then himself
- Barflies: Sex-deprived male flies go for the booze
- All the world's a stage, and 'Shakespeare Iraq' wants to bring theirs to the USA
- Pleasanton's water slides may have a second life
- Warriors make deal to get themselves into draft
- Herhold: The Stanford origins of the man who left Goldman Sachs
- Arizona may relax contraceptive coverage mandate
- State judges win temporary reprieve from online financial disclosure rule
- Some schools planning to drop 'pink slime' meat
- Raiders eyeing corners who could replace Routt
- Cassidy: Scotts Valley woman's Nitless Noggins seeks to stamp out lice -- really
- Jackknifed trailer carrying a carnival ride blocks lanes on eastbound I-580 in Castro Valley
- San Jose firefighter injured battling 3-alarm blaze
- One killed, Highway 13 blocked after tree falls onto roadway in Oakland
- State pension board acknowledges lower returns, higher costs
- SEC charges SharesPost, Felix over Facebook stock offerings
- Thieves rolling Tide detergent out of stores
- Hercules council ratifies waterfront development agreement
- Union submits signatures for measure to limit El Camino Hospital executive pay
- Water and sewer rates may jump steeply again in Redwood City
- Man robs Pizza Hut in Redwood City an hour before closing time
- Palo Alto Jack in the Box robbed Wednesday
- Woman crashes into Palo Alto parking garage
- Revived project instills hope in blighted San Francisco area
- Warriors notebook: Stephen Curry's goal is to get healthy before he plays
- Golden State Warriors brass elated over trade for Andrew Bogut
- South Florida routs Cal in NCAA First Four
- Foreclosure rattles upscale San Jose neighborhood, and tenants
- 'American Idol': Jermaine Jones' ouster overshadows performance night
- 49ers lose free-agent lineman Adam Snyder to Arizona Cardinals
- Mark Purdy: Yoenis Cespedes' presence should make the Oakland A's interesting
- Rangers warn of shark attack on seal at Waddell Creek Beach in Santa Cruz County
- Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard to remain in hiding to protect daughters
- Vallejo baby has transplant after parents of toddler killed in accident donate liver
- Wide receiver Michael Calvin shines in dreary conditions at Cal's pro day
- Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children
- Devil's Slide closed after head-on collision
- Law enforcement teams use helicopter to clean up pot farm near Los Gatos
- Oakland Raiders cut Cooper Carlisle, John Henderson
- Panetta on tense visit to Afghanistan
- Montessori conference features re-creation of 'Glass Classroom,' with children on display as they learn
- Rain delays opening of 237-880 toll lanes until Tuesday
- Days after Afghanistan massacre, suspect nameless
- Dellavedova has St. Mary's back on track
- Hicks: Charlize Theron is a mom
- O'Brien: Nasdaq breaking 3,000 is cause for shrugging
- Brown's revised plan would hike income tax rate on $500,000 earners
- Death of Washington boy third gun accident in 3 weeks
- Sanitary district's saving ways earn rebate
- Oakland police: Man shows up for Craigslist sale of iPhones, gets shot
- San Francisco schools chief announces retirement
- BART to hold more public workshops on fare increases
- Gunman robs ice cream vendor in Watsonville
- Wireless medical monitors transforming patient care
- Oakland Chinatown in transition
- Herhold: A story of reluctant jurors
- San Jose: Crews use huge trucks to clear junk from hoarder home
- Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries
- Man shot and wounded by officers in East Oakland
- Humble paper becomes high art in hands of Alamo origami master
- Castle Rock State Park saved from the closure list
- Nasdaq hits 3,000 for first time in 12 years
- Entrepreneur Steve Kirsch unveils OneID, a startup aimed at cutting password overload
- Critics question why Redwood City lets developer control environmental studies of Saltworks project
- Downtown Los Altos parking to undergo review
- San Mateo County will limit spraying of herbicides
- Man found dead in Palo Alto home with gunshot wound
- San Mateo County supervisors appoint assistant controller to fill mid-term controller vacancy
- San Jose Sharks get a point but lose in overtime to Calgary Flames
- Solar installations doubled last year
- Golden State Warriors trade Monta Ellis to Bucks for Andrew Bogut, Stephen Jackson
- Mood brightens for Cal heading into NCAA First Four game with South Florida
- Stanford men defeat Cleveland State in NIT opener
- High speed rail chief: Bullet train won't cost $100 billion
- Cornerback Carlos Rogers returns to San Francisco 49ers
- Alum Rock worries that superintendent's departure bodes instability
- A week before spring, a wet winter comes roaring into the South Bay
- Santa Clara City Council finalizes 49ers stadium deal
- Cellphone signal leads crews to hiker rescued after two days from Mount Tam trail
- Bay Area congressional delegation renews calls for quicker withdrawal from Afghanistan
- PayPal looks to digital wallet to replace physical wallet
- Dozens displaced by carport fire near Lake Merritt in Oakland
- DA: No prison and maybe no record for Foster City boating shooter
- Open trunk full of weed leads Gilroy cops to $400,000 in pot
- Rain rolling into Bay Area, and it's here to stay (for a while)
- Students seek to stop loan interest rate increase
- Oakland Animal Services shelter overrun with rabbits
- Afghan villagers recount weekend shooting rampage
- San Jose Earthquakes' Steve Lenhart being unfairly targeted by officials, says his coach
- Four suspects wanted in Hayward stabbing
- Hicks: Courtney Love declares war on Muppets
- UK police arrest Rebekah Brooks in hacking probe
- Virgin announces new flights from San Francisco to Portland
- Syrian regime gains momentum against rebels
- Ione man killed after car goes off onramp, lands in parking lot of Concord shopping center
- Bay Area News Group's MLS Week 1 power rankings
- Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print editions
- Dell deal for San Jose security firm SonicWall estimated at more than $1 billion
- Google, Oracle face trial in April
- Clint Eastwood's family set for reality TV series
- PG&E to move most of its gas operations and 800 workers to San Ramon, a new response to the 2010 blast
- Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin
- Bay Area foreclosures drop in February
- Randy Moss signs one-year deal with San Francisco 49ers
- Next target: Extending BART under downtown San Jose
- Killer avalanches claim more lives in backcountry
- Herhold: An attorney on the hook to the feds
- Report calls PG&E records on pipelines 'a mess'
- Palo Alto City Council scales back proposed 'gateway' building
- San Carlos council to hold appeal hearing on Carlos Club expansion
- San Jose Sharks defeat Edmonton Oilers 3-2
- Palo Alto communications center to temporarily relocate this weekend
- Surfer dies after being found unconscious in Santa Cruz; first surfing death in 17 years
- Mother: Autistic son had to be hospitalized after alleged abuse by Redwood City teacher
- Report calls PG&E records on pipelines 'a mess'
- Cal women land a No. 8 seed, heading to South Bend to face Iowa
- PayPal exec killed on Caltrain tracks had bipolar disorder, family says
- Pizarro: Susan Packard Orr, Honey Meir-Levi lauded at Ronald McDonald House gala
- Police Blotter
- Text, call, email, IM, Facebook, tweet and meet? Communication has become confusing
- NCAA tournament's First Four
- Cal men must contend with South Florida's slow-it-down offense
- Speier holds eighth 'boot camp' for job-seekers
- Yahoo sues Facebook in patent battle
- High-speed train stops in Mountain View for key hearing
- Morbidly obese Livermore man loaded into ambulance for trip to the 'Dr. Phil' show
- Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states
- Giants' Schierholtz confident but must stay healthy
- A's Lew Wolff denies team for sale
- Hercules set to ratify waterfront develop agreement, but loose ends remain
- College dropout advocate Peter Thiel to teach course at Stanford
- Seagull into power line causes power outage at San Quentin prison, east San Rafael
- Hicks: Kim Kardashian responds to Jon Hamm calling her an 'idiot'
- Next target: Extending BART under downtown San Jose
- China's most popular video websites to merge
- BART seeks witnesses to help explain what happened to comatose man found at Civic Center station
- Stanford women awarded a No. 1 seed, begin NCAA title quest Saturday vs. Hampton
- Oakland: Nine suspects arrested on suspicion of robberies
- Santa Clara nurse recognizes Livermore twin, pregnant with twins 30 years later
- Bay Area economy is rebounding, but long-term hazards loom
- Alameda County pet lovers unite Tuesday in protest to cuts to animal shelters
- Oprah praises Jaycee Dugard at New York awards ceremony
- San Francisco sheriff, soap star wife want 'safe and happy home' after plea ends domestic violence case
- How we communicate is confusing
- PayPal executive - Eric Salvatierra, 39, killed on Caltrain tracks in Menlo Park
- Roadshow: Lady who stops in carpool lane wins nitwit award
- British court will hear case of paralyzed man who wants doctor to end his life
- San Jose preparing to roll out new, free Wi-Fi network throughout downtown
- PayPal executive Eric Salvatierra, 39, killed on Caltrain tracks in Menlo Park
- New app for smooth sailing
- Golden State Warriors blow big lead but pull out win over Los Angeles Clippers
- Jon Wilner on college basketball: Others fare worse than Cal and Saint Mary's in NCAA field
- Poole: Cal coach Mike Montgomery comes to grips with Pac-12's NCAA tournament fate
- Deals haven't helped smooth San Jose Sharks' road
- Body found in Hayward regional park
- Wolverton: Comparing the Samsung Galaxy Note and Motorola Droid Razr Maxx
- Learn to tweet and blog
- Maryland college student charged in rampage threat
- Saint Mary's lands No. 7 seed, matchup with Purdue
- Get your green on for Dublin's big day
- Political Blotter: Simitian touts drop in distracted-driving deaths
- Stanford men to host Cleveland State in NIT opener
- Fire crews pull Walnut Creek man from creek
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Review: Drake concert in San Jose marred by over-the-top production
- Ranking of Washington lawmakers shows centrists are dying breed
- Police identify 18-year-old victim in fatal San Jose crash Sunday
- Newest run on behalf of the Pat Tillman Foundation ends in the heart of Santana Row
- Saint Mary's gets No. 7 seed, headed to Omaha to play Purdue
- San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson sharp in spring training debut
- U.S. Army sergeant shoots, kills 16 in Afghan villages
- Cal administrator repeatedly hiked pay for employee during sexual relationship
- Sports promoters unleash piracy lawsuits against Bay Area businesses
- Cal makes NCAA Tournament, gets play-in game Wednesday vs. South Florida
- PayPal executive - Eric Salvatierra, 39, killed on Caltrain tracks in Menlo Park
- Princess Project turns prom dreams into reality for low-income girls
- Overloaded power circuit sparked fatal Alameda blaze, official says
- Review: Drake concert in San Jose marred by over-the-top production
- Oakland A's expected to make first round of cuts
- Two wounded in early Sunday Oakland shooting
- Egypt parliament to consider cutting off U.S. aid
- Patrick Schwarzenegger injured in Idaho ski accident
- Six key people behind the BART extension to San Jose
- Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley has become the new Motor City
- Six key people behind the BART extension to San Jose
- Kawakami: Can Yoenis Cespedes save the Oakland A's season?
- San Jose City Council to consider new rules to attract more businesses to locate downtown
- Jon Wliner's guide to the NCAA tournament field
- Princess Project turns prom dreams into reality for low-income girls.
- Golden State Warriors defeat Dallas Mavericks, but Stephen Curry re-injures his ankle
- San Jose SaberCats hold off Arizona Rattlers 71-70 to win AFL season opener
- San Jose Earthquakes win season opener, 1-0 over New England Revolution
- San Jose's Japantown hosts vigil for tsunami victims, survivors
- California judges want to keep financial reports off the Web
- Herhold: A tour of local political races
- Two San Jose teens arrested after five armed robberies, police pursuit
- Magnitude 2.7 quake shakes the Peninsula
- Stanford football: Key position battles remain open
- San Jose Sharks' playoff hopes take another hit in 3-0 loss to Phoenix Coyotes
- Airline apps that check you in and follow your luggage
- Oakland A's star Yoenis Cespedes makes loud debut
- Internal Affairs: San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, allies leave nothing to chance with pension reform measure
- Concord nonprofit, founder, the latest black eye for health care district
- Oprah praises Jaycee Dugard at New York awards ceremony
- Princess Projects turns prom dreams into reality for low-income girls
- Syria assaults opposition as diplomacy staggers
- Japan marks year since tsunami disaster
- Immigration decline tied to dropping crime rates
- AP Enterprise: Nuclear evacuation in Japan was fatal for old, sick
- Eye on the East Bay: Hot dog, classic diner is back in Antioch
- Afghan anger and security changes imperil aid groups
- Stanford women post convincing win over Cal in Pac-12 tournament final
- Santorum easily wins caucuses in Kansas
- Obama campaign plans a big push to court women
- Giants notebook: Closer Brian Wilson ready to take mound for San Francisco Giants
- Two San Jose teens arrested after five armed robberies, police pursuit
- GOP race: Santorum takes Kansas, Romney counters in Wyoming
- Hayward woman, 92, in critical condition after rescued by son from house fire
- Two-alarm fire destroys business near downtown Hayward
- Fluid leak forces two I-580 lanes to close in Castro Valley
- Gunman robs two neighboring businesses in Concord
- Apple pioneer brings emotion to Google+
- What makes Google UnGoogley?
- What makes Google Googley?
- 79-year-old Oakland man a stabbing victim, suspect
- Cal falls to Colorado in Pac-12 men's basketball semifinals
- Younger shoppers using technology, not salespeople
- Shootout funk latest San Jose Sharks woe
- Three San Mateo County Board of Supervisors seats on June ballot, but two incumbents to run unopposed
- Menlo Park ready to sell Belle Haven land to Beechwood School for expansion
- Embers from cigarette or cigar caused four-alarm blaze, Mountain View fire official says
- Congressional incumbents Speier and Eshoo have challengers in June primary election
- Candidates file for state, local offices in June 5 primary election
- East Bay races and measures head to June 5 ballot
- Bonny Zanardi: New artists presented at ArtZone 461 exhibition
- Review of North Dakota Olive Garden goes viral
- Wright named Antioch's citizen of the year
- Price jumps to $1.2 billion for Niners' Silicon Valley stadium, but public cost goes down
- Planners release new roadmap for Bay Area growth
- Police search for missing San Bruno man
- Harold Camping, predicted end of the world twice, admits error
- Suspect eludes Oakland police search
- Berkeley police chief sends sergeant to reporter's home to request story changes; First Amendment experts call move 'despicable'
- Police Blotter
- Gingrich: I won't quit if I lose Tuesday in South
- Air controller involved in second potential collision
- Mt. Diablo school board to discuss bond measure audits, district budget, layoffs, busing and boundaries
- Starting from Golden Gate, Dream Act students make election statement in cross-country walk
- Correction
- Buster Posey makes spring training debut
- Cal women beat Washington State; will play Stanford in tournament final
- As governor, Romney's CEO style irked lawmakers
- Kawakami: A day for loving Buster Posey in the desert
- Mt. Diablo school board approves charter waiver, discusses informal meetings and strategic plan
- Voters confront 'top two' primary
- Fremont man sentenced to 10 years for wedding reception shooting
- Drugs, alcohol not a factor in high-speed SUV chase from West Sacramento to Sunol, police said
- Newly acquired Josh Reddick eager for everyday role with Oakland A's
- Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays
- San Mateo County to drill for major health emergency
- Bay Area adds nearly 14,000 jobs in January, led by strong growth in East Bay and South Bay
- San Jose mayor seeks to open shuttered libraries
- New pavement technique will be tried at Laurel Curve on Highway 17
- Bay Area adds nearly 14,000 jobs in January, led by strong growth in East Bay and South Bay
- Salinas and Morgan Hill men sentenced to 20 years each in 'Operation Garlic Press' case
- Pizarro: SPUR hopes to make a big splash in San Jose
- Warriors latest goal is to make Udoh their center of attention
- Passport Day on Saturday
- Former Richmond officers plead to federal gun, obstruction charges
- Man killed in South San Jose shooting
- Golden State Warriors notebook: Team embarrassed by performance in loss to Memphis Grizzlies
- O'Brien: Kony 2012 campaigns tests impact of online activism
- First of families rebuilding in wake of San Bruno pipeline blast finally going home
- Mountain View receives blowback from tougher smoking rules
- Unused sick leave accounts for third of Palo Alto cop's big salary
- Berkeley police chief apologizes for response to Feb. 18 beating death of hills man
- Apple, five book publishers face Justice Department lawsuit over e-book pricing
- Cal defeats Stanford 77-71 in Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals
- 'American Idol' trims its field to 12; San Jose singer still in it
- 12-year-old scores 2 aces in one round
- Manzo named Oak Grove superintendent
- San Jose Sharks fall to Dallas Stars in shootout, 4-3
- Parents of autistic children speak out on Sunnyvale murder-suicide
- Tribune and Maynard Institute's community journalism program seeks East Oakland voices
- Orinda woman pleads not guilty to selling secrets to Chinese firm
- Pacifica body ID'd, homicide ruled out
- San Jose State opens spring practice seeking to find its next quarterback
- PG&E bills to be available in Spanish, Chinese in 2013
- 49ers extend Tukuafu's contract
- Phony robbery tale covered up San Jose man's own theft, cops say
- Sandra Cantu's memory lives in Tracy Celebrates Children event
- O'Brien: Kony 2012 campaigns tests impact of online activism
- Arrest made in San Jose parking lot attack
- Stanford women open Pac-12 tournament with defense-minded win over Washington
- Tim Kawakami: Billy Beane and the Battle for San Jose
- Amtrak workers file race discrimination suit against passenger train giant
- 2 children found living in abandoned school bus
- First of families rebuilding in wake of San Bruno pipeline blast finally going home
- Suicides among Army soldiers up 80 percent in four years
- San Jose: Teens accused killing dog during beating won't be charged as adults
- Rural San Mateo County activists -- and others around Bay Area -- oppose transit development plans
- US unemployment applications hover near low levels
- Solar storm not nearly as bad as could have been
- Police identify man slain Wednesday night in Oakland
- San Leandro man charged with murder of man found in burning house
- Pizarro: Delegation from Dublin, Ireland, will be wheeling around Silicon Valley this weekend
- Giants guy at short is Brandon Crawford -- all hit or no hit
- Berkeley's Cafe Fanny to shut its doors after 28 years
- Police: South San Francisco man stole $900,000 from loan seekers
- `Speed Freak Killer' trained an apprentice, prisoner writes in letter to TV station
- Feather cells tell of a tiny dinosaur's crowlike sheen
- California suddenly matters after Super Tuesday fails to decide GOP contest
- 'American Idol': Top 13 pay tribute to Whitney, Stevie
- Firefighters battle apartment fire near UC Berkeley campus
- New Santa Clara County schools chief's salary: $299,500
- Public safety employees among highest paid in Palo Alto
- Tire slashings continue in Palo Alto
- Golden State Warriors lose to Memphis Grizzlies 110-92
- New San Jose civic group focused on urban design, policy
- State lawmakers order San Jose pension audit
- In bin Laden's final days, his wives were divided by rivalry, suspicion
- Purdy: A's owner Lew Wolff turns up heat on Giants, territorial rights battle
- Pacifica cops kill another pit bull, this time for attacking corgi
- New Haven school district in Union City issues layoff notices
- Newark school district issues 26 preliminary pink slips
- Eden Healthcare District supports St. Rose joint-powers proposal
- Hayward man who hit boy with truck after Giants game pleads guilty to DUI
- Oakland fights to keep teams
- Discovery Bay board opts to fill vacancy by appointment
- Case would let thousands of criminals vote
- Israeli President Shimon Peres mingles with tech up-and-comers at LAUNCH Conference
- Oil giant BP sued over dirty gas sales shipped to Martinez
- Hicks: Tila Tequila off to rehab after overdose, aneurysm
- Sunnyvale police: Mother killed 22-year-old autistic son, then herself
- Video: Gray whale and her calf enter San Francisco Bay
- AP Exclusive: Iran may be cleaning up nuclear work
- Roadshow: Traffic woes on Camden Avenue in San Jose
- Hyundai's European business gets noticed
- North Pacheco residents may get to vote on becoming part of Martinez
- Big retail center planned for south San Jose to include a Target
- Forbes' billionaires list expands to 1,226, including Tesla's Elon Musk, Steve Job's widow
- Bike-riding Sunnyvale burglar picked the wrong house
- $7,000 reward offered to locate missing 85-year-old Hayward man
- Bay area students talk to space station astronauts
- Biggest solar flare in five years heading toward Earth
- Facebook mobile audience jumps in 2011
- Hunters, fishermen turn out in droves to support embattled Fish & Game chief
- D.A.: San Mateo man on trial for rape of orphan relative
- City Attorney's Office sues Occupy Oakland protester over vandalism of city building
- Apple's new iPad will be faster and prettier, company says
- New Cars Land headlines Disneyland expansion set to open June 15
- Richmond pushing to allow expansion of pot dispensaries
- Tim Kawakami: Buster Posey looks ready -- but looks aren't everything
- Biz Break: Are iPad's new features enough for Apple to remain dominant?
- Sanchez takes his swings off Wilson
- Apple's new new iPad expected to help dethrone traditional PCs
- Hercules to lay off more police officers, employees
- Committee favors major overhaul of Palo Alto golf course
- Dream may come true for TheatreWorks
- Tweet before the temblor; Stanford-based group using social networking to expand quake sensor network
- Carlos Club expansion permit gets OK from San Carlos Planning Commission
- San Jose Sharks lose 3-2 to Edmonton Oilers in shootout
- A's lefty making a good impression
- Behind the downward slide of Pac-12 basketball
- Report: Indianapolis Colts to cut ties with Peyton Manning
- San Jose State women have reason for optimism heading into WAC tournament
- On Bay Area visit, Israeli leader addresses Middle East tensions
- Two people shot dead inside Sunnyvale home
- San Jose Mayor confident on key pension vote
- Former Archbishop Mitty star and ex-UCLA player Drew Gordon prominent in Sports Illustrated article on Bruins' troubles
- New male falcon on top of San Jose City Hall is named: 'Fernando the rocket'
- Old and sick and living in her car, determined homeless woman needs a real address
- San Jose police officer found liable for excessive force on cyclist
- Herhold: A council debate about money and politics
- Syria rushes to scrub out signs of assault on Homs
- Former 49ers defend Bill Walsh on bounty issue
- Israeli President Shimon Peres checks in at Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters
- New 'Google Play' store launches Tuesday
- O'Brien: Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Hamlin hopes international recognition bring attention to her cause
- San Jose's SunPower to provide solar panels for Apple's massive new data center
- Convicted child killer from Oakland found dead in Monterey County prison cell
- New suit filed in San Mateo County Coroner brain-handling case
- South Bay tax evasion scam lands luxury car buyer in prison
- Hicks: Saudi Arabia shows second film in 30 years
- Power restored after brief outages in Fremont, Newark
- Authorities: LulzSec hackers busted, done in by ringleader
- PG&E shuts down southbound traffic on Oakport Street until end of March to inspect pipelines
- Netflix in talks with cable companies to become on-demand option, sources say
- Dead dog lands 3 San Jose teens in juvie
- Hicks: Tim Tebow says no to 'The Bachelor'
- Hicks: Justin Bieber's mom writing a book
- 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' composer dies
- Monkees contemplate how to memorialize Davy Jones
- Judge delays UC pepper-spray report
- Q&A on Obama administration's latest mortgage-aid plan
- Southern California woman gets prison for fake Christian concerts
- Automakers snazz up small cars to lure wary buyers
- Ralph McQuarrie, designer of 'Star Wars' look, dies in Berkeley at 82
- Apple expected to unveil new iPad
- Israeli President Peres to visit Facebook
- New contract approved with Palo Alto Fire Chiefs' Association
- Palo Alto council approves $250K for design, environmental review of Arrillaga proposal
- Oakland A's notebook: Brad Peacock roughed up by Albert Pujols, L.A. Angels
- Power restored to most customers in San Francisco's Sunset District
- A passage through Asia leads San Jose State student to a soft launch
- Protesters facing off with CHP in Capitol rotunda over higher ed costs
- Oakland City Council to consider teen center, probe
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: San Jose elementary school students to chat with space station crew
- San Jose City Hall falcon saga better than a real-life soap opera
- TheatreWorks may get permanent home
- Romney plans Bay Area fundraiser
- 'The Voice': Alameda singer competes in the battle round
- Saint Mary's beats Gonzaga in overtime for West Coast Conference tournament title
- Newcomers Angel Pagan, Melky Cabrera should improve San Francisco Giants' outfield defense
- Golden State Warriors rout Washington Wizards 120-100
- Martinez may buy vacant county building for developer
- Automakers bring smaller cars to Geneva Motor Show
- Motion: Sheriff won't get fair shake in domestic violence trial in San Francisco
- Clayton native, George W. Bush impersonator Steve Bridges dies at 48
- Reed says call for audit of San Jose pension estimate is politically motivated
- Advanced Micro Devices gives full control of former manufacturing unit to Abu Dhabi
- Roadshow: Gas prices finally ease but could soar by April
- Dublin council considering a pay raise
- Gang outreach leader reaching out to 4.0 students, too
- Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike named Pac-12 women's Player of the Year in media poll
- Pair of quakes, topped by 4.0 temblor, rattle Bay Area
- Oak Grove High School in San Jose shelter-in-place lifted
- San Mateo man found dead on Pacifica street
- Concord is likely choice as successor to imperiled Mt. Diablo Health Care District
- Biz Break: Apple, Yelp and Zynga lead tech stocks' downfall on Wall Street as Yahoo ponders layoffs
- Apple's volatile stock movements push it out of $500 billion club
- Hicks: Adam Lazzara, Taking Back Sunday singer, felled by a tree
- California drivers finally put down those cellphones and are living to tell the tale
- Oakland man, 51, fatally shot, then run over by friend's car Sunday
- Critics of move to oust Fish and Game Commissioner did the same thing five years ago
- Gloria Steinem speaks out in East Bay about 'war on women,' Rush Limbaugh
- Judge blocks second Santa Clara 49ers stadium ballot measure
- N.Y. man brings on 5 more lawyers against Facebook
- Santa Clara County science fair attracts 1,000 entries
- Kawakami: Sorry A's, but Giants hold all the cards
- Yahoo layoffs could reach thousands, happen this month, report says
- New technology for sharing old memories
- Wolverton: Sony's new PlayStation Vita disappoints
- Poole: Stanford women perfect again in Pac-12, but bigger challenges lie ahead
- San Francisco sheriff and Venezuelan soap star wife prepare for trial this week
- Purdy: Parity could make for entertaining Pac-12 men's basketball tournament
- Lawmakers call for state audit of San Jose's pension problems
- Putin declares victory in Russian presidential election
- Roadshow: Express toll lanes at 237-880 to be ready March 15
- Saratoga actress returns home on "Beauty and the Beast tour
- Local artist lends touch to mural for Cinequest
- Vandals slash tires of 51 cars in Palo Alto neighborhood
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Stanford women rout Cal to cap 18-0 Pac-12 regular season
- Oakland A's: Cuban Yoenis Cespedes confident he can make quick transition to major leagues
- Saint Mary's faces Gonzaga again in WCC tournament title game
- Obama says U.S. 'will not hesitate to use force' against Iran
- North Korean leaders takes defiant stance as he visits border
- Indiana baby found in field after tornado dies
- Social issues overshadow economy in GOP race
- China boosts military spending more than 11 percent
- Lawmakers call for state audit of San Jose's pension problems
- Stanford beats Cal, spoils Bears' chance to share Pac-12 basketball title
- Man shot in Gilroy parking lot Saturday afternoon
- Cold-shooting Golden State Warriors lose to Toronto Raptors 83-75
- Believe it: Harvard cheaper than Cal State
- Saint Mary's aiming to cool down hot-shooting Gonzaga freshman Kevin Pangos in Monday's WCC final
- Man shot to death, possibly run over in Oakland
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Brian Wilson faces hitters, looks strong
- Missing Newark teen ran away from home, search scaled back, police said.
- Injured golden eagle found in San Jose park
- Berkeley: Three wounded in early morning shooting
- Gingrich: Limbaugh right to apologize for remarks
- A 7th advertiser pulls out of Limbaugh's show
- Police: More victims possible in South San Francisco child rape case
- A tearful Vladimir Putin claims Russian election victory
- 40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Alaska
- Archbishop Mitty High School embraces iPad as learning tool
- Man charged with attempted murder in Daly City BART lot shooting
- Pacifica: Former councilman home after going missing
- 206 killed in Republic of Congo arms depot blasts
- Ronnie Montrose, Bay Area guitar legend, dies at 64
- San Jose Sharks fall to St. Louis Blues
- San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum looks sharp in Cactus League debut
- Poole: 'Bounty' system a stain on NFL
- Making sense of San Jose's pension mess
- Kawakami: Road to postseason looking bumpier than usual for San Jose Sharks
- O'Brien: Despite recent snowfall, Tahoe economy in trouble
- WCC welcomes K.C. Jones, Tom Candiotti, Kurt Rambis into its Hall of Honor
- Saint Mary's defeats USF, advances to WCC final
- Hundreds mourn student killed in Ohio shooting
- San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan still feeing effects of head injury
- Internal Affairs: Supervisor Ken Yeager wants county employees fit to lead
- Occupy marchers hit streets as three sit in jail
- Indiana town hard to find, but tornado leaves mark
- Towns search for survivors after storms kill at least 35
- Review: Ballet San Jose's opening program
- Stolen iPad led to huge meth bust in San Jose
- San Jose teen already giving back to community
- Roadshow: Roadshow's winning bumper sticker slogan: 'I Don't Read Minds, So Signal, Dammit!'
- Sea otter Toola, surrogate mother to Monterey Bay Aquarium's pups, dies
- Cuban star Yoenis Cespedes set to join Oakland A's
- Israel's backers pressure Obama to combat Iran
- Hercules waterfront development gets major boost from council
- Vet groups, VA split over mental health expansion
- Rush Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult
- Environmental damages remain issue after BP deal
- Two trains collide in Poland; 8 dead, dozens injured
- Syria blocks aid, tightening hold on devastated area
- Conflicting accounts over Afghan Quran burnings
- Cassidy: Anita Borg Institute has a plan for increasing the number of women in technology
- Eye on the East Bay: Dublin audience learns how 'Star Wars' inspired mythbuster
- Three Occupy Oakland protesters arrested for robbery and a hate crime, both felonies
- What went wrong in Nevada for the Seenos
- Stanford, Cal freshmen point guards ready for Sunday's women's rematch
- Cal's revived Pac-12 title hopes now depend on win vs. Stanford
- Ahmadinejad rivals rack up parliament wins in Iran
- Pentagon may put special ops in Afghanistan under CIA control to meet 2014 pullout deadline
- Growing number of adults diagnosed with ADHD
- Sharks coach McLellan says he's still suffering concussion symptoms
- Saint Mary's women eliminated by No. 1 seed Gonzaga in WCC semifinal
- One wounded in East Oakland shooting Friday evening
- Herhold: A Gilroy councilman with a past
- Authorities ID elderly man killed in Castro Valley crash
- Mountain lion photo exposed major cultural shift in California
- Newark boy, 15 and on crutches, reported missing
- Storms demolish small towns in Indiana, Kentucky, killing at least 38
- Golden State Warriors lose to Philadelphia 76ers 105-83
- Apple, Samsung both lose rulings in German patent cases
- Saint Mary's men not wanting to leave NCAA tournament prospects to chance
- Carl Steward: Darting here and there ...
- High school students in San Mateo live on $2 a day
- 750 pounds of meth worth $34 million seized from San Jose apartment
- Theater, office building proposed near Palo Alto transit center
- Support for Mountain View affordable housing parcel tax lacking
- USF beats Loyola Marymount, advance to WCC basketball semifinal game against Saint Mary's
- San Jose budget forecast offers glimmer of hope for next year: no deficit
- Bonny Zanardi: Peninsula sculptors featured at 1870 Gallery
- Another 2-alarm fire is one of two San Jose blazes on Friday
- San Jose unions make last-ditch pension offers
- 600-pound Livermore man receives outpouring of support after YouTube plea for help
- Three shot in Berkeley during dice game
- Three more girls say San Jose teacher molested them
- Former San Jose cops admit to stealing from Latino scholarship fund
- Pizarro: Saratoga's Hakone Gardens celebrates Lunar New Year this Sunday
- Police Blotter
- New Haven reaches deal to avoid more furloughs
- Apple says it has created more than 500,000 jobs in the United States
- Yelp IPO gets spectacular reviews; stock soars
- Hicks: Scarlett Johansson nabs Janet Leigh role in Hitchcock movie
- Ailing San Pablo councilman resigns
- Young Oakley woman to ski in Special Olympics Winterfest competition
- A voice of dissent in China that took its time
- Newark accident leaves two injured
- San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan returns to practice
- Hicks: Engelbert Humperdinck is Britain's last hope in pop music
- At least two injured in Fremont crash
- Hicks: Billie Joe Armstrong says Green Day's new record all about sex
- Homes on crooked Lombard Street flooded when car crashes into hydrant
- Manny: Three pitches, three outs in A's Cactus League loss
- 600-pound Livermore man receives outpouring of support after YouTube plea for help
- Company sued over Walnut Creek bone cement surgery deaths
- Silicon Valley's hottest social network isn't Facebook: It's Pinterest.
- Power restored after vehicle accident causes outage in Hayward
- Mercury News interview: Eugenia Corrales, CEO of Nanosolar
- Tornadoes wipe out two Indiana towns, kill at least three
- Castro Valley man dies after crashing car in creek
- Sex offender convicted again after leaving Army to victimize Walnut Creek girl
- Three Oakland men arrested in San Leandro triple homicide
- Castro Valley school board moves to raise class sizes, lay off teachers
- Biz Break: Yelp IPO soars, and analysts are left wondering, 'Why?'
- BART eyes fare increase, seeks ideas on how to share the pain
- Hayward customers face lengthy outage after vehicle takes down power pole
- 'American Idol': Top 13 includes San Jose's Brackensick
- Political novice no stranger to upending status quo
- Menlo Park lab cited for fatal explosion
- Caltrain prices to rise July 1
- San Jose Sharks lose to Buffalo Sabres 1-0
- Tesla shows off Roadster chassis at Palo Alto event
- USF men easily handle Portland to advance to WCC basketball quarterfinals
- Conservative publisher, activist Andrew Breitbart dead at 43
- Ethics complaint filed against wildlife official who shot mountain lion
- Gay marriage supporters urge court to reject latest Proposition 8 appeal
- Protesters rally against education cuts in Oakland
- Cool new gadget helps Morgan Hill cops bust suspect
- Mark Purdy: The basketball world should honor Wilt Chamberlain on Friday
- Pizarro: Silicon Valley Heart Ball lands an amazing venue
- Police Blotter
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Buster Posey won't play in Cactus League opener
- Raiders franchise safety Tyvon Branch; might spell end for Michael Bush
- Oakland A's notebook: Manny Ramirez will be the designated hitter in Friday's exhibition opener
- The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano is swimming in coffee -- 4 tons of it, to be exact
- Two more U.S. soldiers gunned down by Afghans
- Hicks: Michael Jackson's daughter slams rumors
- California won't intervene in Honda hybrid lawsuit
- Syrian rebels retreat from besieged neighborhood; army moves in
- Under lockdown: Life inside dissident Tibetan town
- Martinez police arrest man with gun at Alhambra High
- Bay Area home remodeling picks up as economy mends
- Protesters rally against education cuts in Oakland
- Santa Clara women fall behind early, lose to Portland in WCC second round
- AT&T spells out data limits for 'unlimited' plans
- FBI director: Cyber-threats will become top worry
- End death penalty measure likely to be on November ballot
- Giants have depth at catcher position
- Union City mulls lifting tobacco sales buffer for gas stations
- Police report: Ex-Hells Angel charged with homicide severely beaten before he pulled out gun
- San Jose-Tokyo flight, awaiting new 787s to roll off Boeing assembly line, won't take flight until early 2013
- Redwood City special ed teacher: 'I never abused a child'
- Cassidy: Sergio Ochoa is driven to work for Tesla
- Boy, 16, among those injured in Oakland shootings
- Zynga starts its own platform to separate itself from Facebook
- EU official: Google's privacy policy 'not in accordance with the European law'
- Job market contiuing to get healthier, but consumer spending isn't following its lead
- Banks pursuing more fees on consumers despite virulent backlash
- 'American Idol' recap: It's ladies night
- Chevron, Bridgelux team up to install LED streetlights
- Plans for Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza given go-ahead
- East Palo Alto's new fire station to be almost three time as big
- Man killed in Mountain View wreck identified
- Redwood City council gives raises to city attorney and city clerk
- Golden State Warriors hold off Atlanta Hawks 85-82
- High-speed rail construction delayed
- Downtown Walnut Creek bouncing back with new stores
- O'Brien: Facebook's move to Menlo Park offers economic development lessons
- Nneka Ogwumike sparks Stanford women past Seattle 76-52
- San Jose engineer once again on trial in death of lawyer shot at office
- Ohlone prayer, sage smoke accompany bones of 500-year-old American Indian man as they're reburied
- Redwood City School District displines six teachers
- Man on trial in death of former Raiders star admits he staged body to look like a sex crime
- Antioch teacher, counselor positions face uncertainty
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Madison Bumgarner might replace Matt Cain as No. 2 starter
- U.S. men's soccer team shocks Italy 1-0
- Ex-Hells Angel member charged with homicide at San Jose court hearing
- Santa Clara men end season with loss to Portland in WCC tournament
- San Jose Sharks' playoff quest hinges on improved defense, health of key players
- O'Brien: Facebook's move to Menlo Park offers economic development lessons
- Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski to attend anger management classes over 2010 Walnut Creek night club incident
- Intel Capital announces $100 million new fund to invest in 'connected' cars
- House approves bill to ship more Delta water south
- Davy Jones paved the way for modern heartthrobs like Justin Bieber
- Apple joins the $500 billion club, but could be poised for more
- Jemile Weeks making best of chance to learn from Hall of Famer Barry Larkin
- U.S. skips first chance at new Iran penalties
- Metal thieves steal from 525 graves in Colma
- East Avenue Middle School in Livermore on lockdown after report of a gunman on campus
- Syria threatens to 'cleanse' rebel area in Homs
- Police Blotter: Person supsected of causing $6,000 in graffiti damage arrested
- With more layoffs looming, Hercules declares fiscal emergency, paving way for possible tax measure
- Mariners center fielder Franklin Gutierrez has pectoral injury
- Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives
- Aromas man arrested for shooting, killing his dog because it wasn't obedient
- Pizarro: Michael Miller jumps from leading San Jose Jazz to Children's Musical Theater
- Happy Juan Uribe returns to Dodgers camp after reaching settlement in San Francisco case
- Berkeley chief to address concerns about police response to beating death
- Facebook unveils new advertising strategy
- Mary King retires as AC Transit acting general manager
- Silicon Valley tech companies struggle to describe themselves in comprehensible language
- Roadshow: Wall Street speculators help drive up gas prices
- Top news photos, Feb. 29: Leap Day, tornadoes tear through the Midwest and more
- 'American Idol': Guys hit the high notes in first live show
- All-white Santa Clara council says no to race-driven change to elections
- Supervisors postpone decision on how to fill controller vacancy
- Mountain View apartment complex fire remains under investigation
- San Mateo County supervisors quietly put three tax measures on June 5 ballot
- Three in cuffs thanks to alert Palo Alto resident
- San Jose Sharks return home, edge Philadelphia Flyers 1-0
- Embattled California wildlife official who shot mountain lion refuses to resign
- Antioch approves moratorium on Internet cafes
- Santa Clara's nightmarish basketball season close to a merciful finish
- Pizarro: Cinequest fans find their passion on opening night
- San Jose leaders agree to revisit taxes in June
- Cassidy: It's time to add Apple to the Dow mix
- Willow Glen mom, former ski captain, dies on Tahoe slopes
- Alameda County set to become first to force drugmakers to take back pharmaceuticals
- Santa Clara man arrested in 1983 Union City cold case
- Donation account to help family of 2-year-old Juliana Pena, who lost cancer battle
- National experts may help recover remains of serial killers' victims
- Young man among San Francisco Giants: Madison Bumgarner, 22, seeking encore
- Brandon McCarthy announced as Oakland A's opening-day starter
- Nadia Lockyer's ex-lover: 'There's a way bigger story than the sex tapes'
- Pathologist: Coroner wrong about killing of daughter of former Raiders star Fred Biletnikoff
- Hicks: Charlotte Church gets a big check from News Corp.
- Wounded British journalist smuggled from Syria
- Matthew Dellavedova makes it a Saint Mary's repeat for WCC Player of the Year
- See the International Space Station from your own backyard
- A's announce Brandon McCarthy will be their Opening Day starter
- Santa Clara County supervisors vote to curb payday lending
- HP cuts 275 jobs from webOS
- Mt. Diablo school board approves 89 layoffs and the departure of 72 Clayton Valley High teachers
- Google+ is eliciting antitrust complaints to EU from Microsoft, others
- Interpol says suspected Anonymous hackers arrested
- Stanford's Bing Concert Hall will open in January 2013
- Cruise line: Crippled ship to reach land Thursday
- Plant chief: Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable
- Police Blotter: Molotov cocktail causes trash fire in San Mateo
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center's Summit new patient care center gets final beam
- Man pleads not guilty to firing gun at ex-girlfriend's San Mateo home
- Sierra snowpack at 30 percent of normal, but reservoirs are still pretty full
- Family mourns Oakley man whose death remains unclear
- Yahoo: Facebook must pay us or face patent lawsuits
- Biz Break: iPad 3 announcement sends Apple to new high as Dow closes atop 13,000
- Dow closes above 13,000, first time since 2008 financial crisis
- Cassidy: It's time to add Apple to the Dow mix
- Four-alarm fire damages apartment in Mountain View
- Palo Alto mayor focuses on infrastructure, renewal in state of city address
- San Carlos reluctantly OKs cell phone antenna settlement
- Caltrain fare increases headed for a vote Thursday
- Fire mars Daytona 500; Matt Kenseth wins
- Intel makes more inroads in smartphone market
- White House proposes to cut tsunami warning system
- Santa Clara County leaders to tighten nutritional standards at county facilities
- South San Francisco 2-year-old girl loses battle with cancer
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Brian Wilson says he'll be ready for opening day
- Oakland A's lose Scott Sizemore for season with torn ACL
- Matt Kenseth wins Daytona 500 after fire and rain
- San Jose employee unions file SEC complaint against mayor
- Herhold: How middle-schoolers saved a piece of their heritage
- Hercules, bond insurer, close to settlement over default, official says
- Warriors midseason report card
- Golden State Warriors have much work to do to contend for playoffs
- With Andrew Luck gone, Stanford faces something new: quarterback competition
- Cinequest Film Festival: Growing up in East Palo Alto
- Tammerlin Drummond: Nadia Lockyer saga gets uglier
- Lead safety officer at Berkeley High School has been charged with one count of felony identity theft
- Large apartment fire reported in Mountain View
- Mark Purdy: GM Doug Wilson's latest trade addresses Sharks' inconsistency
- Hoping to exchange insurance info, driver instead gets beaten, robbed in Morgan Hill
- Man grabs girl on her morning walk to Harbor High School in Santa Cruz
- Pittsburg teachers, district come up short after all-night cram session
- Silicon Valley's non-tech workers still feel pain of economic collapse
- Bill to hold up MTC move from Oakland to San Francisco is introduced
- Police ID San Jose's 5th homicide victim as 33-year-old man
- Oakland police arrest shooting suspect and locate guns after several hour search that forced a school lockdown
- 'American Idol': Second time the charm for San Jose singer
- Dublin school board to consider putting June bond measure before voters
- McGlockton autopsy cites enlarged heart
- Cal freshman who fell from frat house in 'grim' condition
- Hazy vehicle tips off Morgan Hill cops to weed bust
- Hicks: Uma Thurman pregnant at age 41
- Officers hurt in Occupy clash at state Capitol in Sacramento
- Amyris captures $83.7 million in new financing to close cash flow gap, but red ink deepens
- Hercules council to consider waterfront land deals, development agreements
- Top news photos, Feb. 27: Student killed in Ohio, Daytona delay and more
- Witness calls spycam image of gay encounter in Rutgers suicide case 'shocking'
- SJSU will continue South Bay admissions preference
- Small fire at Boston Red Sox offices at Fenway Park causes $100K in damage
- Ex-Santa Clara cop should get three years in prison for aiding Hells Angels, prosecutors say
- Pizarro: Education takes center stage at San Jose Jazz
- Chimps getting vasectomies -- again! -- after females keep turning up pregnant
- PG&E bills stay flat despite big drop in natural gas prices
- Slideshow: Oscars 2012 red-carept fashions that went wrong
- Feud over iPad highlights faded tech firm's woes
- O'Brien: Social media in 2012 elections will make 2008 look like the digital dark ages
- Afghan unrest has U.S. worried about pullout
- Oscars TV: Reliable Crystal does a solid job as host
- Oscar goes to Tehran as Persian-American movie fans watch Academy Awards
- Man shot in East Palo Alto Saturday
- 'The Artist' triumphs at Oscars
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Roadshow: More lanes on Highway 85 are years away
- San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan knocked out of game in San Jose's 4-3 loss at Minnesota Wild
- Oscars 2012: List of the winners
- Man in hospital after fall from second floor of Berkeley fraternity
- Oscars 2012: Fashion that could use some help
- Some California schools get twice the funding -- and more -- of others
- Tim Kawakami: New 49ers president Gideon Yu sees some Mark Zuckerberg in Jed York
- Hells Angel arrested in killing of fellow gang member
- Oscars 2012: Almost time for Billy
- Pleasanton man dies after medical issue, car crash near Sunol
- Bay Area resident takes on tough job for GOP: attracting Latinos
- Cal men lose 70-57 at Colorado
- San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey hits off live pitching for first time since injury
- One dead, three wounded in two separate San Jose shootings
- Oscars 2012: Fashion that rocked the red carpet
- No one hurt in Fremont shooting after teen party
- O'Brien: Watching the pre-Oscar hoopla via 'CrowdOptic'
- Source: Warriors rookie Jeremy Tyler heading to NBA Development League
- California girl, 11, dies following planned after-school fight
- Antioch police identify man struck, killed by two cars
- Police ID body found near Oakley, no cause of death yet
- San Jose weighs new taxes
- Palo Alto: Eight burglaries in one day, almost nine
- In the Year of the Dragon, Bay Area couples dream of Dragon Babies
- NFL combine: Utah State's Robert Turbin could be a steal in the NFL draft
- Severity of knee injury to A's Scott Sizemore still unknown
- Santorum: No apology needed for Quran burning
- Thousands of places across the United States still saddled with offensive names
- In their own words: Occupy Oakland according to city officials - Part 2
- San Francisco 49ers looking for receivers at NFL combine
- Poole: Oakland A's are getting a changed Manny Ramirez
- Purdy: It's home sweet home as Bay Area teams either already have or are planning new stadiums
- Fremont ponders future of Warm Springs
- San Jose moves ahead with roadwork to accommodate ballpark
- A thousand women gather in San Jose for modern-day tent meeting
- Stockton man injured in head-on collision in unincorporated San Mateo County
- Roadshow: What should the price of gas be?
- Saint Mary's holds off USF to clinch West Coast Conference title
- Internal Affairs: That long-haired fella sure knows his electoral lines
- Bad habits return as San Jose Sharks lose 6-2 to Nashville Predators
- Pedestrian struck by vehicles in Antioch dies of injuries
- Caldecott Tunnel's center bore reopens after two-hour closure
- Cal linebacker Mychal Kendricks patterns his game after San Francisco 49ers star Patrick Willis
- Gingrich says Obama out to 'punish' Americans with energy policy
- Cal linebacker Mychal Kendricks patterns his game after San Francisco 49ers star Patrick Willis
- San Francisco 49ers checking out receivers at NFL combine
- Eye on the East Bay: Birdwatchers flock to backyard count
- NYPD surveillance of Muslim students provokes outrage at Columbia
- Stanford women beat Utah for coach Tara VanDerveer's 700th victory
- San Jose neighbors anxiously await cleanup of the house from hell
- San Jose moves ahead with roadwork to accommodate ballpark
- Cal's Jorge Gutierrez a source of inspiration at Denver's Lincoln High
- A new light on U.S. drone war's death toll in Pakistan
- Cal women top Colorado 64-43, clinch second place in Pac-12
- Giants notes: Matt Cain wants contract done before opening day
- Berlusconi cleared by statute of limitations
- Police surround home in ongoing South San Francisco standoff
- Herhold: Tenacious search uncovers family
- Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer win Spirit Awards
- A's Scott Sizemore suffers knee injury
- TSA investigating suspected security breach at Sacramento airport
- Goodyear recalls Wrangler Silent Armor tires
- Oakland A's stress importance of 'first impressions' during spring training
- Rick Santorum sees Tuesday's Michigan vote as winnable
- Giants will be 'respectful' over territorial rights issue
- San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain wants contract issue resolved before Opening Day
- Mercury News interview: Kathryn Kranen, CEO of Jasper Design Automation
- No criminal charges against 91-year-old San Jose motorist
- Majority of California Assembly members call for resignation of wildlife official who killed mountain lion
- San Jose State delays decision on local admissions
- Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III walk in Peyton Manning's shadow
- Chi Theta Chi granted temporary reprieve
- Palo Alto declares impasse in talks with police union
- One person dead in Mountain View traffic collision
- Will San Mateo County supervisors appoint new controller or call election to let voters decide?
- Quakes' Jean-Marc Alexandre working to build youth soccer in his native Haiti
- Taking a 'Descendants' tour of Kauai
- Oakland Raiders value NFL combine despite having just two picks in the draft
- Manny Ramirez arrives at Oakland A's camp, grateful for opportunity to play
- Hundreds of mourners pay tribute to 'quarterback whisperer' Tom Martinez
- Bonny Zanardi: Freyberg images offer a photographic journey of New Zealand
- Top California GOP official acknowledges 'communication deficit' as state convention opens in Burlingame
- Santa Clara lease latest step toward 49ers stadium
- Peter Gleick requests short-term leave of absence from Oakland's Pacific Institute
- Hayward trustees looking to voters for parcel tax
- Judge approves Oakland gang injunction targeting 40 Fruitvale residents
- Jeremy Lin: Bright lights greet the New York Knicks star on All-Star weekend
- San Francisco District Attorney releases bruise photos in Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's domestic violence case
- Cisco buys optical company for $271 million
- More Quran protests leave 7 dead in Afghanistan
- Oxygen tanks in luggage prompt SFO investigation, terminal closure
- Pakistan urges Taliban to Afghan peace talks
- Chinese company suing Apple over iPad trademark brings the fight to Silicon Valley
- Serra to name football stadium after Brady
- Oakley animal shelter draws young volunteers
- Pizarro: 100 Women Foundation doing good in Bay Area
- Woman steals boat in Oakland, crashes on Alameda shoreline, police say
- Pleasanton woman injured in multicar wreck in King City expected to survive
- Tesla's upcoming all-electric Model X built with women in mind
- Occupy Oakland forces to join labor protest march to Castlewood Country Club on Saturday
- Castro Valley man sentenced for stabbing young mother to death
- Rio Vista considers changes to transit system
- New Nike shoe with outer space theme causes frenzy
- Ayres struggling to cope at Napa State Hospital, attorney says
- Tips to keep your YouTube buzzing
- A's to fans: Signs limited to 3x6 at O.co
- Behind the Google goggles, virtual reality
- Night Owl: Telegraph beer garden and cafe replaces Mama Buzz
- Walnut Creek gets a brand: The place for fine dining and shopping
- Police arrest shooting suspect in East Oakland; three schools briefly on lockdown
- San Mateo-Foster City School District holds public strategy session
- California Republicans meet in Burlingame to ponder their relevance
- San Mateo County, Redwood City and San Carlos could share one fire station
- Mountain View early education program wins reprieve
- Bye-bye to Chi Theta Chi? Independent cooperative house fights Stanford's plan to terminate ground lease, assume control
- Bay Area trainers helped make Knicks guard Jeremy Lin better, stronger, faster
- College basketball: Stanford men win on road, rout Colorado 74-50
- Saint Mary's claims at least a share of West Coast Conference men's basketball title
- Ancient and proud Japanese-American warriors from 442nd finally get medals for World War II valor
- Cal men grind out victory over Utah
- Four women arrested after robbery, gunfire at Sunvalley mall
- Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie busy talking with agents at combine
- San Carlos mayor focuses on budget struggles in state of the city speech
- Person fatally struck by Caltrain in Palo Alto
- Tom Brady headlines Serra High School fundraiser
- Child porn raids in Marin County lead to arrests
- Stanford women's basketball extends nation's longest active home winning streak
- Australian inquest opens in dingo-baby mystery
- Getting his feet wet
- San Jose City Council faction seeks answers on $650 million retirement cost figure
- San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke, Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie look for bargains at NFL scouting combine
- Pleasanton woman, two others killed in nine-car wreck in Monterey County
- Coco Crisp not giving up Oakland A's center field job without a fight
- El Paso educator to lead Santa Clara County schools
- Residents say burger chain could spell doom for Pinole shop
- In battered Syrian city, cries of 'tragic' plight
- Hicks: Sacha Baron Cohen may be banned from Oscars
- South San Francisco: Woman's wheelchair stolen from front of her home
- Simple, early blood test tells fetal health, replacing intrusive tests
- US college grads get older, shift workplace trends
- Former Montclarion newspaper worker found dead in Oakland Hills home; police suspect foul play
- Police Blotter
- California gas prices up 23 cents in past week
- Two retired San Jose cops celebrate 20 years of 'Fugitive Watch'
- Obama apologizes as Afghan Quran protests rage
- Monte Poole: Ranking the Raiders' and 49ers' drafting disasters
- Widespread shootings, bombings kill 55 across Iraq
- Hicks: Angelina Jolie to pen forward for Billy Bob Thornton's book
- Man accused of throwing meth past kids out his Gilroy bedroom window goes to jail
- Cassidy: Metavana's Minh Duong-van is an unorthodox tamer of chaos
- Expansion underway at San Jose's Santana Row
- Time of Your Life: Joan Aragone: Study shows friends are important not only to our emotions but to our brains
- Crews battling large brush fire in Napa County
- Top news photos, Feb. 23: Dozens killed in violence in Pakistan, National Security Guard commandos show their stuff
- Safeway profits shrink, stock sinks
- Ostrander hut man is a beacon to show the way to Yosemite Park high country
- 'American Idol': The Top 24 begins to take shape
- Palo Alto police investigating random gunplay
- Police find allegedly intoxicated Stanford man on roof
- NFL Combine Q&A: Of Andrew Luck, 49ers, Raiders and RG3
- Monta Ellis' late basket lifts Golden State Warriors over Phoenix Suns
- White House offers online privacy guidelines for consumers
- California requires Google, Apple and other tech giants to enforce privacy standards on mobile apps
- Man shot by Oakland police charged with four felony counts
- Hayward organ donor imparts life in her passing
- Mythbusters TV stars talk science at Dublin High School
- Herhold: Does social media always work for the good?
