Sunnyvale, CA News

• Sunnyvale, CA News
• Cupertino Union hires new superintendent
• Court rules in favor of Sunnyvale Town Center receiver
• Wilcox High student identified as victim of Sunnyvale mobile home fire
• Cupertino shorts: Sunnyvale Alliance holds tryouts for girls under-14 soccer team
• Mobile home fire claims Sunnyvale woman's life
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Sunnyvale officials propose $288.8 million budget for 2012-13
• Sunnyvale shorts: Chamber gears up for 38th annual Art & Wine Festival
• Mustangs nail CCS softball win, then lose
• Bishop out to repeat as CCS 3,200 champ
• Developers propose village center near Sunnyvale-Santa Clara border
• Sunnyvale School District reassigns principal positions after resignations
• Vintage postcard collection coming to Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
• Apple Club spouts to honor iconic tech company
• Cupertino Union hires new superintendent
• Court rules in favor of Sunnyvale Town Center receiver
• Sunnyvale City Council does not recommend Bus Rapid Transit on El Camino Real
• Woman killed in Sunnyvale mobile home fire
• Aquamaids hold special show on Memorial Day
• Nature usually gives flowering plants either color or fragrance
• Mercury News wins 26 Peninsula Press Club awards
• Sunnyvale shorts: Nominations open for Sunnyvale Community Awards
• Sunnyvale: Vintage warbirds returning to Moffett Field for Wings of Freedom Tour
• PG&E continues pipeline upgrades in Sunnyvale
• Sunnyvale's main post office moving to new location
• Blues in Pink: Umpires sport pink to raise breast cancer awareness
• Steve Paterson to head Community Newspaper Division
• Edelman is guest speaker at children's health symposium
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Student-run cafe pairs food with passion
• Despite appeals, Sunnyvale cafe secures entertainment permit
• No Problem: Serra Park pond is currently dry
• Reid posts All-American time at CCS finals
• Homestead weightmen dominate at finals
• Mustangs top Cats to get second, No. 4 seed
• San Jose's East Side district names former teacher as superintendent
• Steve Paterson to head Community Newspaper Division
• Edelman is guest speaker at children's health symposium
• Edelman is guest speaker at children's health symposium
• Sunnyvale youth recognized in Centennial Writing Contest
• Sunnyvale shorts: Downtown Wine and Food Stroll arrives May 12
• Vocal artist: Homestead High student competes in 'Saratoga Idol'
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale artists open up for Open Studios
• Newspaper staff take home state contest awards
• New play structures coming to Serra Park in Sunnyvale
• City Kabob reopens at Sunnyvale Tennis Center
• Measure A parcel tax passes in Santa Clara Unified School District
• Mat relay team strikes gold at league finals
• Matadors or Mustangs reach volleyball semi's
• Tourette wins gold at national fencing finals
• Mats fall to Falcons in CCS tennis tourney
• Did You Know: Grocery stores and bakeries on Murphy Street
• Sunnyvale Moose Lodge steps up to help Vargas Elementary
• Saratoga, Santa Clara school districts pass parcel taxes
• Sunnyvale City Council declares Raynor Activity Center up for sale
• Adults with disabilities learn to perform at college of their own
• Investor who revealed Scott Thompson's false degree claim demands Yahoo CEO be replaced
• U.S. News and World Report's top 100 high schools includes seven Bay Area schools
• 7 Bay Area high schools ranked among magazine's top 100
• Storm is brewing over upcoming soccer game
• Storm is brewing over upcoming soccer game
• LinkedIn expands offices into Sunnyvale
• Sunnyvale residents, officials seek solutions to day laborers issue
• Sunnyvale shorts: Free e-waste recycling events coming up
• Cupertino shorts: Storm to host English Premier League soccer team in exhibition game
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale school district make plans for transitional kindergarten program
• Sunnyvale native prepares for volunteer mission in Africa
• Long-standing Cupertino ice rink is still skating along
• With former mayor's help, Sunnyvale cab company gets extension on renewal
• San Jose State team takes flight, first place in aircraft competition
• Sunnyvale School District faces uncertain budget picture
• Did You Know: Historic Del Monte Building
• Sunnyvale: NOVA employees qualify for services after layoffs
• Battle is on for 2nd in El Camino baseball race
• Matadors win, jump into softball title chase
• Cheating controversy grows into angry, national dialogue about ethical breakdowns
• Sunnyvale: Deadline approaches for Santa Clara Unified parcel tax measure
• Adult kickball brings a twist to a childhood game
• Sunnyvale shorts: Theater group finds summer home at Full Circle Farm
• Sunnyvale family gets unexpected home delivery from grandma
• Fun Run to promote fitness and health for Sunnyvale children
• Touch Table: Sunnyvale Public Library installs new Microsoft Surface table
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Grand Honor: Mayor congratulates Sunnyvale Community Players with award
• Scout's Honor: Sunnyvale mayor congratulates new Eagle Scouts
• Race is on for second in El Camino Division
• Student-run campaign targets drunken driving
• Sunnyvale officials exploring idea of more high-density residential development downtown
• Sunnyvale names interim city attorney
• Weeds need to be pulled when they're young, event if they seem attractive
• Cupertino shorts: Youth sports tryouts, registration
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale schools make 'Distinguished Schools' list
• Lewis, Grassi are new football coaches
• League champions
• Bolton battles Jaques in vault at Serra Top-7
• Despite noise complaints, Sunnyvale cafe gets entertainment permit
• Sunnyvale Town Center saga moves along in court
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Sunnyvale tech consultant braves the Boston Marathon for charity
• Sunnyvale shorts: Fundraisers to benefit Sunnyvale Relay for Life
• Sunnyvale: Leigh's Favorite Books expands with Bookasaurus
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale teachers, faculty honored for their work
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale moms break a sweat with Baby Boot Camp
• Donations to Hope Services are being taken from curbs before Hope trucks reach them
• Mathilda Avenue Bridge ramp opens in Sunnyvale
• San Jose murder-suicide victim once ran popular Sunnyvale nightclub Abyss
• San Jose murder-suicide victim once ran popular Sunnyvale nightclub Abyss
• Vikings put together 7 straight wins to jump into baseball race
• The potential of trees to cause damage makes arborists especially important
• Vikings put together 7 straight wins to jump into baseball race
• Sunnyvale shorts: Public memorial scheduled for Homestead High's Priscilla Chan
• Sunnyvale Public Library to celebrate National Library Week with storytime finale
• Lee tosses shutout, rips two hits for Vikings in win
• Moss fires no-hitter as Mustangs top Cats 2-0
• Liu comes through to for Mats in key net win
• Sunnyvale theater group struggles to stay afloat
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale students get creative for annual art show
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• Sunnyvale: Earth Day festivities at Full Circle Farm on April 22
• Sunnyvale Public Library to kick off series on Japanese internment
• Sunnyvale: Farm fresh produce comes to Fairwood Elementary
• Garden tour aims to show all the possibilities of native plants
• Sunnyvale officials, residents lobby to recover redevelopment funds
• Cupertino shorts: San Jose Giants hold 'Salute to the Military Night'
• School district OKs environmental impact reports for Lynbrook, Monta Vista field lights
• Schools turn to voters to help dig out of budget hole
• Old Man cactus' soft hair conceals a sharp spine
• Wrestling comes to Sunnyvale's Peterson Middle School on April 21
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Sunnyvale ultra-cyclist fundraising for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Sunnyvale's city attorney to retire in May
• Yard Work: AmeriCorps volunteers help build garden at Fairwood Elementary
• San Jose man arrested after fatal hit and run in Sunnyvale
• Sunnyvale shorts: Registration deadline approaching for annual fun run, walk
• Nimitz Elementary students get a taste of Latin American music
• Sunnyvale PTA embezzlement cases move through courts
• 'Tino gets more hits, but Mats get two wins
• Swimmers star with big meets still to come
• Summer annuals available now in nurseries
• Sunnyvale police: Fatal hit-and-run suspect admitted he intentionally drove into 2 pedestrians
• Sunnyvale City Council endorses governor's pension reform proposal
• Yahoo to cut 2,000 jobs, or 14 percent of global workforce
• Sunnyvale: College district moves forward with project at Onizuka site
• Robots shootin' hoops in Rebound Rumble
• Sunnyvale man dies two days after hit-and-run
• 10 students win Santa Clara County science fair
• Among many teens, cheating is part of school
• 14 South Bay volunteers honored for their contributions to community
• Sunnyvale shorts: Tip-A-Cop event coming to Coco's Bakery Restaurant April 12
• Did You Know: Girls worked the tractor, too, in 1913
• Sweet Sample: Chocolate lovers come together at C.J. Olson Cherries' annual chocolate festival
• Mats picking up where they left off last year
• Brown, Bonaveidogo score in rugby win
• Homestead getting off to a hot start in De Anza Division softball season
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Annual Crab Feed benefits Cupertino, Sunnyvale high schools
• Sunnyvale Hindu Temple sues activist group for defamation
• Sunnyvale community, developers discuss affordable housing development
• Cupertino Middle School teacher finalist for Comcast SportsNet All-Star Teacher Award
• Sunnyvale bans smoking in parks
• Cupertino shorts: Edwards new head football coach at Foothill
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale parents step up to help out in the classroom
• Variegated foliage livens up house plants and dark corners outside
• California names 31 schools in Santa Clara County, 6 in San Mateo County, Distinguished Schools
• San Jose woman, 28, fatally struck in Sunnyvale hit-and-run
• Sunnyvale: Youth soccer coach arrested on charge he sexually assaulted 13-year-old
• Sunnyvale loves 'The Hunger Games'
• Sunnyvale shorts: C.J. Olson Cherries' annual Chocolate Fest coming March 24
• Homestead wins volleyball crown in Sir Francis Drake tournament
• Novachkov pins 3rd at NCCA wrestling finals
• Natesan is the best in the De Anza Division
• Mustangs dominate division, all-league team
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• Fremont High opens up school to annual Community Showcase
• Sunnyvale: Advocacy groups step forward during citywide labor negotiations
• Sunnyvale studying revisions to mobile home park conversion ordinance
• History display celebrates Sunnyvale, frozen foods
• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: NetApp fundraiser benefits St. Baldrick's Foundation
• Fremont High to see parking/bus lane improvements this summer
• Did You Know: Gas prices were less than $1 per gallon in 1988
• Sunnyvale police make arrests after interrupted residential burglary
• Home & Garden Calendar
• California lags in middle-school science teaching, study finds
• Tennis operator signs on for doubles with Cupertino, Sunnyvale
• ArtSPARK aims to light passion for music, arts in elementary students
• Sunnyvale PTA treasurer accused of stealing $21,000
• Shelter returns to help down-and-out men in Cupertino, Sunnyvale
• Pizarro: Pizza My Heart snags top honors at international competition
• Judge awards more than $400,000 in back pay, damages to workers at Sunnyvale restaurant
• Sunnyvale Alliance Credit Union participating in babies at workplace program
• Bishop outruns Waschura at invitationals
• Grant money could lead to more bike lanes in Sunnyvale
• Lifetime Tennis looks to leave Cupertino for Sunnyvale Tennis Center
• Sunnyvale shorts: Day Break in Sunnyvale extends care hours
• Sunnyvale native connects with Hollywood in person and online
• Shelter returns to help down-and-out men in Cupertino, Sunnyvale
• De Anza College adds former pros to Athletics Hall of Fame
• Bishop outruns Waschura at invitationals
• Matadors sweep singles matches to beat Gunn, Homestead blanks Milpitas
• Schools send out fewer teacher layoff notices than anticipated
• Judge awards more than $400,000 in back pay, damages to workers at Sunnyvale restaurant
• Autistic support group to host Sunnyvale vigil for George Hodgins, killed in murder-suicide
• Albany, Saratoga students in the top 10 of the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search
• Friends remember Ben Lomond man who died while surfing the Hook
• Pizarro: Bay Area comics come home to roost at Rooster T. Feathers
• Small yards, big houses and fences increase demand for shade loving plants
• Sunnyvale commission recommends smoking ban in parks, outdoor dining areas
• Sunnyvale woman, 58, died after being swept into ocean in Hawaii
• Sunnyvale voters to weigh in on election year switch
• Sunnyvale resident shares experience, advice on diabetes
• Transition Cupertino members aim to make more connections
• Sunnyvale youth invited to enter centennial writing contest
• Cupertino: Deer Hollow Farm gears up for spring tours
• Sunnyvale stakeholders discuss vision for El Camino Real
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Sunnyvale shorts: Rebroadcast of city meetings temporarily unavailable
• Sunnyvale police find mother, son shot dead
• Optimism on the diamond for Mats this spring
• Bakhshi gets a little revenge, and a third-place at CCS wrestling finals
• The King's Academy students launch hot air balloons
• Lynbrook girls fall to Mitty in semi's
• New Santa Clara County schools chief's salary: $299,500
• Sunnyvale police: Mother killed 22-year-old autistic son, then herself
• Bike-riding Sunnyvale burglar picked the wrong house
• Sunnyvale to explore recycled water inter-tie project
• Sunnyvale City Council continues pension discussion
• Two people shot dead inside Sunnyvale home
• Cupertino Union asking voters to pass $220 million school facility and repair bond
• Report: Three people rescue man from burning car in Sunnyvale
• Home canning still a good way to preserve an abundant harvest
• Santa Clara County science fair attracts 1,000 entries
• Will Apple create the all-iPad classroom?
• Sunnyvale: Minor injury crash temporarily blocks lane on S. Fair Oaks Avenue
• The color purple powers Sunnyvale volunteer
• Joe Sharino Band returning to downtown Sunnyvale
• Court denies contest of Sunnyvale election results
• Sunnyvale: New restaurant composes culinary delights
• Sunnyvale: Hotel, townhome project proposed for former Chevy site
• Commentary: Banning plastic bags means bruised groceries
• Soccer teams win openers, then lose at CCS
• 'Good season' for Pioneers ends at CCS
• Fong leads Lynbrook to win over Panthers, into the CCS semifinals
• Commentary: 'Barely' surviving the winter sports doldrums
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Birthday Boy: Boy, 4, hosts birthday party to benefit needy families
• Sunnyvale shorts: Workshop on Grand Boulevard Initiative on March 5
• Showtime Shuffle: Cinequest film festival featuring 'Shuffle' in March
• Sunnyvale man touted as hero in freeway crash
• Sunnyvale: Afternoon fire damages Mancini's Sleepworld
• Cupertino Union considers bond measure for June ballot
• Month-long show at Sunnyvale Art Gallery to benefit nonprofit
• Some California schools get twice the funding -- and more -- of others
• Lynbrook High takes Bay Area Science Bowl title
• Cupertino Union considers bond measure for June ballot
• Top local wrestlers head to CCS
• Local teams tip-off in CCS basketball playoffs
• Homestead girls win title, claim playoff spot
• Domestic violence council encourages victims to come forward
• Month-long show at Sunnyvale Art Gallery to benefit nonprofit
• Park Here: Workers begin demolition at Morse Avenue park site
• Sunnyvale shorts: San Jose Taiko returns to Sunnyvale Theatre
• Sunnyvale dodges lawsuit regarding plastic bag ban
• Disaster council commends Sunnyvale DPS, sheriff's office on response to Lehigh shooting
• Santa Clara Unified staring at furlough days, parcel tax measure
• Commentary: In the good old days a peanut butter cup was a peanut butter cup
• McAbee gopher traps usually get the best results
• Sunnyvale home burns; family tracked down, found safe in China on vacation
• El Paso educator to lead Santa Clara County schools
• Nearly 2 years in the making, Sunnyvale's latest nightclub opens
• Sunnyvale: Students move forward to state level in FHA-HERO competition
• Sunnyvale Public Library houses new grant information center
• Sunnyvale shorts: Child's birthday will benefit needy families
• Cupertino shorts: Sunnyvale Girls Softball League looking for umpires
• Heart Felt: Fremont High creates paper hearts for students, faculty
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Sunnyvale's BioCurious is a haven for innovators
• McCann carries Mats into CCS meet
• Matadors can't overcome tough 2nd quarter
• Santa Clara Valley, once home to orchards, now a great place to grow veggies
• Telephone scam claims caller is from 'Sunnyvale Computer Department'
• Sunnyvale officials plan financial outlook at all-day workshop
• More high school students taking, passing AP tests
• Demirlioglu's goal gives Mats tie with Cats
• Demirlioglu's goal gives Mats tie with Cats
• Sunnyvale shorts: Pacifica Institute to celebrate Noah's Pudding Day
• Singles are embracing a new age of 'dating'
• Cupertino shorts: Sunnyvale Girls Softball League looking for umpires
• Sun beginning to set on Quon's tenure at Cupertino Union
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Sunnyvale native opens 'Fitgeek' in Cupertino
• Sunnyvale takes hard hit from loss of redevelopment agency
• Annual Murphy Awards recognizes Sunnyvale standouts
• Pioneers overcome odds to upset Palo Alto
• Vikes' Naylor, 'Tino's Nagtalon place at CCS
• Sunnyvale City Council revises benefits policy for former city employees serving on council
• Apple leases big office building in downtown Sunnyvale
• Apple leases big office building in downtown Sunnyvale
• Apple comes to downtown Sunnyvale
• Applications are due March 9 for Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury
• South Bay student talks science with Obama
• Sunnyvale: No arrests made in gang-related stabbing
• Most indoor plants are tropical and don't do well where winters are cold
• Bellarmine's accomplished "Cheesy Poofs robotics team member to visit Obama on Tuesday
• Bellarmine's accomplished "Cheesy Poofs robotics team member visits President Obama on Tuesday
• School district releases new EIR on Monta Vista, Lynbrook field lights
• Sunnyvale School District sees second embezzlement case in one-month span
• Sunnyvale: PG&E plans removal of up to 41 trees on E. Caribbean Drive
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• Sunnyvale resident brings flavors of Peru to Bay Area
• Cupertino shorts: Sunnyvale Girls Softball League looking for umpires
• Plenty of high-scoring soccer games, but Matadors win three close ones
• Lynbrook girls knock off Los Gatos, nearly upset first-place Wilcox
• Basketball teams battling for playoff berths
• Sunnyvale shorts: KSUN-15 will go off the air for upgrades in February
• Whall wins title for Mats at Dawn 2 Dusk
• Sunnyvale DPS unveils new mobile command center
• Students at Sunnyvale's Fremont High kick-start charity: water project
• Sunnyvale officers make arrest in fatal hit and run
• Commentary: Today's students must be tomorrow's innovators
• Cupertino Union gets new 'green' buses thanks to grant
• No ethical breach in board redistricting talks, counsel says
• Sunnyvale officials identify potential development areas in the city
• Furor erupts over redrawing trustee electoral lines
• Candidate challenges Sunnyvale election results
• Registration kicks off in Cupertino, Sunnyvale school districts
• American Lung Association releases tobacco grades for Cupertino, Sunnyvale
• Sunnyvale school lockdown lifted after six-hour search for gunman
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale libraries find aid through Friends and foundation
• Zawilski helps Fremont fight Homestead to tie
• Fremont knocks Gatos out of race for mat title
• Whittaker keeps up pace with Mid Cal 2nd
• Sunnyvale native volunteers to promote human rights in West Africa
• Sunnyvale shorts: Sunnyvale Discovery Shop's Asia Festival Feb. 3-4
• Cupertino shorts: Sunnyvale Girls Softball League looking for umpires
• Sunnyvale: Be The Match uses NetApp technology to help save more lives
• Bay Area Indian cuisine veterans open new restaurant in Sunnyvale
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused
• Man who died on Caltrain tracks in Sunnyvale ID'd
• Nasturtium are best grown from seed and come in a wide variety of colors
• Silicon Valley Reads 2012 offers many ways explore a wide-ranging topic
• One person killed by train in Sunnyvale
• Sunnyvale school lockdown lifted after nearly six hours
• Synopsys offers cash for student, teacher projects
• Cupertino shorts: Sunnyvale Southern Little League holds tryouts
• Homestead High's longtime coach Chuck Camuso dies
• Commentary: Despite continued efforts, flood risks still exist
• Cupertino leads Paly, until the end
• Lynbrook girls hang on to knock off Milpitas
• Mats, 'Birds win, until running into Wildcats
• Cupertino, Sunnyvale students keep Intel Science Talent Search tradition alive
• Sunnyvale Sun Calendar
• City manager to speak at Sunnyvale Neighborhood Associations meeting
• Students at The King's Academy in Sunnyvale pick up new dance moves
• Sunnyvale: Navy veteran gets his due at Moffett Field
• Sunnyvale shorts: Heritage Park Museum features historical films event Feb. 6
• Cannabis newspaper winds up at news stand outside Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale
• San Jose, county school leaders honor schools narrowing the achievement gap
• '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
• Tim Kawakami: Turnaround wasn't a surprise to 49ers players
• 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
• 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
• Retail sales numbers indicated that 'the economy is still struggling,' economists say
• Foxconn says it resolves pay dispute with workers
• Apple leases Sunnyvale complex as it expands into that city
• South Sudan massacres follow independence
• Hicks: Sinead O'Connor attempted suicide
• 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
• English Learner becomes first women in her family to go to college
• 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
• 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
• Violent wind storm leaves path of destruction; Bay Area winds should calm down this weekend
• Taking the harder road
• 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
• Learning math the Kahn Academy way is a big hit at Los Alto schools
• 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
• Occupy Oakland Live Blog: Police walk through deserted camp
• Gingrich resurgent, but will it last?
• Chrysler van comes fully loaded -- cocaine included
• Occupy Oakland protesters brace for early morning raid
• 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
• 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
• NBA: Labor talks break down again, games through Nov. 30 cancelled
• 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
• 3.9 quake rattles the East Bay
• 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
• 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
• San Jose brothers plead no contest to vigilante attack
• New U.S. envoy to meet with North Koreans on nuclear program
• Oakland Occupy residents struggle with internal security issues
• Plans for Cosco Busan oil spill restoration discussed at public meeting in Oakland and Mill Valley
• Top U.S. delegation to enlist Pakistan's help
• Dell takes on HP and other valley companies in fight for commercial tech dollars
• Judge dismisses rape case against Contra Costa prosecutor Michael Gressett
• Water agencies seek to control Delta project studies
• Oakley 'dog lady' offers sanctuary for rescue animals
• Former Black Panther Party leaders speak to Occupy Oakland protesters
• Citigroup settles allegations of fraud in mortgage securities
• Google's new OS with Samsung phone takes aim at Apple
• GOP primary contest is getting nasty, personal
• San Ramon Valley school employees get a one-time bonus
• People: Lindsay Lohan led away in handcuffs
• Clinton in Kabul to push Afghan reconciliation
• In-N-Out Burger may drop one of two Pleasant Hill outlets
• 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
• NBA: Players, owners talk for eight hours, will meet again Thursday
• The destruction was just the first wave of pain for many survivors of the Oakland hills fire
• Clayton city employees get $2,500 bonus for beating budget projections
• Pleasanton company has IPO, shares rising
• eBay reports strong income growth, but forecast disappoints
• DA: Broke Woodside man killed wife for $31 million in life insurance
• 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
• HOME PAGE
• 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
• Doctor: Drug 'cocktail' killed Michael Jackson
• Hulu no longer for sale, owners say
• Cutting art, music, foreign language from high school graduation requirements will have big impact
• Blockbuster sales expected for new iPhone
• Portrait of Jobs as a romantic, poetic teen
• Meth! Machine Guns! Mustard? Feds charge San Jose hot dog vendor and partner with gun-running
• Regular service resumes after Oakland train crash
• Ex-warlord becomes kingmaker in Liberia ballot
• Fire crews rescue man from West Oakland blaze
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• HOME PAGE
• '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
• 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
• A new spin on flash mobs: in celebration of Disability Awareness Day
• 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
• Body found in search for Michelle Le will undergo DNA, dental testing
• Dallas Cowboys rally to beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-24 in overtime
• Obama to offer his own deficit reduction package
• 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
• Bay Area elected officials urge FDA to ban menthol in cigarettes
• 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
• Oakland Raiders fail to hang on in 38-35 loss to Buffalo Bills
• 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
• 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
• How Cal ended up with its matchup with obscure Presbyterian College
• Man arrested in Oakland Safeway armed robbery
• U.S. blames Pakistan-based group for Kabul attack
• Omani official says a plane sent to Iran to bring home jailed UC Berkeley grads
• Emails show pressure from White House to finalize Solyndra's Department of Energy loan due to scheduling issue
• Roadshow: Could carpool sticker program be extended beyond 2015?
• Skatepark, a San Jose hidden gem, fighting for survival
• 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
• Former San Jose tax preparer pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud
• Hercules staff scolded for purchasing insurance policy without council review
• 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
• Bay Area 'trash hot spots' list is out
• Young people hit hard as U.S. poverty rate increases to 15.1 percent
• 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
• 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
• Oakland A's fall 8-1 to Texas Rangers
• U.S. Open: Samantha Stosur upsets Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3
• Passengers detained after 'suspicious' behavior on Denver-Detroit flight
• Bay Area residents commemorate 9/11
• Amelia Earhart goggles, photos pull in more than $31K in Oakland auction
• Nate weakens to tropical depression over Mexico
• 'Contagion' cleans up box office with first place
• Man killed on motorcycle in Posey Tube identified
• Official: Gadhafi's son al-Saadi flees to Niger
• Fighter jets escort LA-New York flight after 3 passengers lock themselves in bathroom
• Mosquitoes found with West Nile virus in San Jose
• Internal Affairs: Assemblywoman Fiona Ma blames controversial tax loophole on drafting error
• Messages for Flight 93 passenger capture fear, resolve on Sept. 11
• LA bus evacuated, man arrested for making terrorist threats
• Tainted turkey recalled nationwide
• Clouds and chance of thunderstorms in the Bay Area today
• Bedroom fire displaces six in San Jose
• Cassidy: A divided nation marks Sept. 11
• Herhold: The mock trial of the century
• Home buyers find themselves aced out by investors
• Poole: Cal finds a way to win at Colorado
• Purdy: Looking for early clues to San Francisco 49ers' season
• Cody Ross assumes time with San Francisco Giants nears end as youth movement begins
• San Jose Earthquakes snap record winless streak
• Enrollment at record level for Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont
• San Jose State falls short in upset bid at UCLA
• Belmont-Redwood Shores School District names its best teacher
• Country music is kicking butt in Bay Area concert scene
• A changed America: Marking 10 years since 9/11
• AP sources: No sign of U.S. entry for terror plot
• Environmentalists find few victories this year in Sacramento
• Three artists explore 'Altered' theme for Redwood City show
• Hillbarn mounts complex production of 'City of Angels' in Foster City
• Andrew Luck, Stanford football blow past Duke 44-14 after sputtering start
• Gilead Sciences expansion in Foster City grows
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Defense to be less vanilla now that regular season's here
• Man dies <br />on Caltrain <br />tracks; 13th <br />fatal of year
• Tax breaks bolster video game makers; social value questioned
• Roadshow: Extending toll lane on I-880 to East Bay could be in the works
• Oakland A's snap nine-game losing streak against Texas Rangers
• New prenatal blood tests developed at Stanford can check fetal DNA, raising ethical questions
• Cal outlasts Colorado in OT on Zach Maynard's touchdown pass to Keenan Allen
• San Jose councilman files complaint about Facebook posts by two cops
• 3,000-year-old Chinese tradition celebrated at West San Jose strip mall
• County assessor unsympathetic about Antioch's property tax dive
• Stanford beats Duke, 44-14
• Amazon deal may signal national online tax shift
• Oakland SWAT team arrests armed robber after seven-hour standoff
• Oakland museum cancels exhibition created by Palestinian children
• East Palo Alto: Motorcyclist dies from injuries sustained in HWY 101 crash
• Autopsy: Santa Cruz attorney died of asphyxiation
• Gallery to auction Amelia Earhart goggles in Oakland
• Fire officials report about 50 lightning strikes in Northern California
• Young man shot, killed in East Oakland
• Obama visits Arlington cemetery to remember dead of Iraq and Afghanistan wars
• Stanford law professor argues black women should cross race barrier for marriage partners
• Trouble piling up for bar patron who left baby in car
• Swimmer missing at Don Pedro Reservoir
• Newest class in California Hall of Fame: Magic Johnson, Beach Boys, Gap founders
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Left tackle Jared Veldheer, at 6-foot-8, faces leverage problem against Denver Broncos' Elvis Dumervil
• Stanford women's soccer rallies to keep home streak alive
• NASA launches twin spacecraft to the moon
• California, Amazon.com find compromise on sales tax plan
• More details emerge in murder of Santa Cruz attorney
• G7 officials brush off calls for more unity
• US gets chance to catch up on credit card security
• AT&T denies government's allegations against merger
• Arraignment of suspect in Le murder postponed; police confirm she's pregnant
• San Mateo County may jump on plastic bag ban bandwagon
• Belmont teacher named San Mateo County's best
• Eddie Marshall, legendary local jazz drummer, dies at 73
• Wall Street swoons amid uncertainty over Europe's debt
• Oakland A's lose to Texas Rangers for ninth consecutive time, 13-4
• New view shows 64 buildings burn in Wash. wildfire
• U.N. envoy: Palestinians to announce moves Monday
• Days of rain trigger widespread Northeast floods
• Henry Coe Park to remain open
• Reward for those making San Francisco 49ers roster: a blue work shirt
• Bay Area ballroom dancers are mourning the loss of a beauty from Belarus
• Former altar boy sues bishop of San Jose
• Owners of El Balazo taquerias plead guilty to hiring illegal immigrants, tax fraud
• New apps help people make money with their phones
• Ex-Solyndra workers attend career workshop, still reeling from the sudden loss of their jobs
• Ten years after 9/11, California still has no curriculum devoted to the terrorist attacks
• Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt slices hand with knife, out for season
• Judge orders Page and Ellison to appear for mediation
• Bey IV makes another attempt at self-representation -- this time in kidnapping and torture case
• Police arrest man suspected of raping woman in vacant South San Francisco home
• Bay Area panel backs request to add 290 miles of toll lanes
• Former Cal golfer found dead in Fremont parking lot
• Stanford swimmer honors dad in own way
• Actress Glenn Close to open 34th Mill Valley Film Festival
• Highway 4 to be closed weeknights between Pittsburg and Antioch
• Carondelet High School proposal to build pool, gym appealed by neighbor
• Report: AOL seeking to merge with Yahoo
• Blackout a reminder of power grid vulnerabilities
• Diabetic Walgreens clerk fired for eating chips
• Fresno State football players tied to welfare fraud
• Sprint may offer unlimited data plan with iPhone
• Gymnast refuses to be grounded by Down syndrome
• Jon Wilner: Pac-12's reputation on the line this weekend
• Mercury News interview: Jay Chaudhry, CEO of Zscaler, a cloud computing security firm
• Brad Pitt makes 'Moneyball' pitch in Toronto
• Honda recalls 310,773 Pilots in the US
• Cupertino residents fear traffic boom from Apple Campus 2
• New normal in post-9/11 aviation turns friendly skies into fortress in the clouds
• Poole: Living room is the new luxury box for NFL fans
• Mountain View Art & Wine Festival features tributes and new technology
• Chief says cops have a handle on East Palo Alto shootings and other violent crimes
• Homeless man nabbed for attempted burglary of two Redwood City houses
• Vacaville woman remembers Sept. 11 as the day Packard Children's Hospital doctors saved her life
• Palo Alto school district makes its interest in day care site official
• Cañada College holds 9/11 memorial ceremony
• School district targets strip mall for new Foster City school, but property owner not willing to sell
• East Contra Costa communities to consider ways to lower development fees
• Job seekers generally approve of Obama's jobs plan
• No. 2 Stanford faces Notre Dame in College Cup rematch
• Stanford medical records posted on public website, now removed
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Receiver Michael Crabtree back at full speed, will use special cleat
• Labor issues have dominated NBA, football
• Oakland Raiders have big plans for speedy receiver Jacoby Ford
• Numbers for Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Brett Anderson don't live up to Oakland A's 'Big Three' legacy
• AP Exclusive: Kuwait may host U.S. Iraq backup force
• 'Game-changer' in evolution from S. African bones
• 49ers' legacy of quarterbacking greatness hits a dry spell
• Motorcycle passenger dies of head injuries
• Cal football: A pass-catch tandem that's all about brotherly love
• Police say San Diego hit by major power outage
• Roadshow: Brown's veto of cellphone bill draws mixed reviews
• AP source: Specific, unconfirmed terror threat received
• Nestle-Dreyer's decides to move to downtown Walnut Creek and leave Oakland
• Gina Bianchini, co-founder of star-crossed startup Ning, tries again with Mightybell
• Senate passes bill to overhaul patent system
• FBI agents search Solyndra's Fremont headquarters
• Roadshow: Brown's veto of cellphone bill draws mixed reviews
• Google buys restaurant ratings and review company Zagat
• Memorial set for San Jose plumber who died in Baja fishing trip
• Feds file criminal copyright charge against SAP subsidiary
• Google reveals its global electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
• Twitter CEO: Get ready to see more ads
• Canada students recall day innocence shattered
• A rare sight in the state Capitol: Bipartisan cooperation
• Cassidy: UC Berkeley's John Matsui helps propel science scholars
• Richmond cops arrest man suspected of scamming $200,000 from San Jose woman
• Peninsula Humane Society debuts dazzling new adoption center
• Mortgage rates hit 60-year low, but few qualify
• Fed chief can't figure out why people aren't spending more money
• White House aide: Time for Congress to act on jobs
• Herhold: How a Stanford group shook a sacred cow in Sacramento
• Obama's best jobs plan might be status quo
• Newest iProduct coming to Cupertino: Apple Campus 2
• Bay Area military families reflect on the reason so many enlisted: 9/11
• Purdy: Are you ready for 'What's Your Deal' Part II?
• Little change in sight for new San Mateo County supervisorial districts
• Palo Alto firefighters union fans flames of ballot fight
• Redwood City seeks developers to build 'last great downtown on the Peninsula'
• Amazon.com cuts California sales tax deal in stunning turnabout
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Blowout win against Denver Broncos last season affected both franchises
• San Mateo-Foster City School District targets preferred site for new campus
• Police suspect Oakland man in up to 25 mail thefts in Belmont
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: With Michael Crabtree in pads, full offense practices together at last
• Romney, Perry don't let facts get in the way
• O'Brien: Charting a course back for Yahoo
• Bartz eligible for $10 million Yahoo severance
• Perry and Romney square off at Republican debate
• Police Blotter
• GOP pipeline bill would block safety reforms
• Disaster aid plan sets off fight in Congress
• Murder charge filed in attorney's death
• San Francisco's Bleacher Report aims to move up in weight class
• U.S. says no decision on keeping troops in Iraq
• Jet with hockey team crashes in Russia, killing 43
• Shocking study: More electronics, but less electricity usage
• Maui prosecutors charge Santa Cruz man in attorney's death
• Confusion in Libya over Gadhafi's whereabouts
• Pizarro: Take a smartphone tour of downtown San Jose
• Person dressed as Gumby tries to hold-up Southern California convenience store
• Ayres to spend at least six month in state hospital
• DNA evidence, surveillance footage led to arrest in Michelle Le case
• GOP debate: Perry vs. Romney for the first time
• Brown vetoes fine boost for drivers using cellphones
• O'Brien: Charting a course back for Yahoo
• Roadshow: Ho-hum -- gas prices are up again
• After stumbling into pot club, Pacifica officials weigh response
• Feds propose endangered status for rare San Francisco plant
• Russian jet carrying hockey team crashes; San Jose Sharks draft pick killed
• California lawmakers inch toward more openness in their daily schedules
• Google steps up patent fight with Apple
• Stanford football: Cardinal stands tall at tight end
• Supreme Court appears ready to give Prop 8 sponsors right to defend gay marriage ban
• MediaNews Group appoints new CEO, hires Digital First Media
• Bay Area military families reflect on the reason so many enlisted: 9/11
• Guillermo Moscoso flirts with no-hitter in Oakland A's win over Kansas City Royals
• Feds plan to retry San Jose lawyer in money laundering case
• PG&E had to dig big hole for 90 minutes to shut off gas in Cupertino blast
• A decade after 9/11, Bay Area emergency responders still not on same radio frequency
• San Jose school honors Flight 93 pilot
• Back to school is a test for teen retailers
• Poole: Jeff Tedford's Cal football team needs to prove it can pass the road test
• Menlo Park lab had no record of safety violations
• Palo Alto council OKs five new jobs
• Stanford hospitals end contract with Anthem, leaving some patients with less coverage
• East Palo Alto man tied to four Palo Alto robberies, police say
• San Francisco Giants beat San Diego Padres, gain on Arizona Diamondbacks
• Gio Gonzalez has rough outing as Oakland A's fall to Kansas City Royals 7-4
• San Francisco supervisor seeks to transfer Sharp Park Golf Course to the National Park Service
• Skateboarding for peace in the Middle East on display in San Mateo
• In brief
• Families, local leaders push for San Bruno gas-pipe legislation
• In jobs speech, Obama to call for extended payroll tax cut
• Romney lays out plan to revive economy
• Stanford football notebook: Sam Schwartzstein makes promising debut as starting center
• Cal football notebook: Former Buffalo assistant coaches make 'business trip' back to Colorado as Bears
• Retirement race as Contra Costa workers take last shot at pension boosting benefit
• A decade after 9/11, Bay Area emergency responders still not on same radio frequency
• Yahoo fires CEO Carol Bartz
• 'Remember Them' monument unveiled Tuesday in Oakland inspired by 9/11
• Raiders' Hue Jackson embraces the boss
• Clean Power Finance raises $25 million from Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures
• Huge crocodile captured in Philippines
• Solyndra files for bankruptcy, listing nearly $784 million in debts
• Saratoga: Suspect arrested in 2009 home invasion case, other suspect dead
• Driver says he didn't see horse and rider until 10 feet before fatal crash
• Campbell weighs livelier downtown
• Roadshow: Why overpasses and underpasses aren't being repaved
• Is it a woman's right to know she has a condition that could mask breast cancer?
• Spare the Air Day announced for Wednesday
• Tesla CEO: I will win $1 million bet and still pay
• Santa Clara dental worker steals patient info, lands in prison
• Local leaders, victim's family push for San Bruno gas pipe legislation
• YouTube becomes entertainment destination
• Apple's first Hong Kong store nears completion
• Family of slain Yale student from Placerville sues university
• Groupon to pull back on IPO
• Jerry Rice says 49ers will have to carry Alex Smith
• Arizona governor won't move primary to Jan. 31
• Man accused of threatening Google VP Marissa Mayer on Twitter
• Los Altos Hills: Mountain lion sightings over the weekend prompt emergency alert
• Morgan Hill: Apple engineer and his horse die after being hit by pickup truck
• Flurry of Bay Area Muslim arts and activism counters stereotypes after 9/11
• Netflix unveils service in Brazil
• Kawakami: Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens are Super Bowl picks
• Oakland Raiders strong safety Tyvon Branch working hard to improve his cover skills
• Andronico's in Los Altos braces for outcome of bankruptcy proceedings
• San Mateo girl won 2011 National American Miss California Pre-Teen title
• Millbrae may be the next city to outsource its police
• Progress on Bay Meadows redevelopment in San Mateo slow, steady
• 49ers sign linebacker and ex-Baltimore Raven Tavares Gooden to one-year deal
• New 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh brings new intensity and a return to the West Coast offense
• Committee to tackle San Mateo County supervisorial boundaries
• Suspicious materials lead to Portola Valley on-ramp closure
• On Labor Day, worker activism for some, and just kickin' back for others
• Hey kids, wanna help your school?
• Violence amid revelry at NY West Indian Day Parade
• Proposed San Jose policy would restrict kinds of new stores that can sell alcohol
• Obama says GOP must back U.S. first, create jobs
• Roadshow: Losing the carpool perk has been torture
• Oakland A's bullpen yields five runs in ninth inning of 11-6 defeat
• Pakistan points to cooperation with U.S. in arrest
• Libyan spy files detail Gadhafi regime's collapse
• Apartment complex proposed for business park north of Highway 4
• Flurry of Bay Area Muslim arts and activism counters stereotypes after 9/11
• West Oakland shooting sends man to hospital
• O'Brien: Now even the wilderness is wired
• Hey kids, wanna help your school?
