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• Vatican confirms pope's butler arrested in scandal
• Review: James Farm: Cinematic jazz goes pop
• Most students eagerly count the days until summer vacation, but homeless children will lose safe havens
• Three hearts in three days at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
• UFC 146: The comeback begins for Cain Velasquez
• Manny Ramirez not sure when he'll be ready to join Oakland A's
• Lionel Blanks convicted of beating, raping and trying to strangle woman parked on Palo Alto street for a nap
• Driver wounded in Bayfront Expressway shooting in Menlo Park
• Silicon Valley heavyweights urge Obama to weigh in on Hangar One's fate
• New York Yankees rough up Tyson Ross, Oakland A's
• Small grass fire smolders in San Jose
• Big inning bites Tim Lincecum again in San Francisco Giants' 7-6 loss to Miami Marlins
• In a Vatican whodunit, a punch line of a suspect
• Dragon makes history with space station docking
• Freshman assemblyman from Fremont faces two challengers
• Police not convinced by report of mountain lion attack in Los Gatos.
• Monterey: San Jose man arrested on suspicion he sent porn to girl, 14
• Stanford gymnast Alex Buscaglia keeps keen perspective on his Olympic bid
• Night Owl: Get your nerd on in Oakland's downtown
• Police Blotter
• Democratic Oakley Councilman Jim Frazier takes large lead in money race for Assembly seat
• New box design to make Tide Pods harder to eat
• From AOL squatter to entrepreneur
• Icon of Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, Robert 'Big Boy' Stagnaro, dies at 83
• Pizarro: Shopping around during President Obama's visit
• Likely runoff choices represent two extremes facing Egypt
• Hicks: Janet Jackson doesn't want niece Paris to start acting
• 3 last-minute getaways for Memorial Day weekend
• Federal government rejects Scotts Valley Indian casino in North Richmond
• San Jose woman killed in big rig crash remembered for family devotion
• U.N .finds uranium in Iran enriched to higher level
• Apple CEO Tim Cook turns down $75 million in dividends
• Clear fast-pass lanes return to SFO
• What's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query
• Yahoo kills iPad magazine Livestand less than a year after launch
• Bill banning employers from requesting social media passwords passes California Legislature
• Exclusive: San Francisco-based ECOtality sues state regulators over electric vehicle charging deal
• Hewlett-Packard works to keep Autonomy employees after founder's ouster
• Mercury News interview: Greg Woock, co-founder/CEO, Pinger
• New York Mets release Hayward's D.J. Carrasco
• Body found in Pleasanton trash is adult female, case being investigated as a homicide
• Biz Break: Silicon Valley's fails -- Facebook's stock, Yahoo's iPad magazine, Cisco's tablets
• Ex-San Leandro officer pleads no contest to marijuana charge, gets light sentence
• Fremont man, 18, arrested for battering girlfriend, her mother at BART station
• Bonny Zanardi: Rydell visual arts fellows featured at Sanchez Art Center
• Review: Tenacious D rocks the Fox in Oakland
• Police not convinced by report of mountain lion attack in Los Gatos
• 'American Idol': What fans think of Phillip Phillips' win
• 'So You Think You Can Dance': Big changes coming for live shows, but first up are auditions in New York, Dallas
• New study details mercury contamination in California sport fish
• Hill and Lieber stand out in 13th Senate District campaign
• Firefighters tackle difficult three-alarm San Jose blaze in office building
• Building owner interrupts burglary in unincorporated San Mateo County
• $80K loan makes Chang top fundraiser in Santa Clara County District 5 race
• Facebook could face huge damage claims from IPO
• Big Tobacco leads in spending race for June election
• Oakland A's slugger Josh Reddick gets resilience from father
• Ly Tong: Vietnamese 'freedom fighter' guilty of all but most serious offense
• Community meeting about police-involved shooting turns raucous, Occupy Oakland members arrested
• Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives
• Expert: Kleiner Perkins discrimination lawsuit is more about dollars than sex
• Sierra LaMar's alleged killer charged with murder; no plea entered, no bail set
• Big Tobacco leads spending race for June 5 election
• San Francisco Giants beat Miami Marlins 14-7
• Gordon faces 3 challengers in 24th district race
• Talks on Iran end; both sides to meet again in Moscow in June
• Romney ventures onto Democratic turf, gets earful in Philadelphia
• Fremont seventh-grader places third in National Geographic Bee
• US 30-year mortgage rate falls to record 3.78 percent
• Expert: Kleiner Perkins discrimination lawsuit is more about dollars than sex
• Soldier from San Jose killed in Afghanistan
• Pleasanton police investigating body found in trash can
• Man pleads not guilty to Peninsula Lego scam
• State regulators raise existing cap on solar 'net metering'
• Supreme Court limits protection against double jeopardy
• Facebook introduces own Instagram-like photo-sharing app despite acquisition
• Hewlett-Packard stock shoots higher after layoffs announcement
• Herhold: Sierra LaMar case resonates with many
• Electronic dance music is booming in Bay Area, across nation
• U.S. poised to OK possible arms for Syrian rebels
• Consumer Reports rates sunscreens; drugstore brand a best buy
• VA medical facilities draw health and safety violation citations
• Analysts' response to Hewlett-Packard layoffs
• West Contra Costa charter schools get mixed reception at board meeting
• Missouri opts for untested drug for executions
• Senate passes bill to speed up approval of key medicines
• Foster City police chief to retire
• President Barack Obama ends quick, quiet visit to San Jose
• Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs
• Family of Sierra LaMar suspect considered him the good son
• Support for new California tobacco tax drops
• Mullin the favorite in Assembly race
• The day the Golden Gate Bridge flattened
• New graduation requirements adopted by Palo Alto school board
• Redwood City lays out the welcome mat for Obama
• '80 Plates' Episode Tres: Monkfish, Ink & Nookie
• Romain Collin sets Piedmont Piano date
• Redwood City teen who allegedly set boyfriend's bed on fire pleads not guilty to attempted murder charge
• San Jose Earthquakes overcome 2-0 deficit to stun Los Angeles Galaxy
• President Obama arrives for two-day fund-raising trip
• Former Stanford star Katy Steding joins Cal women's basketball staff
• Golden State Warriors notebook: Drew Gordon works out, likes underdog role
• Ly Tong: Vietnamese 'freedom fighter' appears at trial in drag
• Herhold: When a choice is not really a choice
• Memorial Day weekend kicks off most dangerous time of year to be on the road
• Teen girl held in attempted murder of her mother
• El Cerrito: Mom arrested for shoplifting, waving knife with baby in tow
• Bikes recovered after being stolen from Bay Area cycling team
• Oakland A's still uncertain when Manny Ramirez will join them
• Tim Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith has lots of new toys
• Family of Sierra LaMar suspect considered him the good son
• 'American Idol' live blog: Who will take the crown?
• Man says Oregon psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay
• Walnut Creek fountain becomes mosaic art masterpiece
• Hicks: Scotty from 'Star Trek' finally goes into outer space
• San Jose school suspends three girls for cyberbullying
• Kennedy-King Memorial College Scholarships go to 17 undergraduates
• Secret Service director testifies about Colombia prostitution scandal
• Review: 'A Behanding in Spokane' at SF Playhouse
• 49ers sign punter Andy Lee to six-year contract
• Google scores victory in battle with Oracle
• Downtown Oakland Tully's closes because of furloughs and competition
• Pakistan sentences doctor who helped CIA find bin Laden to 33 years for treason
• Egyptians vote in first free presidential elections
• Late rally erases steep losses on Wall Street
• Suspect enters plea in slaying of Newark football star Osana Futi
• DA: Lego barcode switch scam hits the Peninsula
• BART proposes improvements with budget surplus
• Biz Break: Hewlett-Packard to cut thousands of jobs, Facebook stock turns around, Google triumphs over Oracle
• Facebook, Zuckerberg, banks sued over IPO
• A's offense stalls again in 11-inning, 3-1 loss to Angels
• Study: East Contra Costa commute among nation's worst
• Blue Shield of California CEO Bruce Bodaken to retire in December
• Several Vallejo women among newly minted ironworkers
• Hangar One preservationists aim to get Obama's attention
• Redwood City chooses firm to build downtown office complex and conference center
• Proposal to fund freeway overcrossing, trail link hits speed bump with Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
• Donald Driver scores touchdown, crowned new 'Dancing with the Stars' champ
• 'America's Got Talent': Howard Stern is growing on us
• Los Angeles Angels shut out Oakland A's 5-0
• San Jose City Council leaves minimum-wage hike to voters
• 'American Idol': Did Jessica or Phillip win your heart?