- High court torn over law banning lies about medals
- San Jose State says qualified applicants may not be admitted
- Blooming plants are loving the extra-warm winter - so long as spring doesn't bring a freeze
- San Jose mom accused of driving getaway car arraigned on attempted murder charges
- San Jose Planning Commission green lights soccer stadium
- PG&E reports itself to state regulators for not inspecting gas pipe safety equipment on the Peninsula
- Bay Area couple wins case against federal same-sex marriage law
- Police Blotter: Person hurt in drive-by shooting in San Jose
- Home invaders sought after assaulting Hercules man and his mother
- Contra Costa pension system earnings fall well below projections
- Virginia House scraps invasive pre-abortion requirement
- Facebook Timeline profile depicting life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs taken down
- Pizarro: American Red Cross lands big sponsor for its upcoming gala
- Union City church vandalized with satanic symbols on Ash Wednesday
- Cassidy: Hackers can turn digital life to despair
- Does Steelers top receiver want to be a 49er?
- Colonoscopy prevents cancer deaths, study finds
- High-tech new citizens bemoan long path to ceremony
- Fremont schools locked down, three arrested in home invasion robbery
- Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
- Immigration chief seeks to reassure Silicon Valley
- California's elections chief: Postal center closures threaten integrity of upcoming election
- Holy windfall, Batman! Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5 million
- Longtime faculty member named president of Chabot College
- Not so fast, Einstein: Clocks in faster-than-light experiment were off
- Hicks: 'X Factor' castoff Rachel Crow gets record deal, TV show
- Tim Kawakami: Was the Giants' 2010 World Series title a fluke?
- Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria
- Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran
- Suspect with shotgun arrested by police in East Oakland
- Rising home sales point to better year for housing market
- Oscar: Who will win -- who should win
- Second-degree murder verdict for Virginia lacrosse player
- Berkeley-based scientist causes ethics storm over climate change documents
- Columbus Blue Jackets rout San Jose Sharks 6-3
- Confession played in retrial of alleged killer of Fred Biletnikoff's daughter
- Palo Alto interested in post office site
- San Ramon: Police arrest man on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly beating mom with baseball bat
- Tall ships to berth at Port of Redwood City for tours, hands-on adventures
- Australia's Foreign Minister resigns amid dispute
- Mardi Gras mostly quiet in downtown San Jose
- O'Brien: Bill Campbell makes future of journalism his next crusade
- Asian-Americans feel a real connection to Jeremy Lin
- Two-alarm fire damages Daly City home
- Wild salmon numbers are dwindling
- 15-year-old Aptos girl sliced in fight at her birthday party
- Police: San Jose mom drove getaway car in stabbing of 13-year-old
- San Jose softens pension proposal
- In din over Iran, echoes of Iraq war
- U.N. nuclear agency reports failed Iran talks
- O'Brien: Bill Campbell makes future of journalism his next crusade
- Obesity drugs fight for FDA approval
- Tom Brady's QB guru, Tom Martinez, dead at 66
- Google+ 'Hangouts' grow in popularity
- Berkeley homicide: Councilwoman wants answers from police
- Chase Bank plans Bay Area expansion
- America's Cup team offers a sneak peek of racing yacht
- Hicks: Drew Barrymore pregnant?
- U.N. nuclear agency reports failed Iran talks
- Hayward museum on track for October opening
- San Mateo County wants judge to dismiss brain tissue lawsuit against coroner
- Fact Check: Artful swerves on the auto industry bailout
- Gay marriage ban supporters seek second review by circuit court of ruling
- Inherited comic collection expected to fetch $2 million
- The Wire: Quran-burning apology, anti-white bias case, 'trailer park Mata Hari'
- Prosecutor defends use of 'trailer park Mata Hari' as informant in Arizona bomb case
- Top news photos, Feb. 21: Israeli troops strike back with teargas
- Peter Gleick, water expert based in Berkeley, stuns scientific community by admitting he leaked documents from libertarian institute
- Despite concussion history, Stanford's Chris Owusu is cleared for NFL by leading neurosurgeon
- A's manager expects Manny Ramirez to be in camp Friday
- Coroner identifies Mountain View man killed in single-car accident
- New Orleans revels in Mardi Gras
- Shots fired into home in San Mateo
- Megaupload founder released on bail
- Company suing Apple over iPad name is open to talks
- Redrawn lines for Santa Clara County Board of Education creates one non-incumbent seat, could pit two trustees against each other
- Initiative glut taking a toll on state resources
- Backup Ekpe Udoh helps Golden State Warriors beat Los Angeles Clippers
- Purdy: Don't get too excited about Manny Ramirez signing with the A's
- Montalvo Arts Center marks 100th birthday with special events -- and ambitious plans for future
- Hayward cops searching for assault suspect who slashed own throat
- Redwood City school board considers putting $67 parcel tax on June ballot
- High pressure system settling off Pacific Coast
- Jeremy Lin: New Jersey Nets get better of Linsanity, New York Knicks in rematch
- San Jose man, 19, taken to hospital with gunshot wound
- Republican campaigns grow more dependent on Super PACs
- As Santorum seizes social issues, Romney demurs
- Avalanche kills man with Bay Area ties; Santa Cruz skier escapes
- Bill requiring ultrasound before abortion nears vote
- Chicago school draws scrutiny over student fines
- Four suspects arrested after CHP chase from Livermore to East Palo Alto
- San Jose police search Los Gatos Creek trail for young robber, possibly armed
- Recology overcharged San Carlos customers for waste pickup
- People: Bethany Frankel opens up about recent miscarriage
- Woman robbed of $10,000 in South San Francisco
- Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads
- Livermore burglary suspect arrested for second time in three days
- Puppies promenade through San Jose airport on training walk
- Herhold: In life, Santos-Killins had no limits
- South San Francisco police corporal fights to get job back
- Fremont man arrested on suspicion of drug possession in San Carlos
- San Jose Sharks: Marc-Edouard Vlasic hopes to play Tuesday
- Oakland Athletics sign Manny Ramirez to minor-league contract
- People: Judi Dench denies reports she's going blind.
- San Jose man dies in rollover crash on ramp from 101 to Capitol Expressway; third fatal accident of the holiday weekend.
- Wolverton to Apple: Please surprise me with the iPad 3
- People: Monaco prince hospitalized after NYC bar brawl
- Giants' closer Brian Wilson says he's pain free
- Protesters gather at San Quentin to demonstrate for prisoners' rights
- People: Whitney Houston's family wants Bobbi Kristina in rehab
- Oakland police officer shoots fleeing robbery suspect
- Hercules' Bio-Rad offers scholarships, teacher grants
- School owner: Midair near Antioch crash could've been deadly
- Sunnyvale soccer player Marc Pelosi in developmental system for English Premier League club Liverpool
- In San Jose's Japantown, vigil commemorates 70th anniversary of FDR's internment order
- Cal welcomes elite athletes back to school
- Bay area remembers John Glenn's remarkable flight
- Purdy: Idling San Jose Sharks need to add another gear (goal scorer)
- Wolverton to Apple: Please surprise me with the iPad 3
- Oh say, can you sing? Lots of vocalists are eager to try their hand on difficult national anthem
- Mountain View man dies in one-car San Jose accident
- Vandals launch large rocks at houses in Livermore early Saturday morning
- San Jose: Eastridge Mall stabbing victims now expected to survive
- Scouts to turn over files in Calif. sex abuse case
- Roadshow: Carpool supporters sound off
- First Mass at Our Lady of Refuge packs in 1,000 tri-cultural pilgrims
- Ray Samuels -- former Newark police chief -- dead at 60
- Political Blotter: Stark and Swalwell to meet for first time
- Golden State Warriors may soon look to future
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Iran Oil Ministry: Exports cut to Britain, France
- Stanford men lose to Oregon
- Bay Bridge to reopen Sunday night ahead of schedule
- Bay Bridge to reopen Sunday night ahead of schedule
- Mt. Diablo school Bond Oversight Committee accepts first-year audit, despite questions raised
- Jeremy Lin: Lin-sanity revived as New York Knicks rally to knock off Mavericks
- Milos Raonic defends SAP Open title with win over Denis Istomin
- Lindsay Lohan to guest host 'SNL' next month
- Every February Yosemite waterfall turns to lava
- Official: 44 dead in Mexico prison riot
- 'Colbert Report' to return Monday after absence
- Three killed, up to 8 missing in Washington avalanche
- Man killed outside his Berkeley hills home Saturday evening; Alameda man arrested
- San Jose: One in custody, victims to survive Eastridge Mall attack
- Oakland A's Brandon McCarthy already gearing up for opening day
- Car crash power outage fixed for most in Union City and Fremont
- Oakland: Two fatal shootings early Sunday
- San Jose Sharks fail to snap Detroit Red Wings' home streak in 3-2 loss
- Buster Posey back behind plate on San Francisco Giants' first day of camp
- Former Newark Police Chief Ray Samuels has died, officials say
- The cost of dying: Lessons learned
- Software startups reaped lions share of venture capital investment in fourth quarter
- 'Intense struggle' over gun in Long Beach federal building shooting
- AC Transit fast bus project to boost ridership, but take away parking spaces
- Internal Affairs: The Golden Spigot brings waves of interest
- Cal men defeat Oregon State 77-63, stay tied atop Pacific 12 standings
- Purdy: A show of appreciation for Mike Montgomery
- Music Together, a popular program in Bay Area, pulls two racist songs after pressure by Palo Alto mom
- Poole: Expect NBA to add Jeremy Lin to All-Star roster
- San Jose Earthquakes stadium plan nears final vote
- Golden State Warriors fall to Memphis Grizzlies 104-103
- Two teens seriously injured in stabbing at Eastridge Mall; stores evacuated
- San Jose Sharks try to end Detroit Red Wings' record home win streak
- A flaw in Jeremy Lin's game: turnovers
- Hopes rekindled for new life in downtown Hayward
- Bay Bridge closure going smoothly, BART traffic up
- Fremont student goes viral with 'FouseyTUBE'
- Speed Freak Killers cast spotlight on small town Linden
- Speed Freak Killers cast spotlight on small town Linden
- Woman, 20, dies after freak Fla. church shooting
- AP Exclusive: Iran poised for big nuke jump
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Bruce Bochy will take it easy on Buster Posey, Brian Wilson and Freddy Sanchez
- Roadshow: Carpool critics, cheaters have their say
- Saint Mary's loses 65-51 to Murray State
- Man dies in Campbell vehicle accident
- Police: Concord 'explosion' caused by fireworks
- After scrapping bigger plans, HP says webOS still has an open-source future
- Whitney Houston's voice soars at NJ hometown funeral
- Three injured Friday in two East Oakland shootings
- Copper wire worth $460,000 stolen from Fremont street lights
- Three people critically injured in Tracy drug lab fire
- Police capture man involved in Livermore standoff
- Two arrested in attack that injures Livermore police officer
- Oakland A's could add more players as spring training gets under way
- SAP Open: Milos Raonic beats Ryan Harrison to reach final
- Cal welcomes elite athletes back to school
- Herhold: Card clubs, gambling pose quandary for police chief
- Giants won't rush Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez, Brian Wilson this spring
- ESPN apologizes for headline on Jeremy Lin story
- More tests demanded on cruise ship captain after cocaine report
- Actress Judi Dench of 007 movies: I'm going blind
- Killing at Long Beach federal building: Details emerge of co-worker dispute
- Dutch prince's life still in danger after ski accident
- Westbound Bay Bridge closed for weekend work
- Golden State Warriors hammered by Oklahoma City Thunder
- California Gov. Jerry Brown announces opening of trade, investment offices in China
- Saint's Mary's finds itself in fight for basketball survival against Murray State
- Program for parents, young children in Mountain View Los Altos High School District's crosshairs
- East Palo Alto's top cop named interim city manager
- Man gets 18 years in prison for molesting three sisters in East Palo Alto
- Sharks beaten again, this time by Carolina
- SAP Open: No. 2 seed Andy Roddick loses in quarterfinals
- George Mark Children's House on stable ground
- Oakland: 'Most wanted' suspect released from jail
- Fremont teen to compete on 'Jeopardy!'
- San Francisco man pleads not guilty to murder charge in Union City slaying
- Oakland trial date set for suspected killer of nursing student
- Mercury News interview: Prith Banerjee, senior vice president and director, HP Labs
- California wildlife official in hot water over mountain lion hunt
- Police Blotter: Parole, probation searches conducted in San Jsoe
- Jeremy Lin: Lin-sanity suffers first loss as New York Knicks lose to lowly New Orleans Hornets
- Gas prices surging beyond $4 a gallon -- and they will go higher
- 2-day-old baby taken from Castro Valley hospital
- Charges dismissed against man accused of stomping parrot in Boulder Creek
- Pizarro: San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce to honor Empire Broadcasting's Bob Kieve
- San Jose: Firefighters rescue Caltrans driver who went down Mt. Hamilton embankment
- Martinez approves four-year police contract that trims health and retirement benefits
- Wounded Syrian refugees flee dramatic escalation
- Google slammed for latest privacy breach
- Talks with Iran over its nuclear program may resume soon
- Ex-Google CEO Schmidt to sell up to 2.4 million shares
- Hooters servers' class-action remains in court
- Tim Kawakami: Dwight Howard coming to the Warriors? It's not so crazy
- California Gov. Jerry Brown announces opening of trade, investment offices in China
- Hill reunites with man, now sober, who once vandalized his home
- Glenn fever returns 50 years after historic flight
- Miss Pearl's on Jack London Square reopens for Fat Tuesday
- New parish built on faith, persistence
- Hicks: Robin Thicke arrested for drugs
- San Jose: VTA train strikes semi, two passengers injured
- No victims or suspects found after East Oakland shootout
- 'American Idol': San Jose hopeful looks to make his mark
- Dad draws raves, reprimands for answering daughter's Facebook rant with nine .45 rounds in her laptop
- Exhibit at Lincoln's Cottage shines spotlight on modern slavery
- Fired workers march on Berkeley steel plant
- Hicks: Nick Cannon sidelined by blood clots
- Fire displaces eight from Alamo triplex
- Palo Alto school board looks favorably on new courses
- Palo Alto 7-Eleven robbed by masked and armed man
- Raiders part ways with longtime executive John Herrera
- College baseball prewiew capsules
- U.S. officials tie terror group to Syrian bombings
- Round 2 begins: Vote for the ultimate TV crush
- Fernando Valenzuela understands Lin-Sanity first-hand
- Chinese leader visits Iowa, Calif. to forge bonds
- Peninsula: Photographer's trip to Yosemite almost spoiled by hotel thief
- Proposed federal budget leaves small businesses with questions
- Bay Area home sales mostly up, although prices fall
- Sen. Feinstein decries effort to delay train safety measure
- Sharks pick up forward Dominic Moore from Tampa
- Union City police officer arrested on suspicion of DUI
- Newark approves use of police drug dogs
- Prison fire exposes dysfunction, chaos in Honduras
- President Obama arrives in Bay Area on fundraising trip
- In brief
- Syrian-American family awaits word from relatives
- Police: Man stole $30,000 in computers from Genentech
- An Occupy protester charged for kicking an Oakland police sergeant over the weekend
- Gunman and one victim dead, others wounded in Hollywood house fire
- SunPower reports fourth-quarter loss
- Mullin announces Assembly bid
- Hicks: Amanda Knox gets $4 million book deal
- Preview of new Mac operating system, 'Mountain Lion'
- GM records its highest yearly profit ever: $7.6 billion
- College basketball: Saint Mary's stunned at home by Loyola Marymount
- SAP Open: Top seed Gael Monfils withdraws from tournament; Andy Roddick rallies to win
- East Palo Alto police investigating Wednesday night shooting
- May sale eyed for downtown Palo Alto post office
- Giants sign veteran pitcher Ramon Ortiz
- Police searching for man suspected of robbery in Palo Alto, attempted robbery in Menlo Park
- Three teens suspected of taking package from Palo Alto residence
- Arrests made in early morning shooting in unincorporated Redwood City
- Trail Blazers hand Warriors brutal loss
- Lin's jersey, Paly coach head to NYC
- California audit finds broad irregularities in foreclosures
- Warriors G.M. Larry Riley on losing Jeremy Lin: 'We have to face up to that'
- Discovery Bay board to look for candidates to fill vacant seat
- Candidate filing period begins for Hayward City Council election
- Charter Square owners resistant to selling property to school district
- Herhold: What a dog's death tells us
- San Jose Elections Commission refers complaint against mayor to City Council
- Lexus tops as survey finds cars are more dependable
- Contra Costa County stands to lose millions in tax revenue from refineries
- Roadshow: Drivers scramble to find way around Bay Bridge closure this weekend
- Official: 358 killed in Honduras prison fire
- Murder victim's husband tearfully describes affair with woman accused of killing her
- Alameda: Police identify couple in murder-suicide
- Tim Kawakami: The beauty of Jeremy Lin isn't his race; it's that he looks like he belongs
- State shuts down Institute of Medical Education in Oakland, San Jose
- Patients isolated after potential mumps outbreak at San Mateo County jail
- U.S. solar industry divided over trade action against China
- Police: Eighth-grade boy hospitalized after beating at Berkeley school
- Sharks' Dan Boyles gets his season back on track
- Stanford: 15-minute-old newborn gets pacemaker for heart
- Palo Alto middle school's yearbooks offered for Lin-sane prices
- Tesla Motors fourth-quarter loss widens to $81.5 million as it prepares to launch all-electric Model S sedan
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 14: Sean Penn goes to Bolivia
- Oakley's Freedom High athletes test limits in Navy SEAL Fitness Challenge
- Biz Break: Apple shares dive, but not as much as Zynga
- Shot putter Jillian Camarena-Williams is healthy heading into U.S. indoor championships
- Hicks: Whitney Houston's family giving Bobby Brown cold shoulder
- Jeremy Lin finds a home in New York, thanks to Warriors' forward David Lee
- Zynga's stock plunges on player spending warning
- PG&E opt-out of SmartMeters underway
- San Francisco Bay: a garbage can for 7 million people
- Outraged San Bruno officials claim PG&E delaying settlement of gas-line disaster
- Years of perseverance, promise of candy bars breaks Speed Freak Killers case
- Roadshow: Weekend traffic a mess at Caldecott Tunnel heading toward San Francisco
- Economic gains give lift to Obama poll numbers
- Palo Alto to offer $34.5 million in bonds for sale
- Exemption unlikely for Palo Alto foot spa
- Redwood City council allows four-story apartment to go up at Mel's Bowl site
- San Mateo County supervisor move three tax measures closer to June 5 ballot
- Stanford selects new trustee chairman
- Man robbed while walking dog in Palo Alto
- Robby Ginepri looks sharp in opening win at SAP Open
- Antioch leaders call for meeting to discuss recent violence
- Customs agents seize more than 26 pounds of cocaine from cruise ship docked in San Francisco
- San Jose City Council delays action on June sales tax measure
- Apple led sales of electronics in 2011
- San Mateo County residents charged over Ed Lee campaign donations
- San Mateo County supervisors votes to close nursing center; 230 patients to be displaced
- San Francisco sues feds over San Bruno pipeline blast
- San Jose ethics commission must pass on mayor complaint
- One of Oakland's 'most wanted' is off the streets
- Serial graffiti tagger sentenced to jail
- Hayward homicide victim remembered as 'good family man'
- Yahoo investor to nominate own slate for board
- Apple CEO: Cash discussions intensifying
- Hicks: Family nixes public memorial for Whitney Houston
- Jury: Saratoga businessman guilty of hit-and-run accident that severely injured cyclist
- Rare chance to visit battleship in Bay Area
- Hicks: Kim Kardashian back with Reggie Bush?
- Police seek city's help in finding Richmond school vandals
- Foreclosure process will be slow this year, firm predicts
- Jeremy Lin: There's Linsanity north of the border, too
- Alameda police: Two killed in apparent murder-suicide
- Morgan Hill woman accuses cop of posting her photo on Facebook
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 14
- Sharks prospect thrilled to be back on the ice
- Mt. Diablo High restrooms reopened in after national publicity regarding principal locking out students
- Warriors: Udoh's improved play coincides with Golden State's improved record
- Santa Clara County domestic violence case: Murder-suicide followed after man failed to give up handgun
- Oakland woman arrested in boyfriend's fatal stabbing
- Supervisor Nadia Lockyer, wife of California treasurer, acknowledges substance abuse, affair
- Authorities find pot in peanut butter at Oakland airport
- Earthquakes give lineup a big boost by signing midfielder Simon Dawkins
- John McEnroe entertains in SAP Open exhibition
- Spike strips end East Bay police chase of suspected stolen vehicle
- SunPower sues five former employees, rival SolarCity for computer fraud
- Chinese company to seek ban on iPad imports, exports amid trademark fight with Apple
- Police: Antioch resident disarms, kills apparent home invader
- Palo Alto City Council sets the stage for Ronald McDonald House expansion
- New survey about Californians' end-of-life wishes
- Walgreens dispute sends millions of customers to rival pharmacies
- Herhold: One man's chronicle that reflects San Jose's own
- Golden State Warriors rally past Phoenix Suns
- San Jose Sharks skate past Washington Capitals 5-3
- Table tennis teen Ariel Hsing of San Jose has Olympic aspirations
- Police Blotter
- San Carlos students travel to Arizona -- virtually
- San Jose: Fugitive due in court in decade-old child abuse case
- Affirmative action ban challenge gains little traction in court
- San Bruno couple wins Valentine's Day wedding in the Big Apple
- Livermore man shot and killed in Hayward
- Monte Poole: Yoenis Cespedes brings Billy Beane his biggest A's trade chip yet
- San Francisco 49ers family mourns the passing of Freddie Solomon
- Knightsen stomach flu, absences on the wane today
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 13
- Apple shares close above $500
- Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties celebrated for open land preservation
- Former San Francisco 49er Freddie Solomon dies at 59
- Roadshow: Forget that $3-a-gallon gas contest
- Prominent San Jose nightclub owner faces rape charge
- Biz Break: Google wins approval from U.S. and EU, Apple passes $500-a-share milestone, Jive stock jumps
- Burlingame: Student arrested for threatening attack on school
- BART extension to San Jose getting $250 million in federal funds -- more than expected
- Vandalism causes at least $500,000 in damage to new Richmond school building
- Contra Costa prosecutors and county at labor impasse
- Monterey hotel hazmat spill sends 16 workers, 1 guest to hospital
- Parole hearing scheduled for Santa Cruz-area man convicted of killing wife in 1984
- San Jose: Investigation continues into fatal beating of dog
- Hugh Hefner son arrested in domestic violence case
- All-natural candy warehouse booming in Concord
- Washington governor signs gay marriage bill into law
- With holiday ahead, Sierra ski resorts celebrating real snow
- Government clears Google's purchase of Motorola
- Paso Robles couple sentenced in Filipino smuggling case
- Magnitude-5.6 quake strikes Humboldt County
- Sheriff's Office: Pacheco man shot during attempted marijuana deal
- Civil Wars singer Joy Williams is pregnant
- Three more arrested, three wanted in connection to Bay Area dope ring
- Seven-pound Yorkie killed while protecting owner in San Jose street fight
- Hear Ye: Westbound Bay Bridge shut down over Presidents Day weekend
- Federal court to hear new challenge to California's affirmative action ban
- Merfeld: Phil Mickelson mauls Tiger Woods in final round
- Purdy: Spurred by Tiger, Mickelson revels in victory
- San Jose Sharks give up two 5-on-3 goals in loss to St. Louis Blues
- Golden State Warriors, Monta Ellis on mini-run with two-game win streak
- At the ripe old age of 22, she's already a lifer at work
- Wolverton: Streaming media players offer new options for the digital living room
- All lanes of Highway 13 reopened after downed tree cleared
- Walnut Creek woman arrested in fraud case
- List of Grammy winners in select major categories
- PG&E warns of Valentine's hazard: Metallic-coated balloons
- Poll: San Jose residents less resistant to tax increase
- More high school students taking, passing AP tests
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Stanford men defeat USC 59-47
- Roadshow: Police to clamp down on bad driving in Santa Clara school zones this week
- Pebble Beach notebook: Rough start, strong finish for Charlie Wi
- O'Brien: What Dropbox can teach us about cloud computing
- Cassidy: NetApp Facebook page puts the wonders of technology in context
- Santorum plans aggressive strategy against Romney
- AT&T Pebble Beach: Mickelson's final round mastery upstages struggling Woods
- Google has intriguing plans at the Googleplex
- Not the AT&T finish that Tiger Woods had in mind
- Coroner: Whitney Houston autopsy results on lockdown
- Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting
- Lane blocked on Highway 242 in Concord after fatal accident
- Affluent Californians send huge donations to Obama, Romney
- Two arrests after mostly peaceful Occupy Oakland anti-police march
- Spoiler: Grammys under way, overshadowed by death of Whitney Houston
- 'The Artist' named best picture at UK film awards
- Man robbed and abducted at gunpoint in Gilroy parking lot
- Kawakami: Jerry West calls Jeremy Lin 'a tremendous player'
- Stanford women cruise to 82-59 win over UCLA
- Antioch police investigate five shootings in two days
- Man shot by Berkeley police was under drug investigation
- Missing Crockett man found dead by Interstate 80
- Whitney Houston: one of the great ones
- Jim Harrington: Whitney Houston was one of the great ones
- San Francisco: 88 customers without power as PG&E crews repair damage from auto collision
- Jim Harrington: Whitney Houston was one of the great ones
- Merfeld: Charlie Wi welcomes Tiger Woods' return to form
- Golden State Warriors notebook: Starters respond to being benched
- Cassidy: NetApp Facebook page puts the wonders of technology in context
- San Jose Sharks begin nine-game trip
- Tiger Woods vaults to third place at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
- Redistricting by citizens' panel sparks competitive California congressional races
- Purdy: Tiger Woods in the perfect place to close the deal
- O'Brien: What Dropbox can teach us about cloud computing
- Jeremy Lin: New York Knicks star scores 20 points, hits winning free throw to beat Minnesota Timberwolves
- SAP Open: After all these years, John McEnroe still one of the faces of U.S. tennis
- Saint Mary's College bounces back against Santa Clara
- Internal Affairs: Possibilities for redrawing Board of Education districts endless -- it seems
- Gas leak briefly closes Pacifica stores
- San Jose pedestrian killed Saturday is city's second traffic fatality in 10 hours
- Conference tries to encourage girls to go into tech
- Ex-Stanford golfer Bramlett no ordinary Joseph with double-eagle 2 at Spyglass Hill
- Bay Area investment group connects socially responsible lenders, local farmers
- Occupy Oakland marchers continue weekly anti-police protest
- Roadshow: Crash victims try to do the right thing and pull off the road
- Monte Poole: Enjoy the Jeremy Lin ride while it lasts
- Even critics of safety net increasingly depend on it
- Los Gatos opens a smartly designed new library, one that Steve Jobs might have appreciated
- Serial killers' victim identified from remains in Calaveras County
- Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies at 48
- Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry
- Monte Poole: Enjoy the Jeremy Lin ride while it lasts
- State senator, wife attacked at western N.Y. casino
- Tiger Woods poised for victory at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
- Third round AT&T Pebble Beach: Tiger Woods vaults into third place
- Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma
- Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln is deemed a hoax
- Maine GOP chairman say Mitt Romney wins caucuses
- Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus
- Man, 21, killed in Pleasant Hill drive-by shooting
- As Syria burns, neighboring Lebanon feels the heat
- Woman dead, man in critical condition after East Oakland shooting
- Seventeen-month-old San Mateo twins recovering after liver transplants
- Afghan war's risks shift to contractors
- Cal holds off UCLA rally for 73-63 victory
- From the archives: Jeremy Lin led little Palo Alto team that could
- From the archives: Jeremy Lin's NBA 3-pointer broke Mater Dei's back
- Greek prime minister defends bailout deal, painful cuts
- Herhold: What Chuck Reed should have said
- Penn class teaches students how to live like monks
- Purdy: Rain doesn't dampen outlook for former Stanford star Joseph Bramlett
- Kawakami: If Tiger Woods can make a few putts, watch out
- 49ers: Santa Clara stadium to open early, in 2014; groundbreaking this spring
- Attorney: Parents' concerns were ignored in Redwood City abuse case
- Attorney for driver in Saratoga hit-and-run case blames cyclist
- San Jose Sharks snap two-game losing streak, hold off Chicago Blackhawks
- San Francisco 49ers give G.M. Trent Baalke three-year contract extension
- San Jose State forges ahead with Bill Walsh Center
- Google's first employee leaves company
- Shoplifting attempt turns to robbery at Stanford Shopping Center
- DARE contest winners visit with Rex, the police dog
- Palo Alto to review proposed massage rule changes
- Woman dead after being hit by car in San Jose
- Jeremy Lin: New York Knicks star scores 38 points in win over Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
- Netflix settlement trims 14 percent off 4th-quarter earnings
- New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick finds solace with strong pro-am showing
- Former Cal Bears golfer Charlie Wi in command at halfway point of AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
- Finding lessons in our losses and grief
- San Francisco: Woman injured after driving her car into the surf at Ocean Beach
- Hip hop, chess and Jiu-Jitsu featured at free event in San Jose on Saturday
- Woman dead after being hit by car in San Jose
- Federal officials release new details about underwear bomber
- Nowhere to go: Mt. Diablo High students launch 'Pissing is a Human Right' campaign to protest locked restrooms
- 2 Sudans edge closer to brink in oil dispute
- Second round AT&T: Former Cal standout Charlie Wi takes three-shot lead
- State halts construction at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
- Oakland man accused of shooting federal agent in Newark makes court appearance
- Syria says suicide bombers kill 28 in Aleppo
- In his first year as San Jose's top cop, chief lays down Moore's Law
- Warren Hellman tribute concert slated for Feb. 19
- Greece plunged into turmoil over austerity measures
- Men charged in San Leandro attempted burglary
- Hicks: Ray Romano opens up about wife's cancer
- Burlingame High School locked down due to bomb threat
- Report: Solyndra aside, feds stands to lose less than expected in energy loans
- Tiger Woods Day 2: Still right in the AT&T hunt
- Final defendant sentenced for 2009 San Pablo witness killing
- Eye on the East Bay: Celebrity chef shows he's a fast-foodie
- Pizarro: Rockage festival celebrates retro video games and music
- Slideshow: Top news photos for Feb. 10
- Netflix settlement trims 14 percent off 4th-quarter earnings
- Wine grape harvest was down in 2011; prices higher
- Hear Ye: Westbound Bay Bridge shut down over Presidents Day weekend
- Bonny Zanardi: Clay creations star at The Main Gallery
- Sources: Alibaba plans to go private after buying most of Yahoo's stake
- Roadshow: Highway 101 tops Dirty Dozen list
- Dropped off at hospital, man with stab wounds quickly dies in San Jose homicide
- Amid pension-cut fury, San Jose mayor sounds hopeful
- Are Democrats in Sacramento off the hook on pension reform?
- Two arrested after attempted home burglary in Redwood City
- El Camino Hospital rep says exec pay is on the level
- San Carlos looking into banning foam food containers, plastic bags
- Los Altos man arrested on suspicion of burglarizing two homes
- Stanford police release sketch of sexual battery suspect
- Woman charged with murder in East Palo Alto stabbing of boyfriend
- Stanford's slide continues with loss at UCLA
- Cal overpowers USC
- Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry have winning recipe against short-handed Denver Nuggets
- College basketball: Saint Mary's loses its first WCC game, falling at Gonzaga
- 'Party bus' company faces new suit over fatal Peninsula DUI crash
- Rare ale's annual arrival brings fans to Hayward beer bar
- Optician arraigned in Newark shooting was obsessed with agent's wife, police said
- Journeyman Ken Duke has record run of 8-under 28 on Pebble Beach's back nine
- San Jose employee unions filed ethics complaint against Mayor Reed, other city officials
- Harry Lew's family stunned by not-guilty verdict in hazing case
- Intel settles New York antitrust suit
- Tiger Woods hot, but others scorching on Day 1 at AT&T
- Women at war: Pentagon is easing its job limits
- NRC approves first new U.S. nuclear plant in three decades
- For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible
- Tiger Woods: 'I needed to go lower'
- Slideshow: Top news photos for Feb. 9
- Former owners of Cigarettes Cheaper stores sentenced in fraud case
- Tim Kawakami: There's a real bond between 49ers' Jim Harbaugh and Alex Smith
- Samaritan House offers free tax preparation
- Survey: Voters support bond for Antioch High improvements
- Suffering deepens in bombarded Syrian city of Homs
- Herhold: Taking the stand against a friend
- Mexican army finds 15 tons of pure methamphetamine
- British man wanted in 1993 heist nabbed in Missouri
- Pizarro: Women talking tech at Microsoft on Sunday
- Five years after the light brown apple moth scare, California quietly stops funding moth-control programs
- Piedmont High prodigy to play in weekend concerto
- Inmates injured during San Quentin prison riot
- Medical center will give Oakland father a kidney transplant
- Hicks: Suge Knight busted in Vegas
- Oakland Raiders release cornerback Stanford Routt
- Cassidy: The sheep of Silicon Valley have served us well
- LinkedIn added 14 million members last quarter, revenue and profits beat forecasts
- Oracle buys Dublin cloud software company Taleo for $1.9 billion
- Report: Alibaba planning stake buyback from Yahoo
- Assembly bill helps UC and CSU students from middle-income families
- Case unfolds against suspect in hit-and-run of two cyclists
- Silicon Valley Democrat tops in fundraising, even though he's not running yet
- Traveling World War I tribute comes to downtown Redwood City on Friday
- Stanford Ronald McDonald House expansion proposed
- Union launches effort to cap pay of El Camino Hospital executives
- State threw a 'curveball' to San Carlos' Wheeler Plaza
- Livermore basketball scorekeeper passes milestone
- Goalie Miikka Kiprusoff gets 300th career win as Calgary Flames beat San Jose Sharks
- Spencer Levin seeking redemption at Pebble Beach
- Bank of America says it will cut 450 jobs in Concord
- Phil Mickelson is flying under the radar at Pebble Beach
- Who has the best chance to win at Pebble Beach?
- Half Moon Bay: Man sentenced for beating 82-year-old grandmother for driving too slow
- Brown allows parole for murderers at greater rate
- Coach Mark Jackson seeing some progress in Golden State Warriors
- San Jose: Man tackles suspected bicycle thief being chased by cops
- Stanford's $6.2 billion fund-raising drive sets U.S. record
- California and other states negotiate $25 billion deal for homeowners
- Companies mixed on letting employees use their own gadgets for work
- Local sports digest: San Francisco 49ers' Ray McDonald jailed over warrant offense
- 'American Idol': Tension mounts as Hollywood round begins
- A la Carte: San Francisco's first-ever Tea Festival; plus, Republic of Tea turns 20
- Apple leases big office building in downtown Sunnyvale
- Council rolls back serving hours for Walnut Creek lounge
- Study: Electric boost helps brain to learn better
- A's owner talks about San Jose move
- Hicks: 'House' is done after next season
- Pebble Beach Preview: Who's got what it takes?
- Antioch basement fire displaces two
- Caltrans holds open house in Richmond to explain I-80 congestion relief plan
- Companies mixed on letting employees use their own gadgets for work
- Tosh Lupoi: Ex-Cal assistant speaks for first time since taking Washington job
- Crockett board to consider putting $110-a-year parcel tax on ballot
- Police surround home in Hayward Hills
- Woman arrested after witness said she threw a dog out of a San Francisco apartment window
- Pinole good Samaritan gets stay on auction of his home
- Feds, local cops bust 34 in Bay Area-wide dope operation
- Man beaten and robbed while walking in South San Francisco
- Teen who wrote in diary of killing 9-year-old sentenced to life in prison
- Kronos Quartet inspires young musicians in Berkeley
- Man killed in Oakland fire is identified
- Prince Harry qualifies as Apache helicopter pilot
- Body found near Hayward BART tracks ruled a homicide
- San Diego federal judge tosses killer whale 'slavery' case
- Gay marriage foes weigh their next move
- San Francisco 49ers' Ray McDonald arrested on outstanding warrant
- SocialShield offers list of terms parents need to know
- Stanford tuition goes up 3 percent this fall
- Maid for Redwood City company made off with jewelry while she made up houses, prosecutors say
- Former Los Altos IT manager facing grand theft charges
- Judge dismisses lawsuit over Palo Alto's Cal Ave lane reduction plan
- Anaerobic digester study moves forward in Palo Alto
- Monta Ellis scores 48 points, but Golden State Warriors lose to Oklahoma City Thunder
- Woman fatally stabbed boyfriend with steak knife inside East Palo Alto home, police say
- Redwood City may be next in line to ban foam food ware
- San Mateo, Santa Cruz county murder cases bring key issues to California Supreme Court
- Tiger Woods is feeling the effects of age
- Supervisors patch VMC's mid-year budget deficit with mix of funds, cuts
- San Jose police auditor launches cable television program
- Find puppy love (cats too) through Meet Your Match
- Piedmont Measure A: Voters turn down sewer tax
- Bay Area athletes, legends at Pebble Beach for good causes
- California gay marriage ban struck down, appeals court cites equal rights
- Santorum wins Minn. caucuses, nonbinding Missouri
- Pizarro: New Los Gatos Library set to open Saturday
- Stanford picks New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker for commencement speaker
- Four Yahoo board members departing, including chairman
- Hicks: Chris Brown will perform at Grammys
- PayPal rolls out in-store payment at Bay Area Home Depot stores
- Mt. Diablo school board discusses Transitional Kindergarten, Clayton Valley charter, community meetings
- Smoky air can harm dogs and cats, too, says vets and pollution experts
- Gay marriage supporters in Bay Area cheer ruling on Prop. 8, will take their chances in U.S. Supreme Court
- Police arrest suspect in shooting of off-duty federal agent in Newark
- Reigning champ D.A. Points takes a back seat to Bill Murray and Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
- Redwood City man arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit-and-run
- Report: Apple seeks Canadian partner in 'iTV' launch
- Giants lauded as Super Bowl champs in NYC parade
- Biz Break: A completely new Yahoo board, and Oracle vs. SAP for round two
- Herhold: The hit on Eastwood's commercial is wrong
- New USDA guidelines call for a healthier school lunch program
- Palo Alto product Jeremy Lin making an impression with New York Knicks
- North Bay wine warehouse arsonist gets 27 years in prison
- Palo Alto's Jive reports bigger 4Q loss, higher revenue
- South Bay student talks science with Obama
- Foster City man acquitted of attempted murder in lagoon fight
- Bay Area native brings slacklining mainstream with Super Bowl show
- Facebook sees slowing growth
- Stanford on alert after two women are assaulted on campus
- Union City fire heavily damages Taco Bell
- Anaerobic digester study moves forward in Palo Alto
- Appeals filed against apartment project at Mel's Bowl site in Redwood City
- Menlo Park mayor says she'll join crowded race for San Mateo County supervisor
- Palo Alto's Jeremy Lin is now the toast of New York
- Wish Book: 21/2-year-old gets the wheels he needs for independence
- Golden State Warriors getting a spark from reserves
- Santa Clara County Supervisors to consider June ballot measure over who controls county jails
- PETA's bid to free SeaWorld orcas may not get far
- PETA, prosecutor seeks to reinstate Milpitas man's conviction in cocker spaniel death
- Sharks fan won't face charges for knocking out 16-year-old brain tumor patient
- Redwood City teacher accused of slapping, kicking special needs students
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: World War I exhibit rolls into Silicon Valley
- San Jose Sharks could be seeking a scorer at trade deadline
- Oakland Raiders hire Jason Tarver as defensive coordinator
- Knightsen School employees juggle multiple roles
- Google bows to censors in India
- Marine hazing trial delayed a day after charges expanded
- Clint Eastwood 'Halftime in America' ad creates political debate
- Herhold:
- Competing California tax measures move ahead without Brown's blessings
- Univision, Disney look at English news channel
- Mistrial declared in Hayward video game store slaying
- San Jose Vice Mayor Nguyen becomes a new mother
- Romney makes Pete Wilson his honorary California chairman
- Storefront partly collapses in East Oakland
- Cupertino High School locked down after student found with Nerf gun
- New Pittsburg charter school founders offer parent meetings
- Hicks: M.I.A. may be stuck with Super Bowl fine
- Three arrested after police find gun in car at San Leandro Quick Stop
- San Jose police investigate fatal shooting of 21-year-old man
- Embattled Discovery Bay director resigns
- Riverbed Technology expands footprint in San Francisco
- San Jose: Chief Moore asks public's help to identify suspects in hate crime
- Occupy Oakland decry charges against protesters
- Missouri teen wrote in diary that killing her 9-year-old neighbor was 'ahmazing' and 'enjoyable,' 'lol'
- Alum Rock schools gets into health care business
- Oakland Raiders hire Jason Tarver as their new defensive coordinator
- Where are America's corporate profits, except for Apple?
- Gay marriage ruling Tuesday likely step toward U.S. Supreme Court
- Purdy: War of QBs becomes battle of supporting cast
- Kawakami: Super Bowl XLVI was the San Francisco 49ers' type of game -- and a game they could have won
- Probation officers shift focus from punishment to collaboration
- Wolverton: New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader
- Spare the Air alerts make air district public enemy No. 1 -- but there's a reason behind those no-burn days
- Super Bowl: New York Giants beat New England Patriots 21-17
- Santa Clara County supervisors to consider $1.2 million in vouchers to house 100 chronically homeless
- Bellarmine's accomplished "Cheesy Poofs robotics team member to visit Obama on Tuesday
- Raiders and Niner fans enjoy Super Bowl that both watched with a little bit of heartbreak
- Seven shot Sunday afternoon in West Oakland and North Oakland
- Man's ear nearly cut off in Livermore bar fight
- Blaze kills husband of missing Utah woman two boys
- Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech
- GOP race turns to Colorado, Minnesota
- 6.8 earthquake shakes central Philippines; at least 1 dead
- Roadshow: Drivers making illegal turn out of Cats restaurant on Highway 17
- Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC
- Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
- Israelis' intentions toward Iran remain unclear
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 5
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Young doctors flock toward new speciality in end-of-life care
- Spare the Air alerts make air district public enemy No. 1 -- but there's a reason for behind those no burn days
- Bellarmine's accomplished "Cheesy Poofs robotics team member visits President Obama on Tuesday
- Warehouse fire in Vallejo now five-alarms, heavy smoke visible for miles
- Foreclosures at the high end increase
- Tiger Woods' forgotten gem at 2000 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
- The cost of dying: It's hard to reject care even as costs soar
- Santa Clara County supervisors to consider $1.35 million in vouchers to house 100 chronically homeless
- San Mateo County: Mountain lion spotted
- Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook: focused from the beginning
- Smiling is good for you - and an area of scientific study by some seriously smart researchers
- Micron appoints Durcan CEO after Appleton's death
- Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget
- LaRouche proselytizers rile Marin residents by comparing Obama to Hilter
- Northern California grandmother arrested after baby found on sidewalk
- Internal Affairs: Politics be damned -- Feinstein opts for a Republican judge
- San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh named Coach of Year
- Golden State Warriors rally to force OT but fall to Sacramento Kings
- Carmel Valley school building a lesson in ecology
- San Jose State men's basketball edged 83-81 in overtime by Hawaii
- San Jose woman escapes kidnapper by jumping out of car
- Dodgers ask judge to reject claims for damages filed by Stow
- Occupy Oakland protesters march against police again
- County to cut down 1,000 trees at Mount Madonna County Park
- Women's Cancer Resource Center marks 25 years of service
- Moffett Air National Guardsmen rescue man 200 miles out at sea
- Super Bowl: Picking off a young Tom Brady
- Phoenix Coyotes snap San Jose Sharks' three-game winning streak
- Cassidy: Stanford study of tween girls' technology habits is a lesson to us all
- Coast Guard suspends search for San Ramon fisherman
- AP Interview: Bay Area women call Egypt captors 'kind'
- San Francisco Giants look to push through the adversity of disappointing 2011 season
- Cal Bears rout Arizona State Sun Devils 68-47
- Stanford men fall to Arizona Wildcats 56-43
- Former Santa Clara County prosecutor acknowledges 'acts of misconduct'
- Romney eyes win in quiet Nevada caucuses
- 49ers Alex Smith finishes third in Comeback voting
- 49ers get shut out on Defensive Player of the Year honors
- Cardinal women rout Arizona for 17th straight win
- Family speaks up in hazing death of Santa Clara Marine
- One killed in East Oakland shooting Saturday
- San Mateo avoids redevelopment layoffs for now
- 49ers Jim Harbaugh named Coach of the Year
- 49ers Aldon Smith finishes No. 2 in rookie voting
- Pipeline leak floods Fremont neighborhood
- Four arrested in gang-related fatal shooting in Tracy
- Man killed in I-280 crash in Daly City
- Bay Area shut out of NFL Hall of Fame
- Oakland Raiders reportedly eying Stanford co-defensive coordinator Jason Tarver
- O'Brien: Is Vasper really the exercise of the future?
- Herhold: A straight-A student runs afoul of his coach
- Report: A's considering adding Magglio Ordonez
- NASDAQ surges to 11-year high
- Carl Steward: Darting here and there ...
- Horses help injured veterans regain direction
- Support grows to help Oakland immigrant get kidney transplant
- IBM report suggests fewer San Jose cops and firefighters
- European Union asks Google to delay privacy policy changes
- Zuckerberg's huge tax bill may benefit Facebook
- Will the Golden State Warriors' Monta Ellis be an All-Star?
- San Jose Sharks: Antti Niemi likely to get more rest than last season down the stretch
- Milpitas: State suspends license of contractor in fatal trench collapse
- Bonny Zanardi: Painting at Los Altos Library an exquisite realist piece
- Former Giants, Warriors DJ killed in Thailand taxi tragedy
- Job growth stuns economists, sends Nasdaq to highest level since dot-com crash
- San Jose police bias lawsuit rejected
- Police: Man lied about crime that led to Newark standoff
- Whale biologist pleads not guilty to federal charges
- Man's body found in Coyote Creek; no signs of foul play
- Milpitas: State suspends license of contractor in fatal trench collapse
- NASA Ames awards San Jose State $73 million to improve air space travel
- Wish Book: Former foster youth benefit from clothing, bus passes
- Coast Guard searching for San Ramon crab fisherman missing near Half Moon Bay
- Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
- Santa Clara County DA program aims to boost reliability of eyewitness identifications
- Judge refuses to drop stay-away orders for Occupy Oakland protesters
- Posey looking good; Bochy, Sandoval discuss weighty subject
- Two killed, three wounded in spate of shootings in Oakland
- Pizarro: 'Disney on Ice' partners with San Jose Library literacy program
- San Jose police bias lawsuit rejected
- DeSaulnier to host free foreclosure prevention workshop in Antioch Saturday
- Judge denies San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's request for visitation
- Giants reliever Brian Wilson drops 10 pounds but not the beard
- Walnut Creek lounge will come under council scrutiny
- Bay Point man's death during traffic stop ruled suicide
- Lincecum not cutting out In-N-Out burgers, he's just not eating as many
- Pleasant Hill may end free health insurance for elected officials
- Fremont Opera shuts down
- New Leaf grocery opens in San Jose's Evergreen district
- Fairfield woman gets probation for fire that killed four young children
- Giants: Cain not making any promises about his next contract
- Coast Guard looks for missing boater near Half Moon Bay
- Hicks: Beyonce reportedly offered $100 million for 'X Factor
- San Jose man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing fellow San Quentin inmate
- Concord man arrested in Pleasant Hill robberies
- Darnell Hillman's flashy style a reminder of basketball's vivid past
- Biz Break: Nasdaq, Dow and recent IPOs soar after jobs report stuns economists with strong growth
- San Jose man, 35, found on sidewalk with gunshot wound, suspects at large
- Sandhill cranes bring their trumpet and dance to the Delta each winter
- Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry help Golden State Warriors roll past Utah Jazz
- Palo Alto council poised to award cafe contract
- Plans for Edgewood Plaza overhaul advance
- San Mateo County expected to keep Flood Park open after all
- Caltrain riders protest bid to discontinue 8-ride discount pass
- Cal basketball team loses to Arizona, falls out of tie for first in Pac-12
- San Jose Sharks continue win streak with 5-2 victory over Dallas Stars
- Santa Clara Broncos' bid for first WCC win thwarted by hot-shooting Portland Pilots
- No. 18 Saint Mary's Gaels hold off San Diego to stay perfect in WCC
- Stanford men's basketball routs Arizona State to snap three-game losing streak
- Facebook IPO will mean big business for thousands of smaller companies
- NFL owners approve $200 million loan for 49ers stadium
- Proposition 8 gay marriage ban trial video release denied
- Half Moon Bay: Police seize $1.2 million in pot plants, Uzi submachine guns
- Brisbane man who embezzled from soldier in Iraq gets jail time
- Andy Roddick hopes to be healthy for SAP Open
- Palo Alto 'seniors come alive' with dance catered to their lifestyle
- Roadshow: Scooters can give mobility to seniors who no longer drive
- High-speed rail tapped state funds for unusual lobbying contract
- Martinez to spend up to $1 million dredging marina
- New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning no longer the 'other Manning'
- East Bay airman, just back from Afghanistan, killed in Arkansas car wreck
- Few answers for friends in death of homeless Crockett man
- Taco truck owner, robbery suspect wounded in East Oakland shootout
- Cal-OSHA investigating Brentwood trench collapse that trapped contractor
- No ethical breach in board redistricting talks, counsel says
- O'Brien: Facebook has become financial giant, but not an invincible one
- Hero rescues man from burning East Oakland apartment
- Pittsburg teachers demand better pay
- Biz Break: Will Facebook live up to its suggested valuation? Plus Zynga's big day
- Whale biologist pleads not guilty to federal charges
- Members of Congress call for hearings on hazing in the military
- Cassidy: An Apple charitable foundation would make e-textbooks insanely great
- Police, SWAT team surround home in Newark seeking clues to recent carjacking
- Is the New York Giants secondary that good -- or did facing Alex Smith help?
- Man suspected of Bay Area crime robbery spree faces 37 felonies
- El Cerrito High School shaken by fatal accidents
- Drug companies hit hard times
- Bernanke defends Federal Reserve moves in congressional hearing
- Amazon.com debuts in India as Junglee.com
- Earthquakes shore up midfield with signing of Colombian Tressor Moreno
- Hicks: Ellen DeGeneres under fire; her supporters fight back
- Sandhill cranes bring their trumpet and dance to the Delta each winter
- Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks of winter
- Strong finish gives Stanford a top 10 class
- Menlo Park starts drawing up list of 'public benefits' it expects from Facebook
- Facebook IPO filing reveals first look at company's finances
- L.A. Police: 'Soul Train' host Cornelius dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
- Oakland taps San Jose assistant fire chief to lead department
- Alzheimer's spreads like a virus in the brain, studies find
- Proposition 8 ruling on release of trial video coming Thursday in federal court
- Meager Sierra snow worries Calif. water managers
- UC Santa Cruz scientists help find 'super-Earth
- Lessons about peace, nonviolence help students understand themselves and the world
- Authorities: Possible discipline over suspensions might have led boy to slaying of parents
- Mt. Diablo Health Care District nearing the end, moves to revamp grant program
- Hercules defaults on redevelopment bond payment
- Consumer advocates oppose PG&E's efforts to saddle customers with pipeline upgrades
- Cal's recruiting day brightened when five-star WR recruit Bryce Treggs stays with Bears
- Oakland mayor names new chiefs for police, fire
- Antioch may charge retailers for stray shopping cart collection
- Contra Costa scientist is Dr. Itchy when it comes to mosquitoes
- San Jose State takes out-of-state approach with recruiting class
- Hayward confectioners out-cupcake the competition
- Facebook files long-awaited IPO, seeks at least $5 billion
- Panetta: U.S. combat in Afghanistan to end next year
- Berkeley considers closing its multimillion dollar Wells Fargo account over bank's handling of foreclosure crisis
- Biz Break: The key facts in Facebook's IPO paperwork, plus news on Wall Street and the economy
- Dell eyes South Bay expansion that means hundreds of new jobs
- Facebook users on the IPO: 'What will be on sale is you,' or 'Niiiice!!!!'