• California Supreme Court tackles gay marriage case again
• Parental dilemma: Whether to spy on their kids
• San Francisco Giants beat Padres; Sandoval homers twice
• Police arrest suspect in Oakland shooting
• Hazardous materials team wraps up investigation, I-280 ramp near Portola Valley reopens
• Hurricane Katia grows to Category 3 storm
• El Sobrante residents find armed burglars in their home Sunday
• SF: Anonymous plans BART protest tonight
• Waiting to be made whole, one year after the San Bruno blast
• San Jose: Family of five displaced by early morning house fire
• San Francisco police help look for lost iPhone
• Motorcycle rider hit on Skyline Boulevard
• Jerry Lewis gone, but telethon brings in more than '10
• Mountain lion spotted in Woodside
• Still undecided, Palin rails against Obama
• California man hit by boat propeller in Hawaii
• With roster set, Oakland Raiders and coach Hue Jackson focus on regular season
• Purdy: Don't expect a happy ending to Giants championship season sequel
• Idyllic Half Moon Bay caught in coastal war between Norteños and Sureños
• Caltrans goes on a repaving binge
• Caltrans goes on a repaving binge
• Four East Oakland shootings Saturday leave one dead, three hospitalized
• Sonar search fails to find fishing boat sunk in Sea of Cortez
• Obama strongly leads GOP candidates in California poll
• San Jose Rep taps San Jose State for acting talent
• Roadshow: Tough motoring around Santa Cruz
• China sought to sell arms to Gadhafi, documents suggest
• Tea party forcefully shaping 2012 GOP race
• Postal service struggles to stay solvent and relevant
• Discovery Bay hosts traveling memorial to fallen soldiers
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Oakland A's sweep Seattle Mariners with 8-5 victory
• San Francisco Giants give up late runs in 4-1 loss to Arizona Diamondbacks
• El Sobrante standoff suspect found dead
• On Labor Day, two jobs better than none
• Hall of Fame defensive end Lee Roy Selmon dies at 57
• Economists warn politicians' job creation plans may not have immediate impact
• Food advocates plan 'milk in' to protest crackdown on small dairy farms
• Hacienda Peralta in the Fruitvale to tell historic stories and personal ones too
• Tropical Storm Lee drenches Gulf Coast, could cause inland floods
• San Francisco 49ers claim Scott Tolzien off waivers
• Two districts in northern San Mateo County decide to share superintendent, business chief in precursor to possible merger
• Mountain View emerging as major center of Silicon Valley innovation
• Contract renewed for Hillsborough schools chief
• Earthquake prediction still stymies scientists
• Culinary school grads claim they were ripped off
• Herhold: Reaching the century mark with a laugh
• San Jose lightrail murder case heading toward a trial
• Libya rebels: talks for loyalist town have failed
• Greg Roman: The 49ers' king of pain
• 2 Mexicans deny terrorism, face 30 years for tweeting false reports of attack on schools
• Purdy: Stanford, San Jose State football still miles apart
• Kawakami: Cal QB Zach Maynard gives Bears hope
• Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants KO'd by Arizona Diamondbacks
• Pizarro: Tech Museum celebrates Islamic inventions with new exhibition
• Internal Affairs: Mr. President, it's time for a San Jose stopover
• Despite some mistakes, Cal Bears beat up on Fresno State Bulldogs in season-opening football game
• San Jose State mistakes play big role in blowout loss to Stanford
• San Mateo County schools superintendents still earning six figures despite budget-cutting times, but supporters say pay is warranted for the work required
• Research lab where deadly explosion occurred had just passed inspection
• Bearded, turban-clad man robs South San Francisco bank
• Regulations, taxes aren't killing small business, owners say
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Quarterback Trent Edwards is among Raiders cuts
• Residents both worried and relieved in aftermath of Cupertino gas line explosion
• Recovered documents detail Libya-CIA relationship
• Libyan rebels poised to assault Gadhafi stronghold
• N.M. officer taped in coitus atop car is fired
• Roadshow: Is that a gun in his hands, or is the CHP just happy to see me?
• Stanford crushes San Jose State 57-3
• Tropical Storm Lee weakens just off Louisiana
• Evacuations lifted in Southern California wildfire
• FDA cooking up helpful new nutrition facts label
• Final roster cuts leave San Francisco 49ers with only two quarterbacks
• Review: Pin-wheeling bliss from the Philip Glass Ensemble, at the composer's own festival
• At 103, a former Army nurse in Silicon Valley remembers World War II
• City, developer at odds over Hercules waterfront plans
• Police chiefs warn that overcrowding plan could lead to crime wave
• Highway billboard promoting Martinez may go high-tech
• Oakland A's shut out Seattle Mariners 3-0
• East Bay counties prepare for influx of felons into jails, probation departments
• Herhold: Preparing the arena for a new christening
• Slideshow: Science, technology exhibit highlights work of Muslim scholars
• Welcome to the friendly skies: Annual Watsonville Fly-In & Air Show runs through weekend
• San Francisco Junior Giants play 'Financial Baseball' with Ryan Vogelsong, Dave Dravecky
• One victim hospitalized after shooting in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood
• Parental dilemma: Whether to spy on their kids
• California's gay history referendum faces long ballot odds
• Vatican rejects criticism over sex abuse
• Obama appeals for transportation bill passage
• Mexico reality TV show seeks to spur social action
• Apple security personnel search house, allegedly for missing iPhone prototype
• Monterey residents encouraged to vaccinate pets against rabies
• 13 arrested at DUI checkpoint in Sonoma
• Kawakami: Jim Harbaugh already looks like an upgrade for San Francisco 49ers
• Apple security personnel search house, allegedly for missing iPhone prototype
• South Bay motor-home vagabonds have roof over their head, city officials on their back
• Jon Wilner: Cal faces dangerous hurdle in opener -- Fresno State
• Scientist killed in explosion at Menlo Park R&D firm
• East Palo Alto's Cooley Landing park project gets big boost
• North Fair Oaks residents agree to create park to save oak tree
• Bellarmine comes oh so close to upset of national power De La Salle
• Oakland Raiders end preseason winless, and coaches work through night to pare roster
• Prospect Michael Taylor makes debut in Oakland A's 9-2 win over Seattle Mariners
• San Francisco Giants get crucial win in series opener against Arizona Diamondbacks
• Darted duck rescued in Santa Clara
• Police arrest man suspected of stealing gas from U-Haul trucks
• Green Day frontman booted from plane in Oakland for saggy pants
• Fourth suspect arrested in Half Moon Bay shooting
• New South San Francisco Unified schools chief is 'just what the doctor ordered'
• Distinguished classical producer Harold Lawrence died; he was 88
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Hue Jackson, Tom Cable keep their distance during before game
• 49ers' Harbaugh pleased by progress of NaVorro Bowman
• PG&E pipe that exploded in Cupertino was made of material connected with numerous other fires
• Good to be home
• Derby girls deliver thrills, spills on wheels
• Hiring standstill points to growing recession risk
• At Tesoro refinery, old industry meets new technology
• Federal government rejects casino application for casino at Richmond's Point Molate
• Marijuana street fair comes to downtown Oakland
• O'Brien: Will politics prevent us from learning the lessons Solyndra can teach?
• O'Brien: Will politics prevent us from learning the lessons Solyndra can teach?
• Comedy club announces Jerry Lewis Award, Web-athon
• Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck begins season as Heisman front-runner
• Sheriff's official: Man whose body found near Morgan Hill committed suicide
• Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong booted from plane in Oakland for saggy pants
• HP scrambling to overcome uncertainty about PC business
• Woman stuck under BART train taken to hospital
• Mississippi approves bonds for Calisolar plant incentive
• Alquist slightly injured in car wreck
• Children affected by violence suffer mental injuries, psychologists and experts say
• Suspected East Bay serial killer to get public defender
• Cupertino: PG&E workers going door-to-door to check for other gas leaks
• U.S. sues big banks for economy-destroying mortgage securities
• Zero jobs created in August, an 'ominous sign' for economy
• Marijuana street fair comes to downtown Oakland
• Stocks plummet after poor jobs report
• Bill would fast-track construction of NFL stadium in LA
• PG&E fires four inspectors
• New great white shark goes on display at Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Tsunami warning called off in Alaska after 7.1 quake in ocean
• Oprah to visit Facebook
• Roadshow: Be careful when driving Interstate 5 at night
• 'Anonymous' defendants appear in San Jose federal court in PayPal cyberattack case
• Spare the Air advisory called for Friday in the Bay Area
• Cassidy: Apple's newest product is iPhone-on-a-rope
• Redwood City officials unfazed by Saltworks traffic redesign
• Wednesdays cut from visiting schedule at San Mateo County jail
• Los Altos city manager announces retirement
• Bullis tests highest in state among charters, tops other Los Altos schools
• San Francisco 49ers offense recovers in win over San Diego Chargers
• Reeling San Francisco Giants need to land punches against Arizona Diamondbacks
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Xavier Omon meets his half-brother on San Diego Chargers for first time
• Three arrested in connection with Half Moon Bay shooting
• Top leadership changes in San Mateo County public school districts continue amid heavy budget and academic challenges
• Belmont Greek Festival set for this weekend
• Carolyn Livengood: Redwood City sisters get kick out of stamp-collecting
• Oakland Pride festival returns for a second year
• Judge throws out $1.3 billion verdict in Oracle case against SAP
• Democratic lawmakers, business leaders pan Amazon's offer as a 'ploy'
• Attorney general in Hama resigns to protest Syrian violence
• Court signs off on Comcast takeover of NBC Universal
• Several potential buyers emerge to bag Andronico's
• Your own Rosie: Household robots move from science fiction to reality
• APNewsBreak: Nigeria government freed bomb suspect
• Herhold: The sad tale of a mobile home park on the Capitola coast
• Cassidy: Apple's newest product is iPhone-on-a-rope
• Pizarro: Personal tribute stretches from Ground Zero to Stevens Creek car dealership
• Tree sitter in Berkeley's People's Park defies order to climb down
• Starz cuts off talks with Netflix, which will lose streaming movies
• Fewer Californians traveling this Labor Day weekend, poll predicts
• Contra Costa man to lead state redevelopment fight
• Federal appeals court rejects wrongful death case against Santa Clara cops
• Live blog: Bay Area prep football updates, Friday, 7 p.m., sponsored by Stevens Creek Toyota
• Pixieland owners: No warning signs before child-porn probe
• Facebook spawning network of ad partners
• Cassidy: Startup Stripe is living the college degree debate
• Bay Area men plead not guilty in lost iPhone prototype caper
• End of summer vacation arrives on a big wave
• 'Anonymous' defendants appear in San Jose federal court in PayPal cyberattack case
• Sony says content will help its tablets battle iPads
• Hulu arrives in Japan
• NTSB findings complicate PG&E's defense in other probes
• San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore signs three-year contract extension
• Purdy: San Francisco Giants seek better team chemistry through subtractions
• Bay Area native Sterling Moore bids to make Raiders as undrafted free-agent cornerback
• Stanford football preview: Cardinal thinking roses, national title
• CHP officers use cruiser to corral wrong-way driver in Menlo Park
• Sea lion euthanized after rescue in East Palo Alto creek
• Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce president stepping down
• Wolverton: By taking on AT&T merger, regulators take a stand for common sense
• Santa Clara County schools tops in state scores, yet feds see failure
• Giants notebook: Madison Bumgarner shuts out Cubs as Giants homer twice
• Oakland A's lose fifth straight, see Conor Jackson traded
• John Horgan: Counterterror information overflows 10 years after 9/11
• San Francisco Giants part ways with Miguel Tejada, Aaron Rowand
• Lawsuit claims man involved in fatal Brisbane boat collision was under the influence in prior crash
• San Jose Earthquakes terminate deal for unfit Edmundo Zura
• State Senate approves bill allowing illegal students to apply for public aid
• Caltrain rejects lowest bidder to operate system
• Prosecutors won't retry Barry Bonds on three perjury counts
• Roadshow: Motorists cheer cop issuing tickets in unmarked Pontiac on 101
• Speaker says no, so Obama delays speech
• San Jose City Council to weigh 15 mph speed limit around schools
• Pierre Dixon appointed to San Jose Elections Commission
• O'Brien: Companies that paid more to CEO than Uncle Same includes eBay
• East Bay students doing better by state standards, but many lag by federal rules
• Strong autos drove July factory orders up 2.4 pct.
• As Netflix pricing change hits, Redbox looks to take advantage
• How to prepare for Netflix price increases
• Government sues to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger
• Solar maker Solyndra closes its Fremont operations, lays off 1,100 workers and prepares to file for bankruptcy
• Volvo Cars and Siemens AG join together in electric car cooperation
• Someone skewering ducks with blowgun darts in Santa Clara
• Wolverton: By taking on AT&T merger, regulators take a stand for common sense
• A Gadhafi son vows no surrender to Libyan rebels
• AP Exclusive: Japan nuke holdout resolved to stay
• BART board hires former Seattle official as new general manager
• Goodwin Liu confirmed to California Supreme Court
• Amazon showdown over sales tax to fizzle?
• San Jose cop arrested, facing charges he had sex with 2 teenage boys
• Sony shows off new iPad rivals
• NTSB findings complicate PG&E's defense in other probes
• Sunnyvale police make arrest after woman, 74, is hit and killed by driver
• Bill Clinton coming to Richmond
• A new era for Superman and Batman
• Hercules picks hometown man for city attorney
• Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla linked to closed beach
• Oracle countersuit against HP highlights animosity
• Investigators slam PG&E over San Bruno explosion
• Cleveland Indians beat Oakland A's, Trevor Cahill 6-2
• El Camino Hospital's new CEO will make almost $700,000 to start
• Man involved in Redwood City Caltrain station mob attack sentenced
• Three challengers jump into Sequoia Union High school board race
• San Francisco Giants lose another game on the field and in the standings
• Speier hosting citizenship event in San Mateo on Thursday
• Red Cross urges blood donations for hurricane victims
• UC-Santa Cruz chancellor undergoes emergency brain surgery
• Court grapples with medicating Tucson suspect
• Potbellied pig, dog star in movie being filmed in South Bay
• Kabul city delegation gets three-day download from San Jose city budget, finance staff
• Long, strange AND lucrative
• Roadshow: Officer in unmarked car on 101 steps forward
• Pizarro: There's nothing spooky about the San Jose Rep's insightful discussions
• Report: 49ers running back Frank Gore gets contract extension
• Investigators slam PG&E over San Bruno explosion
• Solaria, already expanding in Fremont, seeks a second solar factory site
• Grilled cheese with a side of technology now on the menu in Bay Area
• Barnes & Noble narrows loss
• HP to produce 'one last run' of TouchPads
• 'Father of Java' leaves Android-maker Google for a true robotics company
• Russian oil teams up with Exxon Mobil
• Giants won't call up Gary Brown
• Raiders notebook: Team trims nine players from roster
• Live chat: Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Tommy Kelly, Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
• Benefit concert for South San Francisco tot with cancer in limbo
• San Jose considers lowering school zone speeds
• Oil spill safety bill fails, supporters vow to bring it up again
• Cupertino: Sheriff's deputy shoots, wounds suspect following foot chase
• Things are looking up for San Jose State football
• Raiders' Routt still getting used to the attention
• Roads reopened after construction crew cuts gas line in North Concord
• Gov. Brown calls for action on clean energy
• Gilroy installs downtown security cameras to encourage visitors
• New BART general manager expected to be hired Wednesday
• New coach Shaw sets offensive line for No. 7 Stanford
• San Jose man killed in Lake Tahoe boat accident
• New cast revealed for Season 13 of 'Dancing with the Stars'
• San Francisco Giants shut out by Chicago Cubs
• Eshoo announces bid for re-election
• Plan envisions a denser, taller North Fair Oaks neighborhood
• Redwood City contractor heads to prison for embezzling
• Two teens arrested in connection with vandalism, arson at Woodside Elementary
• Sheriff's deputy returns fire, hits suspect in Cupertino
• Murder retrial in Burlingame DUI crash begins
• Casinos bet on Latino gamblers
• Caltrans turns on lights to reveal shape of new Bay Bridge
• John Horgan: Growing up on the prairie not always a picnic
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Stefen Wisniewski the likely starter at left guard
• Man wounded in North Richmond shooting
• Obama taps jobs expert as top economic adviser
• Cargo ship troubles may force astronauts from space station
• AP source: Warren Jeffs in medically induced coma
• Irene's toll jumps to 38; Vt. towns battle floods
• 49ers notebook: Frank Gore taking patient approach regarding new contract
• San Jose State football looks to teach Stanford's Andrew Luck a history lesson
• Cal football preview: Pressure is on coach Jeff Tedford
• Security threat at San Jose City Hall interrupts Vanity Fair photo session of Mayor Chuck Reed
• NTSB says source of flawed San Bruno pipe still a mystery
• AP exclusive: U.S.-Taliban talks were making headway
• Daly City teen learns about Jewish culture on trip to Israel
• 49ers' Crabtree: Did he or didn't he practice?
• Cisco buys S.F. software startup Versly for Microsoft Office document-sharing technology
• Polycom strikes deal to move HQ from Pleasanton to San Jose
• Woman and her childhood lifesaver reunite in San Ramon
• Humpback hangs out off Santa Cruz shoreline
• Oil spill showdown looms in California legislature
• San Jose courthouse sting targets people driving with suspended, revoked licenses
• San Jose: Grass fires slow commute temporarily
• Hercules councilman fined $500 for fabricating candidate statement
• Antioch Catholic church targeted by copper thieves
• BART protest planned for this evening's commute
• Goodwin Liu appears to have clear path to California Supreme Court
• San Jose cops: Notorious con man bilked woman, 86, out of $200,000
• Yelp backing off its daily-deals initiative
• After South Bay and Peninsula scams, 'contractor' to spend four years in prison
• Grilled cheese with a side of tech, now on the menu in Bay Area
• Purdy: How Fry's tournament landed Tiger Woods
• Facebook lawsuit will not be delayed
• UC Berkeley admissions director leaving for Davis
• Rep. Anna Eshoo will seek 11th term in Congress
• Small damage estimate from hurricane helps stocks rise
• Police investigate overnight shooting at Concord park
• 'Moneyball' rolls into Oakland for world premiere at Paramount Theatre
• Oakland Raiders' defense shredded by New Orleans Saints
• Raiders notebook: Rookie running back Taiwan Jones of Antioch shows off his speed
• Mark Purdy: Judging by loss to New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders offense will have to do the heavy lifting
• San Jose cuts doggie poop bags from budget
• Stanford team invents stitch-free method to join blood vessels
• California Legislature under pressure over secrecy
• Irene's bad weather good news for one TV channel
• As fortunes dim, big banks confront a leaner future
• Altamont Pass wind farm gets major upgrade
• Officials: 29 dead in suicide bomb in Iraq mosque
• Gadhafi forces killed detainees, survivors say
• San Jose service honors fallen Navy SEAL
• 49ers: Jim Harbaugh won't solely blame line for offensive struggles
• San Mateo teen wins national business contest
• Roadshow: SUVs rated safer than cars and trucks of equal size
• Foster City takes another look at developing key site
• Antioch event keeps disabled adults moving
• Irene cleanup could take days
• Hazing charges stemming from Santa Clara Marine's suicide are rare, unpredictable
• Antioch event keeps disabled adults moving
• Flood worries rise with water in New England
• Dozens of flights canceled at SFO due to Hurricane Irene
• Rejected cell-tower expansion project in Daly City granted reconsideration
• Houston Astros beat San Francisco Giants 4-3 in 11 innings
• Will Power wins IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma, gains ground on Dario Franchitti
• San Jose cuts doggie poop bags from budget
• Man fatally stabbed in south San Jose
• A year after San Bruno blast, are we safer?
• Revived Tapestry Arts festival aims for a grass-roots feel in History Park
• San Jose: Police investigate fatal stabbing
• O'Brien: Who will be Silicon Valley's next Steve Jobs?
• New school in East San Jose offers manicured campus, plus tech tools for every student
• San Francisco Giants rally, beat Houston Astros 2-1 in 10 innings
• Oakland offensive coordinator Al Saunders familiar with Raiders philosophy
• Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers whipped in all phases
• Cassidy: World's biggest startup launches in Silicon Valley
• Internal Affairs: A $26 pay cut for board members at the Golden Spigot? Sorry, the flow's still going
• Bay Area rescue team set to help with Hurricane Irene rescues
• San Francisco 49ers stumble in 30-7 exhibition loss to Houston Texans
• Late call, late goal help S.J. salvage tie
• Pacifica student lauded for community garden he started at Oceana High School
• Former inmate gets 23 years in prison for rape attack in Broadmoor
• Herhold: A Steve Jobs lesson: Don't settle
• Cheesecake, trendy fashions coming to San Mateo shopping center
• Bay Area rescue team set to help with Hurricane Irene rescues
• Bay Area residents recount post 9-11 backlash, as anniversary events approach
• San Jose police identify city's 31st homicide victim of 2011
• Civility, respect rule at Saturday's 49ers game against Texans
• 4.6 quake strikes near Pinnacles
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Frank Gore hopes for 'fair' contract extension soon
• Women's Caucus for Art explores 9/11 'Aftermath' in Half Moon Bay
• Pizarro: Should we end or mend Music in the Park?
• Thousands of California parents not vaccinating their children despite whooping-cough outbreak
• Oakland kids get back-to-school help Saturday with free backpacks, supplies
• Holy smokes: State sends Pleasant Hill man hefty cigarette tax bill
• Will Power wins pole for Sunday's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
• Judge upholds Barry Bonds' conviction
• Revived Tapestry Arts festival aims for a grass-roots feel in History Park
• Irene churns up East Coast, weaker but still ferocious
• Red Sox top A's in wet doubleheader opener
• Obama visits FEMA command center for Hurrican Irene update
• US official: Al-Qaida's No. 2 killed in Pakistan
• Despite Irene, world's top surfers hit New York
• Hurricane Irene prompts Bay Area-to-East Coast flight cancellations
• New York City starts to shut down mass transit system
• Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend reach settlement
• 4.6 quake, series of aftershocks shake Pinnacles
• Child molester balks at long sentence, tries to withdraw no-contest plea
• Kawakami: Raiders' Amy Trask has tough task
• Review: Sade is an elixir of love at HP Pavilion
• East Palo Alto power surge destroys 'significant' number of Smart Meters
• Palo Alto pizzeria is latest victim of serial burglar
• Hit-and-run suspect sought in man's apparent suicide in Redwood City
• Utility gives North Fair Oak neighbors Sept. 6 deadline for park plan to spare 65-foot oak
• Atherton police force not one to be outsourced
• Sea lion examined after rescue from East Palo Alto creek
• San Francisco Giants beat Houston Astros 2-1
• A busy first day for Pryor
• San Jose State football: Multiple running backs will get carries
• Oakland A's rout Boston Red Sox 15-5
• Bay Area Red Cross volunteers prepare for hurricane relief
• San Jose Earthquakes on run of bad luck with new guys
• Logan Couture deal official: $5.75M for two years with San Jose Sharks
• Opponents want judge to stop move of Brisbane company to Visalia
• Black belt gets 8 months for brutal kick at San Jose match
• Danica Patrick can now talk openly about racing NASCAR in 2012
• South San Francisco tot's cancer battle draws attention of Bay Area rappers
• San Jose investigating woman's death as possible homicide
• Dismantling of historic Hangar One leaves south face 90 percent naked
• San Jose's gang-prevention efforts in spotlight during visit by federal officials
• Stanford walk-on receiver Jordan Pratt goes from the farm to The Farm
• Economy grows slower than expected, stoking fears of another recession
• 2 million ordered to leave as Hurricane Irene takes aim
• Highway 4 construction leads to fewer injury crashes
• A restructured Hewlett-Packard will still face many challenges
• Child molester balks at long sentence, tries to withdraw no-contest plea
• Former drug dealer speaks to youth, urges a different path
• Woman killed, man seriously injured in suspected Richmond home invasion
• Oakley school district sues for $87K in back rent
• PG&E unveils $2.2 billion plan to overhaul natural gas lines
• Life terms for two men who murdered journalist Chauncey Bailey
• Brentwood soccer league threatened with sanctions for field violations
• Mercury News interview: Morris Chang, founder, chairman, CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
• Biz Break: Social networking numbers keep rising, Amazon's new tablet and tech stocks lead rally
• Three-month vigil for missing nursing student Michelle Le to be held Saturday
• Study: Half of U.S. adults now use social networks
• A la Carte: Italian Festa adds cooking demos, discussions
• Rick Perry turning to California for cash
• Crews put out gas-meter blaze in Antioch
• Granite Construction to pay $1.1M of $4.6M settlement with government over minority contracts
• Roadshow: Serra statue along I-280 not a hit with everyone
• Former Congressman Charlie Gubser dies
• Plans for mixed-use Saltworks development are being revised
• Purdy: If this happened to San Francisco Giants' Brian Wilson, he'd scream like a Panther
• Woodside puts uncontested council race on November ballot
• San Carlos woman to be evaluated for mental competency
• Braylon Edwards seeking fresh start with San Francisco 49ers
• Sea lion rescued from San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto
• San Francisco Giants fall 3-1 to Houston Astros
• Three Marines face charges in hazing of Santa Clara corporal who killed himself in Afghanistan
• 49ers notebook: Backups will get long look against Houston Texans
• Cal's Sean Cattouse leads on and off the field
• Addison Elementary students serenade San Francisco Giants
• Raiders expect Terrelle Pryor to be signed in time to practice Friday
• San Mateo County sheriff sued over alleged error that led to Pacifica man's arrest
• Japan prime minister resigns amid public dismay
• Bill to change laws for juvenile offenders serving life-without-parole sentences fails in state Assembly
• Gov. Brown seeks tax changes to promote job growth
• Long lost trophy for San Jose City golf championship has been found
• Oakland Raiders still haven't solved problems with run defense
• Dublin schools superintendent gets contract extension, $7,000 raise
• Apple stock sinks a bit in first day of trading after Steve Jobs resignation
• Apple's new CEO is low-key but driven
• Police release sketch of Candlestick Park beating suspect
• Cassidy: Steve Jobs' Apple resignation offers a chance to reflect
• Cassidy: Foreclosure crisis comes alive in Silicon Valley courtroom
• Rarity of Steve Jobs' cancer and treatment provides few predictions, few options
• Bay Biz Buzz: Pandora Media second quarter beats Wall Street estimates
• U.S. considers refinance plan for mortgages
• Low rates squeeze savers and may hold back economy
• Buffett puts $5 billion into Bank of America
• Last key step taken toward removing Alviso from federal Superfund list
• Palo Alto startup Jive files for IPO
• Syrian gunmen break artist's hands as 'warning'
• Pizarro: California Baron's Ball rides out into the sunset
• Free pet licenses offered in San Jose
• Day One of Apple without Steve Jobs
• Fight 'the rats,' Gadhafi urges as rebels push on
• Apple's new CEO is low key, but driven
• Report: Terrelle Pryor agrees to four-year contract with the Oakland Raiders
• Oakland A's slammed -- thrice -- by New York Yankees in 22-9 loss
• Lock your doors, Escalade owners; luxury SUV is most stolen vehicle
• Judge delays decision on Barry Bonds' bid to have conviction set aside
• Alameda County government and court workers rally over executive perks in Oakland
• Google's multi-pronged expansion in Silicon Valley now includes buying buildings
• Herhold: DA Rosen's news conference on Harms case a remarkable event
• Jackson awed by kicker's power
• Greenhouse for green thumbs
• Bicyclist killed in collision with car on Bayfront Expressway in Menlo Park
• Menlo Park's downtown Walgreens to stay alcohol-free
• Palo Alto man arrested following stabbing
• San Francisco Giants win 2-1 behind Tim Lincecum
• Redwood City to pay state to keep redevelopment agency
• Apple's Steve Jobs: One of a kind
• Coco Crisp's second home run of the night gives A's extra-inning win over New York Yankees
• Cal football notebook: Bears being out-done at box office by Fresno State for opener at Candlestick Park
• Darren McFadden shows Oakland Raiders star power when healthy
• Stanford football: Questions on offensive line becoming more clear
• Sunday concert to benefit Oakland nonprofit that works with children
• San Francisco 49ers defense looking good, but it's only preseason, Patrick Willis says
• 4.5-magnitude aftershock hits East Coast
• Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, stunning tech world
• With Steve Jobs out, investors and analysts not worried about Apple for the short term
• O'Brien: Steve Jobs reshaped Silicon Valley in his own image
• Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
• Hacker group posts explicit photos it says are of BART spokesman
• Robbery suspect dead, officer wounded in Pinole shootout
• Google pays $500 million to settle probe into drug ads
• SJSU students check into a hotel -- for the year
• More than 90% of black and Latino students pass California high school exam
• O'Brien: Steve Jobs reshaped Silicon Valley in his own image
• San Jose police end controversial partnership with ICE to combat gang violence
• Santa Clara County DA says evidence proves Maurice Nasmeh murdered Jeanine Harms, the Los Gatos woman who disappeared in 2001
• Purdy: In Alex Smith, Jim Harbaugh sees himself
• State auditor to probe MTC's proposed move to SF
• Barry Bonds headed back to court in attempt to set aside conviction
• Sausalito IndyCar driver JR Hildebrand wins respect
• Spartans go with Matt Faulkner at QB
• Water restored in Pescadero, but questions remain
• Berkeley chancellor seeking funds for undocumented students
• Eastbound Highway 4 to be closed at Pittsburg's Loveridge Road next week
• Antioch to discuss redevelopment at special meeting
• Special-needs kids find new home in Oakley at eleventh hour
• Bond counsel: Mt. Diablo district did not misspend bond money
• Steve Jobs' resignation letter
• Roadshow: Contractor pays for damaged traffic loops
• Los Gatos hiker who died from plunge off Yosemite's Half Dome is identified
• San Jose council approves new districts
• Water agency leaders oppose deal for proposed Cargill Redwood City development
• Woman, 75, dies after being hit by Camry in San Jose
• San Jose City Council committee may decide whether to audit incubator program
• San Jose: This August has been the coolest in 35 years
• Proposed shark fin bans divides Chinese-American community
• Small aircraft makes emergency landing in East Palo Alto
• One injured in apparent stabbing in Palo Alto neighborhood
• Redwood City School District may improve meals with price increase
• 3.6 quake rattles East Bay, felt throughout area
• Small quake jolts East Bay
• Palo Alto VA procures second Fisher House
• Tim Kawakami: Wounded Giants are starting to run out of time
• San Francisco Giants rally but lose 7-5 to San Diego Padres
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Quarterback Jason Campbell returns to practice
• Mt. Diablo school district, teachers eye possible shortened school year
• San Jose council limits bail bonds agencies
• San Mateo sex offender arrested with child pornography
• Bill to help save 183 jobs in Brisbane fails in committee
• Half Moon Bay holds community meeting on gang shooting
• San Francisco woman suspected of taking her daughter to 'The Smurfs' while drunk and crashing her car in Daly City not charged yet
• Rebels seize compound but not Gadhafi
• Brandon Allen's two homers help Oakland A's defeat New York Yankees
• Back to School for Sunnyvale - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Seoul mayor makes ultimatum to try to limit free school lunches
• Acid fumes halt garbage truck in Santa Cruz
• Roadshow: 15-mph speed limit in school zones deserves a look
• Giants activate Carlos Beltran from disabled list
• Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million gift leads to lawsuit
• Moody's downgrades Japan's debt rating
• In Oakland visit, Boxer calls for end to FAA stalemate
• San Jose: This August has been the coolest in 35 years
• Culture clash over bowl of shark fin soup
• Facebook makes changes to privacy settings
• Sketch released of man who tried to burglarize Danville home
• Sprint may get iPhone in October
• Good brew news: Coffee prices falling back down
• Adidas launches 'barefoot' shoe
• Toyota unveils new Camry as competitors close in
• Pescadero without water due to broken pump
• California lawmaker proposes getting tough on fighting fans
• This ain't your grandpa's Guinness: New Black Lager brewed to be cold
• As the Internet starts running out of new web addresses, Palo Alto startup seeks to help companies transition
• San Jose City Council approves Netflix deal
• $400-a-night Libyan hotel is prison for journalists
• Roadshow: 15-mph speed limit in school zones deserves a look
• Violent storming of compound fails to turn up Gadhafi
• Joe Montana: Be patient with 49ers' offensive revival
• Dow gains most in almost two weeks after quick quake dip
• Redwood City picks chief to manage San Carlos' new fire department
• San Mateo County college district redoes environmental review of gardens' demolition
• DUI arrests in San Mateo County up 20 percent over the weekend
• Another Pacifica property threatened by bluff erosion
• Josh Willingham forcing Oakland A's to make difficult decision
• Giants' Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain victims of poor support
• Somber mood at King memorial's opening in DC
• Booze crackdown coming to 49ers games as annual Raiders grudge matches canceled
• In march aftermath, jubilation turns to wariness in Tripoli
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Running back Frank Gore still hopes for contract extension but says 'right now things are not looking too good'
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Darren McFadden and Jacoby Ford return to the field
• Federal judge sets aside embattled San Jose lawyer's conviction
• Herhold: Take any bad news and you'll find Obama is to blame
• District attorney asks judge to drop Strauss-Kahn case
• 49ers players say game with Raiders not worth danger to fans
• Mark Purdy: NFL must do more to stop fan violence
• Andrew Luck, raised expectations have football season-ticket sales soaring at Stanford
• Oakland Raiders take Terrelle Pryor in NFL supplemental draft
• BART police arrest four protesters, close Civic Center station
• Mt. Diablo school year would be shortened by five days, under proposed contract
• Contra Costa County and its midlevel managers reach labor deal
• Ex-drug agent in federal CNET case pleads not guilty, expected to be freed on bond
• Police: Fatal shooting at Antioch party started with uninvited gang members
• Clunky grade viewer? San Jose student writes an app for that
• Hospitals are giving faster heart care, study says
• PMI shares plunge 32 percent
• Getting Libyan oil back to market could take years
• Facebook reveals plans for second campus in Menlo Park
• Answers elusive as complaints about hip replacements surge
• Hewlett-Packard rebounds as Dow's wild swings continue
• San Jose man turns discarded wood into works of art
• Andronico's Markets files for bankruptcy and plans to sell itself, but its seven stores will remain open
• Kellogg defends Toucan Sam against San Ramon group's logo
• Booze crackdown coming to 49ers games as annual Raiders grudge matches canceled
• Ford, Toyota team up for hybrid trucks
• Syrians taunt Assad: 'Gadhafi's gone, you're next'
• San Jose: Female captain chosen as new assistant police chief
• It's summer camp for aspiring entrepreneurs
• Convicted triple-murderer lashes out at judge with racist outburst
• Ayres avoids prison sentence
• Companies pull back on IPOs
• 15 Bay Area residents charged or convicted with passport fraud in past year
• Banking by smartphone can be risky
• Kawakami: Violence at San Francisco 49ers-Oakland Raiders game may have big impact
• Tripoli falls to Libyan rebels; citizens celebrate in Green Square
• Thousands back anti-graft hunger strike in New Delhi
• Virtual reality finds a second life in the medical field
• 'Solar trees' sprout up in Santa Clara County-owned parking lots
• Stanford's running game stuffed at scrimmage
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Team gets good news on quarterback Jason Campbell
• It took San Jose State's Jabari Carr hard work and a trip to Virginia to get ready for college opportunity
• Roadshow: Traffic on Highway 17 and elsewhere is going to get more stressful
• N.J. community grieves after 4 teens killed in crash
• GOP may OK tax increase that Obama hopes to block
• Tedford's brain trust together again
• Military veterans and their spouses eligible for job fair in San Jose
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Jim Harbaugh discounts reports of unhappy Frank Gore
• Unlikely coincidence helps Canada plane crash survivors
• Assad says he will not heed calls to resign
• U.S. surveillance and NATO helped rebels race to Tripoli
• Families hire private investigator to track former psychiatrist accused of molesting patients
• Porn movie pirates beware, you may be sued
• Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce financial woes
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Three men hit in shootout outside Castro Valley Moose Lodge
• Punchless A's manage just one hit in loss to Toronto Blue Jays in series finale
• Families hire private investigator to track Dr. William Ayres
• Sacramento couple arrested for forcing girls into prostitution
• San Francisco Giants' closer Brian Wilson placed on disabled list
• San Francisco Giants hang on to beat Houston Astros in extra innings
• Gang rivalry blamed for some of violence at 49ers/Raiders game
• 'Help' moves upstairs into No. 1 box office spot with $20.5M
• Internal Affairs: Gonzales for state Senate? That's news to ex-mayor
• Student safety at heart of anti-seizure med debate
• Vacaville police thwart suicide attempt, talk woman off I-80 overpass
• Antioch police investigate birthday party shooting that killed 16-year-old boy
• Clinton: US disappointed by UC Berkeley grads' plight in Iran
• Child hurt in hit-and-run on San Francisco street
• Social Security disability on verge of insolvency
• California data spill shows risk of online health records
• Purdy: 49ers, Raiders annual clash teaches fans a few things
• Two men fighting for lives after bloody 49ers-Raiders game violence
• Developers withdraw opposition to Bay Area planning document that takes sea level rise into account
• Gio Gonzalez recovers after shaky start as A's beat Toronto Blue Jays
• Earthquakes' winless streak hits 12 games with loss to Los Angeles
• Cal's Josh Hill eager to put academics woes in the past
• Daly City weighs payments to keep redevelopment alive
• Third Annual '50-50 Show' Coming to Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica
• Carlmont High student wins scholarship for his community involvement
• BART: Here's why we cut cell service
• East Oakland shooting injures boy, 2
• Oakland Raiders take step back in loss to San Francisco 49ers
• San Francisco 49ers defense dominates Oakland Raiders
• SJSU's new Afghan-born president sees optimism despite adversity
• Preteens and young adults embrace rude, crude online culture
• One man critical after double shooting in Candlestick Park parking lot after 49ers-Raiders game
• Herhold: A San Jose councilman takes on the established wisdom
• San Mateo County offering free civics class for residents to see first hand where that money goes
• Ex-U.S. Commerce official from Bay Area believes government can help, not hinder economy
• San Francisco Giants lose 7-5 to Houston Astros
• San Jose State's Matt Faulkner makes strides in competition to be starting quarterback
• Forecasters: Drought may persist for another year
• First bear hunting season in Nevada starts with protest
• Plane crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed
• Mt. Diablo school bond oversight committee member alleges misuse of money
• Thousands turn out for Hayward's Zucchini Festival
• VORDERBRUEGGEN: Electeds put on the spot over wage rollbacks
• Verizon workers return to work, without a deal
• Cleanup continues at Santa Cruz government building in wake of flooding
• Top Alameda County officials receive two lucrative taxpayer-funded retirement plans
• Law could lighten the sentences of California juvenile offenders serving life without parole
• Stanford student feared missing found safe in Malaysia
• Some struggling Santa Cruz harbor businesses, Port District at odds over direction
• NFL players speak up against brain trauma
• Growing up Muslim after Sept. 11 test of faith
• Boeing 737 plane crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed
• Iran sentences 2 UC Berkeley grads to 8 years in jail
• Facebook's spam program catches innocent users
• Sonoma County student accused of threatening to kill vice principal
• Stanford football team ranked No. 7
• Oakland: Attorney gets probation for insurance fraud
• 2 in stable condition after early morning West Oakland shooting
• San Jose: Bail bonds agencies chafe at proposed city rules
• Investors slam HP's big plans
• Wolverton: The smartphone business these days looks a lot like a NASCAR race.
• Cassidy: Tiny post office puts stamp on the un-Silicon Valley
• Purdy: Athletes I'd have as house guests
• Randy Bennett signs 10-year extension as Saint Mary's College men's basketball coach
• East Palo Alto tenants fear they may get new landlord worse than Page Mill
• Redwood City's battalion chiefs to get 3 percent raises next two years
• Oakland A's shut out Toronto Blue Jays behind Rich Harden
• Woman pleads not guilty in San Carlos animal cruelty case
• College district ready to seek bids for KCSM-TV sale
• Cassidy: Tiny post office puts stamp on the un-Silicon Valley
• Investors slam HP's big plans
• South Bay economic recovery charges ahead
• In South Bay, 99 percent of you are online tax cheats -- best in the state
• New website helps college-bound East Bay students 'pivot up'
• Houston Astros blank ailing San Francisco Giants 6-0
• Struggling San Jose Earthquakes aim for a late charge
• San Jose: Accident involving car and 12-year-old bicyclist still under investigation
• Grant funds to pay for new roof on Felton's historic covered bridge
• Flash mob of women to go topless in Santa Cruz to raise breast cancer awareness
• Stanford student reported missing while traveling in Malaysia
• Dublin fertility clinic abruptly shuts its doors
• Icahn seeks to replace Clorox board
• Hewlett-Packard's stock plunged more than 20 percent Friday
• Bank of America to lay off 3,500 workers
• South Bay economic recovery charges ahead
• Newsom touts green jobs at RichmondBUILD graduation
• Butler pleads not guilty in federal court in CNET scandal
• Antioch high school shelves dress code
• Mosquito with West Nile virus found in Oakley
• Private sector employment gains bolster East Bay job market in July
• San Jose: Accident involving car and 12-year-old bicyclist still under investigation
• Man's gunshot wounds to groin may have been accidental
• Scientists find key to what makes Salmonella harmful
• Police discover malnourished puppy, pot after standoff
• Alameda County probation officer charged in fatal accident
• Markets end week on a down note
• Man arrested in 1979 fatal attack on guard in Santa Clara
• Bay Area adds jobs in July
• Raiders receivers hope to make good impression against 49ers
• 49ers rookie Colin Kaepernick will get his first taste of Candlestick when he faces Raiders
• Biz Break: The day after is rocky for HP, markets; plus iPad 3 plans
• 3,000 dahlias (and their owners) coming to Bay Area floral show
• Trevor Cahill rocked again in Oakland A's loss to Toronto Blue Jays
• Man shot, killed in Menlo Park
• Palo Alto's VMware offers first look at expansion plans
• Atherton city manager's past connections with outsourcing firm raises some questions
• Caltrain may drop Amtrak, switch to new conductor provider
• Atlanta Braves beat San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum 1-0
• Gunman in Interstate 580 standoff with police found dead
• Government will stop deporting some illegal immigrants, allow them to work
• Tim Kawakami: Al Davis' absence at Oakland Raiders practice very notable
• Lack of progress jeopardizes Highway 1 expansion
• Chronically ill children enjoy normalcy at water park
• Indicted former Fry's exec files for bankruptcy, lists $137 million in debt
• San Jose man charged with killing fellow inmate now faces death penalty
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Lineman Bruce Campbell likes position this year
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Goal is to get wide receivers back into offense more
• Sun's singing helps researchers predict sunspots
• Richmond man arrested in 1979 fatal attack
• White House asks agencies to propose budgets cuts
• BART board to tackle cell phone blackout policy
• Tow operators worry AAA consolidation plan will put them out of business
• Hewlett-Packard to explore sale of PC business, buys British company for $10 billion
• Gilroy boxer Robert Guerrero suffers shoulder injury; Aug. 27 fight at HP Pavilion canceled
• Feds and NUMMI reach $6 million settlement over payments to disabled auto workers
• State attorney general shuts down law firms accused of conning homeowners
• Armed men cross Egyptian border, kill 8 Israelis; deadly counter-attack kills 10
• Region in San Jose to be fogged for mosquitoes
• AP Source: Aruba suspect sought insurance payout
• Sun's singing helps researchers predict sunspots
• Roadshow: Safety tips for driving around schools
• San Jose airport evacuation turns out to be false fire alarm
• Salsa dancing festivals are hot, but funding is not
• Plans for massive oil pipeline opposed by environmentalists
• Tower of Power headlines Oakland's Art & Soul Festival Saturday and Sunday
• Police: Rising gold prices possibly prompting increase in necklace robberies
• Concord to focus on maintenance under new public works director
• Stanford football: Highly touted players take different paths
• San Jose workers walk off pollution control plant jobs
• San Ramon man fatally shoots himself during police traffic stop in Concord
• Jim Harbaugh and the other side of the Bay
• Fewer available seats doesn't add up to increased demand for Cal football season tickets
• Pizarro: Tapestry Arts moves Labor Day arts and crafts festival to San Jose's History Park
• State of Bay Area stadiums: Handicapping the race to land the 49ers, Raiders -- or both
• Hayward fish dealer pleads guilty to harvesting rare species
• Redwood City's Finger Avenue neighbors still object to proposed nine-house development
• Richmond sub in million-dollar race to the bottom of the sea
• Three arrested for gold necklace robbery in Menlo Park
• Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Menlo Park branch teams up with education foundation to deliver 7,000 materials to schools
• Menlo Park police shoot man with beanbag shotgun
• San Carlos woman facing charges for slaying bearded dragon
• Three men seek two seats on San Carlos school board
• White House forges new jobs package
• Mark Purdy: Looks like a Giants repeat isn't in the cards
• Feds: San Jose Panda Express made Hispanic employees clean toilets while Asian workers watched
• Clarks need more time to work on Mavericks permit application
• Dublin schools superintendent gets contract extension, $7,000 raise
• Oakland Raiders hurting at camp
• Capsule previews of Bay area women's college soccer teams
• Herhold: A hunt for two historic tombstones
• U.S. inquiry said to focus on S&P'S ratings of mortgages
• Joplin, Mo., defies odds, just by opening schools
• U.S. agency seeks plan to send humans to the stars
• Stanford is counting on wide receiver Chris Owusu
• No. 2 Stanford women's soccer team hopes Courtney Verloo can fill the void
• MTC rescinds earlier vote to move from Oakland to S.F.