• Rolando McClain has Raiders' support right now, but his future is full of uncertainty
• Leno looks to add San Mateo County constituents
• No charges in Foster City intruder shooting, DA says
• Obama campaign rolls out its LGBT drive in California
• San Francisco gay marriage case goes to federal appeals court in September
• San Jose approves Vietnam War monument
• Want more San Jose flights? Speak up, airport officials say
• Buster Posey hits another HR as San Francisco Giants defeat Milwaukee Brewers
• Bay Area open space: 75 percent is being protected, but 300,000 acres are still at risk
• Proposals for Peninsula High - a continuation school - draw backlash from parents and police
• Woman killed in Sunnyvale mobile home fire
• Obama sees gold on California coast, little inland
• CIA discloses names of 15 killed in line of duty
• Golden State Warriors announce plan to move to San Francisco in 2017
• Firefighters responding to house fire in Antioch
• Silicon Valley tech executive nabbed in flim-flam involving Lego toys
• Five left to vie for Nadia Lockyer's empty Alameda County District 2 Supervisor seat
• Feds to probe Facebook IPO; stock continues to fall
• Brown makes pitch to business leaders for tax hikes
• Oakland police release sketch of sexual assault suspect
• Partner sues Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers firm for sex discrimination, retaliation
• SAP agrees to buy Sunnyvale-based Ariba for $4.3 billion
• Tesla's Model S will land with customers June 22
• 49ers notes: Kyle Williams says NFC title game turnovers provide motivation
• Suspect in Sierra LaMar case was watched constantly for weeks before his arrest
• Cuba's first daughter lands in Bay Area
• A's outfielder brings science of baseball to Richmond school
• After 35 years, Jill Tarter will no longer lead search for ET
• Anonymous donor ensures Andrew Luck's legacy will live on at Stanford
• Sister of Sierra LaMar suspect says 'it's not him'
• After public outcry, Pleasant Hill to review home gun sales
• Record number of school districts in financial trouble
• Late Contra Costa supervisor lauded for her devotion to the county
• Authorities ID motorcyclist who died Sunday in Fremont crash
• Massachusetts subpoenas Morgan Stanley for Facebook actions
• Facebook-Morgan Stanley furor 'shows the inherent conflicts of investment banking'
• Yahoo Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn to focus on content, advertising, insiders say
• SpaceX rocket blasts off, headed to space station
• 'The Bachelorette' recap: Emily makes some rainbow connections
• 'America's Got Talent' recap: Crowd goes nuts for a man named Horse
• Authorities announce arrest in Sierra LaMar disappearance
• Palo Alto City Council signs off on driveway that will connect Art Center, Main Library lots but run through community garden
• Stanford community critical of bridge, trail link projects
• Cal's softball team to host Washington in NCAA super regionals this weekend
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Flurry of 10's as Levy, Jenkins, Driver impress
• Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum's dad says son is close to finding his old form
• Golden State Warriors set to announce plan to move to San Francisco
• Developer offers 'no-electric bill' homes in Brentwood and Rio Vista retirement communities
• Rutgers webcam-spying defendant sentenced to 30 days in jail
• Silicon Valley tech executive nabbed in false barcode scheme involving Lego toys
• Facebook stock plummets on second day of trading
• San Jose: Firefighters extinguish garbage truck fire, townhomes singed
• San Jose City Council to consider higher minimum wage on Tuesday
• Residents want deadly PG&E pipe plugged with cement, San Bruno says
• San Jose Vietnamese 'freedom fighter': It wasn't pepper spray
• San Jose man was driver in crash-and-clash with bikers on Peninsula freeway
• Peninsula molestation defendant withheld toys for sex, DA says
• Berkeley Police Chief orders detectives to track down son's stolen iPhone in Oakland
• Cosco Busan oil-spill pilot trying to sail in San Francisco Bay again
• Apple's Tim Cook, Oracle's Larry Ellison had highest CEO compensations in 2011, study finds
• Hicks: Arsenio Hall about to launch comeback
• A's activate Coco Crisp, put him in lineup
• Hicks: Miley Cyrus forgot to wear pants to Billboard Music Awards
• Action Line: Penny stolen is a penny stolen
• Missing UC Santa Cruz hiker found safe in Yosemite
• Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz dialing back due to health concerns
• O'Brien: Time to change our expectations about IPOs after Facebook 'flop'
• Court won't reduce student's music download fine
• Warriors-San Francisco courtship may be getting serious
• Yahoo's sale of Alibaba stock called good news for troubled company
• California Senate votes to allow self-driving cars
• 'Transformers' ride at Universal Studios changed shape many times before Friday opening
• Berkeley crash victim identified; had been preparing to attend UCLA grad school
• Senators target federal judges' tropical get-together
• 'The Normal Heart' comes to San Francisco's ACT
• Drew Gordon works to repair reputation for NBA draft
• Biz Break: Who's to blame for Facebook's fall as Wall Street rises?
• Family, friends gather in Alameda to remember fallen soldier
• Herhold: Pauper's cemetery 'discovered' again
• Quakes' Victor Bernardez called up by Honduran nation team
• Millions look skyward as eclipse crosses US, Asia
• Monday is the last day to register to vote
• National study tracks number of people falsely convicted of crime
• Congress pulls plug on Pell Grants; thousands of students affected
• Golden State Warriors mum on purported move to San Francisco
• Parents make appeals before webcam case sentencing
• Some gay rights advocates oppose jail time in Rutgers case
• Mercury News wins 26 Peninsula Press Club awards
• Top-seeded Cal overwhelms Arkansas twice to advance to NCAA softball tournament's super regional
• Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B
• Mark Purdy: San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum searching for answers
• Tim Kawakami: Golden State Warriors appear headed to San Francisco
• Political Blotter: Medical pot activists plan State Capitol blitz
• Robert Gesink wins Tour of California cycling race
• More than 50K runners, walkers show up for Bay to Breakers
• Pakistan temporarily blocks Twitter over cartoons
• Al-Megrahi, convicted in Lockerbie bombing, dies at 60
• Two critical ties in play for Obama at NATO meeting
• Conservative donors slow to back Romney's campaign
• Pell Grants plug pulled for thousands of students
• Oakland A's snap 11-game losing streak at AT&T Park in 6-2 win over San Francisco Giants
• Tim Lincecum continues to struggle in San Francisco Giants' 6-2 loss to Oakland A's
• Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62 following battle with cancer
• New revolution coming to electronics technology
• Wolverton: Comcast takes step in right direction but needs to go further
• USS Iowa's departure delayed by rough seas
• Police: Bikers beat video-taping driver on Highway 101
• Scotts Valley man dead in San Mateo county crash
• Strong quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy
• Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60
• Golden Gate Bridge anniversary: After 75 years, it remains California's icon
• Earthquakes' Chris Wondolowski called to U.S. national team training camp
• First tropical storm of the season Alberto forms off South Carolina
• U.S. men's eight crew takes top seed at 2012 Olympic qualifier
• A's hold Manny Ramirez out of minor league rehab game with wrist injury
• A's put starter Brandon McCarthy on disabled list with shoulder strain
• Ethiopian woman takes Bay to Breakers race
• San Pablo boy, 5, struck and killed by car in Richmond
• Two gun-toting suspects rob Redwood City liquor store
• Woman's body found in waters outside Golden Gate
• Vallejo mayor's motorcycle stolen from City Hall parking lot
• Alan Gordon rescues San Jose Earthquakes again
• Taking slice out of labor key to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax campaign
• Poole: Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin finds another loss to San Francisco Giants hard to swallow
• Indy 500 qualifying: Ryan Briscoe wins the closest pole duel in event's history
• San Jose-based Daniel Cormier wins Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix
• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg changes status to 'married'
• San Jose man wounded in gang-related shooting
• Contra Costa Supervisor Gayle Uilkema dies following bout with cancer
• Cleanup volunteers find body in San Jose's Guadalupe River
• Manny Ramirez goes 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in his return to pro ball
• Ordeal ended, China activist lands in U.S.
• 83-year-old ex-Marine to scale Mount Whitney in campaign against Feinstein
• Maker Faire explodes into the ultimate DIY project
• Herhold: Ms. Ravel goes to Sacramento
• San Jose SaberCats have six turnovers in 72-47 loss to San Antonio Talons
• Oakland Effect: Richmond students contemplate violence globally and locally
• Fremont student to represent California in National Geographic Bee
• Man survives being stabbed in head in East Palo Alto
• Man dies after being struck by Caltrain in Burlingame
• Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another wins Preakness
• SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
• Thomas Peele: News operation seeking involvement from citizen journalists
• Annular solar eclipse -- a 'ring of fire' -- visible in Northern California on Sunday
• Three men accused of plotting attacks around NATO summit in Chicago
• South Asia a rising force in global meth trade
• Jim Beall, Joe Coto compete for 15th Senate District each
• Charting Obama's journey to reshape Afghan War
• Top news photos: Caught up in NATO summit protests, taking laps and more
• Man dies after being struck by Caltrain in Burlingame
• Road closures planned in Fremont for Holy Spirit parade Sunday
• Romney's Mormon faith runs silent, but deep
• Authorities ID San Francisco woman killed in Oakland crash
• Oakland A's shut out by San Francisco Giants 4-0
• Roadshow: Over 61,000 cell phone-texting tickets issued in April crackdown
• Fatal school bombing stokes worries of new violence in Italy
• San Francisco Giants shut out Oakland A's 4-0
• Man found dead in Guadalupe River in San Jose
• Two people injured in separate San Mateo County vehicle accidents
• Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?
• Roadshow: Praise for improved DMV service
• Three-alarm fire at marijuana grow operation on Oakland's Auto Row
• Mary Kennedy is mourned at private funeral in New York
• Families' rift evident in Kennedy funeral plans
• Great expectations for Stanford diver Kristian Ipsen
• Runner's World founder doesn't let age slow him down
• What Silicon Valley venture capitalists say about the Facebook IPO
• Court says county can move San Jose graves
• Albany artist's passion for fire, robots to be on display at Maker Faire
• Barry Zito pitches well; San Francisco Giants hold off A's 8-6
• Review: 'Endgame,' 'Play' at ACT in San Francisco
• Steward: Darting here and there . . .