- Egypt soccer fans rush field after game, 74 dead
- Nyjer Morgan catches up on his hockey with Sharks
- Livermore police still looking for burglary suspect after SWAT search
- Giants make changes for better crowd control at FanFest
- As Republicans shift west, attracting Latinos a challenge
- Herhold: A case reveals the inner workings of the San Jose police
- O'Brien: Reflections on Facebook's journey from start-up to dominance
- No construction to be done for months on Milpitas home where death occurred
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 1
- Romney bashed for 'very poor' comment, splashed with glitter
- Michelle Obama's California trip: Leno, Ellen, grocery store
- Alamo post office worker gets 18 months in prison in counterfeiting case
- Romney basks in Sunshine State win
- Free tax help makes tax time less taxing
- Graduation requirements could shift in Palo Alto to reflect UC, CSU admissions criteria
- Redwood City man gets 132 days in jail and probation for fatal hit-and-run
- Attempted burglary suspects arrested in Palo Alto
- Golden State Warriors hold off Sacramento Kings
- San Jose Sharks clobber Columbus Blue Jackets 6-0
- Greg Knapp will return to Oakland Raiders as their offensive coordinator
- Stanford scientists bypass stem cells to create nervous system cells
- Gov. Jerry Brown gets wide array of support for tax-hike initiative
- Khamis, Braunstein lead in San Jose District 10 campaign money
- Furor erupts over redrawing trustee electoral lines
- Stay-away from Ogawa Plaza orders issued Tuesday for a dozen protesters arrested in Saturday's Occupy protests in Oakland
- Authorities: Possible discipline over suspensions might have led boy to slaying of parents
- Stanford football on the cusp of a top 10 class
- San Jose State's recruiting class looks to be a standout in the WAC
- Air board hits the road to see business pollution up close
- Lung cancer test predicts likelihood of death, says UC-San Francisco
- State regulators to vote on PG&E smart meter "opt-out
- Tech investor Yuri Milner makes first personal investment in U.S. startup
- San Jose City Council cuts developer fees
- Mt. Diablo district abandons appeal of bus-drop decision
- Support flows in for dying father who is illegal immigrant
- Family: Hayward carpenter who died in Milpitas avalanche a 'hardworking' father
- Kepler's enters new era today with owner's retirement
- Police Blotter
- Wine Walk ready for comeback in San Mateo
- Measure to scale back Three-Strikes law passes state Assembly - but no vote til 2014
- Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5 billion venture fund, one of industry's largest in years
- Thousands of Kaiser workers wage one-day strike
- Facebook IPO to spark valley economy
- Hicks: Colbert's super PAC nets $1 million -- who's laughing now?
- San Francisco man charged with murder in 2011 Union City slaying
- Pleasanton, police union reach tentative agreement on new contract
- California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power
- Richmond police seek witnesses in brutal attack, sexual assault of elderly woman
- Los Altos district's offer would divide Bullis Charter into two campuses
- Cal football still being stung by recruiting losses
- Apple shares hit new high, company takes large lead in battle for most valuable company in U.S.
- Hicks: Snooki show banned in Hoboken
- Home prices dropped in November in most U.S. cities
- California could run out of cash by March, state controller warns
- Candidate challenges Sunnyvale election results
- Apple names European exec to head retail
- San Jose courts feds in quest to snag regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Man buried, dies when hillside collapses in Milpitas
- Los Altos school board approves split-campus offer for Bullis
- Mosquito fogging in jeopardy after new environmental regulations
- Norovirus sickens 12 at Lytton Gardens in Palo Alto
- Richmond cop's Twitter comment attacking Internet hackers draws anger, criticism
- Daly City woman pleads no contest to DUI crash that injured family
- Marine pleads guilty to assault of fellow Marine from Santa Clara
- Stanford, Columbia to share $30 million Helen Gurley Brown gift to advance journalism technology
- Fremont student questions Obama during YouTube interview
- Oakland tries new tactics against Occupy
- Oakland teen, 15, accused of killing parents to be charged as an adult, authorities said
- San Jose Sharks face a grueling schedule in second half of the season
- Vallejo, Bethel high basketball teams slapped with two forfeit losses over brawl
- No transplant for dying dad who is illegal immigrant
- Ronmey suggests he will prevail in Florida vote
- Stanford football: Why Barry Sanders chose not to attend same school as his famous dad
- 17-year-old boy killed by freight train in Richmond
- Air board hits the road to see business pollution up close
- Google, Facebook and host of other tech companies join effort to fight dangerous spam scams
- Middle class 49ers fans feel priced out of Santa Clara stadium
- After opponent's taunt, Feinstein takes to Twitter
- California court funding bill passes Assembly
- No transplant for dying dad who is illegal immigrant
- Actor who was Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on 'Seinfeld' dies at 77
- Oakland drops Victory Court ballpark
- Man wanted in connection with Oakland's first homicide of 2012 arrested in Bay Point
- FDA approves Genentech's Erivedge, first drug to treat advanced form of most common type of skin cancer
- Hicks: Rick Springfield returning to 'General Hospital' again
- Hicks: Newt Gingrich sued for using 'Eye of the Tiger' on campaign
- Allen's arrival marks new era for Oakland Raiders
- Kawakami: McKenzie's overhaul begins with Allen
- Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson remains hospitalized after fall
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 30
- Pinkberry co-founder pleads not guilty to beating
- 14-pound baby delivered without surgery, epidural
- Hicks: Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno teaming for Super Bowl commercial
- Milpitas: Man buried, dies when hillside collapses, buries him
- Atherton: Couple victim of rare home invasion robbery
- Roadshow: Carpool lane changes at 237-880 draw scorn and praise
- Monte Poole: Oakland A's co-owner Lew Wolff says he cares about team, but it's a tough sell
- Wolverton: New Nokia phone no standout, but worth a look
- Cal basketball team beats Stanford 69-59 for 14th consecutive home win
- Golden State Warriors notebook: David Lee 'in panic mode' over team's 6-12 start
- Backyard astronomer gawks at stars as if they are celebrities
- High-stakes labor battle coming to California
- Purdy: Ex-49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo deserves to be in Hall of Fame
- Hospitals see success in limiting elective early births
- Review: Wilco serves up fine, multicourse show in San Jose
- Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Oakland A's open to signing Manny Ramirez
- NHL All-Star game: Ottawa homecoming is memorable for Logan Couture
- Political Blotter: Long guns now targeted for 'open carry' ban
- Almost 400 arrested in Oakland Occupy protests
- U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Jeremy Abbott wins men's finals
- Man shot outside Concord Elks Club party was not intended target
- Syrian army cracks down on protests in Damascus suburbs
- Tri-Valley water agency eliminates controversial bonus program
- Raul Castro defends Cuba's one-party system
- He wants to know what his heart is saying
- Sunny Weather Keeps Rainiest Months of Year Dry, Dry, Dry
- Panetta confirms that Pakistan holds doctor with role in bin Laden raid
- Men stabbed after wedding party in downtown Half Moon Bay
- Man stabbed in violence-wracked South San Francisco neighborhood
- Showdown over California courts coming to a head
- UN nuclear inspection gets under way in Iran
- Mt. Diablo High teachers and students question principal's plans to convert campus to 'all academies'
- Mosquito fogging in jeopardy after new environmental regulations
- Nine people arrested in downtown Walnut Creek fights early Sunday
- Police investigating whether body found in Oakland is San Leandro murder suspect
- Burlingame native heads to Hollywood, 'drunk' on Web success
- Review: Wilco serves up fine, multi-course show in San Jose
- Backyard astronomer gawks at stars as if they are celebrities
- U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Caydee Denney, John Coughlin win pairs short program
- Police focus on SUV in Sacramento train crash that left 2 people, toddler dead
- Australian Open: Djokovic defeats Nadal in longest final
- Highway pileup kills at least 10 people on I-75 in Florida
- 'The Grey' tops box office with $20M
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley refugees travel the world to find their way home
- This year's Cream of the Crop recruiting class has Cal imprint
- Fundraising effort saves San Jose skatepark
- Purdy: Past superstars overshadow winners at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
- O'Brien: Confronted by the ugliness of tech manufacturing with stories focusing on Apple, what's a consumer to do?
- Ashley Wagner stuns the field to win U.S. Figure Skating Championships
- California could matter in the GOP presidential race after all
- Stanford summer-camp researchers reunite and recall a long, strange trip
- Top basketball recruiting classes don't guarantee wins, just ask Cal and Stanford
- Oakland Effect: Researchers explore alternative treatments in treating addiction, depression and anxiety
- Food Shift aims to save wasted food and feed the hungry
- Former Woodside High star Julian Edelman becomes jack-of-all-trades for New England Patriots
- Students find man stuck for days in Rio Grande mud
- Death of redevelopment draws closer
- Roadshow: Solutions to keep rodents away from a car's wiring
- Cruise ship fuel removal stalled due to rough seas
- Meryl Davis, Charlie White sweep fourth consecutive U.S. Figure Skating Championships ice dance title
- Russian protesters form uneasy alliance
- In a harsh shift, Romney planned to goad Gingrich
- California could matter in the GOP presidential race after all
- GPS tracking up in private sector
- St. Louis hosts first big parade on Iraq War's end
- Alabama tornado survivors help after latest twisters
- Stanford women's basketball pushed into overtime by Cal before extending home winning streak
- NATO's war resolve questioned
- Blood found at home where Maine tot was last seen
- 49ers' Aldon Smith arrested on DUI charges
- Etta James remembered as triumphant trailblazer
- Santa Clara 'dementia reality tour' shows what it's like to live with the affliction
- Police fire tear gas as Occupy Oakland marchers near convention center
- IMF chief presses for more cash to fight crisis
- Arab League suspends monitoring in Syria
- 2012 Cream of the Crop: Top 20 capsules
- Suit claims Silicon Valley anti-poaching scheme
- Thomas Peele: Time to get tough on release of officials' texts and emails
- Indian tribes join forces to save petroglyph site
- Deaths of Oakland man and woman investigated as homicides, person of interest detained
- Kyrgyz prisoners sew lips shut; is mafia to blame?
- Herhold: How the good guys got an iPhone back
- El Cerrito woman, 81, found badly beaten, possibly sexually assaulted
- Fatal shooting in West Oakland
- Anguished 4-year-old 49ers fan's video goes viral, gets team owner's attention
- Carl Steward: Darting here and there . . .
- U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Jeremy Abbott wins men's short program
- Man found dead near Stanford Hospital ID'd
- Merlin falcon found injured in Palo Alto on road to recovery
- Girl, 15, killed in San Leandro stabbing, police looking for boyfriend
- Golden State Warriors lose to Oklahoma City Thunder 120-109
- Michelle Kwan set to enter U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
- Mercury News interview: Alain Pinel, Intero Real Estate
- Driver dead after crashing into San Jose power pole
- Get crime alerts from the Oakland Police Department on your phone
- San Mateo hotel to become Draper University
- California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions
- Regulators fine PG&E $16.8 million for failing to check leaky pipes
- Regulators fine PG&E $16.8 million for failing to check leaky pipes
- Sentencing of Paul Garcia postponed again in Los Gatos murder-for-hire
- Activists afraid Twitter's censorship policy will stifle dissent
- Police Blotter
- The human cost built into an iPad
- Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal
- Pizarro: A familiar face at VMC Foundation retires
- U.N. weapons experts going to Tehran
- San Rafael librarian lands coveted spot in State of the Union events
- Violence rises sharply in Syria, flustering league monitors
- San Jose police release student, say nothing connects him with alleged threat against school
- France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit
- High school basketball players wear pink sneakers to honor teammate's mother, promote breast cancer awareness
- Two-time Olympian Johnny Weir speaks about his skating comeback
- Man being sought for brazen daytime sexual assault in Oakland
- Facebook IPO filing could come next week
- Rodeo parents face criminal charges over their kids' truancy
- Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard
- Zynga stock closes higher than IPO price for first time
- Night Owl: What to do in Oakland? An idiosyncratic list
- Oakland police shot at during hunt for slaying suspect
- Chevron fourth-quarter profits slip on weaker refinery operations and gasoline sales, although full year profits set a record
- State Supreme Court spurns Republican request to keep old maps
- Hawaiian singer Cecilio Rodriguez sentenced in molestation case
- Crews clear rocks, reopen busy Yosemite highway
- Suspect in SJSU dorm gropings arrested
- Newark City Council applicants slated to interview Monday
- Hercules man and father of five killed Thursday in Berkeley
- Toll lanes coming soon to 237-880, but drivers fear they will make congestion worse
- Idea to build playing fields at Palo Alto golf course receives rough reception
- Pipeline safety forum draws crowd of 100 in Palo Alto
- Agnes Zawadzki a surprise leader at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
- Mountain View forges ahead with plastic bag ban plan
- $1 million bail set for Redwood City student accused of trying to rape teacher
- Gilroy police: Man already in jail charged with 2010 homicide
- Romney is the aggressor in final Florida debate
- College basketball: Santa Clara loses to USF, falls to 0-7 in WCC play for first time
- Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused
- Review: Jefferson Starship soars in San Francisco
- Tattooed burglary suspect on the loose in Morgan Hill
- Santa Clara County courts: Now providing legal representation in misdemeanor court to anyone who can't afford their own
- San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture is the final player selected in NHL Player Fantasy Draft
- For Gingrich, the ethics sword cut two ways
- Frys.com Open might become full-fledged PGA Tour stop
- Man fatally shot Thursday night in Berkeley
- Sequoia Hospital vendor posted hospital employees' personal information online
- Morgan Hill gun scare leads to child endangerment arrests
- Somalis move U.S. hostage after SEAL raid frees others
- Hicks: Journey drummer arrested for assault
- Pizarro: Women skaters get their day at Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park
- Twitter to censor tweets in individual countries
- Warriors will have their hands full with Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant
- Roadshow: An elderly man seeks help in coping with decision to stop driving
- Judge: Burlingame man sane, faces life in prison for friend's murder
- Stanford, Santa Clara universities join global solar competition
- HPV study finds 7 percent of US teens, adults carry virus in mouths
- Illegal wiring in pot grow house causes Hayward fire
- Google taking over Mountain View: Office space expanded by 67 percent in 2011
- Twenty indicted in connection with large Bay Area drug ring
- Facebook files lawsuits in fight against 'clickjacking' spam
- Herhold: The Gunderson mutiny points back at the coach
- Burglary suspects charged with murder for fatal Newark accident
- The string's the thing
- Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused
- Netflix stock price skyrockets back to levels not seen since mass subscriber exodus
- Google opens social network to users younger than 18
- Venture capital firms that invest in biotech are particularly hard-hit by funding downturn.
- Original programming from Netflix, YouTube and Hulu could signal big changes for TV industry
- Business spending and job market look good, but home sales keep damper on economy
- Appeals court: Judge should not have halted $18 billion judgement against Chevron
- Research by 3 Bay Area Intel science contest finalists called 'brilliant, revolutionary'
- Atherton Interim City Manager John Danielson forced to resign Friday
- Man robbed, beaten at Stanford Shopping Center after having jewelry appraised
- Palo Altans asked to provide input on future of golf course
- Menlo Park won't pay to keep Flood Park open
- Layoffs loom in Menlo Park's housing division
- Golden State Warriors get past Portland Trail Blazers
- Figure skating: Future seems bright for juniors star Gracie Gold
- Rescue from Somali pirates is another big success for SEAL team that got Osama bin Laden
- Suspected Hayward gang members arrested in robbery spree
- Neighbor sought as suspect in Oakland's first homicide of 2012
- Study: Old Port of Oakland trucks out, cleaner air in
- Pairs partner stays with Los Gatos skater through heart surgery
- Indiana House deals blow to labor in Rust Belt
- Pizarro: Menlo Park cafe showcases some special artwork
- Oakland Raiders' next coach, Dennis Allen, known for being hard-nosed and wise beyond his years
- APNewsBreak: Army to cut combat brigades
- California air board to vote on landmark electric-car rules
- South Bay expected to recover lost jobs by 2014; recovery slower in East Bay
- State approves $86 million to widen Highway 4 and Highway 4 bypass
- U.S. says Oregon man scammed StubHub tickets
- Woman injured in small fire at Union City hotel
- Conn. mayor blasted for 'taco' quip about Latinos
- Companies worry about SEC's advice to disclose cyber threats
- Amid tears, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords bids farewell to Congress
- Wrongful death lawsuit filed in BART police shooting of homeless man
- Retrial open in San Mateo killing of former Raiders star's daughter
- Egyptians mark first anniversary of revolt
- NFL to allow players to use Twitter during Pro Bowl
- India ignores own quake peril warnings
- Watsonville police find 7-year-old girl who had been reported missing
- Tesla Motors to unveil the Model X Feb. 9
- School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains
- Biz Break: Apple reaps its rewards, Netflix beats the Street, and the Fed's pledge
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 25
- Committee recommends at-large voting to boost number of minority candidates in Santa Clara; lawfirm threatens suit
- Woman arrested in San Leandro suspected of DUI with child in car
- Top women's figure skaters bring broad resumes to U.S. championships
- Herhold: Another view of the death of Phil Gustafson
- Ex-San Jose cop takes racial bias claims to federal trial
- Sharks: Roller coaster season not hurting McLellan's job security
- Pizarro: Postgame brawl video shows negative version of downtown San Jose
- Obama challenges: Shrink gap between rich, poor
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley Reads 2012 kicks off
- Mountain View City Council expands smoking ordinance
- Supervisors approve controversial Stanford Weekend Acres project following revisions
- Former Menlo School baseball coach pleads not guilty to stealing student iPads
- 'Hugo' leads Academy Award contenders with 11 nominations, including best picture
- Nathan Chen wins junior men's U.S. Figure Skating championship
- San Jose Sharks head into All-Star break with much needed win
- Dennis Allen reportedly is the choice to replace Hue Jackson as the Oakland Raiders' head coach
- Monte Poole: Hiring Dennis Allen isn't a touchdown for Oakland Raiders
- Santa Clara City Council rejects second 49ers stadium ballot measure
- San Bruno gas line ruptures, prompting brief evacuation
- Tunnel breakthrough gives momentum to building Caldecott fourth bore
- Funding cuts unfair, Oakland nonprofits say
- Thousands wait in long lines to mourn the late Joe Paterno
- Marine to serve no jail time in Iraqi killings
- San Jose council moves to end its pensions
- Police Blotter
- Roadshow: A varmint report, from rodents to skunks
- Apple has another blowout quarter
- Former Judo champion from Livermore in court on sex crime charges
- Yahoo's earnings fell again at end of 2011
- Antioch man sentenced to 10 years for drug trafficking
- Tracy nonprofit groups picked in fireworks lottery
- Chauncey Bailey Project reporter's book soon to be released
- Google, Facebook jack up spending in D.C.
- O'Brien: SOPA defeat a victory for tech, but influence will remain muted
- San Jose Two plead guilty to accessory for helping accused killer escape police
- Silicon Valley's commercial real estate market expected to remain hot
- Pleasanton man arrested on suspicion of having child pornography
- Redwood City: Student arrested on suspicion of trying to rape school employee
- Biz Break: Apple's astounding quarter and its unbelievable numbers; plus, tepid earnings for Yahoo, Google's new privacy policy
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 24
- Four months in, some California judges want more say over state's new sentencing rules
- Gov. Jerry Brown's tax proposal gains support among voters
- Embattled Mirkarimi tells SF mayor he's not leaving
- Lanes cleared on I-238 in Castro Valley after injury crash
- San Diego leads the state in number of solar installations
- Jury: Oklahoma hospital must return $500,000 donation to Garth Brooks
- Man who died on Caltrain tracks in Sunnyvale ID'd
- California Democrats sue controller for halting lawmaker pay
- Santa Clara County leader offers vision for 2012
- Authorities identify college student killed in Richmond
- Roadshow: Record-setting gas prices could hammer California by Memorial Day
- Palo Alto City Council approves AT&T antenna plan
- New coach Mark Jackson still confident but Golden State suffers another late collapse
- San Jose Sharks lose to Edmonton Oilers in a shootout
- Gracie Gold leads junior ladies competition at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
- San Francisco Giants notebook: Closer Brian Wilson ready to start throwing
- Police: Thieves hit San Mateo County preschools
- San Jose: Driver in fatal DUI case pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter
- Drive to block Santa Clara 49ers stadium clears first of three hurdles
- Fusion Academy, school that provides one-to-one instruction, holds open house in San Mateo
- Iowa Lottery sets deadline in mystery jackpot case
- Police Blotter
- Initiative seeks to boost San Jose minimum wage to $10
- Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie could name new coach by end of week
- Richmond chosen as site for Berkeley lab's second campus
- Small non-profit works to reduce massive sewage spills into San Francisco Bay
- San Jose man charged with DUI following fatal motorcycle crash out of custody
- GPS ruling could affect bakery leader's appeal in Bailey murder
- Spice shop fantasy becomes a reality in Oakland
- What California wants from Obama's state of the union: Path to prosperity
- Mass walkout by basketball players at San Jose's Gunderson High leads to lots of lessons and losses
- 49ers pack up for the offseason
- Morgan Hill man jailed for kidnapping girlfriend from bar
- Hicks: Tracy Morgan collapses at Sundance
- Power out in parts of downtown Pleasanton after car hits power pole
- Accused serial killer Joseph Naso ordered to stand trial in Marin
- Radio Shack re-connects with hobbyists
- Budget woes force Oakland Ballet to delay spring season
- Herhold: The Supreme Court got it right: You just have to wait
- San Jose police: Kidnapper assaulted 11-year-old girl before cop killed him
- Pizarro: Silicon Valley Reads kickoff on Wednesday in Campbell
- Fremont's Karen Chen wins gold medal in the ladies novice competition at the U.S. figure skating championships
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 23
- Supreme Court limits government tracking of suspects with GPS devices
- Scott Hamilton: Winning U.S. figure skating title is 'gigantic'
- Rockfall closes major road into Yosemite park
- Danville crash defendant's arrest pushes back initial court appearance
- Demanding schedule taking a toll on figure skaters
- Silicon Valley's airport hopes to build on new international flight to Tokyo
- Stanford study shows women report more intense pain then men
- 2 dead in Ala. as storms pound South, Midwest
- Wolverton: Desktops may be out of vogue, but I just bought one
- Roadshow: New carpool signs on Highway 237 confuse some motorists
- Car-sharing networks flourish in the Bay Area
- 49ers' Kyle Williams gets death threats via social media following playoff miscues
- 49ers notebook: No shortage of sacks by San Francisco 49ers in playoff loss to the New York Giants
- San Francisco 49ers' wide receivers ineffective
- Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week
- New York Giants beat San Francisco 49ers in overtime to advance to the Super Bowl
- New York Giants wide receivers, especially Victor Cruz, have big day against 49ers
- Avoiding their own turnovers, New York Giants capitalize on 49ers' mistakes
- Antioch marijuana grow-house heavily damaged in fire
- Golden State Warriors searching for late-game magic
- San Jose Sharks notebook: Sharks try to end slide against struggling Edmonton Oilers
- Giants beat 49ers in overtime 20-17 on Tynes' 31-yard field goal
- Local kids win novice competitions to open U.S. Figure Skating championships in San Jose
- AP IMPACT: Health overhaul lags in states
- 49ers defense holds Giants to begin third quarter
- Retired Marine sergeant helps veterans find green jobs
- Person hit, killed by Caltrain in Sunnyvale
- Lawrence Tynes' 31-yard field goal gives Giants their first lead
- Local skaters star in novice U.S. Figure Skating competition
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 22
- Pedestrian killed in Union City hit-and-run accident
- 'Traffic hell' for drivers going to big Niners, Giants match up
- Report: Raiders interviewed Packers assistant Winston Moss last weekend for head coaching job
- LA detective in Simpson-Goldman murders dies at 70
- Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno dies at 85
- 'Underworld' sinks teeth into box office with $25M
- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to resign from Congress this week
- SFO: Bad weather forces flight delays
- East Palo Alto: Man resists mugging, shot in back
- Report: Heidi Klum, Seal to divorce
- Unregistered passengers may raise number of missing in Italian cruise ship disaster
- Romney to release taxes; Gingrich ready for Obama
- Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA approval
- Gingrich storms to S.C. victory, scrambling GOP race
- O'Brien: Vivek Wadhwa emerges as Silicon Valley's most provocative voice
- Kawakami: In the end, New York Giants will edge San Francisco 49ers for NFC title
- Purdy: 49ers are a hit show
- Cassidy: Clay Christensen sees Silicon Valley non-profits' dilemma as the innovator's dilemma
- O'Brien: Vivek Wadhwa emerges as Silicon Valley's most provocative voice
- Players change, coaches change -- but true Niners fans remain
- San Jose, South Bay redevelopment agencies prepare for post-agency world
- No. 24 Saint Mary's defeats Santa Clara 93-77
- Internal Affairs: San Jose city councilman avoids union label on campaign flier
- White House officials reach out to San Jose's Latino community during all-day summit
- Laid-back Eli Manning is impervious to pressure
- San Francisco Film Society's new director suffers two strokes at Sundance
- Missing Daly City man found dead at Lake Merced
- One way or the other, drought is over for Niners -- and the rest of us
- Road collapses, slides in Oakland hills
- Oakland Effect: Inmates find work rewarding at San Quentin News
- Lawmakers urge Obama to act on foreclosure crisis
- Palo Alto police cite man for vehicle tampering
- Obama to draw an economic line in State of Union
- 7-year-old boy saves self, mother in Hayward fire
- Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary
- Two Daly City residents arrested in connection with Peninsula thefts
- Ongoing standoff in East Oakland with man suspected of shooting two people
- How online companies win piracy fight
- Ship search finds 12th body, captain's documents
- APNewsBreak: Afghan asylum bids hit 10-year high
- Cal hires Todd Howard as defensive line coach
- Japanese struggle to protect their food supply
- SF Film Society's new director suffers series of strokes at Sundance
- Stanford women defeat Washington Huskies 65-47
- Warrantless electronic tracking debate awaits U.S. Supreme Court ruling
- Mild winter offers break from high heating costs
- Teen ends globe-circling voyage in St. Maarten
- Major youth groups make headway against sex abuse
- San Jose Sharks fall to Vancouver Canucks 4-3
- Scientists team with art designers to restore Año Nuevo Island, a place where animals reign supreme
- Herhold: The link between baseball and pension reform
- Officers injured, four arrested in late-night Occupy SF protest
- Crews contain Reno fire that claimed 29 homes
- Richmond man dies from Oakland shooting last month
- Teen ends globe-circling voyage in St. Maarten
- Two men wounded in Richmond drive-by shooting
- Home sales up at end of dismal year, offering hope
- Workshop planned for struggling homeowners
- Google stock drops more than 8 percent after earnings miss
- 7 charged as FBI closes a top file-sharing site
- Kawakami: It's time for Michael Crabtree to play like a No. 1 receiver
- Mercury News interview: Mark Baker, CEO of Orchard Supply Hardware
- Stephen Curry returns to Warriors lineup in loss to Indiana Pacers
- 49ers' magic run had beginnings at Camp Alex
- Mountain View could be next city to ban plastic bags, polystyrene containers
- Police chief opposes Carlos Club expansion
- Last call for AT&T wireless plan in Palo Alto
- San Carlos council to consider removing 23 eucalyptus trees along Burton Park
- Menlo Park may give county $150,000 to keep Flood Park open
- Report: Oakland A's 'very interested' in Manny Ramirez
- Committee addresses quality of life issues for young black and Latino men
- Police: Robbers using Craigslist to lure Oakland victims
- Esteban pleads not guilty to slaying of nursing student Michelle Le
- San Jose group protests corporate spending on politics
- Hicks: Garth Brooks wants donation back
- Costa CEO says captain misled company, crew
- Bonny Zanardi: Montanino paintings bring intense color to Mercy show
- Figure skating legend Peggy Fleming thrilled to see U.S. championships back in San Jose
- Martinez school board approves bond funds for music room, wireless technology
- 26 homes lost in Reno fire and 2,000 evacuated
- 49ers' magic run had beginnings at Camp Alex
- Live Blog: Occupy SF protesters on the move, blocking traffic as they march up Market Street
- Senate postpones online piracy vote
- Walnut Creek to offer lower retirement benefits for new workers
- Zynga seeks partners for online gambling effort
- Supreme Court rejects judge-drawn maps in Texas
- Administration rules insurers must cover contraceptives
- A 49ers fan's poignant wish
- Sarkozy weighs Afghan withdrawal after French troops killed
- Wisconsin recall webcam so boring it's mesmerizing
- San Francisco: Hundreds flood financial district for daylong Occupy protest
- San Jose: Man in vigilante attack sentenced to three years in prison
- Pizarro: Chacho's adds another flavor to San Fernando Street restaurant scene
- San Jose man arrested for two Milpitas bank robberies
- Bay Area lost 2,900 jobs during December in a surprising setback
- Sunnyvale school lockdown lifted after nearly six hours
- 49ers full of confidence heading into NFC title game
- Milpitas: Car crashes into supermarket, man flees but is arrested
- Motorcyclist dead, driver arrested after Santa Clara crash
- Neil Young's company sued over warehouse fire sparked by hybrid car
- Roadshow: When a solo driver can move into the carpool lane on expressways to make a right turn
- Kawakami: Suddenly, everything is going Jed York's way
- Historical association abandons Mountain View museum plan
- AT&T ready to settle lawsuit against San Carlos over rejected cell tower plans
- Burglars break into four cars at Mountain View apartment complex
- Assemblyman Rich Gordon announces re-election campaign
- Ten-year dispute over Mounted Patrol activities in Woodside finally ends
- Ottawa Senators stay hot with 4-1 win over San Jose Sharks
- College basketball: Stanford tumbles out of first place
- No. 4 Stanford Cardinal continues dominance over Washington State in women's basketball
- No. 24 Saint Mary's men's basketball team beats Pepperdine for eighth consecutive win
- Mark Purdy: Candlestick Park is 'a fortress' for 49ers
- Fiery debate tops bizarre GOP campaign day in South Carolina
- After a rough 2010 season, life is a kick again for the 49ers' David Akers
- Cal men's basketball team holds off late Washington rally
- San Jose: Police announce arrest in October homicide
- Oakland against seeks to stop port shutdowns
- Oakland man faces life in prison in long-running cocaine distribution conspiracy
- Golden State Warriors find a bench on the road
- SF sheriff Mirkarimi pleads not guilty to domestic violence
- Hicks: Jude Law getting, cash, apology from Rupert Murdoch
- 49ers' run puts focus on belligerent fans
- Derelict ferryboat moved from Delta to be scrapped
- Apple makes move to digitalize academic learning
- A rocky day for Romney as money questions persist
- Sex poses surprisingly low risk to heart patients
- Google misses earning expectations
- Bomb-making materials, drugs found in Livermore house
- San Jose, county school leaders honor schools narrowing the achievement gap
- Anonymous takes down government, recording industry websites in retaliation for bust
- Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes
- South Bay to lead Bay Area in job gains, but East Bay will perk up
- New autism definition would exclude many, study suggests
- U.S. sees new interest from Taliban in peace talks
- Hicks: Khloe Kardashian's father is O.J. Simpson, says National Enquirer
- Morgan Hill mail thief jailed after trying to cash phony check
- Woman with Italian ship captain defends his effort
- Fewer layoffs, lower inflation give economy a lift
- Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11
- Report highlights California's huge 'wave power' potential
- Intel's sales and profit slightly better than analysts' expectations
- Xbox sales help Microsoft's earnings stay stable
- Feds storm, shut down popular file-sharing site Megaupload
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley woman's plan for out of this world vacation not so crazy after all
- California could be model for 'super PAC' disclosure
- Brown lashes out at high-speed rail foes in State of the State address
- The opposite of evil: Google named best place to work in America
- Feds charge seven in alleged $62 million insider trading ring involving Dell
- Gunman opens fire on undercover officer's vehicle in San Leandro, eludes capture
- Mountain View's Cuesta Park Annex to get flood detention basin
- Menlo Park hires new city manager from Portland suburbs
- A Miss match: Gunn High School wrestler Cadence Lee shows the boys how it's done
- Wikipedia, Google and other websites protest anti-piracy laws
- Santa Clara: Group says it has enough signatures to force vote on 49ers stadium loan
- In brief
- Herhold: Dying alone is a sad end
- San Mateo City Council studies Highway 92 interchange improvement
- Impeccable timing aids Santa Clara in 49ers stadium
- Biden in San Francisco to raise money, predicts victory in November
- College basketball: Stanford, Cal set to battle elements in Washington
- Former Shark Milan Michalek returns to San Jose as an NHL All-Star
- Cal basketball: Sophomore forward Richard Solomon ruled academically ineligible
- Monta Ellis has a big night, but Golden State Warriors lose to New Jersey Nets
- A's lease expires in 2013
- Mark Purdy: Breaking down Alex Smith's improvement
- Burlingame: Man pleads not guilty to charge of murdering his roommate
- With Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang departed from board, Yahoo seeks a new course
- San Jose's second homicide of year is transient man
- Oakland Deputy Mayor Lewis Cohen resigns
- Bay Area home sales struggle to revive in 2011
- Oakland sends out layoff notices
- Flextronics to move 500 jobs to San Jose, as demand heats up
- Redwood City: Man robbed of gold chains and beaten
- 49ers: The hit safety Donte Whitner will never forget
- Really? Rob Lowe tweets Peyton Manning will retire
- Pinole imposes moratorium on home gun sales
- Broncos' Tim Tebow played through injuries in playoff loss
- One killed in Newark when burglary suspects crash into car
- Flextronics to move 500 jobs to San Jose, as demand heats up
- Bay area students maneuver International Space Station satellites in competition
- Pleasanton teacher pleads guilty to drug charge
- Roadshow: The free right turn debate rages on
- Oakland cat rescuer facing criminal charges
- Oakland men arrested in Union City burglary, chase
- Don't expect a power outage Sunday
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 18
- Antioch's Deer Valley High put on brief lockdown
- Hicks: Bruno Mars cleared of felony drug charge
- Pizarro: Jazz vocalist Diane Schuur surprises travelers at Mineta San Jose airport
- Man rescued by helicopter after spending night in Alviso Slough
- Hikers see mountain lions near UCSC campus
- Lack of snow turns Yosemite National Park into a very different place
- Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo
- Homicide hearing: Daughter testifies to helping dad hide murder of unfaithful stepmother
- Palo Alto City Council urged not to drop Cubberley lease
- Menlo Park man receives military commendation
- San Mateo County isn't ready to stop spraying roadside weeds, supervisors say
- San Jose Sharks defeat Calgary Flames in shootout
- Assistant coach Eric Kiesau leaves Cal, joining top recruiter Tosh Lupoi at Washington
- Richmond encourages police chief to turn down some mutual aid requests
- Young stabbing suspect in San Diego was well-liked
- Pinkberry yogurt chain co-founder held at LAX on assault warrant
- Bay Bridge closing could trim six months off construction schedule
- Santa Clara County launches initiative against use of the drug Ecstasy
- Man charged in deadly salon shooting indicted
- Bank foreclosing on O.J. Simpson's Florida house
- Documents: New S.F. sheriff mistreated wife twice
- PG&E says it has revised it gas-pressure procedures for populated areas
- David Lee's 29 points lead Golden State Warriors past Cleveland Cavaliers
- Syria 'absolutely rejects' calls for Arab troops
- State officials investigating how teen got alcohol before fatal crash
- Attorneys lay out cases in Richmond police race-bias trial
- Analysis: Pakistani crisis shows army's limits
- SFO: Bizarre, tiny skulls with horns seized and destroyed
- Are 31 school districts too many for Santa Clara County?
- Police exhume woman's body searching for connection to suspected serial killer Joseph Naso
- Wells Fargo reports record profits for its fourth quarter
- Wikipedia and other websites shut down to protest online piracy bill
- Trial starts for Richmond cop accused of brutality
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 17
- Oakland missing person case featured on TV One cable show
- Union City teacher arraigned on underage sex charges
- Family objects to jury's suicide finding for man killed by Antioch police
- Niner ticket frenzy officially to start in high gear - then zoom to insanity
- Bay Bridge closing could trim six months off construction schedule
- Hicks: Chris Rene gets record deal
- Average age of US vehicles hits record 10.8 years
- Santa Clara: Coroner identifies man fatally shot by officer
- Brentwood man injured in motorcycle crash
- Police investigate Brentwood bank robbery
- Homestead High's longtime coach Chuck Camuso dies
- Crews extinguish house fire in San Ramon
- Teen wanted in Oakland sexual assaults surrenders to authorities
- San Mateo County supervisors committee to discuss need for spraying roadside weeds today
- 49ers bracing for a different New York Giants
- Program allows Antioch family to buy back foreclosed home
- Oversight of cruise lines at issue after disaster off Italy
- Kaiser Permanente hospital workers go back to school for MLK Jr. service day
- School bus rides may get longer for some students
- Oakland A's acquire bat in outfielder Seth Smith from Colorado Rockies in exchange for pitchers Guillermo Moscoso, Josh Outman
- Cal football assistant coach and recruiting ace Tosh Lupoi accepts job at Washington
- Earthquakes open camp optimistic, thanks to newcomers, healthy returners
- Pizarro: Woodside students make a statement with movie tickets
- Police Blotter
- Family: Suspect returned a changed man
- Spiny lobster poachers nabbed
- Family: Suspect a changed man
- Sole survivor still critical
- Virgin America continues to build for future, unworried about losing money now
- GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle
- Sharks: Columbus forward Byers gets three-game suspension for hit on Desjardins
- San Leandro builds 'fiber optic loop' in bid to become a high-tech hub
- Roadshow: More metering lights will be turned on near 237-880 interchange
- Hacker accesses customer database of online shoe seller Zappos
- Action figure of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs canceled
- Redwood City: Two-alarm blaze injures girl and destroys one mobile home
- Driver, 66, dies after swerving across 101 near Morgan Hill
- DebtAdviser: Is fiance responsible for ex's loan?
- Those Facebook posts could cost you a job
- 5 steps to help get out of an unemployment rut
- Sungevity plans to raise $41 million in a new round of financing
- Daly City house fire displaced three
- Hicks: Kasey Kahl of 'Bachelorette' fame arrested
- Facebook IPO reportedly set for late May
- Ex-49ers running back Roger Craig says fumble against Giants doesn't haunt him
- SF Mayor says he has no immediate plans to suspend Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi
- Hicks: Beyonce gets new type of fly named for her
- Warriors: Curry does not make cut for 2012 Olympics
- Herhold: BART, high speed rail lack credibility
- Multiagency squad puts out central Contra Costa grass fire on Bailey Road
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 16
- Report: Raiders to talk to Broncos coordinators about head coaching job
- Santa Clara: Investigation continues into first fatal cop-involved shooting since 2009
- Mavericks organizers hope for new tradition on the coast
- Economic equality a part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream
- Purdy: Yet another victory for 49ers -- hosting the NFC title game
- Golden Globes: 'The Artist' is a portrait of an awards winner
- List: Golden Globe Awards winners
- Spanish politician Fraga dies at 89
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Police ID 14-year-old sought in Oakland sex assaults
- Two dead and Gilroy woman arrested after San Jose DUI crash
- Suspect's homeless dad speaks
- Two 49ers fans shot by Saints fan after cheering San Francisco's win
- Roadshow: Bay Area leads state in issuing carpool tickets
- Oakland Raiders' coach search could heat up with Green Bay Packers out of playoffs
- San Jose Sharks' Andrew Desjardins misses game after taking hit to the head
- Monta Ellis' 22 points help Golden State Warriors bounce back with 99-91 win over the Detroit Pistons
- San Jose Sharks end trip with 4-3 loss to Chicago Blackhawks
- A life that's far from the daily grind: Paul Rice, head of Fair Trade USA
- Russia's failed Mars probe crashes into Pacific
- Bomb targets Muslims at religious service in Pakistan
- Golden Globes roundup: Ricky Gervais snipes at Kim Kardashian
- San Francisco 49ers to host New York Giants for NFC championship
- Two dead and Gilroy woman arrested after San Jose DUI crash
- Is Brown's plan to close state parks all a political gimmick?
- Santa Clara: Police shoot and kill man who reached for pistol
- Political Blotter: VP Joe Biden in SF Wednesday
- Palo Alto math teachers oppose higher math graduation requirements
- Man stabbed on the street in Richmond Sunday afternoon
- Mavericks organizers hope for new tradition on the coast
- Nine homeless after San Mateo house fire
- Report: A's agree to deal with Bartolo Colon
- O'Brien: 2011 was a disappointing year for IPOs, but is it a crisis?
- O'Brien: Our gadget lust has reached a crossroads
- Ex-A's pitcher Gio Gonzalez agrees to 5-year, $42 million contract with Washington Nationals
- Internal Affairs: Big Apple picks a fight with Silicon Valley
- Pleasanton: Fremont man shot in leg after bar brawl
- One of ex-Syracuse assistant coach's accusers admits lying
- Commissioner Goodell says NFL to consider some full-time officials
- Night of chaos, fear after cruise ship ran aground; 3 dead, 40 missing
- Third survivor rescued from capsized cruise ship
- Russian space probe crashes to Earth, with debris falling over Pacific
- Kawakami: Vernon Davis' winning catch ranks among 49ers' all-time great grabs
- Poole: Alex Smith, 49ers silence their doubters
- Questionable hit on Andrew Desjardins puts sting into San Jose Sharks' win over Columbus Blue Jackets
- Two Afghanistan vets get Purple Heart at Palo Alto VA hospital
- Police arrest two during mostly peaceful Occupy Oakland protest
- Mark Purdy: 49ers made their first playoff game in nine years one for the ages
- Cal routs Utah, stays tied for first in Pac-12
- Saint Mary's holds off Portland to stay perfect in WCC play
- One person dies in Highway 85 wreck in San Jose
- Stanford basketball: Cardinal finds groove, routs Colorado
- Roadshow: How to handle speeding spouses
- San Francisco 49ers KO Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
- Firefighters respond to blaze at downtown San Jose home
- Golden State Warriors blasted on the road by Charlotte Bobcats
- San Francisco 49ers offense picks up defense in 36-32 playoff win over New Orleans Saints
- Juice made in America? Think again.
- Hulet Hornbeck, former East Bay Regional Park land buying chief, dies
- Brentwood math teacher to represent region in contest for best middle school teachers
- Romney rivals seek SC theme, champion to stop him
- Project to pour water into volcano to make power
- Live Update: 49ers defeat Saints 36-32
- Incumbent Ma re-elected as Taiwan's president
- The 1 percent paint a more nuanced portrait of the rich
- Taiwan's presidential election draws intense interest in Silicon Valley
- Experts: Help needed for gay domestic violence victims in Santa Clara, other Bay Area counties
- U.S. general fights alcoholism after public collapse
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 14
- New rule would ban imports of Burmese pythons, eight other snakes
- Aptos pilot's new book recounts tale of trip around the world
- Stanford men rout Colorado 84-64 to remain in first place in Pac-12
- Night of chaos, fear after cruise ship ran aground; 3 dead, 40 missing
- Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno speaks for 1st time since firing
- Attorney arrested for drug possession hours after sentencing, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office reports
- TV press tour: TNT's new 'Dallas' reunites Hagman, Duffy and Gray
- Two men injured in East Oakland shootings
- Slideshow: NFL Playoffs: San Francisco 49ers vs. New Orleans Saints
- White House voices concern over online copyright bills
- Report: A's negotiating with free-agent pitcher Bartolo Colon
- Warriors sign free-agent center Earl Barron
- 'Metropolis': art imitating the future in transportation
- Stanford's Paul Ratcliffe wins national soccer coach of the year for third time in four years
- Tesla stocks nosedive after execs in charge of Model S leave company
- Bomb kills at least 53 pilgrims in south Iraq
- Where's all California's winter moisture? Blame blizzard-buried Alaska
- San Jose Sharks goalie Antero Niittymaki is getting tired of sitting
- Golden State Warriors see an opportunity for wins on the road
- Possible meteorite discovered in Castro Valley back yard
- Kawakami: With physical play, San Francisco 49ers can beat the New Orleans Saints
- Peterson: These 49ers share similarities with franchise's first Super Bowl team
- Poole: The San Francisco 49ers aren't ready for this big of a stage
- Shopping cart catches fire near Palo Alto High School
- Mountain View fire traced to equipment failure
- Council to discuss possible funding alternatives for new Palo Alto cop shop
- San Carlos school board appoints Elliott and Farley to fill vacancies
- Suspect in October 2011 Palo Alto armed robbery arrested
- Redwood City man sentenced to 70 years to life in prison for molesting four girls
- Woman's hard pinches injured children at bookstore, Mountain View police say
- No injuries, damage after gas line explodes in Rio Vista
- Herhold: Guarding Cold War history of Santa Cruz Mountains' station a good cause
- Wushu takes flight at Palo Alto's Nixon Elementary
- Mother wins part of $7 million judgment nearly six years after son's murder
- East Bay moviegoers get so many cult flicks, so little time
- Sentencing in Achilli case postponed for at least another month
- Los Gatos, not San Jose, will benefit from Netflix decision
- Delta Airlines moving to Terminal A next week
- San Jose: Two middle school students sickened by pot-laced candy
- Antioch police concessions extended while negotiations continue
- San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to face misdemeanor charges
- U.S. to resume diplomatic relations with Myanmar
- Apple agrees to allow independent monitoring of Asian suppliers' factories as internal report shows continuing problems
- Union City teacher arrested on suspicion of having sex with student
- Breaking down the 49ers-Saints matchup
- San Jose financial analyst wins $208 million lottery jackpot in New York
- Marines in inflammatory video identified, officials say
- Hicks: Stephen Colbert planning a run for president?
- Live chat: Saint Mary's basketball star Rob Jones, Tuesday, Jan. 17, noon
- Missing Hayward girl found Friday in Chico
- San Jose teacher charged with sexually assaulting two 7-year-old students
- Brentwood to offer free Wi-Fi in downtown area
- Possible meteorite discovered in Castro Valley back yard
- Apps give political junkies a quick fix
- San Jose police identify two bank robbery suspects
- Tesla stocks nosedive after execs in charge of Model S leave comapny
- SEC push may yield new disclosures of company cyberattacks
- Arraignment delayed for Livermore teacher accused of sex with student
- Pizarro: Orion Elementary School in Redwood City hosting 10th annual authors' festival
- Police search for armed man at South San Francisco BART station
- Legal feud between bike giant Specialized and Bay Area startup ends in mixed verdict
- 'Tebowing' turns talk from football to faith and a question: Is God on the Broncos' side?
- East Palo Alto unveils long-awaited redevelopment plan but may not be able to pay for it
- Happy homecoming: Speckman returns to coach Menlo College
- Two soldiers to receive Purple Heart at Palo Alto VA
- San Carlos to appeal court-ordered payment of $4.3 million to three school districts
- Menlo Park police say Wednesday burglaries at six homes may be linked
- Woman bites children at Mountain View bookstore, police say
- Orlando's Dwight Howard too much for the Golden State Warriors
- Cal basketball team survives cold shooting from top three scorers, holds off Colorado
- Saint Mary's College shows it's top dog in WCC, routing Gonzaga in men's basketball
- Fire burns brush near Mountain View Microsoft campus
- Warriors' Kwame Brown may miss rest of the season
- Eisenhowers want presidential memorial redesigned
- College basketball: Stanford struggles to top woeful Utes
- Police, family search for missing Hayward girl
- NYC lawsuit: Diamond stolen in UK emerged in Asia
- Head of High-Speed Rail Authority quits as agency undergoes shake-up
- Santa Clara County won't compete for jail-expansion grant
- San Jose: Two bank robbery suspects arrested, bomb scare closes Highway 85
- Shrimp boat sinks in San Jose's Alviso marina, captain slightly injured
- Cassidy: Wild Silicon Valley treasure trove will be tamed
- San Bruno: Treetops apartments to be rebuilt after seven-year delay
- Change in tenants for Martinez affordable senior apartment complex worries council
- Police release sketches of suspects in Oakland father's killing
- Alaska winter piles on more snow for weather-weary
- Tim Kawakami: Turnaround wasn't a surprise to 49ers players
- San Jose Earthquakes take UC Santa Barbara's Sam Garza with No. 6 pick in MLS draft
- India goes a year without a new case of polio
- Midwest gets first big snowstorm of warm winter
- Missing Fremont woman found safe in Santa Cruz Mountains
- Pizarro: LPGA stars Juli Inkster, Pat Hurst giving boost to ailing San Jose State player
- Chuck Reed and Dave Cortese: San Jose's political odd couple
- Latest potential Raiders coaching candidate: Dom Capers
- Real: Pay off mortgage early to save money
- Hired: Separate career interests will have different contacts for job searches
- Monte Poole: 49ers G.M. Baalke quietly built a championship-caliber team
- 49ers' Willis took a hard road to NFL supremacy
- Ross strikes a deal to move headquarters to Dublin
- Selig: A's bid to pursue ballpark in San Jose is `on the front burner' for MLB
- House Democrats request hearing on Carrier IQ, Android smartphones and consumer privacy
- Microsoft execs jab at Google after signing Android patent-licensing deal
- Scientists say cut soot, methane to curb warming
- PUC promises legal investigation into PG&E for San Bruno pipeline explosion
- Solyndra asks judge to pay out $500,000 in bonuses
- CES: Automakers incorporate technology into safety updates
- Federal judge sets aside $3.25 million award against San Jose police
- Antioch teacher charged with sexual assault in Pennsylvania
- Parents shocked at arrest of San Jose teacher on sexual assault charges
- Facebook shows relentless global growth
- Sharp drop in Bay Area foreclosure filings in 2011
- Daily News looking for bloggers for Community Media Lab
- Facebook invites hackers to compete in world competition
- El Camino Hospital workers vote to keep union
- Minor fire breaks out at Tesla Motors
- San Carlos school board may appoint two new members tonight
- Stockton man sought over missing San Jose teen girlfriend
- Former San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks have advice for Alex Smith before his playoff debut
- Mark Purdy: Oakland A's future part of unofficial agenda at owners meeting
- Local sports digest: U.S. Olympic gymnastics team will be determined at San Jose trials
- Oakland: Teen shot in Adams Point neighborhood Wednesday night
- California legislative analyst expects lower revenue than Gov. Brown, raising specter of more cuts
- Saint Mary's men face formidable challenge in Gonzaga's front line
- Oakland Raiders eyeing Miami Dolphins' Todd Bowles as head coach candidate
- Daly City ATM repairman who stole $200,000 gets time served
- Man gets nearly 13 years for back-to-back bank robberies in San Mateo
- Guard Nate Robinson has been a great pickup for Golden State Warriors
- Fritos, bologna and fish scraps can't bring elusive injured bird to safety
- Thieves dim Sunnyvale street lights
- HP's PC business suffered big hit last quarter
- Justices recognize 'ministerial exception' to job laws
- In rare public appearance, Assad vows to continue hard line
- Giants: Vogelsong agrees to two-year deal
- Teacher at Granada High School in Livermore accused of sexual assault
- Twinkies maker Hostess seeks bankruptcy protection
- Man shot in Livermore late Tuesday
- Sunnyvale: Ellis Elementary PTO board member suspected of embezzling
- Red wine researcher accused of falsifying data
- Milpitas: Special council meeting to discuss referendum, public records request
- Herhold: Say no to another Santa Clara stadium vote
- Mark Purdy: How Jim Harbaugh turned around the 49ers
- Microsoft eclipses Yahoo in U.S. search for first time
- Pakistan fires defense secretary in growing crisis
- Roadshow: BART to San Jose draws cheers, and a few jeers
- New San Francisco sheriff awaits word on whether he'll face domestic-violence charges
- Marines investigate video depicting urination on corpses
- Pair busted with $500,000 worth of cocaine, meth hidden in luggage at SFO
- Man suing Facebook faces fine for not complying with judge's order
- BMW stolen in a minute from San Carlos repair shop
- Apple sends invitations to education announcement
- California considers first-in-nation energy efficiency standards for battery chargers
- Record 29 Bay Area high school students are Intel semifinalists
- Romney is winner in New Hampshire, resisting attacks
- Intel unveils new chips for smartphones and tablets
- Debate over branding has ranchers lamenting loss of enduring symbol of the West
- Santa Clara City Council approves 49ers parking deal with Great America
- Kawakami: Raiders owner Mark Davis makes good first impression
- Purdy: Jackson's firing as Raiders coach is not a surprise
- Mountain View council sticks with action minutes
- Kniss to run for Palo Alto City Council
- Owner of Kepler's in Menlo Park to retire at end of month
- Adrienne Tissier to lead San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
- Redwood City approves 7.2 percent increase in garbage rates
- Medal ceremony announced for Menlo Park man
- Oakley postpones taking action on plan to build more affordable housing
- East Palo Alto official says hold off on stop sign at crossing where girl killed
- Golden State Warriors stun LeBron James and the Miami Heat in overtime
- Local sports digest: Tom Bowen to stay at San Jose State
- Antioch will keep longtime boat ramp open
- San Francisco 49ers legends discuss the present -- and reminisce about The Catch
- San Jose Police arrest elementary school teacher for alleged assault on child
- San Jose Sharks open trip with disappointing 5-4 shootout loss at Minnesota
- New Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie will get full authority
- Monte Poole: The Raiders as you've never seen them
- Amazon gets on board with UltraViolet movie system
- A West African ministry grows at Campbell church
- Suspect in 1984 Pleasanton killing of 14-year-old to face charges as an adult
- Obama praises'vital' work of EPA
- Jury in Pittsburg homicide trial struggling to reach verdict
- Romney wins in New Hampshire, cements front-runner position
- Justices weigh relevance of broadcast decency rules
- 49ers fondly remember franchise's last Candlestick playoff appearance
- Livermore school district recommends denial of charter school petition
- Brown's tax plan could fall short
- Syrian president vows to crush 'conspiracy'
- US teens struggle to find elusive part-time jobs
- MLB owners meet in Arizona, but decision on A's move to San Jose may not occur
- Resumania: Communication skills vital for job seekers
- Men suspected of firing pellet guns at paragliders plead not guilty
- Google tries to make search more social
- Hicks: Beyonce reconciles with father
- Torture added to murder charge for Daly City woman who poured boiling water on her ex-husband
- Workers' comp insurance firm to slash Bay Area jobs
- Guantanamo closure hopes fade as prison turns 10
- Man flirts with SF cop, gets arrested on rape warrant out of Hayward
- Customer shot at East Oakland restaurant
- County supes set date for Sufi Sanctuary outside Walnut Creek
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 10
- EPA cracks down on Redwood City company polluting San Francisco Bay
- Skyline Solar breaks ground on solar power plants at two military bases
- Poole: Lew Wolff and John Fisher never wanted to commit to keeping the A's in the East Bay
- TV press tour: Charlie Sheen says, 'I'm not crazy anymore'
- Facebook gets a big like from dozens of speakers at Menlo Park hearing on expansion plans
- Council takes Palo Alto home off historic inventory
- Mountain View woman hits $1 million jackpot, says she'll use money to pay medical bills
- Union files unfair labor practice complaint against El Camino Hospital
- Microsoft CEO Ballmer touts latest products at final keynote address at Las Vegas electronics show
- Saint Mary's men's basketball team cruises past USF
- Downtown San Jose rally-goers seek economic, political empowerment
- Feds say Los Gatos man pleads guilty to fraud, but there's one hitch
- Hayashi calls clothes theft 'absent-minded error'
- State regulators want to make safety key to setting utility rates
- Apple CEO Tim Cook could top pay list in 2011
- 3 car bombs kill 17 in Iraqi capital
- Iran imposes death sentence in U.S. spy case
- Federal officials recommend full funding for BART extension to San Jose
- San Jose firefighters extinguish two early-morning blazes
- Occupy protesters join strike at Union City candy plant
- Netflix stock has biggest one-day gain in nearly a year as streaming service launches overseas
- Roy Disney family mulls bid for Dodgers
- Hicks: Nick Cannon's 'mild kidney failure' apparently cured
- Alameda Sheriff's deputies searching for burglar who escaped Santa Rita Jail
- How to look for a job in the nonprofit sector
- San Bruno's Artichoke Joe's card room to pay for city cop in wake of raid
- Homefix: Mineral deposits on pipes reduce water flow
- George Moscone's murder explored in new play directed by his son
- Report: Jail expansion needed in Santa Clara County despite 1,000 empty beds
- Reinvented Dodge Dart to join compact car race
- CES: Intel prepares biggest ad campaign in nearly a decade
- Georgia district investigates math homework on slavery
- Overturned big-rig stalls Highway 24 traffic
- Roadshow: The speeding husband vs. the worried wife
- San Jose man critically injured in Sunol crash that shut down I-680
- Sharks play 17 of their next 23 on the road
- Heat's Dwyane Wade might be a no-go for Warriors
- Rodeo-Hercules fire district finances at focus of meetings
- Herhold: How to spend a smaller pot of money
- Man suspected of having meth, dagger in Santa Cruz
- State regulators want to make safety key to setting utility rates
- Richmond police racism lawsuit goes to trial
- Police: Berkeley city clerk dies after falling down stairs in Oakland home
- Spending on consumer electronics will top $1 trillion this year
- Allen Crabbe helps Cal men's basketball team roll past Oregon 77-60
- Gov. Brown's release of budget a prelude to a wild political year
- Poole: A wild weekend of NFL playoff games ends with more magic from Tim Tebow
- Bay Area home prices expected to stabilize in 2012
- At Wedding Faire, brides-to-be plan the perfect day -- with smart spending in mind
- Wish Book: Readers respond to teen's love of photography
- Political Blotter: Iowa is hardly a bellwether
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- A year after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords
- Iran begins enriching uranium at new site, newspaper reports
- Syria violence kills 11 soldiers, 10 civilians
- Roadshow: Double white lines to mark off 237-880 toll lanes soon
- Activists sign up in droves for Bay Area transit plan meetings
- Antioch boat ramp project back at full strength
- Oakland police arrest six Occupy protesters in Saturday night march
- Texas electoral maps at issue before Supreme Court
- San Pablo house fire displaces family
- Mark Kiszla: Broncos and Tebow shock Steelers in NFL playoffs
- Broncos, Tim Tebow stun Steelers in OT, win 29-23 in NFL playoffs
- Danville man rallies aid for troops overseas
- New Monterey Bay visitors center a window to the ocean
- Crusade for alleged city hall wedding video leads to Milpitas fighting it out in court
- Crows invade Bay Area
- Man detained after SWAT standoff in Livermore
- Cop punched, brawler Tased in sprawling Walnut Creek bar fight
- TV press tour: Fox drops plans for 'Glee' spinoff
- Arizona remembers deadly shooting with bells, tears
- TV press tour: J.J. Abrams talks 'Alcatraz,' 'Star Trek'
- 'Devil Inside' lifts Hollywood spirits with $34.5M box office weekend
- Report: Hue Jackson still in as Oakland Raiders head coach
- TV press tour: Sutherland says '24' movie to begin shooting soon
- Heater may have caused Daly City Lucky store fire
- Pacifica: 13-year-old boy pinned by boulder
- Stephen Hawking too ill to attend 70th birthday celebration
- Six arrested in Oakland anti-police march
- Edible bird nests sought from China to Silicon Valley
- Vegas casino mogul gives $5 million to Gingrich backers
- 'Pious baloney': Gingrich, Romney tangle in Sunday debate
- Kawakami: 49ers will have their hands full with Brees & Co.