• Toyota Walnut Creek owners snap up a downtown parcel near existing dealership
• Core wholesale inflation up most in 6 months
• Brown says he's not interested in Prop. 13 reforms
• San Jose Japantown restaurateur says goodbye
• Trash dump limits targeted in pending state legislation
• San Jose police identify final suspect in Mexicali Club triple homicide
• Hackers releases personal info about BART officers
• MetroPCS offers unlimited music plan with Rhapsody
• Survey: Cellphones serve as a lifeline, time-killer
• Pizarro: Stray pooch finds room at the Sainte Claire
• Bally Total Fitness in Pleasant Hill closes abruptly
• Roadshow: A Highway 9 bicyclist with a beef -- motorcyclists
• Pipeline regulatory reforms urged at state hearing
• Wells Fargo to test monthly fee for debit card
• Richmond sub in million dollar race to the bottom of the sea
• Google brokers deal in YouTube-music publishers fight
• Residents vent their ire over economy at Pelosi, Lee in Oakland town hall
• UC takes first steps into online education
• 49ers sign quarterback Josh McCown to one-year deal
• Former San Mateo city manager takes job in Bell
• Clayton ends pensions for future councils, but current council leaves theirs alone
• Raiders need to see wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey's production match his promise
• Suzuki hits two homers as A's hang on for 6-5 victory over Baltimore
• S.F. Giants closer Brian Wilson has sore elbow
• Officials: Lasers put flights at risk in Europe
• Battle begins over proposal to sell San Jose's little $10 golf course
• Bomb squad destroys suspicious object at downtown Palo Alto Caltrain station
• Final frames loom for Palo Alto Bowl; alley to close Sept. 16
• Silicon Valley business owners call on Amazon to drop fight against law requiring online retailers to collect sales tax
• Fate of Planned Parenthood clinic in Redwood City may rest on parking
• Tim Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers' quarterback quandary is nothing new
• Oakland A's beat Baltimore Orioles to halt four-game losing streak
• Authorities say Half Moon Bay shooting was gang-related
• Man, 45, dies in Daly City fire
• San Francisco Giants lose 2-1 in 11 innings
• 49ers Frank Gore a happy and healthy camper
• 49ers notebook: Alex Smith moving up in competition for quarterback job
• Concord assemblywoman co-authors parole bill inspired by Jaycee Dugard
• Santa Clara County board president aims to divert more youth offenders from the juvenile hall
• State assures judges it is on pace to reduce prison population
• Santa Clara police arrest four at GameStop on burglary charges
• Police Blotter
• Man shot dead after Facebook death-plot allegations
• Google-Motorola deal draws questions
• San Jose teen sues McDonald's owners after stabbing
• Contra Costa, managers' union likely to settle contract fight
• South Bay home sales and prices fall
• Slain girl's grandfather says court system pushed his son over the edge
• East Bay home sales cool off
• OSH goes back to basics
• Documents cast new doubt on James Murdoch's denial
• Most victims of Sacramento water park chlorine leak leave hospitals
• New Delhi protest leader and hundreds of followers arrested
• Condors vs. power lines, and for once, the condors win
• Auto-correct: Your silent partner in texting blunders
• Gadhafi's troops use hospital as base, doctors say
• Big loser in 'Googorola' deal could be Research in Motion
• BART directors divided over cell phone blackout
• Boy injured in S.F. hit-and-run flies home to continue treatment
• MTC must redo its vote to leave Oakland for San Francisco
• San Jose teen sues McDonald's owners after stabbing
• Santa Cruz City Councilwoman Lynn Robinson to challenge Supervisor Mark Stone for assembly seat
• Tacks, glass found along bike race routes in Colorado
• Controversial Dittos Lane project is shelved by Los Gatos Town Council
• Mother whale dies after weeks in Klamath River
• OSH goes back to basics
• Dell's revenue falls short, forecast lowered
• San Francisco Giants injuries pile up as Schierholtz, Keppinger hurt; Beltran, Romo to DL
• Loose parts playground comes to Richmond
• New congressional district maps divide Menlo Park
• San Carlos considers spending $2.7M to improve pedestrian, bike safety
• Play about Holocaust survivor is a 'swan song' for 85-year-old Palo Alto man
• Oakland A's fall to Orioles
• Work on Highway 1 in Pacifica will cause delays
• Droid deal: Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
• New NTSB documents offer clues but no conclusions on San Bruno blast
• AP: Somalia famine aid stolen, UN investigating
• One destination attracts wide bipartisan support: Israel
• Protest shows China under rising pressure from citizens
• San Francisco Giants suffer crushing loss in Atlanta
• 49ers notebook: Nose tackle Isaac Sopoaga adjusting to his new position
• Rare expert on state's huge new sentencing law to retire
• Woman killed by Caltrain in Burlingame identified
• How classroom success saved San Jose State football
• Offensive coordinator Al Saunders back with Raiders for first time since ball boy days
• Stanford's Usua Amanam makes smooth move to cornerback
• Cal freshman running back Brendan Bigelow may redshirt
• Penalties for drivers using a handheld phone or texting likely to rise in California
• As schools open, possibility of shorter academic year has teachers, parents on edge
• Freedom fighters or vandals? No consensus on Anonymous
• Penalties for using a handheld phone or texting likely to rise
• BART protest live blog: Civic Center station is closed
• Rare expert on state's huge new sentencing law to retire
• Gas leak in West Oakland forces evacuations
• Highway widening hides decades-old Antioch entrance sign
• Crayons and tears: It's the first day of school in South Bay
• Experts: Only one of couple's two pit bulls was involved in fatal attack on Pacifica woman
• FCC will review BART cell phone service disruption
• Santa Clara County students post gains in 2011 STAR tests
• Yahoo uses Facebook to test six degrees of separation
• Google's purchase of Motorola may benefit consumers
• A la Carte: Let the Campbell vs. Willow Glen culinary war begin
• Buffett: Congress must stop coddling the rich
• TLC cancels 'Kate Plus 8'; last show airs Sept. 12
• Police tase man during DUI arrest in Watsonville
• Tech companies vie for top patent lawyers
• Roadshow: New teen motorists can drive siblings but not other teens
• Second man arrested in slaying of 3-year-old Oakland boy
• 'Merger Monday' is back! Google, other deals push stocks higher
• Biz Break: 'Googorola' deal helps Google in several areas, gives markets a bounce
• Bay Area children cope with grief at Hospice By The Bay's Camp Erin
• Earthquakes sign striker Edmundo Zura from Ecuador
• Beaten Giants fan Brian Stow showing 'significant improvement'
• Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
• As schools open, possibility of shorter academic year has teachers, parents on edge
• Specialty grocery stores invade Silicon Valley
• Saratoga boy, 15, plans to run 100 miles in 30 hours
• Ladies day at World War II event
• New plan would allow Santa Clara to protect 49ers stadium funds from state
• Roadshow: Deadline to enter contest to win a free tank of gas is Monday
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Veteran QB Daunte Culpepper to be checked out
• Herhold: BART squelches free speech
• Deaths of girl, father under investigation
• Recovered from beating he took as a Buffalo Bill, former Stanford quarterback Trent Edwards looks to start anew as an Oakland Raider
• Pension reform<br />to be top priority
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Pawlenty withdraws from GOP race
• Strong wind topples stage at Ind. fair, killing 5
• Libyan rebels try to cut routes to Tripoli
• Suicide attack rattles Afghanistan's usually quiet Parwan province
• Burlingame City Council meeting should be lively one
• California pension reform top priority for returning lawmakers
• FAA: 4 dead in small plane crashes in Idaho
• A's rally, but can't avoid being swept by the Texas Rangers
• Political Blotter: Californians want ballot-measure system reform
• Daly City residents' appeal stops cell tower project
• San Francisco Giants snap solo home run streak in 5-2 win over Florida Marlins
• Ex-Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty ends White House bid
• Governor: Wind gust that fell Indiana stage a 'fluke'
• 'Apes' takes top box office spot again with $27.5M
• Tropical Storm Gert forms in Atlantic Ocean
• Wildfire burns more than 500 acres near Lake Berryessa
• San Jose launching program to help residents ditch junk mail
• Are San Jose cops illegally profiling outlaw club for 'driving while biker'?
• For Ed Lee, honeymoon ended when he announced he was running for S.F. mayor
• Dozens dead after suicide bombers attack Afghan governor
• Norway attacker reconstructs actions for police
• For older workers, 'scary' economy delays retirement
• For thousands of music fans, the San Jose Jazz Festival was the spot to be Friday and Saturday
• Sales of gold up on eBay amid stock market turmoil
• Stanford football coach David Shaw is comfortable with high expectations
• Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants shut out Florida Marlins 3-0
• Poole: Assembling All-Decade team for Raiders/49ers
• Full Circle Farm sets down urban roots in Sunnyvale
• San Jose Earthquakes suffer costly loss to Colorado Rapids
• Millbrae woman to represent U.S. at summit of young leaders from around the globe
• San Mateo County's city council elections take shape
• San Mateo peace camp teaches kids nonviolence
• Aragone: Interrupted sleep may be sign of possible dementia risk
• Man, young girl found dead in SUV targeted in Amber Alert
• Found car may be linked to Amber alert case
• Indiana State Fair stage collapses, killing four
• Barry Zito helped off the field in Fresno
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Alex Smith remains QB front-runner, but it's not clear-cut
• QB Mansion stays positive in supporting role
• Chalk Talk: Burlingame High teacher brings Holocaust lessons to language arts classes
• Mandela's tale told in a way it hasn't been told before: Opera
• For thousands of music fans, the San Jose Jazz Festival was the spot to be Friday and Saturday
• Herhold: How political math trumps the financial
• UK violence raises questions about American unrest
• Internet war of words breaks out in Miss. killing
• Philly mayor chides black parents over teen mobs
• Oakland police say officer shot man who attacked her after urinating on wall
• Armored car company offers reward after heist in Santa Rosa
• SF: Illegal ads for grafitti documentary keeps anti-grafitti crews busy
• Two men accused of threatening South Bay prosecutors
• O'Brien: Silicon Valley says goodbye to IPOs, hello to uncertainty
• Oakland A's lose to Texas Rangers 7-1
• Silicon Valley remains an oasis of optimism amid the global storm
• In brief
• Hayward police investigating death of woman found engulfed in flames
• Oakland police say officer shot man who attacked her after urinating on wall
• Greyhound bus overturns in Pensylvania; 14 people hospitalized
• La Clinica coming this fall to Oakley
• 'Lone Ranger' filming shut down over budget issues
• Police slam Britain's wooing of US crime adviser
• Rapper could face charges tied to flash mob
• Latino-indigenous Mexican divide stirs Salinas Valley town
• GOP candidates face early test in 2012 campaign
• Mexican agency slams police, army illegal searches
• World Food Program expands relief work in famine-hit Somalia
• Half Moon Bay theater star turned bank robber gets maximum
• Kawakami: Mullin, VanDerveer bring grace, dignity to Hall of Fame ceremony
• San Jose's touted incubator program under scrutiny
• Half Moon Bay theater star turned bank robber gets maximum
• San Jose cops unveil plan to cut services to businesses and residents
• Menlo Park congressional split 'another little insult' for Belle Haven neighborhood?
• First wave of Atherton layoffs slated for Aug. 19
• Texas Rangers, C.J. Wilson enjoy romp over Oakland A's
• Few challengers to run for council seats in Redwood City, San Carlos and Woodside
• Kaiser starts construction of seven-story hospital complex in Redwood City
• Palo Alto police arrest men allegedly found with graffiti tools
• Ex-firefighter fails to withdraw 'no contest' plea for threatening Palo Alto police chief
• Pittsburg woman sentenced in tax fraud case
• Coast Guard rescues two after boat crash near Angel Island
• Alex Smith, 49ers offense roughed up in exhibition opener
• 49ers notebook: San Francisco's starting defense stops New Orleans' Drew Brees-led offense cold
• Bay area Somalis raise money for famine relief
• Criticism of GOP economic direction grows louder and sharper
• Appeals court finds Obama's health care mandate unconstitutional
• BART explains cell phone disruption; ACLU pans action
• San Francisco Giants lose 2-1 to Florida Marlins
• War crosses memorial has run out of space on Lafayette hillside
• Pleasant Hill man killed in Florida car accident
• After a wild week for stocks, what to do?
• Cassidy: The Dow will soar -- or not
• Mercury News interview: Josh Wurzer, director, SC Laboratories
• Is Silicon Valley in another tech-stock bubble?
• Pizarro: The Tech Museum has no place for "innovation, at least in its name
• Yosemite park officials managing lightning-sparked fire
• Oakland Museum of California has new telephone number
• Beltran news no better for Giants
• Exxon stays barely ahead of Apple to end week
• Pit bull mauling of pregnant Pacifica woman remains a mystery
• Copper thieves darken San Leandro street
• War games: Facebook bites back as Google+ enters a new arena
• Biz Break: Wall Street's week wobbly, but it didn't fall down (much); game on for Google+ vs. Facebook
• Earthquakes still hoping to strike a deal before international transfer deadline
• Economy's future will rest with consumers
• Former Warrant lead singer Jani Lane dies at 47
• Et voila! French baguettes from a vending machine
• Amber Alert issued after FBI says Sacramento man who abducted daughter headed to Bay Area
• Analysts: 'Worst is over' for Wall Street
• Eastbound Ygnacio Valley Road blockage in Walnut Creek to last into evening
• Judge holds new hearing in Chauncey Bailey murder trial
• From jail cell, Steven Carlson denies he killed Pleasanton teen in 1984
• California report reveals dropout rates for Class of 2010
• SETI project: We're listening again, E.T.
• Redwood City School District may push for parcel tax measure on June 2012 ballot
• Judge says Atherton can start laying off employees
• Giants won't seek retribution in Florida for Buster Posey injury
• Raiders can't hold off Cardinals in preseason opener
• Settlement reached in Taser case against Palo Alto police
• East Palo Alto police arrest three after serving search warrant
• San Mateo County graduation and dropout rates lower than state average
• Giants' Carlos Beltran doubtful Friday, could go on D.L.
• Oakland A's rough up Toronto; Hideki Matsui has four hits
• Pair arrested on suspicion of Peninsula theft spree
• Carolyn Livengood: Skyline veteran honored by Jerry Hill
• Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders must seduce missing fans
• Santa Clara mosque showcases new 64-foot tall minaret
• San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh looks for 'fanatical effort' in exhibition opener
• Dow posts another big number
• IRS warns of tax scammers posing at churches, community centers in San Jose, Oakland
• From jail cell, Steven Carlson denies he killed Pleasanton teen
• Lawmaker breaks with policy, releases meeting calendar
• Stock investors who zig when others zag
• Tara VanDerveer fits right in at Hall of Fame 'dress rehearsal'
• Silicon Valley construction workers find jobs again
• Transit ridership surges throughout Bay Area
• State Supreme Court temporarily halts raid of redevelopment agency funds
• AP NewsBreak: Facial recognition in use after riots
• Pregnant woman fatally mauled by her own pit bull in Pacifica
• Sungevity stays put in Oakland, signs Jack London Square lease to double size while it hires 200 to 300 workers
• Homebuyers have mixed reactions to market swings
• Cassidy: Pacific Bioscience researcher breaks through one wall after another
• Stumped San Jose detectives ask for help cracking year-old murder case
• Morgan Hill kids kidnapped by mother found safe; mom still on the loose
• Homebuyers have mixed reactions to market swings
• BART rolls out new seat configurations at public meetings this month
• Postal Service considers cutting 120,000 jobs
• State Supreme Court temporarily halts raid of redevelopment agency funds
• Google+ rolling out 'Angry Birds' and other games
• Coastal Commission begins La Bahia hearing, approves county medical marijuana plan
• Intel's first Ultrabooks to be released without new chips
• 4-month low in unemployment claims eases fears
• Food prices may level off to weakening demand for corn
• Cisco stock has biggest jump in more than nine years
• U.S. trade deficit widens in June to $53.1 billion
• UC Berkeley, 4 other colleges get awards for Defense Department work
• Biz Break: Dow sets volatility record as Cisco helps stocks rebound
• HTC buys majority stake in Dr. Dre's headphones company
• Mortgage rates continue to fall, at or near record lows
• Mexican police find Southern California congressman's grandsons
• Google to lease Sunnyvale campus that can hold up to 2,900 workers
• Stanford grads win email forwarding -- for a while
• O'Brien: Apple's rise to top means less than you think
• Atherton to seek judge's OK today to lay off six employees
• Woodside searches for new town manager
• Two Palo Alto cops wins high-tech police work award
• Redwood City boys suspected of stealing equipment from nonprofit
• East Bay foreclosure activity falls, but it's not a sign the housing crisis is easing
• As Chinese visit Taiwan, the cultural influence is subdued
• Ex-Navy destroyer now East Coast artificial reef
• San Mateo County crop report shows further decline in sales
• San Mateo County gets to work on energy-efficiency plan
• Oakland A's reliever Craig Breslow allows grand slam in loss to Toronto Blue Jays
• San Bruno to mark gas explosion with remembrance and reunion
• DA: Charges unlikely, for now, in fatal San Mateo stabbing
• Woman struck and killed by Caltrain in Burlingame
• Safety Dashon Goldson makes his peace with San Francisco 49ers
• Financial turmoil evokes comparison to 2008 crisis
• Roadshow: Will gas prices fall under $3 a gallon?
• Police have man in custody linked to Oakland boy's fatal shooting
• Signature gatherers and Safeway are at war
• Giants lose to Pirates 9-2 as Jonathan Sanchez struggles again
• San Jose woman stabbed to death by boyfriend is ID'd
• For this San Jose hockey team, the puck is underwater
• Amazon, Wal-Mart provide iPad content that avoids Apple fees
• Half Moon Bay theater star turned bank robber facing life in prison
• Strike kills insurgents who shot down helicopter, U.S. says
• Ford and SunPower announce deal to bundle electric cars with rooftop solar power
• Raiders looking for defensive stability
• Ford, SunPower announce deal to bundle electric cars with rooftop solar power
• Cisco performs better than analysts expected
• County commission puts off decision on subdivision near Mount Diablo
• Biz Break: Cisco beats expectations; Apple is No. 1 again, but faces challenges
• State approves more than $200 million for South Bay transit and road projects
• Burglars smash through Concord bingo hall, take ATM
• Man who found Apple iPhone prototype in bar, sold it to Gizmodo, to face charges
• Quarterback Zach Maynard is ready to take over at Cal
• Group begins upgrades of Knightsen home for mentally ill
• Silicon Valley man arrested in insider-trading probe
• Technical trading driving wild market swings, analysts say
• Hewlett-Packard drops price on TouchPad by $100
• Richmond man arrested after pursuit on Highway 4
• Obama, Bernanke meet on economy
• Wall Street roller coaster zooms back down
• Fresno County bans medical marijuana clinics
• Stanford solar car on display before big race
• Redwood City schools consider bumping up prices for student meals
• Foothill-De Anza picks Onizuka Air Force Station for new education center
• With Borders closing, talk of reopening Palo Alto's Varsity as a theater again takes off
• San Carlos sues homeowner whose property it deemed a 'public nuisance'
• Aubrey Huff's power breakout powers San Francisco Giants past Pirates
• Cal football releases documents and video acquired from controversial scout Will Lyles
• Tennis instructor arrested after children left alone at Palo Alto, Mountain View courts, police say
• Rich Harden, Oakland A's subdue Toronto Blue Jays
• Bay Area investors ponder the reality of a 'lost decade'
• New DNA profile of Ted Bundy gives hope to old cases
• Stanford's Tara VanDerveer famous for her work ethic
• People: Singer Gavin DeGraw in hospital after New York City attack
• Roadshow: Widening Highway 101 and Interstate 880 could be under way next summer
• In brief
• Three Wisconsin Republicans retain seats in recalls
• San Jose maintains subsidy for employee soldiers
• Silicon Valley tech leader Kenneth Oshman dies at 71
• London tries tripling police presence to end riots
• In brief
• San Mateo County strikes 128 properties from Williamson Act list
• Yosemite seeks to remove cabins in rockfall zone
• Bay Area investors ponder the reality of a 'lost decade'
• Danville approves town manager contract, looks at fines for false alarms
• Social media used to spread Britain's riots
• Apple briefly surpasses Exxon as most valuable U.S. company
• Libyan rebels try to impose control
• Condition improves for boy hurt in hit-and-run after Giants game
• Santa Clara County supervisors approve two-year contract with largest employee union
• Man found dead in Martinez house fire
• International pressure on Syria grows
• 2 men sue Great America over gay slur on photo
• Perseid meteor shower peaks in the early hours of Saturday
• Facebook introduces separate app for mobile messaging
• Martinez library reopens Aug. 20
• Drummond: Will death of 3-year-old boy finally be enough?
• State tax revenues fall, cuts more likely
• Contra Costa supervisors extend negotiations with middle managers
• Biz Break: Wall Street's wild ride ends with big bounce as Apple hits new high
• Pomona family charged with elder fraud in San Jose roof repair scam
• How four Bay Area teens used their brains this summer
• Fed promises to keep interest rates low to help economy
• Exposure to summer programs essential to students' retention
• Police still looking for suspects who shot to death 3-year old
• Experts say ongoing meltdown for tech stocks could threaten newly opened IPO window
• Redwood City man stabbed after breaking apartment resident's window
• Three arrested after woman's necklace stolen in Mountain View
• In-N-Out tells San Carlos neighbors it will try to block towering sign's bright light
• Alleged sexual assault prompts Redwood City school board to review field trip policies
• Palo Alto firefighters won't try to stop binding arbitration election
• Report finds increase in negative equity in Bay Area
• Pittsburgh Pirates blank San Francisco Giants 5-0
• PUC investigates allegations in lawsuit against PG&E
• New owner takes over Nurserymen's Exchange
• Stocks plunge -- Dow posts 6th-biggest point loss
• Idyllic Los Gatos reeling after run of tragedies
• Local nerves rattled by stock market plunge
• Born to be a Navy SEAL in San Jose, Team 6 member dies in Afghanistan crash
• BART service restored following computer problems
• Oakland A's David DeJesus is out to stop his slide
• Cal receiver Kaelin Clay has minor knee surgery
• Battered PG&E names outsider as new CEO
• Huge San Benito County solar farm proposal has its day in court
• Mark Purdy: Andrew Luck manages to stay grounded
• 49ers' Alex Smith embraces Jim Harbaugh's QB tutelage
• East Oakland: 3-year-old boy killed, two adults wounded in drive-by shooting on International Boulevard
• Local nerves rattled by stock market plunge
• Man arrested in 1984 stabbing death of Pleasanton school girl
• Anger in Japan over withheld radiation forecasts
• For Star Wars fans, San Francisco's Yoda statue is a mecca
• London burns: Riots spread through UK capital city
• People: Kanye West says he's as hated as Hitler was
• U.S. girls win medals in China math contest
• Jason Campbell excited about year two in Oakland
• Five issues as Stanford begins football practice
• Naked man attacks firefighters in Hayward
• San Jose police ID stabbing victim in Roosevelt Park
• Your smartphone: A new frontier for hackers
• State Hispanic chamber meets in San Jose
• Herhold: A challenge to the optimists among us
• Hypnotist helps Giant's Bochy and staff quit dipping
• House of Representatives to end page program after nearly 200 years
• Freddie Mac asks government for $1.5 billion in aid
• Roadshow: Speedometers can be off by a few miles per hour
• 3 Santa Clara County sheriff's cadets praised for quick response in emergency
• Longtime SCU law school associate dean dies at age 73
• Barry Bonds attorneys make another pitch to throw out his conviction
• Byron bridge to be closed for three weeks
• Treasurer: California not affected by debt downgrade
• Biz Break: Downgrade 'fallout' -- stocks fall as investors get out of the market
• Roadshow: Another vanity plate riddle unraveled
• Stabbing victim is city's 30th homicide in 2011
• Wolverton: A look at Roku's new line of digital media players
• Critics take aim at state budget plan
• Poole: San Francisco Giants' way is never the easy way
• Stanford helps pierce the 'Bamboo Ceiling'
• Europe pledges vigorous action to calm markets
• Critics take aim at state budget plan
• San Mateo piano prodigy a 'big spirit'
• Center Jonathan Goodwin likes San Francisco 49ers' upbeat approach
• San Jose Renaissance Faire thrills and enchants
• Santa Clara County Youth Fair on its way back up
• California Supreme Court pick Liu accustomed to hot seat
• Motorist killed in San Jose crash
• S&P downgrade seen as adding urgency to debt-cutting panel
• Iowa focal point for potential shifts in GOP race
• AIG to sue Bank of America over mortgage-backed securities
• San Jose State football coaches in no hurry to name starting quarterback
• Former San Jose Sharks star Jonathan Cheechoo hopes to make it in NHL again with St. Louis Blues
• Oakland Raiders rookie receiver Denarius Moore starring in training camp
• Wildfire plan heats up debate protecting East Bay hills from catastrophic fires
• Kenyans find unity in helping those in drought
• Willingham's 10th-inning homer lifts A's
• Housing authority taps federal funds to boost employee retirements
• Prosecutors won't add new charges in two 'delayed' San Jose homicide cases
• Giants defeat Phillies 3-1, avoid sweep
• 'Apes' rise to No. 1 movie, taking in $54 million
• Gov. Jerry Brown calls for Obama to step up to GOP
• 26 London police officers injured in riot
• PG&E workers say safety warnings ignored
• Israeli minister: Cut ties with Palestinians
• Mobile computing giants in patent free-for-all
• World's finance leaders discuss market stability after U.S. rating downgrade
• 45,000 Verizon workers strike after labor talks fail
• San Diego officer shot; armed suspect killed
• U.S. Swimming Championships: Brendan Hansen shows he's back, winning 200 breaststroke
• Cassidy: Politicians and corporations are playing us for fools
• Poole: Deion 'Prime Time' Sanders was 49ers' one-year wonder(ful)
• Purdy: Bruce Bochy must see that this Giants lineup isn't working
• Students in San Jose get a surprise visit from The Black Eyed Peas
• San Jose police chief's frequent trips raise concern
• Internal Affairs: Milpitas mayor held some sort of gathering at City Hall -- but what?
• Brown's shaky bet on $4 billion
• San Jose Earthquakes battle back to salvage draw
• First-ever marathon coming to Half Moon Bay
• Work on Belmont pedestrian bridge to close Highway 101 at night
• San Mateo therapist shares her insight
• Oakland A's steal a win against Tampa Bay Rays
• Tackle-busting Bush back at work with the Raiders
• Boss states his case on the field
• Connie Ridder, wife of former Knight Ridder CEO, dead at 70
• Friends of Andrew Daou celebrate a life cut short
• Safety Donte Whitner earns praise from 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh
• Navy SEALS among those dead as U.S. chopper is shot down in Afghanistan
• Mysterious donor to pro-Romney PAC identified
• Chalk Talk: Menlo College again named among best
• Texas Gov. Perry holds day of prayer
• Review: Music of James MacMillan puts an ecstatic cap on the Cabrillo Festival's opening program
• Two galleries join to explore Rhythm n' Blue theme
• Antioch mother killed, aunt wounded after getting caught in East Oakland shootout
• UC Berkeley turns its attention to researchers' spouses
• Fremont arts festival brings in large crowds
• Hamels, Phillies hand slumping Giants another loss
• Herhold: How the local political landscape for 2012 is unfolding
• Rangers find Yosemite falls victim's body
• Running back Michael Bush joins Oakland Raiders
• Three stabbed in San Jose brawl
• Protesters throw fruit at Chile's rescued miners
• Key figure in Abu Ghraib abuse freed from prison
• Group says it hacked U.S. law enforcement websites
• Powerful typhoon bears down on China's east coast
• Chris Mullin has one message for Hall of Fame speech: Thank you
• Young San Mateo baseball players going on 10-day trip to Japan
• Indian outsourcers now 'insourcing' jobs to Silicon Valley
• Oakland Raiders sign tight end Kevin Boss
• Benches empty during Giants' lopsided loss to Phillies
• Gas at $3.50 in San Jose soon? Believe it, experts say
• Brain cells start to eat themselves when we go hungry
• Human takes wheel of self-driving Google car, rear-ends another Prius
• Oakland A's lose fourth straight game
• San Jose State football opens camp on same page
• Explore Japanese culture at Palo Alto's Obon Festival
• U.S. swimmers no longer dominate sprints
• New Skyline College resource center helps struggling students
• Millbrae approves plan to assist developer
• New phase in Crystal Springs Reservoir project
• Colorado Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio wheeled off after being hit by line drive in 5-3 loss to Nationals
• Far-right anger, violence thrive on Europe's edges
• Next frontier: Jupiter
• San Francisco 49ers: Taylor Mays shines in training camp despite being on trading block
• Dow finishes up after wild day of trading
• San Jose: Police arrest man in stabbing death of woman at apartment complex
• Downtown San Jose fountain closes -- again
• SmartMeter opponents to seek sheriff recall over enforcement of county moratorium
• Mercury News interview: Google social executives Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz
• Hayward man arrested in S.F. hit-and-run involving 9-year-old
• East Contra Costa fire devastates business owner; investigation continues into blazes along rail line
• East Palo Alto to build skate park to get boarders out of shopping centers
• U.N.: Tax on Eritrean-Americans going to Somali militants
• New Concord website shows proposed citywide zoning changes
• Indian outsourcers now 'insourcing' jobs to Silicon Valley
• People: Nicki Minaj's has wardrobe malfunction on 'Good Morning America'
• Earthquakes, coming off winless streak in July, are seeking offensive punch
• Facebook: We have 'smoking gun' in lawsuit claiming ownership
• World's best-selling diabetes drug eyed for cancer link
• Brain cells start to eat themselves when we go hungry
• In rare move, lead managers of LinkedIn's IPO downgrade stock; share price drops
• Stocks end a day of wild swings mostly down
• Wells Fargo settles lawsuit that claimed bank misled investors
• Wall Street silver lining: Gas prices may plunge
• Army to trim war tours of duty to 9 months
• Biz Break: Wall Street and LinkedIn, the day after
• Actual good economic news: Unemployment rate falls as economy adds 117,000 jobs
• Actress who played Cha Cha in 'Grease' dies at 63
• Zynga's 'Words with Friends' goes live on Facebook
• Borrowing hit four-year high in June as Americans struggled to get by
• We still Love Lucy, who would be 100 on Saturday
• Marine Mammal Center sends sea lion No. 10,000 back to the sea
• Purdy: 49ers' Alex Smith finally practices, but it won't mean much until he plays a game
• Palo Alto panhandler Victor Frost fined $50 in sit-lie case
• Palo Alto architectural board says AT&T's antenna design is 'clunky'
• Boy uses BB gun to fend off armed attackers at Mountain View apartment
• Philadelphia Phillies shut out San Francisco Giants behind Cliff Lee
• Elizabeth Beisel wins 400 individual medley at U.S. swimming championships
• Braylon Edwards has first 49ers practice
• Millbrae to consider offer from condo developer
• Ballet San Jose may delay its upcoming season
• Third suspect arrested in Palo Alto robbery of McDonald's employee
• Police seek arrest warrants for three men who allegedly killed Menlo Park woman
• 49ers QB Alex Smith shows a little rust in first practice of camp
• Eye injury sidelines Oakland running back Darren McFadden for at least two week
• Iran official expects hikers to be released 'very soon'
• Jury finds Sara Cole guilty of misdemeanor, not guilty on 2 felonies
• CHP sergeant says he'll jump into Redwood City council race
• Stocks in worst tumble in 2 years amid global worry
• Pittsburg man drowns, two teens saved at Rio Vista beach
• Civilian toll is mounting in assault on Syrian city
• Firefighters put out series of blazes in East Contra Costa
• Analysis: The Mubarak moral to Arab rulers: Fight hard
• Man in critical condition after kids' rock fight escalates to gunfire in Hayward
• Retailers celebrate a good start to back-to-school season
• Unemployment aid applications tick down to 400K
• Diabetic shows how insulin pumps can be hacked, controlled remotely
• New Zealand penguin eats, sleeps, waddles to delight of Web
• Cassidy: The Kapors' SMASH Academy is filling an education gap
• Roadshow: Smog test can be delayed if college student has vehicle in another state
• People: Paul McCartney says he was hacked
• Chevron fined $170,000 for not fully reporting polluting releases
• Jury finds Sara Cole guilty of misdemeanor, not guilty on 2 felonies
• Court records: Los Gatos developer threatened last year to kill son, self
• Indian soccer team has eye-opening experience in Bay Area
• Federal grand jury indicts former Cisco engineer
• Odds of double-dip recession grow
• Obama, Congress reach FAA deal enabling 74,000 laid off airport laborers to return to work
• Wikipedia contributors disappearing, worrying founder
• PlayStation Vita will not be available by Christmas
• Retailers celebrate a good start to back-to-school season
• LinkedIn surprises with cash haul in first quarter as a public company
• PG&E's profits increased in second quarter
• GM second-quarter profit nearly doubles on sales, higher prices
• Palo Alto rebuts fire union's accusations, asks state board to turn down ballot injunction
• Palo Alto board to discuss cell antenna project
• Police arrest two in connection with Palo Alto classroom burglaries
• Cal baseball coach David Esquer rewarded with new contract
• Third candidate for San Carlos council seat emerges to ensure a contested race
• Robbers steal money, then hair from Texas man in South San Francisco
• Devil's Slide bypass tunnels on Highway 1 delayed for a year
• Oakland Raiders, in tight spot at tight end, work out former New York Giant Kevin Boss
• Ryan Lochte pulls out of U.S. swimming championships because of fatigue
• NBA lifer Don Nelson wants to coach again with Minnesota Timberwolves
• Google claims Apple, other tech rivals are ganging up on Android
• Mystery no more: SJSU students offered rooms at San Jose's Clarion Hotel
• 'I just jumped in,' says 8-year-old San Jose boy who helped save drowning girl
• Mark Purdy: Zen of Carlos Beltran is a beautiful thing
• One dead, one hospitalized after boating accident near Hunters Point
• Twitter looking to quell critics, tweak business model
• Ranch acquisitions add 5 square miles to Black Diamond Mines Preserve
• California fairs face tough times as state funds evaporate
• Roadshow: There are angels on our freeways
• Cyberattacks have been targeting government and financial institutions, McAfee says
• Homebuilders turn to urban areas
• Clorox plans to raise product prices because of rising costs of raw materials
• USDA announces recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey
• Libya allying with Islamists, Gadhafi son says
• Abducted teen, alleged gunman arrested in Antioch robbery
• Former NFL star turned actor Bubba Smith dies
• Awash in Zinfandel red, Niners unveil latest glimpse of Santa Clara stadium
• Giants, Vogelsong avoid the sweep
• Garrido: I did not kidnap Michaela Garecht
• Wiretap: Peter Thiel's first trust-fund dropout hits the big time
• A year later, Chile's '33' are mostly unemployed
• Richmond's Hotel Mac restaurant on the market
• Herhold: Here's a way out of San Jose's fiscal mess: Auction off parts of the city
• Sharks add defenseman Colin White
• A's season hits new low with completion of three-game sweep by Seattle Mariners
• Safeway undertakes largest store revamp in years
• Pfizer refuses to comment on over-the-counter Lipitor
• Investors are anxious, unsure of their next move
• Report: 49ers sign free-agent cornerback Carlos Rogers
• Kawakami: It's early, but Arizona Diamondbacks building confidence
• Budget deal could jeopardize high-speed rail, clean-water programs
• Palo Alto resident burns hand in kitchen fire
• San Carlos official says city should pay state to keep its redevelopment agency intact
• Voters to decide compost debate Nov. 8
• East Palo Alto stashes parcel tax funds that voters approved to help prevent crime
• Planned Parenthood still nine parking spaces away from opening Redwood City clinic
• Palo Alto police identify third suspect in strong-arm robbery
• Palo Alto City Council to start using iPads at meetings
• San Francisco Giants drop second in a row to Arizona Diamondbacks
• Oakland A's hot hitters go cold in clutch in Seattle
• 49ers relish return of Frank Gore
• National Night Out sets Oakland record
• 49ers notebook: After Aubrayo Franklin's departure, coach Jim Harbaugh denies staff is 'cleaning house'
• Police looking for man who flashed woman, 2-year-old niece near San Mateo mall
• New White House plan to fight violent extremism
• Fire district leans toward parcel tax to restore services
• Soldier from Daly City killed in Afghanistan while clearing roadside bombs
• In Mubarak trial, Egypt sees chance at retribution
• Second Fremont shooting in three days injures man
• El Tarasco mural is whitewashed
• Program steers low-income students toward college
• AOL launches personalized magazine app for iPad
• New agency designed to help protect consumers
• Tech stars take on job creation
• San Leandro man arrested after standoff
• O'Brien: Is the end near for Google's support for Firefox?