• A's Josh Donaldson shows some pop in return to A's
• Palo Alto City Council to plot course in road debate
• Bonny Zanardi: Open studios is grand closing for 1870 Art Center
• Impressive Daly City pair to graduate
• Analyst calls Brown budget projections 'realistic'
• San Jose: Gilroy man convicted of murder in retrial of 2009 DUI crash that killed 6-year-old
• Chavez Supermarket sets up shop on Mission Boulevard in Hayward
• Cassidy: Facebook's IPO is more than a liquidity event in Silicon Valley -- and beyond
• Police Blotter
• Former foster youths push Contra Costa to fund gap in transition to adult independence
• Move over Segway, Honda introduces the Uni-Cub
• O'Brien: HP layoffs and Facebook IPO reflect Silicon Valley's highs and lows
• Well break outside Scotts Valley prompts mandatory water conservation for more than 500 homes
• Low-flow watering options for gardeners
• South Bay adds 3,600 jobs, strongest employment gains for April in entire state
• Social media stocks take hit
• Bay Area regional growth plan advances
• It's official: Martinez sells historic building amid hopes for a downtown revival
• Difficult graduation for family of San Jose teen killed in 2009
• The unemployment rate fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country
• Pizarro: Happy Hollow opens its gates for a zoo VIP
• Gov. Brown names Marquez, Greenwood and Danner to judicial posts
• Federal officials announces 20,000 youth summer jobs
• San Diego man's defibrillator stops knife during attack
• People: Van Halen postpones concerts to avoid burnout
• San Jose dad lobbies to require schools to stock allergy-attack medication
• Biz Break: Facebook's IPO underwhelms as Wall Street, other social media stocks plunge
• Financial media, and their camp followers, gather outside Facebook campus
• Facebook IPO huge but no pop
• Man killed in Fremont crash involving big rig
• High school students share name, share quote, share fame
• Driver who was hero in Chowchilla bus kidnap dies
• Mysterious 'massive' black cat spotted again in the hills of Pleasanton
• San Jose man dies after getting caught in middle of CHP chase
• Police: Peninsula man faked carjacking story
• Oakland pot entrepreneur facing criminal charges
• Berkeley will revamp media policies after chief sent officer to reporter's home
• Seven injured in Palo Alto when car collides with airport shuttle
• Mountain View City Council to vote on letter of support for naming post office in fallen soldier's memory
• San Francisco Giant hitters come alive in victory over St. Louis Cardinals
• In brief
• Union City school to hold free documentary screening
• Cataloging wounds of war to help heal them
• State judges must post financial info online
• San Jose city officials to temporarily reinstate homeless camp cleanups
• Family's search for grandmother's remains leads to San Jose hospital grave site
• O'Brien: Facebook reminds us that whatever its flaws, Silicon Valley works
• Atherton: PG&E crews repairing gas line leak that prompted shelter in place
• Teen caught cheating can't return to Sequoia High honors class, judge rules
• Crews responding to downed power lines in Woodside, SF
• U.S. forecasters say heat will stay on this summer
• No DEA agents took part in Honduran shootout, U.S. says
• Hercules loses state environmental grant; city, state exchange letters
• San Mateo announces date for Lee memorial service
• Man, 20, busted for pepper spraying cousins, 5 and 8, near Redwood City
• War crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb commander delayed
• World's first Wikipedia town to launch in Wales
• Facebook sets bar high for huge IPO
• Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain found guilty
• County lawyers win national honor
• Mean streets. Drug-addict mom. Failure in school. Teenage motherhood. Physically abusive boyfriend - Now: University of San Francisco graduate
• Despite Bay Area efforts, the USS Iowa is heading to L.A. as a military museum
• Seven Bay Area players selected to U.S. women's Olympic water polo team
• San Jose retirement chief to retire
• Gravel spill blocking lanes on westbound I-580 in Castro Valley
• Hicks: Billy Bob Thornton on Angelina Jolie -- he' 'like the janitor who married Audrey Hepburn'
• Dark days for California's courts
• Teen triumphs over obesity
• Authorities ID bicyclist struck and killed by vehicle in Dublin
• Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy will host a benefit concert on Tuesday to raise money for his camp
• Martinez: Outdoor dining a go, but plan to abolish one-way streets on hold
• Missing San Jose man found alive a week after discovery of his wrecked pickup
• Analysts: Market 'overreacting' in Samsung sell-off over Apple supplier report
• Iran to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf name
• Facebook orders have stopped at almost all banks
• Purdy: 49ers' Super Bowl bid will take a village, or a valley
• Review: Dandy Warhols rock the Fillmore
• Roadshow: A new Roadshow contest: Where are the most considerate drivers?
• Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss unveils proposal to spend $8M on bike-pedestrian overcrossing, key Bay Trail link
• '80 Plates' Episode Two: Sheep, Quenelles and Massive Egos
• Menlo Park dad won't face charges over son's teen drinking party
• One man shot, another assaulted in San Jose fight
• 'American Idol' Top 3: Who won the night?
• Darvish, injuries put big hurt on Oakland
• Anemic San Francisco Giants lose to St. Louis Cardinals
• What will Facebook do with all its cash?
• Leland High assistant principal charged with molesting underage girl
• Letter from Sierra Lamar's dad marks 2-month anniversary since teen went missing
• Sacramento man gets 18 years for killing college roommate from Santa Clara
• Caltrain hits, kills man in South San Jose
• Herhold: Get ready for a showdown on your water bill
• Syrian leader, in rare TV interview, disparages opponents
• Volunteers needed for annual creeks cleanup
• San Jose's East Side district names former teacher as superintendent
• Stop the presses, fire up the grill: Pleasant Hill In-N-Out opens Thursday
• Electrical fire reveals warehouse-sized pot grow in Richmond
• Healthy eating can cost less, study finds
• Video of incident involving Raiders' Rolando McClain surfaces
• Pleasanton woman sentenced to year in county jail for burning down family home
• Richmond to place 'soda tax' on November ballot
• FEC says Feinstein can't go back to donors after embezzlement
• Authorities ID man found dead at Castro Valley house
• Facebook IPO frenzy builds
• Bay Area plan to guide growth up for regional vote
• Sagan wins fourth straight Tour of California stage
• Man killed while sitting in his car in Richmond
• Gas leak at Contra Costa College nearly fixed after classes evacuated
• Former FAME charter school CEO claims in suit that she's a scapegoat
• The buzz: Study finds coffee drinkers live longer
• Huge DEA sweep crushes alleged father-and-son marijuana ring based in the East Bay
• Dwight Bentel, founder of San Jose State University journalism department, dies at 103
• Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm
• 'Good cholesterol' may be an overstatement, study finds
• Santa Clara painter gets prison for bogus tax returns
• Cybercrimes (via cell phones) up in 2011
• State Supreme Court to decide if illegal immigrant can practice law
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Maria Menounos and Derek Hough eliminated
• Facebook boosts number of shares, pushing possible IPO proceeds near record $18 billion
• Kawakami: It's clear some San Francisco Giants went out in a blaze of glory with 2010 title
• Roadshow: Nasty nickname once again fits the Nimitz Freeway
• Palo Alto, police union agree to new contract
• Palo Alto Animal Services scores another victory
• San Francisco Giants' flaws exposed in 5-4 loss to Colorado
• Monte Poole: Carson Palmer's defining year with Oakland Raiders
• San Jose City Council votes to cap payday lenders
• Atherton's interim police chief could get the job for good tonight
• San Jose City Council OKs developer incentives to build downtown apartment high rises
• 'America's Got Talent' recap: San Francisco auditions weird and wonderful
• Cancer survivor starts San Jose's Amgen Tour of California stage with a bang
• Judge OKs video of wife in SF sheriff's hearing
• San Jose approves social host law
• In brief
• Millbrae beats cop's retaliation suit
• Man survives being struck by Caltrain in South S.F.
• Immigration permit auction touted as reform that would aid economy
• Contra Costa election forums air on public television, online Forums on available on public television and online
• Santa Clara Valley Water District under investigation for violating water-pollution laws
• Candidates set the table for 18th Assembly District seat
• Body found in bloody scene at Castro Valley home
• Cassidy: How Philz Coffee became the official beverage of IPO darling Facebook
• Romney pins 'prairie fire of debt' on Obama
• Is Facebook a good investment?
• Obama assets valued at $2.6 million to $8.3 million
• Rally in Oakland on Wednesday to decry proposed early education budget cuts
• City Slicker Farms is accepting bids to turn old paint factory into a farm
• Burglars steal cash from Foothill High principal's office in Pleasanton
• Malcolm X festival Saturday in Oakland
• 3 suspected gang members charged in deadly San Pablo drive-by shooting
• Judge: Video of suspended SF Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife can be used in suspension hearing
• Yahoo, AOL veteran Garlinghouse takes helm of startup YouSendIt
• Appeals court upholds securities fraud findings against former Silicon Valley executive
• Amgen Tour nears the finish line in Livermore
• Hicks: Ellen DeGeneres wins Mark Twain award
• Peter Sagan continues Tour of California dominance, wins Stage 3 with sprint finish in Livermore
• Facebook IPO has individual investors in a tizzy
• Raiders' Darren McFadden feels like his old self
• Oakland's annual Greek festival starts Friday
• DA: Peninsula community leader's murder suspect competent for trial
• Raiders' backup quarterback Terrelle Pryor looks sharp in practice
• Oakland: NBC reporter, photographer have equipment stolen in brazen daylight theft
• Palo Alto City Council approves 'gateway' building
• San Carlos Council chooses new mayor, but splits on how to fill Andy Klein's council seat
• 'The Bachelorette' recap: Emily wants a minivan full of babies
• Driver stunned, carjacked in East Palo Alto
• Oakland A's defeat Los Angeles Angels 5-0
• Giants topple Colorado Rockies
• 'Dancing with the Stars': 10's fly for incredible quartet of semifinalists
• Fox fall lineup moves 'Glee,' brings changes to 'X Factor'
• 'America's Got Talent' recap: Howard Stern behaves himself in debut
• Gov. Jerry Brown slashes programs for the poor, threatens to do the same to schools
• San Jose proposes payday lending restrictions
• Herhold: A bully's confession from the '60s
• Los Gatos doctor started drug-dealing operation, DA says
• San Francisco makes new play for Warriors
• 9 arrested after UC police clear out 'Occupy the Farm' settlement in Albany
• Pittsburg couple volunteers time to teach kids through sports, help with academics
• Proposed legislation targets bonuses to utility executives, including PG&E
• Santa Cruz: Physician accused of diverting drugs for his use surrenders medical license
• Roadshow: Green-bike lanes aren't a hit with everyone
• Couple robbed on river levee in Santa Cruz, police say
• Richmond to consider placing 'soda tax' before voters
• Gov. Jerry Brown says voters face 'day of reckoning' to avoid budget pain
• MLB, union rescind ex-Giant Eliezer Alfonzo's 100-game drug ban
• Man gets stabbed for intervening in downtown Los Gatos fight
• Warriors promote Kirk Lacob to assistant GM
• Ooh, aah: Take in Yosemite views -- by computer.