- Royal party for Three Kings
- Silicon Valley online companies fight for piece of offline retail pie
- Sharks maintain home ice dominance over Washington Capitals
- Golden State Warriors lose fifth straight game, falling to Utah Jazz
- Report: New Oakland Raiders G.M. may replace Hue Jackson as coach
- Stanford men's basketball team wins 103-101 in fourth overtime
- Tammerlin Drummond: A dedicated public servant to the end
- Oakland eyes pay-to-play visa program for ballpark, new Coliseum
- Police investigating death of woman found in Oakland home
- Club tickets won't come cheap at Santa Clara 49ers stadium
- Man shot and killed in home near Gilroy
- Monarch butterflies rule outdoors
- Santa Clara starts fast but can't hold up against No. 25 Gonzaga
- Roadshow: Could gas prices climb well above $4 a gallon?
- Romney brushes off rivals' barbs in NH debate.
- Millions hang in balance of Chevron assessment suit
- Hercules transit center delays focuses attention on engineering firm
- Analysis: Romney's rivals have little time in S.C.
- Post-Senate career has seen Santorum's income soar
- Grand jury report questions need for fire district's $197 parcel tax
- Iranians tell of six weeks of fear with Somali pirates
- Nneka Ogwumike becomes Stanford's fourth player to score career 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds
- Good economic signs on display at San Jose auto show
- Boy, 6, found alone in East Oakland lot at 3 a.m.
- Woman dies in Bay Point fire
- Motorists injured in two-vehicle crash near Sunol
- Lull in strikes by U.S. drones aids militants
- Iran's leader looks to Latin America for support
- Cargo drone makes debut in Afghanistan
- Rare Asian duck draws bird watchers to Fresno
- Herhold: Fight over San Jose's arena has lessons for A's ballpark
- Muhammad Ali returning home to Louisville for 70th birthday
- Agents' union delays training on new deportation policy
- Thieves seek restaurants' used fryer oil
- Gun violence unlikely to prompt any changes in federal law
- States pay to train workers, to companies' benefit
- For some consumers, surveys breed feedback fatigue
- Thousands hold prayers for Syria bombing dead
- Haiti two years after the earthquake: Half a million still in camps
- Steward: Darting here and there ...
- Kobe Bryant scores 39 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers past the Golden State Warriors
- Van Halen sets Oakland, San Jose concert dates
- TV press tour: Mariska Hargitay gets 'sexy' with Harry Connick Jr.; Howard Stern no 'shock-jock' judge
- San Jose Sharks will face a rejuvenated Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin
- East Bay lawmaker Hayashi pleads no contest in shoplifting incident
- Mercury News interview: Venture capitalist Cali Tran
- Wolverton: Microsoft's departure signals CES's decline
- Owners of Palo Alto reflexology business worried new massage rules could rub them out
- El Camino Hospital union decertification vote mired in controversy
- Masseuse arrested on suspicion of sexual assault
- Sharks notebook: Third and fourth lines getting equal time
- Utility explains, fixes phone glitch that frustrated hundreds of West Contra Costa residents
- Eye on the East Bay: Bus agencies adopt new look
- With too many Latino kids in foster care, a state assemblyman searches for answers at an East San Jose church
- Great America finally agrees to 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, for a big price
- Sweeping changes at Ballet San Jose
- Bonny Zanardi: Peninsula Museum of Art video installation is interactive experience
- 200,000 new jobs are positive sign in U.S. recovery
- Book depicts tensions between first lady, aides
- Gov. Jerry Brown calls for historic shuttering of state's notorious youth prison system
- Oakland's three slain children to be honored as 'Save our Babies' block party
- Raiders putting their new GM to work now
- Oakland Tribune tells spinoff to stop using its name and logo
- Marijuana use most rampant in Australia, study finds
- Hercules suit against former city manager postponed; defendant wants trial moved
- Hundreds attend funeral for boy, 5, killed in Oakland
- Bird plane runs afoul of federal regulators
- Former San Francisco Chronicle Editor Phil Bronstein leaving Hearst
- Netflix accepts Warner Bros.' demand for longer window between DVD sales, rentals
- Orange County tween who blogged about cancer dies of brain tumor
- A room<br />to rest<br />at the<br />airport
- Obama administration defends core of health care overhaul
- PayPal tests in-store payment system at Home Depot
- Unlicensed South Bay contractor gets 3 months in jail
- Former Alabama teacher accused of sex abuse was popular
- Bay Point man charged with murder in cousin's shooting death
- People: Justin Bieber gets Jesus tattoo
- U.S. redefines rape; adds men, others as victims
- Stanford's Teresa Noyola wins Hermann Trophy as college soccer's player of the year
- Gov. Jerry Brown calls for a historic shuttering of the state's notorious youth prison system
- TV press tour: Star-studded lineup set to celebrate Betty White's 90th birthday
- Electrical union pays members to 'intercept' anti-stadium group in Santa Clara
- Sardine fishing vessel sinks in high seas off Santa Cruz coast, crew rescued
- Home loan protesters disrupt two Antioch banks
- Report: Warriors trying to trade for Dwight Howard
- Former Stanford star Greg Reynolds traded to Texas Rangers
- New Obama military strategy refocuses armed forces
- Pedestrian, 72, dies in Sunnyvale; driver speeds off
- Pizarro: Surprise honor for Symphony Silicon Valley's Andrew Bales
- Cooler but sunny weekend ahead
- Real estate: 5 reasons to get a new mortgage in 2012
- Good Samaritans help elderly couple survive Union City fire
- VTA to begin running plush express buses on Monday
- HBO stops selling DVDs directly to Netflix
- Father: Suspect in deadly Utah shootout had PTSD
- Hired: Avoid mistakes that could derail your job search
- San Jose: Carjacking suspect charged with attempted murder of police officer
- Tata chief says cheap, everyman Nano is no flop
- Karzai demands coalition cede control of Afghan prisoners
- Holiday 2011: Retail winners and losers
- Hicks: Tiger Woods' ex-wife destroys house
- Prosecution demands death for Egypt's Mubarak
- South Bay DA, others get $1.2M settlement against diet company
- Report: Yahoo eyes Weather Channel, WebMD in possible Alibaba-Softbank assets swap
- San Jose nurse charged with machete-murder of wife's mother in Willow Glen
- Zynga's new game in 'Words With Friends' series is second launch in two days, as company moves on from disappointing IPO
- Economic reports show steady growth ahead of jobs report
- GM wants to work on all Chevy Volts sold in U.S. for fire danger
- Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry sprains right ankle again in loss to Spurs
- San Jose City Council members issue a call to cut their own pensions
- Several 'Occupy' members arrested at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Wednesday night
- Romney showing financial muscle for next round
- Pals, from Auschwitz to the Peninsula, over 7 decades
- A helping hand: Palo Alto woman receives new set of prosthetics
- More than 170 illegal gunshots rang out the new year in Redwood City, East Palo Alto
- Bookkeeper sentenced to two years jail, probation for stealing $70K from Redwood City dentist
- Pedestrian goes to hospital after being hit by vehicle in Palo Alto
- San Jose Sharks beat Anaheim Ducks 3-1
- State Digest: Hayashi won't comment on shoplifting charge
- Suspect enters insanity plea in San Bruno pipe wrench killing
- Man charged in confrontation with officer at San Bruno fire site wanted by police
- Friends hold vigil tonight for San Jose woman, 25, who died in car accident
- San Jose: Federal marshals arrest Norteno wanted in Los Banos double homicide
- Man charged in confrontation with officer at San Bruno fire site wanted by police
- Bloomingdale's to relocate store at Stanford Shopping Center
- Herhold: Why we pay attention to a killing
- Cuba criticizes Twitter for Fidel death rumor
- Yahoo seeks to freshen its brand at Sundance
- Santorum's new image worked in Iowa
- Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun
- Child porn lands four San Jose men in jail
- Police need public's help solving attempted kidnapping case
- Greenbrae resident, 90, and burglary suspect wounded in gun battle
- More U.S. women having twins; rate at 1 in 30 babies
- Panel urges lower cutoff for child lead poisoning
- New England Journal: 200 years of medical history
- Dirty deeds: What goes on beneath the NFL pile
- Grand jury indicts marine biologist for allegedly feeding killer whales in Monterey Bay
- San Jose: Driver who ran from sheriff's deputies found hiding behind a shed
- Key departure at PayPal not expected to result in major changes
- Burglars hit Hayward nonprofit agency over holiday weekend
- Hayward man injured in Union City shooting
- Richmond men plead not guilty to string of Foster City thefts
- Roadshow: Figuring out where to install that GPS system you got for Christmas
- Fitch Ratings boosts Alameda County debt rating to AA
- Activists says Syrian regime misleading monitors
- Longtime West Contra Costa hospital rep departs
- More Americans work past traditional retirement age
- 2012 Big Game will be played Oct. 20
- Child bride's torture renews Afghan rights worries
- San Jose City Council members issue a call to cut their own pensions
- Hicks: Nick Cannon suffers 'mild' kidney failure.
- Apple poaches Adobe exec to run struggling iAd mobile-advertising division
- Netflix says customers watched two billion hours of streaming content in fourth quarter of 2011, stock jumps
- Report: Yahoo may name PayPal exec as CEO
- Experts agree: 2011 was a lousy year for stock IPOs
- Experts: Don't build $99 billion California bullet train
- San Jose mayor urges compromise on pot-club law
- San Mateo prosecutor paints grim scene of death
- Dry December nearly one for the record books
- Roadshow: 880-280-Stevens Creek, the interchange we love to hate
- Family sues Mt. Diablo school officials over bus mishap
- Richmond Superfund site toxic pollution increasing
- Several San Mateo County cities join forces to draft uniform law banning plastic bags
- Yiawey Yeh tapped as Palo Alto's next mayor
- Romney ekes out 8-vote win over Santorum in Iowa
- San Jose Sharks' Andrew Desjardins making good on second shot on penalty-kill unit
- Photos of dead aim to bring new life to cold cases
- O'Brien: My 10 fearless high-tech predictions for 2012
- Deadly parasite turns Bay Area honeybees into zombie slaves
- Obama applauds Iowa Democrats for their help
- Analysis: Iowa GOP caucus a mixed bag for Romney
- In brief
- Secretary of State's creaky computer system working again
- San Jose police look for armed robber with Jamaican accent and English cap
- Steve Jobs action figure in the works
- Cat survives 2 euthanasia attempts at Utah shelter
- San Jose police officer seriously hurt chasing carjacking suspect
- After 40-year battle, train may roll in Hawaii
- Mavericks opening ceremony to be held Friday
- Dry December nearly one for the record books
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 3
- Mount Rainier remains closed after ranger shooting
- Spaceflights get ready to board business class
- Weight-loss surgery reduces cardiovascular risks, study says
- People: Angelina Jolie buys Brad a waterfall
- Neighborhood group appeals San Jose Earthquakes' construction permit
- AT&T will pay TiVo more than $200 million in patent claim
- Stanford players take in Fiesta Bowl defeat, look to the future
- Warriors set to sign Nate Robinson
- Dry December nearly one for the record books
- Citibank to allow Facebook users to pool rewards points
- Murder most foul on Queen Elizabeth's estate
- California group creates complaint center for online privacy issues
- Taliban to open Qatar office for peace talks
- O'Brien: My 10 fearless high-tech predictions for 2012
- Trial opens in case of man accused of shooting friend in head as they sat in car on a Millbrae street
- San Jose: 25-year-old woman is city's first traffic fatality of the year
- U.S. to Iran: U.S. warships to remain in Gulf
- San Mateo County working on plan to reduce greenhouse gases
- Oakland's Emerald Views high rise battle heating up again
- BART airport connector rising but still stirring debate
- San Jose shoppers tackle plastic bag ban
- Kawakami: Andrew Luck's brilliance wasn't enough for a Stanford victory
- Hue Jackson confident in his role with Oakland Raiders
- War of the road bikes
- Pentagon to unveil strategy for reducing size of military
- Oklahoma State defeats Stanford 41-38 in overtime in Fiesta Bowl
- Montebello audit shows accounting flaws; state audit of Hercules to follow
- Navy pilot trainee, sister among dead in condo
- San Jose Sharks beat Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in shootout
- Pedestrian killed in Caltrain accident in Menlo Park
- Roadshow: Prius battery concerns may have been overblown
- Police Blotter
- Roaring Camp Railroads names new CEO
- Anorexia patients can be fed more aggressively, study says
- Los Angeles police say they caught arson spree suspect who terrorized neighborhoods
- People: Russell Brand looking at $20 million divorce windfall
- 49ers reflect on success, look ahead toward NFC playoffs
- 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman a finalist to replace Joe Paterno at Penn State
- Former Oakland Tribune cartoonist Lee Susman dies at 94
- Warriors fall to Suns in desert 102-91
- At 90, shepherd for the South Bay's lost lambs keeps busy
- People update: Madonna says no to portraying Jackie O
- Herhold: Designer of two San Jose museums dies in Mexico
- Wolverton: New Year won't be a happy one for some tech companies
- Police say body believed to be suspected Rainier gunman found, ID not confirmed
- Power restored in Daly City, Pacifica
- People update: Aretha Franklin engaged to longtime boyfriend
- Richmond: Suspect in stolen car arrested after brief chase
- Cee Lo Green ticks off John Lennon fans
- 49ers and Raiders 2012 home and road opponents
- San Jose police identify woman killed in Willow Glen home
- People: James Durbin, Santa Cruz 'American Idol' star, gets hitched
- Something new coming to morning TV shows
- Monta Ellis slated to play today in game against the Suns
- Man's body found in trunk of car in Los Banos
- Cobblers at elvish-size shoe repair shop put spring in downtown's step
- Poole: Hue Jackson doesn't hold back his displeasure after Oakland Raiders' season-ending loss
- Bowl season's top matchup is ... Stanford-Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl
- Wolverton: New Year won't be a happy one for some tech companies
- Legal settlement at long last nears for victim of 2010 East Palo Alto plane crash
- Stanford notebook: Tight ends key Cardinal offense's efficiency
- Stanford defense braces for Oklahoma State in Fiesta Bowl
- Daniel Brown: 'Greatest trade in football' fails to land Raiders a playoff spot
- Republican campaign hinges less on issues more on topping Obama
- Focus on electability as caucuses near
- Roadshow: Signs advising trucks not to pass on Highway 17 are not permitted
- Golden State Warriors' Dorell Wright's 3-point shot has gone cold
- Golden State Warriors' Monta Ellis might play Monday vs. Phoenix Suns
- Santa Cruz nonprofit hopes to make fuel from ocean-based plastic
- March and vigil mark third anniversary of Oscar Grant shooting
- Bay Area accidents highlight importance of children's safety around vehicles
- Water main break in Hercules disrupts commercial service, residential subdivision
- Arab body calls for pullout of monitors in Syria
- Iran claims it's made a nuclear fuel rod, tested new missile
- San Jose Sharks notebook: Short trip with some baggage
- Fake pizza order leads to robbery of deliverer in Concord
- First baby born in Santa Clara County in 2012 is a girl
- Shootings and stabbings mar New Year's celebrations in San Jose and around Bay Area
- Golden State Warriors' Monta Ellis expected in lineup against Phoenix Suns
- San Francisco 49ers clinch NFC no. 2 seed with 34-27 win over St. Louis Rams
- Oakland Raiders miss playoffs after 38-26 loss to San Diego Chargers
- Two arrested after beating outside of Walnut Creek nightclub
- Political Blotter: For-profit college official named to student aid panel
- Pittsburg woman killed in car crash on Highway 24
- SF boosts minimum wage to $10.24 an hour
- For some in need, Facebook is route to new kidney
- Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers earn their much-needed bye
- LA arson: More car fires hit Hollywood and other parts of Los Angeles on New Year's
- 2nd NASA probe en route to moon on New Year's Day
- Two small earthquakes strike South Bay
- Petaluma: 15-year-old injured in suspected DUI collision
- TSA: Woman tried to bring stun gun on plane in New York City
- Rick Santorum says he would bomb Iran nuclear sites
- California lottery results
- Bright spots, dark clouds -- Obama seeks right tone
- 2012 Medicare debate is all about the baby boomers
- Hip hop talent studio has a social mission
- Silicon Valley entrepreneurs shoot for the moon
- San Francisco 49ers need to beat St. Louis Rams to earn next weekend off
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley 2012 will make your head spin
- Stanford football: A recruiting class like no other on The Farm
- Report: Squirrel monkey stolen from San Francisco zoo found safe
- Roadshow: A word of advice -- pay those old out-of-state traffic tickets
- San Jose plastic bag ban starts Sunday
- San Jose Sharks coming up short in hitting stats
- World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year
- First year a rough one for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan
- Share the Spirit: Concord agency takes pain out of being a kid
- Hercules to pour more money into transit center project
- Cal's uses best half of the year to rout UCLA and complete Pac-12 basketball opening sweep
- Obama to target Congress in 2012 re-election campaign
- Bay Area tries to rein in greenhouse gases with growth/transportation plans
- Stanford men hold off USC 51-43
- Gay history and immigrant aid laws to take effect
- Police seek suspects in shooting death of 5-year-old boy in East Oakland
- NASA probe circling the moon on New Year's Eve
- Mexico gang seen ramping up meth in Guatemala
- AP Exclusive: US increases extremist fight in Pakistan
- Watch out: Political attacks turn nasty in Iowa
- FDA is finding attention-deficit drugs in short supply
- Illinois topples UCLA in Fight Hunger Bowl
- Iran proposes new nuclear talks with world powers
- Warriors' Monta Ellis to miss New Year's Eve game against 76ers
- Willow Glen machete murder: Woman who claimed to be another victim of attack arrested
- In reversal, Saleh opts to stay in Yemen
- Herhold: Turning San Jose's fountains back on
- San Jose police reduce alarm response
- Man dies from bird flu in China
- Obama signs military spending bill
- Spare the Air alert issued for New Year's Day
- Funeral services scheduled for Fremont mayor
- San Jose fire leaves 10 people without a home
- Judge invites all to become Red Power Divas
- Domestic and gang-related violence drive spike in killings
- Monte Poole: Playoffs, and more, on the line for Oakland Raiders
- Boy, 5, dies after East Oakland shooting
- Girl, 16, injured at Sharks game just wants attacker to apologize
- Redwood City braces for loss of redevelopment dollars after court ruling
- Town & Country Village fixture finds new home in Los Altos
- Redwood City man pleads not guilty to hiding loaded gun under his son
- Outdoor game in San Francisco would appeal to Sharks' Ryane Clowe
- Bonny Zanardi: Meaning lurks beneath the surface of Maxine Solomon paintings
- Santa Clara edged at buzzer in Cable Car Classic championship game
- BART phases out discount paper ticket sales at most outlets
- Santa Rosa's Elsie Rich dies at 110
- New Parkway Theater to open in Oakland's Uptown district
- A look back at 2011: Fewer bars than the year before and another adult store
- PG&E finds leaks in gas distribution lines in Contra Costa County
- Egypt says it will end crackdown on nonprofits
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: It's been a breakout year for lineman Joe Staley
- The top 10 stories in Bay Area sports in 2011
- Apple's Jony Ive made a knight in his native England
- Stage Right to hold auditions for 'The Wizard of Oz'
- Mark Purdy: There is, too, a local team in the Rose Bowl
- A Q&A with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto
- Grand jury transcripts show slain Michelle Le was subject of suspect's growing hatred
- Police arrest 14 in separate confrontations with Occupy Oakland protesters
- Mavericks organizers plan public safety meeting as surfing contest season opens
- Traffic fines to double on stretch of Vasco Road
- Stop monkeying around and return Banana-Sam to the San Francisco Zoo
- PG&E announces rate increase
- Facebook gets ready for New Year's Eve
- Warriors' Monta Ellis on leave to tend to his grandmother's funeral
- Company running teens in ski-bus laden with pot had similar incident before
- Andrew Luck probably not be only the Stanford star making the Fiesta Bowl his college finale
- Oakland homicide victims will be remembered at St. Columba Saturday
- Domestic and gang-related violence drive spike in killings
- Fish and Game wardens arrest San Jose couple for poaching crab, sturgeon
- People: Did Russell Brand blindside Katy Perry with divorce filing?
- BART phases out discount paper ticket sales at most outlets
- Biz Break: The year-end stock report, with a look back at Netflix, Apple and tech IPOs. Plus: Bonus top-10 lists
- In Japan, silent camera apps open door for unsavory photos
- People update: Mo'Nique wants out of stinky Georgia rental
- Lottery nail-biter: $14 million prize claimed two hours before expiration
- Kepler's mission: Find planets like Earth
- Gray wolf crosses into California, first seen in state in 88 years
- Herhold: The sunset of redevelopment
- Homicides doubled in East Palo Alto in 2011; chief aims for murder-free 2012
- Bail reduction denied for former San Mateo County mosquito agency worker charged with embezzlement
- Plan to boost cell coverage in Palo Alto gets cold reception
- Santa Clara routs Eastern Michigan, returns to Cable Car Classic championship game
- Men's basketball: Dramatic defensive stop lifts Stanford over UCLA
- Saint Mary's men's basketball team rolls over BYU
- Rapping Brentwood math teacher adds 'hip' to hypotenuse
- NFL penalty records just red flag for Oakland Raiders
- Teenage girl who had brain surgery attacked by Sharks fan at HP Pavilion
- Contractors' role grows in drone missions, worrying some in the military
- Man Stays Past Closing Time, Drinks at Empty Bar
- Police seek public's help in Xmas Eve killing
- O'Brien: Letter that cost Hurd his job is sad, unsatisfying
- Santa Clara County assistant sheriff retires after 30 years, rides motorcycle into the future
- Cal basketball team survives USC comeback to win Pac-12 opener 53-49
- Mark Purdy: The most powerful person in Bay Area sports
- O'Brien: Letter that cost Hurd his job is sad, unsatisfying
- Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd made brazen sexual overtures to actress, Gloria Allred's letter claims
- People: Kelly Clarkson assailed on Twitter after endorsing Ron Paul
- California Supreme Court allows redevelopment money grab
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley is powering a change in the way we shop
- Fremont mayor dead at 77
- For Iran, cost of closing strait may outweigh gain
- Traffic moving again on Interstate 880 after van overturned
- Crews repair broken San Leandro water main
- Two homes damaged, four firefighters injured in Berkeley hills blaze
- Foreign monitors energize Syrian protests
- Decade-old Pinole murder investigation ends in charges
- Live coverage: Bay Area cities react strongly to California Supreme Court's ruling on redevelopment agencies
- Sears, Kmart stores in Bay Area survive first round of closings
- BP money buys sports towels, Christmas lights, jingles
- Fleur-de-lis stolen from Pleasant Hill Boy Scouts headquarters found destroyed
- Motorcyclist dies in Livermore police pursuit
- Biz Break: Indexes push for 2011 gains, analyst sours on Amazon, Hurd letter will be made public
- Stanford archives offer window into Apple origins
- Police: San Jose man who wouldn't turn down music, and then pulled out machete, now in custody
- Delaware court: Letter accusing former HP CEO Mark Hurd of harassment should be released to public
- Milpitas councilwoman sues city
- Economy is 'ending the year on an up note' because of improved job market, experts say
- Company seeks thousands of dollars from former employee for his Twitter followers
- Mortgage aid programs still have trouble helping homeowners in distress
- Wolff Group buys Sainte Claire hotel
- East Palo Alto, Redwood City police warn revelers not to shoot guns into the air on New Year's Eve
- Two homes damaged by three-alarm fire in the Berkeley hills
- Golden State Warriors rally to beat New York Knicks
- San Jose Sharks lose 3-2 in overtime to Vancouver Canucks
- Would-be robber tries to enter San Anselmo store via the roof, gets arrested
- Cal football team suffers 21-10 loss to Texas in the Holiday Bowl
- Cassidy: Pedicabs move Silicon Valley the old-fashioned way
- At haven for dissent in Bahrain, lattes and tear gas mix
- San Jose Earthquakes sign veteran defender Victor Bernardez
- Kidnap, assault suspect escapes after ramming SFPD car in Oakland
- Saint Mary's men's basketball team opens season against WCC newcomer BYU
- Men's basketball: Santa Clara still dealing with key loss
- Stanford's Andrew Luck focuses on Fiesta Bowl, not memories
- Monte Poole: The Oakland A's are a travesty
- Terrell Owens wants to come home; 49ers unlikely to answer door
- Was Carson Palmer worth the price the Oakland Raiders paid?
- Monte Poole: The Oakland A's are a travesty
- California Supreme Court set to rule on redevelopment money
- U.S. warns Iran against closing key oil passage
- Roadshow: Calling 911 to report drunk drivers gets results
- Woman assaulted on trail in Half Moon Bay
- Students pair with dance company to dance their souls out
- Santa Clara County offers a deal: Half off your unpaid traffic tickets
- Expanded San Mateo County clinic a boon to Coastside patients
- Activists: Syrian troops kill more protesters
- Wolff Group buys Sainte Claire hotel
- Fire damages five units at San Mateo retirement community
- Coroner identifies motorcyclist who died in Devil's Slide wreck
- Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo worker's lawn mower
- UCSF researchers perform first electrical recordings in human sperm
- Car makers, U.S. worry about hacking of cars
- People: Ashton Kutcher dating Demi Moore clone
- Calling all polar bears
- State amnesty program for some old traffic violations
- Herhold:
- Transit systems offer later service or free rides on New Year's Eve
- New York Times accidentally sends email to millions of subscribers
- Beset by rats, People's Park gets a trim
- A's send closer Bailey, outfielder Sweeney to Boston
- Cassidy: Pedicabs move Silicon Valley the old-fashioned way
- Lindsay Gottlieb has Cal women's basketball team aiming high as Pac-12 play begins
- New Year's Eve party scene picking up but still muted
- Surveillance photo shows Gilroy Walmart robber
- Contra Costa sheriff's deputies shoot pit bull that charged them
- Romney well-positioned to emerge as winner in Iowa
- Brown finds governing 'endlessly interesting'
- Water agency tightens its belt with new contracts
- Nonprofit helps day laborers in North Fair Oaks
- Federal appeals court upholds San Mateo County murder conviction
- San Jose cop, anonymous couple, collect $5,000 for family whose home burned
- Israeli girl's plight highlights Jewish extremism
- Save Our Shores looks for ways to save our beaches
- Christmas crackdown on fireplaces yields 400 complaints; New Year's may be next
- Israeli girl's plight highlights Jewish extremism
- San Francisco 49ers release wide receiver Braylon Edwards
- Police Blotter
- San Jose Sharks have a glut of goalies on roster
- Fatal motorcycle crash prompts closure of Highway 1 at Devil's Slide
- North Korean TV shows mourners paying respect to Kim
- 49ers place eight on Pro Bowl team, tops in NFC
- People: Maria Shriver might not divorce Arnold, TMZ says
- Lucky scam overcome by generosity to South Bay Blue Star Moms
- Custodian arrested on suspicion of lewd acts with a child worked at three elementary campuses
- Investigation finds cause of South San Francisco water-main break
- Three Oakland Raiders make Pro Bowl
- Two men receive transplants on Christmas from Oakland shooting victim
- With natural gas reserves high, effort seeks to expand auto-fueling stations
- Massive protests in Syrian city as monitors arrive
- Two injured in plane crash at Buchanan Field in Concord
- Slideshow: Bay Area News Group photographers' favorite images of 2011
- 10 things to do when working during the holidays
- Survey: Home prices down in most major US cities
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 27
- As Iowa caucus nears, much is still up in the air
- People update: Lady Gaga's assistant sues for $380,000
- Local Russian business group torn apart by feuding
- Hollywood in San Jose? Students study at film camp to produce feature-length movie
- In battle to save Bonny Doon vineyards, scientists try tricking bacteria
- California Gov. Jerry Brown gets mostly B grades from analysts for memorable, though ultimately disappointing first year back
- Fremont police: Two vehicles hit and kill pedestrian, keep driving
- Governor begins naming new judges across state
- Golden State Warriors: Stephen Curry misses practice with bad ankle
- Herhold: The year in the valley -- stories that shaped the news in 2011
- Oakland Raiders glad to be in the hunt in the final week
- Kawakami: At Stanford, there will be life after Luck
- Sam Runco, Foster City entrepreneur, wraps up very good year
- Lingering smoke from holiday a Bay Area health hazard
- Disgraced ex-journalist Stephen Glass fights to get California law license
- Backcourt mates Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry lead Golden State Warriors to victory over Chicago Bulls
- San Jose Sharks lose to Anaheim Ducks 3-2
- Al-Qaida in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts that killed 69
- Connecticut blaze victim was former fire safety chief who portrayed Santa at Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
- Palo Alto plugs into a greener future
- Wish Book: Donors help fulfill request for 2-year-old Brian Elliott
- Children's Discovery Museum helping teach kids to give back to community
- Prolific DUI offender now has cases in two counties
- China satellite navigation system starts service
- Girl killed after running onto California freeway to retrieve clothing
- East Palo Alto woman shot in hand
- 49ers: Delanie Walker could miss playoffs
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 26
- As Iowa caucus nears, much is still up in the air
- Shoppers take the malls for returns, to cash in those gift cards
- Cal football: Quarterback Maynard adjusts after slow start
- Florida helicopter crash kills doctor getting heart for transplant
- San Jose mother who dropped son out window booked attempted murder, child abuse
- These 49ers don't flinch in face of adversity
- Two World War II gunners with a lot in common enter hospice care with pride, dignity and sharp memories
- Woman, two dogs killed in San Leandro blaze
- California executions remain in everlasting limbo
- East Bay roots sprout a Texas Longhorn by way of Hollywood, selfless service and combat
- San Jose: 2 families file lawsuit in child care worker molest case
- Sam Runco, Foster City entrepreneur, wraps up very good year
- Woman, two dogs die in San Leandro fire
- Police identify man killed in car in Oakland
- Best movies of 2011
- 7 dead at Texas home; killer dressed as Santa, police say
- California teen becomes youngest to climb Seven Summits
- Firefighters rescue three San Jose residents from blaze
- Small quake centered near San Leandro
- Christmas attacks in Nigeria by sect kill 39
- Pope appeals for peace in Christmas address
- San Jose State college students help high schoolers navigate the college application process
- 'Anonymous' hackers target U.S. security think tank
- Jacob E. Goldman, creator of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, dies at 90
- Sudanese rebel chief reported killed by army
- Distraught mother drops 22-month-old son out second-story window in San Jose
- North Korea pointing to heir's uncle playing key role
- Sunnyvale teen, San Jose senior show for every gift, there is a giver
- San Jose suspect fights through Taser, breaks officer's nose
- Herhold: How public art is changing in San Jose
- Four Bay Area residents split $780k MEGA Millions lotto prize
- Coast Guard rescues 28 after boat engine catches fire in SF Bay
- Texas police find seven dead in Dallas-area apartment
- Dig for SF's transport terminal unearths artifacts
- Fairfield: Motorcyclist hurt in vehicle collision
- Santa Clara County: 160 arrested for DUI in a week
- Palo Alto police arrest identity theft suspect after foot chase
- Santa Cruz: Bike thief caught
- Zynga's IPO flop could hurt some Silicon Valley startups
- Cassidy: A plan to spread Christmas joy year-round
- The electric car in 2011: like a baby taking its first steps
- Oakland: Man shot, killed in car
- A Christmas surprise: San Jose firefighters fix up fire-engine red three-wheeler for disabled friend
- Santa Cruz women surf over gender barriers on waves and in the lab
- Remember everyone on your holiday shopping list? Don't forget the pooch
- Motorola phones home
- Golden State Warriors have difficult opening act in Mark Jackson's coaching debut
- Kawakami: It wasn't pretty, but 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh got what he wanted
- UCSC moves to new method on admissions
- Burglars make off with Morgan Hill family's presents and dog
- Roadshow: A call for a national day to salute our road builders
- Thousands enjoy merry Christmas in Bethlehem
- Pope laments Christmas consumerism, glitter
- Last-minute buyers top off strong shopping season
- U.S. keeping Iraq at arm's length with troops out
- Last combat troops out of Iraq back at Fort Hood
- Kim son called 'supreme leader' of North Korea military
- Putin opponents hold vast rally, promising more
- Oakland Raiders beat Kansas City Chiefs in overtime 16-13
- More accurate view of Washington crossing debuts
- Extreme year, few measures
- Occupy Wall Street becomes highly collectible
- Gingrich short of signatures needed for ballot in Virginia
- Lost last month, blind dog gets home for Christmas
- Unprovoked attacks at heart of 'Knockout King'
- Source: A's owner 'very confident' deal to move team to San Jose is near
- San Francisco 49ers rally past Seattle Seahawks 19-17
- In Alaska, becoming the militants next door
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 24
- Man injured in West Oakland shooting
- Thomas Peele: California should open police personnel records to scrutiny
- Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders find a way to 'win it in the end'
- Monarch butterfly deaths in Pacific Grove no cause for alarm, experts say
- Woman injured in East Palo Alto shooting
- Delta First 5 center grants holiday wishes in far East Contra Costa
- More than 200 holiday season DUI arrests in Santa Clara County
- Ban on wood-burning fires extended to Christmas Day
- Pope laments Christmas consumerism, glitter
- CA's top judge: Death penalty no longer effective
- Carl Steward: Darting here and there . . .
- The 'Lazy Girl's Tamales' mess with Latino tradition, which isn't all that traditional, anyway
- Purdy: San Francisco 49ers defense hitting the right way
- Poole: Oakland Raiders have nowhere left to hide
- Report urges Palo Alto to spend more money on infrastructure
- Check for $10K dropped in Menlo Park Salvation Army kettle
- Dumbarton bus service may expand while rail plan languishes
- Teen wounded in Menlo Park drive-by shooting
- San Jose Sharks win fourth in a row, beating Los Angeles Kings
- Eye on the East Bay: Oakley story lost in translation
- In brief
- Oakland Raiders, Kansas Chiefs still have postseason hopes
- TSA launches help line for disabled travelers
- Seniors knit heartfelt gifts for Ronald McDonald House families in Palo Alto
- Biden, Romney spar like it's fall 2012
- A Q&A with LumaSense Technologies CEO Vivek Joshi
- Packed San Jose mall partially evacuated after too much cleaner gets in air
- SunPower picks up French solar company, sells bigger stake to majority stockholder
- AP Interview: Iraq VP warns of sectarian conflict
- Wish Book: Voice of determination
- Indonesia girl back with family after 2004 tsunami
- France to pay for removal of risky breast implants
- Credit rating agency downgrades Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District
- Pakistani military denies conspiracy to seize power
- Santa Cruz authorities responding to report of shooting on Sims Road
- Coach Tom Martinez, best known as Tom Brady's guru, still fighting
- Twin suicide bombs shake Syrian capital, kill 44
- Most retailers don't plan later hours on Christmas Eve
- San Francisco fire caused $8M in damage, started near trash chute
- Curry gives Warriors a base to build around
- A's trade of Gio Gonzalez to Washington Nationals is official
- Cal men's basketball team can't keep up with UNLV
- Nun famous for kissing Elvis prays for miracle -- millions to renovate Connecticut abbey
- High school basketball team rallies around San Jose family who lost everything in Christmas tree fire
- 49ers are winning the turnover battle
- San Jose: Bank manager, husband charged with stealing $1 million from 96-year-old
- Scot McCloughan softens prediction on 49ers-Seahawks game
- Bonny Zanardi: Rodin exhibition featured through Jan. 1 at Cantor Arts Center
- Blue Christmas? Bay Area skies promise Santa clear sailing
- Kawakami: Everything new is old again for the Warriors
- Menlo Park man to receive recognition for heroic wartime actions
- Palo Alto announces new public works director
- Downtown Palo Alto foot chase ends in suspected identity thief's arrest
- 'The X Factor': Melanie Amaro wins; Chris Rene takes third
- No. 6 Baylor holds off Saint Mary's 72-59
- College basketball: Stanford stunned by struggling Butler
- Ballet San Jose joins with American Ballet Theatre
- 49ers' Vernon Davis happy to end TD drought
- Candlestick outages detailed Thursday; fixes set before playoffs
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: Rainn Wilson stops by an 'Office' holiday party for the Mona Foundation
- San Jose electrical fire kills chickens, ducks; damages structures
- Sixty people displaced by intense fire in San Francisco's Western Addition
- He Believes: Mark Jackson brings dose of faith to Warriors
- Pigeons can learn higher math, study suggests
- House Republicans agree to extend payroll tax cut
- Bill authored by Sen. Joe Simitian that outlaws cough syrup sales to kids in California takes effect Jan. 1
- Passengers injured after bus crashes through fence at Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station
- San Jose: Police say handgun in officer-involved shooting is also homicide weapon
- Secret meeting in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case is basis for new trial motion.
- DEA, IRS give local police 'holiday gift' from confiscated drug money
- Small group of Occupy Berkeley protesters remain despite eviction notice
- Nurses strike at nine Bay Area hospitals
- Police search for man connected to Menlo Park shootout
- Construction to begin soon on 'prototype' Apple store in downtown Palo Alto
- East Palo Alto drafts law to protect tenants in case new landlord follows Page Mill's lead
- San Jose Sharks score five goals in first period, rout Tampa Bay Lightning
- San Jose City Councilman proposes replacing retiring library workers with volunteers
- Strong police presence set for anniversary of triple South San Francisco killing
- PG&E still doesn't know cause of 2nd Candlestick outage
- San Francisco 49ers: 'Phenomenal' Andy Lee leads NFL in punting
- Police Blotter
- Los Gatos police: Molester lured boys by offering them car washing jobs
- South Bay jury convicts Hawaiian in tax scam
- Castro Valley man found guilty of killing ex-girlfriend
- California Democrats secretly influenced drawing of new political district boundaries
- Herhold: Save the Mount Umunhum radar tower
- California Democrats secretly influenced drawing of new political district boundaries
- Los Gatos restaurateur's sentencing postponed in murder-for-hire case
- Couple charged with running Silicon Valley rent scam
- Wish Book: Path to empowerment
- Obama to Boehner: Two-month tax cut only option
- Police ready to raid Occupy Berkeley
- San Jose to Tokyo flights to board soon
- Most California high-speed rail jobs too good to be true
- Young man, woman rob taxi driver in Gilroy
- Oakland council rejects resolution to police port against protesters
- Iraqi leader threatens to abandon power-sharing
- Former Stanford player Tom Williams resigns as Yale football coach amid controversy
- Roadshow: You better watch out -- crazy drivers coming to town
- Shoppers turning to e-gift cards during the holidays as more retailers offer them
- $2 million bail for accused killer in Hells Angels brawl at Reno casino
- Warriors' Curry gets good news on ankle
- South San Francisco man dies after motorcycle crash in Pacifica
- Belmont approves trash-rate hike
- Man ordered to trail in aces trial in death of Hayward good Samaritan
- Police shoot reported gunman near Hilltop Mall
- Home purchases up, but earlier sales look weaker
- Solar Millennium files for insolvency
- Raiders determined to batten down defensive hatches
- Decommissioning reactors could take 40 years, Japan says
- Tony La Russa basks in the memory of 2011 miracle
- Yahoo to sell off most of its Asian holdings, reports say
- Iconic Yahoo billboard taken down
- Former Warriors employee files sexual harassment suit against Monta Ellis
- East Side appoints principal to be new assistant superintendent
- California AG sues Fannie, Freddie demanding answers
- 4,000 Bay Area nurses set to strike Thursday if negotiations unsuccessful
- Man struck, killed by train in San Leandro
- Roadshow: Tips on flying during the holidays
- Brad Bird's mission
- Forget about booking events at Holbrook-Palmer Park next year unless Atherton council intervenes
- AT&T receives go-ahead for Palo Alto DAS plan
- Police say Menlo School baseball coach stole students' iPads
- Stephen Curry injures ankle in Golden State Warriors' exhibition finale
- The 'Rose Man' retires after 33 years and perfect attendance on the job
- Warriors, Ellis being sued for sexual harassment
- Women's basketball: Nneka Ogwumike scores 42 points as Stanford defeats Tennessee 97-80
- Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown
- Egyptian women come out in force to protest military's treatment of female demonstrators
- 77-year-old celebrates birthday with 12-mile walk from Fremont to Menlo Park
- US: Don't publish all details of lab-bred bird flu
- Day after Candlestick goes dark, 49ers still looking for answers
- Conservatives in House block payroll tax cut
- Mass. man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida
- MLK parade bomber sentenced to 32 years in prison
- San Jose: Carjacking suspect eludes large-scale search, taking off in stolen vehicle
- Procrastinators can still beat the Christmas clock
- Former Peninsula mosquito agency workers turns herself in to police
- Insurance payments for Berkeley fire victims a murky proposition
- Plans stall for preserving Brentwood agricultural lands
- Nearly $9 million bail for Oakley rape suspect
- Wish Book: Home for a last goodbye
- New Delta invader threatens to clog waterways, pumps
- Public Defender Mary Greenwood in line for Santa Clara County judgeship
- Study: When a football team wins, male grades drop
- People: Piers Morgan denies ties to phone hacking
- Authorities: Edison gunman talked between killings
- Oakland police release photo of suspect in Chase bank hold up
- U.S. homebuilders less gloomy despite few buyers
- Kamala Harris sues Fannie, Freddie demanding answers
- Water utility ordered to refund Bay Point residents $1.5 million
- Americorps volunteers give conservation efforts a boost in Santa Cruz County
- Man rescued from vehicle after it plunges down embankment on outskirts of Daly City
- MLK parade bomber sentenced to 32 years in prison
- Racist cartoon in Pleasant Hill school newsletter prompts apology
- Report: Apple finalizes purchase of Anobit, could be biggest acquisition ever
- Blame goes both ways day after lights go out at Candlestick
- Spare the Air Alert called for Wednesday
- Suspect in Hayward nursing student slaying indicted by grand jury
- More than a year later, mastermind set for sentencing in murder-for-hire of Los Gatos restaurateur
- Critics decry federal immigration arrests in South Bay
- Herhold: Trouble in the hood
- Google's practices need U.S. antitrust review, senators say
- Palo Alto Library Foundation donates $1.9M
- During Candlestick blackout, police looked for bomb after threat
- Palo Alto adopts language formally opposing high-speed rail project
- East Palo Alto moves to build pedestrian-bicycle bridge over 101
- San Francisco 49ers defense shines in 20-3 win over Pittsburgh Steelers
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Once bright playoff hopes are now in trouble
- Police Blotter
- Company faces fines, violations for deadly crash at Russian Ridge
- Brian Stow interview on television Monday night
- Actor Gerard Butler OK after getting held underwater by waves at Mavericks
- Cause of South San Francisco main break due before January
- Jewelry heist hits Cupertino store
- 30-year-old San Franciscan killed in I-280 crash
- U.S. considers shutting down Somali militants' Twitter use
- Where's Fido from? New research says Southeast Asia
- Power outage blacks out Candlestick, delays 49ers game
- People: College prof claims he was fired after giving James Franco bad grade
- Police ask public to help ID woman found in Oakland Estuary Thursday
- Suspects eyed in $100,000 in copper theft, damage in Milpitas
- Martinez buying building from county to get a project off the ground
- Antioch man indicted on child pornography charges
- Apple wins narrow ruling in patent fight with Android phone maker HTC
- Pleasanton police arrest suspected car burglars after freeway chase, crash in Castro Valley
- Pizarro: Hey, buddy. I got some plastic bags in the back
- Wish Book: A kid's first bike
- Walnut Creek downtown is bouncing back
- Stringing massive cable on new Bay Bridge span starts this week
- Actor Gerard Butler OK after getting held underwater by waves at Mavericks
- Electronic Arts releases long-awaited 'Star Wars' game
- Facebook checks in at its new home
- Critics say Chevron tax appeal undercuts its 'We Agree' ad
- PG&E offers to let customers keep analog, mechanical meters
- Berkeley schools chief to retire after busy four-year tenure
- Neighbor describes scene of Foster City homicide
- Hicks: Daniel Craig wanted for five more Bond films
- Tennessee women's basketball coaching legend Pat Summitt set for first Stanford appearance since her dementia disclosure
- Moderate political party OK'd for California ballot
- Biz Break: Stock market falls as Zynga struggles, and AT&T ends T-Mobile bid
- Hicks: 'Star Wars' is a Czech religion
- Merry pumping: Falling gas prices turning filling stations into dispensaries of good cheer
- Reversing the gender gap: Women surpass men at CSU
- Occupy San Jose once again sets up tents at San Jose City Hall plaza
- Kim Jong Il, North Korean leader, dies at 69
- Poole: Sun setting quickly on Oakland Raiders' postseason hopes
- O'Brien: New York wants to steal Silicon Valley's innovation crown? Puh-leez.
- Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers can prove a great deal against Pittsburgh Steelers
- Golden State Warriors notebook: Agent confirms trade for Indiana Pacers swingman Brandon Rush
- Wolverton: House bill wrong way to divvy up airwaves
- Warren Hellman, San Francisco financier and philanthropist, dead at 77
- Report: Ben Roethlisberger to start for Steelers against the 49ers on Monday night
- Economic recovery slow for US nonprofits
- Advocates of scaling back California's tough Three-Strikes law hope for place on ballot
- 511.org overhaul: faster directions for faster commutes
- Slideshow: North Korea leader Kim Jong Il dead at 69 following heart attack
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il: dynastic leader with nuclear ambition
- State trigger cuts could put Alameda County in a $6.2 million bind
- Roadshow: Advice if you see kids left alone in a car
- Political Blotter: TV ad volume to be turned down in 2012
- Mark Purdy: Oakland Raiders need to make big plays to win
- 511.org overhaul: faster directions for faster commutes
- Work to start soon on first high school in Mountain House
- Oakland Raiders' losing streak continues after 28-27 loss to Detroit Lions
- A year after epic skiing, Tahoe is thirsting for snow
- Philippine storm death toll exceeds 650; 900 missing
- Bay Area's seventh Winter Spare the Air Alert issued for Monday
- Wish Book: More than a shelter
- Oakland Effect: War's mental toll
- Heavy traffic expected Monday afternoon; 49ers fans urged to arrive early at Candlestick Park
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley nonprofit deploys data to fight homelessness
- Silicon Valley group provides tech training to poor in developing world
- Richmond: 49-year-old man killed in high-speed crash
- 'Sherlock' slips with $40M debut
- Neighbor reports Vallejo burglary but won't ID suspect
- Doctor: Blues singer Etta James terminally ill
- Small quake rattles Alameda County
- Republicans about to become an afterthought in California Capitol
- Man killed in East Oakland house fire
- Facebook moving to a new stage
- Anti-A's group, backed by San Francisco Giants, hard to pin down
- O'Brien: FCC chair making progress to bridge the digital divide
- The Michelangelo of Municipal Stadium is saying goodbye
- De La Salle dominates Westlake in CIF Open Division title game
- Oakland Raiders appear unified in playoff push
- Kawakami: Golden State Warriors' new look includes plenty of defense
- San Jose Sharks defeat Edmonton Oilers 3-2
- Hells Angels murder suspect Steve Ruiz seen in San Jose, police say
- Golden State Warriors big man Ekpe Udoh sparkles in exhibition win over Sacramento
- Andre Ward wins unanimous decision over Carl Froch in WBA title fight
- East Palo Alto police investigate shooting of 12-year-old boy
- Foster City police probe first homicide in city since 2006
- Herhold: The legacy of a generation of young Turks downtown
- Homemade guns, bombs found in Santa Clara home
- Two new arts buildings planned for Stanford's 'arts district'
- Senate votes to extend payroll tax cut
- Economic issues not top concern for Iowa voters
- Historic visit to Libya by Pentagon chief Panetta
- Flash floods kill more than 400 in Philippines
- Leader denies use of violence as Cairo crackdown continues
- High school football: No perfect ending for Bellarmine in its quest for state title
- Berkeley Food Pantry doubles its offerings over last three years
- Hundreds attend funeral for former Oakland Tech football star
- Marchers protest home of Piedmont man
- Hercules waterfront development agreement postponed to January
- Lone wolf wanders near California border; last known wolf in state killed in 1924
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 17
- Cal women stage furious rally but fall short at home to Ohio State
- Newark man shot in his home, suffers minor injuries
- Oakley man arrested on suspicion of rape, kidnapping
- Fire displaces several residents in Alameda
- Salvation Army volunteers set bell-ringing record
- San Jose woman charged with stealing jewelry from children
- Homemade guns, bombs found in Santa Clara home
- Pot clubs getting into mainstream holiday spirit
- Undercover investigation leads to bust of pot growing operations in SF and Daly City
- 2.4 magnitude earthquake strikes near Glen Ellen Friday night
- Prop 8 repeal cleared for signature-gathering
- Judge issues arrest warrant for Monterey priest
- Redwood City: Driver convicted of drunk driving in major injury accident on Hwy. 101
- Concord police arrest teen after 24 park bird killings
- Judge dismisses $1B lawsuit against Microsoft
- Bay Area residents join holiday effort to pay down Kmart layaway accounts
- San Francisco 49ers: Rookie Aldon Smith knows how to bring down QBs
- High school football: Bellarmine loses to Santa Margarita 42-37 in Division I state title game
- Carjackers take Camaro at gunpoint in East Palo Alto
- Atherton wants to keep interim city manager at least one more year
- San Carlos school trustees opt for appointment process to fill two vacant seats
- East Palo Alto toy drive seeks donations
- Judge tells San Carlos to pay three school districts $4.3 million in owed taxes
- Legal challenge filed against Palo Alto's Measure E
- Pizarro: LiveSV.com aims to connect Silicon Valley on a cultural level
- San Jose drug kingpin found guilty of murder
- Cal basketball team puts clamps on nation's top scorer in win over Weber State
- Veil is lifted on abusive coaches
- SHELL GETS NOD TO DRILL IN ARCTIC
- Congress delays food marketing guidelines for kids
- Dutch bishops apologize for abuse of thousands
- Wish Book: Speaking their minds
- Floating Occupy tent on Oakland's Lake Merritt dismantled
- PG&E, victims' lawyers spar in court
- 'Barefoot Bandit' gets more than 7 years for spree
- Martinez woman killed in Antioch motel room
- Milpitas police bust pot growing operation
- Mark Purdy: Barry Bonds' punishment fits the crime
- Kobe Bryant's wife files for divorce
- Marin judge rejects lethal injection procedures
- Antioch ferryboat saga nears end
- Winton Avenue onramp to I-880 closed after big-rig accident
- Redwood City: Police arrest three in raid on indoor pot operation
- Q&A with Pat Romano, CEO of Coulomb Technologies
- SJPD bust suspect in LA for June killing
- Barry Bonds sentenced to two years probation, 30 days home confinement
- People: Christian Bale causes ruckus in China
- The American dream reconsidered
- State to receive nearly $53 million in Race to the Top funding to improve early childhood education
- Video streaming: New wave of game consoles
- 3 people killed, 2 wounded in shooting at Southern California office
- Judge dismisses Novell's $1 billion lawsuit against Microsoft
- Beaten Giants fan speaks on camera for first time
- Earthquakes acquire midfielder Marvin Chavez from FC Dallas
- Holiday wishes run afoul of San Jose charter
- Zynga rakes in $1 billion in IPO, then sees stock fall in market debut
- Services for slain toddler draw 1,000 mourners to Oakland church
- Suisun City girl's faked kidnapping cost investigating agencies $30,000
- Situation calms at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
- San Pablo to celebrate International Migrants Day
- Day in court approaches for three suspects in 2004 Mountain View shooting
- Palo Alto council to vote Monday on high-speed rail lobbyist contract
- Man shot, killed by police in East San Jose
- Open Carry gun activists gather at East Bay mall
- PG&E to boost pressure on Peninsula and South Bay gas pipes
- East Bay leaders decry mass firing after immigration audit
- 'The X Factor': Santa Cruz's Chris Rene moves into final
- Crews extricate Stockton teen from chimney
- San Leandro sports bar, Raiders fans team up for toy drive Friday
- Poole: In the NFL, levels of discipline are arbitrary
- Zynga IPO seen as milestone -- for Main Street as well as Wall Street
- New Mountain View fire station opens after almost 12 years of delays
- Las Lomitas superintendent to step down
- Menorah to be lit Thursday at Courthouse Square in Redwood City
- Arborist concludes old Palo Alto oak cannot be saved
- San Jose Sharks rally for 5-4 win over Colorado Avalanche
- Dog brings relief to autistic Antioch teen and family
- Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62
- Crackdown coming to Occupy Berkeley
- Police seize rifles, nearly $40,000 in Newark, Danville pot raids
- Palo Alto police release sketch of attempted robbery, burglary suspect
- Golden Globes nominee list features surprises
- Group behind millionaire's tax presses on
- State Digest: Groups want more time for America's Cup vote, Octomom's doctor fails to have license reinstated
- Phony contractor to be sentenced Friday in San Francisco
- Hicks: Barbara Walters to Kardashians -- 'You don't have any talent'
- Man stabbed near at Serramonte shopping center in Daly City
- Defenses of Suh, Seymour set to square off Sunday
- Office employees sickened by UC Berkeley fuel spill
- Celeb Pix: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara and 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' cast stun red carpet crowds
- Raiders now 7-for-7 or sellouts this season
- Cassidy: Hard times have Silicon Valley partnership considering unusual prospects
- San Jose police bust prolific tagging crew
- Richmond police dog bites tow truck driver
- Hired: Post-graduate internship may lead to a full-time job
- National unemployment claims at lowest in 3 1/2 years
- The sad lives and deaths of homeless on the streets of Santa Clara County - a continuing tragedy
- Governor Jerry Brown kicks off California climate change conference with attack on 'deniers'
- Gilead seeks first-ever approval for drug to prevent HIV
- FCC contest develops apps for government services
- Facebook, Greenpeace settle dispute over data centers
- Amazon says it is selling one million Kindles per week
- One of Facebook's biggest changes, 'Timeline', arrives today
- It's the end of the road for Ford's Ranger pickup
- Michael Kors IPO rakes in almost $1 billion, stock jumps 22 percent
- Job market continues to improve as unemployment claims sink
- Santa Clara County schol board votes to approve 20 new Rocketship charter schools
- Stanford study finds San Jose pension plan unsound
- Wish Book: Memories of a sister
- Mountain View OKs survey to see if residents want property taxes to fund affordable housing
- Menlo Park puts a price on public input
- Teen shot, killed on East Palo Alto street in broad daylight
- Dave Tanner tabbed as Woodside mayor for a second time
- Police investigating beating of man in downtown Palo Alto
- Oakland police captain under investigation for OK'ing bean bag projectiles against Occupy demonstrators
- Similar teams will collide Sunday when Oakland Raiders play host to Detroit Lions
- Obama marks Iraq war's end with a salute to troops
- Herhold: A former drug user's quest to read
- Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy tactics alienate allies
- San Jose: Doctors say one Trace fire defendant not competent to stand trial
- Earthquakes stadium hopes boosted as San Jose city planning directors OK development permit
- County officials fail to identify substance found in South San Francisco trash can
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: Ballet San Jose season expected to begin in March
- Cal Bears' 2004 Rose Bowl snub lingers, adds some spark to Holiday Bowl matchup with Texas
- Newark pot club raided one week after another dispensary closed
- Holidays are a good time to connect and job hunt
- Monte Poole: Warriors need a big fish like Chris Paul
- Mt. Diablo district's Measure C committee to meet Thursday
- Hercules outgoing, incoming mayors praised for leadership during crisis
- Bay Area sees drop in high-end home sales
- Bay Area rent fraud traps unwary
- Dog thrown out car window in Monterey found alive
- Congress weighing length of jobless benefits
- Financial aid program benefits middle-class students at UC Berkeley
- Federal grand jury is investigating Solyndra, bankruptcy court filings show
- San Jose teen dies after drunken cousin crashes car, CHP says
- Two Silicon Valley high-altitude ballooning groups vie for record
- Discovery Bay leader pleads not guilty to spousal abuse charges
- Salvation Army need 35,000 pounds of food by Friday
- Police release sketch of man wanted in connection with sexual assault
- Richmond eighth-grader featured in commercial
- Lam Research to buy Novellus Systems for $3.3 billion
- Hicks: Michael Jackson's daughter speaks
- Have you heard this holiday story? Unemployed man loses wallet and $1,350 in cash. Unemployed woman finds and returns it, with the cash.
- Jaworski: Mechanics of 49ers QB Alex Smith still lacking
- Sharks' McLellan on his job safety: 'Not concerned one bit'
- Pet tortoise, nearly a century old, survives massive Livermore garage fire
- Santa Clara approves 49ers stadium deal; fate in NFL's hands
- Gov. Jerry Brown pulls trigger: Colleges, schools and services for elderly and disabled hit
- San Mateo County supes reject Alpine Road trail offer
- New Mt. Umunhum study outlines future for former Air Force station
- Google gives $40 million to various causes
- Planned Parenthood finds a way to operate in Redwood City
- Recycling increases in San Carlos, as do waste fees
- Roy Cloud's Redwood City house deemed a historical landmark
- San Jose Sharks lose to Colorado Avalanche 4-3
- Golden State Warriors acquire big man -- it's veteran Kwame Brown
- Occupy shutdown costly for Oakland port
- AG Holder vows to enforce civil rights protections
- PG&E accepts blame for San Bruno blast
- Relief from loud TV commercials closer to reality
- Blue Star Moms victimized in supermarket scam get donation from Save Mart
- California's newest cybercrime task force unveiled in San Jose
- College basketball notebook: Stanford men have look of a Pac-12 contender
- Stem cell trial halted, but 23-year-old recipient still has hope
- Stem cell trial halted, but 23-year-old recipient still has hope
- DUI deaths reach new low in California
- UC Santa Cruz student jailed for tying puppy's nose with a rubber band
- SF company 'busted' for balloon debacle
- Raiders, NFL team up to help Oakland kids get fit
- San Jose City Council endorses Team San Jose
- San Jose: Four displaced by fire at home on Holycon Circle
- Motive remains vague in Hayward man's death in unincorporated Walnut Creek
- Chuck E. Cheese fined for violating child-labor laws
- Silicon Valley companies pitch in at food bank
- Lawsuit against Oakland Zoo continues as environmental group make new claims
- Sandre Swanson will challenge Loni Hancock for state Senate
- Lottery investigators seek serial burglar who stole tickets at South Bay stores
- Port operations resume after day of Occupy protests in Oakland
- Cannonball stunt to be addressed at meeting in Dublin
- Occupy tree-sitters come down from perch outside Oakland City Hall
- Connecticut man charged in attack on Gene Simmons website
- Homefix: Finding a leak in a chimney or roof
- Light sculpture to add new luster to Bay Bridge
- People: Angelina and Brad might not be done breeding
- Black Friday shooting defendants arraigned
- Judge won't enjoin Oakland cops, but ACLU declares victory
- As the Andrew Luck era heads to a close at Stanford, the quest to determine his replacement begins
- iTunes store launches in Brazil and other Latin American countries, Apple says
- Grand, new addition to national park system: Coastal ranch north of Half Moon Bay
- Ex-Penn State coach Sandusky arrives at courthouse for preliminary hearing
- Cardinal sells out its bowl tickets
- Mountain View police, nonprofit team up to give laptops to 15 students
- Palo Alto City Council weighs in on '100-year' flood control effort by San Francisquito Creek JPA
- Andy Klein remains at helm of San Carlos council
- Wish Book: New home, new beginning
- Hearing on Mounted Patrol activities in Woodside finally may end -- almost 10 years later
- Herhold: The logic of gun permits
- Thousands of protesters coordinate port blockade
- Oakland Raiders' Rolando McClain breaks his silence but not about Alabama shooting incident
- Poll: 60 percent of California voters favor Brown's tax hike
- Intel cuts fourth-quarter outlook citing supply shortages
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: Los Gatos gets an early look at the renovated Cats restaurant
- San Jose offers Occupiers olive branch: Charges dropped if you don't camp for two years
- Police: Campbell storage unit company broken into 28 times this year
- Tim Kawakami: Eddie DeBartolo likes this 49ers team -- a lot
- Man, who was stabbed to death at house in Capitola, ID'd
- Deputies ID 14-year-old who died of gunshot wounds
- Tammerlin Drummond: Fremont sperm donor in feds cross hairs
- Community asked to keep eyes peeled for dog named Frosty who was thrown from car in Monterey
- San Mateo police arrest armed-robbery suspect
- Occupy protesters try again for Port of Oakland shutdown
- Cupertino driver, 85, who died en route to cemetery is named
- Faces and voices of the Occupy movement
- Live coverage: Protesters arrive at the Port of Oakland
- Roadshow: San Jose says pedestrian and bicyclist deaths have not occurred in areas where streetlights have been turned off
- Mt. Diablo school board to discuss $4.3 million increase in solar contract, three-year budget shortfalls
- Wish Book: Readers responding generously with donations, offers of help
- Bay Area Iranian-Americans fear forced closure of Iraq's Camp Ashraf will lead to a massacre
- DA: Weapon was possibly a hammer in Burlingame murder
- A's agree to contract terms with Daric Barton, Landon Powell and Adam Rosales
- Astros catcher Jason Castro sidelined three months after foot surgery
- Bill would halt more work on MTC move from Oakland to San Francisco
- People: Sarah Palin shops new reality show -- but no takers
- In aftermath of Diablo View Middle School teacher's arrest, counselors and administrators on campus
- 49ers, Harbaugh preach accountability
- 12 smart ways to spend $1,200 in 2012
- San Jose: Family receives $1 million settlement in son's death in Alaska
- Protesters halt operations at some western ports
- Justice, AT&T agree to put off antitrust trial
- With WeVideo, you can edit video in the cloud, then share it
- Purdy: Talk is getting cheap for fast-fading Oakland Raiders
- Consumers look to holiday sales to find bargains for themselves
- Tim Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers need to avoid old habits
- New law may help local crab fishermen
- 'The Amazing Race': Did Bay Area couple win it all?
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle: 'The Tree of Life' is the year's best
- San Jose Sharks can't hold late lead, lose to Chicago Blackhawks in overtime
- Bad economy and San Jose's budget crisis puts Silicon Valley's first day worker hiring center on the chopping block
- Wolverton: Microsoft sweetens Windows Phone software with Mango update
- Iran says it will not return U.S. drone
- With wealth, Russians gain a new attitude
- Bay Area Lucky Supermarkets card-theft scam hits U.S. troops
- Los Angeles Clippers restricted free agent DeAndre Jordan signs $42.7 million offer sheet with Golden State Warriors
- Scary Ferris wheel mishap at San Jose's downtown holiday festival
- Roadshow: Radio ads with horns honking and sirens wailing confuse some drivers
- Trailing rivals question Gingrich, Romney records
- U.S. proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico
- Democrats encouraged about Obama in 2012
- Using military discipline to help veterans in prison
- Noriega returns to Panama a largely irrelevant man
- Wheels of independence: Boy, 21D2, tries out a power wheelchair and gets a taste of freedom
- Vietnamese residents of Santa Clara County suffer higher serious disease rates than other racial, ethnic groups
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- San Francisco 49ers can't hang on in 21-19 loss to Arizona Cardinals
- Slideshow: 49ers lose tight game in Arizona
- Cal basketball team rolls to 73-46 win over Jackson State
- Oakland Raiders slip in AFC West standings after 46-16 loss to Green Bay Packers
- San Jose shooting victim had stolen vehicle, parole violation
- Slideshow: Raiders meet unbeaten Packers in Green Bay
- California Interscholastic Federation bowl game selections announced
- VTA asks Caltrans to open special district in San Jose
- California braces for more budget slashing
- Calif. senator threatens boycott over Lowe's ads
- US proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico
- Feds, SF tussle over America's Cup use of Alcatraz
- Teen fatally shot near Watsonville
- Hayward: Wheelchair user killed when struck by car
- 'Skyrim' wins top prize at Spike Video Game Awards
- San Francisco: 200 displaced in Tenderloin apartment building fire
- San Jose Sharks lose 1-0 to St. Louis Blues
- Santa Clara County sheriff draws legal fire for way she hands out concealed-gun permits
- Monte Poole: Stanford's Andrew Luck did not post Heisman numbers down the stretch
- After decades, a place to call their own
- Operation Toy Drive comes to Bay Area for first time
- The man to see about a job at Tesla
- Cassidy: In Silicon Valley rose-colored glasses sometime provide the best view
- Internal Affairs: California's ancient computer system goes down, irritating everyone
- N.L. MVP Ryan Braun has positive drug test, is appealing
- Golden State Warriors notebook: Team plans to offer DeAndre Jordan $40 million over four years
- Luck still a winner in defeat
- A who's who of permit holders in Santa Clara County
- Flooding forces brief disruption at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Obama praises members of military academies
- Roadshow: Good Samaritan in tears when no one else comes to aid of driver in disabled car
- Alameda County realignment plan 'ambitious' but moving in the right direction
- Debate on whether cursive writing should still be taught
- Amazon unnerves local merchants with its killer app
- Police evict Occupy Boston protesters; 46 arrested
- Postal Service plant closures will be 'a mess'
- As Port protest looms, Oakland Police face tough questions over use-of-force
- O'Brien: While others IPO, Twitter takes slow road to its future
- Waste Management faces $882,200 fine in connection with San Jose landfill pollution
- Pizarro: San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce honors four longtime businesses at its 125th anniversary party
- Eye on the East Bay: Occupier goes shopping after eviction
- Hayward hospital removes gang, prison tattoos for free
- Wish Book: Safe havens save lives
- Several hundred Santas descend on San Francisco for SantaCon
- One-alarm fire forces Oakland market to close
- Oakland father of three killed near his wife, kids in drive-by shooting
- Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse
- San Jose Sharks assistant Matt Shaw defends fighting in NHL
- Herhold: Mayor Chuck Reed and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are on parallel paths
- Two men injured in separate West Oakland shootings
- Woman dies in vehicle crash near Walnut Creek
- Santa Clara County animal shelters offering discounts on adoptions
- In search for missing ingredient, San Jose woman buys $1 million lottery ticket
- Vallejo: Pickup truck crashes into and drives through Safeway store
- Credit card "skimming" on the rise
- Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, NASA considering offer
- Northern California oyster farm dispute spreads to Capitol Hill
- San Mateo County: Big-rig accident spills live crabs across Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay
- Oakland police investigating armed robbery
- Credit card "skimming" on the rise
- Golden State Warriors coaches, players have right 'mindset' despite plenty of uncertainty
- Warriors become third Oakland team to fancy home across the Bay
- Wish Book: San Jose teen's awakening
- Billionaire 'playboy' has a $20 million vision to save California
- Google may pay Mountain View for extra work ahead
- San Mateo County supes at crossroads in Alpine Road trail debate
- Redwood City mulling two proposals for downtown development projects on city-owned land
- Stanford admits 755 students through early action program
- Tree planted in honor of Los Altos environmental leader
- Facebook must pay Menlo Park millions of dollars if it can't improve Bayfront Expressway
- Two suspected robbers target man returning to Mountain View home
- 125 iPads stolen from San Carlos Best Buy in one minute
- Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, but no word back from NASA
- Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, but no word back from NASA
- Antioch exotic pet store set to close
- Warriors become third Oakland team to fancy home across the Bay
- Former Gilroy city councilman convicted for stealing Memorial Day Parade money
- Pizarro: Downtown San Jose's Music in the Park series is over
- Suspect in 2006 Fresno murder arrested at San Francisco airport
- Struggling Pittsburg junior high violates deal netting $900 per student
- Clayton middle schoolteacher suspected of sex crimes involving former student
- Burlingame man arrested on suspicion of killing his 70-year-old roommate
- Canadian accused of conspiring in US terror case
- House GOP introduces bill renewing payroll tax cut
- Pizarro: Downtown San Jose's Music in the Park series is over
- Oakland A's trade right-hander Cahill to Diamondbacks
- Mercury News interview: Andrew McLaughlin, VP at Tumblr, former Googler
- People: Lowe's pulls advertising from 'All-American Muslim'
- Warriors become third Oakland team to fancy home across the Bay
- Europe forges fiscal union, sees way out of crisis
- Monte Poole: Oakland facing uphill fight to halt sports teams' exodus
- Police Blotter
- Whole Foods to open on The Alameda; Fresh & Easy heads to heart of downtown San Jose
- Daly City man doused with boiling water dies
- Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce ousts longtime director
- Golden State Warriors waive guard Jeremy Lin
- Biz Break: Meg Whitman continues to lead Hewlett-Packard's rebound as Wall Street gains, Apple suffers two losses
- Los Gatos-Monte Sereno officer catches Apple store burglar in the act
- Hewlett-Packard will make WebOS open source, but Meg Whitman leaves door open for new tablet
- Bonny Zanardi: Coast hosts Holiday Art Walk
- Secrets uncovered: Inside CIA prison, a basement on residential street
- All four lines get in the act as San Jose Sharks beat Dallas Stars 5-2
- Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, but no word back from NASA
- Redwood City faces another garbage rate increase -- this time by 7.81 percent
- Come plant a tree Saturday at Laureola Park in San Carlos
- Palo Alto board dials in its support for AT&T plan
- Former county treasurer-tax collector Lee Buffington dies at age 81
- European Union weighs greater unity to save euro
- Oakland Raiders are not in control of their NFL playoff destiny
- Roadshow: Many think it's OK to briefly leave a child alone in a parked car
- Suspect in Black Friday Walmart shooting surrenders in East Oakland
- Facebook's 'Like' sign in Menlo Park becomes permanent
- Rodriguez found guilty of first-degree murder in brutal 30-year-old cold case
- Gilroy police arrest more than a dozen suspected gang members in early morning sweep
- Missing American on video: 'Help me'
- San Francisco Giants will find it expensive to keep their aces in fold
- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson expects quick turnaround
- Silicon Valley fighting proposed law pushed by Hollywood
- BART-to-San Jose extension could open 18 months ahead of schedule
- Berkeley school district to settle sexual harassment case
- Hiram Lawrence's family is removing him from life support, attorney says
- Twenty applicants vie for vacant Livermore City Council seat
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley startup culture owes a nod to National Semiconductor
- Judge sentences Former Fry's executive to six years in prison in kickback scheme
- Redwood City woman sues over pharmacy's prescription mix-up that left her gravely ill
- Virginia Tech: Police officer's killer believed to be dead
- Hoping for cures, supporters may back another ballot measure for stem cell agency
- Hoping for cures, supporters may back another ballot measure for stem cell agency
- Civic hackers use their tech skills to solve public problems
- Hicks: Alec Baldwin should stop talking
- Richmond prepares to kick out sewage plant operator
- Warriors move on after Chandler chooses Knicks
- More drivers texting at wheel, despite state bans
- Twitter redesigning service, new look available now on mobile devices
- IBM joins rush for cloud companies, buys San Mateo's DemandTec for $440 million
- Solar thermal power plants switching technology to take advantage of falling PV prices
- Facebook changing its product development
- Americans' net worth plummets as corporations stockpile cash
- Oakland A's face daunting task in AL West after Los Angeles Angels' blockbuster signing of Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson
- Police Blotter
- 'Mythbusters' cannonball accident leaves questions, worries and repairs
- Feds seek six years in prison for former Fry's executive
- Huge property in Santa Cruz Mountains to be preserved
- San Carlos residents bark at city for better dog facilities
- Facebook expansion plan for Menlo Park campus could cause traffic havoc unless car trips capped, new report says
- Palo Alto board to review AT&T plan to boost coverage
- 27-year-old Laura Martinez becomes East Palo Alto's mayor
- Palo Alto announces new Office of Emergency Services director
- Redwood City house built in 1926 is historical, planners say
- Man robbed on Menlo Park pedestrian bridge
- Cal dismantles San Jose State
- Palo Alto to hold tree-lighting ceremony Friday
- Oakland Police post videos, dispatch records of violent Occupy Oakland protests
- Doctors want to take 23-month-old child off life support, family of the shooting victim says
- Federal appeals court to consider Proposition 8 issues
- Obama, Clinton to world: Stop gay discrimination
- Pizarro: Miss San Jose's holiday parade? Ida Price Middle School's band held its own
- Giants: Carlos Beltran, Cody Ross not coming back
- Plenty of interest in Oakland A's left-hander Gio Gonzalez, but no deal yet
- San Jose coach arrested on sex abuse charges after victim's mom discovers secret texts
- Hicks: Terrence Howard's wife gets restraining order.
- After early morning raid, Occupy SF protesters vow to regroup
- San Mateo police seek man responsible for attempting to rob two check-cashing businesses
- 'Mythbusters' cannonball accident leaves questions, worries and repairs
- In rare interview, Assad denies ordering crackdown in Syria
- Apple refines futuristic Cupertino campus
- Woman arrested for possessing knife, drugs at Newark school
- Fremont man accused of robbing $4,000 from woman
- Ex-drug lab worker pleads not guilty to taking cocaine
- Girlfriend of man accused of running down firefighter pleads not guilty to accessory charges
- To avoid more layoffs, San Jose cops tentatively agree to extend 10 percent pay cuts
- Police Blotter
- Customer outrage grows in Lucky hacking case
- Tips to avoid skimming theft
- Biz Break: Is Netflix out of the woods?
- Yahoo wins $610 million from spammers in lottery scam judgment
- Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi excused from next court hearing
- Retrieved Facebook photos of Mark Zuckerberg show ... he's kinda dull
- Archie Manning: Maybe Peyton and Andrew Luck can co-exist
- Monte Poole: BCS numbers are open to debate
- Second straight Spare the Air alert issued
- Nurse spots car accident in Los Altos, tries to save life of Cupertino woman, 85, who died in crash
- Richmond remembers anniversary of Pearl Harbor
- Flipboard comes to iPhone
- Pearl Harbor attack, 70 years ago, still fresh in the memories of old sailors
- Motorist found dead in wreck along I-580 in Livermore
- Live coverage: Police clear out Occupy San Francisco camp
- Open house shows Facebook housing plans in Menlo Park
- Kirsten Keith becomes Menlo Park's new mayor
- Community shuttle study returns to Mountain View council
- Redwood City selects Aguirre for two-year term as mayor, Gee for vice mayor
- Public gets say on study of proposal to build new library at Holbrook-Palmer Park
- San Jose Sharks lose to Minnesota Wild 2-1
- Christmas time at Rengstorff House
- San Francisco Giants trade Andres Torres, Ramon Ramirez to Mets for Angel Pagan
- Wish Book: It's all happening after school
- Richmond to vote on soda tax
- Santa Clara city council weighs $1 billion 49ers stadium deal
- San Jose City Council votes 6-5 to place pension reform on June ballot
- Murder-for-hire cold case trial opens second day with details about San Jose shooting
- San Jose cheerleader coach arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse
- Stanford football: Cardinal gets back to basics
- Warrant issued for informant tied to San Leandro cop drug case
- BART: Copper wire thefts this year total $90,000
- San Leandro officer saves suicidal woman on railroad tracks
- Barry Bonds asks judge to give him probation
- Long Washington record starting to haunt Gingrich
- Possible cannonball hits home in Dublin
- Star-studded schedule for Warriors at Oracle Arena
- Man found guilty of killing of pregnant Ben Lomond grocery clerk
- Google to finance affordable housing in Mountain View
- Livermore woman sentenced to 18 months in tax fraud case
- Scotts Valley City Council to discuss e-waste, water-rebate programs
- $210M settlement reached in W.Va. mine explosion
- California, Nevada team up on mortgage fraud
- Firefighters respond to hazardous materials incident in South San Francisco
- San Jose: Firefighters battle blaze at possible marijuana grow house
- State: Mom who shot kids, self denied food stamps
- Gassed, from the past: Dodge Dart is back
- State ethics panel set to fine former Pinole Councilman
- Anti-tax groups counter Brown's tax hike measure
- As new competitor emerges, Netflix CEO says HBO Go is the true threat
- San Jose: Pedestrian killed crossing Monterey Highway is identified
- Biz Break: Verizon battles Silicon Valley on two fronts, HP makes a deal and Apple faces e-books probe
- O'Brien: In her free time, this Google researcher designs puzzles of the wooden kind
- Wood fires banned Wednesday as first Winter Spare the Air day is called
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 6
- Lucky urges some customers to close bank accounts in wake of hacking
- Convicted teens appear before peers for sentencing
- Newly found planet in habitable zone
- Historical landmark status sought for Redwood City house that Roy Cloud built
- San Jose cold case murder for financial gain, or tall tale spun by desperate convict?
- Palo Alto council questions whether golf course should be kicked
- San Carlos man arrested after causing backyard blaze
- Mountain View delays review on Cuesta Annex flood basin options
- East Palo Alto poised to hire new city attorney
- Antioch man shot at after chasing down stolen car
- Minnesota Wild off to hot start despite low production from former San Jose Sharks
- San Jose Sharks: NHL realigns; all teams will visit at least once every season
- Police Blotter
- Paying for 49ers stadium relies on record loan
- Pizarro: Fairmont San Jose welcomes new general manager
- Workers accused of fraudulently draining county mosquito agency of $635,000
- Herhold: Learning how to speak Pension
- CSU sees big jump in student interest
- Brown: Only way to avoid more cuts to schools, police is raise taxes
- Disgraced former Fry's exec seeks leniency before sentencing: He's a gambling addict
- City Manager recommends keeping Team San Jose
- Oakland A's active in trade discussions at winter meetings
- San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean not optimistic about team's pursuit of free agents
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: Frank Gore worthy of a statue, coach Jim Harbaugh says
- Afghans say they need aid for at least another decade
- Warriors players unofficially get back to it
- Livermore winemaker targeted by 'Dirty DUI' scheme sues wife, CNET scandal suspects
- Trump wants say in GOP race, mulls independent bid
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 5
- Newly discovered planet in habitable zone
- Berkeley High principal warns parents about growing Occupy camp near school
- Facebook acquires location-based service Gowalla's talent, but not the app
- San Mateo smart-grid software company eMeter bought by Siemens
- iPad add-ons are hot toys for kids
- Roadshow: Pedestrians express their fears
- Cassidy: San Jose foreclosure case is both tragic and complicated
- AC Transit sets Dec. 14 hearing on redrawing political districts
- Growth of dollar stores fueled by frugal shoppers from all walks of life
- People update: Will Madonna make NBC sorry for booking her on Super Bowl?
- Police dog helps nab suspected gunman near Jack London Square
- Air district asks public to voluntarily not burn wood fires
- Sierra river dam plan dropped
- Cleaning up California's Wild West: EPA takes on polluted mercury mine in San Benito ghost town
- East Palo Alto: Crews breaking ground on future park at Cooley Landing
- 17-year-old Cupertino student wins Siemens Competition and $100,000
- Surf rescue near San Francisco's Ocean Beach was false alarm
- S&P to put eurozone countries on 'credit watch'
- Stanford's Andrew Luck is a Heisman Trophy finalist
- East Bay mom says her film is sparking education reform nationwide
- Two people injured in San Jose shooting
- The Christmas lunch must go on
- Return of Bleak House: California budget's trigger cuts weigh on adult day care center
- Richmond security guard seriously injured in shooting
- Stanford's Fiesta Bowl matchup against Oklahoma State offers plenty of offensive firepower
- San Jose Sharks have intense practice after disappointing defeat
- Cal football team to play Texas in Holiday Bowl
- Man who died while being booked at jail still unidentified
- Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore grinds way to record, playoffs
- 100K wreaths headed to Arlington National Cemetery
- Dark weekend for box office, but 'Twilight' still glimmering
- Political Blotter: Emken won't self-fund vs. DiFi
- Stanford rallies to defeat North Carolina State
- San Francisco 49ers clinch NFC West in 26-0 victory over St. Louis Rams
- Tim Kawakami: 49ers erase eight years of futility
- It's official: Stanford will face Oklahoma State in Fiesta Bowl; Cal to meet Texas in Holiday Bowl
- Two of three train victims identified; a dog also killed on Union Pacific tracks
- Frank Gore becomes 49ers' rushing record leader; Patrick Willis exits with injury
- Possible outbreak of 'Blue Flu' behind spike in San Jose police sick days
- Several geese shot in Concord park
- Still unidentified - arrested man died Friday while being booked at main jail
- FAA: 4 killed in crash of small plane in Colorado
- Iran says it shot down unmanned US spy plane
- Kentucky church changes course -- will welcome mixed-race couples
- Suspect in Nordstrom purse heist is caught by customers and passers-by in Walnut Creek
- Cardinal wins Stanford's first women's soccer title in 1-0 victory over Duke
- No. 24 Cal basketball team falls to San Diego State 64-63
- Occupy San Jose and Voluntarios de la Comunidad join forces Sunday
- Syria says it's still open to Arab observer plan
- Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders torch their needed momentum
- Oakland Raiders' win streak snapped in 34-14 loss to Miami Dolphins
- Officials: 13 hurt when fans storm Oklahoma State field
- Fans flock to Vegas for opening of Michael Jackson's 'Immortal' tour
- Sports digest: Tiger Woods wins Chevron World Challenge
- Stanford study: The humble potato chip and packaging language target class distinctions
- Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail
- 'Twilight' stays bright during slow box office weekend
- Google ramps up ads and marketing
- San Francisco Giants will avoid luxury items at winter meetings
- Raiders are wary of Dolphins despite their losing record
- GPS-based 'Smart Collars' track deer travels near Highway 280
- San Jose's $100,000 pension club is rapidly growing
- Herhold: Peter Thiel's take on American higher education
- San Francisco 49ers not planning wild celebration if they clinch NFC West title
- Some Sharks support proposed NHL schedule change
- Internal Affairs: San Jose police chief says there's a conflict of interest behind casino
- Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain in need of help
- Family exasperated with vexing murder case of San Jose shopkeeper Vahid Hosseini
- Oakland Effect: Juvenile justice system needs reforming
- Community groups, citizens, nonprofits help fight prostitution
- Lease dispute threatens Foster City partnership
- Obama to give economic talk in historic Kansas town
- 85-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK
- Winter meetings could kick off Oakland A's latest rebuilding phase
- Saint Mary's Cinderella run at NCAA men's soccer tournament ends
- Stanford seeks redemption, history in NCAA women's soccer championship
- Jon Wilner on college football: No major bowl shake-ups for Stanford, Cal on season's final day
- 25 die in Syria, as defectors battle regime forces
- An unbowed Cain suspends his bid for the White House
- Virginia Tech seeks to block fine in shooting case
- Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
- Cutting deficits harder than just talking about it
- Analysis: Army defectors complicate Syria uprising
- Huntsman gets aid from group linked to his father
- SAP to pay $3.4B for San Mateo's SuccessFactors
- Is Nevada recovering? Depends who you ask
- Oakland police detain 5 in shooting that wounded child
- For Afghan-U.S. accord, night raids are a sticking point
- As Putin plans to stay, many Russians want out
- Egypt elections propel Islamic law into spotlight
- Deaths on Peninsula tracks are Caltrain's 15th and 16th of the year
- Report: Sandusky talks about Paterno, case
- 85-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK
- Man arrested in Campbell dies while being booked at jail
- San Jose unions urge pension talks
- Man walks into Vallejo hospital with gunshot wound, arrested
- Santa Clara, 49ers announce deal to pay for stadium
- California AG faces tough choice on mortgage deal
- The greatest gifts
- Mountain View shopping center developer extends potential
- Redwood City auto shop owner brings a lady's touch to male-dominated business
- Palo Alto manhunt ends in arrest
- Retaining wall for Arastradero trail project in Los Altos Hills would invite grafitti, neighbors say
- Pizarro: Silicon Valley Capital Club shows off its $2.8 million makeover
- Eye on the East Bay: Councilwoman crashes anniversary party
- Sign of hope: Jobless rate drops to 8.6 percent
- San Jose Sharks have two wishes for NHL realignment plan
- Family clashes with hospital over care of toddler shot in West Oakland
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford 'very sore' after practice
- Jon Wilner on college football: Bowl dates all but set for Stanford, Cal
- San Jose Earthquakes trade Bobby Convey to Kansas City
- Raiders' Hue Jackson uncertain whether Rolando McClain will play
- Gov. Jerry Brown postpones release of tax-hike plan to Monday, Monday
- Cinderella's shoe fits for Saint Mary's College men's soccer team
- New element to be Livermorium, honoring city and research lab
- Amazon takes bite out of Apple's market share in tablet battle
- Oakland police plans to add 25 new officers
- Big Basin campground, closed during high winds, expected to open again Saturday
- Virtual assistants raise new issues of phone etiquette
- California AG faces tough choice on mortgage deal
- A day in the life of an Apple store
- Richmond man sentenced in 2008 freeway killing
- KGO Radio plans immediate shift to news-oriented format
- Roadshow: BART-to-San Jose work will affect traffic on Kato Road in Fremont
- San Jose police release video of robbers smashing Valley Fair mall jewelry store cases
- Raiders' Hue Jackson uncertain whether Rolando McClain will play
- Last California Guard unit home from Iraq
- Occupy movement plans day of action Dec. 6
- People: Legal battle breaks out in Marley clan
- Small Mountain View company's software accused of spying on smartphone users
- Petition to recall Mayor Jean Quan almost ready for signatures
- A day in the life of an Apple store
- Suspect in slain nursing student gives birth, delays plea
- Power failure knocks out cell service to some areas of Santa Cruz County
- Richmond moving ahead with missing link of Bay Trail
- Rep Anna Eshoo urges federal 'dig once' policy to support broadband
- Stanford wins 3-0, advances to final of NCAA women's soccer
- Police Blotter
- Wish Book: Taking the harder road
- Learning math the Kahn Academy way is a big hit at Los Altos schools
- Violent wind storm leaves path of destruction; Bay Area winds should calm down this weekend
- San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens in shootout 4-3
- Seven people connected to Palo Alto school burglary
- Redwood City resident convicted of 24 counts of felony molestation
- Memorial service set for former Palo Alto mayor Burch
- Woman, sheriff's deputy injured in Woodside house fire
- Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain facing four charges in hometown of Decatur, Ala.
- Police impersonator stops female driver in Atherton
- San Francisco 49ers' streak of not allowing a rushing TD in jeopardy
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Miami Dolphins' run defense might pose challenge
- Oakland's historic Tribune Tower is bought in deal that will bring 300 jobs
- Winds blow over Bay Area, but nothing like in SoCal
- Earthquakes trade for Haitian midfielder Jean Alexandre
- Sources: Warriors to open at home on Christmas against Clippers
- Stanford women's soccer team expecting 'a grind' in Final Four
- San Jose man punched, called 'terrorist' on grocery trip to Lucky
- Pizarro: A gallon of milk -- and much more goodwill -- makes San Jose mom's day
- Suspected gunman in fatal shooting near Occupy Oakland camp arrested and charged
- Federal jury rejects brutality claim against former BART officer
- UC and Stanford rank high in earnings from business spinoffs
- Clinton meets Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers
- Occupy SF shaken by police appearance
- Oakland police still surround apartment where suspect believed to be hiding
- Fremont to see first Occupy protest
- People: Brad Pitt helps distraught stranger
- Obama on AIDS: 'We can beat this disease'
- Rick Perry, feisty presidential hopeful, verbally pummels Congress, Wall Street
- 60 percent of adult illegal immigrants in US for 10 years or more, report says
- Roadshow: Days later, some cleaned-up freeways are trashed again
- Viewers to see a new YouTube
- U.N.: Syria now in a civil war with 4,000 dead
- Survey: Drivers fear cellphone users more than drunks
- Morrissey cancels Fox Theater show
- Game warden's job turns into 'war in the woods'
- Walnut Creek seeks public benefits in Broadway Plaza expansion
- San Jose's deficit estimate slashed dramatically as pension costs fall
- BART limits cellphone service blackouts
- Holiday surprise: Auto sales shot up in November
- BART adopts new political district boundaries
- AT&T fires back at FCC over proposed T-Mobile purchase
- Toyota, BMW to work on greener car battery
- Fewer than one-third of California students meet fitness goals
- Herhold: The ingredients of a tragedy
- Palo Alto school board won't budge on calendar
- Tree-decorating contest brightens downtown Redwood City
- If they come to East Palo Alto, payday lenders will be heavily restricted
- Woodside sues resident who built two-story structure without permits
- San Jose soldier's body returns home
- Police release sketch of suspect in Stanford home invasion robbery
- Twitter teams with Japanese social-networking site to battle Facebook
- Zynga and other Internet companies work to guarantee sizzling IPOs
- Vigil held for 1-year-old boy shot Monday night
- Group makes plea to save state parks from closures
- Markets surge on action by several central banks
- Gov. Jerry Brown to add tax plan to the mix
- California lawmakers turning in car keys as perk is ending
- San Jose police: Man who caused post office shutdown was jogger in unusual gear
- Clorox Company settles consumer lawsuit for $200,000
- In brief
- Services set for San Jose cop and wife, fundraiser planned for their sons
- Roadshow: Fog tips: slow down, headlights on and consider taking 101 to Los Angeles
- Kanye gets 7 Grammy noms; Adele, Mars, Foos get 6
- Former Raider Chester McGlockton dead at age 42
- 'Organic' personal care products lawsuit partially settled
- Middle-aged man in Halloween mask robs Campbell bank
- Senate clears way for passage of big defense bill
- Field Poll: California Republican voters still not thrilled with potential candidates
- A rising power turns the outsourcing fix inward
- Elite Marine role in Afghanistan key to 2014 exit
- People: Mindy McCready must return child.
- Pizarro: Vintage streetcar returns to downtown San Jose for the holidays
- Group: BLM ecological study flawed due to politics
- Sunnyvale detectives nab 3 suspects in Brass Rail stabbing; another suspect still at large
- Mavericks organizers announce new start date for surf contest
- Texas drought is revealing secrets of the deep
- Gumby-like flexible robot crawls in tight spaces
- Thousands say farewell to slain Vallejo police officer
- Holiday decorations unveiled to military families
- Equipment problems, high use stagger Cal email
- Rhode Island governor defends holiday tree in Statehouse
- Cassidy: The Annual Gift of Reading is on
- California gets $20.8 million in reimbursement for Devil's Slide repairs
- Adobe emphasizes the ad with purchase of Efficient Frontier
- Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: Congress dead wrong on online piracy
- Fremont Fire Department holding holiday toy drive
- As doors unlock, what are the Warriors up against?
- Biz Break: Lots of Wall Street, Silicon Valley action follows central banks' big move
- Facebook settles with FTC on privacy deception charges
- Poole: Michael Bush should be top priority for Raiders
- East Palo Alto council approves some traffic controls, but no stop sign for fatal crash intersection
- East Palo Alto won't pay cops extra for working holidays
- $100 an hour contract approved for acting San Mateo County manager
- Wish Book: Nine-year-old Salinas boy pulling for miracle in battle with cancer
- San Bruno man faces year in jail over hit-and-run crash that killed pedestrian
- Tim Kawakami: There's an edge to the new Alex Smith
- Teen in Craigslist case looks dazed in Ohio court
- Top analyst warns state could waste $6 billion over high-speed rail
- Conrad Murray gets four years for role in Michael Jackson's death
- SolarCity moves forward with SolarStrong
- Jon Wilner on college football: Andrew Luck, the student, not part of Stanford's Heisman push
- Top San Jose librarian to retire
- San Francisco Giants: No 'big splash' on hitting for G.M. Brian Sabean
- Thieves take toys, food donated for Oakley charity drive
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: Tea in Manny's Cellar sounds so civilized
- Line changes could be in store for struggling San Jose Sharks
- A homeless love story
- Avaya signs huge lease in Santa Clara as commercial real estate heats up
- Man convicted in mistaken ID killing near Daly City BART
- San Jose: Post office on lockdown after masked man leaves package
- U.S. scrambles to contain Pakistan fallout
- Daly City woman faces torture charge, accused of dousing sleeping ex with boiling water
- Pakistan to protest NATO strike by skipping Afghan meeting
- Calif. salon shooting suspect pleads not guilty
- Return of Bleak House: Adult day care in the sights of California budget's trigger cuts
- Delta studies to be released after complaints from Congress, others
- People: Brad Pitt, 'The Artist' score with New York Film Critics.
- O'Brien: Why aren't we talking about economic impact of government job losses?
- Opening of Mavericks window delayed
- Rio Vista to begin search for new city manager
- Killer whale washes up on Marin beach
- Deputies settle contract with Contra Costa County
- Strong north winds will blow over the Bay Area starting with Wednesday's morning commute
- Poll: Californians evenly split on Occupy movement
- Toddler in grave condition after gunfire injures seven in West Oakland
- SEC reportedly looking into investment fund run by former 49ers
- Union City pedestrian dies in Fremont accident
- Google Maps moves indoors with layouts of malls, airports and more
- Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers can be hijacked by hackers
- Ex-judge in state water cases now lawyer for big farm district
- San Jose Earthquakes set to announce sales of luxury suites at proposed soccer stadium
- Murder suspect: San Jose victim mutilated himself
- Wish Book: Meet the animals
- American Airlines parent company seeks Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
- Palo Alto Rail Committee split over policy to kill bullet train
- Former Palo Alto mayor Jim Burch dead at 85
- Contract allows temporary San Mateo County manager to make $100 an hour while drawing pension
- East Palo Alto doesn't want to be stiffed by Facebook's expansion into Menlo Park
- Man arrested after teens found drinking at Menlo Park home
- San Jose Sharks lose to Los Angeles Kings 2-0
- At least eight shot including 1-year-old child in West Oakland
- Saint Mary's College steps it up in second half, pulls away from Weber State in men's basketball
- Police investigation into Scott Olsen injury still ongoing
- LA protesters defy eviction efforts, go to court
- At least eight shot including 1-year-old child in West Oakland
- Oakland Raiders play smarter, cut down on penalties vs. Chicago Bears
- Pizarro: Investors get a pitch and a tour of downtown San Jose
- UC protesters urge tax reform and delay UC Regents meeting
- Young Stanford Cardinal demolish Pacific Tigers
- San Jose State football team sees bright things in future after four-win improvement in 2011
- Mark Purdy: Post-lockout NBA owes fans a more exciting product
- Bay Point chemical waste pond cleanup nearing
- Woman accuses Cain of 13-year affair
- 'Weed Wars': Reality TV puts Oakland dispensary in spotlight
- 9th Circuit agrees to rehear long-running Alameda County gun rights case
- Live Blog: More details on UC Berkeley faculty resolution
- Fremont couple attacked, robbed outside residence
- Cyber Monday continues to grow while looking to mobile sales
- Tablet wars have begun: Apple and Amazon have banner Black Fridays
- Gilroy police: San Jose cop, wife died in murder-suicide
- Trader Joe's in Oakland seeks to extend hours
- People update: Wyclef Jean's Haiti charity missing money
- Danville woman seeks GOP nod to take on Feinstein
- Dec. 12 is the new deadline for Alameda County property tax payments
- Biz Break: Black Friday cheer spreads to Wall Street on Cyber Monday
- Luck, Shaw, Kendricks earn Pac-12 football awards
- Fremont men arrested in hit-and-run accidents
- Gingrich wins NH backing as Romney plugs along
- Concord hospital district lawyer billed beyond board limit
- More parents refusing vaccines for their kids
- 49ers keeping their eye on the prize
- Andronico's to shutter Telegraph Avenue location
- Report: Facebook to seek $100 billion valuation in 2012 IPO
- Walnut Creek to hold special city council meeting Tuesday
- Ohio State introduces Urban Meyer as its new football coach
- Wish Book: Giving teens a lift
- Stanford jumps to No. 4 in BCS standings, nears BCS bowl bid
- Saint Mary's College men's soccer team trips Brown in overtime, reaches its first NCAA Elite Eight
- Mark Purdy: Oakland Raiders put best feet forward in win
- San Jose Sharks' Dan Boyle is trying to snap his slump
- Former Cal great Joe Kapp gets into scuffle at CFL alumni luncheon
- Roadshow: Tips for driving in snow
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- Poole: Outgunned Oakland Raiders still find a way to win
- Purdy: Raiders' Sebastian Janikowski and Shane Lechler hold boot camp
- Wide receiver Stevie Johnson's antics proves costly to Buffalo Bills against New York Jets
- Cal women's basketball team upsets No. 22 Virginia and former Bears coach Joanne Boyle
- Two men, possibly linked to motorcycle club, stabbed at San Jose bar
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Paddle boater missing near Half Moon Bay
- Bay Area tries to pull together to help seniors in need at upcoming health summit
- Emergency homeless shelters to open Monday in Santa Clara County
- Oakland fashion designer helps put local manufacturing back on the map
- Carolina Panthers score rare road victory at expense of Indianapolis Colts (0-11)
- NFL: Christ Johnson and Tennessee Titans run past Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-17
- Arizona Cardinals' Beanie Wells rushes for 228 yards in win over St. Louis Rams
- Two men, possibly linked to motorcycle club, stabbed at San Jose bar
- Big play late sets up Cincinnati Bengals victory
- Update on Cupertino fire: Eight people take shelter in high school gym
- Survey: Black Friday shoppers reach 226 million nationwide, historic high
- New Mass translation launches in American parishes
- Atlanta Falcons stuff Minnesota Vikings' comeback
- Antioch church members stand guard over property
- Man hit by cars, killed while running across freeway near Berkeley
- Bay Area couple at center of federal gay rights showdown
- Spotify music service resumes after login problems for users in U.S. and Europe
- San Pablo working to combat obesity rate
- Woman says man sexually assaulted her on DeAnza Trail in Bay Point
- CHP: DUI arrests down, traffic deaths up
- Eight injured in Southern California power boat blast
- Afghan officials: Fire from Pakistan led to attack
- Recession may be over but many Silicon Valley residents feel left out of recovery
- Nurturing of Facebook started in Palo Alto house
- 'Twilight' still has bite with $42M second weekend at box office
- The man behind Solyndra's rise and fall: Chris Gronet
- Santa Clara County experiencing surprising spike in deadlocked juries in molestation trials
- Cassidy: Amit Gupta's bone marrow quest galvanizes the Facebook generation
- Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 3-2
- Kawakami: As expected, NBA owners come out winners
- Poole: Oakland Raiders control their own playoff destiny
- Fire leaves up to 50 people homeless in Cupertino; mobile home destroyed in San Jose blaze
- California school districts prepare for a new grade level: transitional kindergarten
- San Jose State wins at Fresno State for first time in nearly a quarter-century
- Palo Alto to play for CCS Open football championship; Serra advances to D-I title game
- Rescuers free 63-year-old San Carlos woman stuck in the mud during low-tide event
- UC students to protest at regents meeting
- Three area runners notch third-place finishes in CIF cross-country races
- West roundup: Oregon rolls, earns berth in first Pac-12 title game
- College football: AP Top 25
- Filipino police arrest 4 suspected AT&T hackers with ties to terror group
- Roadshow: Which city in Bay Area manages traffic the best?
- Oakland Effect: Outrage over inequality the crux of Occupy movement, group says
- American student arrested in Cairo arrives in U.S.
- Model train show brings B&O and Sante Fe line to San Jose
- A large side of drama at Waffle House diners
- 1965 shooting shows pitfalls of closing old cases
- Legal battle ignites over Jesus statue in Montana
- Hercules loses $50,000 on condo owned by former mayor's daughter
- Wins by Oregon and Alabama mean Stanford must pin BCS hopes on an at-large berth
- For veterans returning to U.S., green energy jobs await
- Santa Clara County school board will look outside education for next county schools chief
- Syria buries security forces as sanctions loom
- Egyptian protests, violence overshadow elections
- U.S. military legacy rubs off on Iraqi youth
- Herhold: An old exposé continues to haunt Newt Gingrich
- Meals and a helping hand
- BART prepares for holiday travel by running longer trains
- Two men killed in traffic accidents in San Jose
- Oakland A's hire former Giants outfielder Chili Davis as hitting coach
- NASA launches super-size Mars rover to red planet
- NASA launches super-size rover to Mars: 'Go, Go!'
- Richmond man, 20, killed in North Richmond shooting
- Caltrain Baby Bullet kills man on the tracks at Palo Alto station
- Caltrain Baby Bullet kills man on the tracks at Palo Alto station
- Santa Clara County: Power outage affects about 430 customers in Morgan Hill area
- Cal volleyball defeats Stanford
- Cal outlasts Arizona State for 47-38 win
- Kawakami: 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh repeats the truth
- Celebrating the holidays, Northern California style
- Marcus Jordan makes big plays (just like his dad) as UConn is upset
- Mail truck overturns in Palo Alto
- Pioneer High moves past South San Francisco and into CCS Division II title game
- Panel urged to oversee short-term uses for new Palo Alto school district property
- Menlo-Atherton runs over Salinas 49-14
- Bellarmine College Prep blanks Archbishop Mitty 29-0 in CCS Open Division semifinal
- Pizarro: Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza gets a fresh look for 20th anniversary
- Stanford women advance to soccer Final Four
- San Jose Sharks facts for Saturday's game vs. Vancouver Canucks
- San Jose Sharks not fond of the Vancouver Canucks
- Stanford men fall just short against No. 5 Syracuse in NIT final
- Stanford women cruise past Xavier
- Emergency crews stop flow of water at break in South San Francisco
- Egypt's military under pressure from protests, U.S.