• Bethel Island painter wins contest to design license plate
• Major breakthrough claimed in wireless technology
• Ashland shooting leaves one man injured
• New video of Garridos luring children revealed as DA urges change in prisoner release policy
• Tell us what you remember about the 9/11 attacks
• Angry managers bitterly oppose Contra Costa County pay, benefit cuts
• Gov. Brown says debt-ceiling crisis shows nation is becoming ungovernable
• CBS profit jumps up, thanks to Netflix
• Divided Los Gatos Town Council approves Netflix plan
• Facebook buys San Francisco e-book publisher Push Pop Press
• Zach Miller: Cable lured him from Raiders to Seahawks
• Bay Area airport construction workers lose work after Congress fails to renew FAA funding
• Senate takes up debt limit bill, passage likely
• BREAKING NEWS: Antioch kidnap victim released and is safe, police say
• Cramped San Carlos School District looking to expand
• Net gains: Redwood City man finds love and a few minutes of fame at pro tennis tournament
• Palo Alto council doesn't detour on Arastradero project; controversial traffic-calming project continues
• Eshoo pushes funding bill so 911 dispatchers can accept photos, videos and text messages
• Two suspects arrested, one at large in Palo Alto strong-arm robbery
• Twitter lands $800 million venture capital deal, breaking record
• Oakland A's lose to Seattle Mariners
• Arizona Diamondbacks defeat San Francisco Giants 5-2
• Somalis waste away as insurgents block escape from famine
• Amber Alert issued for Antioch boy
• Bay Area Congressional delegation holding back votes or holding noses over deficit deal
• Kicker David Akers brings years of accuracy to 49ers as Joe Nedney's replacement
• Man likely dead in Burlingame a month before being discovered
• Records of 1,500 patients stolen from Mills-Peninsula hospital
• Analysis: Lessons learned, default fault abounds
• Scientist suspension is about project's management
• House passes bill on debt ceiling
• Contra Costa and union at impasse
• Wolverton: A look at Mac OS X Lion
• Asomugha talks about Bay Area departure
• Governor vetoes bill by Sen. Ellen Corbett that would bar per-signature pay on ballot-measure petitions
• Democrats offer plan to end FAA shutdown
• 40 years later, FBI gets promising lead in D.B. Cooper case
• Hawaii girl finds message in a bottle from Oregon
• 24 Oakland police officers rehired could hit the streets Saturday
• Ryan Lochte escaping Michael Phelps' shadows
• San Lorenzo man killed in Fremont drive-by shooting
• San Jose: Man and 3-year-old granddaughter saved from drowning in apartment complex pool
• Zynga's 'Words with Friends' coming to Facebook
• Prosecutors: Suspect kicked unconscious Giants fan Bryan Stow in the head after he fell
• Apricot pickers have similar immigration histories
• San Francisco: Rescuers ask public to help find sea lions entangled in trash
• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in House for first time since shooting
• Google to buy Dealmap, adding location based-daily deals
• Santa Clara County schools chief announces retirement
• Dueling cities Campbell, San Jose call truce in annexation war
• Live chat: Inside the Oakland Raiders, Tuesday at noon
• Cole testifies teen assaulted her
• Horse-rescue center forced to leave San Mateo County
• Daly City balks at helping anti-litter effort
• Two men held in San Rafael rape attempt
• Bay Area Congressional delegation holding back votes or holding noses over deficit deal
• At least one dead in overnight Richmond shooting
• Oakland Raiders re-sign Michael Huff; Jacoby Ford has fracture; Zach Miller close to return
• Tim Kawakami: Jim Harbaugh pushes tempo with San Francisco 49ers
• Hundreds of family and friends remember the Howard-Dias family
• Filling San Bruno crater will close 'wound' for blast survivors
• Oakland A's update: Good at-bats adding up to big innings
• A's pitching matchups
• San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore to end brief holdout
• It's a deal: Obama, Congress will avert default
• Responses to debt deal range from angry to angrier
• Apple's Steve Jobs still on leave but not really gone
• Last roundup at the Cal Skate roller rink in Milpitas
• Roadshow: Formula for gas sales tax in Santa Clara County gets complicated
• Bay Area Muslims begin holy month of Ramadan
• Heat wave threatens elderly in remote towns
• Deal in sight, global markets look up to Monday
• Three fatally shot in Oakland
• Rebels say they unmasked secret pro-Gadhafi group
• Scores die as Syrian forces attack defiant cities
• Some jumbo loans to become less jumbo
• Former VeriSign CEO to take top job at Palo Alto Networks
• Giants lose 9-0, swept by Reds
• Serena Williams cruises to Bank of West title
• A's beat Twins, trade Ziegler to Diamondbacks
• San Francisco Giants update: Trade for Orlando Cabrera 'academic' to GM
• FM sports radio station gives KNBR a challenger
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Major injury crash on northbound 280
• Filling San Bruno crater will close 'wound' for blast survivors
• Woman killed in fiery crash on Altamont Pass
• Mountain lion spotted walking the links at Burlingame golf course
• Senate GOP leader: Getting close to a debt deal
• Mexico says a top Juarez cartel figure captured
• Insanity ruling not likely in Norway massacre
• FBI, police go high-tech to fight crime
• Verdict for 2 Americans in Iran within a week
• Accountant follows her passion for animals
• Herhold: Memory of grandfather surfaces after a half-century
• From spaetzle to sausages, Gilroy's Garlic Festival has a pungent bite for everyone
• Poole: NFL wastes no time reclaiming its throne
• Oakland Raiders sign former Stanford quarterback Trent Edwards
• San Francisco 49ers are sticking with a patient approach
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley loves its iPads and its Hoky sweepers, too
• Internal Affairs: The Garcia court saga continues to drag on long after conviction
• Oakland hitters rock on in blowout win, and no trades yet in sight
• San Jose audit suggests limits on military reservists' pay
• San Francisco Giants trade for Orlando Cabrera after loss
• South San Francisco rapist gets 33 years
• Serena Williams will face Marion Bartoli in Bank of the West Classic final
• San Francisco Giants update: Aubrey Huff will get much-needed rest
• Oakland A's update: Rich Harden trade to Boston Red Sox reportedly falls through
• Amid talks, some optimism on debt crisis
• PG&E to conduct tests in Burlingame, Hillsborough, San Mateo Highlands
• Stanford research team studies perfect golf swing
• Top world eatery El Bulli to stop serving
• Roadshow: 'Complete Streets' program draws praise, anger
• Mohsen Janatpour paintings in San Mateo unite diversity through metaphor
• Egypt changes venue for Mubarak trial
• Shiites killed on road in Pakistan
• Iraq boosts purchase of U.S. jets, but still no decision on troops
• Airstrikes kill 40 pro-government Yemeni tribesmen
• Nevada trucking firm countersues Amtrak, Union Pacific over crash
• Cal collects a chorus of freshman voices
• Late stab at debt-limit deal to avert US default
• Bill to allow online gambling sites in California pits tribe against tribe
• San Jose audit suggests limits on military reservists' pay
• Pleasant Hill recreation district passes tight budget, cuts employee benefits
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley loves its iPads and its Hoky sweepers, too
• Sarajevo festival honors Jolie for films, humanitarianism
• NFL, NFLPA working on final details of new collective bargaining agreement
• State releases insect to combat invasive weed
• Stanford research team studies perfect golf swing
• Eye on the East Bay: Dear inmates, beef jerky counts as food
• From spaetzle to sausages, Gilroy's Garlic Festival has a pungent bite for everyone
• Herhold: Memory of grandfather surfaces after a half-century
• Indianapolis Colts re-sign Peyton Manning to long-term deal
• Fentons Creamery eyes Lafayette as city looks to solve parking woes
• Neighbor describes finding two bodies inside Los Gatos area home
• Antioch, Brentwood to keep redevelopment agencies
• Strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan
• Jet from New York crashes in Guyana; no deaths
• Northern California pot raids net 100 arrests, 469,000 plants
• Music service Spotify in patent infringement suit
• Lawyer: 2 Americans held in Iran could be released
• Apple holds more cash than the U.S. government
• Paddleboarder's extreme challenge
• San Francisco's DBL Investors may be the only female-run venture capital firm in the U.S.
• San Mateo County employees who use little sick time amass years of medical coverage after retiring
• Palo Alto council to decide fate of controversial traffic-calming project
• Thousands of Peninsulans will land in different political districts if new maps approved
• Fight over binding arbitration in Palo Alto heats up
• San Carlos sandwich shop robbed
• Stanford Shopping Center Macy's sales clerk accused of stealing $3K
• Minnesota Twins defeat Oakland A's 9-5
• San Francisco Giants fall to Cincinnati Reds in 13 innings
• Oakland A's update: Closer Andrew Bailey is drawing some interest as trade deadline approaches
• Barry Zito might head to San Francisco Giants' bullpen after next start
• Harbaugh unfazed by 'chaos' in 49ers first practice
• 49ers' Nedney fails physical, has kicked his last field goal
• Debt Crisis, bankruptcy fears? See Jefferson County, Ala.
• Serena Williams routs Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3
• Ringling Bros. circus returns to Cow Palace after six-year absence
• Tim Kawakami: Odd beginnings for these new-look 49ers
• Philadelphia Eagles are surprise winners in the Nnamdi Asomugha sweepstakes
• House approves debt bill; Senate rejects it
• San Jose: Father sentenced to 25 years for shaking baby son to death
• San Francisco's DBL Investors may be the only woman-run venture capital firm in the U.S.
• Berkeley lab scientists helping to build the world's largest clock for Burning Man festival
• Judge dismisses sex crime charges against Pajaro Valley High teacher because of car crash injuries
• Chevron profits of $7.73 billion soar 43 percent, propelled by rising oil and gasoline prices
• Santa Clara County's oldest Jewish temple turning 150
• Macy's Santa fired for telling dirty jokes is found dead
• Oakland pushes ahead with new stadium plan for Raiders, solo or shared
• Former congresswoman wins battle with cancer
• Mercury News interview: Jack Domme, CEO of Hitachi Data Systems
• In Concord, a gate where there should be a path
• Obama, auto industry agree on tough mileage improvement
• Former Winchester SkatePark kids relive cement heaven
• Segments of PG&E pipeline dug up to be tested for similarities at blast site
• Kawakami: Odd beginnings for these new-look 49ers
• Companies want to drape U.S. in broadband access
• Philadelphia Eagles surprise winners in the Nnamdi Asomugha sweepstakes
• Google buys a cache of patents from IBM
• AT&T to limit wireless speeds for bandwidth hogs
• Stagnant economy puts U.S. at risk of another recession
• Huge pot bust in Northern California national forest
• Capitola man in critical condition after skateboard accident in Santa Cruz
• 49ers' Nedney has kicked his last field goal
• President announces deal to boost fuel economy
• Father killed cancer patient son, then himself in home near Los Gatos, officials say
• Citizens commission releases final maps
• Newsom unveils plan to fix ailing economy
• Oracle executive seeks dismissal of HP suit based on false evidence
• Planning commission suggests phases for controversial Menlo Park downtown plan
• San Mateo County may ask state to let it run more all-mail elections
• Grass fire burns two acres in Palo Alto's Arastradero Preserve
• San Francisco 49ers kicker Joe Nedney expected to retire; David Akers added
• Oakland Raiders: Coach Jackson picks up practice pace
• San Francisco 49ers' Michael Crabtree sidelined again
• Tim Lincecum shows no weakness in San Francisco Giants' win over Philadelphia Phillies
• Monte Poole: The Frank Gore question a tricky one for 49ers
• Giants update: After two rough outings, Barry Zito's next start is up in the air
• Atheists sue to ban cross-shaped beam from Sept. 11 museum site
• Thousands of students still need whooping cough vaccine
• San Jose: Teacher recounts resuscitating girl who nearly drowned in pool
• Airlines asked to reveal profits in FAA shutdown
• Los Gatos mom tells cops liaison with teen 'seemed innocent'
• A's update: Effective Harden forced to throw a lot of pitches
• APNewsBreak: Arctic scientist under investigation
• A's pitching matchups
• Alhambra Valley residents worry volunteer fire station could close
• Laid-off teacher rehires thrown into confusion by new state law
• In blocking train crash facts, blogs erode China censorship
• Judge ready to strike down San Jose law barring last-minute campaign contributions
• Unemployment applications drop to lowest level in months
• Local business site challenges Google ranking
• Report: Bay Area roads among ten worst in nation
• Street battles in Somali capital amid famine help
• Newark neighborhood locked down through the night
• Debt fight could bring more airwaves for broadband
• Auditor calls for more UC budget transparency
• Court holds all abortion demonstrators equal under Oakland 'bubble ordinance'
• Bank of West's top seed goes down
• Los Altos dog has new leash on life
• Wiretap: Star-powered startup Nebula looks to the cloud
• Union City shooting injures one
• Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man and Hulk belong to Marvel, not creator
• Bullpen meltdown costs A's chance to complete four-game sweep of Tampa Bay Rays
• AC Transit approves contracts with two unions that reduce district costs
• Cassidy: Santa Clara University math scholar fights crime with mad math skills
• JetBlue offers three-month, unlimited flight plans
• Unemployment applications drop to lowest level in months
• Nintendo to drastically reduce price of 3-D handheld gaming system
• Alleged hacking attack hits 35 million S. Korean Internet users
• Scotland Yard arrests suspected spokesman of LulzSec hacker group
• Wiretap: Star-powered startup Nebula looks to the cloud
• Hearsay Social lands $18 million venture deal
• Horgan: Burlingame education officials are undaunted
• Police take pair driving East Palo Alto homicide suspect's car into custody
• Russians win international geography competition at Google
• VA seeks to build housing for homeless vets at Menlo Park campus
• Palo Alto man headed to jail for taking bathroom pictures of teen
• Los Altos police release sketch of flashing suspect
• They're the Swinging Oakland A's again these days
• Oakland A's update: Struggling reliever Joey Devine is sent down to Triple-A Sacramento River Cats
• Maria Sharapova advances at Bank of the West Classic
• 'Hero' pulls 6-year-old girl, father from bottom of pool and revives them in San Jose
• Homicide suspects lead police on freeway chase across Bay Area
• New Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson aiming high -- playoffs
• New Millbrae Safeway could be open by February 2013
• San Mateo Union proposes raising fees for use of its fields, other property
• CPUC orders PG&E to dig up abandoned San Bruno gas pipe
• Authorities ID Mountain View man killed in Burlingame crash
• Two months of 'no such thing as a normal life' for family of missing nursing student
• Giants update: Ryan Vogelsong may face Phillies if Tim Lincecum still ailing
• MLS All-Stars prove no match for Manchester United
• Detroit to set services by neighborhood condition
• Bay Area law enforcement officers train to deal with mental health issues
• Russian team takes home international geography bee medal
• Fear over debt fight hits Wall St.; Dow loses 198
• A high-tech, bipartisan presidential ticket?
• San Jose moves toward the head of the class
• Ceremony marks closing of Walter Reed hospital
• Dunkin' gets warm response from new investors
• Rural US disappearing? Population share hits low
• Wiretap: Palo Alto startup Nebula looks to the cloud
• Hillside grass fire in Milpitas chars 36 acres; vineyard, homes spared
• IRS says airlines can issue ticket-tax refunds
• Bay Area law enforcement officers train to deal with mental health issues
• Stocks plunge as lawmakers remain at odds over debt
• Giants deal for Beltran nearly complete; Slugger could join team Thursday
• Court document: 2 suspects confessed to setting Trace school fire
• Roadshow: Not all commuters pleased with metering lights on I-680
• Cable companies to give clues on Internet impact
• Man, 3-year-old shot while feeding the needy
• Across the Bay Area, streets are getting a makeover -- with less room for cars
• Richmond works to ease the long road out of prison
• Herhold: A ring reunited with its owners
• Concord toughens sexual harassment policy after numerous lawsuits
• Kawakami: Potential Carlos Beltran deal a shift in Giants' mentality
• Google insider's account sheds new light on Internet giant
• Parent in San Mateo neighborhood petition to switch school districts
• Pennington drives victory
• Preservationists raise $25,000 to save section of wall from historic Briones home in Palo Alto
• Public asked to weigh in on Alpine Road trail proposed by Stanford
• Coroner IDs East Palo Alto shooting victim
• San Carlos' longtime city treasurer seeks a seventh term
• Raises approved for San Mateo County nurses, sheriff's sergeants
• A little shopping before school
• Yosemite National Park runs on sunlight
• Jason Aldean concert could cause traffic delays, police say
• San Mateo County may save oak tree near Menlo Park by assuming responsibility
• Stanford's Andrew Luck ready for scrutiny in what he says is his last season
• Mistakes over hazardous liquid pipe locations pose threat
• Mountain View man dies after Burlingame crash
• Millbrae schools go for new bond
• San Francisco Giants, Barry Zito routed 7-2 in Philadelphia
• Earthquakes' all-star Bobby Convey never has focused on goal scoring
• Oakland A's update: Daric Barton mulls season-ending surgery
• Serena Williams wins Bank of the West opener in 47 minutes
• Private meeting doesn't sway immigrant advocates to embrace new policing strategy
• Giants manager Bruce Bochy razzed by Phillies fans for All-Star pitching decisions
• Oakland Raiders going quietly into start of training camp
• 49ers: Takeo Spikes leaving for San Diego
• Tim Kawakami: 49ers owner Jed York keeping his eye on the long view
• Mistakes over hazardous liquid pipe locations pose threat
• In wake of sex allegation, congressman will resign
• Ray Lane's new ride: a Fisker Karma
• Access to health care benefits for gay partners is gauged
• Clorox rejects latest Icahn proposal to buy company for $10.7 billion
• McDonald's adding apple slices in every Happy Meal
• East Bay park shooting search delayed
• Hayward police believe man arrested for indecent exposure may be repeat offender
• Aid workers rush to help East Africa's hungry
• Intel readies longtime veteran Andy Bryant for upcoming role as chairman
• Doctor says Mubarak has refused to eat for four days
• Biz Break: What's in a name? Google+ is working on that
• Billionaires' backing feeds India's rise
• Apple stock price blows past $400 for first time
• Winehouse family, friends attend singer's funeral
• Cupertino: Lehigh Cement could lose right to sell cement products to government agencies
• Garlic Festival returns with added halitosis relief
• Electronic Arts pulls in almost $1 billion in revenue in one quarter
• Mistakes over hazardous liquid pipe locations pose threat
• Family of missing nursing student to hold vigil on two-month anniversary of disappearance
• Giants: Lincecum scratched from start against Phillies, Zito will start
• Amazon sales near $10 billion for second quarter
• San Jose: Boy, 13, stabbed while walking with friend, dog to park
• Pleasant Hill imposes contract on police
• Three-quarters of San Mateo County jail inmates awaiting day in court
• Police name 'persons of interest' in recent East Palo Alto murders
• Teen suspect smashes up 7-Eleven store in Mountain View
• A's rally past Tampa Bay Rays
• Vatican recalls envoy to Ireland amid abuse uproar
• Serena Williams looks to regain No. 1 form
• Poole: We're ready for some football
• Pot club debate, sewer spill settlements on tap at San Bruno council meeting
• Revised Yee bill would doom Cow Palace, venue official argues
• Police say Pacifica boy killed in crash apparently swerved in front of car
• Boys convicted of Redwood City field trip sex assault
• A's Update
• With lockout over, Oakland Raiders have big issues to tackle
• San Francisco 49ers are eager to get back to business
• San Francisco Giants' Cody Ross returns to Philadelphia, awaits Phillies fans' barbs
• NFL players agree on labor deal, ending lockout
• Former Raiders defensive back Alonzo 'Skip' Thomas dies at age 61
• NFL: Jets, Dolphins restore pay to employees in wake of lockout
• Norway extremist denies guilt; hints he did not act alone
• Recession hurt Hispanics more, new study says
• Harley rider who crashed, died in Gilroy identified
• School districts get 30-day extension on whooping cough immunizations
• UN races to get food to hungry Somali refugees
• Netflix expects price hike to temporarily slow growth
• Obama to address nation on debt limit stalemate
• Suspect in Oslo killings isolated; Norway mourns the 76 who died
• Thirteen people displaced by fire in small house on W. San Carlos Street in San Jose
• Airbnb snares $113 million from Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global
• Brown signs law to expand open space funding
• Poole: We're ready for some football
• Former Raiders cornerback 'Skip' Thomas dies
• DuPont acquires Sunnyvale's Innovalight
• Jerry Brown gets summons for jury duty in Alameda County
• Herhold: The cost of a bad arrest
• Obama meets Giants' band of characters
• Review: Shakespeare Santa Cruz gets off to a fast (and funny) start
• Northern California inmate's death investigated as homicide
• State law opens private aid to illegal college students
• San Jose voters offer tepid support for sales tax measures
• Arraignment postponed for 2 charged in Giants' fan beating
• Roadshow: I-680 meters shave minutes from commute
• SunPower reports lower earnings than expected, stock price plummets
• Jay-Z, Kanye West tour coming to San Jose Oct. 16
• NFL, players have agreed to deal to end lockout
• NFL labor: FAQ about the new agreement
• Cupertino teens escape from Alcatraz for their coach
• NFL: Labor deal is nearly done
• Pillar Point Harbor fisherman restores old fishing boat to give tours to children
• Burlingame becoming new tech hub
• Drug prices to plummet in wave of expiring patents
• Teens mauled by grizzly in Alaska; Richmond youth hurt
• Brand-name drug prices to plummet in wave of expiring patents
• Jewish group keeps traditional burial practices alive
• Legend of Sam Fuld catches on with Tampa Bay Rays
• MotoGP: Casey Stoner wins U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca
• Baseball Hall of Fame: Roberto Alomar almost speechless, Bert Blyleven deeply moved at ceremony
• Reid, Boehner prepare own separate debt-ceiling plans
• Couples wed on first day gay marriage is legal in N.Y.
• Accuser in Strauss-Kahn's NYC sex case speaks out
• Quiet digital revolution under way in North Korea
• Norway terror suspect influenced by bloggers
• Second place finish for Campbell teen in All-American Soap Box Derby
• Roadshow: Carpoolers find friends, save time and money
• Cassidy: Facebook and the iPad are swell, but how about what came before?
• Shooting at party kills teen boy
• How the case against Dodger Stadium beating suspect unraveled
• East Contra Costa native recovering after Afghanistan explosion
• Two shot in Oakley fatality
• Baby World now open in San Bruno
• San Francisco Giants take series against Milwaukee Brewers in 2-1 victory
• Winehouse's mother: 'She seemed out of it'
• Los Gatos mom accused of sex with teen to testify
• Suspect: Norway attacks were 'marketing' for manifesto
• From Governor Moonbeam to Governor Sunbeam
• Oakland A's come up short in 7-5 loss to New York Yankees
• San Jose: Family displaced by one-alarm fire
• Strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan
• Teen dead, 8 wounded in Stockton shooting
• Experts: Roger Clemens likely to go on trial again
• 'Captain America' knocks 'Harry Potter' from No. 1 spot
• Cadel Evans is first Australian to win Tour de France
• The largest high-tech heist in Bay Area history was an inside job
• Complaint reveals gruesome details of Giants' fan beating
• San Jose SaberCats finish season 7-11 after loss to Tampa Bay Storm
• San Jose Earthquakes melt down after red card
• O'Brien: Current TV says goodbye to revolution, hello to Keith Olbermann
• Poole: NBA players looking overseas for leverage
• San Francisco Giants beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 to even series
• Purdy: San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman can't wait to meet players
• Herhold: The abrasive character of Cupertino's Barry Chang
• New plan to preserve the views in Yosemite begins with 'timber!'
• South San Francisco seeks to revitalize southern El Camino Real
• San Mateo County has received $334,290 to provide permanent housing to homeless veterans
• Norwegian Americans from the Bay Area express shock over Oslo tragedy
• Debt limit talks held in Congress and at the White House
• NFL: Players association's executive committee to meet Monday as lockout continues
• Palo Alto family dies in car crash while vacationing in Canada
• Gunman in Norwegian massacre coolly mowed down his victims, survivors say
• Suspect's manifesto shows plan of attack, hatred of Islam
• Troubled diva Amy Winehouse dead at 27
• Debt limit talks held in Congress and at the White House
• Investors weigh options after debt talks stall
• MotoGP: Champion Jorge Lorenzo goes from crash to pole in U.S. Grand Prix
• Two men shot, one dead, in Oakley
• Kampe paintings celebrate intense color of urban landscapes
• Saratoga: Crusader for Parkinson's disease cure dies
• Thread of hope in solving Harms' case 10 years after disappearance
• Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili dies
• Police investigating Portola Valley school burglaries
• San Jose: Loud, disabled and proud at second annual disability pride parade
• Singer Amy Winehouse found dead in her London home
• Linda Christian, the first Bond girl, dies at 87
• Celebrities tweet responses to Winehouse's death
• Internal Affairs: Governor a trailblazer (when it comes to vacations)
• Norway gunman fired for 1.5 hours on island
• Accounting error means thousands in back taxes for Emerald Hills couple
• Herhold: The abrasive character of Cupertino's Barry Chang
• Silicon Valley sees strong job growth in June
• Oakland A's beat New York Yankees 4-3
• PMS-themed California milk campaign sparks discussion
• Skiing in late July? Sierra resort opens for day
• Two new suspects formally charged in Giants fan beating
• San Francisco shooting triggers reignites anger at police
• Three Napa men assaulted, robbed in Vallejo after allegedly hiring a prostitute
• Marin peace activist reunited with stolen Gandhi puppet
• Stalemate in Congress could be boon for travelers
• Police make arrest after body found burned in San Francisco park
• California investigates 6 possible heat-related deaths
• Kawakami: Oakland Raiders' Al Davis still doing it his way
• 49ers: Rookies still waiting to audition as labor issues drag on
• San Jose teen sentenced in crash that killed best friend
• Norway shaken by dual attacks in Oslo and camp
• Purdy: San Francisco Giants know what they want in a hitter
• Community clinics help meet children's dental needs
• Menlo Park fire district outlines revised compensation 'philosophy'
• Motorcyclist injured in I-280 crash
• San Mateo County could take one more look at Stanford trail proposal
• San Francisco Giants open tough stretch with loss to Milwaukee Brewers
• Motorcyclist dies in crash on Highway 101 next to Gilroy outlet stores
• Millbrae school district may put $30 million bond on November ballot
• San Mateo-based nonprofit helps disabled adults find employment
• Suspect is now tied to two 1983 murders, rapes of young women in San Jose area
• Former Trace PTO president sentenced for embezzling group's money
• New York Yankees overwhelm Trevor Cahill, Oakland A's 17-7
• NFL: Canton takes financial, emotional hit
• NFL labor: Players put decision on hold as they study deal
• Police Blotter
• Judge tosses Oracle's $6.1 billion damage estimate in claim against Google
• San Jose travel agent who conned 39 Vietnamese turns himself in
• Man severely burned in suspicious Oakley house fire
• Richmond puts on charm offensive to woo Berkeley Lab
• Bomb blast, shooting at youth camp horrify Norway
• Judge tosses Winklevoss twins' Facebook lawsuit
• Pandora having trouble selling ads for growing mobile business
• Silicon Valley sees strong job growth in June
• Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits will be streamed live on YouTube
• Do you love fast food? Not as much as these people
• Troubled Sunnyvale Town Center slotted to go up for auction
• Fabulous font allows you to write like an animal
• Former Trace PTO president sentenced for embezzling group's money
• East Bay adds 8,100 jobs in June, leads upswing in Bay Area employment last month
• Mercury News interview: Marc Davis, partner architect for Microsoft's Online Services Division
• Community clinics help meet children's dental needs
• SaberCats travel to Tampa Bay for season finale
• Panelists say consumers would conserve energy if they knew more about their daily usage
• Fremont woman, 77, wins three gold medals for Team USA
• From farm to tube, TV host true to his roots
• Doctors remember pathology assistant who died in Santa Clara crash
• Show goes on despite theater company's closure
• PUC's safety head leaves job
• Crews contain Morgan Hill fire that threatened homes
• Herhold: Why a British-style phone-hacking scandal is unlikely here
• 10 years after San Jose case, more children dying in hot cars
• San Jose's football-slinging Mr. Mom
• San Mateo County woman repels would-be burglar with bear spray
• East Palo Alto man convicted of federal gun charge
• Redwood City council race likely won't be litmus test for Saltworks project
• San Mateo County ready to give out raises to nurses, sheriff's sergeants
• Palo Alto murder case featured tonight on Dateline NBC
• San Mateo County joins school biliteracy effort
• Rape trial of 4 San Mateo County boys to start Monday
• Top Foster City planner to retire
• Monte Poole: Clever underhanded genius by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and owners
• New ESPN Deportes affiliate reaches Spanish soccer fans
• Carolyn Livengood: CSM student heads north
• Trash bills expected to rise by $5 in Palo Alto
• San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey making progress
• North Korea flouts trade ban on luxury goods, South charges
• Stanford study shows online consumer privacy tools flawed
• Stanford's Andrew Luck at ease as season nears
• NTSB documents reveal new findings on San Bruno blast
• Google execs discussed Java license before Oracle filed suit
• New BART police auditor aims to bring transparency to agency
• New chip helps AMD succeed, but can't catch Intel
• Gunfire, explosions erupt as Syrian city besieged
• Chronology: How the NFL lockout unfolded
• AT&T fined over San Jose fuel spill
• NFL: Owners vote for tentative deal to end lockout, pending player approval
• James Murdoch contradicted by his ex-legal manager
• Toyota develops system that takes over steering before a crash
• Safeway shares fall after reporting weaker outlook in same-store sales
• Don't expect economy to brighten this summer, reports say
• Police catch fugitive in six-figure Walnut Creek coin theft
• 10 years after San Jose case, more children dying in hot cars
• Firefighters battle two-alarm house blaze in Walnut Creek
• Two charged with special circumstances murder in killing, burning of 21-year-old woman
• Analysts: Somali war helped turn drought to famine
• From farm to tube, TV host true to his roots
• Microsoft enjoys record revenue, but stock slips
• Entire Apple stores being faked in China
• Antioch leaders discuss ways to generate money
• Oakland A's will trust their aces to end their bad results against the Yankees
• Stanford emerging as hub for fast-growing investment trend
• Acer buys Mountain View cloud-computing company for up to $395 million
• Google spends millions lobbying Washington amid inquiry
• Apple steals Nokia's smartphone crown
• Last space shuttle comes home, ends 30-year era
• At last, San Jose students earn eighth-grade promotion certificates
• Jury deadlocks on holding San Jose gang member legally responsible for murder of fellow Sureno
• Report urges overhaul of science education
• New market for Palo Alto's Alma Plaza revealed
• Redwood City man recounts harrowing escape from Taliban terrorist attack on Afghanistan hotel
• Tuesday slaying marks fourth homicide in seven weeks in East Palo Alto
• East Palo Alto woman pleads not guilty to vehicular manslaughter
• Palo Alto mayor looks to circumvent vehicle habitation ban
• Bay Area rents, especially in Silicon Valley, are on the rise.
• South wins second consecutive Charlie Wedemeyer All-Star Game
• Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders could share a stadium, but where?
• San Jose Earthquakes draw 2-2 with Vancouver Whitecaps
• Young women practice in South San Francisco for Saturday's Miss National Asia Pageant
• California traffic fatalities down for fifth year in a row
• Man with Daly City ties sought in mother's disappearance
• Foster City voters likely to decide on $25 million school bond measure in November
• Hideki Matsui hits 500th homer as Oakland A's beat Detroit Tigers
• NFL: Players don't vote on proposal to settle labor dispute
• Google+ meets with early success
• Too much Kershaw for Giants in 1-0 loss
• Zillow's IPO soaring: Price nearly doubles
• Icahn ups bid for Clorox to $10.7 billion, or $80 a share
• Wiretap: Mobile startup takes a new twist on deal-of-the-day sites
• New TSA software to end naked scanner images
• Hezbollah commander could be transferred in days
• Senator wants AT&T deal for T-Mobile squashed
• Roadshow: South Bay bike ride went well, except at left turns
• Richmond investigates joining public power agency
• Serbia arrests last Balkan war crimes fugitive
• British prime minister drags opponents into hacking scandal
• Leopard injures 11 people in India before dying
• Unions object to 'silent' immigration raids
• Somalis dying in world's worst famine in 20 years
• 49ers stand to score big bucks for stadium from NFL deal
• Mark Purdy: 49ers and Raiders could share a stadium, but where?
• Tesla gets $100 million from Toyota for RAV4 equipment
• Audit: State prisons had lousy bookkeeping
• Santa Cruz: Fire extinguished in Natural Bridges park
• Consumer-finance watchdog agency launches Thursday
• Authorities: 3 swept over Yosemite waterfall presumed dead
• Groupon remorse? Sites let users unload deals
• Intel posts record sales
• Report: Feds will share responsibility in Google probe
• Redwood City photos: Cha-cha-cha!
• San Jose: ICE supervisors, not agents will meet with community activists
• Kawakami: 49ers could be a big winner when NFL lockout ends
• New Earthquakes midfielder Jacob Peterson aims to spark struggling offense
• Parking flap could sink Planned Parenthood's plan to open clinic in Redwood City
• Resistance mounts in Palo Alto to vehicle habitation ban
• Brandon Belt returns from minors to power Giants past Dodgers
• Former 49ers star center Forrest Blue has died
• Binding arbitration appeal headed to Palo Alto voters
• Police try to link Belmont burglary suspects to other crimes
• Former bookkeeper agrees to repay $4.8 million embezzled from San Carlos family
• Foster City council send hotel-tax hike to voters
• Monday night homicide was third in past seven weeks in East Palo Alto
• Memorial to be held Friday for Menlo Park woman shot in East Palo Alto
• Tobacco's influence runs deep
• San Mateo man takes plea bargain for drug dealing, posing as cop
• NFL: Work continues toward ending lockout
• Elimination of two-a-day full pad practices could slow new-look 49ers' progress
• Burlingame council approves four-city fire merger trial
• Lean times force many Bay Area 'boomerang kids' to return home as adults
• Bipartisan plan for budget deal buoys president
• They look like a million, and nearly cost that much as well
• Last shuttle leaves space station
• Lean times force many Bay Area 'boomerang kids' to return home as adults
• Egypt's military seeks future political role
• Apple has another spectacular quarter
• U.S. vows counterterrorism support for India
• Former 49ers center Forrest Blue dies at 65
• San Jose: ICE supervisors, not agents will meet with community activists
• 58 year-old Watsonville man beaten, robbed of shoes
• Half of Alzheimer's cases potentially preventable
• Wells Fargo offers settlement to Alameda County retirement association
• State urges student whooping cough vaccinations
• San Francisco to close 25 courtrooms, layoff 200
• 'Sexting' sting nabs man at Salinas mall
• New law extends ability to change Williamson Act
• Molestation investigation shuts Northern California school
• Squirrel may be cause of Monday morning power outage in Vallejo
• Murdoch finishes phone-hacking testimony after foam attack
• Amazon says it won OK for California sales tax referendum
• Video shows enraged Chihuahua attacking store robbers in Southern California
• Former USF basketball great McNamee passes away at his Marin home
• Group files suit over Treasure Island development
• Suit: EPA must clean up San Joaquin Valley air
• Friend seeks private dive team for missing Northern California fisherman
• Union City man robbed in Craigslist deal scam in Vallejo
• Cisco to eliminate 6,500 jobs
• Last space shuttle crew bids historic goodbye
• 'Carmageddon' warnings pay off in Los Angeles
• San Jose: Shooting sends 3 people, including teen boy, to hospital
• Biz Break: Adobe looks to future of signatures and Apple rides a strong wave
• Herhold: We can't have a society based on vigilantism
• Police say a robber attacked a Livermore husband and wife with a hammer
• Songwriter of hits by Rolling Stones, Joplin dies
• 4 kids, mom pulled from burning Oregon house were stabbed
• Federal appeals court to consider Santa Clara police shooting case
• Wolverton: A look at the new Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
• Cold case: Witness to '94 murder went missing before trial
• Napa County identifies double-homicide suspect
• Even in hard times, saving is a personal-finance must
• Cassidy: For me, iPod Touch still does the trick
• Second death in CEO's mansion: Son, 6, killed by fall after woman's 'bizarre' hanging
• Lawsuit planned to challenge laws that kill redevelopment agencies
• San Jose State bumps upperclassmen from dorms to mystery hotel
• Sacred Heart embarks on next phase of campus improvements
• State parks closure has unlikely consequences
• San Jose: Mother hopes to keep support strong for brain-injured daughter
• Lawsuit planned to challenge laws that kill redevelopment agencies
• San Jose State bumps upperclassmen from dorms to mystery hotel
• Obama picks former Ohio attorney general to lead consumer agency
• Ex-news executive arrested, law enforcement chief resigns
• Killing of adviser another blow to Afghan leader
• Gadhafi rallies the troops against the world
• Are grandparents safer drivers than mom and dad?
• Across the U.S., budget talks stir pessimism, and yawns
• Lawyer's claim that Mubarak is in a coma is contradicted
• Coastside at College of San Mateo slated for closure
• Carwash raises funds for funeral of woman found burned in Oakland
• Lead doctor says Hosni Mubarak did not have stroke
• SF: 25,000 people expected at AIDS Walk in Golden Gate Gate Park
• Cassidy: For me, iPod touch still does the trick
• 12-year-old San Jose bicyclist injured in traffic collision
• Police Blotter
• Congress seeks debt solution, Obama goes to public
• Fund-raiser planned for injured Santa Clara University professor
• San Rafael man arrested for making death threats to Sen. Boxer
• 6.1 magnitude earthquake shakes Alaska's King Cove
• YMCA offers replacement camp for diabetic campers
• Sabercats: Linebacker gets shot against familiar foe
• Review: The fun side of 'Star Wars'
• One last wild ride into orbit for San Carlos native, astronaut Rex Walheim
• Toy companies turn to nostalgia to celebrate anniversaries
• O'Brien: New Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos marks a new company town
• Fund-raiser planned for injured Santa Clara University professor
• 'Cluster' of small quakes jolts San Carlos
• Police Blotter
• Clorox sale? Oakland has its hands full with other problems
• Libya rebels get formal U.S. backing, and $30 billion
• Watsonville 'Potter' showing fades to black too soon; police called and movie resumes
• Syrian unrest at stalemate, but Assad rule is shaken
• UC Santa Cruz professor's paper examines predator influence on ecosystems
• Jordan riot police clash with protesters, 15 hurt
• San Jose activists demand meeting with ICE agents helping cops with anti-gang campaign
• Can you regain control of your online identity?
• Brookdale Lodge owner faces court date on fraud, health and safety violations
• San Jose seeking volunteers to fill seats on two city commissions, one city board
• Clorox receives unexpected $10.2 billion bid from activist investor Carl Icahn
• Urgent care clinic opens in Antioch
• 22 laid off San Jose firefighters get their badges back
• Mercury News interview: John Roos, U.S. Ambassador to Japan
• Despite efforts to get solo drivers to share rides, carpooling is down throughout Bay Area and state
• Carl Icahn hopes to clean up with Clorox
• San Ramon dismisses grand jury report
• San Carlos Council Member Brad Lewis to leave Pixar for new job
• Bay Area wide food drive Saturday
• Family appears for WWII soldier buried in San Bruno
• San Jose: Feds bust counterfeit movie operation
• Herhold: Why we should find a way for Sergio C. Garcia to practice law.
• One last wild ride into orbit for San Carlos native, astronaut Rex Walheim
• Sunnyvale: Coroner identifies driver found dead inside car
• Management of O.co Coliseum up for grabs
• The end of the school counselor?
• $1 million pot bust at Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
• Great Recession has rearranged global tech market
• PASSIONS: Mountain View woman is software engineer, also classical Indian dancer
• United, Continental and Delta raising fares
• Giants beat Padres 6-2 in 12 innings
• Hangar One advocates respond to funding loss
• Church continues to investigate Menlo Park pastor who followed teen into dressing room
• Learn about Japanese culture at Mountain View's Obon Festival
• Six Atherton employees still don't know if they'll have a job after today
• San Carlos may take closer look at plastic bag ban after court ruling
• Family of San Bruno woman sues Boudin Bakery over bread-cart collision
• Memorial service to be held for Ron Cox, former Foster City mayor
• Carolyn Livengood: Colma organization helps students attend college
• Burlingame moms raise thousands for poor children
• 55 more people sue PG&E over San Bruno blast
• Los Angeles braces for `Carmageddon'
• NYC man held in boy's slaying says he hears voices
• After preserving 59,000 acres, 'Midpen' open-space district faces a funding shortage
• Wi-Fi service now available on light rail
• Highway 87 lane reopoens after 30-foot sinkhole is patched
• Morgan Hill: One suspect in baby kidnapping surrenders to police
• Santa Cruz ranked as one of nation's top boardwalks
• Police Blotter
• A's lefty Anderson has Tommy John surgery, will miss at least next 12 months
• Judge declares mistrial in Roger Clemens perjury case
• Judge tosses class action lawsuit over bungled green card lottery
• Disabled children delighted by special San Jose sports camp
• Libya: Rebel and NATO attack on oil city repulsed
• Brown signs LGBT inclusive education bill into law
• Investigators search for leads in deadly Mumbai explosions
• Los Angeles drivers brace for 'Carmageddon'
• Army finds Mexico's biggest marijuana plantation
• Caltrans to turn on I-680 meters July 25
• San Francisco threatens suit over PG&E pipelines
• Circus of fire in Oakland
• Gas leak capped, residents of 30 houses near SJSU return home
• Some residents question need for mosquito fogging
• Google is changing your brain, study says, and don't you forget it
• Google quarterly results beat expectations
• UC regents approve second tuition hike in eight months
• East Contra Costa Fire District considers 'enhancement zones' as way to boost services
• June video game retail sales drop 10 percent
• Mystery body found in water next to San Jose golf course
• Herhold: Two friends reunite 43 years later
• Santa Clara reviewing election style after race-based lawsuit threat
• Borders headed for complete liquidation
• Buyers seeking bargains boost June home sales
• Phone apps let users mock the law, but authorities aren't laughing
• Popular European digital music service launches in U.S.