• Slovakia's Peter Sagan wins another Tour of California stage with strong finish in Aptos
• Hicks: Michael Jackson's clothes going on tour
• Man killed in drive-by shooting in North Richmond
• AEG holds on to lead in bid for O.co Coliseum contract
• South San Francisco: Monday blaze possibly tied to string of arson fires
• Five arrested on suspicion of scamming 83-year-old El Cerrito man out of thousands
• Homeless brothers see light at end of tunnel after lightning strike
• Authorities confirm VTA supervisor found dead near Tracy
• Yahoo's stock rises in wake of CEO's departure, Third Point deal
• Review: 'The Dictator'
• Bump California death penalty measure from November ballot, group says
• Apple to reportedly introduce Instagram-like photo-sharing features to iCloud
• Matt Leinart happy to join a West Coast offense with Raiders
• Facebook IPO has privacy implications, advocates say
• More solo drivers using toll lanes at Highway 237 and Interstate 880
• San Bruno to welcome back survivors of PG&E blast
• Tables turned: UC Berkeley researchers study kids to make computers smarter
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• In brief
• Bay Area school districts rescinding layoff notices
• San Jose Earthquakes earn 1-1 draw with Chivas USA
• Dems, GOP using popular bills to hurt other party
• AP source: Top JPMorgan official expected to leave
• On gay marriage declaration, Obama tried to limit risk
• Member of Afghan peace council is assassinated
• States cracking down on strangulation attempts
• Antioch police investigating nonfatal Sunday shooting near West 10th Street
• Daniel Loeb: Southern California native a hedge fund manager who takes on corporate executives
• Shred it, skateboard mama!
• Peter Sagan takes first stage of Amgen Tour of California
• Yahoo announcement of CEO Scott Thompson's resignation a victory for Third Point
• Oakland Athletics fall to Detroit Tigers 3-1
• San Francisco Giants take series against Arizona Diamondbacks with 7-3 win
• Fire destroys seven downtown Mariposa businesses
• Police say dad delivering kids to soccer game was going 104 mph
• School districts issuing fewer layoff notices
• Malicious online ads target consumers
• Political Blotter: House again refuses to stop federal raids on medical marijuana
• Mark Purdy: Giants, A's ownership should do what's right for baseball
• NBC announces a fall schedule heavy on comedy
• Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson stepping down
• Yahoo Statement: Scott Thompson out as CEO; new chairman and new interim CEO named
• Boston University community mourns loss of three classmates
• Lance Armstrong's former manager to rejoin team for Stage 2
• Police looking for Menlo Park gunmen
• Gunman kills Afghan peace council member in Kabul
• California FBI agent missing, possibly armed, suicidal
• Official: 49 bodies left on Mexico highway
• Bass player Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo
• Oakland A's outfielder Jonny Gomes swings pink bat for mom
• Poole: Oakland Raiders rookie receiver Juron Criner is quick to impress
• San Jose's District 10 winner could solidify mayor's power base on City Council
• Tour of California: Reigning champ Chris Horner making case for Olympics
• Decline in companies going public prompts worries about role of big-banks in IPOs
• Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants beat Diamondbacks 5-2
• Website reports that federal agents served Lance Armstrong's former team director with subpoena
• Internal Affairs: Readers take a whack at city sign -- and guess who gets lopped off
• Body found in sedan of missing VTA worker
• Winning lottery ticket sold in San Jose
• Capuchino art teacher savors new home
• Brandon McCarthy, Oakland A's beat Detroit Tigers 3-1
• Oakland Effect: Tell us what 'Oakland effect' means to you
• FAME charter school faces uncertain future
• Online gun business based in Pleasant Hill condo raises concerns
• Slideshow: Google's Eric Schmidt delivers UC Berkeley keynote speech
• Medical group offers free care to uninsured
• Gov. Jerry Brown removes controversial doctor fighting tobacco tax
• Luhr/Graf win overall title at American Le Mans Series Monterey
• Oakland Raiders rookies get crash course during minicamp
• Herhold: The travails of Rose Herrera
• A's outfielder Yoenis Cespedes goes on disabled list
• California's budget deficit has ballooned to $16 billion, Gov. Jerry Brown says
• Gov. Jerry Brown: California facing $16 billion shortfall
• Top news photos: Football fans riot in Istanbul, hot air balloon festival and more
• Earthquakes not rattled by injuries
• Family and co-workers search for missing VTA supervisor
• Facebook is more than the year's hottest stock story -- it's a cultural phenomenon
• Oakland officials ask public to send video, photos of vandals
• One killed, one injured in Oakland shootings
• Police: Man arrested after pulling gun on victim in Santa Cruz
• Pleasanton boy suffers minor injuries when run over by vehicle
• San Ramon house fire displaces family of four
• One-alarm fire damages Bay Point home
• Man dies from heart attack in boat off Half Moon Bay coast
• Former Warriors coach Don Nelson graduates from Iowa 50 years later
• Rescued girl tells sister: 'Now we can go home'
• Spain braces for more protests over economic woes
• In Egypt turmoil, thieves hunt pharaonic treasures
• Oakley man lone American killed in Indonesia plane crash
• Oakland A's slug way to 11-4 romp over Detroit Tigers
• San Francisco Giants lose again in Arizona
• Tim Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers top pick A.J. Jenkins gets message from taskmaster Jim Harbaugh
• Veterans incensed over report of overwhelming delays at Oakland VA office
• Moms react to Time's provocative breast-feeding cover
• SaberCats beat Utah Blaze, own first place in Arena Football League's West Division
• DA: 'Biker Babes' scam leads to charges for San Jose auto dealer
• San Carlos to consider being ruled by local charter instead of state law
• Mountain View woman seeks to rename downtown post office after son killed in Iraq war
• School board trustee says San Mateo County supe's job is a perfect match for her experience
• Bonny Zanardi: Nigerian art unmasked at Cantor Arts Center
• Problems with San Jose homeless community rise as raids cease
• San Jose police: Student with Airsoft gun touched off Independence High lockdown
• Mother of missing teen Sierra LaMar issues Mother's Day letter
• Oakland's Jack London Market still hungry for food vendors
• Authorities: Kidnapped girls didn't eat for days
• 49ers, San Francisco team up -- to bring Super Bowl to Santa Clara
• Prolific surgeon leads way as Fremont hospital rides wave in joint replacements
• 20,000 mourners pay final respects to Junior Seau at public memorial service
• Big bank hurt by trades that regulation sought to end
• Former senior Murdoch aide faces hacking inquiry
• 49ers rookie LaMichael James determined to make big impression
• Gov. Jerry Brown removes controversial doctor fighting tobacco tax
• Mercury News interview: Paul Leonard, Center for Responsible Lending
• Case of Chen Guangcheng raises question of who really runs China
• Cal softball: Bears shut out Arizona State, clinch first outright Pac-12 title since 1987
• Roadshow: Bottlenecks at 87-101 and 85-Foothill Expressway in South Bay could be unplugged
• Jennifer Hudson family slayings suspect convicted of murder
• Pizarro: A big week for honoring women in Silicon Valley
• Palo Alto school's fab lab teaches students to create and build
• Roadshow: Rules of the road same for green bike lanes
• Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies at 89
• Former Your Black Muslim Bakery member not guilty in gun case
• Biz Break: Gilead pins hopes on HIV drug; Apple rumors; and chipmakers' outlook improves
• Levi Leipheimer to compete in Tour of California after all
• Newark students grieve for slain football star Osana Futi
• Zuckerberg and Facebook roadshow come to Palo Alto
• West Contra Costa schools erred in teacher layoffs, judge rules
• Disabled BART train at San Francisco's Civic Center station causing delays
• Los Gatos murder-for-hire: Ex-fiancee was willing to lie on stand, according to document
• Carl Steward: Darting here and there . . .
• Shelter-in-place lifted from 3 San Jose High Schools after gunman flees area
• A's send outfield prospect Michael Taylor to Triple-A Sacramento
• Hicks: Whitney Houston's family to star in reality show
• Reprieve for Palo Alto Animal Services
• Paly alumna dies from bacterial meningitis in St. Louis
• Redwood City teen charged with setting boyfriend's bed on fire
• Spotlight put on weapon in attack on Vietnamese singer
• Detroit Tigers unload on Oakland A's starter Bartolo Colon in 10-6 win
• Monte Poole: Question still lingers as fans says goodbye to Junior Seau
• Mark Purdy: Oakland Raiders fans should be concerned about Minnesota Vikings stadium deal
• Former Stanford receiver Chris Owusu looks for fresh start with the San Francisco 49ers
• Brothers suspected in San Jose homicide arrested in Salt Lake City
• Rising California gas prices expected to increase even more
• 60,000 tiny salmon trucked to Pillar Point Harbor
• Millbrae: Man who killed friend gets 57 years
• BART board approves contract for 410 new train cars
• Authorities continue to probe Santa Clara fire that destroyed unfinished townhouses
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: Junior Girl Scouts bring some joy to Santa Clara County shelter animals
• San Jose City Hall falcons given names
• Federal appeals court overturns Alameda County death sentence
• Santa Clara men's tennis team ready for its first NCAA tournament appearance
• Hicks: Time magazine's breast-feeding covers causes stir
• Fremont school board reluctantly raises class sizes
• Oakland's Mother of the Year event is Saturday
• 'American Idol': Time runs out for Hollie Cavanagh
• Expect delays Tuesday due to Amgen Tour of California
• Owners claim pit bull found tied to Antioch railroad track
• NBC renews 'Parenthood,' plans final season of '30 Rock'
• Dog bite ends hunt for Morgan Hill sex offender
• Solar industry, utilities clash over proposal to change the way "net metering" is calculated
• Equipment problems causing 20-minute BART delays
• San Jose SaberCats set up well for Friday's first-place showdown with Utah
• Bay Area vets wait almost a year on average to have claims processed at Oakland VA facility
• Gilead drug can prevent HIV, FDA panel says
• Dog adopted by family friend after cyclist is killed in hit-and-run accident
• Live coverage: Garcia sentenced to life in prison in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case
• Rally Friday in Oakland against cuts to services for women and families
• 'Help me! Get me out!': Burning car crash driver in San Rafael rescued, then booked
• California's only wolf meets people, gets picture taken
• Herhold: Scott Thompson's resume is not the real issue: His performance is
• Owners claim pit bull found tied to Antioch railroad track
• Injury accident blocking all lanes of I-80 near Richmond
• O'Brien: Only remaining drama to Scott Thompson story: Will he quit or will Yahoo board push him out?