- Richmond pays $1.5 million to family of mentally ill man who died in police custody
- Fierce clashes in Yemen leave 2 dead despite deal
- Syria ignores Arab League deadline on observer mission
- Holiday market benefits Burlingame's 'queen of creativity'
- Key step for BART to San Jose
- Mercury News interview: John Chen, chairman, CEO of Sybase,
- California energy report says state can slash greenhouse gases by another 80 percent
- Violent start to Black Friday has shoppers shaking heads, clutching shopping bags
- Former NYT columnist, author Tom Wicker dies
- Mountain View startup PayNearMe brings e-commerce to the 'under-banked'
- Facing an uncertain economy, shoppers still swarm the malls for holiday season sales
- People update: Prosecutors want Conrad Murray sentenced to 4 years in prison
- Five years after deadly E. coli outbreak, Salinas Valley farmers struggle to rebound
- Making the right call on smartphones
- Driving school student rams through fence, crashes into Pleasant Hill house
- Funeral for fallen Danville Marine to be held Wednesday
- Alameda County property taxes due Dec. 10 to avoid late fee
- Andrew Luck: A closer look at the Stanford quarterback
- Owner to demolish fire-ravaged Berkeley building
- Architects draw up green designs for Habitat for Humanity
- Monterey County: Second, smaller quake rattles Prunedale area
- Biz Break: Late-night Black Friday sales are young shoppers' coming-out party. Plus: Stocks fall, AT&T's T-Mobile plans
- Jon Wilner: Stanford needs to mind its own business Saturday
- One shot during robbery attempt outside San Leandro Walmart
- Shoppers, eager for good deals, get an early jump on the holiday shopping season
- Live coverage: Follow the latest Black Friday news all over the Bay Area
- Gunfire at North Carolina mall in early morning of Black Friday
- Woman turns to pepper spray in Black Friday fight at WalMart, 10 injured
- 49ers notebook: Penalty nullifies big play
- Ravens end 49ers' winning streak at eight games
- Steve Corkran on the NFL: Defeat could work to San Francisco 49ers' advantage
- Gun issue represents tough politics for Obama
- Hair stylist speaks out about Romney's famous locks
- Support builds for a plan to rein in Medicare costs
- Civilian-military gap grows as fewer Americans serve
- Mark Purdy: John Harbaugh wins battle of brothers
- A new wildlife freeway between Brentwood and Tracy
- Roadshow: In an accident, get off the freeway
- Mild dust-up with police at Occupy Oakland Thanksgiving gathering
- Ruth Stone, award-winning poet, dies in Vt. at 96
- African force makes strides inside Somalia
- Egypt military rulers reject calls to step down
- Shoppers, eager for good deals, get an early jump on the holiday shopping season.
- U.S. troops celebrate last Thanksgiving in Iraq
- The giving in Thanksgiving: Spirits and bellies filled at church dining rooms
- Palo Alto council committee to pick lobbyist for high-speed rail concerns
- Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Ira Michael Heyman was a champion of diversity, civil rights
- Palestinian rivals talk, but fail to resolve rifts
- Cassidy: Black Friday is a reminder that the consumer as economic engine is sputtering
- Arab League warns Syria of sanctions deadline
- Jared Veldheer fills gap for Oakland Raiders at offensive tackle
- Online retailers offering more Black Friday deals to lure shoppers
- Turkey Trot becomes families' holiday tradition
- India to allow foreign retailers to own stores
- East Palo Alto council strengthen tenant protection law
- Menlo Park, Palo Alto relax parking regulations during holidays
- AT&T, T-Mobile temporarily withdraw bid for FCC merger approval, plan to press ahead with deal
- Santa Clara County friendliest to charter schools
- Herhold: UC Davis pepper spray incident shameful
- Witness: Killing of Hells Angels member was a mistake
- Author J.K. Rowling, actress Sienna Miller testify about media abuse
- Weather: Rain likely today, mostly cloudy tomorrow
- Gay teen murder illustrates schools' challenge
- Consumers turning to smartphones, tablets for online holiday shopping
- Obama acknowledges tough economy this Thanksgiving
- NBC apologizes to Michele Bachmann for Jimmy Fallon song choice
- Plan to add trails in San Carlos hills meets some resistance
- Cleaning up: Palo Alto Downtown Streets Team sees budget grow from $45K to nearly $1.3M, extends reach
- Attorneys may seek to postpone June election for San Mateo County supervisors pending outcome of discrimination suit
- San Jose Sharks' Antti Niemi makes 34 saves in 1-0 shutout win over Chicago Blackhawks
- Witnesses sought in Mountain View KFC robbery
- Bay Area grocery chain issues identity theft warning
- DA: ATM repairman swapped cash for photocopies in Daly City
- Registered sex offender nabbed for rape in San Jose, police say
- On recovery road
- Pizarro: How Christmas in the Park was saved
- State loses out on Race to the Top funds
- Herhold: A few things that prompt my thanks
- Thanksgiving forecast: maybe a light rain to start but a decent finish
- Time Magazine names Santa Cruz police program to predict crime one of the year's top inventions
- Fremont woman sentenced to five years for foreclosure scam
- In Egypt, chaos erupts as Tahrir Square truce fails
- Police Blotter
- Santa Cruz military family celebrates Thanksgiving
- DA: Drunk mom busted after 'The Smurfs' movie in Daly City
- Saturday low tide will show off sea life
- San Jose State football: A game for the ages between the Spartans and Fresno State happened 25 years ago
- Roadshow: Homeless man gets $525 reward
- Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising
- Russian president threatens to target U.S. missile shield
- Bahrain report: excessive force in crackdowns
- Consumer group finds more than a dozen dangerous toys on retail shelves
- Man's wallet stolen in Mountain View shopping center
- Palo Alto council to consider Adobe Creek overcrossing
- Crosswalk signs, pavement markings -- but no stop sign -- recommended at East Palo Alto intersection where girl was killed
- UC-Davis team to study deer movement on I-280
- Second Harvest needs at least 1,000 more good turkeys
- Justices pave way for possible showdown between Los Altos school district and Bullis Charter
- 'Dancing with the Stars': And the mirror ball trophy goes to ...
- College basketball: Cal gets crushed by Missouri
- NASA launching 'dream machine' to explore Mars
- Soyuz with 3 astronauts lands in Kazakhstan
- Oregon governor bans death penalty for rest of term
- Soldier faces December military hearing in WikiLeaks case
- Illegal immigrants suspected in 30 border fires in Arizona
- San Jose leaders paint grim budget picture without pension reform
- Giving thanks helps your psychological outlook
- Regulators see surge in caller ID spoofing
- At DC DMV: Driver's license, tag renewal, HIV test
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: Michael Crabtree's breakout game called 'inspiring'
- Police move in on latest Occupy Oakland protest
- Occupy campers pitch tents at foreclosed lot in West Oakland -- for now
- Merchants encourage shoppers to stay local
- San Jose city clerk says pot referendum qualifies then says 'not so fast'
- State regulators reveal 'opt-out' plan for PG&E SmartMeters
- Khmer Rouge defendant blames Vietnam for Cambodia's turmoil
- Scandal over memo forces out Pakistani ambassador to U.S.
- Pizarro: Giant Monopoly game in Cupertino to benefit Habitat for Humanity
- FCC chair opposes AT&T takeover of T-Mobile
- Understanding the American language of money
- Mt. Diablo school district estimates Clayton Valley High charter conversion could cost up to $4.2 million a year
- Gavilan basketball player dies nearly two weeks after drunken driving crash
- East Contra Costa sanitation district approves revisions to codes
- San Mateo, Foster City move forward in sharing fire services
- Injured San Jose Marine returns home to family
- Roadshow: More jobs, time change behind surge in traffic
- Homestead band to march in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
- San Jose police union president stepping down a year early
- Stanford football: Cardinal will sport whole new look against Notre Dame
- People: Authorties question reopening Natalie Wood case
- Slain kids' dad cleared to circulate drug-tax ballot measure
- Kawakami: 49ers appreciate the degree of difficulty
- As LinkedIn lockup ends, share price drops in heavy trading
- Hewlett-Packard stock falls after earnings report, then rebounds
- Solyndra unable to find a buyer, looks to sell assets separately
- Netflix stock hits lowest point in nearly two years
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 22
- Banks' debit fee actions to be reviewed by Justice Department
- Merck to pay nearly $1 billion for improper Vioxx marketing
- Silicon Valley Turkey Trot is bigger each year
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Rob Kardashian takes lead after a perfect score
- More Californians traveling this Thanksgiving, AAA survey says
- Mountain View commission questions value of shorter meeting minutes
- Redwood City's new police chief to get two pay checks starting next year
- Palo Alto council rescinds Cal Ave project decisions
- East Palo Alto looks to give more protections to some evicted tenants
- No. 3 Stanford women's basketball falls at No. 2 Connecticut
- Pizarro: Christmas in the Park has a new mascot -- with its own train
- Police Blotter
- AP: NJ cop layoffs cut arrests for minor offenses
- Supercommittee fails to reach deal; stock markets plunge
- San Francisco 49ers grades for game vs. Arizona Cardinals
- Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson ready to move on after speaking his mind to NFL on penalties
- Solar projects change looks of Bay Area schools
- No. 20 Cal basketball team routs Georgia 70-46
- San Jose State football notebook: Coaches hoping to keep Fresno State-SJSU rivalry alive
- State agency clears Alameda paramedics of wrongdoing
- Alameda County receives grant to improve financial and personal health
- Harbaugh brothers prepare for Thanksgiving battle
- Motor home death is 11th traffic fatality in Santa Clara County in 2 weeks
- Boy, 14, arrested in San Leandro armed carjackings
- School solar projects offer students hands-on opportunities to learn about green technology
- Time for Occupy leaders to step up
- People: Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has cancer
- Mt. Diablo Health Care District hires director
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 21
- Warriors rookies play the NBA waiting game
- Occupy San Jose protesters decamp but struggle on
- Former BART officer Johannes Mehserle faces federal civil trial
- Outrage mounting of UC police treatment of protesters
- Fishermen say crab won't be caught in time for Thanksgiving
- Hewlett-Packard revenue falls 3 percent; profits plunge 91 percent
- UC Davis students protest use of pepper spray
- eBay has a Hunch, buys startup for recommendation technology, NYC foothold
- Plea deal in Ventura County gay classmate killing
- Santa Clara man, 79, killed in vehicle-pedestrian collision Friday night near school
- Federal agents say 88-year-old Saratoga man's invention is being used by meth labs
- Berkeley business owners worry about fire's impact
- Hayward pot grow house discovered, man arrested
- Herhold: A trove of survival equipment from the 1950s surfaces in Sunnyvale
- Former UC Berkeley chancellor Ira Michael Heyman dies at 81
- Gilead Sciences to buy Pharmasset for $11 billion
- San Jose Sharks make it back-to-back road wins with 4-1 victory over Colorado Avalanche
- Poole: San Francisco 49ers offense continues to grow
- Moscow martial arts fans greet Putin with catcalls
- Former Santa Cruz Mayor Scott Kennedy dead at 62
- Taylor Swift wins 3 trophies at AMAs
- Roadshow: Coca-Cola trucker vs. driver merging onto the freeway
- Occupy San Jose pulls off mobile protests in city leaders' driveways
- Woman to begin Antarctic crossing, awaits weather
- Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers gearing up for the Thanksgiving
- Alameda County commission proposes ballot measure to increase sales tax for transportation
- Stanford freshmen ready for prime time when playing against Connecticut in women's basketball
- Jon Wilner on college football: Favorable results brighten Stanford's BCS outlook
- Cal football notebook: Zach Maynard continues making strides
- Political Blotter: Boxer bills would require everyone to report child abuse
- Occupy SF ralliers peaceful; police clear new Occupy Oakland camp
- AMD struggling to reinvent itself
- Transportation projects to be judged on benefits vs. costs
- Tony Stewart wins Homestead to win NASCAR championship
- Teenager stabbed near Redwood City
- Financier, philanthropist Theodore Forstmann dies at 71
- NYC mayor: Manhattan man arrrested in bomb plot
- Man struck, killed by BART train at 24th Street station in SF
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 20
- Cassidy: U.S. graduates headed for India and other high-growth markets
- Oakland Raiders hold on to beat Minnesota Vikings 27-21
- San Francisco 49ers beat Arizona Cardinals 23-7
- Tech-rich vacation home buyers head to Tahoe
- Stanford defeats Boston College in NCAA women's soccer tournament 2-0
- Occupy movements in Bay Area seek life after encampments
- Let there be light: restoration finally begins at Pigeon Point Lighthouse
- Pedestrian struck, killed by train in Union City
- Five Stanford students - an all-time record for the university- named among 32 Rhodes Scholars
- Tim Kawakami: Oakland Raiders need to play better than they look
- Officers in UC Davis pepper spray incident placed on leave
- Box office: 'Breaking Dawn' rises to $283.5M worldwide debut
- Man impaled by fishing spear rescued near Fort Ross
- Rainy weather causing some flight delays at SFO
- Oakland Raiders: Michael Bush is in line for a hefty contract after strong showing in 2011
- Poole: Stanford, Cal driven by the essence of the Big Game rivalry, not the national spotlight
- Inmates learn lessons behind the fence of Milpitas prison
- Internal Affairs: We relish the effrontery of election season
- Santa Clara men's basketball rolls past San Jose State 84-58
- Big Game: Stanford holds off Cal 31-28, keeps The Axe
- Cal Bears WR Keenan Allen returns to form
- Dan Henderson beats Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua in top match at UFC 139
- Stanford notebook: Stepfan Taylor reaches milestone rushing mark
- Sharks land atop Pacific Division with win over Dallas Stars
- Creating others' turnovers while limiting their own a big reason for the San Francisco 49ers' success
- Family of slain Vallejo police officer releases statement
- Pastor details effort to help immigrants
- Attorney General honors retiring Belmont police vet
- Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy protests a political minefield
- Santa Clara woman, 79, dies in crash on Highway 101 off-ramp
- Democrats urge Obama to protect contraceptive coverage
- Officials say 32 homes destroyed in Reno fire
- Whales in the desert: Fossil bonanza poses mystery
- USDA targets stores in food stamp trafficking
- Upscale Florida town in fight over immigrant prison
- Roadshow: We're seeing the biggest freeway cleanup effort the Bay Area has witnessed
- Deficit panel faces a rift over who ought to pay
- Danville mourns Marine killed in Afghanistan
- The quarterback who couldn't win leads 49ers to top
- Gadhafi son Seif al-Islam seized in southern Libya
- Afghan assembly endorses talks with U.S. on troops
- Kitty Corner shelter in Pleasant Hill finds homes for senior and special needs cats
- San Jose State breaks its three-game losing streak with victory over Navy
- UC Davis launches probe after pepper spray video
- Facebook's Timeline followed years of conversation
- Massive fire in Berkeley destroys four-story building with 39 apartment units, pubs and cafes
- Firefighters aided by easing winds in Reno fire
- Egypt police clash with protesters ahead of vote
- Analysis: Obama gets little pushback on Asia trip
- Herhold: Understanding the dynamics of a privately funded ballpark
- 3.9 quake hits eastern San Diego County
- Two small Occupy tent areas cleared out in San Francisco, main camp left intact by officials
- O'Brien: Is my passion for Spotify destroying the musicians I love?
- Mercury News interview: John Donovan, chief technology officer, AT&T
- Hayashi's political career, legacy in jeopardy with charges looming
- Treacherous Devil's Slide will transform into family-friendly park
- Tough choices ahead in filling San Carlos school board vacancies
- Local authors capture history of Woodside in new book
- Officials: Ruling doesn't kill Cal Ave project
- Firefighters battle four-alarm blaze in Berkeley
- Google hosts event for robots, students
- Mountain View opens new neighborhood park
- Palo Alto firefighters extinguish dryer fire
- Pizarro: San Jose barber puts a vintage touch on haircuts
- Synthetic ice rink opens in Redwood City
- Marine from Danville dies in Afghanistan
- San Jose: Officials deem fire at abandoned Victorian home suspicious
- Solving Navy's triple option is San Jose State's task
- San Jose Sharks notebook: Dallas Stars' fast start is no surprise to Sharks
- Exotic Erotic Ball promoter ordered to settle bill with Missing Persons band
- BOOM! Navy jets to shatter ear drums in San Jose Saturday
- National Guardsman from San Jose, 21, killed in Afghanistan
- Parking changes could confuse people flying out of San Jose airport
- IBM's Watson trumps Cal, Stanford in pre-Big Game showdown
- Family Finance: 3 ways to get cash before the holidays
- Wolverton: Nook Tablet doesn't light my Fire
- Jury weighing charges in 1978 deaths of 5 NJ teens
- U.S. uses cyberspace to rebut extremists' messages
- Treacherous Devil's Slide will transform into family friendly park
- Ai Weiwei makes tax battle a 'social performance'
- Return of 'horrific' winds could whip up Reno fire
- Star-studded sendoff at Heavy D funeral service
- Walnut Creek taxi cab drivers not allowed to park on street
- No looking back for Stanford as the Cardinal moves ahead to the Big Game
- San Lorenzo woman suffers minor injuries in fire
- Police: Driver in fatal San Bruno crash was drunk
- Cain: Taliban 'going to be part of the government' in Libya
- Pope steps down as chairman of Sierra Club
- FDA yanks approval of Avastin for treating breast cancer
- 14 arrested in anti-Wall Street protests at UCLA
- Bay Area continued to add jobs in October
- Cal football: Bears hoping to run away with a win
- Biz Break: Analysts tear into Amazon (in a good way)
- People update: Ryan Seacrest sued over new reality TV
- Antioch, police officers union back at bargaining table
- Bonny Zanardi: Exhibit offers a new twist on dots
- Builders' permit requests to put up apartments soar
- PayPal introduces Facebook app that allows free cash transfers, including with ecards
- Atherton's police chief is now its manager too
- Palo Alto picks new city auditor
- Final election tally puts Martinez, not Rumley, on Sequoia school board
- PG&E's refusal to pressure-test flawed gas line irks Palo Alto council member
- Will Mountain View school district voters buy into bond measure?
- San Jose Sharks roll over Detroit Red Wings 5-2
- Occupy movements in Bay Area regroup after raids
- Stanford women: Cardinal routs Old Dominion 97-48
- Most school districts won't shorten school year, but worry about future
- The Big Game: A look back at Cal's upset win in 1970
- Judge won't issue restraining order against Oakland Police
- Union workers embrace Occupy mantra in San Jose march
- Vallejo cop shot and killed while pursuing bank robbery suspects
- Jammed lavatory door on flight sparks terror scare
- Europe fears contagion in debt market turmoil
- Syria's president still has bulwark against foes
- Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama
- Man set himself on fire in Tiananmen Square
- Suspect wanted in 2001 bombing that killed San Jose student is arrested in Venezuela
- White House threatens veto over detainee policy
- Faculty strike at Cal State East Bay shuts campus, frustrates some students
- House sets Friday vote on balanced budget proposal
- Occupy protesters march nationwide; 200 arrested
- San Jose again wins title for Thanksgiving holiday's loneliest airport
- Bay Area Occupy Blog: Talk of imminent Occupy SF raid
- Is economy best birth control? U.S. births dip again
- The oldest old: Reaching 90 more likely than ever
- Family of slain nursing student forms group to assist in other missing person cases
- Cassidy: Jim Williams' Linear Technology bench captures his life and Silicon Valley
- People: Justin Bieber's accuser hits new setback
- Roadshow: Homeless man helps nab graffiti vandal
- Supreme Court rules Prop 8 supporters can defend the law
- Hicks: Demi Moore ending marriage to Ashton Kutcher
- Yelp files to go public in $100 million offering
- Hayward women, elderly Pittsburg man indicted on drug charges
- Consumer-reviews website Angie's List gets good review from Wall Street with IPO
- GE to hire 400 engineers for software hub in San Ramon
- Faculty strike at Cal State East Bay expected to draw outside support
- Black Friday midnight openings becoming more common as stores compete for shoppers
- Smucker recalls jars of chunky peanut butter
- Pent-up demand brings customers to car dealerships
- Oil hits $100 a barrel for first time in months
- Government closes mortgage scams tied to Google
- Nook Tablet released early, available for in-store pickup today
- Bay Area Occupy Blog: Cal camp peaceful after tent removed in surprise morning raid
- Wal-Mart ready to settle Netflix case for $27.5 million
- Landmark antitrust verdict goes against Rambus, sending stock spiraling down
- Google Music will offer downloadable music
- Upper-end home sales sag in Bay Area
- Facebook says it's halted most graphic spam
- San Jose police officer fired for mishandling sex cases gets her badge back
- Bay Area Occupy Blog: Occupy San Jose campers say they are going to be raided
- Final report from federal probe into fatal East Palo Alto plane crash due today
- Mountain View frees up $15 million for three affordable housing projects
- Ruth Spangenberg, longtime Palo Altan, dead at 92
- Menlo Park council passes contract despite outcry over paid time off provisions
- County methadone clinic to to be run by private group
- Former PTA president to step in as interim trustee for Los Altos school board
- County board approves three Rocketship charter schools
- Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy Oakland joins Berkeley movement
- California Supreme Court to decide Proposition 8 issue Thursday
- Millbrae votes to outsource police services
- Odd details emerge in case of missing Washington boy
- San Jose State football: Visit by Navy creating a buzz
- Democrats, Republicans far apart on deficit deal
- Leatherback turtle protections delayed
- Wilner: Rivalry game dates soon to be all over map?
- Women more likely to have 'broken heart syndrome'
- Occupy rally in Antioch to focus on banking practices
- Syria faces army defectors, worldwide isolation
- Policy and politics collide as Obama enters campaign mode
- CSU trustees approve tuition hike amid protest
- Upper-end home sales sag in Bay Area
- UC student shot, killed by cops was motivational speaker, security guard
- Karzai wants pact with U.S. but says raids must end
- Still no agreement on Dungeness crab prices, delay continues
- Google Music will offer downloadable music with free storage and streaming, and allow social sharing of songs
- Stockton boy dies following dental surgery at Oakland Children's Hospital
- San Leandro theater owner claims sheriff's investigators beat him
- Santa Clara County sheriff stays on state standards, training board
- BART may look at buses instead of trains to extend late night service
- People: Justin Bieber paternity suit dropped
- Landmark antitrust verdict goes against Rambus, sending stock spiraling down
- Live Blog: SF occupiers evict troublemakers
- San Jose: Trailer park residents, management clash over living conditions
- O'Brien: How Minecraft is taking over the world
- Police shoot armed man at UC Berkeley's business school
- San Jose City Council adopts 15 mph speed zones near schools
- Judge throws out Palo Alto fire union challenge to ballot measure
- District sets sights on state high court to resolve Bullis disagreements
- Redwood City chooses San Jose captain to be new police chief
- San Mateo County supervisors approve plan that increases density in North Fair Oaks
- Under seige from coast to coast, Occupy camps now losing battles in court
- San Mateo County's former county manager, John Maltbie, to return to job
- Housekeeper reports sexual assault at Mountain View motel
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Hope out of the game
- Stanford basketball: Cardinal rallies to reach semifinals of NIT Season Tip-Off
- San Jose council seeks way to save camp
- Roadshow: What's up with mounting traffic delays?
- No. 23 Cal Bears breeze past Austin Peay
- Local crab fishermen hold out for better prices
- Occupy Cal protesters vote to pitch tents
- Oakland parcel tax defeated in mail-in election
- Santa Clara approves $10 million prep work for 49ers stadium
- Middle-class areas shrink as income gap grows, report finds
- San Francisco 49ers: Former star Brent Jones thrilled that S.F. is back on top
- Woman gets N-word off creek in Nevada County
- Rocketship's plans for new charter schools face barriers
- Solyndra held off announcing layoffs until after 2010 mid-term elections
- O'Brien: How Minecraft is taking over the world
- Police shoot armed man at UC Berkeley's business school
- Penn State: Sandusky interview could haunt him; McQueary email indicates he talked to cops
- Lawyer skips contempt hearing in Jackson case
- Longtime city planner Marc Roberts will be Livermore's new city manager
- TTI Study: California roads top fuel-waste list
- Live Blog: Shooting reported at UC Berkeley
- People: Patti LaBelle sued for hurling water at toddler
- Santa Clara Valley Water District OKs adding fluoride to its drinking water
- Family donates $100K to fix old Tahoe mansion
- Brentwood opens revitalized downtown for business
- Antioch senior housing project gets go-ahead from council
- High doses of statins help unclog arteries, study finds
- Local crab fishermen hold out for better prices
- Afghan conference of elders to discuss U.S. role
- San Lorenzo parolee arrested on suspicion of gun possession
- CHP seeks tips in San Ramon woman's death on I-680
- Syrian soldiers killed as crisis accelerates
- Oakland apartment fire injures one resident, forces evacuation of others
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 15
- San Jose police say woman has stolen gold necklaces from little girls
- Man found dead following suicidal threats from Pleasant Hill home
- Previously conjoined twins set to go home
- Google says Gmail and Google+ are keys to its strategy on the cloud
- NYPD clears park of Occupy Wall St. protesters
- Wolverton: New Kindle Fire delivers on promises but still disappoints
- San Mateo County supervisors to consider new massage ordinance
- Palo Alto council takes step toward officially opposing high-speed rail project
- 'Disappointed' in AT&T cell tower plans, San Carlos council sides with residents
- Menlo Park council to consider new contract with supervisors
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Ricki Lake aces samba in semifinals
- Wall Street protesters ousted from Zuccotti Park
- Stanford basketball team beats Fresno State 75-59 in NIT Season Tip-Off opener
- Wall Street protesters ousted from Zuccotti Park
- San Mateo County may ditch costly methadone clinic
- Supreme Court to hear challenge to health overhaul
- Geron to halt stem-cell work
- Deep-chilling trauma patients to try to save them
- As California governor, Brown disdains fundraising -- so far
- San Jose State holds off UC Irvine for first men's basketball win of season
- Commercial Dungeness crab season kicks off
- Jerry Sandusky proclaims innocence in NBC interview
- Cash-strapped Millbrae slated to decide on police outsourcing
- New film features long-lost Steve Jobs interview
- UC Regents cancel meeting citing potential danger
- Walnut Creek task force recommends half-cent sales tax increase
- Santa Clara University: Hacker changed grades of 60 students
- No tunnel likely for bullet train through San Jose
- People update: Michael Jackson was on Propofol in 1999, manager says
- Herhold: A trove of survival equipment from the 1950s surfaces in Sunnyvale
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 14
- Linton Johnson out as BART spokesman
- Slideshow: Staff pictures of the week
- Mayor Jean Quan's chief legal adviser resigns
- Pizarro: Momentum for Mental Health working to erase stigma of mental illness
- Heavy heart hasn't waned for Sharks' Handzus
- Stanford football team limps into Big Game week
- Warren Buffett makes rare tech venture, buys more than 5 percent of IBM
- Geron to halt stem-cell work
- Former Giants payroll manager pleads guilty to embezzling $2.2 million
- Apple launches iTunes Match for $25 a year
- CSU proposes 9 percent fee increase
- Technician with history of falsifying safety tests fired from Bay Bridge project
- Chrysler van comes fully loaded -- cocaine included
- Occupy Oakland protesters brace for early morning raid
- Occupy Oakland Live Blog: Police surround camp
- Gingrich resurgent, but will it last?
- Paraglider dies in crash at South Bay park
- Mark Purdy: You can't underestimate these 49ers anymore
- Tim Kawakami: 49ers' Justin Smith closes out another game
- Panel seeks way to reach a deal on tax increase
- Saint Mary's Matthew Dellavedova hopes hard work in summer pays off
- Cal basketball: Bears rout George Washington 81-54
- Volunteer project turns sidewalk utility boxes in San Jose into public art
- Excited South Bay Portuguese community lights up for visit of Portugal's leader
- Roadshow: New Interstate 580-Highway 84 interchange to open Wednesday
- BART likely to wait on parcel tax for new train cars
- Brentwood looks to preserve more agricultural land
- Leaders: Asia-Pacific free trade vital to recovery
- Arizona recall vote energizes Democrats
- Political Blotter: DiFi's DOMA repeal advances
- Man killed at Occupy Oakland camp identified
- Police occupy Brazilian slum ahead of Olympics
- States weighing pros, cons of utility smart meters
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 13
- Gingrich resurgent, but will it last?
- Silicon Valley 101 for Stanford class of international scholars
- Big rig driver likely fell asleep at wheel before Hwy 101 crash near Menlo Park
- San Francisco 49ers rally to beat New York Giants 27-20
- Nneka Ogwumike leads Stanford Cardinal to 76-61 victory over Gonzaga
- Oakland to open homeless shelter early as speculation of Occupy crackdown grows
- St. Louis Cardinals set to hire former Giants catcher Mike Matheny as manager
- Saturday night shooting in East Palo Alto detected on crime-fighting sensors
- Utah mayor apologizes to Carmel Valley man over photo misuse
- Despite title, Supreme Court not always last word
- Police move in on Oregon park, Occupy Portland protesters remain
- Aptos man jailed after 72 pounds of pot seized in Illinois traffic stop
- 'Immortals' reigns with $32M box office opening weekend
- Oscar's tumultuous week ends with Governors Awards
- 3 hurt, several homes burn in Chicago house explosion
- Obama caps Pacific Rim summit diplomacy in Hawaii
- British officials defend Prince William's deployment to Falklands
- Senator warns of layaway plans' hidden costs
- Cassidy: CNN's Silicon Valley documentary has many talking about whether race matters
- Bachmann insists waterboarding be restored
- Report: Questions raised on new Bay Bridge safety test
- IPOs give companies instant wealth but lots of headaches
- Antioch, Rodeo men arrested in Vallejo shooting
- Syrians protest Arab vote; embassies attacked
- Herhold: Mr. Khosla, tear down that gate
- San Jose Sharks are blanked by Phoenix Coyotes
- Students take a novel approach
- Mainstream banks also offer payday-style loans
- San Francisco 49ers vs. New York Giants expected to provide rare playoff atmosphere at Candlestick Park
- Kawakami: Oregon's speed kills Stanford's hope for a dream season
- Cal becomes bowl eligible by hitting six-win mark with victory over Oregon State
- Internal Affairs: Is there a tacit agreement to bring the A's to San Jose?
- Stanford Cardinal blown out by Oregon Ducks 53-30
- Oakland Effect: Homicide near Occupy Oakland a reality check for some
- South Koreans have no dog in this hunt
- Heartbreaking 34-33 loss at Utah State ends San Jose State Spartans' bowl hopes
- Michigan Arab-American center head mistakenly jailed
- Roadshow: From motorcyclists to bicyclists, a plea for sanity
- Call to occupy Iowa caucuses draws little interest
- Film on Lejeune water comes home to where it began
- Many paid a price for a profitable Romney deal
- GOP contenders argue on Afghanistan, Iran, torture
- Police: Occupy San Francisco protesters attack officers
- Masked robber fires shot, flees from San Jose liquor store
- A buoyed health care law reaches Supreme Court
- Richmond: Evacuation over, repairs being made to ruptured gas line
- Feds use more unmanned aircraft to secure border
- Obama policy on deportation is unevenly applied
- Santa Clara to OK $10 million pre-construction for stadium
- A quick pick by the pooch could mean millions
- Clayton baby arrives at 11:11 p.m. on 11/11/11
- Mexican democracy tested by drug lords in politics
- Obama sees economic power of Asia-Pacific region
- Microlending takes off in the Bay Area; small businesses reap the rewards
- Devastation at Japan site, seen up close
- Arab League votes to suspend Syria over killings
- End of an era: Italy's Berlusconi resigns
- Bicyclist suffers major injuries in Union City hit-and-run
- Stanford 'College GameDay' branded a success, Corso says Oregon will lose
- Police hand out another round of Occupy Oakland evictions
- Pizarro: 'American Idol' stars will help light up Santana Row
- End of an era: Berlusconi resigns
- Judge: Morgan Hill school could order removal of flag clothes
- Walnut Creek: Petaluma man arrested for allegedly trying to burglarize home
- Feds use more unmanned aircraft to secure border
- Ex-porn star reading to LA students causes stir
- Richmond: Immediate evacuation ordered after gas line ruptures
- Troops and hoops for Obama, on a Navy warship
- Apple woos educators with trips to Silicon Valley
- Quickness the factor behind the Sharks' hot streak
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Dominant ground game against Chargers altered coach Hue Jackson's game plan
- Oakland police issue evictions notices at Occupy Oakland
- FPPC fines cemetery trustee $13,000
- Stanford's David Shaw channels wisdom learned from Bill Walsh
- San Mateo County supes to consider urgency ordinance for Stanford Weekend Acres
- Environmental nonprofit plants 11 trees at Palo Alto VA on Veterans Day
- Los Altos street project stalls
- San Mateo County's Flood Park set to reopen
- Md. college books 'cruise' for dormless students
- Georgia, or most of it, ends Sunday ban on alcohol sales
- Teachers, facing low salaries, opt to moonlight
- Soy diet is cruel and unusual, Florida inmate claims
- Report details initial chaos at stricken Japan nuclear plant
- Change in pipeline plan could present new problems
- Pennsylvania hunting and fracking vie for state lands
- European turmoil could slow U.S. recovery
- Twitter prayers, and traditional ones, for Gilroy basketball player in car crash
- Mexico's top Cabinet secretary dies in crash
- Perry, Cain, manage crises with humor, defiance
- Live Blog: Eviction notices at Occupy Oakland distributed
- Doctors: Test all kids for cholesterol by age 11
- Motorist found dead down embankment at Mt. Diablo State Park
- Faith group asks for help to fight foreclosures at Antioch town hall
- Judge dismisses school districts' effort to recover $20 million from county
- New 'Call of Duty' video game breaks sales records
- Alcatraz will have a giant white tower
- San Francisco Examiner sold to Black Press Group
- IAEA shows Iran nuke program intel to 35 nations
- PG&E to retest pipe segment in Woodside
- Syria takes bloody new turn; 250 killed in 11 days
- After further review, no further Revues: Logitech killing off Google TV set-top box
- Obama on Veterans Day: Arlington, then San Diego
- Families honor war veterans
- AC Transit holds hearing on cutting Dumbarton express service
- Morgan Hill residents alarmed by proposal to build soccer field complex in 'greenbelt'
- People update: George Clooney contemplated suicide
- Baby girl born at 11:11 a.m. today at Kaiser San Jose
- Basketball game aboard carrier lets Navy take the spotlight
- Fire season ends with fewer acres lost
- Police union pleads for Occupy Oakland to disband as authorities investigate homicide near camp
- San Jose police hunt for armed kidnapper; victim found unharmed
- Man shot and killed near Occupy Oakland
- Judge: Bullet train must ax route through South Bay, Peninsula, for now
- Killer sentenced to 31 years to life for slaying of San Jose hairdresser
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley company's technology is interesting but it's no Dickie Smothers
- Woman trapped in car in Antioch after hitting fire hydrant, utility pole
- Sale of 1,812 East Palo Alto apartments to one landlord almost complete
- Palo Alto ponders alternatives to vehicle habitation ban
- Los Altos woman accused of stabbing husband denied bail
- State denies Woodside residents' petition to can transfer out of Redwood City School District
- Mountain View school district considers shuffling students around
- Trade winds continue to favor San Jose Sharks in win over Minnesota Wild
- Monte Poole: Raiders defense rises to the occasion
- Oakland Raiders fend off San Diego Chargers, move into first place in AFC West
- Live Blog: People gather for candlelight vigil
- Quan's lack of leadership attacked
- Veterans march planned Friday in support of wounded Occupy protesters
- Drummond: City and Occupy Oakland on collision course
- Peace march on Saturday in Morgan Hill for slain 14-year-old girl
- Supreme Court considers challenge to state move dissolving redevelopment agencies
- Santa Clara County taps new elections chief
- Pizarro: It must be Kristi Yamaguchi month in San Jose
- APNewsBreak: New advice on kids' cholesterol tests
- Belmont clerk retains seat
- Four found dead in Pittsburg home in shooting and apparent suicide, police say
- Administration delays pipeline decision past 2012 election
- Contra Costa poised to impose daytime curfew on school-age children
- Senate approves jobs benefits for veterans
- Parking lot at John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez to close for repairs
- Nixon shed no light on tape gap to grand jury
- One shot near Occupy Oakland
- Family members of WWII veterans share legacies
- UC-Santa Cruz astronomers discover pristine gas - cloudy relics of The Big Bang
- UC Berkeley police defend Occupy crackdown, say tents won't be tolerated
- Balloon causes power outage in San Leandro
- Martinez eyes ways to breathe life into its ailing downtown
- Facebook nearing settlement with FTC over privacy concerns
- Apple Store gets new neighbor: Microsoft
- Suspect in 1968 South San Francisco police gun battle turns self in
- 5 dead in copter crash on Hawaii's Molokai island
- Second suspect arrested in botched burglary at Brentwood home of off-duty cop
- Google buys two Bay Area startups -- Katango and Apture
- HP developing 3D technology
- Prospect of online sales tax grows
- Unemployment, trade numbers show improving U.S. economy
- As early Kindle Fire demand exceeds iPad, Amazon reportedly increases order again
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley company's technology is interesting but it's no Dickie Smothers
- 3 San Francisco cops suffer minor injuries after car collides with pole
- City and statewide officials say curbs are needed on the payday lending industry
- Trick-or-treaters stop by Steve Jobs' home
- San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to consider extending Stanford's offer of $8.4M for Alpine Road trail improvements
- Payday lenders may get rude welcome to East Palo Alto
- San Mateo County supervisors to consider plan to significantly increase development in North Fair Oaks
- Car hits, injures three bicyclists in Palo Alto
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Ghosts and goblins a Go Go
- Bullet train project nearly triples in cost -- $98.5 billion -- from earlier projections
- Doctors find defendant in 2004 San Carlos murder fit for trial
- Report finds shortened school calendars hurting underprivileged students
- Latest pot club application is 11th denied in San Mateo County
- Jackie Speier tries living on food-stamp budget
- Occupy Oakland, police taking different approaches to public safety at upcoming strike
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Tim Tebow will start for Denver Broncos on Sunday in Oakland
- Cal football: Backup quarterback Allan Bridgford says he will be ready if called upon
- College football: Cal gets passing grade, and no A for Stanford
- San Jose State football: Turnovers are result of not being able to run the ball
- Stanford's Zach Ertz out at least 2 weeks
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: Team helping S.F. become a 'football town' once again
- Raucous trial is a test of Haiti's legal system
- Syria accused of kidnapping 4 dissidents in Lebanon
- Parolee's passenger killed in Pittsburg chase
- City and statewide officials say curbs are needed on the payday lending industry
- Oakland A's: Home run leader Willingham unlikely to return
- Man arrested after teen robbed in downtown Santa Cruz
- Martinez city manager has gone three years without a review
- City and statewide officials say curbs are needed on the payday lending industry
- Fears of potentially hazardous containers close two Port of Oakland terminals
- Stanford surgeons prepare long, delicate procedure to separate conjoined San Jose twins
- Pregnant mom says sandwich arrest was 'horrifying'
- Saint Mary's College not selected as 2012 presidential debate site
- Solyndra assets to be auctioned off this week
- People: Jessica Simpson confirms she's pregnant
- Apple's iPhone 4S runs out of power too soon, users say
- Shortened school year shortchanges students, report says
- Murder charges leveled against suspects in Concord slaying
- Monte Poole: Loyalty a common thread throughout Tony La Russa's managerial career
- Jobs fair for Taiwan-based companies slated for Saturday
- Jackie Speier tries living on food-stamp budget
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 31
- The Who's Pete Townshend: iTunes a 'digital vampire' for musicians
- Home video business gains, Netflix rate hike may have helped
- Kawakami: Plenty of time for 49ers' plot to thicken
- Herhold: Adding a little steel to San Jose's building practices
- Earnings reports lead to bullish stock predictions
- Tennessee agrees to stop arresting Occupy protesters
- Charles T. Horngren, developer of modern management accounting, dead at 84 .
- Kid's costume too racy for Halloween? What's a parent to do?
- San Jose's updated general plan emphasizes 'smart growth,' healthier communities
- 7 billion and counting: Earth's population odometer turns over Monday
- Kawakami: 49ers open up bag of tricks
- Ex-firefighter brings "church in a bar" to San Jose
- Mark Purdy: Patience pays off for 49ers' Gore
- Occupy San Jose squabbles publicly - settles down, establishes order
- Santa Clara County prosecutor by day, Transformer by night -- Halloween costume wins Las Vegas contest
- Roadshow: Removing lanes on El Camino draws support
- Honduras becomes Western Hemisphere cocaine hub
- Pakistan agents part of U.S. push for peace talks
- Mexico: Video threatens to disclose Zetas allies
- California's bullet train gamble begins: $9 billion now on the line
- Perry to GOP: I could handle Obama in debate
- October surprise snow cuts power to millions in Northeast
- Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real
- Hamas caught in bind as Gaza violence heats up
- Monterey surfer, bitten by shark, is alive and - say doctors - a very lucky man.
- Hometown Hero: The healing game
- Giants re-sign Javier Lopez to two-year contract, pick up Jeremy Affeldt's option
- Frank Gore becomes No. 2 on San Francisco 49ers all-time rushing list
- San Francisco 49ers beat Cleveland Browns to extend record to 6-1
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Pleasant Hill approves five-year contract with employees
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 30
- Consumed by payday loans: State legislators offer haven for lenders deemed 'predatory'
- 3 million without power as October snow surprises Northeast
- Phoenix flight attendant found dead in Mexico City
- Stanford Cardinal celebrating victory for the ages
- Occupy Oakland regroups following late-night march
- Yosemite river plan could limit visitor access
- 'Puss in Boots' tops box office with $34 million opening
- Man shot in the leg while driving in East Palo Alto
- San Jose Sharks look continue streak against New York Rangers
- Richmond police investigating trio of Saturday shootings
- Car accident left 3,500 without power in Santa Clara County
- Aussie court ends Qantas strike, fleet grounding
- Review: 'Totem' one of the most magical Cirque du Soleil productions in years
- O'Brien: Where things went wrong on the road to the video revolution
- Oakland Raiders at the break: What's needed to make the playoffs
- Poole: Andrew Luck responds when Stanford needs it most
- San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns a matchup of West Coast offenses
- Funeral held for Hells Angel killed at fellow biker's burial begins
- Herhold: City Hall not perfect, but I like it
- Sikhs stage martial arts battle at new temple in San Jose
- Peter Douglas, longtime champion of the coast, hands over power
- Internal Affairs: Steve Jobs' menu choices vetoed by White House
- Protesters' confrontation with police ends peacefully
- Andrew Luck helps Stanford Cardinal stay unbeaten with 3-overtime thriller over USC
- Cal Bears inept on offense in loss to UCLA
- Crowded Foster City council field heads down the home stretch
- Gun group sues San Mateo County over firearm ban in parks
- Speier to try living on food stamp budget
- San Mateo County college district goes for third big bond in a decad
- San Jose Sharks update: New York Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov was looking forward to facing his former team
- Obamas hand out Halloween treats at White House
- San Jose Sharks stay perfect on trip
- Portola Art Gallery exhibit features gardens
- Menlo School students move on in national scholarship contest
- Clock this: UK may consider time zone switch
- Sugarland sings of healing at site of fair stage collapse
- Mistakes cost San Jose State in 38-28 loss at Louisiana Tech
- Local girl scout volunteers unhappy with potential closure of Lafayette camp
- Pizarro: Community leaders put some effort into pumpkin fundraiser
- Funeral for Hells Angel killed at fellow biker's burial begins
- Fake Halloween spider web snags live screech owl in San Rafael
- Occupy Oakland sees rapid growth and changes
- Live blog: Michael Moore crosses the Bay, visits Occupy SF
- Early, wet snowfall pelts East Coast, cuts power to 1.7 million
- Walnut Creek's long term financial outlook shows modest recovery
- Audit drafts should have been retained
- Obama cites income gap to push stalled jobs bill
- Addiction doctors restate anti-marijuana stance
- SF DA loses appeal over police DNA lab memo
- Late for work, Miami police officer accused of going 120 mph
- Help for college debt coming, but not soon enough for some
- Palo Alto: Police searching for 18-year-old in armed robbery
- Fishermen net bag stashed with 11 million yen off Japan coast
- San Jose: Man robs business at gunpoint
- San Francisco: Surveillance footage from from Union Square restaurant may help capture thieves
- Sin City coroner inks deal for Discovery episodes
- Obama's team banks on his 'regular guy' appeal
- Jon Wilner on college football: Plenty at stake for Cal, Stanford in Los Angeles
- Marine Sgt. Stephen Dunning, of Milpitas, killed disarming bomb in Afghanistan
- Help for college debt coming, but not soon enough for some
- HP praises computer division but analysts raise concerns
- Du Bois top fundraiser in Sequoia school board race with $18,132
- Nightmare on Bush Street: Mountain View house transformed into DC Cemetery for 20th year
- Occupy Wall Street lands on Broadway in Redwood City
- Zumot receives 33 years to life
- Police identify suspect in Oct. 20 robbery near downtown Palo Alto
- World Series: St. Louis Cardinals complete comeback with win over Texas Rangers
- Occupy San Jose protest remains quiet and small while Oakland roars and shines
- FBI: Peninsula, South Bay men rigged foreclosure auctions
- Cal basketball: Coach Mike Montgomery says he's cancer-free after surgery
- Occupy Oakland: Tents return as documentary filmmaker Michael Moore energizes protesters
- Oakland mayor under siege from all sides
- Mixed bag at Pacifica Spindrift Players' production of 'Arsenic and Old Lace'
- Gunman attacks U.S. Embassy in Bosnia
- Higgins to win Irish presidency as rival concedes
- Bangkok flood defenses set for their biggest test
- NBA: Labor talks break down again; games through Nov. 30 canceled
- Mercury News interview: Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
- Former Hercules finance chief hired in Calistoga
- WWII battleship USS Iowa begins voyage from San Francisco Bay
- Live Blog: Teachers at one Oakland school will join boycott
- Delta contract dispute forces feds to back down
- Contra Costa school threats were part of personal revenge scheme, police say
- Annual Bay Area Science Festival starts Saturday
- Facebook gets 'hacky' in its new home
- Road closure helps spare the newts in Tilden Park
- Bias against blacks prevalent in Richmond housing
- People: Queen me -- U.K. rewriting rules of throne succession
- Activists submit nearly 50,000 signatures to repeal San Jose's pot law
- Concord employees' health care contributions to double
- Man burned in Antioch home fire likely sparked by cigarette
- HP praises computer division but analysts raise concerns
- Google TV upgrades software as Apple TV rumors spread
- Apple's new Siri could get you into hot water behind the wheel
- Chevron's profit doubles and revenue jumps, but oil production slips
- Former Silicon Valley exec and wife shot and killed in Oregon
- Yahoo, while losing ground in the online ad market, still has a lot of value, experts say
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 28
- Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi charged with felony shoplifting
- Oakland has become epicenter of Occupy movement
- Bay Bridge gets last deck segment for new suspension span
- Occupy Oakland: Officials shift into damage control
- Hewlett-Packard rejects plan to spin off PC business
- Squirmy toddler? There's an app for that
- San Francisco 49ers' Ted Ginn Jr. followed his father's path
- Stanford offense is built around its running game
- Campaign coffers for, against Palo Alto composting facility proposal grow
- State tells San Mateo County not to bother applying for jail construction funds
- Palo Alto public safety unions raise $71K to fight Measure D
- Appellate court backs Bullis; judges say Los Altos School District didn't meet obligation
- Pierce top fundraiser for Redwood City council election
- Mountain View firefighters extinguish apartment fire caused by microwave
- Space monsters welcome at Mountain View's annual Halloween bash
- World Series: St. Louis Cardinals force Game 7 with dramatic win
- Five friends from Greensboro, N.C., find their way to Cal for football
- Challenger takes on Burlingame mayor, vice mayor
- Six candidates vie for three seats on Millbrae City Council
- Occupy Oakland makes plans for citywide general strike
- San Jose Sharks dismiss relevance of recent success against Detroit Red Wings
- Harbaugh leads 49ers' charge from the depths
- Bay Area clothiers Levi's and Gap strive to dress Asians in American-fusion fashions
- San Jose Earthquakes: Team makes inroads with fans, plans to 'strive to be best' on field
- Contra Costa spends millions to settle claims
- Innocent driver killed in Concord chase was headed home to Arizona, relative says
- FDA ties newer birth control drugs to blood clots
- Europe deal, GDP growth fuel market spike
- Roadshow: Faster service may be coming to Caltrain
- Israeli-Egyptian swap highlights brittle ties
- Bay Area News Group announces it will retain East Bay mastheads
- Bay Area News Group to collaborate with the public in new Community Media Labs
- Electronic Arts tops Wall Street expectations
- Slapping at Syria, Turkey shelters anti-Assad fighters
- Candy is dandy - especially in San Jose where Trick or Treating is 6th best in U.S..
- New director named for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
- Brown's own allies are his biggest foes in pension fight
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 27
- HP to hold onto personal-computer division
- BART board postpones vote on cellphone blackout policy
- Man found shot to death in Bay Point
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu to testify at Solyndra hearings
- Live Blog: Occupy Oakland fence `sculpture' getting buzz
- Cassidy: A man's IMSAI 8080 provides a vision of the past
- Monte Poole: Terrell Owens comes full circle, sadly
- Europe deal, GDP growth fuel market spike
- Redbox to raise rates for renting DVDs
- California public sites among those targeted for solar development
- AMD's profits, forecasts exceed projections, share price jumps
- San Jose releases details on sale of downtown land to Oakland A's
- Parents of 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
- More than 1,000 Occupy SF protesters await clash with police
- Palo Alto names new CIO
- Parking issue settled with proposed Los Altos Safeway renovation
- Los Altos specialty markets saved from bankruptcy
- Palo Alto developer wants an up-or-down vote on controversial project
- Palo Alto school board eyes uses for new land acquisition
- Suspect in East Palo Alto homicide extradited to Colorado to face murder charges there
- Compromise in sight for Woodside residents, Mounted Patrol
- NBA: Marathon session results in progress toward ending lockout
- Occupy Oakland protesters return downtown to claim Frank Ogawa Plaza
- San Jose Sharks notebook: Broken sticks cause all kinds of trouble
- Police: Skyline College sex assault suspect has tattoo or scar on neck
- Mavericks movie shooting in San Mateo on Thursday, streets to close
- Panel approves petition to revise borders involving four school districts in San Mateo County
- Burlingame man runs to honor dead father's wish
- Antioch woman gets prison, $6.1 million bill for San Carlos embezzlement
- San Francisco 49ers' Braylon Edwards practices again, but he might not play on Sunday
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: Frank Gore 110 yards away from becoming the team's No. 2 all-time rusher
- Protecting the desert tortoise
- Fans can interact West Coast Conference men's basketball coaches Thursday
- Jobs biographer: 'I have a strong emotional respect for Steve'
- Live Blog: City workers remove metal barriers at Frank Ogawa Plaza
- Graphic message in letter prompts early dismissal for some Martinez schools
- Nokia introduces first Windows smartphones, seeks to fight Apple, Android
- Herhold: Code Pink: A middle school's rejection
- Golden State Warriors: New coaching starting to prepare for when lockout ends
- People: Kim Kardashian's marriage might already be on the rocks
- Brown must show he's serious about pension reform
- Iraq veteran in critical condition after getting hit with police projectile during Occupy Oakland demonstration
- 5-year-old backs car onto Ohio street, calls 911
- Huge solar power plants are blooming in California's southern deserts
- Oakley council rescinds controversial housing perk for city manager
- San Jose State football: Talented receivers responsible for much of the improvement
- Report: Industry decides food ingredient safety
- Report: Hewlett-Packard servers to rely on ARM, hurting Intel
- California's cleantech leadership faces competition
- Google hopes deal with genomics company will make it easier for scientists to manage flood of DNA data
- Wall Street moves up despite Amazon's fall
- Google shopping spree: 27 companies for $500 million in three months
- Tim Kawakami: This Stanford team is built to win the big games
- Science profession lacks Latinos, Native Americans
- Denver gets first snow as Obama visits
- Whitman gives $10 million to Teach For America
- San Jose cops shouldn't have shot man with toy gun, suspect's relatives say
- San Jose Sharks beat Nashville Predators behind two goals from Joe Pavelski
- Look for a holidays ice rink in downtown Redwood City next month
- San Carlos school board candidates tackle modern-day education, modernized schools
- Your day in court in San Mateo County may not come for a long time due to state budget cuts
- San Carlos may replace 'unsightly' signs with flashier message boards
- Man killed in vehicle collision at Fry's parking lot in Palo Alto
- California attorney general goes after questionable 'biodegradable plastic' bottles
- San Francisco 49ers: Linebacker NaVorro Bowman makes a sudden impact
- Ousted protesters marching back to Frank Ogawa Plaza
- Victim's advocate targets prosecutor for failing to convict former psychiatrist accused of molesting patients
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Chaz, we ain't got you, babe
- Silicon Valley well positioned to be a leader in smart grid related technology
- Pacificans upset over council approval of 20-year plan for $50 million worth of capital sewer system improvements
- Feds charge couple with pimping out teens in San Jose, South San Francisco hotels
- Group seeks partnership with charter operator to open high school in Brisbane
- Antioch authorizes settlement in class-action discrimination suit
- World Series: 'Phone Foul-up' a bizarre addition to Series lore
- Cal football notebook: Cornerback Marc Anthony back at practice, will start at UCLA
- Teacher's union suggests it might oppose millionaire's tax
- Sunnyvale: Serial bank robber hits U.S. Bank branches
- Ousted protesters marching back to Frank Ogawa Plaza
- Santa Clara County supervisors take steps that could lead to ban on styrofoam
- Gadhafi buried in secret site in Libyan desert
- Santa Cruz County man arrested on molestation charges
- People: John Lennon's tooth expected to fetch $16,000 at auction
- 2-week-old baby pulled alive from quake rubble in Turkey
- Vote nears on toll lane network expansion
- Digital First Media forms new management team
- Survey: Home prices up in half of major US cities
- Dodgers bankruptcy documents name Bryan Stow's lawsuit as key
- CBS: Andy Rooney hospitalized in serious condition
- Obama collects $1 million at SF visit
- Case of alleged duck-throwing in Santa Cruz still pending
- Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles
- IBM chief executive retires, company names first female leader
- Amazon income plummets, stock follows course
- Digital First Media forms new management team
- Stanford professor John McCarthy, leader in artificial intelligence, dies at 84
- Contra Costa, deputy sheriffs resume talks as other labor unions protest own negotiations
- U.S. leads governments in ever-increasing requests for user info from Google
- Unfit for trial on molest charges, former psychiatrist William Ayres sent to mental hospital
- Former Apple engineers create 'world's first learning thermostat'
- Study: Science pushed out of California elementary schools
- Police arrest protesters, tear down Occupy Oakland tent city
- Halloween partier shot by San Jose cops had gold-colored toy gun in costume
- Woodside to resume a hearing on Mounted Patrol operation that opened a decade ago
- Palo Alto voters to have their say, then judge
- Two suspects sought in armed robbery in downtown San Carlos
- Los Altos council to consider unleashing dog parks
- 'Dancing With the Stars': Footwork mixes with fireworks on Broadway Week
- Little goblins to swarm downtown San Carlos on Friday
- Belmont gifted land to be used in effort to develop additional open space
- Police: Belmont hotel robbery may have prostitution connection
- RAND retracts report on pot dispensaries and crime
- Finnish foes, Sharks' Antti Niemi and Predators' Pekka Rinne, are strangers away from ice
- World Series: Texas Rangers down St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5, need one more win for first world title
- Cal football notebook: Coach Jeff Tedford wants his team to be silent on UCLA's suspensions
- College football grades: High marks for Stanford, Cal
- San Jose State football: Spartans use bye week to get back to business
- Roadshow: Road work and an increase in employment contribute to delays on Highway 101
- Libyan leader seeks to calm West on Sharia fears
- Another Hells Angel funeral slated for Oak Hill cemetery, but this one will be private
- Hobbling Raiders will use bye to nurse wounds
- Oakley council slated to rescind official's home loan deal
- Rescind Delta plan oversight agreement, U.S. lawmakers demand
- U.S. ambassador leaves Syria amid threats
- Tunisia's Islamist party claims election victory
- Jobs bio hits the bookstores and Apple fans rush in
- Turks weep as survivors, bodies pulled from rubble
- Quan opponents file for her recall, hoping to turn 71 signatures into 20,000
- Mammoth bones found in Pacifica
- Santa Clara County may ban Styrofoam containers
- Jobs bio hits the bookstores and Apple fans rush in
- Herhold: Sniffing to succeed a great liberal
- Concord hospital district trying to resuscitate self
- O'Brien: Earnings estimates don't deserve our trust
- Clergy march to support Occupy effort in San Francisco
- San Francisco 49ers receiver Braylon Edwards expected to return to practice
- Obama plan may help more underwater homeowners
- Man uses umbrella to hide face during San Francisco bank robbery
- Contra Costa County Board of Education to review redistricting plan Tuesday
- Occupy San Jose protester scales wall near City Hall, won't come down
- San Jose man, 22, identified by family friend as city's 39th homicide victim
- Trial begins for engineer accused of stealing Marvell trade secrets
- RAND retracts report on pot dispensaries and crime
- Wolverton: Siri, this is the start of a beautiful relationship
- District attorney, sheriff criticize Santa Clara County supervisors for new immigration policy
- Biographer says Steve Jobs saw himself as 'chosen'
- Australian coast fears rogue shark may have killed 3
- Number of women firefighters in San Jose dwindling
- Accused hit and run driver had clean work record, official said.