• Why did Netflix raise rates? To get you to give up DVDs
• Richmond sewage plant still emitting foul egg smell
• Man with sagging pants on plane at SFO will not face criminal charges
• Antioch moves toward transferring historic building to nonprofit
• Poole: Flood's vision led to financial windfall for the players
• Diet soda drinkers end up with larger waistlines
• Federal Reserve chief hints at stimulus plan
• UC Berkeley student senator arrested in immigration rally
• Bay Area a 'clean economy' powerhouse, new study finds
• At least eight killed in blasts in Mumbai
• South San Francisco set to take over Pacifica's emergency calls
• Inman: Showtime's 'The Franchise' is a hit but not a homer
• Review: 'American Idol' concert in Oakland brings an array of musical styles
• eBay responsible for trademark infringement, EU court rules
• Central Valley express train could be zooming to San Jose
• Joe Montana wins deal for Santa Clara project next to 49ers stadium
• San Jose: Cal Fire planning controlled burn east of San Jose today
• Nate Montana pleads guilty to reckless driving
• Murdoch drops bid to buy British Sky Broadcasting
• Netflix to raise rates for subscription that includes DVDs and streaming
• Menlo Park cops to work 100 fewer hours under new contract
• Atherton moves forward with outsourcing plan
• Stanford project receives final approval after delay
• Massage businesses temporarily banned from opening in San Carlos
• San Carlos will pay new firefighters 7.5 percent less
• National League wins All-Star game
• Bay Area man feared dead in Maui blowhole accident
• Giants' Vogelsong has a story worth telling
• Facebook teams with Time Warner to fight bullies
• Web startups aim to give consumers more control over their health
• Retired Santa Clara police chief gets new paycheck from city to plan safety at 49ers stadium
• CHP said wrong-way driver in Santa Cruz intentionally caused fatal head-on crash
• Even in All-Star game, Bruce Bochy all about winning
• Bank of America's deal means more will lose their homes
• Marin sisters jailed in stabbing and robbery case
• Federal Court: Gov't must state position on gay troop ban
• Post-9/11, Sikhs say they are mistaken targets
• Ex-California Speaker angers victim's family
• Oakland hotel owner pleads guilty in arson plot
• County official seeks to split California into 2 states
• Tim Kawakami: This season's milestone moments for Giants and A's -- and what they mean
• PG&E seeks jury trial to fight victims' lawsuits
• Man held in san Francisco Picasso theft to plead not guilty
• California Assembly bans caffeine-laced beer drinks
• Bill requiring helmets on Californaia slopes one step from Brown
• Afghan president's half brother killed in south
• Britain plans for 'severe' Olympic terror threat
• Julian Assange back in court to fight extradition
• Katango, first startup backed by Kleiner Perkins' sFund, rolls out
• State budget could sink Redwood City's prime time plan for parking lot
• Palo Alto council committee expected to recommend switch to electronic devices
• John Horgan: Testing fact of life in real world
• Belmont leaders consider revising tree ordinance
• Fire official: Daly City school blaze was arson
• Former Foster City councilman dead at 61
• The Burlingame Long-Term Care facility should be closed, grand jury report says
• San Jose man falls to death while fishing with family near Pescadero
• Atherton's interim police chief comes with controversial past
• Popular coach and hairstylist from Morgan Hill dies waiting for second heart transplant
• Missing autistic San Jose teen found on bus in Los Angeles was hoping to meet celebrities he loved
• Herhold: Jack Pfeiffer, 92: A life lived well
• Women's World Cup: U.S. team becomes buzz-worthy after epic win against Brazil
• Panetta tells Iraq to decide on U.S. troops
• With debt talks at an impasse, Obama seeks centrist banner
• Two-alarm fire causes $500,000 in damage to San Carlos home
• Amazon wants voters to decide on tax collection
• Search for missing fisherman, wait for news, continues
• 9th Circuit orders government to state position on don't ask don't tell
• Contra Costa's assessed property values drop slightly
• Protest turns rowdy at San Francisco's Civic Center BART station in wake of shooting
• New allegations besiege Murdoch media empire
• Roadshow: Safety campaign under way to promote state's 'Move Over, Slow Down' law
• Syrian protesters attack US, French embassies
• Bay Area diabetes camps canceled, hundreds of kids out of luck
• San Francisco parking meter rates to change later this month
• Roadshow: Safety campaign under way to promote state's 'Move Over, Slow Down' law
• Alcohol believed to be a factor in Santa Rosa girl's death
• Helicopter called to scene of accident at highways 17 and 1
• San Francisco Giants grab the spotlight in Showtime reality series
• Dog trainers behind bars: San Mateo County inmates give second chance to problem dogs
• Berkeley Labs announce public meetings in Bay Area
• Clear Channel takes aim at Pandora with revamped streaming service
• GOP tries to shift rail money to Midwest flood relief
• Health care disparities at issue in abortion rates among black Americans
• 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocks Philippines
• 9th Circuit orders government to state position on don't ask don't tell
• Cisco could cut up to 5,000 jobs starting in August, analyst says
• Hewlett-Packard reorganizes webOS management team
• Another person shot on Delta de Anza Regional Trail in Pittsburg
• Jaycee Dugard tells harrowing story of horror and survival in TV special
• Governor taking stock of judge picks
• Jaycee Dugard tells harrowing story of horror and survival in TV special
• CSU, UC students brace for another round of tuition hikes
• Mass. city to pay wedded gay workers to offset tax
• Obama presses GOP for deal on debt ceiling
• Hot San Jose Nights: As much about the people as the cars
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Tour de France: Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez wins crash-marred ninth stage
• Teen gets nine years for Redwood city stabbing
• Verdict brought few answers in Caylee Anthony case
• Questions swirl after war veteran falls from NY coaster
• Panetta says Iranian arms in Iraq are a 'tremendous concern'
• Russia: Dozens of kids among 101 missing after boat sinks
• Murdoch flies to UK as paper dies, scandal lives
• Divers could start searching for missing fishermen Monday
• Divers could start searching for missing fishermen Monday
• Victim identified in fatal Santa Cruz County shooting outside birthday party
• Menlo College gets $1 million to help working students
• San Francisco Giants grab the spotlight in Showtime reality series
• Governor taking stock of judge picks
• New website allows Contra Costa residents to request jury duty excuse
• Pittsburg shooting victim dies
• Oakland A's swept by Texas Rangers
• Final space connection: Atlantis docks at station
• U.S. beats Brazil in shootout in Women's World Cup Quarterfinal
• Belmont teacher cited for innovative instruction, picked for national forum
• David Beckham, wife Victoria welcome a baby girl
• Russia: 102 missing after boat sinks in river
• San Jose shooting victim limps into hospital, remains mute on details
• Slide show: U.S. beats Brazil in Women's World Cup Quarterfinal
• 'Transformers' stay in shape with $47M box office weekend
• GOP looks for upset in race for California House seat
• San Jose police find man with multiple-stab wounds on resident's front lawn
• San Jose police arrest DUI suspect who crashed into fire engine
• One person killed in multi-vehicle crash on I-880 in Oakland
• Desk clerk convinces nude, armed Fairfield woman to surrender to police
• Redwood Cityman celebrates 'Odd Day'
• Felon arrested in Marin, accused of sawing through mother-in-law's front door
• Santa Cruz expected to end ban on dogs downtown
• Marin tissue bank expands services
• San Jose SaberCats win again in late playoff push
• San Jose Earthquakes' goal drought goes on in scoreless draw
• Oakland A's lose to Texas Rangers on Josh Hamilton's homer in ninth
• Poole: Ex-Cal star Marshawn Lynch working on repainting image
• The dressers behind the San Jose Obon dancers
• Santa Clara city manager not swayed by Joe Montana's offer
• An ill wind: Stu Miller denies being blown off Candlestick Park mound at 1961 All-Star game in San Francisco
• Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty win at Laguna Seca
• San Francisco Giants hold off New York Mets; Tim Lincecum evens record
• San Mateo County Farm Bureau looks to turn the page
• Soccer complex developer heading elsewhere as fight over vacant land continues
• Internal Affairs: Hindu temple fighting could be ended with breaking of bread
• Contra Costa Community College police chief recounts surviving Sea of Cortez sinking
• Hope Solo gives U.S. team soaring confidence in Women's World Cup showdown with Brazil
• Tour de France: Portuguese rider Rui Alberto Costa wins eighth stage
• The insulator crowd is full of electrifying stories
• Trucker charged with murder in fatal buggy crash
• Roadshow: Warning -- expect delays from Los Angeles to Oregon to Lake Tahoe
• GOP presidential candidates take hard line on national debt
• Boehner to seek smaller $2 trillion deal
• Panetta says U.S. is 'within reach' of defeating al-Qaida
• Thousands of Malaysians rally got changes to elections
• Labor groups moving to control tax debate
• Herhold: What should the guy who takes your baseball ticket say?
• Oakland police say wearing tiny video cameras protects them
• Hayward man tries to take own life after shooting at officer
• Memories of Amtrak crash remain with Antioch woman
• Silicon Valley to benefit from U.S.-South Korea trade pact
• NY Yankees' Derek Jeter homers for 3,000th hit
• Britain's News of the World tabloid bids farewell to readers
• 9/11 memorial to begin taking ticket reservations
• Sunday Streets event returns to Golden Gate Park
• Night Owl: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan a popular attraction in her city
• Soquel man shot and killed outside Watsonville just after midnight; woman walks into hospital with gunshot wound minutes later
• San Joaquin Valley: Missing elderly Gilroy man reunited with family
• Santa Cruz Police release few details on 'sexual battery' of teen boy
• Man arrested in Napa pot grow where 2 found dead
• Governor Brown signs bill imposing $150 firefighting fee
• East Palo Alto police, city leaders offering money for guns
• Pittsburgh Steelers' Hines Ward arrested on DUI charge in Georgia
• Help wanted: Temporary jobs listed to help repair Santa Cruz Harbor, coastal areas
• Mitchell murder and kidnapping case goes to Marin jury
• Republicans seize on weak jobs figures in deficit debate
• Army sergeant who grew up in San Jose dies in firefight in Afghanistan
• South Bay gas prices headed back toward $4 a gallon
• Texas Rangers slam Oakland A's, Gio Gonzalez in 8-5 win
• Foothill-De Anza headed to Sunnyvale for new campus?
• Redwood City's proposed budget contains pay raises, labor concessions
• Man struck by Caltrain ID'd as 23-year-old Palo Alto resident
• San Mateo County to continue buying hybrid cars despite grand jury findings
• New San Carlos firefighters could be paid 10 percent less than current ones
• Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton says fan's death is 'definitely on my mind and in my heart'
• Eshoo, Speier decry debt-limit negotiations
• Woman who rammed Burlingame police released from jail
• The Insider: Where are the jobs?
• Horses saved from slaughter living rest of lives in Pescadero
• Fishing expert on capsized boat: 'There is no way I'd get on this.'
• Adventurous Santa Cruz family's plane trip ends with crash just after takeoff; all four dead
• Clergy and immigrants hold prayer vigil at City Hall in wake of San Jose gang violence
• Two San Jose 16-year-old boys arrested in connection with VTA stabbing
• Ex-official apologizes for crimes
• Tour de France: Cyclists ready to tackle the mountains
• Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93
• Police Blotter
• U.S. report rebukes feds' monitoring of Dugard kidnapper Phillip Garrido
• Nostalgia, hope carry East Bay viewers as they watch the final launch of the Atlantis
• O'Brien: Google+ becomes new playground for valley insiders
• Google chairman: I will testify in front of Senate antitrust committee
• With Western envoys' support, Syrians remain defiant
• Retailers fortify selves against crime rings' evolving tactics
• Ex-Cameron aide arrested in UK hacking scandal
• Silicon Valley brings in $1 billion in endowments
• San Jose officials say postcards claiming Walmart to be part of Almaden Ranch are untrue
• Kate and William land in Los Angeles for U.S. trip
• Mercury News interview: Ann Miura-Ko, co-founding partner, Floodgate Fund in Palo Alto
• Tragic Menlo Park hoarding case leads to questions about city enforcement
• Army sergeant who grew up in San Jose dies in fire fight in Afghanistan
• San Jose pharmacist charged with Medicare fraud, threatening employees
• U.S. report rebukes feds' monitoring of Dugard kidnapper Phillip Garrido
• Schools taking novel approaches to new drinking water requirement
• Oakland delivers pink slips to 68 as unions agree to new contracts
• Activist talks about failed mission to reach the Gaza Strip
• What stocks look good in this economy? Pawn shops, payday loan centers and debt collectors
• Cam Inman: NFL labor pains trouble John Madden
• Biz Break: A depressing end to the week, and Apple's newest patent filings
• Oregon is raining on the parade with its recruiting scandal
• Bridge tolls to fund overpass from Antioch Bridge to Highway 4 bypass
• Thursday night shootings in East Oakland wound at least six men
• California Assembly leader calls on Latino caucus to disclose donors
• Bay Area weather: Weekend forecast says sunny and 80s
• Two stabbed at San Jose light rail station
• Palo Alto Architectural Review Board gives nod to controversial project
• San Carlos may temporarily ban new massage shops
• Person struck, killed by Caltrain in Palo Alto
• Teens arrested on suspicion of burglarizing Menlo Park homes
• Palo Alto Downtown Library opens a new chapter
• 19 San Mateo County employees set to make at least $200,000 in base pay
• San Francisco Giants win, talk about trade scenarios
• In brief
• Food trucks cruising into San Mateo
• For DA, Strauss-Kahn accuser, case of frayed trust
• CPUC to add 9 people to safety staff
• San Mateo neighborhood heroes to be honored
• Former San Mateo mayor dies at 88
• Grand-Am GT driver Bill Lester comes home a winner
• CPUC to add 9 people to safety staff
• Two faces of accused man in S.J. gang case
• Police Blotter
• Israel braces for airport showdown with activists
• Amid scandal, Murdoch kills off News of the World
• Scientists say all polar bears descended from single female brown bear
• Man shot in the head along Pittsburg trail
• Girls aged 1 and 4 among six injured in Morgan Hill crash
• Police Sgt. Longmire sues Oakland again, now in state court
• Police find four weapons inside Watsonville house where apparent murder-suicide happened
• Oakland police union OKs new deal including officer pension payments
• HP fires back at Oracle as companies wrangle over confidentiality
• Candid Cam: A's championship legacy meant the world to Dick Williams
• San Jose cops: Poor loser assaulted opponent at martial arts tournament
• BART releases name of man shot on Civic Center platform
• Whale Ahoy! Popular California coastal license plate gets makeover following legal squabble over image
• Santa Clara: Sting catches drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians
• Former A's manager Dick Williams dead at 82
• Police name homicide suspect, say bullet removed from victim matches his gun
• Apple security flaw on iPhones, iPads may be harbinger of attacks on smartphones
• Positive jobs reports signal economic rebound
• Target, Costco and other retailers cut prices, raise revenues
• Palo Alto's Jive Software brings social networking to businesses
• eBay's $240 million Zong purchase gives PayPal a mobile mover
• San Mateo detective testifies that East Palo Alto community leader's killer thought he was being set up
• Morgan Hill man waits for another heart
• Interview excerpt: Jaycee Dugard embraces simple freedoms, uses pinecone as link to her 'stolen life'
• Mountain View troubled by Google's bridge plans
• Atherton employees may go on strike in desperate bid to save jobs
• Flood project moves forward, with Cuesta Annex but without Blach School
• TSA warns of implant bombers, prepares fliers for swab tests
• In brief
• East Palo Alto gang crackdown aims to prevent retaliatory violence
• Mark Purdy: Baseball's sleazy side on deck again as Roger Clemens trial approaches
• Sweden upsets United States at Women's World Cup
• Survivor recounts 'pandemonium' on sinking fishing boat in Sea of Cortez
• San Mateo County child-care programs hit hard by statewide funding losses
• San Mateo, Santa Clara motorists get free freeway tow service
• Fourth of July festival leaves Foster City with a hefty tab
• Burlingame vice mayor sued over botched residential remodel job
• Stanford gives contract extension to Johnny Dawkins
• Tour de France: Mark Cavendish wins crash-marred fifth stage
• Triangle of hunger batters millions in E. Africa
• President looks to broader deal in deficit talks
• Herhold: Comprehensive immigration reform is a mirage
• San Jose woman seeks justice in mysterious, violent death of son
• In San Jose, The Tech Museum gets hacked
• Oakland police chief unveils plan for department overhaul
• Survivor recounts 'pandemonium' on sinking fishing boat in Sea of Cortez
• Riots erupt in Egyptian city over police trials
• Roadshow: A traffic cop's advice to motorcyclists -- wear proper gear
• Sentencing postponed in Bailey murder trial
• TSA warns of implant bombers, prepares fliers for swab tests
• Man killed by grizzly at Yellowstone National Park
• Spreading phone hacking scandal touches UK nerves
• San Jose woman seeks justice in mysterious, violent death of son
• Bicycle charity joins fight against childhood obesity
• Group aboard capsized Baja fishing boat were friends and relatives
• Woman dies after collision with skateboarder in Capitola
• Wiretap: Which venture capital firms are winning the social media sweepstakes?
• Facebook introduces Video Call
• New Sharks defenseman Brent Burns is an animal (lover)
• Missing cyclist spotted uninjured in Roseville
• Oakley mayor looks for company on walks
• Critics say NASA ignoring its 'backup plan' rule
• A la carte: Food truck fests at Hot San Jose Nights, NewPark Mall, San Mateo Events Center
• Authorities looking for missing Fremont woman
• Federal court orders immediate halt to gay military ban
• Animal rescue group finds home of its own in Oakley
• Antioch Unified considers bond measure for Antioch High
• Los Gatos man dies in crash after losing teenage son to sudden collapse
• A's lose to Mariners after rally in ninth
• New Peninsula Open Space Trust head wants to connect preserves
• 'Summer Academy' provides learning, after-school fun
• Fireworks may have ignited carport blaze in East Palo Alto
• Mountain View adult store robbed
• Palo Alto police arrest man suspected of stealing from 10 unlocked vehicles
• Earthquakes look to regroup for Chivas USA
• Bay Area DUI busts jump by 24 percent for July 4 weekend
• Stanford Lively Arts receives $500,000 Mellon Foundation grant
• $750,000 awarded to man for loss of Einstein papers in Lick fire
• Officials wait to notify family members before releasing name of man shot by BART police officers
• Missing Berkeley cyclist might have had impaired judgment from fasting
• Pia Sundhage returns the U.S. women's soccer team to greatness
• Tour de France: Evans beats Contador in Stage 4 photo finish; Hushovd retains overall lead
• In brief
• U.S. to prosecute Somali terrorism suspect in civilian court
• Sources: 10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq
• San Jose's environmental services director leaving for post in Sunnyvale
• Anthony not guilty of killing daughter
• Regardless of verdict, Anthony was convicted in court of public opinion
• 11 new schools superintendents begin in Santa Clara County
• Death penalty abolition bill has first hearing Thursday
• Woods to skip British Open as leg recovers
• US-born children need one less trip to dual Mexican citizenship
• San Martin man among those rescued from capsized Baja fishing boat
• Cassidy: Exchange seeks to build ties between Silicon Valley and the Muslim world
• Brentwood explores cuts to housing programs
• Owners of popular Antioch restaurant pass on the menu
• Group sues San Mateo County college district over felled trees at College of San Mateo
• California has record year for rooftop solar
• San Jose police: Man stabbed in road rage incident
• California bill targets excess health insurance rates
• Roadshow: Water problems on 880 in San Jose may require major repairs.
• Los Gatos man dies in motorcycle crash
• San Mateo may get new bike lanes, bike parking, bike crossing
• Biz Break: Netflix makes big waves; plus: Facebook and Google+ aren't coexisting peacefully
• Concord police investigating death at vacant gas station
• Casey Anthony acquitted of killing 2-year-old daughter
• Netflix shares soar as it announces Latin America expansion
• Mountain lion spotted roaming in Woodside
• Debris from Japanese tsunami steadily drifting toward California
• Chinese company counting on Silicon Valley talent
• Baja fishing trip turns tragic; search continues for missing men
• Crews contain grass fire on San Jose's Communications Hill
• Peninsula nonprofit expands LGBT counseling program
• Tour de France: Tyler Farrar becomes first American to win a stage on the Fourth of July
• Otto von Habsburg, who saw end of empire, dead at 98
• San Juan Bautista plans to cull town's iconic flock of chickens
• Study shows flame retardants may be harmful
• A folksy Fourth in San Jose
• Crews mop up oil on Yellowstone River in Montana
• Mountain View reaches agreements with employee groups
• A taste of summer at Palo Alto's chili cook-off
• U.S. officials tie Pakistan spy agency to journalist's slaying
• Strauss-Kahn faces new sexual assault complaint
• For Chavez, a triumphant homecoming
• Medicare and Medicaid could lose billions in budget talks
• Coastside nonprofit offers new internship program
• Roadshow: I-680 metering lights coming late this summer
• Autism study finds link to environment
• Padres pounce on Lincecum
• Officials may call off search for tourists tossed overboard from fishing boat
• BART police shooting unlike Oscar Grant case in key ways
• Second-quarter earnings could gauge economy's strength
• Cassidy: Exchange seeks to build ties between Silicon Valley and the Muslim world
• Dany Heatley: Regrets, he has a few
• Google temporarily disables 'Realtime' search
• Tim Kawakami: Let us count the ways we'll remember Dany Heatley
• Roadshow: I-680 metering lights coming late this summer
• 62 hot dogs = Another win for San Jose's Joey Chestnut
• Highway project in redwood grove stirs debate
• Flights show radiation normal near Los Alamos fire
• Headlands access limited by road reconstruction
• Marin minstrel -- Harvard educated and happy
• California mission town residents stewed over chickens
• Clemens ready to fight perjury charge
• Wolverton: Grappling with violence in video games
• Ex-slave's descendants prosper in Bay Area
• Richmond: At least three dead, two injured in four separate shootings
• Grand jury blasts Luther Burbank School District -- again
• Country spirit permeates Applejack's in La Honda
• Man shot and killed by BART officer at San Francisco's Civic Center station
• Cam Inman: All-Star drought continues for A's position players
• Tour de France: Norwegian rider Thor Hushovd captures overall lead
• Automakers and White House haggle over fuel efficiency rules
• China grapples with perception of corruption in charities
• Small plane makes emergency landing on Interstate 280 in Woodside
• Officials: 3 killed, 2 hurt in shooting in SKorea
• Exit polls: PRI wins in Mexico state election
• Cooler temperatures coming to the South Bay
• Thais back ousted prime minister's party in landslide
• Old-fashioned fiddle music fills the air in San Jose's Rose Garden
• First woman poised to take lead of Thailand's government; incumbent prime minister resigns
• For storm-battered Joplin, a day to celebrate
• Roadshow: Road improvements big and small draw thanks
• 2 killed, including police officer, in Memphis hotel
• Exxon claims spill damage limited in Montana
• Budget cuts threaten federal testing of produce for pathogens
• Two Taekwondo contestants have altercation before contest
• One injured in San Jose shooting
• Grand jury blasts Luther Burbank School District -- again
• San Jose Revelopment Agency trying to keep up spirits amid its last stand
• San Mateo-based Pythagoras Solar gets innovation award
• Oakland A's beat Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2
• San Francisco Giants fail to sweep Detroit Tigers in 6-3 loss
• Teen finds way to help at Ronald McDonald House by collecting toothbrushes for families of patients
• Fremont man killed in fiery 3-vehicle crash on I-80 in Richmond
• Northern California tribal newspaper shut down over controversial articles
• Highway project in redwood grove stirs debate
• 'Transformers' shape up with year's best box office weekend
• Woman, 27, fatally hit by Amtrak train in Richmond
• Casey Anthony weeps as prosecutor calls her a liar
• El Cerrito: Deer attacked by young mountain lion, police say
• Weather: A sunny Sunday
• More DUI arrests in Bay Area compared to last year
• Poole: American athletes lose some luster, begin to trail rest of world
• Santa Clara County's fastest-growing population is over 85
• Where to see fireworks this weekend
• Thousands fill San Jose's convention center for taekwondo championships
• Potential world-record burger still on simmer
• Cañada College launches new degree program for working students
• Women's World Cup: U.S. routs Colombia 3-0, will face Sweden in quarterfinals
• Girlfriend of slain TGI Friday's manager plans fundraiser to increase reward money
• Local shoppers hunt for sales-tax bargains
• Roadshow: What will be the next vehicle we hate on the road?
• Belgium's Philippe Gilbert wins first stage of Tour de France
• Wimbledon: Petra Kvitova upsets Maria Sharapova to win women's title
• Man in '60s stabbed during Richmond robbery
• Diabetes hits close to home for A's players
• Prince Albert wedding a mix of stars, royals and world leaders
• Pizarro: Theatre on San Pedro Square opens doors to those touched by Alzheimer's
• Hawaii inspires art by Terrebonnes in Redwood City
• Exxon oil spill in Montana river prompts evacuations
• Coney Island hot dog contest adds women's pigout
• Internal Affairs: Excuse me, Woz, I'd like a memory with Mr. Roadshow
• Herhold: Los Gatos woman defies expectations in aiding her native land
• Police warn of false donation requests on behalf of fallen Martinez cop
• Jersey paves way on tightening public worker benefits
• Analysis: Brown hedges his political bets with veto of farmworker 'card check' bill
• Afghan war's deadly toll on U.S. forces hasn't eased
• India's rural poor give up on power grid, go solar
• Treasure worth billions found in Indian temple's secret chambers
• In brief
• Champion chess program stripped of titles for plagiarizing open-source code
• Spare the charcoal, on July 4th weekend Spare the Air Day
• Santa Clara County's fastest-growing population is over 85
• Space Shuttle, Silicon Valley have long and deep ties
• Syrian president fires governor in charge of a wayward city
• New York DA suffers new setback with Strauss-Kahn
• New campus an incubator for green innovation
• A departing governor looks ahead to a bigger prize in Mexico
• Gay marriage benefits pondered
• Same-sex marriage in New York spurs opponents to action
• O'Brien: Google's big investment in D.C. hasn't stopped federal probes
• State exempts tribes from marine life restrictions
• Organ transplant recipients start boot camp at Stanford
• Cities plot course for Stevens Creek Trail
• Assessor: San Mateo County property values show 'anemic' growth
• East Palo Alto to hold first fireworks show tonight
• Palo Alto chili connoisseurs, prepare your tastebuds
• The Insider: Sad death has political back story
• Tour de France: Incentive on Andy Schleck's side
• Jury: Antioch woman sane during torture, abuse
• Two victims in Amtrak crash were former South Bay residents headed to Morgan Hill
• Sharks add Kings center Michal Handzus, defenseman Jim Vandermeer
• Santa Cruz harbor still dealing with dock repairs, contract issues on dredging
• Scotts Valley man arrested in SmartMeter flap
• New rules target racy Vietnamese cafes in Southern California
• San Jose federal judge to head nation's judicial center
• Sea plane capsizes into Richardson Bay south of Sausalito, passengers unharmed
• University of California eyes another tuition increase
• Carolyn Livengood: Peers salute retiring county educator
• Santa Cruz rape-charge case defense attorney tries to convince jurors that sex was consensual
• Zynga IPO could change the game again for Silicon Valley
• San Jose: Burned-out fraternity house members donate to charity
• Amazon.com and Overstock.com defy state's new online sales tax law
• Zynga founder builds an empire on games
• Some scientists say airplanes may be contributing to own snow problems
• PG&E forced to reduce pressure on misclassified pipelines
• Iraq begins crackdown on Shiite militias
• Maria Shriver files for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger
• More U.S. deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq raise questions about strategy
• Did Republicans blow chance at relevance?
• In brief
• Hundreds of jobs spared, sacrificed in new Oakland budget
• East Contra Costa school district names new superintendent
• Joey Chestnut eats 20,000 calories, says doctor approves
• Defiant Gadhafi threatens attacks in Europe as unrest in Middle East continues
• Delta party island charting return to business
• San Ramon puts new contract into place without union okay
• Chavez's cancer revelation rattles Venezuela
• Cam Inman: Nine headlines for the second half of the baseball season
• Message to US DEA agents: 'We'll chop your heads off'
• Battle over California's Three Strikes Law reflected in faces of now-freed prisoners for life
• US auto sales up in June, but Japan still hurting
• Stocks close huge week with rally; Dow up 168
• Brentwood, Oakley eager to take control of roadways
• Bay Area weather: Hot temps, clear skies for Fourth of July
• Teenager fires flare at sheriff's helicopter
• Property values rebound thanks to North County
• Los Altos libraries to leave county? Councils vote to begin study
• Newark man killed in Menlo Park freeway crash
• Plan hatched to spare North Fair Oaks tree from ax
• Biz Break: For Apple, other Silicon Valley tech stocks, a midyear checkup
• Warriors' Klay Thompson knows the NBA drill
• Wiretap: Mobile payment startup Square lands $100 million investment
• Fremont woman arrested, accused of stealing $800,000 from Citigroup clients
• Weed Eater inventor George Ballas dies at 85
• Former state fire marshal to review Alameda's Crown Beach death
• Roadshow: Drive to Southern California through I-5 construction not bad as feared
• San Francisco Giants fall in bottom of ninth to Chicago Cubs
• Online retailers strike back at new tax
• East Palo Alto woman does not enter plea in connection with fatal crash
• Palo Alto woman pursues repo women, rams into her own car
• Mountain View staying with Recology -- for now
• In brief
• Oakland A's still hapless at hitting at halfway point
• Mark Purdy: Baseball owes weary fans, cities and A's owner an answer on a ballpark in San Jose
• County OKs permits for controversial Half Moon Bay pumpkin farm
• DA wants grandpa charged with murder for Concord toddler's death by pit bulls
• Obama pushes GOP on deficit
• Universities, redevelopment agencies ponder the budget ax
• Obama: 'Tax increases must be part of deficit plan'
• Reliving soccer's U.S. awakening
• Bleak House: With governor poised to sign bleak budget, Californians skeptical over the results
• East Bay scouts safe after cresting creek cuts off bridge in Big Trees
• 1,000 hurt in Cairo clashes
• France acknowledges arming opposition
• Wimbledon: Roger Federer crumbles in quarterfinal loss
• Weed Eater inventor George Ballas dies at 85
• San Jose City Councilman Ash Kalra pleads guilty to drunken driving
• Oracle accuses Hewlett-Packard of 'vintage McCarthyism' in legal filing
• Mobile payment startup Square lands $100 million venture investment
• Bank of America to pay $8.5B to settle mortgage claims
• A piece of history picked up and transplanted in Dublin
• Roadshow: Drive to Southern California through I-5 construction not bad as feared
• Herhold: A disabled man of courage
• Daly City man accused of dropping baby into oven
• Former state fire marshal to review Alameda's Crown Beach death
• Pair who hid shotgun in guitar case convicted of Concord motel robbery
• Black student in Santa Monica says he was bullied with noose
• News Corp. sells MySpace to Justin Timberlake and others
• Facebook dispute: NY man suing Zuckerberg has new lawyer
• San Lorenzo man injured after hit by vehicle near Bayfair Mall
• 11-year-old driver says he was obeying mother's boyfriend
• Per court order, Sunnyvale City Council decertifies Mary Avenue Extension Project
• VW microbus, a freebie fixer-upper, sells for $198,000
• Brentwood, Oakley eager to take control of roadways
• Antioch passes budget without making steep cuts
• Turtle invasion delays flights from JFK airport
• Newark school board hires new superintendent
• San Jose: Man dies six years after beating, suspect was deported to Mexico
• Biz Break: Google, MySpace, RockMelt, Twitter and a changing social scene
• Rare doctrine invoked to charge San Jose gang member with murdering friend
• California legislature approves budget filled with spending cuts
• Some questions and answers about taxes
• Stanford offers to relocate Arboretum Children's Center during construction project
• Menlo Park Walgreens denied alcohol permit
• Redwood City Chamber of Commerce spent $50K to help defeat 2008 measure aimed at stopping Saltworks project
• Palo Alto school district objects to Cubberley sale
• Supervisor questions firm's selection to oversee planning, construction of new San Mateo County jail
• Man gets three years in prison for Redwood City carjacking
• Brisbane budget has few cuts but next year could be bloodbath
• Burlingame School District may pursue November parcel-tax measure
• United States defeats North Korea 2-0 in Women's World Cup
• Barry Zito helps San Francisco Giants complete doubleheader sweep
• Justice Department wants GPS suit thrown out of court
• San Jose: Four armed or strong-armed robberies reported in 16-hour period
• Rain drenches the South Bay, but warmer temperatures are on the way
• Grand Jury criticizes East Side Union school district for lax financial controls
• Fireworks legal in just 12 Bay Area and Santa Cruz County cities
• Leland principal wins national forensics honor
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: Women on Wheels roaring into San Jose
• Antioch names Cantando as police chief
• California declares quarantine for grapevine moth in large area of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz counties
• Fireworks legal in just 12 Bay Area and Santa Cruz cities
• Roadshow: Angst over new parking at San Jose airport
• Diesel fuel spills into Lake Merritt; fire crews work to mop up the mess
• Zynga reportedly ready to file for IPO
• Daughter/mother found guilty of killing Dublin woman, 91
• O'Brien: Was HP's board overconfident about cutting ties with Mark Hurd?
• Swedish preschool fights gender bias
• Benicia incident decade ago eerily similar to Alameda suicide off beach
• Richmond, Alameda using billboards and lawn signs woo Berkeley lab
• Daughter/mother found guilty of killing Dublin woman, 91
• San Jose schools scale back summer classes in contrast to wealthier neighbors
• Two arrested in Walnut Creek triple stabbing
• South San Francisco man charged in machete attack
• Contra Costa supervisors accept offer of firefighter pay cuts
• Consumer group appeals Oakley power plant approval
• Google takes another stab at social networking
• Commentary: Taking revenge on Bay's ludicrous 2009 'Transformers'
• Oscar Grant's mom to get $1.3 million from BART in federal lawsuit settlement
• Review: 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'
• MySpace: News Corp. aiming to sell social networking site this week
• Biz Break: A 'welcome shift' in S.F., other big metro housing markets?
• Accident blocks northbound lanes of Highway 1 at Rio Del Mar
• Former San Jose City Councilman John DiQuisto dies at age 83
• Dems and Brown agree on budget
• As it rolls out TouchPad, HP steps up outreach to startups
• From Cal to U.S. World Cup team, Alex Morgan brings tenacity to game
• Don't adjust your monitor: Rain coming to South Bay Tuesday
• When the fiscal going gets tough, Peninsula cities dip into their reserve funds
• Residents urge Palo Alto council to keep Cubberley
• Carlmont High counselor inspires students with guidance, support
• Los Altos council member suing over condo price
• Budget crunch may put Woodside Library project on hold
• Mountain View man shot in leg by robber
• Daly City councilmen may run for state assembly seat
• Belmont council considers sewer rate increases
• General named to head US Afghan force OKs drawdown
• Remains of 1977 Walnut Creek homicide victim found near Lake Berryessa
• Capitola to step up July Fourth safety procedures
• Wimbledon: Serena and Venus Williams, top seed Caroline Wozniacki ousted
• Diabetics get blood vessels made from donor cells
• Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich convicted of corruption
• Outspoken Bachmann launches White House bid
• Allies say Hugo Chavez is improving after surgery
• Mutated scarlet fever fuels Hong Kong outbreaks
• Antioch settles dispute with developer over road project
• Oakley, Greenbelt Alliance settle lawsuit over farmland
• Big tank at Monterey Bay Aquarium gets major face lift
• Oakland, police union tentatively agree to givebacks to rescue city budget
• Martinez boy run over in driveway still on life support
• State budget deal on the table
• Doctor to determine mental state of Danville suspect at the time of his mother's killing
• Muslim woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch over hijab
• Investigators piece together Nevada Amtrak crash
• U.S. Supreme Court: California ban on violent video games violates First Amendment
• Herhold: California threads in the Whitey Bulger tapestry
• Punjabi charter school to open in West Sacramento
• Lake Merritt transformation on the horizon
• Mobile apps, quick response codes help home sellers
• Two falcons shot in Oakland, state game wardens looking for suspects
• Small asteroid swings harmlessly past Earth
• Heroin, stun gun found in man's car near Pleasure Point
• Pizarro: Get your game on at Tech Museum's after-hours party
• San Jose schools scale back summer classes in contrast to wealthier neighbors
• South Bay: Volunteers spread out to survey homeless population
• Biz Break: Buy in on Facebook, other tech upstarts? Plus: A right to video game violence
• Real estate: How to sell your home in a down market
• Poll: Fewer Californians follow political news
• New video shows Giants fan Bryan Stow in argument with Dodgers fan before his attack
• In Silicon Valley, select tech workers are in high demand
• LulzSec member says group is 'bored'
• HIV testing is not just for high-risk groups
• Roadshow: Prius Party packs 'em in
• Mark Purdy: Tony Stewart and Brian Vickers put on show in NASCAR race
• Second patient dies after car crashes through San Jose nursing home
• Battle brewing over control of personal data online
• Bleak House: Budget crisis turns California's iconic highways into roads to nowhere
• Latest E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to be isolated
• British researchers say starvation can 'cure' Type 2 diabetes
• Palestinian leaders vote to go for UN recognition
• Madison Bumgarner bounces back as San Francisco Giants beat Cleveland Indians
• Crews fully contain 1 of 3 major Arizona wildfires
• Wimbledon: Star power at full steam as second week gets underway
• Roadshow: Interstate 5 work near Buttonwillow will slow trips to Southern California
• Afghan girl tricked into carrying bomb, officials say
• Ex-Khmer Rouge leaders set for Trial in Cambodia
• Oakland A's fall to Roy Halladay and Philadelphia Phillies
• Kurt Busch takes charge early, wins Toyota Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway
• Scores of drives show up for Mr. Roadshow's Prius pity party
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Woodside resident gorilla Koko hitting big 4-0
• Infamous hacker group LulzSec claims it will disband
• The John Doe files: San Mateo County coroner tries to name unidentified bodies
• Experts recommend everyone get tested for HIV
• Truck company in Amtrak crash had multiple citations
• Board of Supervisors president angered by jailing of Santa Clara County 12-year-old
• Millbrae School District grapples with budget deficit
• Chinese construction industry reaches into the Bay Area
• Second patient dies after car crashes through San Jose nursing home
• Internal Affairs: Neighborhood groups draw swords over right to name
• Brown solidified credibility with veto
• Diablo Canyon nuclear waste becoming 'terrible burden'
• In Silicon Valley, select tech workers are in high demand
• Two teens arrested in shooting of five in San Francisco
• 5 shot and injured in San Francisco
• Mental health spending creating haves and have-nots
• Trevor Cahill pitches Oakland A's to 4-1 win over Philadelphia Phillies
• The reluctant star
• Half Moon Bay hosts international photo show
• Train conductor, formerly of Concord, remembered for her fierce love
• One dead, six hurt when 90-year-old crashes her car into San Jose nursing home
• Infamous hacker group LulzSec claims it will disband
• Danville teen in critical condition after sand tunnel collapse
• Foster City OKs new alcohol policy for rental of city facilities
• James Jones gives back to community with free football camp
• San Jose Sharks draft California native Matt Nieto
• San Jose Earthquakes tie 0-0 with Los Angeles Galaxy
• San Jose SaberCats routed 82-21 by Cleveland Gladiators
• Wimbledon: Serena Williams breezes to fourth round
• Chalk Talk: Pacifica teen wins prestigious honor for environmental work
• Volunteers give some joy to Silicon Valley residents who struggle the most
• Herhold: Your chance to vote on the nickname for Apple's new building
• Roadshow: Come to Sunday's Prius Party and check out the Nissan Leaf, Tesla Roadster and Prius plug-in
• Suicide car bomber kills 35 at Afghan clinic
• 5 shot and injured in San Francisco
• Brown solidified credibility with veto
• Chaos feared as Syria crisis nears bloody impasse
• San Francisco Giants defeat Cleveland Indians 1-0
• Obama takes a risk with Taliban negotiations in Afghanistan
• Generous residents help neighbors in flooded Minot
• Herhold: Your chance to vote on the nickname for Apple's new building
• One dead, six hurt when 90-year-old crashes her car into San Jose nursing home
• Spectacular crash kills San Jose man
• Political feud paralyzes Iraqi government
• Police, community group hope warning letters will curb prostitution
• At least 2 killed when truck hits Bay Area-bound Amtrak train
• New York's move will have national impact, same-sex marriage backers say
• Documents show history of flawed welds on gas pipe next to San Bruno line
• Santa Clara County bans international export of electronic waste
• N.Y. gay marriages can begin as early as July
• Alert: 280-87 connector closed by crash
• Bocce national championships begin this weekend in Bay Area
• Andres Torres sparks San Francisco Giants' win over Cleveland Indians
• Palo Alto's Byxbee Park to double in size July 1
• Pay raises await Redwood City employees who made some concessions
• Classic cars converge on Stanford for Concours d'Elegance
• Gay marriage approved in New York
• Palo Alto to consider selling part of Cubberley campus to Foothill-DeAnza
• Gay marriage approved in New York
• Two arrested in Menlo Park burglary
• Bail set at $500,000 for 25-year-old driver at wheel in fatal East Palo Alto crash
• Teenage girls attack Safeway guards after shoplifting baby formula from Mountain View store, police say
• San Jose Sharks land Brent Burns, deal Devin Setoguchi
• Daly City's only woman firefighter sues over retaliation for complaining about bathroom
• The Insider: Draper discusses Ben Franklin Hotel
• Sections of Highway 101 to close next week for Belmont bridge project
• Dusty the 'Klepto Kitty' to help Peninsula Humane Society's annual Adopt-a-thon on Saturday
• NFL grant to help revitalize South San Francisco High School athletic field
• Pinch single in bottom of the ninth gives Philadelphia Phillies a 1-0 win over the A's
• Santa Clara County bans international export of electronic waste
• Hundreds of San Jose city workers spend last day on the job
• Highway 101 upgrade funds coming to East San Jose
• Power grid change may disrupt your clocks
• Joey Logano seizes pole position for Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway
• Can Whitey Bulger help solve biggest art heist in U.S. history?