• State audit blasts Hercules financial practices; more reports coming up
• Standoff at Oakland hills home ends peacefully
• Hicks: Russell Brand will host MTV Movie Awards
• Apple processor supplier Audience, San Mateo's WageWorks have successful IPOs
• Report: Darrius Heyward-Bey of Oakland Raiders charged with drunken driving
• Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson says he never gave company a resume, source says
• Microsoft deeply integrates Facebook search results with Bing in effort to battle Google
• iPrimate: Orangutans at Miami zoo use iPads to communicate
• U.S. wireless subscribers hang up on contract plans
• Apple, Foxconn to share costs of improving factories
• Sony reports record $5.7 billion annual loss
• Fewer Californians attending state universities, researchers find
• It's hot, but not record-breaking hot
• Five-alarm Santa Clara fire rages 100 feet high through three homes being built
• Narayana Murthy, Infosys co-founder and avid philanthropist, to be honored by annual Tech Awards
• Proposals surface for saving Palo Alto Animal Services division
• Silicon Valley Soap Box Derby slated for May 19, drivers still needed
• San Francisco Giants lose to Dodgers 6-2
• Menlo Park council member runs for San Mateo County supervisor seat on housing platform
• 47 San Mateo households will be transferred into new school districts
• 'American Idol': Joshua, Jessica blow the judges away
• Mark Purdy: It'll be salsa time for Oakland A's if Yoenis Cespedes stays healthy
• Report: San Francisco police shoot, kill man in Nob Hill standoff
• President Barack Obama announces support for same-sex marriage
• Trial of Vietnamese 'freedom fighter' to begin
• Obama's shift on gay marriage in line with country's shift
• Silicon Valley technology helps power new 'sharing economy'
• Herhold: Sheriff should upgrade the level of candor on Sierra LaMar case
• Adults with disabilities learn to perform at college of their own
• Bed, Bath & Beyond to buy Cost Plus
• New Russian aircraft vanishes during flight
• Union City exempts gas stations from tobacco ordinance
• Actress wife in key role for Mexican front-runner
• Fremont second-grader wins national wildlife art contest
• Saratoga, Santa Clara school districts pass parcel taxes
• Blast near U.N. vehicle shows fragility of Syria truce
• Molotov cocktail suspected in fire in unincorporated San Pablo
• Community mourns San Jose native killed in Half Moon Bay crash
• Hicks: Sofia Vergara splits with boyfriend
• Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says recall campaign poised to fail
• Long-time San Bruno Mayor Bob Marshall dies
• Silicon Valley technology helps power new 'sharing economy'
• Roadshow: Come meet Mr. and Mrs. Roadshow at Hybrids 2 Hot Rods show on Saturday
• Bike to work? Me?
• Mountain View tech firm Audience prices IPO higher than expected, raises $89.6 million
• Biz Break: Wall Street's free fall continues; Cisco and Tesla head in opposite directions after earnings reports
• SFO-bound jet makes emergency landing in Denver
• Man guilty in 2008 San Francisco traffic killings
• Cable TV program to examine San Leandro cold case Friday night
• A's lose to Blue Jays
• Samsung acquires Palo Alto mobile startup mSpot
• Late payments on mortgages fall in first quarter of 2012
• Pizarro: Solving the Santana Row parking crunch one shop at a time
• Hicks: 'Avengers' sequel gets green light
• Review: Death Cab brings Magik to Fox
• Former bike racer Bob Roll rolls into TV career with offbeat wit
• Mount Diablo provides a new wrinkle when Amgen Tour of California hits the Bay Area next week
• Authorities investigating San Jose's 8th homicide in a month
• Sheriff retracts endorsement of incumbent San Jose Councilwoman Rose Herrera
• Palo Alto's Jive Software posts stronger than expected quarterly numbers
• Judge tosses out second California Avenue suit
• Mountain View approves switch in animal services providers, ends partnership with Palo Alto
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Fans finish Roshon Fegan; Melissa Gilbert gone, as well
• Antioch focuses federal block grant dollars toward code enforcement, economic development
• Brandon Inge's ninth-inning grand slam lifts Oakland A's by Toronto Blue Jays
• Ryan Vogelsong, Brett Pill leads San Francisco Giants to 2-1 win over Los Angeles Dodgers
• Redwood City auto mechanic gets jail time for unneeded repairs
• 'The Voice': And the winner is ...
• Mountain View police seek man who allegedly exposed himself to girl -- twice
• U.S. News and World Report's top 100 high schools includes seven Bay Area schools
• Jefferson Union hopes third time is the charm
• California will reach 40 million people milestone later than expected
• Settlement reached in 2009 San Francisco Bay oil spill
• Airline plotter a double agent, U.S. officials say
• Scientists find 100-fold increase in plastic trash in Pacific Ocean since 1970s
• San Mateo County approves $16.5 million for new jail
• Investigators have car possibly connected to disappearance of missing teen Sierra LaMar
• Cupertino eighth-grader wins junior division of California State Science Fair
• Report: Schools key to fighting America's obesity
• O'Brien: For Color founder, failure and reboots are just another day in Silicon Valley
• Hobbs, NM, picked as site of scientific ghost town
• State's lawyers call MTC's building purchase improper; opinion fuels regionalism reform
• Thomas Kinkade autopsy: alcohol, Valium and smudges of green paint
• Apple can't be sued in U.S. in iPad trademark case, judge rules
• Rabid bat found in city of Watsonville
• Hicks: Denise Richards dating Richie Sambora, kissing Charlie Sheen
• Quakes announcer Gus Johnson making an impact in first year calling soccer matches
• Crews battling raging fire at Antioch tire shop
• Woman accused of running over San Mateo man during robbery
• Biz Break: First Yahoo domino falls, Wall Street claws back at the finish
• Silicon Valley engineer convicted in Marvell trade secrets case
• California will reach 40 million people milestone later than expected
• Castro Valley toddler mauled by family dog, the second East Bay attack in two days
• 7 Bay Area high schools ranked among magazine's top 100
• Ad for cigarette-tax initiative attacks tobacco industry
• Oakland Raiders sign free agent center Colin Miller
• Democratic senators push back against plan to close state parks
• Apple zooms up Fortune 500 list, but can't catch oil giants, Hewlett-Packard
• Local pizzerias defy the corporate restaurant steamroller
• Pleasanton mother, daughter shot to death in their home
• Users of Zynga game YoVille say hackers have attacked them
• Even after Redwood City Saltworks project is withdrawn, furor continues
• Los Altos School District, Bullis announce tentative agreement
• Palo Alto police investigate hate crimes
• Palo Alto to reveal beta version of overhauled website
• 'Dancing with the Stars': First-ever trio dances triumph
• Los Angeles Dodgers rout San Francisco Giants 9-1
• Giants notebook: Reliever Guillermo Mota hit with 100-game suspension by Major League Baseball for positive drug test
• Official: Nuclear plant will be offline
• Sheriff's Office seeking red, mid-1990s Jetta associated with Sierra LaMar disappearance
• Mystery San Jose Costco shopper -- subject of award-winning portrait -- found
• San Jose City Council committee OKs naming bridge in toddler's memory
• Report: Thomas Kinkade died of accidental booze, Valium overdose
• Oakland: Man killed by officers Sunday was 18-year-old high school senior
• San Jose police officer shoots at suspect, who is not injured
• Google receives nation's first license to test self-driving car on public streets
• Team looking at safety situation on Niles Canyon Road
• Bay Area News Group's Week 9 MLS power rankings: Canadian teams seize the spotlight
• 9th Circuit tosses lawsuit over VA mental health care
• Needs of women veterans reflected in art at San Francisco exhibit
• Well-funded Palo Alto startup Color teams with Verizon in hopes of boosting struggling app
• Redwood City: Robbers target four men, shoot one
• O.co Coliseum authority to redo vote on management contract Friday during special board meeting
• Flying Fortress makes annual stop in Hayward
• Green bike lanes spreading across Bay Area
• DA: Japanese Consulate official charged on Peninsula with stabbing wife
• Frustrated by college costs, advocates turn to small piece of puzzle: student loan interest
• DA: Millbrae murder defendant mentally incompetent for trial
• Top news photos: Facebook IPO roadshow, mascot race and more
• UC Berkeley running out of patience for 'Occupy the Farm'
• Electronic Arts to lay off workers despite earnings win, stock plummets
• 49ers' A.J. Jenkins chooses running over walking
• Hicks: Matthew Fox arrested for DUI
• Mysterious gas odor reported Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill; school briefly evacuated
• Herhold: The death of a fixture at Original Joe's
• Campbell-based Coulomb Technologies raises $47.5 million in a fourth round of funding
• Willows Theatre Company offers local students free admission to 'A Year with Frog and Toad.'