- San Jose Sharks notebook: Marty Havlat has impressed in his two games with the Sharks
- Tim Kawakami: Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson outsmarts himself
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Accused hit and run driver had clean work record, official says.
- Strong quake strikes eastern Turkey
- Tunisians turn out in force for first free vote
- San Pablo relinquishes destination name after Georgia company claims it owns 'Avenue'
- Early morning Sunday stabbing becomes San Jose's 37th homicide
- Libya declared free, but Gadhafi death questioned
- Man wielding weapon shot by San Jose police at hotel
- 7.2 quake in Turkey kills at least 138, collapses buildings
- Two wounded in Burlingame shooting
- Convicted South Bay killer's parole bid in limbo
- Home invasion robbery leads to Richmond bridge pursuit
- eBay finally gaining traction in China
- Kansas City Chiefs shut down Oakland Raiders 28-0
- Political Blotter: Cal alum nominated to 9th Circuit court
- Adoption-worthy rats - 30 of them - get spayed and neutered by veterinary-tech students
- Young entrepreneur helps kids 'Strive for College'
- Demand for breast milk outstrips supply at San Jose's Milk Bank
- Will Ferrell wins nation's top humor prize in DC
- Peninsula wineries make do after difficult growing season
- Oakland Raiders QB Kyle Boller gets the start
- 'Paranormal Activity 3' scares up huge $54M debut
- California study: Kindergartners may be wrongly identified as English learners
- Occupy Santa Cruz warned of potential camping citations
- Friends leave man stuck swinging at Vallejo park
- Intel faces colossal clash
- Obama's foreign successes may help little in 2012
- Nevada moves caucus to Feb. 4 after backlash
- It's a whole new ballgame for San Francisco 49ers
- Poole: Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck shares national TV spotlight with relentless running game
- Mum is the word on Oakland Raiders' starting QB against Chiefs
- Major changes may be coming to El Camino Real
- Dodgeball tournament a hit
- Google gets a facelift
- Cal routs Utah for first Pac-12 football victory
- Police stakeout fails to catch suspected Hells Angel shooter thought to be holed up inside Stockton home
- San Jose Earthquakes' Chris Wondolowski finishes season tied for MLS goals lead
- Millbrae Pancake House cofounder and former owner dies at 89
- Millbrae police outsourcing meetings set for November
- Lack of subsidy could mean trash trouble in Pescadero
- Stanford runs over Washington 65-21
- Occupy Oakland continues to defy city orders, holds march around Lake Merritt
- Herhold: The beauty of not boasting
- San Jose to hold off on rezoning golf course for housing
- Bay Area fighter Nonito Donaire cruises in Madison Square Garden
- San Jose Sharks click in 4-2 win over Boston Bruins
- Internal Affairs: Councilman Pete Constant goes with his gut on this proposal
- Oakland Raiders trade for QB Carson Palmer a rare occurrence
- People: Old-time radio convention meets for last time
- Occupy Oakland continues to defy city orders, holds march around Lake Merritt
- Open-carry advocates rally with rifles, long guns in San Leandro
- Motorcyclist seriously injured in Castro Valley crash
- Bay Area duck hunters celebrate season opener
- Trending Now: Live streaming video of the Bridge School Benefit Concert
- Trending Now: Live video of the Bridge School Benefit Concert
- Extreme sport finds following in Byron
- Hayward: 20-year-old Fremont woman identified as victim of fatal 1-880 crash
- Open-carry advocates rally with rifles, long guns in San Leandro
- Walnut Creek apartment projects raise question of whether the city can handle demand
- 2.5 magnitude earthquake shakes East Bay overnight
- Oakland Raiders: Veteran kicker Rayner signs with Raiders; Janikowski likely out for Sunday's game
- Cassidy: Scott McNealy's Wayin reflects shift in marketing game
- GOP barely raising a whimper
- Hayward: 20-year-old Fremont woman identified as victim of fatal 1-880 crash
- Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world
- Latest developments in the global Occupy wall Street protests
- Dog shot 38 times, left in Berkeley parking lot
- Fresh & Easy recalls bagged spinach
- East Palo Alto police investigating double shooting
- Cal football team getting strong performance from offensive line
- Mercury News interview: Julie Corbett, founder and CEO of Ecologic
- Atherton native killed in SoCal rampage 'in heaven for how she lived'
- Mark Purdy: NFL draft chatter unfair to Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck
- Committee approves polices to shape Palo Alto into electric vehicle mecca
- Deadly disease hitting Woodside and Portola Valley's oak trees harder than most, study shows
- Review: Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' is lauded author's finest yet
- Review: 'Steve Jobs' Apple's genius of technology
- San Jose Sharks win in Joe Thornton's 1,000th game
- Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski might miss Sunday's game
- Two challengers try to oust incumbent in Woodside school board race
- Man shot and killed by San Jose police had extensive criminal record
- San Mateo-Foster City School District to survey community about potential bond, but dissenting trustee questions direction
- Dead woman found off Pacifica beach
- Redwood City man gets probation for peeping in 24 Fitness locker room
- Man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to charge of murdering friend in Millbrae
- San Leandro's Nonito Donaire bids for boxing stardom in N.Y. title bout
- Jon Wilner on college football: High-powered Washington poses a threat to Stanford
- Tech hiring surge helps lower valley unemployment rate
- Officials escalate efforts to remove Occupy Wall Street protesters from city halls in Bay Area
- Suspected Hells Angels killer is alive -- but with black eyes
- San Jose settles auditor and drunken driver lawsuit
- Traffic stop nets 46-pound pot seizure in Livermore
- Possible motives behind Concord, Richmond shooting episode emerge
- Concord High campus remained peaceful Friday, after Thursday threat
- Tax sharing deal for North Pacheco clears way for annexation into Martinez
- Contra Costa, sheriff's deputies at labor impasse
- Charter high school item kept off Mt. Diablo school district board agenda
- East Bay sheds 4,000 jobs, halting a recent stretch of improvement
- Suspect rams police car during high-speed East Contra Costa chase, ends with rollover
- China to allow trial use of local government bonds
- Chevrolet staffs to learn Disneyland-style customer service
- Richmond industrial heart beats around an unlikely wonderland
- Owner of Santa Cruz area inn headed to trial in March for insurance fraud
- 'Steve Jobs' book shows how Jobs ran company
- Lake Tahoe ski resorts to hold job fairs
- Noble elementary recycling pays off
- People: Lindsay Lohan tries to atone with burgers, cupcakes
- Why do Concord's efficient new streetlights keep failing? It's a mystery
- Groupon's latest discount? Its initial stock offering
- Stocks rise sharply on solid corporate earnings
- Wal-Mart changes health care coverage for workers
- Muurdoch stands up to detractors at News Corp. shareholders meeting
- Gadhafi put on display in shopping center freezer
- Officials negotiating to remove Occupy Oakland protesters from City Hall
- Groupon's latest discount? Its initial stock offering
- Dog shot 38 times, left in Berkeley parking lot
- Second quake jolts Bay Area
- Steve Jobs biography describes his disdain for money, early battle with cancer
- Teacher who fatally struck girl in East Palo Alto told police sun blinded her
- Atherton's new library to be built at Holbrook Palmer Park, council decides
- San Carlos workshop touts two wheels instead of four
- Mountain View music store to close on good note
- Robbers pistol-whip woman unconscious in East Palo Alto home invasion
- Search called off for possible missing person in San Carlos
- Jeff Skoll honored at Tech Awards Gala
- San Jose Sharks captain Joe Thornton will skate in 1,000th NHL game
- San Jose Sharks will begin their long road trip with Marty Havlat in lineup
- Medicinal gel cuts herpes risk among women, study finds
- Schools to mark Red Ribbon week begining Saturday
- Phoenix police officer's 2010 killing confounds colleagues
- Scammer going after San Mateo County grandparents
- Seton Medical Center sues state over case involving patient allegedly abused
- State air board approves 'historic' greenhouse gas rules
- Oakland Raiders' Carson Palmer was destined to play quarterback
- Stanford football: Hand injury sidelines safety Delano Howell
- As a dictator, Gadhafi was a different breed
- Cupertino quarry massacre 911 tapes: 'There are people dying right now. My supervisor is dying.'
- Senate OKs Obama pick of former California utility exec to head Commerce Department
- Landfill-like conditions at vacant property prompts Antioch response
- NBA: Labor talks break down, more games likely to be canceled
- 4.0 quake near Berkeley rattles nerves
- Bachmann knocks Occupy movement, praises tea partyers
- FBI official calls for secure, alternate Internet
- Basque group ETA ends armed independence campaign
- Oakland police investigating couple's death as murder-suicide
- Authorities capture security guard who opened fire in Richmond, Concord
- Scientists find no oil in sunken 1941 oil tanker off California coast
- Richmond City Hall brawl may bring policy changes
- Pizarro: San Jose golfer looking for her big break on reality show
- People: Lindsay Lohan misses first day of work
- Facebook, feds team up to offer jobs to the jobless
- Oakland man arrested in San Leandro triple homicide
- Economy growing, but full recovery still not within grasp
- Few Americans take immigrants' jobs in Alabama
- Gadhafi is killed as Libyan forces take Sirte
- Yahoo not necessarily for sale, co-founder says
- BlackBerry maker seeks to influence Silicon Valley
- Steve Jobs biography describes his disdain for money, early battle with cancer
- Cancer experts say Apple's former CEO Steve Jobs could still be alive had he had surgery earlier
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley tour travels rough road
- Microsoft earning exceeds expectations
- Stocks mixed as confusion reigns in Europe
- Lions and tigers shot in Ohio, animal advocates sad, understanding
- Occupy Wall Street becomes NYC tourist stop
- More tickets available for Christmas tree lighting
- Bay Area weather: Fall feels like summer
- Libyan fighters capture Gadhafi hometown of Sirte
- Bay Area rents are rising
- State report ripped Longmire for Bey investigation
- Palo Alto software company unveils $100K incident command center
- New San Carlos Fire Department almost up to full speed
- Public outcry forces Redwood City planning officials to go slow on hillside restrictions proposal
- Belmont, police union reach new labor deal
- Sharks defenseman Colin White looking forward to going home to New Jersey
- BART proposes policy to govern cell phone blackouts
- Former San Jose teacher pleads no contest to lewd acts, sentenced to five months in jail
- San Jose State offers quarterback Tate Forcier relief from limelight and fresh start
- Raiders: No definitive word on Carson Palmer's starting status
- Cal football: Does Jeff Tedford's complex offense cause arrested development of quarterback?
- Lions and tigers shot in Ohio; owner freed them
- Family of police shooting victim claims excessive force
- Herhold: Understanding a chain of retaliation
- Water agencies seek to control Delta project studies
- Former Black Panther Party leaders speak to Occupy Oakland protesters
- Dell takes on HP and other valley companies in fight for commercial tech dollars
- GOP primary contest is getting nasty, personal
- Clinton in Kabul to push Afghan reconciliation
- AP Interview: New offensive hits Haqqani militants
- Decision on Sufi religious center outside Walnut Creek postponed; planners meet again Oct. 25
- Greece: Riots as austerity steps get first approval
- In-N-Out Burger may drop one of two Pleasant Hill outlets
- NBA: Players, owners talk for eight hours, will meet again Thursday
- Pleasanton company has IPO, shares rising
- AC Transit gets $6.7 million federal grant for repairs
- Boy, 15, arrested after crashing vehicle in Newark
- San Ramon Valley school employees get a one-time bonus
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 19, 2011
- People: Lindsay Lohan led away in handcuffs
- DA: Broke Woodside man killed wife for $31 million in life insurance
- Oakley 'dog lady' offers sanctuary for rescue animals
- The destruction was just the first wave of pain for many survivors of the Oakland hills fire
- Google's new OS with Samsung phone takes aim at Apple
- eBay reports strong income growth, but forecast disappoints
- San Jose brothers plead no contest to vigilante attack
- Judge dismisses rape case against Contra Costa prosecutor Michael Gressett
- Clayton city employees get $2,500 bonus for beating budget projections
- Citigroup settles allegations of fraud in mortgage securities
- Bullis Charter, Los Altos School District duke it out in court again
- Palo Alto developer not ready to throw in the towel
- Educators take mid-year budget cut concerns on the road, make pitch in East Palo Alto
- Bay Area bridges in bad shape, report says
- PG&E hires former NTSB head to oversee safety overhaul of pipeline system
- Zombie apocalypse? Atlanta says bring it on
- 'Dancing with the Stars' loses some sparkly, Carson Kressley high-kicked off the show
- Judge strikes down petition brought by Coastside fishermen to end marine protected areas
- Foster City council chooses developer, citing affordability
- Hillsborough school district seeks community ideas on budget deficit
- Cal football notebook: Isi Sofele prepares to face hometown team
- San Jose vigilante-justice case to go to trial
- CHP: San Jose driver failed to slow down before fatally striking Apple engineer, horse
- San Jose Sharks waiting for stars to put up points
- Jon Wilner on college football: Real season starts this week for Stanford
- Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry goes back to school at Davidson
- Apple fails to beat projections for quarterly earnings
- Fry's Electronics to Omar Siddiqui: You still owe us $65 million
- San Jose eases campaign limits, focuses economic efforts
- Rider who died in crash with deer was Moss Beach man
- Brentwood leaders schedule discussion of big-box stores
- A softer, gentler Rapture
- Truck with equipment for Obama tour stolen in Virginia
- Santa Clara County school board considers redistricting proposals
- O'Brien: Flood of data represents promise and peril for Web companies
- San Jose cops let hundreds of bikers leave cemetery crime scene without searches, interviews
- Israeli soldier emerges from 5 years of captivity
- People: Shia LaBeouf in bar fight?
- Harbaugh handshake doesn't surprise Stanford's Luck, Whalen, Shaw
- State education head discusses schools over breakfast in Antioch
- Yahoo quarterly revenue, profit down
- Santa Cruz County faces suit over plastic bag ban; plastic bag group claims basis for law is flawed
- Intel's quarterly profit up 17 percent
- Apple will close stores for Steve Jobs memorial
- Roadshow: Where's the sign saying which lane leads to the freeway?
- Convicted child molester to testify against men who allegedly beat him for the molestation.
- Libyans close to total victory over Gadhafi forces
- Life at Occupy Oakland attracts range of characters
- Iran says plot to kill Saudi envoy involved opposition group
- Earlier story: Oakland Raiders acquire quarterback Carson Palmer for first-round draft pick
- Hue Jackson on Palmer trade: 'We're chasing a championship'
- Man whom cops killed Oct. 10 was suspected of slaying 2 near SJSU
- A la Carte: Old Spaghetti Factory opening in Redwood City
- Can you eat like a king on 600 calories?
- 'Dancing with the Stars': JR Martinez scores a 10 for a sexy samba
- Sequoia school district settles lawsuit with Menlo-Atherton diabetic teacher
- Palo Alto neighborhood groups wants answers about tree removal plan
- Redwood City aims to restrict hillside developments
- San Jose hit with another homicide Monday night
- Mountain View man's charges reduced in case of restraining woman
- Sexual assault reported in Mountain View's Whisman park
- San Jose Sharks fall to Anaheim Ducks for third consecutive loss
- Students return to San Jose Job Corps after firefighters respond Monday night
- School districts' suit against San Mateo County handed another setback
- Half Moon Bay may start charging for Main Street parking
- Man back in San Mateo County to face Belmont murder charge
- Sources: 38-year-old San Jose biker is suspect in cemetery slaying
- Convicted child molester to testify against men who allegedly beat him for the molestation.
- Police Blotter
- 49ers are buzzing after win in Detroit, 5-1 start
- Roadshow: Highway 101 commute through South Bay is at a standstill
- Freed American hikers speak to Occupy Oakland on Monday night
- Fox rumble over Rep. George Miller and son misses some facts
- Pittsburg party shooting that injured 9-year-old girl was likely gang related, police say
- Some Palo Alto voters get San Jose ballots in election mixup
- Suspected gang member arrested in Union City shooting
- Wells Fargo profits hit record, but revenue decline sends stock down 8.4 percent
- Oakland Effect: Dreams are an opportunity to heal trauma
- Google gets a facelift
- San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen ponders what's next
- Apple sells more than 4 million new iPhones in three days
- Millionaire's tax on its way to California ballot?
- Herhold: A vote for Palo Alto's Measure D
- People: Susan Sarandon calls Benedict XVI a Nazi
- Freed American hikers speak to Occupy Oakland on Monday night
- 49ers' Harbaugh: 'Apologies seem like excuses'
- Few details released following weekend shooting of teen in Milpitas
- Al Davis' private funeral
- East Bay House members lag challengers in fundraising
- Pizarro: BidPal puts a high-tech spin on silent auctions
- Sen. Rand Paul drops opposition to pipeline safety bill
- Raiders' Campbell having surgery, hopes to return
- Danville man rescued by roadside 'angel'
- Men escape arrest after Fremont high-speed chase
- O'Brien: Economic anger link Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements
- Police release 911 tapes from Seal Beach salon shooting
- Four victims, one a 9-year-old girl, shot at Pittsburg party
- Sharks goalie Antti Niemi likely to get his first start of the season against Ducks
- Monte Poole: Raider Nation comes home to pay respects to Al Davis
- Daniel Brown: Lechler doesn't squander his QB moment
- New California law increases children's age for booster car seats from 6 to 8 years old
- Rich Chinatown past in San Jose on display at History Park
- School bonds, parcel taxes and board races on ballot
- Luminaries pay tribute to Steve Jobs at Stanford service
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Roadshow: Significantly changed booster seat law goes into effect Jan. 1
- A dedication to King, and the work yet to do
- Long ties to Koch brothers key to Cain's campaign
- Big cash edge powers Obama election drive
- Occupy Wall Street shows muscle, raises $300K
- Cross-border fire frustrates U.S. troops in Afghanistan
- Israel releases list of 477 to be freed in trade with Hamas
- San Jose police investigating fatal officer-involved shooting
- Investigation of shooting death at funeral of another gang member being foiled, say police
- Authorities: Reservoir crash occurred during turns
- California doctors' group backs legalizing pot
- Cindy Sheehan arrested at Wall Street protest in Sacramento
- Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell leaves game with broken collarbone
- Oakland Raiders hang on to beat Cleveland Browns 24-17
- Massive IndyCar crash in Las Vegas claims driver Dan Wheldon
- Mark Purdy: 49ers need to move on 'with humble hearts,' softer handshakes
- San Francisco 49ers come back to defeat Detroit Lions 25-19
- Can Cain convert momentum into a real campaign?
- Battle brews over proposal to widen Highway 1 in Pacifica
- Union City police searching for attempted murder suspect
- Three men killed in East Oakland shootings
- 'Real Steel,' 'Footloose' duke it out for top box office spot
- Obama: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 'stirred our conscience'
- Henry Coe State Park to undergo prescribed burn
- Wind rips hole in arena during San Francisco 49ers practice
- 3 dead, 4 hurt in crash at South California reservoir
- Pee Wee, Potter, Vader honored at TV's Scream Awards
- Voices from Oakland Hills Fire
- Internal Affairs: Simitian opts for patience over force on mammogram bill
- St. Louis Blues overtake San Jose Sharks, win 4-2
- Meet Mike Pereira, the NFL ref now paid to critique refs
- San Jose Earthquakes let win slip away against Seattle Sounders
- Shells, sonatas star at The Main Gallery in Redwood City
- Andrew Luck, tight ends lead Stanford Cardinal past Washington State for its 14th straight win
- California's execution machine could crank up
- White House: U.S. drops ideas of keeping major troops in Iraq
- Suspected U.S. drone strikes hit Yemen as violence escalates
- Herhold: How a movement can lose its mojo
- Model of Navy dirigible flies at Moffett Field
- Consecutive wins elusive for Oakland Raiders
- San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions go from sorry to surprising
- NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West reveals lifelong depression
- Efforts redoubled against school bullying in San Mateo County
- Gunshot victim found dead in Milpitas
- Oakland marchers demand 'jobs not cuts'
- Local groups allege biased training colors FBI dealings with American Muslims
- Palo Alto police pay measure heads mail-in ballot
- Survivor of Virginia Tech massacre brings his story to Diablo Valley College
- Hells Angels member gunned down at San Jose funeral
- 'Swimming with Humpback Whales' on tap at Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz
- Mitt Romney's rise challenges tea party's clout in GOP
- Mexico's newest export to US may be water
- Flood barriers will determine Thai capital's fate
- Police fire tear gas as protesters riot in Rome
- Transit agency disciplines bus driver over ejecting crying baby
- Prosecutor recounts killing spree at Southern California salon
- Challenges loom as world population hits 7 billion
- Fate of a tiny mouse rests on salt marsh restoration
- Bad Boys still bad at Sharks games, but Neil Young is worse
- Apple to hold private service for Jobs Sunday at Stanford -- report
- A's co-owner prepared to buy pieces of proposed ballpark land
- Purdy: Better mail than jail
- Downtown Palo Alto businesses burglarized
- ON THE DOCKET
- San Jose State overcomes six turnovers to beat Hawaii
- Stanford football: Hits on quarterback key for Cardinal
- 49ers notebook: Team is careful to heap praise, not taunts, on Detroit Lions record-setting receiver Calvin Johnson
- Police shoot family dog that bit officer in Belmont
- Daly City dad gets jail, probation for dropping son into hot oven
- 'Operation Garlic Press' results in more than 100 arrests in five Bay Area counties
- Libyan capital sees first big gunbattle in months
- San Jose mom of molest victim jailed for failing to appear in court in high profile vigilante case
- Obama administration scraps part of health care law
- Flood barriers to determine Bangkok's fate
- District Attorney won't file charges in De Anza case
- Pizarro: Walk to End Domestic Violence needs support to survive
- Facebook's digital music partnership sparks industry optimism
- Cassidy: Archaeologist Christine Finn digs up Silicon Valley's recent past
- Acquaintance facing charges in Hayward motel room slaying
- Fremont kung fu teacher pleads not guilty to molest charges
- Marchers block Broadway in downtown Oakland
- Bad Boys still bad at Sharks games, but Neil Young is worse
- Retail sales rose strongly in September on autos
- Bay Area home sales sag as market keeps trying to find its footing
- College football: Mountain West, C-USA plan 22-team mega-conference
- Wolverton: iPhone 4S has some great features, including Siri
- With a fresh coat of paint, SS Red Oak Victory ready for close up
- Clayton Valley High charter group says it has satisfied Mt. Diablo district conditions
- Tough times are driving business at car repair shops
- Earthquakes' rookie helping girlfriend battle cancer relapse
- Antioch rescinds card room decision
- New Bay Bridge span will be backdrop of police training exercise
- Can a police chief be a chief in Oakland?
- Fate of a tiny mouse rests of salt marsh restoration
- Google to kill Buzz, focus social efforts on Plus
- Raiders putting Aaron Curry right into starting lineup
- Court denies Antioch approval of Walmart Supercenter
- 'Up' house replica boosts tourism in Utah city
- Bay Area home sales sag as market keeps trying to find its footing
- District Attorney won't file charges in De Anza case
- Solyndra hearing focuses on whether Department of Energy broke the law
- PG&E to replace more than 1,200 miles of faulty gas piping across California
- A race to cure cancer: Mother and daughter from Palo Alto team up to raise funds, awareness
- 'Remediation funds' at heart of Palo Alto teacher union negotiations
- El Camino Hospital workers may call on voters to cap CEO's pay
- Feelings still raw in East Palo Alto two weeks after girl killed in crosswalk
- Redwood City interviewing candidates for police chief
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- San Mateo County recycling company hosts paper-shredding session
- San Francisco 49ers well aware of Detroit Lions' Ndamukong Suh
- Stanford unveils spectacular proposal for opening a campus in New York City.
- Cal football: Bears lose to USC for eighth straight season
- Apologetic robber faces 14 years for San Mateo hold ups
- After long wait, Burlingame Safeway opens
- Authorities identify Dublin, Pacifica men killed in San Mateo County crashes
- $17 million donation to bolster various nonprofits in Peninsula, Silicon Valley
- Appeals court upholds conviction of former Brocade CEO Reyes
- Roadshow: U.S. refineries exporting fuel to boost profits overseas
- In an African cave, signs of an ancient paint factory
- Meth! Machine Guns! Mustard? Feds charge San Jose hot dog vendor and partner with gun-running
- Ex-warlord becomes kingmaker in Liberia ballot
- Fire crews rescue man from West Oakland blaze
- Cutting art, music, foreign language from high school graduation requirements will have big impact
- French prosecutor drops Strauss-Kahn case
- Obama returning to Bay Area on Oct. 25
- U.S. missiles kill Haqqani 'coordinator' in Pakistan
- Alameda: Drowned man's family files claims against city, county
- Hulu no longer for sale, owners say
- People: Lindsay Lohan fired from community service job
- City looks to restructure San Jose Rep bailout to ensure program continues
- Galleon hedge fund founder sentenced to 11 years in prison
- Portrait of Jobs as a romantic, poetic teen
- San Jose State's pass defense will be tested by Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz
- Sharks ready to rev it back up
- Latino arts school off to a slow start in San Jose, but that's the plan
- Congressional hearing to focus restructuring of Solyndra's debt
- BlackBerry maker says service fully restored
- Blockbuster sales expected for new iPhone
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley's second acts can lead to surprises
- Google earnings smash expectations
- Trending Now: Foster The People live concert coverage in San Francisco Thursday night
- Interim Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan sworn in
- Appeals court upholds conviction of former Brocade CEO Reyes
- Biz Break: Google's huge earnings, Netflix's new deal, Silicon Valley scandals
- Occupy Wall Street comes to Palo Alto
- Mountain View zeros in on city's corporate culture in 'civility round table'
- Three people already plan to run in June 2012 election for San Mateo County supervisor
- Amtrak trains collide in Jack London Square; at least 18 injured
- Cal football: Bears hoping to end long dry spell against USC
- One injured, one dead in San Bruno car crash
- Cement truck driver from Dublin dies in fatal crash near La Honda
- Millbrae puts off police outsourcing decision
- Abortion-rights leader tells others to 'be bold, brave
- Friends reunited by reopened road in San Bruno
- Oakland Raiders dismiss notion Cleveland Browns pose a 'trap game'
- Bay Area college basketball teams prepare to launch season
- Al Davis gets small play on Sports Illustrated cover
- Herhold: San Jose City Hall paralyzed by bureaucracy
- Unlikely turn for a suspect in a terror plot
- 8 Gacy victims exhumed for attempt to identify them
- Oakland infant kidnapped at gunpoint, returned unharmed
- Stanford partners with New York City University
- With three 9s, Cain changes math for taxes
- Police searching for suspect in stabbing at Concord adult school
- New Apple iOS 5 more evolutionary than revolutionary
- More than one guest list for South Korean dinner
- Concord backs plan to split Naval Weapons Station work among union, nonunion crews
- Stolen bike returned to disabled teen
- Effort to repeal California gay history law fails
- People: Man charged with hacking e-mails of Christina Aguilera, Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis
- California fails to signal early interest in No Child Left Behind waiver
- Speier co-authors bill to allow 'Amazon tax'
- Police: Death toll in Seal Beach salon shooting rises to 8
- Need for Oakley health clinic has a human face
- Toll Authority to buy new San Francisco building for $93 million
- Fremont woman pleads guilty to stealing $800,000 from clients
- Funerals today for 2 Cupertino cement plant shooting victims
- Small fish with big impact rebounds, easing fears of extinction
- Biz Break: iOS 5 moves Apple to the cloud, eBay unveils new services and Milpitas chipmaker ranked No. 1
- Pizarro: Trivia challenges to test valley's knowledge
- Four more charged in alleged university scam
- Jordan expected to take interim charge of Oakland police department
- Occupy San Francisco protesters try to occupy Wells Fargo Bank
- San Jose: Volunteers spend the day fixing up shelter for homeless veterans
- Bay Point man arrested, suspected of impersonating officer
- HP hosts 'hackathon' for autism
- Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies at 89
- Roadshow: Take it slow on Highway 17 at Laurel Curve
- New California approach: Criminals showered with offers of support just before prison release
- Detroit police impound suspected mobile strip club
- Underwater mortgage? Water district to buy real estate that is literally under water
- Mystery still surrounds 2010 plane crash that killed 3 Tesla Motors employees
- Korean War veteran and Palo Altan honored with Purple Heart 58 years after battle
- Heated debate at Palo Alto City Hall reveals stark differences on binding arbitration, composting facility
- Former Woodside High QB Mattias Pelesasa finds success in coming home to Menlo College
- Report shows high number of Latino students in San Mateo Union in trouble
- Bay Area men get probation for selling wayward iPhone 4 prototype
- Brisbane residents still seeking relief from airplane noise
- Police Beat
- North Fair Oaks school evacuated after bomb threat
- Los Altos School District trustee: 'Quite frankly, it's time' to retire
- Redwood City to medical pot clubs: Keep out
- San Carlos treasurer contested for first time in 24 years
- San Jose State tight end Ryan Otten plenty fast enough to burn opposing defenses
- 'Dancing With the Stars': Chynna Phillips can't hold on for one more dance
- Coroner's report: Cupertino cement plant worker killed himself
- Defense takes a hit at trial over star's death
- Iranians accused of plot to kill Saudi ambassador in U.S.
- San Jose's Clean Energy Showcase brings latest energy innovations to life
- Raiders rumored to be heading to Los Angeles, or sharing stadium with 49ers
- Campbell to install electric vehicle charging stations
- Pink ploy? Breast cancer charity motives doubted
- Popular websites share user information, email addresses, Stanford study finds
- O'Brien: Why I'm Zynga's biggest problem and opportunity
- Vitamin E pills linked with prostate cancer risk
- All I-880 lanes open again near 23rd Avenue in Oakland
- Roadshow: Fear of a fine -- and a happy surprise -- at the tollbooth
- Popular websites share user information, email addresses, Stanford study finds
- On election day, Liberians choose between Sirleaf and Weah
- Shooting begins in Jay Moriarity film; paddle-out moved to Friday
- Richmond city attorney stepping down
- Israel, Hamas announce swap for captured soldier
- Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts resigns
- Anger grows at Egypt military in Christian deaths
- Internal report finds HP may benefit from keeping PC business
- San Jose teen in custody after Fremont chase ends in crash
- Giants fan Bryan Stow makes 'dramatic progress', moves to rehabilitation
- Once-punchless Lions lifting up Detroit
- Silicon Valley economy more diversified
- Councilmember camps overnight with Occupy Oakland protesters
- Ukraine's ex-prime minister gets 7 years in jail
- Hurricane Jova weakens, nears Mexico's coast
- Cupertino plant's family ties make tragedy incomprehensible
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- 'Dancing With the Stars': Ricki Lake goes 'Psycho' over first 10's of the season
- Woman accused in gruesome killing of mother, unborn son
- Cities have mixed reaction to proposed San Mateo County-wide ban of plastic bags
- Play on: Synthetic turf may increase field availability to Mountain View athletes
- Millbrae City Council to consider outsourcing police
- Occupy Wall Street protest comes to Oakland, Berkeley on Monday
- PG&E to test pipeline segment near Stanford
- Former Belmont mayor picked to lead Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
- Measure D, E debates set for Tuesday in Palo Alto
- Golden State Warriors' young players trying to bide their time
- POLICE BEAT
- Cal football: Injury to cornerback Marc Anthony likely means freshman Stefan McClure will start and be matched up with USC standout receiver Robert Woods
- Monte Poole: Hue Jackson seems clear choice to take over Oakland Raiders football operations
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Plan for football operations in the post-Al Davis era remains unclear
- Gov. Jerry Brown defies easy description in how he handled legislation
- Jon Wilner's Bay Area college football grades
- San Jose State may start freshman Tyler Ervin at tailback against Hawaii
- Herhold: Monuments not always best way to honor deceased
- Sunken World War II-era tanker -- which may hold 3 million gallons of oil -- to be investigated by high-tech divers.
- Specialized bike given to injured Wish Book teen stolen
- San Jose police identify two weekend homicide victims, both former SJSU students
- Oakland Effect: Understanding neuroscience, psychology and the study of complex psychiatric disorders and trauma
- U.N. report on Afghan detainees shows 'torture'
- Commercial salmon fishing season was promising
- Illegal immigrants get boost in new California laws
- Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew
- People: FBI upset that Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Hoover biopic may portray him as gay
- Specialized bike given to injured Wish Book teen stolen
- Seattle 'superhero' arrested, accused of assault
- San Jose police officer shoots and kills armed suspect
- Police issue citation to member of Occupy San Jose
- Gov. Jerry Brown defies easy description in how he handled 563 bills
- Roadshow: Booting hybrid owners out of diamond lanes may be slowing carpoolers
- Body found under train trestle in Aptos
- Netflix reverses decision to split its video streaming and DVD services
- San Francisco 49ers receiver Joshua Morgan has surgery, out for 'extended time'
- Cassidy: Woz and Jobs were Silicon Valley's biggest buddy story
- MTC seeks new home in San Francisco
- Jobs' death caused by respiratory arrest, cancer
- Sharks roll eyes at curious scheduling
- Two pumpkins break state record in Half Moon Bay weigh-off
- San Mateo: Two suspects arrested in North Bay homicide
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 10, 2011
- Yahoo shares rise on more takeover speculation
- Bones, jewelry found in area where Tahoe woman went missing
- Purdy: Frys.com Open has all the makings of a premier event
- Gov. Brown's frantic finish of signing or vetoing bills from the legislature
- Monte Poole: Harbaugh has San Francisco 49ers believing in themselves
- Gov. Brown mounts frantic finish to sign or veto bills before deadline
- From Raider Nation, nothing but love and respect for the late Al Davis
- Same-day voter registration at issue in Maine
- Connecticut keeps up tough Amazon stance
- U.S. incomes kept falling after recession ended, study finds
- ALCS: Game 2 postponed; Detroit Tigers lose Magglio Ordonez
- NLCS: Milwaukee Brewers bash St. Louis Cardinals in NLCS opener
- Cal football notebook: Quarterback Zach Maynard hopes to get back on target after erratic outing at Oregon
- Spartans look to rebound
- Israel copes with bout of extremist violence
- Rusty Tiger Woods pleased with effort, just not ultimate finish at Frys.com Open
- SJPD investigating double homicide as second shooting victim dies
- The Occupy Wall Street movement unfolds in downtown San Jose
- Roadshow: Roadside litter is an embarrassment
- Mother killed crossing train tracks
- San Jose man arrested after high-speed Highway 1 chase
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 9, 2011
- Raider faithful keep the torches burning in Oakland
- San Francisco 49ers rout Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48-3
- Sri Lankan native is a serial entrepreneur
- Gunman shoots clerk, robs San Mateo pet store
- Fan throws hot dog at Tiger Woods at Frys.com Open
- Many voters get ballots<br />via mailbox
- Three vie for two spots on San Mateo-Foster City schools board
- Tim Kawakami: Oakland Raiders do what Al Davis wanted
- Another San Mateo-Foster City schools teacher wins hero award
- Blue Shield of California won't cover breast cancer drug Avastin
- San Mateo County: Mountain lion spotted in Portola Valley and Skyline area
- Oakland Raiders hang to beat Houston Texans 25-20
- California becomes first state to ban tanning beds for under-18 crowd
- Ex-Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh dies at 40
- Gay rights advocate Paula Ettelbrick dies at 56
- 'Steel' sees some real green at the box office
- Oakland: Suspect in custody in connection with Saturday shooting
- For Stanford grads, Jobs' commencement speech in 2005 was life-changing
- Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell marry
- Cassidy: Palo Alto International Film Festival brings Silicon Valley into focus
- Dave Newhouse: Hey, Jude: You Sit Atop This Beatles Poll
- San Mateo: Clerk injured during armed robbery of PetSmart store
- San Francisco 49ers look to stay hot against Buccaneers
- San Jose Sharks get off to good start, beat Phoenix Coyotes 6-3 in opener
- Oakland Raiders out to honor memory of Al Davis with their play against Houston Texans
- Not spooky, but sweet: A Halloween house goes up in San Jose
- San Jose State falls at Brigham Young
- ALCS: Texas Rangers beat weather, Detroit Tigers, in Game 1 of ALCS
- San Jose firefighters extinguish two-alarm blaze
- Monte Poole: Al Davis molded the Oakland Raiders to his liking
- Wondo savors road thrills
- Andrew Luck and Stanford rout Colorado 48-7
- Tim Kawakami: Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, life to the fullest
- Oakland Raiders community and the NFL react to Al Davis' death
- Foster City's PJCC hosts series of discussions for non-Jewish mothers
- Casey Anthony takes video deposition in civil case
- The Al Davis legacy: Innovator, fighter, maverick
- San Mateo convict released after strange birthday crime spree
- Family of gunman Shareef Allman releases statement expressing condolences to victims
- Frys.com Open: Tiger Woods continues to move up the board
- One man dead, woman critically injured in San Jose shootings
- What they're saying about Raiders owner Al Davis, who died Saturday at age 82
- Michael Jackson's children appear at tribute show
- Al Davis: Fans of Oakland Raiders react to owner's death
- Roadshow: Old traffic tickets are not forgotten
- Obituary: Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis was truly one of a kind
- Retail lags at Pleasant Hill-Contra Costa Centre BART transit village
- Loss of retailers on Antioch's west side causes concern
- Gov. Jerry Brown signs second part of Dream Act
- Cassidy: Steve Jobs' death underscores the rise of the iGeneration
- Gov. Jerry Brown OKs California Dream Act bill for illegal immigrant student aid
- Report: Computer virus hits U.S. military drone program
- Man hospitalized in Antioch neighborhood shooting
- Family of alleged quarry gunman, Shareef Allman expresses 'heartfelt condolences'
- Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital in Los Angeles
- Mark Purdy: Al Davis was all about winning
- Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis dead at 82
- Statement by Oakland Raiders on passing of Al Davis
- Feds describe crackdown on pot dispensaries
- Mercury News interview: Mike Klayko, Brocade CEO
- Governor vetoes Simitian's red-light camera bill
- Six candidates seek three seats on East Palo Alto sanitary board
- Palo Alto senior programs advocate dead at 84
- Aging happily: Los Altos, Los Altos Hills go for international age recognition
- Redwood City urged to permanently ban pots clubs Monday
- Frys.com Open notebook: Nate Smith and Erick Justesen renew rivalry
- ON THE DOCKET
- Aguirre tops all candidates in raising funds for Redwood City council election
- iPad thief sentenced to 16 months in San Mateo County jail
- San Jose Sharks 2011-12 season preview
- Governor signs pipe safety laws created in response to deadly San Bruno explosion
- Production of 'Gypsy' in Redwood City well worth seeing
- Fake friar faces 16 years for Daly City molestation
- San Jose Earthquakes' Ramiro Corrales shows his young teammates the way
- Baseball playoffs: St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers advance to NLCS
- Baseball: Diamondbacks can't pull off one more comeback
- San Jose Sharks notebook: Thomas Greiss in goal in opener against Phoenix Coyotes
- Official pushed loan to Solyndra, email shows
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Hue Jackson and running back Rock Cartwright crossed paths in their Washington Redskins days
- In Kodak's troubles, a snapshot of an icon's fall
- Sharks' Couture ready for a big encore
- Mt. Diablo school athletic foundation behind in sign-ups for 5k fundraiser this Sunday
- People: Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicates new Schwarzennger museum in Austria
- Feds describe crackdown on pot dispensaries
- No word yet on a public memorial for Steve Jobs
- Tiger Woods shoots 3-under 68 and is in good shape to make the cut at Frys.com Open
- Pizarro: Is Silicon Valley reality TV show a reality?
- Traumatized quarry workers meet with company officials
- Victory Outreach Pastor Ed Morales who built bridges between San Jose gangs has died
- Sunnyvale neighbors still shaken, questioning why schools reopened with killer still at large
- Steve Jobs left Apple strong
- Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill banning shark fins in California
- Yusuf Bey IV finally on his way to prison for murdering journalist, two others
- Wolverton: Jobs played role of editor at Apple
- San Jose cop and suspect hospitalized after struggle over officer's gun
- Victim identified in fatal Salinas farming accident
- Biz Break: Employment numbers are better, but still not good; plus Apple stock drops, Google shows respect for Jobs
- Sonoma: Man missing for three days in state redwoods reserve
- Trio arrested after wild chase in Pleasanton
- How Cupertino homicide suspect Shareef Allman eluded huge manhunt for 22 hours
- Bullis weathers storm before its charter is renewed for five more years
- San Carlos festival raises glass to high quality
- Cost of picking up garbage in mid-Peninsula to rise 9.5 percent next year
- East Palo Alto man who led crack cocaine operation sentenced to 19 years prison
- San Carlos woman who stabbed lizard deemed unfit for trial
- Oregon routs Cal 43-15
- Documents: Cupertino gunman's ex-wife said he had violent temper and assaulted her
- State report finds three out of four San Mateo County high-school graduates pursue higher education
- Trial of lawsuits against PG&E over San Bruno explosion delayed
- Wet weather hampers pumpkin picking in Half Moon Bay
- Feds crack down on California pot dispensaries
- Stanford football: Andrew Luck's receiving days are over
- Public to get up-close view of new sewage treatment facility
- Carolyn Livengood: Get ready to boo, hiss in Belmont
- State agency bans rail transit operators from using all portable wireless devices
- San Jose State football: Brothers Peter and David Tuitupou return home to play BYU
- A new spin on flash mobs: in celebration of Disability Awareness Day
- County board approves five-year extension for Bullis Charter School
- Steve Jobs left Apple strong
- Roadshow: Drivers beware -- deer are on the prowl
- Eyeing an Afghan exit, military resets priorities
- People: Jude Law tops list of 60 U.K. celebs, citizens claiming tabloid hacked their phones
- Lawsuit claims Giants' Lincecum trashed San Francisco apartment
- Steve Jobs left Apple strong
- Literature Nobel goes to Sweden's best-known poet
- Correction
- Military report: Small number of soldiers with animal bites in combat receive rabies vaccine
- San Quentin warehouse supervisor arrested in drug, bribery investigation
- Cupertino shooting spree suspect was armed, 'threatening' when deputies shot, killed him
- Fans around Silicon Valley and around the globe remember Apple's Steve Jobs
- Laurene Powell Jobs helps change lives, too
- Is this edition of the San Jose Sharks the best?
- LIVE COVERAGE: Cupertino triple homicide suspect shot and killed
- Probe into Pacifica dog mauling rules out murder
- Parents say Mt. Diablo school district bus is overcrowded and unsafe
- Woods stumbles out of gates at Frys.com Open
- Server farms sprouting in Silicon Valley
- Man crashes car after being fatally shot in East Oakland
- India announces $35 tablet computer for rural poor
- Quarterback Jason Campbell giving Oakland Raiders fans thrills and chills
- $60 home movie? Sure, but it's still in theaters
- Cupertino cement plant shooting victim recalls bloody morning
- Cupertino quarry shooting suspect who killed 3, wounded 7 still on loose
- Oakland Raiders defense can't afford to zone out against Houston Texans
- Feds taking over South San Francisco teen pimping case
- Ayres' transfer to state mental hospital put off until Oct. 26
- Victims described as hard-working family men
- Tributes pour in for 'our Edison'
- San Francisco 49ers offense feeling the power
- Cal Bears defense hopes for repeat performance against explosive Oregon Ducks
- Baseball playoffs: Arizona Diamondbacks keep hitting grand slams, force Game 5 with 10-6 win over Milwaukee Brewers
- Oakland A's name Chip Hale as their bench coach
- Cycling: Alberto Contador, three-time Tour de France champ, makes Bay Area visit
- San Jose council committee rejects Councilman's Sam Liccardo's request for audit of business incubators
- Body of missing San Jose mother turns up on east side
- South Bay attorney guilty in $1.1 million investment scheme
- Grieving father on a mission to fight food allergies
- Will this rain bring wet Bay Area winter? Forecasters don't know
- San Jose Sharks still unsure if Martin Havlat will play in season opener
- Tiger Woods' new caddie, Joe LaCava, on bag for first time at Frys.com Open
- UCLA's Patrick Cantlay paired with Tiger Woods at Frys.com Open
- BART police post annual report on complaints against officers
- Apple says former CEO Steve Jobs has died
- Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley pioneer Steve Jobs is dead
- Jobs family's statement on death of Apple founder
- Mercury News editorial: Steve Jobs' passing is a sad milestone
- Hayward trustees select Compton administrator to lead schools
- CEO Tim Cook's letter to Apple employees announcing Steve Jobs' death
- UC Berkeley reports mumps outbreak
- LIVE COVERAGE: 3 dead, seven wounded in Cupertino shootings, gunman still on the loose
- Contra Costa insurance fraud ring busted; 22 indicted
- Friends plead for Cupertino cement plant shooter to surrender
- Whitman hopes to decide fate of HP's PC division this month
- Cupertino quarry shooting suspect who killed 3, wounded 7 still on loose
- Al Gore visits students at Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton
- Bay Area could become first region to plan for sea level rise in long-term development
- Sea lion found shot in Burlingame euthanized
- BART parking contractor to refund $202,000 in overcharges for long-term parking
- Santa Cruz, Monterey counties during annual coastal cleanup netted 17,000 pounds of debris
- Sarah Palin says she will not run for president
- Couple suspected in Northwest crime spree caught near Yuba City
- Cupertino quarry where shooting took place has proud past
- Unseasonable storm: Snow closes I-80 in Sierra
- BART proposal would extend Friday night service by 30 minutes
- Ed Arnow: Postal Cutbacks bother residents both for service cutbacks and job losses
- Mt. Diablo school district solar project on schedule, but last phase may lag
- Bullis Charter School in Los Altos faces contentious decision over its future
- Venerable outdoor campfire area at Big Basin restored
- Oakland delays action on new gang injunctions, youth curfews
- Los Altos looks to make up for lost parking
- East Palo Alto considers stop sign or crosswalk lights at intersection where 6-year-old was killed
- Marijuana question headed to Palo Alto voters in 2012
- Mountain View police search for witnesses of In-N-Out robbery
- Atherton residents will see more of their cash going to trash
- San Mateo County supervisors give sheriff the nod to build big jail
- Woman accosted by armed man in Menlo Park
- Belmont seeks ways to avoid proposed 22-percent hike in garbage rates
- Foster City council hears financial details of plans for 15 acres
- Burlingame man convicted of murder in DUI crash
- Little-known airport eatery best place for breakfast in Half Moon Bay
- NHL skating a fine line in crackdown on head shots
- San Jose Sharks hoping that Martin Havlat gets clearance to play
- Baseball playoffs: Texas Rangers beat Tampa Bay Rays to advance to ALCS
- 'DWTS': Cavallari's elimination stuns judges, audience
- Three women in Michael Jackson's doctor's life testify at his trial
- UC Berkeley physicist shares 2011 Nobel Prize
- Apple unveils new iPhone
- Cal football notebook: Bears unlikely to use 'fake injury' tactic against Oregon
- Afghanistan signs pact with India, irking Pakistan
- Ex-San Ramon officer expected to see more fed charges in CNET scandal
- CHP trying to find out why man's body was on San Pablo freeway
- Pizarro: Shades of the Clinton administration in Silicon Valley
- Oakland medical cannabis club owes IRS millions in back taxes
- People: Fox says 'Simpsons' is done if cast won't take huge pay cut
- 1 current San Jose cop, 1 former cop charged with stealing $120,000 from charitable fund
- Live coverage: Apple CEO Tim Cook wraps up new features of iPhone 4S, with Siri at top
- Nader: College athletics dumbing down society
- Truck bomb kills dozens in Somalia's capital
- Wolverton: New iPhone's voice technology could spark another revolution
- Why Apple stock falls after new product announcements
- Hayward police seek witnesses after man found shot, dying in driveway
- Oakland man charged in Ashland shooting
- Google, Microsoft war over cloud-based software apps escalates
- Roadshow: Ahhhh, repaving with asphalt lowers freeway noise
- Mid-career job seekers turn to internships, volunteer positions
- Apple's iPhone event does not include rumored iPhone 5
- Being Andrew Luck: Demands always high for Stanford QB
- Contra Costa County supervisors furious with solar company that cut down 100 trees
- Earthquakes expect Steven Lenhart to return in 2012
- On verge of bear market, stocks swing violently positive
- Bernanke: Americans are angry about sputtering economy, and for good reason
- Marin woman unscathed after tree limb crashes through ceiling
- Woman robbed near Stanford by hairy, smelly bandit
- Judge rejects San Mateo County's motion to dismiss discrimination lawsuit
- Utility says it won't remove 'Granny' the oak tree for water project in North Fair Oaks
- Man held at gunpoint and robbed in Mountain View, police say
- Stanford Hospital & Clinics vows to fight $20M class action
- Event rallies San Carlos parents to get involved with education on state level
- Probe: Drug abusers exploiting Medicare benefit
- 'Dancing With the Stars': Emotional dances to match celebrities' emotional stories
- NDNU wins second big federal grant for Latino and other underserved students
- San Mateo County college teachers vote down labor agreement
- Rare BART suicide on Colma tracks
- Budget cuts force shorter hours at Pacifica police station
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Coach Hue Jackson not lowering expectations
- Governor signs bill to bolster 'buy America' rules for new buses and train cars
- Highway 101 sea lion was shot in the jaw
- Steve Westly tried to wave Obama away from Solyndra
- Baseball playoffs: Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers take 2-1 series leads in A.L.