• Vaccine shows promise in reversing Type 1 diabetes
• Golden State Warriors: Second-rounder Jeremy Tyler is a most intriguing choice
• Santa Clara County's newest Civil Grand jurors announced
• Campbell boy, 9, missing after running away from home
• San Jose: Two federal immigration agents to help in city's anti-gang crackdown
• Florida woman strips when stopped by CHP on Highway 17
• Ralph Nader takes aim at Cisco's John Chambers
• Santa Clara: Three men charged with armed robbery of pizza parlor
• Campbell police: Former official scammed $160,000 from Health Trust
• Google confirms FTC probe
• Santa Clara County bans international export of electronic waste
• Earthquakes take on MLS' best in Los Angeles Galaxy
• Chris Vedder has a memorable debut with SaberCats
• Chavez's illness stirs questions and controversy
• Syrians march demanding Assad's ouster, 15 killed
• State awards $25 million for Highway 4 bypass project
• Police rescue woman at the San Leandro Marina
• Europeans agree to a new bailout for Greece
• Judge rules Oakland can enforce injunction against five gang members
• Pension promises prove easier to give than take back
• Amtrak train bound for Emeryville collides with truck in Nevada, 2 killed
• Father-daughter stabbing caps violent day in Richmond
• Switching gears, Republicans now say let voters decide tax issue
• Plane crashes near Palo Alto airport; one injured
• City manager says Palo Alto firefighters' concessions don't go far enough
• San Mateo County supervisors draw $49 million in reserves to help balance budget, keep workforce largely intact
• Monte Poole: It just might be a Miller draft for Golden State Warriors
• Redwood City school board approves budget that cuts teachers, paid work days
• Menlo Park Walgreens seeks permit to sell beer and wine; local merchants object
• Argument between two Menlo Park men ends in nonfatal stabbing, arrest
• Bus driver in fatal Palo Alto collision no longer works for SamTrans
• Man gets 28 years for brutal South San Francisco home invasion
• Carolyn Livengood: Pacifica nonprofit celebrates volunteers
• Tracy man suspected in sexual assault of girl
• Virginia eliminates Cal from College World Series
• Assessor: Glimmer of rebound in Santa Clara County real estate
• Capitola Council votes not to enforce SmartMeter moratorium
• Wimbledon: French Open champ Li Na loses, Serena Williams advances
• Parking makeover nearly complete at San Jose airport
• $16 million grant will help design safety plan for Caltrain, high-speed rail
• Grand jury urges San Jose Unified to agree to install sprinklers, automatic alarms
• Warriors draft Washington State's Klay Thompson with their first-round pick
• New bird in town: Rare California condors hang out on San Jose's Mount Hamilton
• Giants' Lincecum strikes out 12 in 2-1 victory over Twins
• AP-GfK Poll: Bachmann, Pawlenty gain in GOP field
• San Jose Sharks sign Devin Setoguchi for three years
• Switching gears, Republicans now say let voters decide tax issue
• Oakland A's drop second straight game to New York Mets
• Malfunction causes flare-up at Chevron refinery in Richmond
• Cassidy: Steve Jobs moves Apple forward with a nod to the past
• Blasts rip through western Baghdad, killing 40
• Wiretap: Put on your tuxedo, it's 'Entrepreneur of the Year' time
• Oracle's profit jumps 36 percent in quarter
• Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker acquitted of hate speech
• FTC may launch antitrust probe of Google
• Roadshow: Remove your carpool stickers at Mr. Roadshow's Prius Party on Sunday
• Parking makeover nearly complete at San Jose airport
• Electronics Arts shares retreat amid rumors it's buying PopCap
• Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock says CEO Carol Bartz has board's support
• Intuitive Surgical buys three Sunnyvale buildings that could aid medical company's expansion
• Obama ready to release oil from petroleum reserve
• New-car quality takes a hit due to technology, J.D. Power says
• Mother Nature threatens more Pacifica cliff apartment dwellers
• Roadshow: Texting tragedy spurs calls for tougher state driving law
• House approves overhaul of patent system backed by Apple, Google
• East Bay House members blast Obama's Afghanistan plan
• Multigenerational households surge by 30 percent in California, census shows
• Santa Clara County, take pride: Your roads are smoother than most
• Half of Docktown Marina in Redwood City sells at auction for $500,000
• Menlo Park school board picks former trustee to finish term
• Top NASA official puts demolition of Moffett Field's Hangar One back into play
• San Francisco Giants end 5-game losing streak behind Ryan Vogelsong
• Oakland A's winning streak snapped at six
• With plenty of holes to fill, Warriors executive Larry Riley seeks depth and defense
• CONCACAF Gold Cup: U.S. beats Panama to advance to final
• At Google, groups are key to the company's culture
• Man who thought he was being a good Samaritan draws gun on downtown San Mateo street
• San Mateo Union High School District braces for deficit of more than $5 million in 2011-12 budget
• Antioch Unified names new principal at Deer Valley High
• Five-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson looks to defend his title at Infineon Raceway
• Cam Inman: Cal Bears pitcher Matt Flemer has an angel in the stands
• San Bruno lawmaker demands answers of PG&E
• '60 Minutes' subject of controversial child abuse case dies mysteriously after falling ill in Lafayette
• San Bruno lawmaker demands answers of PG&E
• Obama orders rapid troop cuts in Afghanistan
• At Google, groups are key to the company's culture
• Artist Ai Weiwei released by China, says he's fine
• No free ride home for penguin lost in New Zealand
• Mexico officials say drug lord sought to ally with foes
• Fremont startup ArguSoft tackling AIDS in India
• Questions abound over what's next at Capitol
• Alameda County Fair is up and running
• Sharks' Logan Couture loses rookie of the year voting to Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner
• Winklevoss twins drop Facebook lawsuit
• Best and worst roads concentrated in the East Bay and North Bay
• Herhold: Chuck Reed and the brinksmanship of the ballot
• Apple removes anti-Israel app from App Store
• California coast is marine biological hot spot
• Cupertino voters to decide on 2 percent hotel tax increase in November
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Everything was free at South Bay garage sale; Benicia incident eerily similar to Alameda suicide off beach
• Wiretap: Pull on your tuxedo, it's 'Entrepreneur of the Year' time
• Los Altos: At this garage sale, everything was free
• O'Brien: Pandora's stock plunge could mean trouble for Silicon Valley IPOs
• Campbell appoints interim city manager, begins search for permanent replacement
• Weeks after firefighters let man die in chilly Bay water, they are trained and back in the water
• Tim Kawakami: What the Warriors will do in the NBA draft
• A's activate Mark Ellis, but Jemile Weeks keeps second base job
• Lohan tells magazine house arrest lets her reflect
• Doomsday herald Harold Camping's show goes off the air at the end of the month
• Police identify San Leandro man killed in Oakland
• San Jose: Fund set up to help SJSU fraternity members displaced by fire
• Alum Rock Park in San Jose closes amid fire danger
• East Palo Alto school district to consider school closures, furloughs
• Palo Alto principal unexpectedly resigns, citing family reasons
• Compost could be cheaper for Palo Alto, study says
• Redwood City teachers face three-day furloughs if board approves proposed budget
• Vote to increase Palo Alto's water rates delayed
• Masked men rob Mountain View 7-Eleven at gunpoint
• East Palo Alto woman charged in fatal DUI crash
• San Mateo council trims more than $7 million from budget
• Minnesota Twins rout San Francisco Giants
• Oakland A's keep rolling, win their sixth in a row
• New documents confirm PG&E crews installed pipeline that exploded in San Bruno, killing eight
• Cal's David Esquer is national baseball coach of the year
• FEMA denies Santa Cruz County storm relief request
• Pajaro Valley school leaders consider $165 million budget
• South San Francisco balances budget for 2011-12 but braces for long-term fiscal concerns
• San Mateo County Fair ticket sales up 30 percent
• In South Africa, Obama family meets Nelson Mandela
• Wimbledon:
• Man targeted by shooter in Richmond homicide, police say
• Michelle Le's family hires private investigator
• Greek prime minister survives confidence vote in parliament
• Greek prime minister survives confidence vote in parliament
• Alum Rock Park in San Jose closes amid fire danger
• Monte Poole: Time for A's and Giants to make a deal
• Seven pets found poisoned in Brentwood neighborhood
• San Jose: Family has questions about fatal sheriff's pursuit
• Jury to decide fate of suspects in killing of 91-year-old Dublin woman
• Tickets for Oakland Zoo's Walk in the Wild still available
• A la Carte: Upscale Mexican restaurant Palacio opens Friday in historic Los Gatos mansion
• Chiang to legislators: You forfeited your pay
• Prosecutors seek to postpone hearings in Barry Bonds case
• O'Brien: Pandora's stock plunge could mean trouble for Silicon Valley IPOs
• Robert Rowell out as Warriors president
• Cigarettes will carry grisly new warning labels
• Fire destroys San Jose State fraternity house
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Fire destroys South Bay fraternity house; Man targeted in East Bay homicide, police say
• 'Project Runway Latin America' to move to Miami
• Serial robbery suspects nabbed in Antioch
• Half Moon Bay quarry seeks massive expansion
• Golden State Warriors: Who's really in charge?
• Roadshow: What to do if a child car seat is no longer safe
• Passions: Young sisters have fallen in love with Soap Box Derby
• Stanford students use new virtual dissection table to study anatomy
• Silicon Valley chip legend dies in Saratoga crash
• Purdy: Eric Jaffe gives a face to the other side of Cal's baseball story
• Wimbledon: Defending champ Nadal wins
• Palo Alto decision on binding arbitration delayed again
• Last-minute delay for Stanford hospital expansion project
• Woman arrested in East Palo Alto crash that killed passenger
• San Mateo County supervisors reconsider Probation Department cuts
• McCain responds as wildfire damages border area
• Bond with pitching coach Dave Righetti made Ryan Vogelsong's return to San Francisco Giants easy
• Gordon feeling more love from fans as he wins less
• Warriors unlikely to trade Ellis
• San Jose Sharks won't re-sign Scott Nichol, Jamal Mayers
• San Jose: New consul general of Mexico hopes to continue work of predecessor
• Herhold: Firing of icon a cause celebre in Gilroy
• San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed delays fall ballot measure aimed at fiscal, pension reform
• PG&E knew about its shoddy record-keeping of natural gas pipelines as early as 1992
• Buzz kill for San Jose weed dispensary owner: Two broken legs in DUI crash
• First day of summer will bring more hot weather
• Reported suicide at Walnut Creek Kaiser
• Internet moving from .com and .org to .whatever
• Bunea Vista Avenue in Walnut Creek reopens following downed power lines
• Alameda County Fair begins Wednesday, but will have fewer horse racing days
• Internet moving from .com and .org to .whatever
• A's All-Star slot is up for grabs
• Latest San Jose homicide victim identified
• 'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn dies in fiery Pennsylvania crash
• Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says
• Success at San Jose airport involves three things: location, location, location
• East Bay women look to continue legal fight against Wal-Mart despite Supreme Court decision
• Inman: These Bears aren't going down easy
• San Jose: New consul general of Mexico hopes to continue work of predecessor
• Robbers hit 7-Eleven stores in Pleasant Hill, Alamo over the weekend
• Lulz Security hackers claim attack on FBI partner
• Roadshow: DMV renewals for July will be mailed out soon
• Google, British Library in deal to digitize books
• LightSquared outlines plans to protect GPS from wireless network
• East Side names Walnut Creek administrator as associate superintendent
• Suspect in Giants fan beating to remain in custody
• Fremont man killed in bicycle crash ID'd by authorities
• South San Francisco Unified finds new superintendent
• MLB rejects proposed Dodgers TV deal with Fox
• Two-wheelers stuck at red lights sometimes do the strangest things
• Wolverton: Samsung's Droid Charge disappoints
• Kawakami: Rory McIlroy rises fast to stardom and should shine for a long time
• College World Series: South Carolina wins in familiar dramatic style, edges Texas A&M in ninth inning
• Winds challenge crews battling Arizona, New Mexico wildfires
• 21-year-old Californian wins Miss USA crown
• Santa Clara swim meet: Michael Phelps beaten by an eyelash
• Oakland A's complete sweep of San Francisco Giants
• Congress to vote on financing for U.S. role in Libya
• Few Taliban take offer to switch their allegiance
• Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says
• Eurozone delays decision on vital Greek loans
• Former Giants, A's slugger Dave Kingman still can connect
• Deadline to install carbon monoxide detectors nears
• Three boaters rescued off Alameda
• San Jose celebrates Juneteenth with sun, song and soul
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Roadshow: A look at Interstate 880 from San Jose to Oakland
• Employees sell their shares, fearing a bubble will burst
• Study affirms concussion dangers to young athletes
• Deadline to install carbon monoxide detectors nears
• Waiting for a Father's Day gift like no other
• Al-Qaida's in Pakistan has turned to kidnapping for ransom to offset dwindling cash reserves
• U.S. Open: Rory McIlroy a winner, running away
• Richmond man slain in West Oakland
• Teen says he was attacked by 10 men
• San Jose's Vietnamese cafes serving up coffee, tea and whee!
• In Hindsight: HP, Apple, IBM and our 'computer overlords'
• Going back to the 16th century at the Scottish Renaissance Festival
• Happy (single) Father's Day!
• Cal beaten by Virginia in its College World Series opener
• San Francisco Giants swept by Oakland A's
• Richmond man robbed at Mexican restaurant
• Man, 91, armed with gun surrenders after hunkering in his Rodeo home for hours
• Tropical storm warning off Mexico's Pacific coast
• Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez resigns
• Father's Day 2011: A single purpose
• 'Big Man' Clarence Clemons recalled in N.J. haunt
• Gates: Military pressure key to talks with Taliban
• Man shot to death in West Oakland
• L.A. man testifies kidnappers beat him over Shaquille O'Neal
• Gates: Obama is within law in Libyan operation
• Driver, 70, dies in Saratoga crash
• Purdy: NBA draft nothing to get excited about
• Poole: Barry Zito master plan: Trust stuff, flip script
• Anticipated showdown in 200 backstroke doesn't happen at Santa Clara
• Oakland A's rally to beat San Francisco Giants for their fourth straight victory
• Slide show: A's beat Sanchez, Giants
• Candid Cam: Book it, Cal's World Series debut offers Father's Day flair
• Elementary, My Dears: Silicon Valley stars
• San Francisco Giants can't hold off Oakland A's in 4-2 loss
• U.S. Open: Rory McIlroy earns raves with one-man show at U.S. Open
• Coach David Esquer keeps Cal baseball on course
• San Jose SaberCats lose 64-57 to Arizona Rattlers
• Bishops to learn best practices to fight sex abuse
• College World Series: Florida victory puts Texas on the brink of elimination
• Virginia ace, the No. 2 pick in baseball draft, awaits Cal in College World Series opener
• Former Saint Mary's star Mickey McConnell works out for Golden State Warriors
• Nonprofit tries to 'save the dream' for distressed homeowners
• E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons dies
• Al-Qaida setbacks seen as easing Afghan pullout
• Pizarro: Keeping an eye on the Guadalupe River Park
• Belmont man wins award from NASA for work at Ames Research Center
• Private school in San Mateo searches for new home -- again
• Lisa Vorderbrueggen: Fire chief uses tax dollars for Harvard class
• Nonprofit tries to 'save the dream' for distressed homeowners
• San Jose airport seeks new ways to court airlines
• Herhold: Money as a means to an end
• Video shows saggy pants dispute aboard plane in SF
• East Palo Alto: Driver in crash will be arrested following release from hospital
• Jazz returns to Filoli
• Review: Striking moments of transformation mark 'Siegfried' from San Francisco Opera
• O'Brien: Batter up: The winners of this year's compensation awards
• Nancy Woods reinvents furniture art in Belmont
• Stores face lawsuits over lack of 'suitable seating'
• Police chase ends in fatal collision in San Jose
• Birdies, bogeys and business for Obama, Boehner
• Cassidy: Steve Wozniak is part Apple founder, part Mad Hatter, part Fred Astaire
• Tourists injured during Old West shootout show
• Michael Phelps wins 100 butterfly
• Arena Football: Road to playoffs won't be easy for SaberCats
• San Jose Earthquakes' unbeaten streak ends with 1-0 loss Sporting Kansas City
• Washington State sharpshooter Klay Thompson impresses Golden State Warriors during workout
• Oracle expert claims Google may owe up to $6 billion
• Oakland A's beat San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum
• Cal baseball team rewards its supporters with magical season
• Valley sees steady growth in tech sector
• San Jose Family Camp reopens
• Suspected Mountain View trailside attacker found not competent to stand trial
• Man arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure at San Carlos Caltrain station
• Palo Alto council to revisit binding arbitration
• East Palo Alto police chief declares war on street gangs in wake of shooting that left infant dead
• Palo Alto teacher accused of filling in test answers for student
• Redwood City Chamber fined $3K for violating campaign finance law in 2008
• Oakland A's rookie Graham Godfrey outpitches San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum
• Fatherhood celebrated at Coyote Point Park in San Mateo
• The Insider: Less hassle at the fair
• Belmont-Redwood Shores School District drops student boundaries
• Judge sides with San Mateo County in suit filed by school districts over Lehman Brothers debacle
• Fruit of the Loomers ride the range in Livermore
• Contra Costa firefighters to vote on major wage concession package
• Documentary celebrates life of 9/11 hero, bond with his Los Gatos mother
• Dems fuming over Brown veto
• Swimmer goes missing from Santa Clara meet
• Man arrested for stealing purses during funeral near Watsonville
• Cary Verse set free with few restrictions
• Concord canines poisoned by laced meatballs
• How to get the best airfare: Use Facebook, Twitter; book at the right time
• U.S. Open: McIlroy takes aim at record books
• Silicon Valley executive charged with luring Canadian boy to San Mateo County for sex
• Santa Clara County supervisors finalize budget with more cuts to working poor and elderly
• Eight community leaders to be honored on Sunday
• Bay Area unemployment rates fall
• Cassidy: Steve Wozniak is part Apple founder, part Mad Hatter, part Fred Astaire
• Biz Break: Are Apple's iPhone, Google's Android army outbattling BlackBerry?
• Sony movies pulled from Netflix streaming service
• Stocks have their first winning week since April
• Cassidy: Former Silicon Valley CEO Keith Raffel finds even the writer's life is digital
• Gang member gets multiple life sentences for role in San Pablo killing spree
• Man arraigned in hit-and-run death of Santa Cruz bicyclist
• Mountain View: Suspect in bank robbery arrested at nearby Starbucks
• Internet braces for '.Vegas' and other not-coms
• Silicon Valley jobless rate falls in May as tech employers hire
• Alameda: City, firefighters reach contract agreement
• Jurors award diabetic bodybuilder $217K in civil case involving Redwood City police
• Pieces of Juana Briones House being sold on Craigslist
• El Camino Hospital slammed by grand jury for lack of transparency
• 29 pounds of pot found in Mountain View apartment, police say
• Tensions flare over pay increase for Menlo Park police commanders
• Port unions join forces against Saltworks project
• San Francisco Giants lose in 10th to Arizona Diamondbacks
• Santa Cruz County education trustees back budget, make changes
• San Mateo County grand jury report urges better mentoring for former foster-care children
• Jurors begin deliberating former San Mateo doctor's competency
• O'Brien: Why does Wall Street hate Silicon Valley?
• Rory McIlroy grabs lead at U.S. Open
• San Jose Earthquakes' Steven Lenhart is picking up the slack
• Tim Kawakami: When NFL reaches labor agreement, it will trigger flurry of fast deals
• Canadian Ryan Cochrane churns way to 800 freestyle meet record at Santa Clara
• Sacramento man accused of PG&E scam on Penininsula
• Morgan Hill: Arrest warrant issued in baby-kidnapping case
• Man charged in Sweet Jimmie's shooting deaths
• Chase holding 4-day event in Santa Clara for struggling mortgage customers
• Can A's co-owner Lew Wolff endure much more in quest to bring team to San Jose
• San Jose school parents say bigger, not better, is bad plan for parent volunteer program
• Diplomatic efforts heat up as bombs target Tripoli
• Oracle seeks billions in Google lawsuit
• GOP state assemblyman apologizes after DUI arrest
• All eyes on NY as pressure mounts for gay marriage
• CDC: 1 in 4 high schoolers drink soda every day
• Brown vetoes budget, criticizes `gimmicks'
• Brown vetoes budget, criticizes 'gimmicks'
• Devaughndre Broussard: I want the families to know I am sorry
• Close up, Mercury is looking less boring
• O'Brien: Why does Wall Street hate Silicon Valley?
• Jaycee Dugard kidnappers now official state prison inmates
• Senate bill targets illegal video streaming
• Cassidy: Former Silicon Valley tech CEO Keith Raffel finds even the writer's life is digital
• Pandora's stock retreats to below IPO price
• Chrysler recalls vehicles to fix steering columns
• Foreclosures: Lenders repossessed fewer U.S. homes in May
• Purdy: Golden boy Phelps on course for London
• A's beat Kansas City Royals to win their first June series
• Antioch woman convicted of murder, torture in 2008 death of niece
• Prosecutor: Rosa Hill and her mother planned to kill their 91-year-old victim
• Sunnyvale: Man confessed in death of woman, 46, found in garbage bag, police say
• 9 bicyclists hurt by suspected drunken driver in Los Angeles
• HP sues Oracle as bitter feud escalates
• IBM turns 100
• Girl robbed of cell phone at gunpoint in Palo Alto, thrown from car
• Man with East Palo Alto ties ID'd as crash victim
• Mountain View City Council approves San Antonio Shopping Center facelift
• Al-Qaida says al-Zawahri has succeeded bin Laden
• Cal baseball notebook: Starting pitcher Justin Jones ruled out of opening game of College World Series vs. Virginia
• Josh Outman gives Oakland A's big relief with a strong start
• San Francisco Giants top Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2
• GPS device leads Redwood City police to suspected car thief
• John Horgan: New Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame a success
• Doctor testifies that former child psychiatrist competent to be retried on charges that he molested his young male patients
• San Mateo County Community College District will tap reserves to make up $7 million shortfall
• Yahoo to allow searches for smartphone apps
• Parents plead for more charters schools in San Jose
• NYPD probing online post on Tupac shooting in '94
• Pakistan arrests after fatal raid roil relations
• U.N. warns of 'a growing sense of panic' in central Sudan
• Hackers say they hit CIA website
• State lawmakers approve online sales tax
• Los Gatos man shoots woman and her daughter in Crescent City, then kills self
• Democrats OK basic state budget without GOP
• Pandora surges early, then drops back on first day of trading
• Syria expands military campaign against dissent
• South Bay home sales have yet to revive
• Roadshow: From pets to kids to Mrs. Roadshow, it's all here
• Rally for slain woman slated for Saturday
• Wiretap: Here comes the Salesforce Mafia
• Police asking for public's health tracking down suspect in June 4 killing
• Alleged female San Jose molester teacher has 'medical condition,' attorney says
• Guilty plea in 2008 hit-and-run death of Martinez cyclist
• Man found critically wounded in North Oakland backyard
• Alameda: Second boy, 9, arrested in chicken deaths
• Antioch boy in critical condition after falling from window
• Stanford swimmer Dwelley has Olympic aspirations
• Fremont man killed in Dumbarton Bridge accident
• More Bay Area women trying acupuncture to help them have children
• Herhold: Your chance to bestow a name on the new Apple building
• Furor over Internet video ad in Southern California House race
• Barry Bonds' lawyers ask judge to toss conviction
• Suspect charged in North Oakland rape where victim filmed attacker
• Pizarro: 'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard will perform at Juneteenth celebration in San Jose
• Berkeley-based nonprofit sues CNN.com for not captioning online videos
• Tech review: 5 e-book readers for less than $175
• Homeless find services, aid in Richmond
• 23andMe hits major milestone: 100,000 users in DNA database
• Purdy: Better mail than jail
• Blue bins for books worry Palo Alto library advocates
• Menlo Park advances effort to take over Flood Park
• Construction to finally begin on Palo Alto's beleaguered Alma Plaza
• Port of Redwood City to spend $540K grant on technology to improve emergency response times
• Attempted robbery in Mountain View ends with chase, crash in East Palo Alto
• $1,800 painting pinched from Redwood City Art Center
• San Jose teacher molested young student, police say
• Oakland A's lose 7-4 to Kansas City Royals
• San Francisco Giants hold off Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5
• Bankruptcy court rules against gay-marriage ban
• San Jose siblings two years apart, born on the same day at the same time
• Pacifica cuts jobs to balance budget but still funds resource center
• Arizona wildfire near biggest in state's history
• AP sources: Pakistan nabs CIA informants
• San Mateo-Foster City School District picks new superintendent
• New information and request for help in San Mateo killing
• 5 San Mateo County boys charged with attempted rape of 2 classmates on field trip
• 4-H girls have big love for tiny goats at San Mateo County Fair
• Watsonville to offer green cards to foreign investors
• Watsonville City Council moves to end ethics penalties
• Lead poisoning in China: The hidden scourge
• San Jose City Council approves mayor's budget
• Tanks, troops move to snuff out Syria resistance
• Schwarzenegger's mistress breaks silence
• Livermore leaders order study on 'Keep BART On 580' initiative
• A 'children's book' for adults
• Record-setting strokes in Dublin
• Genius behind Apple Store leaves for J.C. Penney
• Young Somali soldier killed Qaida operative
• South Bay foreclosures see price jump
• Huntsman joining GOP race -- at Statue of Liberty
• Roadshow: Is CHP crackdown to blame for traffic delays on Hwy. 237 at Zanker Road?
• AP source: Drone base set for Persian Gulf region
• Iran expects to bring American hikers to court this summer
• Judge: Autistic Orange County boy must be allowed to bring service dog to school
• Europe's Libya campaign comes under scrutiny
• Alameda: Boy, 12, accused of killing 11 chickens with shovel
• Prized 20th-century art collection donated to Stanford
• FBI wants tape of Hamilton-Armstrong meeting
• Google aims to speed up the Web with 'Instant Pages,' spoken search
• Obama visits Puerto Rico with eye on US voters
• Bankruptcy court rules against gay-marriage ban
• PG&E could get stuck with nearly $2.4 billion in costs
• Trace amounts of cancer-causing chemical found in San Jose recycled water
• Michelle Obama continues president's fundraising momentum in Bay Area visits
• Cal baseball: Some players can't wait to get on the road
• Judge rejects bid to set aside Proposition 8 ruling
• Palo Alto's water rates to rise an average of 12.5 percent
• Drunken truck driver collides with intoxicated bicyclist in North Fair Oaks
• An emotional Andy Klein assumes San Carlos mayorship
• San Mateo County seeks dismissal of suit that says at-large voting system discriminates
• The thrill of it all
• Senator urges U.S. action on South China Sea dispute
• America's Cup sailing goes extreme
• Republicans assail Obama, not each other in debate
• Federal judge considers whether Prop. 8 trial judge may have been biased
• New Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin talks a good game
• Tim Kawakami: Myths and truths from the NBA finals
• San Francisco Giants' Brandon Crawford playing it straight -- for now
• 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh optimistic about resolving labor situation, Alex Smith as quarterback
• Roadshow: DMV nixes 'silver hair' on license photos
• Syrian unrest stirs new fear of a deeper sectarian divide
• Fight against Arizona fire moves to N.M. border
• Obama says he would resign if he were Weiner
• HP announces big shake-up in top management
• Apple CEO Steve Jobs gets comic book bio treatment
• Once charged with 100 criminal counts, San Jose restaurant owners feel vindicated
• SpaceX: Company led by Elon Musk to launch telecom satellite
• Digital flirting: Easy to do, and easy to get caught
• The killing of Oscar Grant III: A timeline of events
• East Bay Press Club hands out honors to Bay Area News Group
• Crews assemble huge digging machine to carve first-ever tunnel under San Francisco Bay
• Subaru to delay startup at Port of Richmond
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: San Bruno planning for anniversary of deadly gas pipeline blast; Three charged in robbery-murder of ex-Oakland prep star
• Brown appears willing to accept a budget without cuts
• Q-and-A with Rep. Barbara Lee
• Libyan rebels breakout toward Tripoli
• Airlines collected $3.4 billion in bag fees in 2010
• Herhold:
• America's Cup sailing goes extreme
• Marie Callender's closes 7 restaurants in the Bay Area
• Libraries to grant some students exemption to $80 fee
• A's update: Rest, not surgery, prescribed for Brett Anderson
• Federal judge considers whether Proposition 8 trial judge may have been biased
• Cal's first College World Series opponent to be Virginia
• Attorney: Joe Montana hurt in accident, can't appear before Santa Clara council
• Google's Android ambitions go beyond mobile
• Cal sweeps Dallas Baptist to earn spot in College World Series
• Purdy: Playing and winning 2008 U.S. Open may have cost Tiger Woods dearly
• Mehserle released from jail
• San Francisco Giants bounce back to beat Cincinnati Reds
• Can Brisbane survive without its biggest businesses?
• Gilroy's new claim to fame: youngest city
• Push beginning to make Diwali a school holiday in Fremont, San Jose, Sunnyvale
• Fire threat wanes; residents return to 2 AZ towns
• Roadshow: Toll lane coming to 237/880 interchange
• U.S. said to stop North Korea missile shipment to Myanmar
• Republican presidential candidates make bold right turns
• Obama reaches out to Wall Street donors
• San Mateo-Foster City schools counselor lauded
• San Jose: Three people wounded in early morning shooting
• Syria's army seizes back restive town after mutiny
• Report: U.S. stopped North Korean ship bound for Myanmar
• 'Book of Mormon' wins big at the Tony Awards
• EPA chief praises UC Santa Cruz's work for 'environmental justice'
• Obama courting Puerto Ricans at home and abroad
• FBI expands agents' investigative power in revised manual
• Oscar Grant protesters marching down International Boulevard
• Santa Cruz: Some residents fear East Cliff Drive project will mean loss of neighborhood's spirit
• Mexican president exhorts Stanford grads to fight for ideas 'with all your heart'
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Re-enactment of Alameda suicide drowning seeks to highlight rescue failures
• Battle over Proposition 8 judge's same-sex relationship heads to court
• Santa Cruz: Police investigating two early morning shootings
• Laws vary, but most legislators outside California allowed to release calendars
• Oakland A's end brutal road trip with 5-4 loss to Chicago White Sox
• Sonoma County: Plan to cut forest for vineyards faces opposition
• 'Book of Mormon' favored to win big at Tonys
• US gas prices down 17 cents over past 3 weeks
• Newt Gingrich looks to restart campaign
• Comcast's $4.4 billion Olympic Games bid a bold online bet
• Lt. Gov. Newsom, wife announce birth of baby boy
• Computer class gives Vietnamese orphans a window to the world
• Box office: Abrams, Spielberg's 'Super 8' lifts off with $37M
• States weigh relaxing penalties for teen sexting
• First photos of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords released
• Steve Jobs' first dream for an Apple headquarters: Coyote Valley, San Jose
• Oakland A's fall 3-2 to Chicago White Sox
• O'Brien: Groupon's insider stock sales raise a red flag about IPO
• San Jose's Bill Sherry: a man for all projects
• Steve Jobs' first dream for an Apple headquarters: Coyote Valley, San Jose
• Kawakami: Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants are struggling
• Internal Affairs: Yet another reason to R.S.V.P. -- avoid an assassination attempt
• San Jose Earthquakes win on road behind Steven Lenhart's hat trick
• Brother, home from Afghanistan, tearfully reunites with sister at graduation ceremony
• Pizarro: More sharks from San Jose art project resurface
• Festival offers peek at California's close-knit Portuguese community
• Stanford's run to College World Series ends
• Cal Bears' dream baseball season just one win away from College World Series
• Pleasant Hill woman arrested in Disneyland scam
• Fighting with Islamic militants in Yemen kills 40
• Hostile Syrian border region challenges regime
• U.S. underwrites Internet detour around censors
• Weiner seeks leave of absence from House
• For the person with everything, a $230,000 'protection dog'
• Man detained after threatening to jump from Bay Bridge, traffic snarled
• Tour company ordered to take buses out of service
• Woman found dead in garbage bag in Sunnyvale remembered by relative, friend
• Teen girl seriously injured in Hayward hit and run
• Lincecum struggles in San Francisco Giants' 10-2 loss to Cincinnati Reds
• Cassidy: A challenge to Silicon Valley maxim that you're finished at 50
• Belmont Stakes: Ruler on Ice wins in upset
• Herhold:
• East Bay Doomsayer Harold Camping suffers stroke
• Contemporary book arts featured at Stanford's Cantor
• Santa Clara's utility ranked No. 1 in U.S. by solar power group
• Palin emails show her eyeing VP slot in summer '08
• Rep. Weiner seeks treatment, leave of absence from Congress
• San Jose: Man fatally shot Saturday morning
• Massive Arizona wildfire spreads, health conditions worsen
• Al-Qaida suspect in 1998 embassy bombings killed in Kenya
• California legislators look at opting out of federal immigration enforcement network
• Teen girl seriously injured in Hayward hit-and-run
• String of bombings kill at least 21 in Afghanistan
• German hospitals reach limits in E.coli crisis
• Earthquake felt off Malibu, no reports of damage
• Bay Area weather: Cloudy future
• Hercules council vote count final, with no change in outcome
• Inman: New Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson doesn't take 'no' for answer
• Video game industry struggles with change
• Cal's pitching staff has few peers leading up to Super Regional against Dallas Baptist
• Freddy Sanchez hurt as San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati Reds
• Release of new maps creates political 'tsunami'
• The developer that wants to build a mixed-use community in Redwood City's salt flats paid lobbyists about $230,000 to promote its interests, including efforts to influence the shaping of a plan that could restrict development along San Francisco Bay.
• Los Altos teachers union reps agree to concessions
• Two masked men rob Palo Alto market
• Menlo Park alcohol bottling plant to shut down next month
• Los Altos Hills group starts fundraising for Stegner studio preservation
• Candidates already emerging for San Carlos City Council election in November
• Flight makes emergency landing in San Francisco
• Piece of plane falls from sky and hits car, San Jose couple claims
• Jefferson Elementary School District names new superintendent, says farewell to trustee
• Oakland A's get first win for manager Bob Melvin, snap 10-game skid
• Pleasant Hill lottery ticket burglary suspect finds himself in a 'Hot Spot'
• Finally, an E. coli answer: It was the sprouts
• Stanford baseball loses Game 1 of Super Regional
• Report: Pilot in fatal Livermore crash was not certified to fly in bad weather
• Los Gatos: Low sign-ups for annual rubber duck race fundraiser
• Analysis: Jurors took the 'demon' over the 'devil' in Bailey murder trial
• San Francisco: Hundreds of colleagues gather for funeral of 2 firefighters
• Santa Clara: Joe Montana expected to pitch hotel project to City Council
• Pizarro: New exhibit at Cupertino Library delves into California History
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: East Bay man says he was sexually assaulted while walking; Police say race may be factor in huge San Jose brawl
• Release of new maps creates political 'tsunami'
• Teen arrested at Santa Cruz motel on prostitution charges after website tips off police
• New Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson makes impression at introductory news conference
• Mercury News interview: Jay Elliot, Nuvel founder; former Apple senior vice president
• Appeals court: Doctor can sue Great America for bumper car injury
• Citigroup attack: Latest online data breach strikes at financial security
• Quakes pleased with their British import
• Dow slides below 12,000 as stocks fall for 6th week in a row
• Oakland Raiders CEO Amy Trask says team not for sale
• Spain: Contortionist thief hid in suitcase
• UFC's Dana White: Social media maven
• Alex Smith looks to go beyond the blather
• Summer can be dangerous time for teen drivers, AAA reports
• Video games: Promised in 1997, 'Duke Nukem Forever' finally launches
• Police find three men stabbed in downtown San Jose
• Poole: New manager won't solve Oakland A's problems
• Atherton agrees to delay layoffs
• Service held for slain Redwood City infant
• Officials weigh cost of saving old oak tree in path of North Fair Oaks pipeline project
• Accused child pyschiatrist's wife testifies
• Armed man robs Palo Alto gas station
• Golden State Warriors conclude dealing Monta Ellis is No. 1 option
• San Francisco Giants go down quietly to Cincinnati Reds
• Expert panel investigating San Bruno blast criticizes PG&E for 'multiple weaknesses'
• CHP still looking for vehicle involved in hit-and-run that killed bicyclist
• Scotts Valley teachers face furlough days and higher medical insurance co-payments
• Link between sewer job and San Bruno explosion grows stronger
• One person injured in Santa Cruz apartment blaze
• KCSM-TV braces for potential sale
• Oakland A's lose again following manager switch
• Manager Bob Geren fired by Oakland A's
• Expert panel investigating San Bruno blast criticizes PG&E for 'multiple weaknesses'
• Link between sewer job and San Bruno explosion grows stronger
• Chauncey Bailey murder trial: 'Justice has finally been done'
• Murder convictions cap a 'great day for journalists'
• Child star and longtime Santa Cruz resident Stephen C. Paylow dies
• Fleeing Syrians tell of revolt, mutiny and mayhem
• Americans' home equity near a record low
• Apple to reject apps that tip off drunken drivers to checkpoints
• Coupons: Mountain View site gains $200 million from investors
• Hewlett-Packard: TouchPad tablet to go on sale July 1
• Caltrain fatality in San Mateo snarls traffic
• Fusion-io IPO: Provider of chips to HP, Facebook rises in stock debut
• Nintendo: Can new Wii U help video game maker surpass its rivals?
• AP sources: U.S. planes hit Yemeni militants
• $1 billion in aid pledged to Libyan rebels
• Thirty suspected gang members arrested in Tracy crackdown
• Legislators poised for long weekend of budget debate
• Contrary to what Alameda fire chief said, rescue swimmers were funded
• Richmond fined for wastewater violations
• Microsoft must pay $290 million in patent dispute, Supreme Court rules
• San Leandro police capture bank robbery suspects
• Cassidy: Cisco shows one way Silicon Valley can support schools
• Santa Clara threatened with lawsuit over lack of minorities on city council
• Bloom Energy: Sunnyvale company to build factory in Delaware
• Bleak House: On the final day of school, an idealistic teacher goes job hunting
• Alex Smith: No problems with Michael Crabtree
• Avaya: Communications gear maker seeks to raise $1B in IPO
• Apple eases rules on publishers for iPad, iPhone subscriptions
• Mountain View council approves contract for new city manager
• Want to be a firefighter? San Carlos may have a job for you
• Emergency appendectomy sidelines Eshoo
• 63-year-old pedestrian hit, killed on Highway 101 in Palo Alto
• Teen charged as an adult in fatal shooting of infant in East Palo Alto
• Mehserle expected to be released Monday
• With San Jose homicide rate on track for 20-year high, community demands reforms
• Cam Inman: It's looking like Brandon Crawford has snagged a job
• Iconic design for Apple headquarters could transform Silicon Valley landscape
• Burlingame parking lot swap gets preliminary OK
• Oakland A's lose ninth in a row
• 49ers notebook: Running back Anthony Dixon welcomes help in backfield
• State regulators fine Santa Cruz Healthcare Center
• Heat grips much of U.S.; get used to it
• California Democrats set stage for budget fight
• Raids target Central Valley gangs that operate across U.S.-Mexico border
• News Corp. apologizes, pays, for hacking Sienna Miller.
• PG&E wins more time to turn over welding documents
• Alameda County Fair chefs will try to cook world's biggest burger
• State moving to revoke child care licenses at Danville, San Ramon school sites
• AP Sources: Bin Laden documents sharpen US aim
• Police release 911 recordings from drowning
• Ambassador nominee says Afghanistan not hopeless
• Analysis: Syria's Assad seeks Israel diversion
• Santa Clara kids get taste of high-tech at Career Camp in San Jose
• Woman raped in North Oakland home takes photos of suspect
• Cain, Crawford power Giants past Nationals
• Nuclear Nat: Bay Area venture capitalist had front-row seat for Three-Mile Island
• Gadhafi strikes Libya rebels, NATO pounds Tripoli
• Highway 4 to be closed Friday night between Pittsburg and Antioch
• Apple unveils plans for new Cupertino headquarters
• San Bruno blast: PG&E pipe that blew had prior leak, NTSB chair says
• Pizarro: U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier shares her story at San Jose Chamber of Commerce dinner
• U2 concert turns into nightmare for motorists stuck in traffic
• Herhold: The story of a numbers-crunching bicyclist
• Avenal prison melee sends 5 to local hospitals
• San Mateo stabbing victim identified as Pacifica man
• Pleasanton pays off $7.8 million toward its pension obligations for workers
• Richmond gives nod to city ID cards
• More Hispanic students finishing high school
• Poole: Nothing shy about Mark Jackson, or this Warriors hire
• Menlo Park officials OK removal of 37 trees at golf course
• San Carlos may consider banning plastic bags, foam food containers
• Controversial plan for traffic in Menlo Park's Willows neighborhood scrapped
• Oregon faith-healing couple convicted in felony case
• Study: Minority youth have big media appetite
• Watsonville, firefighters reach deal, avoid layoffs
• Santa Cruz City Council weighs community service cuts
• Live Oak School District could increase class sizes
• Law would force bay Area cities to plan for sea level rise
• After 40 years, the complete Pentagon Papers
• School officials to open more charter schools in San Jose
• Golden State Warriors' coaching staff, front office largely set
• Los Gatos: Police arrest 'Bank Bomber' suspect
• San Francisco Giants fall quietly to Washington Nationals
• Richmond voters reject sales tax increase
• South San Francisco weighs moratorium on tobacco stores
• San Mateo council considering budget cuts
• Foster City council approves trailblazing pension changes
• Oakland to pay $175,000 to TV cameraman over run-in with police
• Rio Vista voters reject rollback of water and sewer rates
• One-day trial for ex-pediatrician accused of rape
• Richard Keit named head of San Jose's redevelopment agency
• Pawlenty economy plan rooted in bullish 5 percent growth
• PG&E board works to restore trust in utility
• Obama expresses concern about slowing economy
• Roadshow: A warning from Southern California about the 405
• US officials: Yemen leader heavily burned in blast
• Syrian mutiny, loss of town shows cracks in regime
• Defense: Mental illness, abusive upbringing caused Antioch foster mom to fatally abuse teen
• New Milpitas superintendent named
• State tells federal judges it has right plan to reduce prison overcrowding
• Shelter life takes mental toll on Japan evacuees
• Governor: Talks teetering on edge
• Japan admits being unprepared for nuclear disaster
• Pizarro: San Jose Stage honors best in high school musical theater
• Person stabbed to death in San Mateo on Tuesday
• Kawakami: Sore feet the story at Camp Alex, Day 2
• NATOplanes pound Tripoli in daylight attack
• Cameras could help catch toll cheaters
• Stanford pitcher rises to the top
• Crabtree doesn't take the field on Day 2
• Star quarterback Terrelle Pryor won't return to Ohio State
• Politically fragmented Berryessa neighborhood longs to be made whole again
• Sunnyvale: Body found in bag identified as 46-year-old San Jose woman
• Cal baseball to 'host' Super Regional
• Poole: A's look busted beyond repair
• Mother of slain infant gives tearful account of triple shooting; East Palo Alto police announce arrest of one suspect
• Apple's iCloud paves way to simplicity
• Wolverton: At E3, new games from EA and for Kinect; Sony unveils PS Vita
• Sanchez shines
• Palo Alto council OKs Stanford hospital development
• Pixar executive Brad Lewis to return to San Carlos City Council
• Two men steal $7,500 worth of handbags from Neiman Marcus at Stanford Shopping Center
• Apple's iCloud: CEO Steve Jobs unveils 'digital hub' for music, other content
• Grand jury dings San Mateo County Community College District over fitness center.