• San Jose police: Dozens of arrests, but a quieter Cindo de Mayo than other years
• LG to launch Google TV in U.S. in late May
• Ballots are in the mail for June 5 election
• Californians to vote once again on modifying term-limits law
• State controller seeks return of redevelopment agency property, assets transferred last year
• Magid: It's time for technology to disrupt education
• Poole: Thirty years after the move, Oakland Raiders' bond with fans still in need of repair
• Shea Shaw, 17 -- still in a coma sixteen months later -- still bravely battling for life
• Purdy: Playing properly is key to success for San Francisco Giants
• San Jose: More than 30 arrests at relatively peaceful Cinco de Mayo
• 'Sully' Sullenberger on being a national hero and making a difference
• Fire in San Jose's Alma neighborhood displaces six people
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Alamo: Neighbor rescues 96-year-old woman from burning house
• Roadshow: Some cheer double carpool lanes on Highway 101
• 'Sully' Sullenberger on being a national hero and making a difference
• Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image
• Paul wins majority of Maine GOP delegates
• Amphibious aircraft makes emergency landing in Bay
• 'Griffith' show's Goober Pyle dies
• Political Blotter: Boxer brisk and brusque, but bullish on bipartisanship
• VP Joe Biden OK with equal rights for married gay couples
• Top news photos: Paddle-out for Junior Seau, World Laughter Day and more
• San Francisco Giants defeat Milwaukee Brewers in 11 innings
• Blake Young wins West Coast Moto Jam AMA SuperBike race at Infineon
• 50 firefighters battle blaze in San Jose's Alma neighborhood
• Ballots are in the mail for June 5 election
• Californians to vote once again on modifying term-limits law
• Sharks' Marc-Edouard Vlasic injures knee; will miss remaining games for Team Canada
• Irish tourist blamed for wrong way crash in San Mateo County
• Police: Man likely to survive San Jose shooting
• East Palo Alto police buy back over 70 guns
• San Jose: More than 30 arrests at relatively peaceful Cinco de Mayo
• San Jose woman killed in Half Moon Bay crash
• Oakland A's cap winning road trip with 9-5 victory over Tampa Bay Rays
• Oakland cop wounded, suspect dead after shooting
• FDA calls for 'judicious' antibiotic use on farms
• Three Stanford graduates advance to men's national gymnastics championships
• Stanford, Cal women's rowing pair qualifies for 2012 Summer Olympics
• Wife saw bullet hole while Skyping with soldier who collapsed
• George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies
• Indy police: Girl, 14, charged in 4-year-old cousin's killing
• Jonny Gomes' home run gives Oakland A's 4-3 win over Tampa Bay Rays in 12 innings
• California farmers already follow FDA guidelines on antibiotics
• Review: 'Cinderella' at Ballet San Jose
• Willie Mays: The embodiment of baseball genius
• Cinco de Mayo draws crowds downtown, but little trouble reported in San Jose
• Kawakami: Leadership mantle has passed to the Giants' pitching staff
• Leonard Cohen plots return to Bay Area
• San Jose SaberCats hold off Arizona Rattlers
• Vancouver Whitecaps beat San Jose Earthquakes 2-1
• Slideshow: Super moon shines on as brightest and closest of 2012
• Twin sisters defied social pressures; now they're bound for Yale -- together
• The cost of California's death penalty
• Mercury News wins award for best large newspaper in the state from the California Newspaper Publishers Association
• Oakland Effect: Oakland's high homicide numbers affect everyone
• Longtime environmentalist helped create wildlife refuge
• Walnut Creek trying to lure Lucasfilm to business park
• Junior Seau's death a sobering wake-up call, former NFL players say
• Roadshow: Some do-it-yourself traffic help
• For 9/11 victims' families, hearing another ordeal
• Warriors' Stephen Curry expresses relief over ankle surgery
• Greek election critical and uncertain
• 5 killed in Syria's increasingly restive Aleppo
• Putin returns to presidency in a changed Russia
• Kentucky Derby: I'll Have Another rallies to win
• Herhold: The long, sad story of a woman released after 27 years
• Study links fertility treatment, birth defect risk
• Egypt military detains hundreds following violence
• Cal grads formerly held in Iranian prison to marry Saturday
• Polls open in France's overseas territories
• Activists: Chen case does not mean controls easing
• Sept. 11 'mastermind,' others being arraigned at Guantanamo
• Connecticut aims to avoid states' medical marijuana woes
• South Africa: Man photographs cheetahs attacking wife
• Slideshow: Notre Dame de Namur University 2012 Commencement
• Man dies while hiking on park trail in Fremont hills
• U.S. military turns its focus on drug smuggling in Honduras
• Man arrested after Vallejo man killed, woman injured in stabbing
• Man killed in East Oakland shooting
• Man in stable condition after Oakland shooting
• Madison Bumgarner helps snap San Francisco Giants' losing streak
• Sunnyvale winning lotto ticket worth more than $200,000
• More than 20 arrests Friday in Cinco de Mayo celebrations in San Jose
• One-alarm fire damages San Jose school
• Tyson Ross roughed up again as Oakland A's lose 7-2 to Rays
• San Francisco Giants drop fourth straight, 6-4 to Milwaukee Brewers
• Refinery repairs driving up gas prices in California
• Purdy: San Jose State gets its revenge by finally joining the Mountain West Conference
• Outsourcing of Palo Alto Animal Services division to come at a price
• Portola Valley School District audit discovers $844K shortfall and 'budget irregularities' after Hanretty leaves
• Suspected copper thieves caught in PG&E yard in San Carlos
• 47 San Mateo County households to vote Tuesday on switching school districts
• Dog stays for hours with owner killed by apparent hit-and-run driver on California coastal road
• Bonny Zanardi: Size matters in Avenue 25 Gallery exhibit
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: San Jose's St. Joseph Cathedral under wraps during paint job
• Santa Clara man dies in chain-reaction Willow Glen crash that injured two more
• Former Concord P.I. admits guilt in CNET corruption scandal; ex-San Ramon cop sentenced
• Pittsburg schools launch free dinner program for kids
• San Jose State's Mountain West Conference dream now a reality
• Arson suspected in fire at disabled vet's Hayward home
• Federal appeals court denies Chabot challenge to power plant
• Tribute to Creature Features TV show slated Saturday in San Leandro
• Thizz defendants plead not guilty in federal court in drug probe
• Hillary Clinton to visit India, Bangladesh with modest agenda
• After years of environmental battles, truce may be near at Pebble Beach
• Digital First Media's chief says newspapers have key advantages in the struggle for readers and advertising
• Alameda County prosecutor put on leave for violating defendant's attorney-client privilege
• Girl-power produces new apps
• Report: Miguel Tejada close to signing with Baltimore Orioles
• Google-Oracle jury deliberations to continue Monday
• El Cerrito reaches deal with bank to continue operations until June
• San Francisco: Police responding to suspicious pacakge near Balboa Park BART station
• Yahoo faces mounting pressure over CEO's inflated resume
• Doctor in tobacco ads faced bankruptcies; house now being foreclosed
• Hicks: Tanning mom calls detractors jealous, fat and ugly
• San Jose teen prodigy to play Warren Buffett in ping pong
• Breast cancer is rare in men, but they fare worse
• Fuel leak at AC Transit yard in Emeryville forces evacuations at Pixar, school
• Secret sex partner's pay gets former UC Berkeley vice chancellor fired
• AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop
• In Cuba, young people long for Web access
• San Jose gang leader nicknamed 'Capone' sentenced to 223 years to life for violent kidnapping
• Foxconn workers talk about jobs, work with Apple
• Super moon shines Saturday night
• Motorcycle lane splitting is legal, but even some bikers get nervous about it
• Two West San Jose houses burned by 3-alarm fire
• Boy, 6, dies after being rescued from San Jose fire that killed mother
• Cassidy: At Google, search is important, but grub is king
• Oakland A's: Weeks' second season not coming quite so easily
• 'American Idol': The competition is down to a fab four
• Palo Alto police report decline in burglary cases
• Gateway project returns to Palo Alto City Council
• Palo Alto police seek man who made bomb threats
• Facebook plans to go public with stock priced at $28 to $35, a valuation slightly less than $100 billion
• Former Seau teammate Gary Plummer: 'He was crying out for help'
• Yahoo confirms CEO's education misstated, will launch probe
• As primary election nears, Rep. Pete Stark apologizes for recent gaffes
• Apple, Foxconn open up about China factories
• San Francisco Giants lose Pablo Sandoval to hand injury, lose game to Marlins
• Stanford on hunt for new A.D. after Bob Bowlsby leaves for Big 12 commissioner's job
• San Mateo judge denies motion to move accused child molester from state hospital
• San Jose: Leland High assistant principal arrested for alleged unlawful sexual contact with minor
• State and national leaders in San Jose offer solutions to fix California's economy
• Friends and family mourning shooting death of 37-year-old transgender woman from Hayward
• Police: Antioch man found with backpack of incendiaries during Oakland May Day melee
• Carman's Nursery - 75 years of beautiful plants, flowers and love of nature
• Judge gives N.Y. man 2 weeks on Facebook lawyer fees
• Yahoo investor says CEO Scott Thompson lying about computer science degree
• Newark high school students arrested in on-campus brawl
• Plans vetoed for Oakland dog park
• Hicks: Michael Jackson to be featured in Pepsi campaign
• Missing San Jose teen found on VTA after being raped by man, police say
• Biz Break: Facebook's IPO details, Yahoo CEO's degree gaffe, and LinkedIn's big day
• Jury may be struggling in Oracle-Google trial
• Three journalists slain in Mexico's Veracruz state
• Sex with 7 girls lands Morgan Hill teen in jail, police say
• New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera carted off field with injury
• Obama to attend three Silicon Valley fundraisers May 23
• San Jose State rally rails against increase in student loan rates
• Herhold: How two scammers inflicted psychic damage
• Travel briefs: Spirit raising carry-on fee to $100; Tioga Pass to open early; Grand Canyon preps for eclipse party; Sahara to reopen in Vegas
• Cyclist Levi Leipheimer still ailing as Tour of California approaches
• Pet wash fundraiser to help fund canine search and rescue organization
• Contra Costa County seventh- and eighth-graders learn college is cool at 'COOL Nite'
• Firefighters rescue four dogs from Martinez apartment fire
• Square pitches Stanford students
• San Jose-based SunPower's losses exceed estimates
• Apple, Foxconn open up about China factories
• San Jose 8th-grader killed in savage park beating, police say
• Lawyer: Client not a berserk vigilante
• Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby calls morning meeting for undisclosed topic
• First-place San Jose Earthquakes score five goals for first time in eight years in beating DC United
• 'American Idol' recap: This race is too close to call
• San Jose card room wants ballot measure to expand
• Berkeley law professor cannot be sued over Bush-era torture memos
• Deadly infection claims San Francisco VA lab worker
• Upstart Mountain View robotics team looking to next year's competition
• Half Moon Bay: Still quirky, and back from the brink
• Dublin man arrested in San Leandro burglary spree
• Family still grieves
• Pizarro: Retired San Jose police chief Rob Davis takes job with high-end security firm
• Analysis: For Obama, a delicate new balance on national security