- Jon Wilner's Bay Area college football report card
- Italy appeals court clears Amanda Knox of murder
- Hundreds of Bay Area students without whooping cough vaccine barred from school
- Roadshow: A roundup of street-level issues in San Jose, Redwood City, Hayward, Sunnyvale
- Governor signs bill requiring 10-day notification before granting criminal clemency
- Memorial service held for Sioreli Torres Zamora
- Salmon hatchery gets good news
- Big deal for a small town: New pedestrian trail opens in Clyde
- Man killed in Bay Point home threatened family with a screwdriver, authorities say
- Teens converge on Delta for high school bass championships
- San Jose firefighters say bystander's CPR helped save runner during half-marathon
- Oracle shows off high-end computer systems
- New state law speeds protective orders against batterers
- Tesla customers get a peek at Model S at Fremont factory
- Wanted: Surfers for paddle-out scene for Jay Moriarity movie in Santa Cruz
- Steve Westly tried to wave Obama away from Solyndra
- Santa Clara's last prime farmland prepped for construction
- San Leandro High School mourns shooting victim
- People: 'Hung' star Thomas Jane tells of gay hooker past
- What do you want on the next iPhone? Users sound off
- ESPN pulls intro after Hank Williams' Obama comments
- Don't get math? Researchers hone in on the brain's problem
- Environmental groups and state regulators win major smog case over home developers
- Word-of-mouth boosts Fry's Open lineup to big-name golfers beyond Tiger Woods
- Rhapsody buys Napster subscribers from Best Buy
- Clorox CEO's pay down 11 percent this year
- Oakland police officer videotapes killing of suspect
- Highway 101 sea lion was shot in the jaw
- Contra Costa readies resources for prison realignment
- Get out those umbrellas; rain, cold expected in Bay area
- Authorities ID burglary suspects killed in Oakland crash
- Wolverton: Speakers offer hip new way to listen to music
- Kawakami: Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell not up to challenge against New England Patriots
- Purdy: With golf pros in town, host is set to unveil grand plan for Frys.com Open
- High prices spawns rash of companies buying gold for cash
- Cal football notebook: Freshman linebackers Chris McCain and Cecil Whiteside are good friends who are becoming impact players
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Roadshow: Metering light woes along Interstate 680
- Baseball playoffs: Cardinals, Brewers, Tigers grab playoff wins
- Andy Rooney ends '60 Minutes' run of 33 years
- Wall Street protesters: We're in for the long haul
- More than 1 in 10 parents skip, delay kids' shots
- Supreme Court set to open crucial term
- Mistakes costly to Oakland Raiders in 31-19 loss to New England Patriots
- Marathon rocks San Jose
- Monument Corridor set to lose hotel tax grant program
- Slideshow: Top news photos, Oct. 25, 2011
- Current troubles in solar industry raise questions about schools' clean-energy pursuits
- Monte Poole: San Francisco 49ers QB Alex Smith comes out swinging
- Campbell: Teen being charged as adult in alleged pot robbery in backyard
- Santa Clara refuses to divulge football stadium security report
- Rocketship plans charter school expansion in Santa Clara County
- San Diegeo County wildfire chars 2,000 acres, forces highway closure
- Man feared lost during hike in Sierra Nevada safe
- Singer who owes $420K in child support arrested during Massachusetts show
- San Francisco 49ers shock Philadelphia Eagles 24-23
- Salads are nice, but burgers are what really sell
- 'Dolphin Tale' dethrones 'Lion King' with $14.2M to grab top box office spot
- San Mateo County: Missing 5-year-old girl found in wooded park
- Olympians Keflezighi, Kastor take divisions in San Jose Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon
- Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck takes charge in Peyton Manning fashion
- Despite setbacks for U.S. solar industry, experts remain hopeful
- 3 killed, 3 wounded in shooting at San Leandro party
- Ophelia a dangerous Category 3 hurricane, threatens Newfoundland
- Internal Affairs: President finally visits San Jose -- but just for a good night's sleep
- Stanford routs UCLA 45-19
- Purdy: Oakland Raiders are focused on TV images
- Former Intel chief fights for medical innovation
- San Jose Earthquakes can't protect late lead in tie with Sporting Kansas City
- Raiders want to turn up the heat against the Patriots' Brady
- San Jose Sharks end preseason with first loss
- Grant to bring new baseball dugouts to Hillsdale High
- Tom Brady By The Numbers
- Baseball playoffs: Rangers, Yankees, Phillies, Brewers get wins
- San Mateo may see trash rates jump again
- Pleasanton Tomato Battle proves a bloody good time
- San Jose State snaps 13-game road losing streak
- Pumpkins reign in Half Moon Bay
- U.S. fugitive claims new identity
- Guard sentenced to death in slaying of Pakistani governor
- Small plane crashes into ride during festival in Australia
- Cassidy: Education on the brink of an online revolution
- San Mateo firefighters agree to wait for raises until 2013
- After 25 years, 'Phantom' still brings down chandelier
- Authorities: CA slayings suspect killed in manhunt
- Sea lion rescued after crossing Highway 101 in Burlingame
- Walnut Creek man was the mastermind behind 'Ocean's Eleven'-like, multi-million dollar scam
- San Jose State ends road skid with win over Colorado State
- No warning lights or arms at site of Brentwood train-truck collision
- Three killed, one injured in Oakland crash
- Tom Brady's mentor, Tom Martinez, in fight against cancer
- Herhold: The Michelle Le homicide case has something to teach us
- Coast Guard: Rats must be removed from seized boat
- Drama of Michael Jackson case hides simple ruling for jury
- Santa Cruz mountain winegrowers: Cool weather means fewer grapes, better quality
- US warns of retaliation following Anwar al-Awlaki's killing
- City delays closure of popular Lake Cunningham skate park
- VA to cover extra costs amid home loan confusion
- NBA players, owners meeting for 2nd straight day
- 'North Dallas Forty' author dies in Michigan
- Large funeral for executed Georgia inmate Troy Davis
- Santa Clara County animal shelters have a wish: 'empty our shelters,' adopt animals
- San Jose's SunPower scores $1.2 billion federal loan guarantee
- Alibaba to pursue Yahoo
- San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi takes significant step in recovery
- Jon Wilner on college football: San Jose State has made significant progress
- San Jose Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon to showcase U.S. distance running revival
- Realignment law targets horse meat peddlers
- Amtrak train, farm truck collide near Brentwood; dozens injured
- Palo Alto, firefighters union reach agreement
- San Mateo County sheriff says he can squeeze in 200 more inmates in overcrowded jails for now
- POLICE BEAT
- Baseball playoffs: Rays rout Rangers; Yankees-Tigers suspended because of rain
- Pepper spray at high school in San Mateo prompts hazardous-material response
- One-time funds lead to improved outlook for Antioch budget
- Half Moon Bay fishermen plan to boost salmon population by using net pens
- Oakland A's: Hitting, pitching and bench coaches will not return to Bob Melvin's staff
- Education activist urges online learning as alternative to failing schools
- Santa Clara forward Marc Trasolini deals with promising basketball season that ended before it could begin
- Stanford football: New fullback making his mark
- San Jose State aims to break long road losing streak
- UCSF police take man into custody in connection with Hells Angels homicide
- Justices: Prosecutor committed 'substantial' misconduct but defendant should not have been freed
- Police Blotter
- Mercury News interview: Lee Chen, CEO of A10 Networks
- Man with makeshift bomb arrested in Santa Cruz
- Despite controversy over regulations, record water deliveries pumped from Delta
- San Jose man arrested after grenade found in home
- People: Ex-fiancee plans to auction Hugh Hefner's engagement ring
- Oakley forgives home loan for city manager
- Jerry Brown tweaks 'bipartisan' legislators again
- U.S. attack in Yemen kills al-Awlaki
- Cooperatives find new relevancy helping low-wage workers
- Half Moon Bay fishermen plan to boost salmon population by using net pens
- Realignment law targets horse meat peddlers
- San Pablo councilman, recovering from stroke, eyes quick return to duty, relative says
- The New Downtowns: Rowdy or Festive?
- Live birds banned at Richmond farmer's market
- Verizon sues to stop net neutrality rules
- Earthquakes say they're willing to spend more
- Marijuana activists take to streets of San Jose in effort to repeal new medical pot laws
- Man arrested in attack on woman at Hayward park
- San Leandro robbery interrupted, four men arrested
- Feds approve $5 billion more in solar loans for SunPower, other firms hours before deadline
- East Bay men plead guilty in fed court to foreclosure auction scheme
- Paris readies electric car sharing program
- Stocks head down again, led by Hewlett-Packard
- Southern California man survives for days after car plunges off cliff
- Oakland Raiders' Richard Seymour lies in wait for New England Patriots
- Report shows rise in sexual assaults at Stanford
- Wells Fargo will sell 1,800 East Palo Alto rental units despite city's plea to wait
- BART police to wear cameras
- San Jose Sharks get two scares in shutout win over Vancouver Canucks
- San Mateo County grant provides funding for students to get science, technology training
- Report: Youth gun violence cost San Mateo County $234 million between 2005, 2009
- New Belmont Fire Department debuts Saturday
- Alameda County Sheriff's deputies exchange fire with California fugitive
- After 35 years on the board, Evergreen schools trustee steps down
- A's general manager Billy Beane says he expects to remain in Oakland
- Cal football notebook: Kicker Giorgio Tavecchio has shot at redemption against Oregon
- In brief
- Pakistani politicians reject Mullen's attack charges
- Santa Clara'a long-time leader has breast cancer
- Gilroy: SUV fleeing CHP runs over spike strip, crashes into power pole
- Woe is the 49ers' 'O'
- Brown hails public-safety handoff to locals
- People: Ashton Kutcher tweets semi-denial of charges he cheated on Demi Moore
- Rare suicide at Santa Clara County jail ends life of drug suspect
- Report: HP's CEO switch sparked by fears of Oracle bid
- Apotheker leaves HP with $13 million; Whitman takes $1 a year
- Pittsburg overpass dedicated to fallen police officer
- Mosquito-fogging truck to roll through Concord Friday evening
- As black families leave Oakland, their kids are disappearing from the city's public schools
- Documents: Biker from another San Jose gang shot Hells Angel chief in back
- Police probe links between Antioch robbery and central county heists
- 3.3 quake strikes near Oakland
- Tout is like a Twitter for video instead of words
- Crosswalk where 6-year-old was struck, killed has dangerous history
- Powerful figure in water wars steps down
- Roadshow: Crossing San Francisco Bay won't shorten trip to Petaluma
- PG&E: Pleasant Hill gas flow stopped, situation safe
- Giants' Sabean: Don't count on big-ticket additions
- Santa Clara: Residents evacuated after another gas line rupture
- Group proves muscle memory for golf isn't lost in Alzheimer's patients
- Blu Homes is counting on green demand for homes
- Autonomy CEO defends HP deal while sniping with Oracle
- When are the sweet tweets? Mornings and weekends
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley freelancers find freedom from isolation through co-working
- Trio of teens arrested after attempted Menlo Park burglary
- Palo Alto council could pass pot decision to voters
- Live chat: Oakland Raiders wide receiver Denarius Moore, Thursday, 3:30 p.m.
- San Mateo motorcyclist killed in crash on Kings Mountain Road
- Mark Purdy: Sharks want to cut top players' minutes but might not have that luxury
- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady hasn't forgotten last game in Bay Area
- Coastside harbormaster resigns
- San Mateo man killed in high-speed motorcycle crash
- U.S. asks Supreme Court to rule on health care law
- Oakland A's will open 2012 season in Japan with two games against the Seattle Mariners
- CHP, San Jose police can't find speeding driver who crashed into SUV
- San Jose Sharks looking to fine-tune lineup
- Jim Harbaugh: San Francisco 49ers won't complain if Eagles sit Michael Vick
- San Jose unions offer pension concessions
- Herhold: Silicon Valley's caste system
- NFL: Coaches Bill Cowher, Bill Parcells, Marty Schottenheimer on Hall of Fame list
- BART's West Oakland station reopens after power restored
- Frenzied finish in baseball as four teams battle for last two playoff spots
- San Jose: Family and friends mourn local Hells Angel president
- Hercules agrees to new contract with city manager
- Brentwood exceeds recyling goals
- Notre Dame de Namur awarded federal grant to boost students in the sciences
- People: Ashton Kutcher accused of cheating on Demi Moore
- CHP arrests San Jose man on suspicion of drunken-driving in a stolen car
- Zuckerberg -- the other one-- talks about social media
- Woman injured in vicious Oktoberfest attack in Clayton
- San Francisco Giants end season on losing and painful note
- Wolverton: Kindle Fire may be first worthy competitor to iPad
- No stage fright for Stanford safety Michael Thomas
- Zoos help restore nearly extinct black-footed ferrets in US West
- Feds to examine Google's Motorola purchase
- Author says she was turned away from Livermore school
- Yahoo introduces free Flickr app for Android devices
- Advocacy groups for the disabled sue California over repeated budget cuts
- Activists launch petition campaign to repeal new pot club ordinances
- Immigration sweep nets 186 in Northern California, more than 2,900 nationwide
- San Leandro man arrested in parents' stabbing
- Federal cash boosts shrinking Oakland police department by 25 officers
- Obama praises Fremont student during speech
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission approves move to SF building
- Motorcyclist, girl struck and killed in separate incidents in East Palo Alto
- Highly respected Oakland motorcycle club member slain
- Revamped waste facility in San Carlos reeks of efficiency
- San Mateo County supervisors call for moratorium on Stanford Weekend Acres development
- New store on the block? San Carlos weighs its possibilities
- San Mateo County supervisors approve $33 million in additional spending
- San Mateo County supervisors say countywide plastic bag ban might be way to go
- Dancing with the Stars': Elisabetta sent packing for Italy
- Oakland A's GM Billy Beane fires back at angry Art Howe over portrayal in 'Moneyball'
- Madison Bumgarner pitches San Francisco Giants to 7-0 win over Colorado Rockies
- Antioch agrees to restart program to fight blight
- Kaiser holds grand opening for new San Mateo facility
- 49ers show off virtual luxury suites at new stadium
- Thousands of nurses return to work at Alta Bates
- Mourners turn out to pay tribute to Michele Le
- UFC coming to San Jose for first time, but not with expected marquee bout
- San Jose State football: Brandon Rutley has Spartans on the run
- Local digest: Andre Ward's fight with Carl Froch rescheduled for Dec. 17 in Atlantic City
- Hiker's family hid Israeli link during Iran captivity
- Leticia Serna, 27, formally charged with killing her infant son Friday in Sunnyvale
- Oakland gets federal grant to pay for more police officers
- Tassajara Valley project foes speak out early
- Bridgelux cuts jobs, shifts focus in how it makes LED systems
- Satirical affirmative action bake sale, protests attract hundreds to UC Berkeley
- Tammerlin Drummond: Playing the blame game in patient's tragic death
- Google+ membership surges
- Power outage reported in Pittsburg and Antioch
- GOP's Paul Ryan renews call to repeal, replace health care reform
- Touting jobs, Brown signs a pair of bills and curses 'too damn many regulations'
- People: Actress Leisha Hailey says she was kicked off flight for kissing girlfriend
- Cowboy up: Judge rules Santa Cruz County's first rodeo in 20 years can move forward this weekend
- Second rape reported at Saint Mary's College in as many weeks
- San Pablo Councilman hospitalized after heart attack, stroke
- San Jose school wins $100,000 in fitness equipment
- Apple to announce new iPhone Oct. 4
- 49ers show off virtual luxury suites at new stadium
- San Mateo family says police shot dogs too quickly
- Fallout widens from collapse of Fremont solar maker Solyndra
- Images of Jackson's corpse shown as doctor's trial opens
- Woman injured after being dragged, trapped by her own car in Pleasant Hill
- Pearl Harbor survivors group disbands
- Icahn rumors send Research in Motion stock soaring
- Tahoe ski resorts Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows to merge
- Blunt talk about nicotine addiction and the brain keeps Pleasant Hill middle schoolers spellbound
- San Mateo County supes to revisit controversial subdivision proposal
- San Mateo County Board of Supervisors' meeting chambers to get high-tech makeover, tablet computers
- Woman who died at Alta Bates may be victim of medical error not medication mistake
- NTSB: PG&E still unable to accurately assess safety of its pipes
- 'Dancing with the Stars': Quickstep, jive -- daunting dances for celebrities
- Foster City council candidates find areas of agreement
- San Francisco Giants' poor offensive performance raises the question: Is it time to make AT&T Park more hitter friendly?
- New twist in legal fight over Sharp Park Golf Course
- Police Blotter
- Government shutdown averted; disaster aid dispute surmounted
- Living people on U.S. stamps: Who would you choose?
- Military jet escorts biplane back to Watsonville airport after pilot violates airspace for Obama visit
- Santa Clara hires new top lawyer in crucial time
- Wangari<br />Maathai, Nobel laureate
- Oakland A's ponder whether they will re-sign D.H. Hideki Matsui
- Oakland Effect: Senate bill would hurt youth violence prevention programs
- Massive Boys Scout event makes achievement easier
- Santa Clara County honors 31 teachers
- Hercules recasts Sycamore North as possible market-rate project
- Hurd highlights Oracle strategy
- Cassidy: Maria Elena's is another Silicon Valley company at a crossroads
- Giants prospect Gary Brown is too valuable to be rushed
- Affirmative action bake sale ruffles feathers at Cal
- Director resigns from East Contra Costa Fire District board
- 49ers distract themselves from ailing offense with hospital visit
- Debate over GPS devices on suspects' cars spurs 'Big Brother' concerns
- L-Word star kisses girl, gets escorted off Southwest flight
- Stanford's endowment grew 22.5 percent in the last year
- Woman who died at Alta Bates may be victim of medical error not medication mistake
- Raiders players do their best to avoid the glare of the red dot spotlight
- Man found in burning Oakland apartment identified as paroled killer
- Animal rights activists say they set fire at Idaho fur seller
- Obama brings jobs plan to Silicon Valley
- Famous bear missing, feared to have been shot by hunter
- Looming budget cuts threaten San Jose's expansive solar plan
- Mt. Diablo school district to begin planning for future of Bay Point area schools
- Typhoon hits northern Philippines, 100,000 flee
- Santa Clara: Pedestrian struck by car, suffers broken leg
- Pizarro: It's movie night with Baseball San Jose
- San Jose schools win top honors in Intel science, math contest
- Virtual training for real combat
- Wolverton: Annoyed consumers have alternatives to Netflix
- Report: Americans fail to appreciate local papers
- Transit discounts for the poor urged at gathering of the faithful
- Hit-and-run crashes in Menlo Park, Santa Clara kill 2 Bay Area residents
- San Jose boxer Eros Correa takes surprise shot at qualifying for Olympics
- San Jose Sharks top Vancouver Canucks in exhibition play
- Oakland A's deliver blow to Los Angeles Angels with rally in ninth
- Freed hikers: Iran detained them because of nationality, not actions
- Building used by CIA attacked in Afghan capital
- 3 Americans die in Nepalese sightseeing plane crash
- Young business owner takes over Montara coffee shop
- Summerlike weather to return midweek
- One arrested in downtown San Jose shooting
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Nevada police stay on alert after biker shootings
- Federal probe of eBay may turn on its quest for rival's 'secret sauce'
- Obama arrives in Bay Area for fundraisers, town hall
- Gas smell from pipeline work leads to shelter-in-place order
- Grand jury testimony: Two recount drinking, sex with San Jose cop
- San Francisco Giants swept in 5-2 loss to Arizona Diamondbacks
- Oakland Raiders beat New York Jets 34-24
- San Francisco 49ers hold on in 13-8 win over Cincinnati Bengals
- Concord City Council to vote on banning smoking downtown
- Next billion-dollar project for Texan: 49ers stadium in Santa Clara
- Freed hikers: Iran detained them because of nationality, not actions
- Golf: Bill Haas wins high-stakes FedEx Cup
- Cañada College program to train students in green-building career
- One arrested in downtown San Jose shooting
- Man with broken leg survives 4 days in Utah desert
- Thousands expected at AT&T Park for free SF Opera performance of 'Turandot'
- Wheelchair-bound man, 67, killed in Santa Clara hit-and-run
- Hurricane Hilary still churning up dangerous surf
- 'Lion King' hangs on to top box office spot
- Police identify man shot and killed in West Oakland
- Southbound 101 lanes reopen after fatal crash in Menlo Park
- Saudi king: Women can vote, run in local elections in 2015
- California prison realignment to put more low-level offenders on streets
- Oakland Raiders' appear to match up well with New York Jets
- If you wish you hadn't converted your IRA, change it back
- San Francisco Giants eliminated from playoff chase
- Huge Yosemite trail project is latest example of parks philanthropy
- Poole: Oakland Raiders' coach Hue Jackson displays many similar traits to Rex Ryan
- San Jose Sharks top Phoenix Coyotes on Benn Ferriero's goal
- Whitman faces big challenges at HP
- San Bruno schools chief fined for omission
- San Mateo County community college district teachers seek salary equity
- San Jose Hells Angels leader killed during shootout in Nevada casino
- Guillermo Moscoso, Oakland A's fall to Los Angeles Angels
- Millbrae schools strengthening ties with seniors
- Replacement nurse involved in 'medical error' leading to patient death at Oakland hospital
- Internal Affairs:
- TechShop opens in San Jose
- Roadshow: Work on new 92-880 interchange almost complete
- Clayton Valley High principal racing against charter conversion to get school on track
- All eyes are on Clayton Valley High as teachers push for charter conversion
- San Mateo housing complex to celebrate new sculpture
- Perry loses Florida GOP straw poll to former pizza chain executive
- Brandon Rutley leads San Jose State past New Mexico State
- Cops shoot man who repeatedly opened fire near high school games
- Seen any satellite pieces? NASA says space junk likely in ocean, but may have hit US
- Man shot and killed in West Oakland
- Cal loses to Washington 31-23
- Silicon Valley business leaders divided over Obama
- San Francisco protesters: No nudes is bad news
- Whitman faces big challenges at HP
- Herhold: A theft goes uninvestigated
- Small dent in jobless rate seen from Obama's plan
- Bicyclist killed in collision with car in Oakland hills
- Sunnyvale: Woman booked on charges of killing 8-month-old son
- Calif. bars rejoice: infused alcohol ban lifted
- Google adds 'standout' stories to its algorithms
- Offenders in Ala. town can choose jail or church
- Hikers freed in Iran to return to U.S. Sunday
- Palestinian president rejects international peace blueprint
- UBS CEO Gruebel resigns over $2.3B rogue trading loss
- Jon Wilner on college football: Cal victory at Washington practically assures bowl spot for Bears
- Kawakami: Changing of the guard begins for San Jose Sharks
- O'Brien: Breach between Apotheker and HP board had been building for months
- Tempest over a T-shirt: Sharks ban Bad Boys' logo, triggering constitutional crisis
- Arizona Diamondbacks beat San Francisco Giants to clinch National League West title
- Stanford graduate succumbs to car wreck injuries
- East Palo Alto pot club still doing business despite city ban
- Funding award a watershed moment in San Francisquito Creek flood-control plan
- San Jose Sharks defeat Anaheim Ducks 5-1 in exhibition
- Home runs by Jemile Weeks, David DeJesus give Oakland A's win over Los Angeles Angels and help Texas Rangers wrap up A.L. West
- LoJack, Facebook led to stolen laptop, conviction of Menlo Park man
- San Mateo psych ward rape suspect headed back to hospital
- AP Interview: Troy Davis' sister vows to carry on
- Coastside charity opens La Honda office
- San Francisco Giants update: Buster Posey will remain at catcher in 2012
- While keeping hope alive for this season, Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop also looks to offseason goals
- Son of slain Campbell radio host tells mourners to celebrate mom's life
- Brown weighs STD vaccination bill
- Body of boy, 2, found in Sunnyvale; woman tries to jump off bridge
- Alamo man, collaborator charged in $8 million investment scheme
- San Pablo dubs new destination 'The Avenue'
- Gov. Jerry Brown signs Amazon sales-tax bill
- Contra Costa reports first human case of West Nile virus this year
- Orinda jet owner vows to return to Reno next year
- Judge's blistering rebuke of two federal scientists stokes fires under Obama administration
- Low poll numbers, economic doldrums won't dampen Obama's Bay Area support
- Metropolitan Transportation Agency to reconsider San Francisco headquarters
- Icahn drops bid to buy Clorox, Oakland corporate giant remains independent
- Silicon Valley observers say fears of 'more Solyndras' are overblown
- O.co Coliseum commissioners fine tune management contract requirements
- Cupertino: Restoration of Stevens Creek gets environmental clearance
- Solyndra executives invoke the Fifth Amendment at Congressional hearing
- California policymakers weigh Obama's No Child Left Behind proposal
- Alameda County diners will be able to see inspection results at a glance
- Palestinian leader takes statehood quest to U.N.
- Groupon updates SEC filing, COO leaves for Google
- Hewlett-Packard stock hits six-year low as Meg Whitman takes helm
- Compromise ends $2 million dispute between anti-alcohol and drug providers
- Argentine economic plan: Raise spending, salaries
- Warrant dropped for co-owner of San Jose pot dispensary connected to crime spree
- Mercury News interview: Mike Klayko, Brocade CEO
- Former Oakland church treasurer ordered to repay almost $400,000
- UC Berkeley quiet day after arrests
- Sunnyvale City Council approves 2 new development projects in city
- The Seasoned Collector: No more Candlestick Park antiques show; John Wayne's treasures going up for auction
- Scientists are working on movies produced from inside our minds
- Obama plan would give relief to some schools failing under No Child Left Behind
- San Francisco 49ers' 10-day trip includes layover in Youngstown, Ohio
- Oakland Raiders receiver Denarius Moore's quick development surprises NFL draft experts
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Team sells out home opener against New York Jets; game will be televised locally
- Los Altos downtown transforms with streetscape project
- Cost of doing business with Recology expected to rise steeply again next year
- Joy for tots: Revamped playground in San Carlos park to reopen Saturday
- Fence approval puts Rich May field project in East Palo Alto back in motion
- San Carlos man dies after being struck by car Sept. 14
- Palo Alto senator launches final 'There Oughta Be a Law' contest
- San Francisco Giants face divisional elimination game after losing to Los Angeles Dodgers
- San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns is a dynamo
- Felon pleads guilty to murdering girl, 17, missing from Campbell since 1995
- Trial set in San Bruno blast case against PG&E, sparring continues
- Americans freed from Iran enjoy family reunions
- Oakland A's rally, avoid sweep against Texas Rangers
- New Great America owner will also manage Gilroy Gardens
- Injured Giants fan Bryan Stow asks for his kids; hospital says he's showing signs of progress
- San Jose police seized gun and ammo box from pot club linked to crime spree
- After five months, Antioch school cashes in on bank's donation
- BART to put $17.8 million of surplus in reserve for new train cars
- Police looking for motive in Hayward motel room slaying
- Facebook unveils new timeline feature
- Herhold: A tale of hope for a refugee on two wheels
- Judge to issue injunction against five alleged Oakland gang members by Monday
- Nurses at nerly three dozen hospitals in California hospitals strike
- Blood drive Saturday to aid African-Americans with sickle cell disease
- Customers say Missoni orders canceled by Target
- Obit: KTVU journalist Bob MacKenzie dead at 75
- San Jose schools win top honors in national science, math contest
- Dozens occupy UC Berkeley building
- Nurses at nearly three dozen hospitals in California hospitals strike
- Pizarro: TechShop building something cool in downtown San Jose
- Good Vibrations store gets green light to open on Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland
- Consumers won't feel much impact from Fed's moves
- Stanford football: Injured linebacker Shayne Skov making his presence felt
- Oakland police identify man slain in shooting near Children's Hospital
- Cool summer means smaller, greener local pumpkins
- Rate on 30-year mortgage stays at record 4.09 pct.
- New spam: I'm out of the office, but you can win a dream vacation!
- Apple will dominate tablet sales this Christmas, research shows
- Applications for unemployment benefits drop
- Visa, MasterCard expected to hike debit fees for small purchases
- HP names Whitman CEO
- East Palo Alto asks Wells Fargo to rethink selling 1,800 rental units to equity firm
- Mountain View housing report gives clues as to who's living in city
- Planners ask council to extend medical pot club ban in Redwood City two more years
- Atherton asks residents to privately finance new town center
- Palo Alto school board to discuss purchase of San Antonio Road property
- Menlo Park police recover iPad 2's stolen from Hillview Middle School
- Trial date set for San Carlos tutor accused of molesting daughter's friend
- San Jose Earthquakes battle back for tie
- San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, gain ground in wild-card race
- Billy Beane and Moneyball: How it went wrong on the field for the Oakland A's
- San Jose Sharks rout Anaheim Ducks in exhibition opener
- San Mateo Union wants to renew schools chief's contract with higher pay
- Jeff Clark once again in charge of Mavericks
- Oakland A's announce hiring of Bob Melvin as their full-time manager
- Satellite still on for Friday freefall from space
- Actions speak louder than words for Stanford safety Delano Howell
- Oakland Raiders: Quarterback Jason Campbell has been at his best
- O'Brien: Board fiddles while HP burns
- San Francisco 49ers: Knee injury sidelines receiver Braylon Edwards
- Google's Schmidt defends company before U.S. senators
- Big changes coming to Facebook
- Million young adults get health coverage under law
- Renovo bids to bag both Andronico's Markets and A.G. Ferrari Foods
- County prosecutor, Dublin councilman to challenge Pete Stark
- Libyan capital fell a month ago; where's victory?
- Politics in Iran and abroad factor into timing of American hikers' release
- Santa Cruz County jail lobby closes after tiles pop out of floor
- Antioch, other East Bay school districts, scramble to get students vaccinated ahead of deadline
- Brown faces quandary with bill to consolidate initiatives
- New victims alleged in deadly San Jose crime spree
- 49ers: Braylon Edwards has surgery, Michael Crabtree expected to return
- Forbes 400 list of richest Americans 'likes' Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
- UC Berkeley graduates are freed from Iran prison after more than two years
- Billy Beane and Moneyball: How it went wrong on the field
- Herhold: Meg Whitman's climb back from embarrassment.
- Oakland police under new scrutiny by judge who threatened federal takeover
- County prosecutor, Dublin councilman to challenge Pete Stark
- Orchard Supply Hardware to close Antioch store
- Hikers' readjustment may be tough
- HP reportedly considering ousting Apotheker
- R.E.M., America's best rock band, breaks up after 31 years
- Lawyer says Iran about to free 2 jailed Americans
- Meg Whitman says she'll donate at least $2.5 million for Redwood City-based Summit charter schools
- 'Dancing With the Stars': Lakers' player bounced off the dance floor
- San Francisco man pleads not guilty to South San Francisco rape
- HP begins layoffs as it ends webOS products
- Wavecrest site poised to become part of trail system
- San Jose police raid pot co-op tied to suspect in radio host's killing
- Kawakami: Coach David Shaw not afraid to show Stanford his edgy side
- 21-year-old man fatally shot in East Palo Alto
- Stanford University President John Hennessy to take sabbatical
- Pie-in-the-sky plans shown for Mountain View park
- Alleged victim retells Janikowski confrontation
- Crosswalk gets attention after Los Altos High student struck by car
- Menlo Park-based Meals on Wheels program gets generator to keep rolling in power outage
- Sources: Oakland A's reach 3-year deal to make Bob Melvin permanent manager
- San Francisco Giants' playoff hopes get smaller after another loss to Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw
- Prosecutors probe death of man detained by Gilroy police
- San Jose Sharks players competing for handful of open spots
- Mom who cheered on daughter in teen fight pleads not guilty, could face deportation
- Family of slain mentally ill man seeks FBI inquiry
- Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska to speak Thursday in San Jose
- San Jose Earthquakes face Portland Timbers looking to keep slim playoff hopes alive
- Police Blotter
- Republicans push for mandatory E-Verify; farmers not so sure
- Google+ gets more social: Network now open to any interested user
- Mullen: Troop total in Iraq to drop sharply
- Google's Schmidt to testify before Senate panel
- Google+ gets more social: Network now open to any interested user
- Prospect of civil war draws closer in Yemen
- Missing 15-year-old Oakland girl gone for three weeks
- Contra Costa OKs emergency waterline to Marsh Creek Road mobile home park
- Oracle quarterly profit up 36 percent
- Weather turns hot and smoggy in final day of summer in Bay Area
- Pizarro: In San Jose, it's the week of the geek
- Monte Poole: Despair quick to set in for fanbases of 49ers and Raiders
- Cal fullback Will Kapp, son of Joe Kapp, forges his own path
- President Obama to host jobs town hall on LinkedIn
- Google's Schmidt to testify before Senate panel
- LA trustees rename school 'Carlos Santana Academy'
- August home building fell 5 percent, slide continues
- Disney to build 'Avatar' attraction in theme parks
- CHP: Half Moon Bay woman dead in alcohol-related crash
- Microsoft gives big boost to dividend in effort to attract investors
- Investors, analysts not fans of Netflix right now
- Universities now urging freshmen to consider studying the forgotten humanities
- Neighborhoods served by small grocers called 'food deserts'
- Adobe's forecast tops expectations, stock jumps
- Solyndra execs to plead the Fifth
- Five-alarm fire spreads through old San Jose Victorian
- Bill Harris, former PayPal, Intuit CEO, unveils personal-finance startup
- Kawakami: Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson goes his own way -- a little
- Worker aid program key to passing free trade deals
- Layoff fears rise as economy sputters
- Silicon Valley pioneer, Traitorous Eight member Julius Blank dies
- First Solar's record efficiency may best China solar panels
- Court reinstates $675,000 damages for downloading
- Bay Area job market expected to expand despite slowdowns elsewhere
- 'Dancing With the Stars': First dance
- PERB won't try to block Palo Alto election
- Palo Alto City Council OKs water rate hikes
- New San Carlos Fire Department takes shape
- East Palo Alto to close city offices two hours early on Friday afternoons
- San Mateo Community College District College braces losses
- 14-year-old boy killed in South San Francisco shooting
- Hayward: Coroner confirms body found in Niles Canyon is Michelle Le
- Brad Pitt brings 'Moneyball' to Oakland
- Hayward: Coroner confirms body found in Niles Canyon is Michelle Le
- San Jose fights graffiti surge
- Senators didn't always slam energy loan program
- Obama signals new hard line on debt relief
- Netflix splits into two
- Pizarro: VMC Foundation Executive Director Chris Wilder takes a giant leap for charity
- Unable to reach a deal, Pleasant Hill has imposed contracts on 3 of 4 employee unions
- Parents unhappy with Mt. Diablo district's special education busing
- Delta water grab fears unfounded, says U.S. resources chief
- Clayton Community Church puts downtown development plan on hold
- Low construction bid could kick-start two Highway 4 projects
- Morgan Hill woman, 64, dies in crash with dog
- Netflix splits into two
- Bill would allow BART to keep out those who repeatedly break law
- Hayward: Woman suspected of killing nursing student delays plea
- Fire burning in Anthony Chabot Regional Park
- Santa Cruz, developer reach agreement on Ohlone site
- Despite injuries, bullpen keeps Giants in playoff contention
- Fake bomb threat forces emergency plane landing in Oakland
- People: Nielsen reveals lower ratings for Emmys than last two years
- Stanford defense dealt major blow by loss of linebacker Shayne Skov for the season with a knee injury
- Herhold: What makes for a wave of crime
- O'Brien: Qwikster may spell the end of Netflix
- 49ers owners part of the $70 million deal to buy Great America theme park
- East Bay actor was born to play this role in 'Moneyball'
- Brad Pitt brings 'Moneyball' to Oakland
- Roadshow: At last, Monterey Road to be repaved
- Dark days for Netflix stock
- Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska to speak Thursday in San Jose
- Wolverton: A look at the new LeapPad tablet for kids
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley myths and legends include the name itself
- Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers come up small with game on line
- Poole: San Francisco 49ers' loss to Dallas Cowboys could be a glimpse at how season will unfold
- New report: San Francisco Bay getting healthier, not in the clear yet
- San Jose carjacking, homicide suspect arrested
- Obama plan to cut deficit will trim spending by $3 trillion
- Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
- Flight data recovered in crash at Reno air race?
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: Frank Gore upset team 'didn't finish' game
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Rookie receiver Denarius Moore is on full display against Buffalo Bills
- Roadshow: I-680 tolls raise more than projected
- Lack of corporate focus leaves Yahoos in limbo
- The problem with Monterey Jazz Festival: Too much good stuff to catch it all
- Retiree benefits for the military could face cuts
- Security forces kill at least 24 Yemeni protesters
- Generic biotech drugs meet global need but not demands
- Strong quake hits India, Nepal; 16 dead
- S. California grocery strike deadline passes, talks go on
- Obama to offer his own deficit reduction package
- Sharks make sure to toe the line in scrimmages
- Spare the Air Day declared for Monday
- Oakland Raiders fail to hang on in 38-35 loss to Buffalo Bills
- Bay Area elected officials urge FDA to ban menthol in cigarettes
- Body found in search for Michelle Le will undergo DNA, dental testing
- Dallas Cowboys rally to beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-24 in overtime
- Cassidy: Silicon Valley myths and legends include the name itself
- Oakland A's split series with Detroit Tigers after 3-0 loss
- San Jose carjack, murder suspect still at large
- San Francisco Giants sweep Colorado Rockies with 12-5 victory
- Plane that crashed at Reno air race had 'radical' changes to compete
- Mark Purdy: Oakland Raiders need to dig deep after loss to Buffalo Bills
- Community colleges honor sports greats with ties to the Peninsula
- Committee to begin task of developing rules for new enrollment system for Belmont-Redwood Shores schools
- Redwood City cancels boil order after test results confirm safe water supply
- Bay Area Spare the Air alert issued for Monday
- 3-D 'Lion King' feels the love with $29.3M box office opening
- Clock ticks toward possible Southern California grocery strike
- 11 people injured in collapse at U.S. border entry
- Hunger strikes at California prison renew debate over confining prison gangs
- Pleasanton man killed in solo accident near Dublin Saturday evening
- One killed, three wounded in East Oakland shootings
- Raiders not letting Buffalo fly under their radar after Bills' big Week 1 win in Kansas City
- Brett Pill's pair of triples help Giants win seventh straight
- Stanford pounds Arizona in second half, rolls to 37-10 victory
- Budget cuts hit San Jose youth anti-gang programs
- With 600 bills to consider, Gov. Jerry Brown gets persuasion from all corners
- Internal Affairs: Supervisor Ken Yeager's ties to labor: Hanging by a thread?
- Cal handily beats Presbyterian as Jeff Tedford stands alone as the Bears' all-time winningest coach
- San Mateo County residents encouraged to apply for service academies
- San Bruno to close PG&E blast crater Tuesday
- San Jose Earthquakes playoff hopes take a hit with road loss
- Sharks newcomer Michal Handzus' return to hockey helps him overcome loss of friend and ex-teammate Pavol Demitra in Russian plane crash
- Demonstrators blocked from Wall Street
- Scientists discover 12 new frog species in India
- Roadshow: Is this I-680 or the Donner Pass?
- Money, politics still mix for most on Congress' debt panel
- A mother's war on germs at fast-food playlands
- Reno crash killed 9; probe focuses on wayward part
- Military has yet to determine if hazing caused Santa Clara Marine's suicide
- Michele Le search party finds body, unclear if missing woman
- Walnut Creek's Broadway Plaza ready to grow -- a lot
- San Jose: Body identified as Cindy Nguyen; suspect in shooting, kidnapping still on loose
- Cooper of CNN '360' fame does a 180 for daytime TV
- Military society subtlety changes as 'don't ask, don't tell' ends
- Gio Gonzalez leads Oakland A's past Detroit Tigers
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Hue Jackson says Derek Hagan will have to earn playing time
- San Jose State rally falls short against Nevada
- Reno crash killed 9; probe focuses on wayward part
- Herhold: A compromise in the cheerleader dress battle
- Budget cuts hit San Jose youth anti-gang programs
- SF Chinatown fears new subway could be scrapped
- Late Sen. Kennedy's daughter dies after workout
- Ron Paul rallies hundreds of fans, trashes US policy in Los Angeles
- Obama: Pass jobs bill without 'division or delay'
- Four arrested after boxer Manny Pacquiao's Los Angeles home burglarized
- Italy scandal: Did state planes fly prostitutes?
- Obama administration reworked Solyndra loan to favor donor
- Minidomes in Mount Diablo hills come with volcanic past
- Iran: Court to commute sentences for 2 Americans
- Bystanders injured as San Francisco cops shoot at suspect
- Police dig in Utah desert in hunt for missing mom
- Lack of corporate focus leaves Yahoos in limbo
- Silicon Valley job recovery continued in August
- Herhold: $2.6 million 'golden gazebo' opens
- Mel's Bowl sign in Redwood City is a real 'Googie' and should remain, group says
- San Carlos tries other side of contracting with Half Moon Bay
- San Carlos pulls itself out of deep deficits
- Officials break ground on Defenders Lodge at VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- Redwood City alerts residents, businesses to possible tainted tap water
- East Palo Alto to decide how to divvy up $3 million for crime prevention
- East San Jose: Cops in shootout with suspect on daylong crime spree
- Oakland A's watch Detroit Tigers celebrate A.L. Central title with 3-1 victory
- Retrial delayed to 2012 in murder of ex-Raiders star's daughter
- Mental competency comes up again in hearing for Millbrae murder defendant
- AP Exclusive: Navy clears gay WWII vet's record
- Thousands of nurses to strike 34 hospitals Thursday
- 3 dead, 56 injured in horrific Reno air show crash
- Barry Zito asks for, and gets, chance to help San Francisco Giants
- San Jose Sharks' goal: Don't get off to a slow start
- San Jose explosive-device suspect charged with 10 felony counts
- San Jose Earthquakes' slim playoff hopes rest on the foot of Chris Wondolowski
- Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year says she has come a long way in the past year
- Orinda residents take flight at Reno air races
- Ex-San Ramon cop in CNET scandal jailed after domestic-violence arrest
- Plane crashes near grandstand at Nevada air show
- State Assembly computer system breached
- Mercury News interview: Vivek Ranadivé, CEO of TIBCO Software
- CHP nabs parolee after roundabout chase near Martinez
- Raiders' Janikowski charged with misdemeanor battery, false imprisonment
- People: Brad Pitt backtracks after suggesting his marriage to Jennifer Aniston was boring.
- Santa Clara teen who tried to 'pray the gay away' now champions gay youths
- Dunkin' Donuts to expand in West, but not to California -- yet
- Bay Area sees slight rise in home sales
- Producer of film about Jay Moriarity looking for extras in Santa Cruz
- Parolee in weekend Concord chase arrested after Friday chase in Martinez
- Officers from San Jose and CHP shoot man during stolen car stop
- Bay Area sees slight rise in home sales
- Farmworkers sue Pescadero farmer over unsafe living conditions
- San Leandro schools, cops to co-host forum on student gun arrests
- Plug-in Prius will cost less than Volt, Toyota says
- Bark in the Park dog festival set for Saturday in San Jose
- The story behind YouTube's latest stars, grandparents with a webcam
- Biz Break: Positive economic news in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street
- Stocks gain for fifth straight day, Wall Street's week is second-best in a year
- Bay Area job market turns in mixed performance
- Livermore soldier's family wants answers from Army on how their son died from rabies
- PG&E delays San Carlos pipeline test
- Compassion urged in vehicle habitation debate
- Los Altos Hills bicyclist not at fault in collision that killed her
- Woman killed in Palo Alto crash ID'd
- Mountain View commuter corridor trail takes shape over freeway
- Stanford hospitals say they'll honor Anthem and Blue Cross patients' expired health plans
- Oakland A's delay Detroit Tigers' title party
- Carlos Beltran wants more from San Francisco Giants
- Gender equity movement defines career for Justice Ginsburg
- Opportunities abound in San Mateo County on Coastal Cleanup Day
- Menlo College launches car-sharing service
- San Mateo County school districts scramble to get students vaccinated for whooping cough
- Pablo Sandoval hits for the cycle in San Francisco Giants' 8-5 win over Colorado Rockies
- San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys look to rekindle rivalry
- 49ers notebook: 49ers looking for ways to stop Cowboys' sack machine DeMarcus Ware
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Depleted wide receiver corps takes another hit with Darrius Heyward-Bey's knee issue
- San Jose Earthquakes start youth development program in East San Jose
- Bill Neukom denies being forced out as San Francisco Giants CEO
- Two teenage boys injured in Pleasanton stabbing
- Rep. Bachmann visits Bay Area for breakfast chat in San Rafael
- San Jose: Community group urges residents to fight foreclosure
- DA says San Jose cop's shooting of mentally ill man was justified
- Worst-case scenario happening for Netflix
- Look out, Pandora and Spotify: MOG offers free streaming service
- Defying U.S., Palestinians press forward with U.N. bid
- UC regents want better options than perpetual 16 percent tuition hikes
- Antioch church hit by copper thieves -- again
- Environmental toxins in San Francisco Bay could increase with Delta water plan
- Dr. Oz accused of fear-mongering on apple juice
- Sunnyvale investigators seek suspects in Brass Rail stabbing
- World War II relic ready for face-lift
- Cassidy: iPhone app can't stress calm enough
- People: 'D.C. Housewife' leaves husband for Neal Schon of Journey.
- Craigslist, eBay square off in San Francisco court
- 'Dancing with the Stars:' Will it be Chaz Bono, Hope Solo, Ricki Lake or someone else?
- NASA: Announces discovery of first-ever - 'Star Wars' - planet that orbits dual suns
- Residents sue town of Los Gatos over Netflix project
- Big-Rig crash on Interstate 580 sends vehicle onto BART tracks
- BlackBerry maker's poor quarter sends stock price down
- Bank stocks lead Wall Street higher after European bailout
- First Lady applauds Olive Garden announcement
- It just keeps getting worse: Unemployment applications, inflation increase
- Look out, Pandora and Spotify: MOG offers free streaming service
- PayPal plans to expand offerings to brick-and-mortar retailers
- Apple's manufacturing push likely to help Broadcom
- Google, book publishers make 'substantial progress' toward settlement
- Worst-case scenario happening for Netflix
- 'America's Got Talent': Oakland band PopLyfe falls short of title
- Deadline nears for whooping cough vaccine
- PG&E to test San Carlos gas pipe next week after a segment was initially deemed risky
- Library project cost overruns stun Palo Alto City Council
- Woman killed in Palo Alto car crash
- Las Lomitas district may end lease with private Woodland School if higher bidder emerges
- Forum to address Palo Alto's vehicle habitation quandary
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: Scrambling Alex Smith is making plays on the run
- Belmont-Redwood Shores School District explores parcel tax
- Couple pleads not guilty to pimping teens at South San Francisco motel
- Belmont City Council allows youth soccer groups access to Koret Field
- Officers arrest two youths who walked away from La Honda detention camp
- Official from Oman says a plane sent to Iran to bring home jailed UC Berkeley grads
- Oakland Raiders' Sebastian Janikowski gets big kick out of record-tying 63-yard field goal
- Golden State Warriors say they are retiring Chris Mullin's jersey number
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Tight end Kevin Boss practices, thinks he'll play Sunday
- Islamists' growing sway raises questions for Libya
- John Laird will not seek Senate seat in new district
- San Jose Sharks' offseason makeover raises questions
- Gas prices leveling off after jump, may even drop a bit
- Orange County man accused of biting off man's eyebrow in fight
- Gas prices leveling off after jump, may even drop a bit
- Skatepark, a San Jose hidden gem, fighting for survival
- Former San Jose tax preparer pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud
- Hercules staff scolded for purchasing insurance policy without council review
- Emails show pressure from White House to finalize Solyndra's Department of Energy loan due to scheduling issue
- People: New book says Palin used cocaine, bedded basketball star Glen Rice
- Two hurt in three-alarm condo fire in East San Jose
- Purdy: Bill Neukom out as S.F. Giants honcho
- When Concord Naval Weapons Station is developed, will work crews be union?
- Clayton Valley High charter committee wants Mt. Diablo board to reconsider conditions
- SAP will pay fine of $20 million in Oracle copyright case
- Beltran, Lincecum lead Giants to sweep
- BART offered riders scripts and free travel to pro-BART news conference
- Symantec leases big office building that could contain up to 1,000 workers as tech expansion gallops on in South Bay
- Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year to be named Thursday night
- San Jose man with stockpile of explosives is a convicted felon
- Deadline nears for whooping cough vaccine
- Willingham homer is all A's can muster
- How Cal ended up with its matchup with obscure Presbyterian College
- Kentucky ex-Marine to receive Medal of Honor for saving 36 in Afghanistan
- Facebook announces Twitter-like 'Subscribe' feature
- San Jose: Woman hit by truck on Alum Rock Avenue, driver cited
- Hundreds of South Bay students named National Merit semifinalists
- DOJ investigating alleged criminal actions by eBay
- Herhold: No place in politics for Constant crying
- Majority of San Mateo County supervisors say they intend to vote for big new jail
- Explosion rocks Palo Alto apartment complex
- San Carlos council candidates focus on eastside in forum
- Supervisors vote to move more than 9,000 San Mateo County residents into different districts
- Palo Alto prepares to ax 'historic' oak
- Bay Area 'trash hot spots' list is out
- San Francisco Giants beat San Diego Padres in 12th inning on Mark DeRosa's RBI single
- Oakland A's, O.co Coliseum crowd produce little noise in loss to Los Angeles Angels
- San Jose council spurns marijuana activists, votes to limit pot clubs to 10
- Driver struck and killed after getting out of car on I-680 shoulder
- Developer, Foster City officials hail planned luxury complex
- San Mateo blames country club for firework flap
- Peninsula, South Bay salon chain sued by immigrant workers
- Pacifica City Council keeps pot club closed
- No. 1 Cal turns back No. 2 Stanford in Big Spike
- Apple's infinite loop: Impressive but enigmatic
- Police detonate cache of explosives in San Jose's Japantown
- Lawyer: Iran sets bail for two jailed Americans
- Cohen out as head of Oakland economic development agency
- British hacking inquiry to recall James Murdoch
- Cisco lowers forecast
- Oakland Raiders put focus on Buffalo Bills, fixing mistakes
- Three of four Byron boys ranch escapees caught in Antioch
- O'Brien: Valley wrestles with future of clean tech investing
- Intel, Google announce smart phone partnership
- 'Hoodslam' wrestling show on Oakland's First Fridays is for the wicked
- Casino project dead, Richmond weighs options for Pt. Molate
- $7,500 for a picture, $35,800 for dinner: Obama set for two Bay Area fundraisers in September
- Alameda: School district wins victory in tax lawsuit
- Young San Jose State players capitalize on 2010 experience
- Intel, Google announce smart phone partnership
- Solyndra's bankruptcy puts Department of Energy in the hot seat
- Bay Biz Buzz: Bay Area gas prices jump 12 cents a gallon, return to $4 mark
- Google: Home wireless networks' owners must opt out of database
- Google's airfare search function takes off
- Roadshow: Hundreds of drivers illegally cross double white lines on I-680 toll lane
- Feds suggest total ban on truckers texting, talking on cellphones
- Two arson attempts at nearby San Leandro homes
- Fired Fry's exec plea agreement unsealed, faces up to six years in prison
- Cal freshman running back Brendan Bigelow finding his stride
- San Jose: Firefighters responding to 2-alarm blaze
- Lawyer: Iran sets bail for 2 jailed Americans
- San Carlos slightly safer after switch to sheriff's office, data suggests
- Planned Parenthood says it won't open clinic in Redwood City after all
- San Mateo County supervisors expected to question whether new jail has to be as large as sheriff wants
- Man escapes serious injury in downtown Palo Alto crash
- Raiders beat Broncos to win opener
- San Francisco Giants hit three home runs in 8-3 win over San Diego Padres
- Josh Willingham drives in four runs as Oakland A's knock off Los Angeles Angels 6-3
- Four teens escape Contra Costa youth detention facility
- San Francisco woman faces two years in prison for San Bruno aid scam
- Man charged with 3 felonies over South San Francisco rape
- Private school's search for new home ends just in time for opening day in San Mateo
- First day at work for new PG&E CEO
- Oakland Raiders notebook: Wide receiver Derek Hagan surprisingly inactive for opener
- Roadshow: Has Roadshow taken a wrong turn with vanity-plate columns?
- Older pills often safer; many think new is better
- BART protests will continue in downtown San Francisco
- New president of the Tech Museum is an attorney, educator and advocate
- Los Gatos officer injures 25-year-old man in accident, police say
- Perry wears a bull's-eye as 7 other GOP candidates take aim
- Police Blotter
- Pizarro: Memories abound at San Pedro Square
- At least 75 Kenyans dead after pipeline explosion
- Miniskirt ban at San Jose school also applies to cheerleader uniforms
- O'Brien: New PG&E CEO needs to focus on fixing utility, not profits
- Record fish numbers caught in Delta water pumps
- Broadcom to buy Santa Clara's NetLogic for $3.7 billion
- Alameda: USS Hornet museum gets moving grant
- Antioch program turns troubled teens into peer mediators
- Governor's jobs plan dead for the year?
- Redevelopment credited for Pittsburg's push against crime
- Oakland: Pair sentenced in 1994 kidnapping case
- Microsoft's future relies on Windows 8, which is about to get its debut
- Taleo agrees to expand in Dublin with a big lease that can accommodate 175 more employees
- Alameda: USS Hornet museum gets moving grant
- Ex Golden State Warrior accuses restaurant of discrimination
- Broadcom to buy Santa Clara's NetLogic for $3.7 billion
- First day at work for new PG&E CEO
- IBM's Watson supercomputer goes from playing games to being a 'game-changer in health care'
- O'Brien: New PG&E CEO needs to focus on fixing utility, not profits
- BofA announces big cuts; Bay Area won't be spared
- Tim Kawakami: In Week 1, 49ers play it safe on offense
- Herhold: The death of an Apple engineer rattles us still
- Bank of America to eliminate 30,000 jobs
- Obama on jobs plan: 'No games, no politics, no delays'
- Ahead of new patent law, mass lawsuits target Apple, Google and others
- Explosion at nuclear plant in southern France
- Explosion at nuclear plant in southern France
- A decade later, Bay Area remembers heroes and victims of 9/11
- 9/11 Ten years later: America united in grief
- Tim Kawakami: 49ers' Jim Harbaugh embraces Alex Smith
- Roadshow: Lane cutters at 101-880, the CHP is watching
- Hacker group draws increased scrutiny from feds
- SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds
- San Francisco 49ers notebook: Michael Crabtree sees outing shortened
- Parents hope Alum Rock will approve middle-school charter in San Jose
- Bomb at U.S. base reminder of raging Afghan war
- Team San Jose ends fiscal year with positive results
- Mark Purdy: Ted Ginn Jr. adds some flair, and speed, to victory
- Texas fire destroys 1,554 homes, 17 people missing
- White House: Obama to send jobs bill Monday
- O'Brien: Kurtzig's return to Silicon Valley highlights women's lack of progress in tech
- Concord woman narrowly escapes expensive roof repair scam
- Hue Jackson era begins for Oakland Raiders with Monday night game against Denver Broncos
- Military jets safely escort NYC, Detroit flights
- World shares in painful remembrance of Sept. 11
- In a Pennsylvania field, memories of loved ones
- City Council to grapple with pot-club issues Tuesday
- Small transit districts in Contra Costa and Alameda counties may have to wait a year for Clipper cards
- Giants offense awaken in 8-1 win over the Dodgers
- 49ers coach Harbaugh debuts with 35-17 victory over Seahawks