• South San Francisco Unified leaders face graduation flap
• Half Moon Bay will cut staff in half under new budget
• Wildfire forces evacuation of another Arizona town
• Parents sway Foster City council on crossing guards
• Hollister OK's 911 merger with Santa Cruz County
• Sewer rates may climb $445 per year in Burlingame Hills
• Opening arguments in Ayres competency trial expected Thursday
• Stanford's Chris Reed, St. Francis High's Tyler Goeddel picked in major league draft
• Apple's iCloud: CEO Steve Jobs unveils 'digital hub' for music, other content
• Oakland picks Vanderbilt ace
• San Francisco Giants take St. John's shortstop Joe Panik in first round
• Rep. Anthony Weiner admits to tweeting lewd photo but won't resign
• Pizarro: Rain doesn't put a damper on Silicon Valley Heart Ball
• Blacked-out Ginger Rogers show costs San Jose $12,000
• Online charity provides millions to classroom teachers
• East Palo Alto: 17-year-old arrested in shooting death of 3-month-old boy
• State regulators slam PG&E for seeking delay on welding records
• Purdy: 49ers workouts don't mean much
• Kawakami: Chatting it up with Crabtree & Co. from 49ers 'Camp'
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: 17-year-old arrested in shooting death of three-month-old boy; Arrest made in Oakley slaying
• Apple's iCloud: CEO Steve Jobs unveils 'digital hub' for music, other content
• High court rejects Stanford's bid to revive lawsuit with Roche over AIDS treatment patents
• Oakland police and fire get radio upgrade after risky communication blackouts
• 49ers' Michael Crabtree: Not sure who QB will be
• Roadshow: State budget crisis not slowing some roadwork
• Reward for information leading to woman who vanished in Hayward raised to $65,000
• Enormous sturgeon crowding into San Pablo Bay
• Governor urged to fund student tracking system
• Supreme Court refuses to review California illegal immigrant tuition law
• Walnut Creek man pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme in San Jose, 3 other cities
• Cary Matsuoka is expected to resign as Los Gatos-Saratoga Union district superintendent
• San Jose: Woman, 73, beaten in home invasion robbery
• New Mexico: Jilted ex-boyfriend puts up abortion billboard
• Southern California Chinese-language class foes drop recall effort
• USC stripped of 2004 BCS title
• Oakland A's send Kevin Kouzmanoff to minor leagues
• Former president of Campbell cooking school wanted for fraud arrested in Massachusetts
• SuVolta raises the curtain on new chip technology
• Hackers for a good cause
• Bleak House: Southern California talk show hosts hold sway over the GOP
• It's all in the family for San Mateo County businesses
• Gay couples seek green cards despite likely denial
• Ex-IMF chief due to answer charges in NYC sex case
• Winners from the 20th annual MTV Movie Awards
• Robert Pattinson sinks teeth into MTV Movie Awards
• Exhibit marks 67th anniversary of D-Day landings
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Steeper U.S. pullout raised as option for Afghanistan
• Disastrous spring costing Missouri billions of dollars
• Chances fading for a sweeping deal on spending cuts
• Two new drugs show promise in slowing advanced Melanoma
• Roadshow: State to approve funding new interchange at 101 and Capitol Expressway
• Suspects sought in East Palo Alto infant slaying
• Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to sprouts from a German farm
• San Jose Police identify fatal-shooting victim
• Vogelsong, Torres lead Giants over Rockies 2-1
• Apple to unveil 'cloud-based' music service
• E-waste law reaches a milestone: 1 billion pounds of computer junk recycled in California
• Santa Cruz celebrates 37 years of gay pride
• Burlingame budget, parking on agenda for Monday's City Council meeting
• Suspects sought in East Palo Alto infant slaying
• Menlo-Atherton High tops statewide environmental contest
• Family of missing nursing student seeking FBI help
• Man posing as pest control worker assaults 73-year-old woman
• Oakland A's swept in 6-3 loss to Boston Red Sox
• Disney legends die within a day of each other
• Internal Affairs: Gov. Brown says redevelopment must be redacted, not reformed
• Facebook spreads emotions among friends
• Nadal beats Federer for 6th French Open title
• One injured when vehicle fire spread to nearby home in San Jose
• 'X-Men' mutants weaken with $56M prequel debut
• Silicon Valley startups, investors target $100 billion lighting industry
• Cisco's stumble: Did CEO John Chambers underestimate Silicon Valley rivals?
• 12 dead as Israeli troops fire along Syrian border
• Facebook oops: More than 1,500 show up to party in Germany
• Nintendo hacked but no data lost; hacker group that targeted Sony claims credit
• Libyan woman who claimed rape on her way to U.S.
• Suspect charged in deadly Honolulu shooting spree
• Arena Football: QB Mark Grieb injured as San Jose SaberCats lose again
• San Jose Earthquakes stay on winning roll at home
• O'Brien: How John Chambers can pull Cisco out of its slump
• Roadshow: The Prius -- sexy or not?
• Purdy: Motivation pays off for Bay Area product Troy Tulowitzki
• After 29 years and lots of lessons, South San Francisco police officer retires
• Foster City to hear final public input on budget
• Teenage Good Samaritans help catch alleged purse-snatcher in East Palo Alto
• San Francisco Giants update: Brandon Belt has fractured wrist, placed on D.L.
• Rainfall records tumble around Bay Area
• Ag industry faces labor woes in immigration debate
• British, French helicopters strike Gadhafi troops
• Historic flood begins to abate, but far from over
• Hormone-blocking drug reduces breast cancer risk
• Moderation wanes as Kan. governor gets fast start
• E-cigs: No smoke, but some areas are banning them
• Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies probe discovery of human remains in Morgan Hill park
• Herhold: The legacy of Jesse Durazo
• In Kabul, Gates urges patience with Afghan war
• One dead in Oakley park shooting
• Will looming budget deadline usher a deal?
• Efforts to ban circumcision gain momentum
• Bill would bar alcohol sales through self-checkouts
• San Francisco Giants offense goes quietly in loss to Colorado Rockies
• As most San Jose departments shrink, Environmental Services grows
• Grant helps first-generation students at Notre Dame de Namur University
• Lawrence Eagleburger, a top diplomat, dies at 80
• Oakland A's losing streak reaches five in 14-inning loss to Red Sox
• Second San Francisco firefighter seriously burned dies
• San Diego drain is port of entry for a day
• One dead, one injured in San Jose shooting
• Mercury News interview: Hiroshi Inomata, consul general of Japan in San Francisco
• Ex-Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger dies at 80
• Harry Bernstein, published at 96, dies at 101
• Winning lottery ticket worth more than $200,000 unclaimed
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley's haves could save have-nots
• Arrests made after burglary victim spots his property on Craigslist
• Appeals court to hear health care overhaul lawsuit
• Youth sports groups ask again to play at university's Koret Field
• Li Na wins French Open, 1st major for Chinese
• Arizona Little Leaguer, 13, killed after pitch hits chest
• Egypt police station attacked after man dies
• Arena Football: Roster changes continue for SaberCats
• O'Brien: Apple's path to the app store wasn't necessarily a straight road
• Some of those hurt most by the Great Recession spend time helping others
• Oakland A's pitching staff hit by hard times, can't protect early lead against Boston Red Sox
• Inman: San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean goes too far in his remarks about Scott Cousins
• Silicon Valley tech investor set to rock out, opening for U2's Oakland show
• Giants' 'Panda' is back in San Jose
• Shipwreck Champagne sold to anonymous bidder
• San Francisco Giants open 10-game homestead with a win over Colorado Rockies
• Lehigh cement plant says it is cutting mercury emissions by 90 percent
• Menlo Park resident chases off would-be scooter thieves
• San Jose Giants see beautiful possibilities
• San Francisco Giants respond to Brian Sabean's inflammatory comments
• San Mateo forum shines light on violence among Pacific Islanders
• San Mateo County athletes participate in annual Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon
• Belmont-Redwood Shores school district leaders eye new alternative to revised boundaries
• The Insider: Speier talks security
• Mountain View teen arrested on suspicion of stealing gold rings from his mom
• Suspected teen flasher arrested in Menlo Park
• San Jose: City, cops reach tentative deal, but more than 100 layoffs loom
• Poole: Shaq brought a smiling face to Goliath
• Former 49ers star John Henry Johnson dies
• Ex-wife of diabetic bodybuilder beaten by cops testifies against her will
• Milpitas police announce arrest in Milpitas homicide
• Nate Montana pleads not guilty to DUI charges
• Civil Rights era icon Geronimo 'Ji Jaga' Pratt dies at home in Tanzania
• Judge: Take down rope for seals at La Jolla beach
• Caltrain board approves $103.8 million budget with no service cuts
• San Francisco: Firefighter clings to life after blaze that killed colleague
• Pleasant Hill police say proposed benefit cuts would be devastating
• Silicon Valley tech investor set to rock out, opening for U2's Oakland show
• Pizarro: Justin Bieber to play benefit concert at the Mountain Winery
• Watsonville police seek identity of shooter who targeted, but missed teen
• Federal appeals court lifts ban on public prayer at Texas graduation
• Celeb Pix: Backstreet Boys or New Kids on the Block? Who's got the right stuff?
• Guilty plea for San Mateo woman involved in San Francisco drug scandal
• Alameda: City Council to look at drowning death
• Las Lomas High alums killed in crash outside Sacramento
• San Jose Giants see beautiful possibilities
• Santa Clara County: D.A. Jeff Rosen clears cops involved in 3 fatal shootings
• Edwards indicted in $925,000 mistress cover-up
• Quakes rookies get their chance
• 80-year-old jewelry thief sentenced in Los Angeles
• Spotlight falls on Sony's troubled cybersecurity
• Stocks post fifth straight week of losses as economy's growth weakens
• Highland Hospital breaks ground on Acute Tower Replacement Project
• Two men rob Concord gas station
• Assembly acts to end independent high speed rail authority
• Sequoia Healthcare District wins 'outstanding corporate' award for doling out tax-funded grants
• Developers aim to balance history, economics with Edgewood Plaza revamp
• Woman found safe after going missing from newspaper distribution center
• Man killed on Mountain View Caltrain tracks ID'd
• Dittmer's to open at new Mountain View location
• Man arrested in connection with Portola Valley bank robbery and other heists
• Cops bust occupants of San Carlos home used as drug house
• Google employee dishes it out with co-worker
• Giants G.M. Brian Sabean blasts Florida rookie who injured Buster Posey
• Alex Smith expects a recovered Frank Gore will join informal 49ers workouts
• Stanford baseball may turn to small ball to succeed against Kansas State
• A's pitchers battling back from elbow injury
• Belmont police investigating fake worker burglary
• Foster City public safety workers sacrifice pay increases
• Caltrain board approves $103.8 million budget with no service cuts
• Aubrey Huff hits three home runs as San Francisco Giants win 12-7
• Former Black Panther leader Pratt dies at 63
• Kidnapping, sexual slavery, freedom through the eyes of Jaycee Dugard
• Mexican-Americans aid Team Mexico's charge
• In brief
• O'Brien: Groupon ignores wisdom of Silicon Valley
• AP Exclusive: Civilians dead in South Sudan battle
• Former Gilroy councilman charged with stealing parade donations
• Judge Carr is baaaaaack
• Firefighter dies after being injured in San Francisco fire
• Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain
• Dugard: 'I hated every second of every day of 18 years'
• San Jose High grad balloon sparks small fire, power outages
• Food pyramid out, 'My Plate' in for healthy eating
• Weather casts cloud over Contra Costa Fair
• Massachusetts towns give thanks tornado toll wasn't worse
• Jaycee Dugard transcripts released
• Romney opens presidential bid -- he's got company
• UCSC graduates treated to diverse group of speakers
• Pleasant Hill fire set off ammunition stored in apartment
• Google's Gmail: U.S. government says no official email hacked; FBI investigating
• Cassidy: Citizenship ceremony is a reminder of immigrants' role in building Silicon Valley
• 'Discouraged workers' leaving labor force, even as economy is adding jobs
• Mortgage rates sink, but so does demand
• Ford plans smallest car engine ever in push for fuel economy
• Disney CEO defends 3-D in movies
• IBM's Watson named 'person' of the year by Webby Awards
• Chiang will withhold California legislators' pay if they miss budget deadline
• App for mobile phones helps diagnose concussions
• DA to announce 'major development' in ongoing police corruption case
• Sony probing claim hackers stole information in another security breach
• Richmond gets new one-stop anti-poverty center
• Zuckerberg calls contract for Facebook ownership 'fake'
• Gilroy: 13-year-old boy charged with making false emergency calls
• Talks between city of San Jose, cops break down; 156 more layoffs loom
• Kawakami: Alex Smith comfortable with idea of remaining with 49ers
• Cop recounts scuffle with diabetic bodybuilder outside Redwood City theater
• East Palo Alto's only bank to close in August
• Parishioners demand answers after Menlo Park pastor suspended
• N.Y. Congressman says he didn't send lewd Twitter photo
• Sextuplets born in Pennsylvania
• Shaquille O'Neal says he's retiring after 19 years in NBA
• San Francisco Giants rally to 11-inning victory
• Gay couples line up for Illinois civil union licenses
• Fight for control of Mavericks take new turn
• Big student debt could limit colleges' aid access
• Tornadoes barrel through Massachusetts, 4 people dead
• Cañada College president retiring after more than 50 years in education
• Belmont explores ban on plastic bags, polystyrene
• San Bruno agrees to $621,000 in fines over sewage spills
• Developer looks to build 80 homes on Half Moon Bay land
• Pair sentenced for attempted murder at Watsonville bowling alley
• Soquel Union Elementary School District faces steep shortfalls
• State Senate OKs bill to overhaul high-speed rail project's authority
• Roadshow: Red-light camera ticket has driver weighing his options
• Activision bets on online play for 'Call of Duty'
• NJ gov. takes state helicopter to son's ballgame
• PG&E seeks delay in producing documents on bad welds
• Former state Treasurer Matt Fong dies at 57
• Tennessee passes Web entertainment theft bill
• AP NewsBreak: Taxpayer identity theft is soaring
• Pizarro: San Jose City Councilwoman Rose Herrera to host HBO documentary screening at City Hall
• HP has big plans for WebOS
• 2011 Lexus IS F
• Summer a time of hunger for many Peninsula children
• Contra Costa grand jury calls for pension reforms
• Stormy forecast delays Highway 4 work
• June Gloom hampers graduations, end-of-year picnics
• Man exposes himself, harasses women in San Lorenzo, Ashland
• Smoking gun elusive in deadly E. coli outbreak
• 41 advance in National Spelling Bee; Bay Area kids don't make the cut
• Images of dead children fan Syria's protests
• 41 killed in deadly Yemen street battles
• Milpitas board puts principal on leave in wake of affair with superintendent
• AP sources: US, Pakistan partnership on mend
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Summer is nowhere in sight - more rain on the way; Driver crashes pickup into Alameda bar
• Stolen laptop recovered with help of software that takes pictures of user
• Former state treasurer Matt Fong dies
• Free health fair set for Sunday in San Jose
• Surviving and thriving: What works to make teens stronger, more resilient
• Bill on taxing online sales passes California Assembly, moves to Senate
• Kawakami: Monta Ellis may end up being Jerry West's first big move
• Two masked men rob Menlo Park convenience store
• Mountain View police use stun gun, baton during confrontation at First Communion party
• Redwood City man jailed for kicking Bucket the dog
• Man to stand trial next month on charges he kidnapped, raped woman who had pulled over to rest in Palo Alto
• Redwood City-owned land may go to the dogs
• Redwood City eyes deal to buy Docktown Marina
• National group joins fight to save Wallace Stegner's Los Altos Hills writing studio
• Yankees thump A's 10-3
• Endeavour lands on Earth after 16-day mission
• Project opens tidal action at Alviso between bay and Guadalupe River
• Cyclists to roll into Santa Cruz on Sunday for AIDS awareness event
• San Bruno fire victims abandoned by contractor introduced by PG&E
• IAEA says Japan underestimated tsunami threat
• Small plane found crashed in Nevada; 3 dead
• Belmont-Redwood Shores schools board could decide on boundary changes Thursday
• Activist South Bay students secure computers for schools, save teachers
• San Antonio Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer reportedly serious candidate for Golden State Warriors' coaching vacancy
• San Francisco Giants blow lead, lose to St. Louis Cardinals
• Despite crisis, Caltrain plans record spending
• 1-month-old kidnapped at Morgan Hill food bank found
• Severity of Europe E. coli outbreak stuns experts
• AP Exclusive: Boy in Mladic video looks back
• Afghan president wants NATO to stop bombing houses
• Apple: What will Steve Jobs have to say about new iCloud service?
• Morgan Hill police looking in San Jose for man who led them on high-speed chase
• Roadshow: Glasses can usually remain on when getting DMV photo taken
• Egyptians decry 'virginity tests' on protesters
• Assembly OKs bill to tax online retailers
• Scott Dyleski seeks to overturn conviction in Lafayette murder, implicates victim's husband
• Pizarro: Portuguese festival celebrates Hawaiian connection
• Kawakami: The numbers say Miami over Dallas in five games
• Yahoo may be close to deal with Alibaba Group
• Wells Fargo settles complaints of deaf customers
• Twitter offers new button for attracting followers
• Now renting: luxury condos built for the global rich
• Jury returns guilty verdict for both Gebreselassie brothers
• Cellphone records, car being scrutinized in case of nursing student who went missing in Hayward
• Biz Break: A real estate 'double dip'; plus: Steve Jobs and Apple's iCloud
• Intel taps into new computing at Computex show in Taiwan
• Apple's iCloud: CEO Steve Jobs to show new software at WWDC
• Alameda: City reviews emergency response after drowning
• Vigil tonight for mother of five shot dead in South San Jose
• Obama selects California businessman Bryson for Commerce post
• San Jose man fatally struck while crossing San Tomas Expressway
• Judge to rule on spat over seals at Southern California beach
• Some DUI cases likely to be dismissed because of faulty breathalyzer
• Poole: For those who say they don't like the NBA, watch this
• Herhold: The importance of writing clearly
• Derelict apartment complex in San Bruno may finally be rebuilt
• Burlingame educational therapist taps into students' creativity
• Fresno girl fatally shot by 2-year-old brother
• California woman seen pushing body parts in trash can
• Stanford Blood Center to display historic newspaper articles
• DUI arrests down in early part of holiday weekend
• Live chat: Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour, Thursday, June 2, 2 p.m.
• Obama finishes shuffling national security team
• Pentagon seeks mini-weapons for new age of warfare
• Contra Costa Fair set to celebrate 75th anniversary
• Man found shot to death in Milpitas
• Cougar shot and killed in Redwood City may have been looking for home
• After Memorial Day chili cookouts, expect chilly start to June in the South Bay
• Police: San Jose teens suspected of severely beating man during robbery
• Stanford, Cal, USF picked for NCAA baseball regionals
• Union City mother, San Leandro man killed in East Oakland
• Preservationists hope to save Wallace Stegner's Los Altos Hills writing studio
• Police identify 35-year-old San Jose mom killed in weekend shooting and tie separate stabbing victim's death to gang-violence
• Google CEO's 'green' house has neighbors seeing red
• Torres hits grand slam in Giants' 7-3 victory over St. Louis
• Yankees' Colon shuts out A's, 5-0
• Tafralis family moving forward after San Bruno blast
• Union City mother one of two people killed in East Oakland shooting
• Fly casting is just part of the fun for Oakland Casting Club
• Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022
• Jim Tressel resigns as Ohio State's football coach
• Weight-loss TV shows popular, but America keeps on gaining
• Hackers post phony Tupac story on PBS site
• Memorial Day forecast: cool temps, some clouds
• Inman: Five games, then LeBron James' coronation
• Singer Sean Kingston crashes watercraft in Florida
• Vietnam soldier's widow still dreams of what could have been
• Visiting Joplin, Obama offers message of comfort
• Vigil held for killing victim; S.J. police investigate another homicide
• Bleak House: For one family, budget cuts could mean the end of Healthy Kids
• Data enthusiasts use technology to quantify self
• Roadshow: New I-280 Father Serra rest stop gets a rave review
• Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as Nigeria's president
• 30,000 Greeks demonstrate against austerity measures
• Shuttle astronauts bid farewell to space station
• Companies look for power way, way up in the sky
• Palin kick-starts bus tour on back of motorcycle
• Shuttle Endeavour leaves space station -- forever
• Number unaccounted for now stands at 39 in Joplin
• Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements dead at 94
• Yemen leader accused of allowing Islamist takeover
• Children of fallen U.S. troops turn to each other
• $448,000 in grant funding boosts College of San Mateo electronics program
• Search continues for missing Oakland nursing student
• Oakland A's sweep Baltimore Orioles in 6-4 win
• Historic Jonestown memorial unveiled in peaceful Oakland ceremony
• Giants shut out in Milwaukee
• When it comes to taxes, both sides take familiar stand
• Dan Wheldon wins Indy 500
• San Mateo County students win awards from National Merit Scholarship Program
• San Francisco Giants' Posey undergoes surgery
• Woman shot to death Saturday night in San Jose
• Roadshow: Road rage isn't limited to highways
• Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college
• Palin kick-starts bus tour on back of motorcycle
• Companies look for power way, way up in the sky
• 'Hangover' tops box office with $86.5M debut
• Egypt arrests Iranian diplomat for alleged spying
• E. coli cucumbers may be in Austria, Hungary
• Cambodia's king seen as a 'prisoner' in his palace
• Deep snowpack, more grizzlies mean more encounters
• 2 dead, up to 15 injured in Washington state bus crash
• Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 14
• U.S. should look abroad for education reform, study says
• Daniel Borenstein: Public-pension accounting hides the size of the problem
• Teen slain early Saturday in East San Jose
• Poole: Some of Philadelphia Eagles' DeSean Jackson's best moves come off-camera
• San Jose SaberCats fall to Georgia Force 55-49
• Quakes happy, sort of, to settle for draw
• Oakland A's closer situation takes another turn in win
• Cassidy: Building schools for the 21st century will take courage
• Kawakami: Golden State Warriors' coaching search should be down to two names
• Herhold: Four generations to sing the national anthem on Memorial Day
• San Jose State graduates more than 8,000 students in wake of tragedy
• Local watchdogs point to years of misguided mental-health spending
• One of California's last Army buglers plays authentic final salute
• Appeal filed to stop Planned Parenthood from opening clinic in Redwood City
• Los Altos Hills private school students want gay-straight alliance club
• No 'criminal intent' for Yemeni man in cockpit assault, attorney says
• Annual bonsai exhibit returns to San Mateo
• Millbrae woman heads to Africa to help girls
• Artists probe the mysterious at The Main Gallery in Redwood City
• Degrees, certificates up in San Mateo County Community College District
• Name change honors Sunnyvale family
• Criminals pose as police more often, for more violent ends
• Lionel Messi's Barcelona tops Manchester United 3-1 in Champions League final
• Delta jet has difficult landing in Atlanta; 4 hurt
• Oakland: Motorcycle gunman fires on crowd, 3 injured
• U.S. should look abroad for education reform, study says
• Giants take 3-2 loss to Milwaukee Brewers
• Teen slain this morning in East San Jose
• Spoken-word musician Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62
• Family of kidnapped Knightsen baby try to get back to normal
• 2011 now deadliest year for tornadoes since 1950
• Astronauts pack up on next-to-last shuttle flight
• 3.3-magnitude quake rattles south Santa Clara County
• Soggy Northern Plains braces for second slug of water
• Obama: Poland a model for democracy
• Record snow makes spectacular Yosemite waterfalls
• Tensions lower at Soquel High following protest about white supremacy and suspensions
• Panel recommends few changes to San Jose council districts
• Slide show: Giants' Brandon Crawford of Pleasanton slams Brewers in his major league debut
• Brandon Crawford's grand slam in debut lifts San Francisco Giants
• San Jose SaberCats dealing with late-game blues
• Oakland A's score win after manager Bob Geren is ejected
• Mercury News interview: Mark Thompson, CEO Fairchild Semiconductor
• Ira Ruskin fighting to contain an incurable brain tumor
• Poole: Evidence is mounting against Oakland A's manager Bob Geren
• The Insider: Former Daly City Councilwoman Maggie Gomez checks into women's jail
• Annual bonsai exhibit returns to San Mateo
• Deadly rollover crash at Russian Ridge under investigation
• No 'criminal intent' for Yemeni man in cockpit assault, attorney says
• Menlo Park patrol officers could see cut in hours, pay
• Santa Clara County mail-in ballot hiccup may have impacted local races, report finds
• San Jose Earthquakes will forge ahead without Chris Wondolowski
• Some Menlo Park council members wary of outsourcing
• Jurors in San Jose's biggest gang trial in years find four Norteños guilty of murder
• Closing some of California's state parks would violate federal law
• Egyptians take to the streets again to demand reforms
• Syrian security forces fire on protests, killing 8
• Family of missing Danville teen thanks volunteers, community
• Purdy: Looking for cures to Sharks' indigestion
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: San Jose man dies from Livermore fire injuries; Grand jury: Santa Clara County agencies tracking sex offenders well
• Solazyme's solid IPO shows investor appetite for tech stocks
• Cassidy: It's Facebook's world and we just live in it
• APL first shipping line to use clean shore power at the Port of Oakland
• Closing some of California's state parks would violate federal law
• Joseph Naso, serial killing suspect, says racy bondage photos consensual
• Stem cell therapy gives dogs new pep in their step
• Campbell city manager picked to lead Mountain View
• East Contra Costa schools lose out on trip to Disneyland
• Piedmont: Two suspected burglars nabbed, police say
• State Senate reject's Corbett's online privacy bill
• Pizarro: Artik celebrates new name, gallery show in San Jose
• Grand jury: Santa Clara County agencies doing good job tracking sex offenders
• Man makes vulgar comments to Milpitas girl near Murphy Park
• Life on the art-fair circuit
• Adults, kids can enter California State Fair's canning, baking contests
• Skype says some users had problems signing in
• Armed man robs, rapes woman in Oakland hills
• San Jose man succumbs to Livermore fire burn injuries
• What goes into the first-class swag bags
• Guilty pleas from ex-Nvidia analyst, hedge fund owner boost insider trading case
• Piedmont: Man accused of sexually assaulting girl on campus
• Giants' Posey says he's probably out for the rest of the season
• Soquel High students suspended for wearing white after racist incidents on campus
• Newark man killed in Russian Ridge rollover crash
• No cuts in proposed Burlingame budget
• Two-alarm fire torches Redwood City duplex
• DA: Gawker pretended to be San Bruno fire victim
• Redwood City School District may lose music teachers, five classroom days
• Union rep: Atherton looking to outsource building, public works departments
• 'Concierge' hotel proposed for former Palo Alto Pet Hospital site
• Solazyme sets price for IPO
• Judge pledges quick action on San Bruno blast lawsuits against PG&E
• Clinton, Joint Chiefs chairman press Pakistan
• Officials: Montana floods could be worst in decades
• Will Buster Posey's injury change baseball rules?
• First lady in Bay Area in June for fundraisers
• Astronauts make history on 4th, final spacewalk
• Santa Cruz's Plantronics turns 50 in style
• Molina would come back to Giants but doesn't think they'll ask
• Tim Kawakami: Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants pay for Scott Cousins' split-second decision
• Cousins feels 'terrible' about Posey's injury, but it's 'part of the game'
• Signs of plentiful water found below moon's stony face
• Zuckerberg goes on a diet: Only meat he eats is what he kills
• PG&E bills: California regulators set new residential electric rates
• San Jose Sharks lament their slow start to season
• Richmond residents more satisfied with city, still concerned about crime
• Small increase in Memorial Day travelers expected
• Judge voids Wisconsin collective bargaining law
• Giants' Buster Posey has torn ankle ligaments
• One confirmed dead in crash on dirt road near La Honda
• BART moves to end secret board committee meetings
• VTA, Caltrain, BART running reduced service Monday
• Amendment calling for troop drawdown in Afghanistan fails, but close vote may signal congressional support for war is waning
• Yemen clashes widen as tribes warn of 'civil war'
• Unveiling of Jonestown memorial will happen Sunday
• Syria uses pro-regime gunmen to crush protests
• Campbell: Suspect's son found abused 3-year-old rolled up in carpet
• Serbia arrests Mladic on war crimes charges
• 2 motorcycle officers critical after collision at Southern California funeral
• South Bay/Peninsula events planned to mark Memorial Day
• Bill to add transportation seat for San Jose, Oakland passes Assembly
• Card clubs in San Bruno, Emeryville agree to pay fines and clean up operations
• Oakland A's survive interesting ninth to beat Angels
• San Jose police looking for suspect in 22nd homicide of the year
• Oakley power plant clears final regulatory hurdle
• Prostitution sting nets 28 arrests in unincorporated San Leandro
• Apple's iPad: an underachiever in the book market?
• Sunnyvale in planning stages for 100th anniversary celebration
• 22nd homicide: Man shot in northeast San Jose
• Wiretap: Ex-Salesforce boss back in the saddle
• O'Brien: LinkedIn doesn't mean we're in a bubble
• Three arrested in Menlo Park drug deal-turned robbery
• Juana Briones House in Palo Alto coming down piece by piece
• Lewis and Eaton are among candidates interested in filling seat on San Carlos City Council
• Buster Posey suffers injury
• School closure, bigger class sizes eyed for Ravenswood City School District
• Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff comes to defense of manager Bob Geren
• Inman: Ranking the toughest defeats in Bay Area history
• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg plays down site's role in Arab revolt
• Spoiler! 'American Idol' crowns a winner
• Hillsborough murder suspect to stand trial in November
• Montague, retired MLB umpire, selected for Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame
• San Jose stabbing sends man, 21, to hospital
• San Carlos boy enjoys National Geographic Bee contest run
• Doctors say San Mateo hospital rape suspect is mentally competent
• Palo Alto-based VMware plans huge expansion
• Police Blotter
• SJSU announces scholarships in memory of 2 slain honor students
• Lady Gaga extends marketing blitz to Google, 'FarmVille,' 'Tap Tap' game
• Ending California prison overcrowding will be tall order
• Memorial Day Events
• Yemen's president vows no retreat as battles rage
• Small business jet that took off from San Jose crash-lands at Arizona airport
• Netanyahu returns to Israel and dashed peace hopes
• Obama promises no 'letup' in offensive in Libya
• Judge deliberating whether to make secret documents public in case against suspected serial killer Joseph Naso
• Beach-pollution report says most Bay Area beaches OK in dry weather
• Police: Gilroy rape suspect was also molesting girl in his home
• Disney withdraws Navy SEAL trademark application
• Beach-pollution report says most Bay Area beaches OK in dry weather
• High-risk state parolees unsupervised
• Bionic legs help paralyzed patient walk at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
• Authorities believe missing Danville teen took her life
• Pizarro: History San Jose puts a price on the past
• Roadshow: Delays likely on I-5 to L.A.
• Informative new window labels for 2013 vehicles unveiled
• One day later, Sharks still shaken by defeat
• O'Brien: LinkedIn doesn't mean we're in a bubble
• Cam Inman: Ranking the toughest defeats in Bay Area history
• Wiretap: Ex-Salesforce boss back in the saddle
• Goodwin Liu withdraws appeals court nomination
• Morgan Hill police looking in San Jose for man who led them on high-speed chase
• Herhold: The battle of words at San Jose City Hall
• San Jose City Council OKs business plan for Mexican Heritage Plaza
• San Carlos Vice Mayor Andy Klein won't be charged with DUI
• A's beat Angels, 6-1, to snap six-game losing streak
• Three Arizona officers accused of drug, human smuggling
• San Jose Earthquakes blow lead, lose to Chicago Fire on PKs
• San Francisco Giants lose to Florida Marlins as home winning streak ends at nine
• Stanford women's tennis team loses to Florida
• APNewsBreak: NASA to abandon trapped rover Spirit
• Some California National Guardsmen accused of collecting improper pay
• Burlingame gets new police chief, won't merge with San Mateo
• Longtime soccer coach Mangiola enters local sports hall of fame
• Card clubs in San Bruno, Emeryville agree to pay fines and clean up operations
• San Mateo County fourth-grader makes final round of national geography contest
• San Jose Sharks lose in double OT
• Stanford's Bradley Klahn set to defend NCAA singles title
• Sharks notebook: Joe Thornton tells media he is '100 percent' before game
• Democrat wins special election for NY House seat
• It may rain in San Jose. But then again, maybe it won't
• Gates: Big budget cuts will diminish US influence
• Diamonds may not be Gingrich's best friend
• California cemetery gravestones with N-word will be replaced
• 4 plead guilty in Southern California gambling machine crackdown
• Plan to rename Bay Trail after Bill Lockyer rebuffed
• Google investing $55 million in Southern California wind project
• Santa Clara police document: DNA on bat led to arrest in killing of 'Church Man'
• Union City police search homes, detain residents in Decoto
• One hurt, several displaced in fire at San Leandro apartment building
• Defense attorney: Yemeni airline passenger shows 'signs of mental health issues'
• Richard Seymour leads the way on field and off as Oakland Raiders gather for workout
• Special, indeed -- Obama tends to U.S.-Britain bond
• Netanyahu calls for peace but rejects 1967 borders
• Cal State East Bay professor arrested in Nigeria
• Egypt's Mubarak to be tried over protester deaths
• Gas prices continue to tumble -- just in time for holiday driving
• Oprah Winfrey focuses on fans during finale
• Warriors adviser West won't hold back, but decisions will be left to Lacob and Riley
• Intel moves top executive to China
• Kawakami: West has plenty to say about Warriors
• Short sales called drag on Silicon Valley, Peninsula housing market
• Coffee drinkers keep chugging, as prices rise
• Stanford research finds unusual 'two-faced' rupture caused Japanese destruction
• Unions, Wisconsin legislator lash out at San Jose mayor over pensions
• Construction to delay traffic on Vasco Road
• Family sues Dodgers in opening day attack on Bryan Stow
• Inman: Giants prospect Zack Wheeler stays patient amid uncertainty
• San Carlos vice mayor takes his name out of consideration for mayor
• Fire station brownouts, police cuts proposed if Palo Alto union negotiations fail
• 88-year-old man injured in Menlo Park home invasion
• Swastikas left on cars in Palo Alto
• Bookkeeper sentenced to year in jail for embezzling nearly $140,000 from Menlo Park nursery
• Woman makes up story about armed man at Mountain View Sears
• Belmont-San Carlos Fire Department will not replace fire chief
• Mountain View sued over housing project; council will consider complaint in closed session
• New tech incubator homing in on green technology
• A's reliever Brian Fuentes criticizes manager Bob Geren after loss to Angels
• For Solari, love of football began at El Camino High School
• Biggest plant wholesaler in San Mateo County files for bankruptcy
• Sunny Cove man gets life sentence for shooting man, dumping body in Big Sur
• Hoaxes: From Botox moms to Bigfoot, creative hoaxes fill history
• Deadly tornado rips through Joplin, Mo.
• Children of recent immigrants lead America's scientific competitions
• Possible Palin house buy in Arizona creates buzz
• Congress OKs $4 million toward purchase of open space along San Mateo County coast
• Missing Knightsen baby found in Southern California; grandmother arrested
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Toxic fish warnings for Bay updated; Fire destroys home near De Anza College
• Taliban spokesman denies leader has been killed
• Cupertino: 2-alarm fire destroys home near De Anza College
• Moreland chooses Marin educator as new superintendent
• Pakistani troops retake naval base from militants
• Cisco accused of helping China track Falun Gong followers
• Before rapt crowds, Obama traces his Irish roots
• Nate Clements says he plans to remain a 49er
• Chevron resubmits plan to retrofit Richmond refinery
• Jury begins deliberations in Chauncey Bailey murder trial
• Oakland-based radio host to speak about why apocalypse didn't come
• Giants concerned about all the hits Posey taking to the head
• Injured Giants fan's family asks for time, privacy; police reveal details about arrest
• Assembly votes to prohibit sale of shark fins
• Coroner IDs Florida man found dead in Antioch lake
• Pizarro: Standing ovation as Irene Dalis makes a return to the California Theatre
• Missouri tornado death toll climbs to 116
• Lady Gaga album demand overwhelms Amazon servers
• In Wondolowski, Quakes' loss is Bradley's gain
• Slide show: Deadly tornado devastates Missouri city
• Sharks' McLellan: Joe Thornton will play
• Herhold: Thanking the fans of LA
• Two Oakland women arrested in Scotts Valley after coming to police station to pick up juvenile
• Supreme Court upholds order requiring California to reduce prison population
• San Jose: New program mediates disputes between cops and the public
• Doomsday budget forecast for schools may not materialize
• Facebook to assemble global team of 'diplomats'
• Legendary gay-rights advocate Harvey Milk's birthday celebrated Sunday in San Jose with portrait unveiling
• Kawakami: Mental meltdown puts Sharks on the brink
• Purdy: Sharks clueless
• Tornadoes batter central US, kill unknown number
• Tour of California: Chris Horner wraps up impressive victory
• Gold, silver coins to be legal currency in Utah
• Songwriter Brooks apparently kills himself in NYC
• Status of San Jose Sharks' Joe Thornton uncertain for Game 5 against Vancouver Canucks
• San Mateo County grapples -- slowly -- with flawed tax law
• Mercury News wins top honors in local press club awards
• Pickets not enraptured by failed Doomsday prophesy
• Bad Boys get front-row exposure during Sharks game
• A's lose again, fall into A.L. West cellar
• Obama challenges Israel to make hard choices
• Roadshow: New signs on Interstate 280 confuse motorists
• San Jose Sharks need more from Dany Heatley
• Bigger Icelandic eruption, but less airline angst
• San Francisco Giants beat Oakland A's in 11 innings to complete three-game sweep
• Daniels decides against Republican presidential bid
• Baby boomers fueling boom in knee, hip surgeries
• Soden, renowned Terra Nova coach, enters Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame
• San Jose Sharks drop Game 4 in 4-2 loss to Vancouver Canucks
• Livermore apartment explosion victims identified
• Cam Inman: Slumping Sharks face elimination
• '60 Minutes' report: Armstrong encouraged doping
• Tornado hits Minneapolis
• San Mateo County grapples -- slowly -- with flawed tax law
• Cam Inman: Two terrible minutes doom San Jose Sharks in Game 4
• Songwriter Joseph Brooks dies of apparent suicide
• Elementary, My Dears: Parents do what politicians won't -- saving the arts in schools
• Mexican-Americans and other Latinos see race differently
• Antioch weighs funding options for civic arts program
• Infant reported missing from Knightsen
• Bleak House: Trying to save a school for the developmentally disabled
• Pizarro: James Durbin meets the Great Morgani in Santa Cruz
• 'Tree of Life' wins top Cannes festival honor
• Rebooted 'Pirates' sets overseas box office record
• Element of racism among rival Latino gangs in Oakland
• One arrested in Bryan Stow attack in LA; family calls arrest 'huge'
• The Sonoma Jazz + Festival isn't that jazzy, but still grand
• Poole: Oakland's lineup is the source of its greatest despair
• Herhold: Redistricting exposes the fault lines of elitism in San Jose
• Bay Area rocks, Rapture fails to roll
• San Jose Sharks' Patrick Marleau is showing plenty of heart
• Startups in Google's Apps Marketplace get snapped up
• A's bats continue their slumber
• San Jose Earthquakes come on strong in second half
• Utah Blaze sends San Jose SaberCats to third straight loss, 76-68
• Cal rugby team captures national title
• Runaway horse crashes through store window in East San Jose
• Softball star Haley Woods enters Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame
• Fundraiser benefits Burlingame elementary school
• In San Francisco mayoral race, Yee looks to continue electoral winning streak
• Earthquake apocalypse? Not quite
• Sharks notebook: Jamie McGinn escapes further punishment from NHL
• More than 1,000 cadets graduate from West Point
• Barry Bonds' trainer coaching youth baseball team on Peninsula
• Tour of California: Chris Horner solidifies hold on title as Levi Leipheimer captures Stage 7
• Kawakami: Sharks have to keep hammering Canucks
• San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum dominates Oakland A's in three-hit shutout
• Record snowpacks could pose flood threat to Western states
• Fremont man's death at Oakland jail under investigation
• Bonds' trainer coaching youth baseball team on Peninsula
• Santa Clara University law school marks centennial with graduation ceremony
• Scientists: Iceland's most active volcano erupting
• Preakness Stakes: Shackleford wins; Animal Kingdom 2nd
• Hall of Famer Gary Carter diagnosed with brain tumors
• San Jose airport's chief security official blasts safety plan
• Harvey Milk crisis call center opens Sunday
• Pope blesses astronauts in first papal call to space
• 'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine
• California woman touting moon rock for $1.7M busted by NASA
• Earthquake apocalypse? No sign of it yet
• Tech Notebook: Apple confidential: Is a retail redesign imminent?