• Clinton urges China to protect human rights
• First of two papers on lab-made bird flu published
• California poised to bar employers from peeking into private information on social media sites
• Fasting for peaceful solutions to violence in Oakland
• Oakland A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2
• Harvard and MIT team to offer free online courses
• For Romney, gay aide's exit creates storm
• U.S. lags in global measure of preterm births
• Automated dorm room tests tolerance, opens world
• Eurozone unemployment hits record high
• Oakland regroups after May Day protests
• Herhold: DeAnza president emerges in debate over Apple's taxes
• Elizabeth Edwards tore off her shirt in confronting husband in front of aides, witness says
• 13 charged in hazing death of Florida A&M band member
• Deadly infection claims San Francisco VA lab worker
• With Junior Seau death, NFL could be reaching tipping point
• Fierce clashes stoke tensions ahead of Egypt vote
• Walnut Creek adopts alcohol restrictions; bar owners might sue
• Fremont man gets 93 months in prison, must pay $7 million restitution for mortgage fraud
• Voting begins to name the four San Jose City Hall falcon chicks
• Pizarro: VivaFest gets an early start this year
• Castro Valley Unified reaches tentative agreement to avoid cuts
• Milpitas public works director abruptly retires
• Roadshow: Plenty of carpool stickers available for Prius, Volt plug-ins
• Top news photos: Jetman flies again, shaky ceasefire in Syria and more
• National Day of Prayer observance Thursday to honor Oikos victims
• Castro Valley man arrested in Pleasanton robbery, police chase
• Mobile apps and technology change the way consumers look at cash
• Pinole council adopts ban on home gun sales
• Fremont police vehicles vandalized in Oakland May Day protests
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Jaleel White loses Dance Duel
• Sheriff's Office searching for man who shot at Oakley police
• San Jose council deadlocks on lowering pensions
• Jon Wilner's early look at the Pac-12's top prospects for the 2013 NFL draft
• Bullis says it intends to occupy facilities offered by Los Altos School District
• San Francisco Giants still can't support Matt Cain
• Jarrod Parker earns first major league win as A's hang on to beat Red Sox
• Bid to reconsider San Jose graffiti contract fails
• San Jose city officials cautiously optimistic about 2012-13 budget
• Facebook organ-donation option gives 'an immediate spike' to California registration
• Occupy Oakland attempt to revitalize momentum met with riot-clad police, tear gas
• Alameda County District 2 seat open to challengers beginning Wednesday
• Fremont man formally charged with murder in slaying of Newark football star
• Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy fringe bent on destruction
• Power restored in Walnut Creek, nearby areas
• Bay Area to get new chief federal judge
• One person dead, 2 others critically injured in San Jose fire
• Cancer genome data center raises hope for cures
• Mt. Diablo school district and SunPower celebrate solar project
• Walnut Creek burglary leads to car chase, arrest in Concord
• Oakland: Thousands marching to downtown Oakland as May Day march picks up steam
• Jury begins deliberations in murder trial for Richmond boy
• On surprise visit to Afghanistan, Obama lays out path to ending war
• O'Brien: IPOs begin to sizzle as Facebook debut inches closer
• Big fish con man gets 8 years for bilking elderly San Jose woman
• Sunday circulation up, daily flat for San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune
• Raiders sign QB Matt Leinart
• Hicks: Tony Award nominations snub 'Spider-Man', 'Ghost'
• San Jose man ID'd as Highway 17 driver who died after winding up in oncoming traffic
• Facebook organ-donation option gives 'an immediate spike' to California registration
• May Day protesters call for reforms of child protective services
• Facebook to begin pitching IPO to investors as soon as next week
• Coach Frank Yallop's steady style guiding Earthquakes to unprecedented start
• New BlackBerry operating system, RIM's hope for the future, makes a limited debut
• District court upholds jury's ruling in Antioch discrimination case
• Berkeley Rep adds two more plays for next season
• Spare the Air smog season starts Tuesday in the Bay Area
• Louis C.K., Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook win Webby Awards
• Pizarro: Be prepared for parking headache at Santana Row's Cinco de Mayo celebration
• Newest San Jose City Hall falcon chicks are three boys and a girl
• Hicks: Khloe Kardashian may ditch hubby for new show
• Two former Oakland Raiders charged in Florida tax ring
• Groupon replaces Starbucks CEO, VC on board after accounting issues; shares fall
• Boston Red Sox rout Oakland A's 11-6
• Wilner: San Jose State has plenty to gain from move to Mountain West
• 'Difficult reductions' needed for Palo Alto budget, city manager says
• Planning commission OKs Menlo Park downtown plan
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Maria Menounos, Derek Hough perform perfect paso
• Vandals attack police station, businesses during protest march in San Francisco's Mission District
• Former Colts backup quarterback Jim Sorgi to work out for Oakland Raiders
• Report: Oakland Raiders fire longtime scout Jon Kingdon
• Police: Four San Jose car theft suspects busted in Belmont
• Newark: High school mourns star football player killed in weekend stabbing
• O.co Coliseum board challenged on decision to negotiate with AEG for management contract
• Funeral held for Doris Chibuko, Oikos victim from San Leandro
• Former San Jose Redevelopment Agency properties heading to sale
• Herhold: A youthful tester for your app
• Prosecutor: No charges against driver in fatal that killed 6-year-old East Palo Alto girl
• Manresa of Los Gatos makes 'World's 50 Best Restaurants' list
• Review: Marvel's 'The Avengers' does it right
• Sheriff's deputies: Men caught with fighting rooster in Half Moon Bay
• Pyschic, sweetheart scams net San Jose woman 5 years in prison
• Police allege manslaughter against Antioch man in brother's accidental shooting death
• MLS Player of the Week Steven Lenhart touts Earthquakes' balanced scoring
• Accused Oikos University shooter pleads not guilty
• In Mass. US Senate race, a question of heritage
• A tale of two beer fests -- Martinez event thrives while Pleasant Hill hopes for bigger payoff this year
• San Mateo's CafePress moving headquarters to Louisville, Ky.
• Joined at birth, separated through surgery, San Jose twins relish independence
• Oakland, Vallejo men arrested after Vallejo carjacking in which driver was shot twice
• Moderate Islamist gains in presidential race
• Sierra LaMar search reaches San Jose as sex offenders arrested on unrelated charges
• 'Octomom' files for bankruptcy, is as much as $1 million in debt
• 'Crowd labor' helps spur social networking revolution
• Roadshow: I-880 lanes through Brokaw Road construction seem narrower but they aren't
• Purdy: A Tiger, Rory battle royale not likely at Olympic Club
• Three children killed in Taliban-U.S. crossfire
• Pet therapy dogs help relieve UC Berkeley students' stress as finals loom
• San Mateo's SolarCity, chaired by Elon Musk, plans to go public
• Google, Oracle attorneys wrap up first part of trial
• Census: Homeownership hits 15-year low
• Ocean race accidents stun sailors as probe deepens
• Biz Break: Microsoft looks at Nook for tablet anchor, Apple falls below $600 again, and a big day for cleantech
• Oakland man takes top prize in international natural bodybuilding contest
• Pizarro: Festive farewell for San Jose State professor Terry Christensen
• Kids build with Lego to honor friend who died of leukemia
• As scandal winds down, aging state Treasurer Bill Lockyer sets sights on controller's job
• A Bay Area first: Double carpool lanes coming to Highway 101
• San Jose State expected to receive 2013-14 Mountain West Conference invitation
• American distance record-holder Alan Webb battles back from injuries
• Payton Jordan Invitational track notebook: Despite losing track of laps, Lopez Lomong records world-leading time in 5,000 meters
• Roadshow: Fines for texting or using handheld cellphone while driving could be increased
• Chances of Iran strike receding, U.S. officials say
• San Jose: Fans turn out for 'American Idol' singer DeAndre Brackensick in his hometown
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Crew to be named in final bid for U.S. men's eights to reach London Olympics
• World Trade Center tower to reclaim sky in lower Manhattan
• Study: Heavy teens have trouble managing diabetes
• Political Blotter: Barbara Lee to co-chair Sudan Caucus
• Lots of help available for finding an apartment online
• U.S. drone strike kills three suspected militants in Pakistan
• Sudan declares emergency on border with south
• Gunmen open fire on Christians in Nigeria, killing as many as 20
• U.S. official in Beijing to discuss activist's case
• UC students 'spread the word' about college life to Richmond High students
• Fifteen-year-old victim in Brentwood crash identified
• San Francisco Giants take series against San Diego Padres with 4-1 win
• Oakland Raiders ticket plan to aid Oakland public schools
• Man shot and killed on San Jose elementary school campus
• As scandal winds down, aging state Treasurer Bill Lockyer sets sights on controller's job
• Oakland A's drop series finale against Baltimore Orioles 5-2
• Newark Memorial ball player stabbed to death at Fremont party, officials say.
• Former Cal tight end Anthony Miller signs with Denver Broncos
• Mark Purdy: 'Crackback!' looks into why there are so few opportunities for black head coaches in college football
• New World Trade Center poised to become New York's tallest skyscraper
• St. Louis tent collapse raises safety questions
• Van plunges off NY road into zoo grounds; 7 killed
• Romney, Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them all
• 1 year later, weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for U.S. raid that killed bin Laden
• Oakland A's to sign third baseman Brandon Inge
• 'Avengers' hurtles to $178.4M overseas debut
• San Jose P.E. teacher falls short in Olympic wrestling bid
• Oakland: Three killed in weekend violence
• How Apple sidesteps billions in taxes
• Internal Affairs: San Jose city clerk's office finds some names that look familiar on petition
• Tim Lincecum pitches San Francisco Giants to victory over San Diego Padres
• Defense steps up in San Jose SaberCats blowout
• San Jose Earthquakes defeat Philadelphia Union 2-1
• Crews pull together in honor of athlete
• How Apple sidesteps billions in taxes
• Mad cow discovery reignites debate: Are U.S. food-safety laws too lax?
• 1 dead after storm blows down St. Louis beer tent
• Grateful Silicon Valley families get a sweet 'Extreme Makeover.'
• Cheating controversy grows into angry, national dialogue about ethical breakdowns
• Police: Antioch man shoots brother, says it was accidental discharge
• Baltimore Orioles rout Oakland A's 10-1
• San Jose hit-and-run from April 15 charged as homicide
• Roadshow: Some readers recommend calling 911 if they see a person slapping a child in a car seat
• East Oakland has its very own neighborhood watch
• May Day protests won't include shutting down Golden Gate Bridge
• Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut out three more months after ankle surgery
• Former State Sen. Daniel Boatwright dies
• San Jose police identify suspects in Rose Garden stabbing
• Class of 2012 faces harsh reality of college expenses
• Hayward firefighters save unconscious woman in burning home
• Authorities ID Marin County sailor found Thursday, killed in April 14 accident
• Intel puts big bet on 'ultrabooks'
• O'Brien: Now that Google Drive has landed, I ask: 'What took so long?'