• Final wave of holdouts leaves inundated Louisiana town
• Shock after Dutch priest endorses pedophilia
• Residential development for Mountain View's old Mayfield Mall takes key step
• Teen's conviction overturned in 2006 murder at Santa Cruz County party
• Bids up to $120,000 for princess's odd wedding hat
• Proposal would replace headstones stamped with racist slur at Folsom Lake cemetery
• Redwood City may ask voters to raise business and hotel taxes
• San Carlos public works director to step down June 1
• Inman: Joe Thornton makes the right passes in Game 3
• Analysis: Abbas, Netanyahu face hard choices
• Valley gains jobs amid intense competition for engineering talent
• WWII bombers roar into Moffett Field
• Purdy: Sharks bite back, remind us of the team we once knew
• Cal rugby team, after season on the road, is back in the national championship game
• Depth at receiver still an issue for San Jose SaberCats
• Midfielder Brad Ring spurs San Jose Earthquakes' improved play
• Oakland A's miss repeated opportunities before San Francisco Giants win in 10th
• Giants beat A's 2-1 in 10 innings
• Folau, former Baltimore Raven, enters Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame
• San Jose Sharks hold on for 4-3 win
• DUI leads to suspect in Redwood City home invasion
• Santa Clara Police arrest suspect in killing of 'Church Man'
• Tour of California: Levi Leipheimer cuts into Chris Horner's lead
• Woman arrested on suspicion of DUI flees, CHP says
• Coast Guard working to clean up diesel fuel spill in Alviso Slough
• Redwood City allows Planned Parenthood to open clinic on El Camino Real
• Hawaii grapples with homelessness as summit nears
• Mercury News interview: Tony Bates, Skype CEO
• How to help children deal with the cyberbullies
• Herhold: Why a prophecy of doom makes me smile
• Police Blotter
• LinkedIn stock slides 1.2 percent on second day of trading
• Oakland student suspended after spiking teacher's cup with cleaning fluid
• Man killed by police had criminal past
• San Jose officer on accident scene finds victim's diamond among broken glass
• San Jose redevelopment chief stepping down
• New research finds possible approach to halting spam
• San Leandro cop charged with drug-related crime surrenders to authorities
• Vietnamese leaders celebrate Little Saigon monument in San Jose
• Stanford opens long-awaited trail
• Scherer sentenced to consecutive life terms
• Former wrestler Randy `Macho Man' Savage dies in car crash
• Pleasanton approves employee contract that calls for two-tier pension system
• Pizarro: Harvey Milk portrait ready for unveiling in Willow Glen
• Apple reportedly nears iTunes cloud music deal with labels
• Biz Break: Is Apple about to put iTunes in the cloud?
• Verifone, Hypercom abandon plan to sell payment business to Ingenico
• Oakland A's place starting pitchers Tyson Ross, Brandon McCarthy on disabled list
• U.S. transportation chief visits San Bruno blast site, promises tough action
• Skype cancels IPO to clear way for Microsoft sale
• Barnes & Noble shares surge on $1B buyout bid
• 'American Idol': It's Scotty McCreery vs. Lauren Alaina in the finale
• Kawakami: Coach Todd McLellan's message to underperforming Sharks isn't so subtle
• Former Palo Alto firefighter pleads no contest to threatening to injure or kill police chief Rambo-style
• New Stanford trail opens to hikers, bicyclists, following years of delay
• Police: Man punched in Mountain View road rage case
• Monte Poole: Tejada's divergent Bay Area shadow
• San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers behind Madison Bumgarner
• High school debaters spread confidence to younger students
• More than 30 cities out of government grant program
• Tour of California: Peter Sagan of Slovakia captures Stage 5 as Chris Horner keeps yellow jersey.
• San Lorenzo Valley Water District backs 15 percent rate increase
• At UC Santa Cruz rally, emails speak louder than chants
• Watsonville pink slips 13 police and firefighters
• DA: Belmont carjacker ran out of gas
• Jim Whitney an indelible part of Peninsula football history
• 'Drowsy' Hillbarn production a hit
• Toothless Sharks have a familiar sinking feeling
• Coaches trade barbs over rough play by Sharks' Ben Eager
• Report: Warriors had 'informal' meeting with Kevin McHale
• Chauncey Bailey trial: Prosecution's case is built on lies, defense attorneys argue
• Schwarzenegger puts acting career on hold
• San Jose: Attorney General highlights campaign to stop exploitation of children
• With mom's arrest, mystery of boy's body abates
• Gilroy man accused of killing Chihuahua puppy faces life in prison
• San Ramon officer delays plea; ex-CNET head gets permission to leave county for treatment
• Mississippi crests in Vicksburg, claims first life
• Roadshow: The cost of one driver's trip to a gas station: $800.
• Giffords' doctors remain upbeat after operation
• Oakland A's pitcher Tyson Ross injured in 11-1 loss to Minnesota Twins
• More than 30 cities out of government grant program
• Former teammate says Lance Armstrong used drug EPO
• Longtime Newark mayor not seeking re-election
• LinkedIn rockets skyward in initial public offering
• Amazon: Kindle maker says e-book sales surpass printed books
• New Dish CEO: More acquisitions on horizon for satellite TV provider
• Cassidy: Fred Swaniker is tapping Silicon Valley to mold leaders in Africa
• Fewer people apply for unemployment benefits
• More Memorial Day travel expected, but high gas prices will affect plans
• U.S. home sales dropped in April, foreclosures declined
• Antioch school board schedules special meeting Friday
• South San Francisco boy wins national Google logo contest
• Utah family finds $45,000 in new home -- then returns it
• Mothers of U.S. hikers held in Iran start hunger strike Thursday
• Embracing Palestinian terms, Obama calls for Israel return to 1967 borders
• GOP blocks UC Berkeley law professor's vote to bench
• LinkedIn prices IPO at $45 a share; venture backers rejoice
• Apple iPad's 'buzz saw' success cuts PC sales at HP, Dell
• Schwarzenegger child report spurs media frenzy
• Utility chief says he'll look for way to spare centuries-old tree in North Fair Oaks
• Chris Horner's sizzling ride blows away Tour of California field
• Purdy: Sharks eagerly follow Ben Eager to the penalty box in loss
• San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers
• Controversial Palo Alto mixed-use project up for review again
• Atherton City Council approves steep garbage rate hikes
• Stanford hospital project takes another big step
• Pine will become latest San Mateo County supervisor to question need for huge new jail
• Indoor sports complex proposed for North Fair Oaks
• San Jose Sharks get hammered 7-3
• Oakland A's stumble late, lose in 10th
• Police arrest Texas mother in Maine boy's death
• Hillsborough cop charged with domestic violence
• Avalos adds new wrinkle to Sharp Park dispute
• Shriver doesn't discuss scandal at Winfrey taping
• Hard-core cycling fans bike, hike mountain to see finish
• O'Brien: LinkedIn IPO gives founder Reid Hoffman his moment on stage
• Chauncey Bailey trial: Prosecutor lays out arguments against Yusuf Bey IV
• Convicted Pittsburg computer tech must pay San Francisco nearly $1.5 million
• Creeks choked with trash, volunteers needed for annual cleanup day Saturday
• Got an electric car? Get charged at Oakland International Airport
• Roadshow: River cleanup day on Saturday
• San Jose man arrested for stealing giant relic from Lakeside Park
• Barry Bonds case: Post-trial hearing rescheduled to June 17
• San Jose: Former Trace PTO president pleads no contest to theft
• Yahoo reportedly to pay $28 million for 5to1 online ad network
• Tech review: In Eee Pad, an Android tablet that transforms into a laptop
• FCC, FTC seek answers from Apple, Google on phone location data
• Police Blotter
• Amgen Tour -- whoosh! -- rolls through Livermore
• Energy commission gives OK for pair of power plants near East Contra Costa
• Evangelical radio station that predicted end of the world to be Saturday has raked in cash
• UC leaders: Tuition hikes nearly inevitable
• Berkeley burglary suspect with machete, saw arrested after standoff
• Navy names new ship for labor leader Cesar Chavez
• Giants chief Neukom joins Peninsula Hall of Fame
• Rare walrus calf is stillborn at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
• Purdy: Look for someone like Mayers to kickstart Sharks
• American Chris Horner snags Tour stage victory
• San Jose: Police identify fatal stabbing victim
• Schools win state honor, without the celebration
• Author, San Jose native in custody after 6-year-old son is found dead in Maine
• Schwarzenegger admits to fathering child with household staff member
• Parents mourn death of Santa Clara street race victim
• Environmental group's poll shows majority of Redwood City residents oppose Saltworks project
• Sierra Road crucial to crowning tour's king
• Poole: Golden State Warriors face stacked deck to make NBA playoffs out of Western Conference
• Purdy: Joe Thornton's physical challenge to Kesler was a mind game
• Norovirus sickens two dozen at Portola Valley retirement community
• Traffic a central concern as Facebook eyes moves to Menlo Park
• East Palo Alto residents file claims for $500K after police allegedly raid wrong home
• Atherton City Council to revisit steep increases in garbage rates
• Rocketship Education seeks county's OK to open charter school in East Palo Alto
• A step up -- exoskeleton demonstration held at Stanford
• Karate Kid chopped from 'Dancing with the Stars' finals
• Oakland A's pound Los Angeles Angels 14-0
• San Francisco and Daly City drug raids net eight arrests, $450,000 in pot
• Jim Loscutoff: A legacy of selflessness, winning on the basketball court
• Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew dies at 74
• Schwarzenegger fathered child with employee
• Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker: Slower growth ahead after 'strong quarter'
• Sharks coach says team needs to close small gap
• San Jose police investigate shooting
• Warriors stay at No. 11 in NBA draft
• Chauncey Bailey trial: Man accused in journalist's slaying says he never killed anyone
• Santorum: McCain doesn't understand interrogation
• Achilli family sues men convicted in restaurateur's murder
• Bay Bridge detour to open Memorial Day weekend
• California budget battle: Gov. Brown returns to inside game, wooing GOP
• Spin meter: On health care, it's Newt vs. Newt
• Pizarro: Symphony Silicon Valley seeking Facebook votes to help spark arts interest in students
• 'Closed' signs going up on Jerry Brown's website?
• Fields of watermelon burst in China farm fiasco
• Pakistan protests after clash with NATO helicopter
• 'Idol' may show video of James Durbin's Santa Cruz homecoming on Wednesday's show
• Alex Smith affirms he's likely to stay with 49ers
• Los Gatos is close to adopting a $37 million budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
• Giants fall to Rockies; shakeups ahead?
• Google leases new campus across Hwy. 101 in Mountain View
• New, higher price for LinkedIn IPO a sign of investor ferver
• Biggest piece of Marine Sanctuary's deep-sea submarine canyon exhibit installed
• New Zealand's Henderson wins Tour of California stage
• San Jose man sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter
• Police Blotter
• Customer satisfaction with AT&T, T-Mobile drops
• Construction of new homes plummeted in April
• San Jose City Hall falcon dies while attempting to fly for first time
• Dell: HP rival's profit jumps as computer maker cuts costs
• Jobvite gains $15M, offers employment recruiting via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• New-home builders worried housing market won't recover this year
• Hewlett-Packard cuts outlook for year
• Questions? Here's what you need to know to get caught up on Sacramento's latest budget battle
• Brown says tax extensions still needed to fix California's budget deficit
• Giants fan Stow moved to San Francisco hospital
• Schwarzenegger admits to fathering child with household staff member
• New testing coordinator announced for Palo Alto schools
• Palo Alto considers cell tower rule revamp
• Belmont-San Carlos fire chief can cash out more than $300K when he retires next month
• North Fair Oaks neighbors save centuries-old oak tree from the ax -- for now
• Police looking for man who fired handgun into ground after Stanford concert
• Blanks to stand trial on rape, attempted murder charges
• Oakland A's top Los Angeles Angels in 10 innings
• DNA links East Palo Alto man to Christmas Eve school burglary
• Giants' Tim Lincecum rocked in 7-4 loss to Rockies
• Tori Nyberg joins Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame
• Mark Purdy: To win, Sharks need Ryane Clowe to play like Ryane Clowe
• Golden State Warriors face steep odds in scoring an NBA draft lottery prize
• Tour of California: Icy roads in Sierra Nevada shorten race's course
• FBI gets involved in CNET scandal by contacting San Ramon officer
• Supreme Court refuses to consider 'torture flights' case, ending legal battle
• East Bay lawmaker renews call for tax hike on state's richest
• PG&E spending on pipeline repairs was under budget in prior years
• Silicon Valley April home sales and prices drop, but market is stabilizing
• San Jose police' loss is Santa Cruz County's gain
• President, in personal terms, honors new graduates
• Giffords watches Endeavour lift off on penultimate space shuttle trip
• PG&E testing natural gas pipeline in Antioch for weaknesses
• Trial closes for 2009 Oakley crash that killed infant
• Microsoft's Bing gets help from Facebook to compete with Google
• West Oakland urban mushroom farm joins city's thriving indie food industry
• SanDisk: Memory products maker buying Pliant for $327 million
• Solayzme hopes to raise $184 million in IPO
• Purdy: Paging Ryane Clowe, the Sharks sure need you
• Oakland gang injunctions face crucial vote at City Council
• E-waste event is Saturday at Overstock.com Coliseum
• Herhold: Questions persist about SJSU killings
• Pizarro: Hospice of the Valley puts on a fun hoedown for a fundraiser
• San Jose woman arrested in connection with fatal San Francisco club brawl
• BlackBerry maker recalls 1,000 PlayBook tablet computers
• Bail denied for IMF chief jailed on charges of sexually assaulting hotel maid
• Navy considers naming ship after Cesar Chavez
• Winklevoss twins lose another round in Facebook battle
• John Horgan: Nagel deals with stunning electoral rejection
• The draw of Portola Redwoods, few visitors, may have contributed to closure
• Tour of California to see another side of Silicon Valley
• Teacher pink slips - Uncomfortable budget uncertainty for instructors and school districts
• Yahoo, Alibaba work to patch things up
• Trevor Cahill takes first loss of season as Oakland A's fall to Chicago White Sox
• Like last season, Giants pitching has carried team
• Sharks fall 3-2 to Canucks
• Lawmakers hope to force Iran's hand on nukes
• IMF head's NYC hearing delayed in sex assault case
• Iris Chang's mother's new memoir honors renowned author of 'The Rape of Nanking'
• China gives press more freedom -- for food safety
• Late push lifts Hayden to win in SuperBike race at Infineon
• Eurovision joy deflects cares for a while
• Herhold: A defining moment for Chuck Reed
• Roadshow: Highway 101 takes center stage
• New York police: IMF head picked out of lineup in sex case
• Israel clashes with protesters on four borders
• As water creeps closer, residents warned: Get out
• VAULTING: Amazing kids doing gymnastics on backs of moving horses
• Major conference on child abuse set for San Jose
• San Jose's pot clubs prove to be a promising new revenue source
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Menlo Park area: Protective neighbors of 300-year-old oak tree near plan protest
• Mexico town's mutant pointy boots create a craze
• Space Shuttle Endeavour fueled for launch; Giffords on hand
• Tree-felling causes tension in Burlingame's Easton Addition
• Valley residents delaying retirement, major purchases
• Menlo College in Atherton recognized for blood drives
• Thousands take to SF streets for Bay to Breakers
• Dogged determination marks 100th Bay to Breakers run
• Joan Aragone: Conference illuminates aging process
• Trevor Cahill takes first loss of season as Oakland A's fall to Chicago White Sox
• 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea; local tsunami alert issued
• Police: IMF head picked out of lineup in sex case
• NHL's Derek Boogaard brain donated for trauma research
• Amgen Tour stage abruptly cancelled for first time in race's history
• Bid to name Lake Tahoe cove after Mark Twain fails
• Former head of Nathan's Famous hot dogs dies at 89
• Internal Affairs: When it comes to passing parcel taxes, state voters are facing a Catch 22 2/3
• 2 Lousiana teenagers thrown from spinning carnival ride
• Mother of beaten Giants fan doesn't blame LA fans
• Space shuttle Endeavour ready to go; Giffords arrives to watch
• American Airlines flight returns to Phoenix after smoke reported
• 'Thor' nails down top spot at the box office again
• Giants-Cubs game postponed by rain
• Sony's PlayStation Network coming back up
• James Durbin wows 30,000 in Santa Cruz
• Steven Lenhart helps San Jose Earthquakes beat his old team
• Young right-hander Tyson Ross helps Oakland overcome loss of Dallas Braden, stymies Chicago White Sox
• Sharks have been skating with just one goal: Growth
• Purdy: Sharks coach should like this prediction
• Kawakami: Sharks appear recharged for the Canucks
• At Henry W. Coe State Park, news of proposed park closure hits home
• Bleak House: The budget and ordinary Californians
• Former astronaut tells university grads to get a license to dream
• Latest quarterly numbers show venture capitalists still investing less in early-stage startups
• San Jose's pot clubs prove to be a promising new revenue source
• San Bruno blast victim's executor sues PG&E
• San Mateo County school districts make final decisions on teacher layoffs
• Giants beat the cold and the Cubs
• Projected lines and defense pairings for San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks
• Burlingame's Mills-Peninsula hospital to finally open Sunday
• Culture of Middle East and Africa captured in trio of Foster City exhibits
• Tour of California may have to change course for first day because of snowstorm
• Herhold: Political rules should apply to Facebook
• Cal football: Zach Maynard named starting quarterback
• McCain Foods co-founder Wallace McCain dies at 81
• NY police question IMF head in hotel sex assault
• IRAQ NOTEBOOK: GIs are losing their joe
• Roadshow: Transit takes center stage
• Durbin talks of up, down week
• Pizarro: Judgment Day is next Saturday, so get ready
• Culture of Middle East and Africa captured in trio of Foster City exhibits
• San Bruno blast victim's executor sues PG&E
• David DeJesus reaches 1,000 career hits in A's 6-2 win over White Sox
• San Jose's pot clubs prove to be a promising new revenue source
• Operation Donkey brings Iraqi equine to US
• Herhold: Political rules should apply to Facebook
• Man dies in crash near Stinson Beach; Highway 1 reopened
• Fairfield man's body found on Masonic Temple grounds
• Twitter feed lawsuit underscores power of a tweet
• Mercury News interview: Gary Bloom, CEO of eMeter
• Louisiana floodgate opens for first time in 38 years, diverting Mississippi River
• Cal football: Maynard named starting quarterback
• Mountain lion sighting reported in Woodside
• Google accepted ads from rogue pharmacies, firm says
• Man arrested after attempt to sell stolen 1911 horseless carriage
• O'Brien: Time for reality check on the return of IPOs
• Toyota's new Prius models face delays after recent earthquake
• Yahoo and Chinese partner in messy spat
• SJSU students killed in shooting to get posthumous diplomas
• Defense attorney: Justice for the 'least desirable' is real test of justice system
• California could cut school year by several weeks
• San Jose Earthquakes need to turn things around quickly
• Sharks' Kyle Wellwood bears no grudge against Vancouver Canucks
• San Jose Sharks face even bigger challenge vs. Vancouver Canucks
• Residents to be honored at Palo Alto police ceremony Tuesday for 'community involvement'
• Hundreds attend memorial for San Carlos' mayor
• Mountain View business owner accused of setting fire for insurance payoff
• Coco Crisp can't quite pull off steal of home in Oakland A's loss
• The Insider: Hill joins the fray in Brisbane
• Giants' bullpen falters, Cubs win 11-4
• San Jose: Reed declares fiscal emergency, proposes pension ballot measure
• Bird callers take to Piedmont High School stage for 46th year
• After Game 7, Sharks defenseman Ian White's wife delivers
• It's back! Rain coming to South Bay this weekend, early next week
• South Bay middle school students again win national Mathcounts contest
• Santa Clara Unified selects new school superintendent
• California's next budget casualty -- 70 state parks on governor's closure list
• San Jose stabbing victim dies in hospital; suspect identified
• Santa Clara: Detectives investigating death of 'Church Man' seek public's help
• Fremont man arrested Friday on suspicion of attempted murder
• UC Regent Crane traveling rocky road toward confirmation hearing
• Herhold: A defining moment for Chuck Reed
• Pizarro: Judgment Day is next Saturday, so get ready
• Prince, Sharks, 'Glee' show will keep downtown San Jose hopping
• SJSU murder-suicide: Shooter, wife planned vacation after graduation, friends say
• A la Carte: Lou's Donuts entrepreneur Charles Chavira dies at 51
• Martinez officials: Council compensation lower than grand jury reported
• Bay to Breakers cleans up its act
• Roadshow: Highway 101 takes center stage
• California could cut school year by several weeks
• Pizarro: Birds take a liking to San Jose airport's new terminal
• Cam Inman: San Jose Sharks play a familiar refrain
• Caltrans to repair pothole-filled Interstate 580
• Crew finds body of Oregon man stuck in snow for two months
• Antioch weighs funding options for civic arts program
• San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed declares fiscal emergency, proposes sweeping pension ballot measure.
• Tech Notebook: Facebook, Agilent, Intuit praised for work-life perks
• Tour of California takes a sharp turn
• Giants' bullpen falters, Cubs win 11-4
• Insider trading: A network of friends who tell secrets
• Campbell: Search continues for man suspected of abusing 3-year-old girl
• Santa Cruz native James Durbin voted off 'American Idol'
• Prosecutor calls gang members 'predatory bullies,' out to terrorize San Jose
• Purdy: You can exhale, Sharks fans, they won by the skins of their fins
• East Palo Alto hopes for bike-pedestrian bridge
• San Carlos Vice Mayor Andy Klein arrested on suspicion of drunken driving
• El Camino Hospital announces interim CEO
• Menlo Park school district accused of violating Brown Act
• Sharks notebook: Jamie Baker ready to give up his place in San Jose team's history
• Guts and glory: San Jose Sharks win!
• Cam Inman: Do you believe? Sharks movin' on
• Dead sharks found in Redwood Shores were suffering from internal bleeding, necropsy shows
• Cop debunks sex offender myths in San Mateo
• San Bruno fundraiser benefits 6-year-old boy fighting cancer
• Ryane Clowe's return gives Sharks teammates a boost
• Tim Kawakami: Sweet redemption for Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton
• Demjanjuk convicted over Nazi camp deaths
• At least 68 killed in Pakistan blasts
• U.S. to limit Afghan forces' growth
• Judge denies immediate halt to Jonestown memorial
• Facebook's stealth attack on Google
• Breakthrough in AIDS fight: Drugs radically reduce transmission of virus
• Kitchen fire lights at San Jose house
• Cassidy: Net Optics' Eldad Matityahu shows different business drive
• IRS begins enforcing rule on gifts to political nonprofits
• SJSU shooting: 3 who died ID'd as student, 25; her husband, 54; another student, 26
• Obama asks FBI chief to stay, seeks Congress OK
• Larger BART budget has more money to clean seats and cars
• People: Lindsay Lohan likely fired from Gotti film
• Pressure mounts on Gadhafi within Libya's capital
• Facebook's stealth attack on Google
• Wiretap: Google's Eric Schmidt chooses Palo Alto penthouse for his venture capital operation
• Roadshow: DMV to notify police nationwide about registration sticker delay
• Cisco stock falls 5 percent as analysts note long-term challenges
• White House unveils cybersecurity plan
• Barai calls can be used at Jiau's insider trial, Judge says
• Playdom: Disney-owned game company to pay $3M to settle FTC case
• Netflix adds online viewing for Android phones
• Former P.I. alleges ex-CNET chief ran Pleasant Hill brothel
• U.N. climate chief predicts U.S. turnaround on warming
• CNBC study ranks California best ... and worst ... for business
• Job gains should offset higher gas and food prices
• Job market: Fewer people apply for unemployment benefits
• 'American Idol': Lady Gaga brings the drama to Durbin and company
• Santa Clara police investigating second homicide of 2011
• Giants win another one-run game, finish sweep of Diamondbacks
• The last cut comes next month for vintage San Jose barber shop
• 'American Idol': Lady Gaga brings the drama to Durbin and company
• VTA, Caltrain among best at linking where people live with where they work
• Victim testifies in Palo Alto abduction, rape case
• Dead sharks found in Redwood Shores were suffering from internal bleeding, necropsy shows
• Palo Alto commission supports key report for Stanford hospital project
• Public memorial service to be held Friday for San Carlos mayor who died of heart attack
• Mark Purdy: San Jose Sharks fans are goin' crazy
• Tim Kawakami: Game 7 is Joe Thornton's game to win, or lose
• Game 7 the proving ground for San Jose Sharks
• San Francisco Giants rally to beat Arizona Diamondbacks
• East Palo Alto man shot in hand while driving
• Coastside school districts prepare for teacher layoffs
• Peninsula cyclists hit the road on Bike to Work Day
• Cam Inman:
• Census: South Bay, Peninsula population growing up fast
• Indian population diversifying Bay Area's Asian population
• Tour of California missing its reigning champ
• Earthquakes give up tying goal to Whitecaps in waning seconds
• Oakland A's Dallas Braden to undergo shoulder surgery
• Police: 'Unprecedented' SJSU shooting investigated as a murder-suicide
• Killer convicted in 20-year-old San Jose murder
• Pizarro: Arts Council fetes its former executive director
• South Bay sees a dramatic increase in bed bugs
• Indictments may mean smaller World Series of Poker
• Cassidy: Fairchild's Silicon Valley pioneers feted in style
• Diary: Bin Laden eyed new targets, big body count
• Poll: Bin Laden killing was justified
• Brentwood to consider starting own fire district
• Syria shells major city as crackdown intensifies
• Rebels: Gadhafi forces pushed back from Misrata
• Will Ryane Clowe be ready for Sharks' Game 7?
• Also coming: 'Paris,' 'Penguins' and 'Pooh
• Missing 3-year-old Campbell girl severely abused; couple sought
• Lawyer: Iran spy trial for three UC Berkeley grads does not happen
• Pittsburg railcar accident spills corrosive, prompts hazmat response
• Roadshow: Motorists offer advice to bicyclists
• Founder of Galleon hedge fund guilty in tech insider-trading case
• Cisco's profit falls 17 percent; tech giant overhauling its business
• Suit seeks to nullify Schwarzenegger commutation of prison sentence
• Smartphone review: HP's tiny Veer 4G vs. Samsung's massive Infuse 4G
• Former Giants infielder Frandsen suspended for positive test
• Second suspect arrested in March drive-by in Antioch
• Police: 'Unprecedented' SJSU shooting investigated as a murder-suicide
• Herhold: Complications in the drive to bring a ballpark to San Jose
• Toyota: Supply problems after quake, shadow of recall plague automaker
• Shooting kills two and injures one at San Jose State University
• Purdy: Four-gone conclusion?
• Poole: Now that he's out of baseball, will Milton Bradley finally find peace?
• CSU leaders warn of jump in tuition if tax increases lapse
• No love for Romeo as he's shown the door on 'Dancing with the Stars'
• Menlo Park School Board approves $205K annual contract for new superintendent
• Community stunned by sudden death of San Carlos mayor
• Palo Alto school board approves controversial calendar changes
• Mountain View police: Officer breaks 16-year-old's nose after she tries to hit him with baton
• Free ride ends in Los Altos man's beating
• Police arrest two suspected of auto burglaries, stealing SUV in Los Altos
• Return of Andres Torres and Mark DeRosa return from D.L. deepens Giants' bench
• San Francisco Giants edge Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0
• Sharks notebook: Ryane Clowe sidelined by upper body injury
• San Jose Sharks lose again 3-1
• Woman who was stranded for weeks leaves hospital
• Federal prosecutors say man aboard American Airlines Flight 1561 posed serious threat
• Antioch draws line on redistricting
• Scotts Valley community wants a 'people-friendly' new superintendent
• Wojnowski: Red Wings just won't quit
• Oakland A's, Brett Anderson lose 7-2 to Texas Rangers
• San Mateo County's English learners slip but still fare better than peers statewide
• Foster City council votes to preserve Blue Line shuttle
• First home to be rebuilt in San Bruno blast zone hosts groundbreaking
• PG&E could face more costly tests
• Roadshow: Car sharing in San Jose: a dumb idea -- or genius?
• Syrian military tightens grip in areas of unrest
• Japanese leader cancels plan for new nuclear plants
• A revolution's namesake is contraband in China
• San Jose police: Homicide suspect may be posing as identical twin
• Tripoli sites bombed, rebels claim Misrata gains
• Large, distant quakes can trigger changes in the San Andreas Fault, new study finds
• Federal lawsuit against BART police officers involved in Grant killing will proceed, judge rules
• Federal prosecutors say man aboard American Airlines Flight 1561 posed serious threat
• Skype is headquartered in Europe but has deep ties to Silicon Valley
• Herhold: The pitfalls for Ash Kalra
• Warriors may not hire coach until after draft
• Google to launch cloud-based Music Beta service
• Bicycling to New York's ground zero
• Appeals court weighs former Brocade CEO's convictions
• Appeals court blasts VA mental health care system
• San Ramon driver crashes into stopped truck near Brisbane, killing San Jose man
• Purdy: Let's talk about that word 'gutless'
• Family: Two killed in San Jose after man asked to leave party came back with gun
• How Skype (like Xerox and Google) turned itself into a verb
• Byron Union officials, teachers at impasse
• San Carlos Mayor Omar Ahmad dies from heart attack
• Monte Poole: Now that he's out of baseball, will Milton Bradley finally find peace?
• SEC considers allowing more than 500 investors for Facebook, other startups
• State report hammers high-speed rail plans
• Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion
• Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion
• San Jose: 1988 'cold case' homicide goes to trial
• Inman: San Francisco Giants might be rediscovering their 2010 mojo
• San Carlos votes for lower pay baseline for new firefighters
• Mountain View settles Fourth Amendment claim for $15K
• Trash hikes on the way in San Bruno and Millbrae
• First 5 San Mateo County Commission approves nearly $16 million in cuts from children's programs
• Man found bleeding on staircase at Mountain View apartment complex
• Family of Los Altos Hills bicyclist killed in crash files claim against San Mateo County
• Trains slow through crossing as part of death investigation
• Palo Alto board to consider starting school year 1 1/2 weeks earlier
• A's update: With a lefty starting, D.H. Hideki Matsui sits again
• Josh Willingham's five RBIs lead Oakland A's past Texas Rangers 7-2
• High school music: Santa Clara County programs top the charts
• Three Bay Area soccer players named to U.S. Women's World Cup team
• Filipino American WWII veteran honored for his contributions
• Woman at center of De Anza College gang-rape civil trial may still recoup millions from insurance companies
• Syrian official hopes protests are near end
• California gets $300 million for high-speed rail from feds, far less than hoped
• P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Police hunt suspect in San Jose double-homicide; Thieve drive truck through East Bay Costco doors, steal ATM machine
• Chile approves huge dam project in wild Patagonia
• San Jose police: 69-year-old man run over, killed by girlfriend
• University of California considers flex tuition
• Homeless Sacramento man in trash bin survives after getting compacted
• Facebook sharing sending readers to news sites
• Activision: Video game maker reports higher profit, revenue
• Apple details iPhone location tracking for Congress
• Google's annual developers conference gets underway
• Pizarro: Second helping of SJ Eats was much easier to digest
• San Jose police identify victims of double-homicide; suspect still at large
• High school music: Santa Clara County programs top the charts
• Sharks need more from embattled Marleau
• San Francisco Halloween shooting suspect wounds two Houston cops, kills himself
• PG&E tests pipeline in Mountain View with water pressure
• Lawmakers blast Brisbane company's relocation plan
• O'Brien: San Francisco's deal with Twitter sends city down slippery slope of tax breaks
• Google's YouTube adds 3,000 titles to video rental store
• 'A Stolen Life': Jaycee Dugard memoir set for July release
• Roadshow: Bicyclists, motorcyclists frustrated by signal sensors
• Fontenot has been the spark in Giants' lineup
• Crew subdues man banging on cockpit during flight to SFO
• Purdy: Sharks miss many chances, but more opportunities remain
• Sharks fail again to eliminate Red Wings, series heads to Game 6
• Study in South Korea finds higher rate of autism
• Feds begin enforcement of restrictions on bombs used to scare birds, seals
• PG&E's underground electrical gear blamed for fires, explosions, power outages
• Valley's photographic history now for sale
• Homeland security exercise today at San Jose's San Fernando VTA station
• Teachers to rally, push to prevent education budget cuts
• Little kids learning yoga in San Mateo County
• Art matters, but art students matter more
• Roadshow: All about Highway 92
• San Francisco Giants' Ryan Vogelsong feels the love of fans
• Murder trial to start for Florida mom Casey Anthony
• Internal Affairs: Court of Appeal to hear e-initiative case
• Child reported killed as Syrian forces crack down
• Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transition
• San Jose city Councilman Ash Kalra arrested on drunken driving charge
• Pacifica cracks down on parents who let kids drink at parties
• Chipolte Mexican Grill under scrutiny as federal immigration investigation expands
• Google to build its own office space
• Bankrupt homeowners shed second mortgages
• War of the Robes erupts over future of state court system
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Giants complete sweep of Rockies
• Foster City council to study budget Monday
• Kouzmanoff, Suzuki homer to lead A's past Royals
• A's take series from Royals on gem by Ross
• Stanford's Jeremy Green staying in NBA draft
• Elementary, My Dears: California education in a state of emergency
• Hillsborough student wins national environmental contest
• Homeland security exercise today at San Jose's San Fernando VTA station
• Many conflicts reported at home in Fairfield shooting
• One person killed in vehicle crash off Sonoma County cliff
• Plane cleared to fly after 'security threat' in New Mexico
• Deep cuts will close doors, turn away families at state preschools
• 'Thor' hammers competition with $66M opening
• 50 Alaska homes evacuated after explosives found
• Poole: Donaire, Guerrero, Ward would be a must-see Bay Area boxing megacard
• Arizona Rattlers knock San Jose SaberCats back down
• Controversial play seals A's fate in loss to Royals
• Oakland A's lose to Kansas City Royals on sacrifice fly in ninth
• San Jose to consider car-sharing program
• Bin Laden's life in a shrunken world, domestic but dark
• Film to focus on Millbrae killer's ex-wife
• Childhood memories stimulate Women's Caucus for Art show in San Mateo
• AP IMPACT: China's spying seeks secret US info
• San Jose Sharks hope to halt Red Wings' momentum
• Mark Purdy: San Jose Sharks need more soon from Pointless Patrick Marleau
• Hope for a Mother's Day Miracle: The return of 'Littlefoot' -- she's been lost for days
• Roadshow: 'Inoperative' red lights have some drivers stewing
• Mass. advocates join 'Slutwalk' crusade with march
• Syrian tanks enter coastal town in new crackdown
• Candid videos show rare view of unkempt bin Laden
• In brief
• Taliban attack Afghan government offices in south
• Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander throws second career no-hitter
• Animal Kingdom wins Kentucky Derby
• Mothers of slain children work to end violence
• 3 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Fairfield home
• Woman with 50 stolen purses arrested in Walnut Creek
• Two men shot dead, teen injured at San Jose party
• Chinese entrepreneurs see Apple's App Store as entryway to global market
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley's Traitorous Eight deserve history honor
• Deep cuts will close doors, turn away families at state preschools
• 10th annual Free Comic Book Day draws thousands worldwide
• Gadhafi forces bomb fuel depot in rebel-held city
• CHP: David Beckham in crash on LA freeway
• Calif. snowmelt promps warnings for swimmers
• BART, 12 other agencies added to Bay Area News Group's salary database
• China's rough-and-tumble used-car market
• Journalist James McCartney dies at 85
• SF Police recover $75,000 tapestry stolen in 2000
• Herhold: Palo Alto's lifetime health benefits for elected officials
• Pizarro: Notre Dame High School prepares to celebrate the big 1-6-0
• San Lorenzo: Family of five escapes fast-burning fire at duplex
• Mercury News interview: David Sacks, CEO of Yammer
• Man suspected of stealing 31 vehicles arrested
• Charges to be dropped in Justin Bieber New York mall frenzy
• Kawakami: No need for Giants to hit the panic button
• Arena Football: SaberCats take on longtime rival Arizona with first place at stake
• Oakland A's, Gio Gonzalez find just enough to douse debut of a Kansas City Royal
• Purdy: This time around, Sharks bit off more than they could chew
• China's rough-and-tumble used-car market
• Menlo Park gets extra money, better terms in agreement with Stanford
• Menlo Park picks superintendent who left Mountain View district after scandal
• Big budget deficit may force Atherton to lay off workers, cut services
• Man arrested for alleged indecent exposure at Mountain View Rite Aid
• Former Menlo Park bar worker gets 3 years in prison for sexually assaulting sleeping woman
• Smoking litter prompts hazmat response
• Firefighters hired for new San Carlos department may earn 5 percent less than current agency
• Palo Alto Airport deal 'moving forward' with cooperation from county
• Giants top Rockies with late rally
• Sharks erase 3-0 deficit, lose Game 4 on goal with 1:27 left
• High winds propel apartment fire in San Mateo, at least eight left homeless
• San Mateo County libraries branch out
• Gio Gonzalez, Oakland A's shut down Kansas City Royals
• Details emerge of 'Durbin Day' as Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk show set
• Experts support PG&E's plan to test pipes with water
• U.S. job growth increases, but doubts persist on economy
• Search team combs Santa Rosa park for missing college student and Walnut Creek native
• Experts support PG&E's plan to test pipes with water
• Sharp drop in crude oil prices could lead to cheaper gas
• Alameda: School parcel tax opponents file lawsuit
• Sea otter pup's birth caught on video in slough near Moss Landing
• Los Altos' Measure E passes with narrow margin, final election results show
• Santa Clara: Woman receives award for providing weekend meals to hungry school kids
• Antioch approves rehabilitation of aging low-income townhome complex
• Alameda County alerting residents to prepare for fire season
• Have the heroes of 9/11 become today's scapegoats?
• Biz Break: Is Apple ditching Intel in favor of ARM processors?
• Mobile startup JiWire snares another $20 million
• Netflix's days without competition may be numbered
• Burglary suspect arrested inside Oakland home
• San Jose: Alum Rock Avenue merchants clean up after Cinco de Mayo vandalism
• Oakland Mayor Jean Quan heads east to boost trade and business for Port of Oakland
• Mosley prepares for Pacquiao with one eye on past
• Purdy: Sharks' ownership of Red Wings no accident
• Pizarro: Experience some magic in downtown Sunnyvale this weekend
• Former Brocade CEO's case heads to federal appeals court
• Retiring winemakers find it tough time to sell
• Serial killing suspect wins right to serve as own attorney
• Obama to bin Laden assault team: 'Job well done'
• A la Carte: Morgan Hill hosting huge barbecue competition
• Playwright/screenwriter Arthur Laurents dies; wrote 'West Side Story'
• Santa Clara County schools again tops in state
• Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno Celebrates Cinco de Mayo at Oakland City Center
• With carpool perk ending for hybrids, some owners are trading up
• Spoiler alert! 'American Idol' elimination result
• New contract for Menlo Park police sergeants includes no salary increases
• Mid-Peninsula schools continue to post high marks
• Dave Pine declared winner of race for San Mateo County supervisor seat
• East Palo Alto resident shot in home-invasion robbery
• Claim accuses Redwood City cops of firing Taser at teen and joking about it
• Mountain View City Council meeting with city manager hopefuls
• Redwood City family's big moment on 'America's Funniest Videos' preempted by Osama bin Laden news
• Rowdy Cinco de Mayo night in San Jose, one stabbed
• Cinco de Mayo quiet in San Jose, so far
• Sharks hope similarities to 2010 Red Wings series end here
• San Mateo toddler falls from second-story window, survives
• Ruling bolsters smokers' lawsuits
• Fremont man gets three years in prison for San Bruno cabbie robbery
• Oakland A's effort effort, Ryan Sweeney's five hits all for naught in 12-inning loss to Cleveland Indians
• Giants finish trip with loss to Mets
• Obama honors bin Laden's victims at ground zero
• DA reins in overzealous attorney
• Herhold: An ugly exile for a centenarian
• Chinese tech giants fight over 4G phones
• San Jose decides that a new airport name just won't fly -- at least for now
• San Jose: Man fatally stabbed, police seeking suspect
• For families of tornadoes' missing, a long torment
• Santa Clara County schools again tops in state
• SFJazz to break ground for new $60 million center
• Wolverton: Customers had more faith in Sony than it deserved
• San Ramon's new city manager will take home $225,000 a year
• Cleveland Indians outlast Oakland A's in 12 innings
• Residents: Syrian troops mass around coastal city
• Roadshow: Drivers feel bumps from state financial woes
• Attorney for ex-CNET chief expects more officer arrests
• Local Iraqi leaders blame branch of al-Qaida for suicide attack
• Cassidy: Lotus founder Mitch Kapor sets his sights on fixing education
• Jacob, Isabella top baby-name list for 2010
• U.S. seeks to aid Libyans in rebel areas with seized assets
• GM says it's recalling 150,000 2011 Chevrolet Cruze sedans
• Facebook shows growth in display ads
• Wal-Mart remains atop Fortune 500 list
• GM earns $3.2B in first quarter, helped by strong U.S. sales
• Cupertino to see increase in sewer service charges
• Cisco shuffles management in bid to shed bureaucracy
• Five-day nurse strike begins at Children's Hospital Oakland
• GM earns $3.2 billion in first quarter on higher sales
• William and Kate to visit California in July
• Public employees defend 'modest' pension benefits
• Obama rejects showing photo of bin Laden
• Blog reflects loves and hopes of South Bay mom with late-stage cancer
• Redevelopment agencies' boosters still hoping for redemption
• SUV found torched on Portola Valley road
• Palo Alto reviewing more than 100 DUI cases because of faulty field breathalyzer
• DUI checkpoint set for undisclosed location Friday night in Redwood City
• Menlo Park's downtown plan could cause traffic headaches
• East Palo Alto moves to shut down medical marijuana dispensary
• Parcel tax for Los Altos school district ekes out win
• David DeJesus is Oakland A's unlikely home-run hero
• San Jose Sharks take 3-0 series lead
• Castaniada chosen to lead Soquel school district
• No agencies in San Mateo County use troubled DUI test