• Grateful Silicon Valley families get a sweet 'Extreme Makeover'
• Two men wanted in Fremont attempted home burglary
• 49ers: Depth is the priority on final day of draft
• Two-alarm fire destroys Ashland house, displaces six residents
• Assembly, Contra Costa supervisor and East Contra Costa parcel tax elections set for public forum
• Herhold: Memo to Sequoia High Dad: Let kids face consequences
• Danville lotto ticket wins more than $300,000
• Reward for Sierra LaMar's safe return increased to $25,000
• Cal receiver Marvin Jones goes to Bengals
• San Jose leaders to vote on shrinking new worker pensions
• Doyle Drive demolition begins, continues through the weekend
• Fremont running back Robert Turbin goes to Seattle
• Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California
• Oakland A's beat Baltimore Orioles 5-2, move above .500 mark
• Defense lets San Francisco Giants down again in loss to San Diego Padres
• A Special Place for kids with life threatening illnesses
• Poole: Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie's first draft pick isn't flashy, but it's revealing
• Los Gatos mom injured in drunken driving crash can sue town, appeals court says
• Anxiety disorders like Aubrey Huff's largely misunderstood
• Mark Purdy49ers welcome A.J. 'Big Hands' Jenkins
• Review: Coldplay is on top of its game in San Jose
• Dogs may get exercise area at Palo Alto's El Camino Park
• Menlo Country Club gets OK to tee off renovation work
• Golden State Warriors find hope amid the gloom
• Reward to be increased in Sierra LaMar case as searches continue
• San Jose: School starts fund to help family of student hit by car
• Two-alarm fire rages through Ashland house Friday night
• San Jose homicide leads to nine-hour standoff, people in house detained
• California Justice Department won't charge Nadia Lockyer's ex-lover
• 11 charged in connection to huge Oakland marijuana grow house raid
• Accused child molester: Too mentally and physically sick to stay legally hospitalized?
• Golden State Warriors win tiebreaker, will enter NBA draft lottery at No. 7
• Oregon running back LaMichael James 'stoked' about 49ers' second-round draft call
• Oakland Raiders select Utah offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom with 95th pick in draft
• NCS Board of Managers votes down open division plan
• Oakland city attorney has sued two more Occupy Oakland protesters over vandalism
• For Obama, bin Laden killing becomes campaign tool
• Grisly injury couldn't deter triple jumper Erica McLain
• Florida's crucial Hispanic voters remain wary of Romney
• Video shows bicyclists violently struck by vehicle in Berkeley
• Stanford's Coby Fleener and Jonathan Martin, Cal's Mitchell Schwartz and Mychal Kendricks go in NFL draft's second round
• San Leandro theater owner sentenced to four months for obstructing deputies, appeals verdict
• Hicks: Ted Nugent concert at Army base canceled over his remarks about President Obama
• Antioch officials investigate possible carbon monoxide poisoning at middle school
• Martinez lice-removal salon ruling expected Wednesday; proposed requirements more restrictive
• Chance this weekend to meet San Jose's 'American Idol' finalist
• Hicks: 'Battleship' studio suing knockoff flick
• Pizarro: Diners make a big splash for Health Trust fundraiser
• Blind activist escapes house arrest in China
• Energy firm NRG will add electric car charging stations in low-income communities
• Don't want a SmartMeter? PG&E would like to hear from you by May 1
• Dutch ban takes aim at foreigners buying pot
• Distracted driving highlighted by safety advocates in Concord
• Novato hotel killer found hanged in cell at San Quentin
• Newest 49er A.J. Jenkins not lacking for hands
• Alameda County sheriff's SWAT team travels to Jordan
• Bonny Doon resident welcomed to the neighborhood by mountain lions
• Chevron reports $6.5 billion profit, fueled by oil prices, refinery margins and new production
• Andreessen Horowitz partners pledge half their earnings to philanthropy
• Saxophonist with the Killers dead at 33
• 'American Idol': Another one bites the dust
• Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
• Pizarro: Mike Hackworth's generosity laid foundation for San Jose's Tech Museum
• Poole: NFL draft underscores the Raiders' move into a new era
• Man killed in East Palo Alto apartment parking lot
• Arrest warrant issued in Palo Alto animal cruelty case
• One-year contract approved for Redwood City school teachers
• San Francisco 49ers pull first-round surprise, take Illinois receiver A.J. Jenkins
• Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers surprise everyone with their first-round pick
• Parents who sued school over son's punishment for cheating receive hate messages
• Golden State Warriors' season ends with a loss, hope for a lucky draw
• At 92, movie DVD bootlegger is soldiers' hero
• FTC hires outside attorney in Google antitrust case
• Three Strikes Law initiative likely to qualify for Nov. ballot
• Several sites in Santa Clara County to collect unused, expired prescription drugs Saturday
• Union City commission nixes tobacco-sale exemption for gas stations
• Divided Fremont school board approves dogs to sniff out drugs on campus
• Stanford's David DeCastro joins Andrew Luck in NFL draft
• Testifying, Murdoch cites 'cover-up' in hacking
• Cat rescued from Iran ends up at San Francisco animal shelter
• Holsinger tapped for San Mateo County harbor board
• Occupy Oakland has to leave A's-White Sox game at O.co Coliseum over flier flap
• Ominous North Korean 'missiles' shown off at parade were fakes, analysts say
• Thizz Entertainment releases statement on behalf of Mac Dre's mother regarding DEA probe
• Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor convicted of crimes against humanity
• Former Sun chiefs differ on Google's use of Oracle's Java code in Android
• Wounded warriors ride a surfboard's nose, and it smells like...victory
• Los Gatos family whose house burned twice offers reward to catch arsonist
• Trustees vote to not close school in neighborhood of San Bruno explosion
• It's official: Andrew Luck goes to Colts with No. 1 pick
• San Leandro Portuguese library provides newspapers for digitization project
• Sacramento man arrested at Burlingame hotel for human trafficking, police say
• Ernest Callenbach, 'Ecotopia' author, dies in Berkeley at 83
• Hicks: Lane Garrison charged with battery
• Livermore man replaces war artifact stolen from Pearl Harbor survivor in San Leandro
• Man convicted of sex with 13-year-old girl he met online faces life in prison
• Owners of El Balazo taqueria chain sentenced for immigration and tax fraud
• MIT students drop piano from roof in annual rite
• Corsair sets terms for $78 million IPO, seeks $13 share price
• Milpitas police: Five San Jose men arrested after gun tossed from car
• Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
• Police find drugs, arrest two during stolen-car stop in El Cerrito
• Biz Break: A changing video game industry shows up in Zynga, Nintendo results, rumors of bid for EA
• Britain reopens the Madeleine McCann missing toddler case
• Reports: Police raid East Oakland warehouse in massive pot bust
• Kawakami: Just a guess, but Georgia Tech wide receiver Stephen Hill looks like San Francisco 49ers' kind of guy
• Parents sue district for kicking son out of Sequoia High honors class for cheating
• Police called to Piazza's in Palo Alto after boys use chalk to write poems
• 'American Idol' recap: Queen for a day
• San Mateo County streets and parks to come alive with free activities
• A landmark retrofit
• Herhold: A few more thoughts about smoking in the parks
• Mother's intuition leads to arrest of suspected kidnapper in Daly City, DA says
• DA: Angry man sets car afire in Daly City DMV
• Man charged with trafficking on suspicion of pimping 17-year-old girl in San Bruno
• Giants place Aubrey Huff on DL due to anxiety
• San Jose man found with cache of guns, explosives pleads guilty to 50 felony counts
• AC Transit approves bus rapid transit project in Oakland and San Leandro
• Rare charges accuse CEO of over-billing San Jose for spinal implants
• Cabrillo Unified School District pushes bond measure
• Police Blotter
• Berkeley summer youth program at risk after 12 kayaks stolen
• Man's lost loot will be returned four weeks after students find it in Lake Merritt
• Apple CEO Tim Cook emerges from Steve Jobs' shadow
• Hospital worker slain while walking to North Oakland home
• Mary Hayashi inquired about Nadia Lockyer's seat
• Father with ties to Hercules arrested on suspicion of kidnapping ailing son from Missouri hospital
• Hicks: George Jones feuding with daughter
• Warriors' Davis Lee to have surgery on torn abdominal muscle
• Safeway could be a potential takeover target
• A's defeat White Sox 5-4 in 14 innings
• Tobacco industry gearing up to take down California cigarette tax initiative
• SoCal assemblyman apologizes after blood test reveals he was drunk during Concord stop
• Hicks: TLC planning reunion tour with holographic Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
• Commissioners nix cell antennae
• Richmond man arrested after firing gun in his home during quarrel
• Free Asperger's presentation Thursday at Valle Verde Elementary in Walnut Creek
• Most taxpayers getting a big refund
• Freddy Sanchez's return to second-base duty in rehab stint on hold
• Roadshow: Starting Monday, Fremont's Kato Road closing nine months to build BART
• Preliminary hearing set for four teens accused in Santa Cruz stabbing
• San Mateo coast should stick with Cal Fire, report says
• Sizing up the Warriors' draft lottery situation
• Andrew Luck is big on brawn, even bigger on brain
• Richmond council updates General Plan
• Occupy protest puts senior housing, Whole Foods project in Albany put on hold
• Top news photos: India milk protest, Mexico forest fire and more
• Newark man arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing into a house
• With five more victories, Romney's focus is fall
• San Jose City Council blocks bonus payments to retirees
• San Francisco Giants blown out by Cincinnati Reds 9-2
• Kurt Suzuki's pinch-hit double sparks Oakland A's to 2-0 win over Chicago White Sox
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Gladys Knight leaves on midnight train off
• Sharks' Doug Wilson noncommittal, but says: 'I believe in Todd'
• Warriors make Bob Myers their GM
• DA: Belmont roofing company owners busted in $600,000 scam
• Fire chief who led response to San Bruno blast retiring in May
• Bay Area tennis community absorbs news of loss of SAP Open
• Mad cow disease found in Central Valley dairy cow
• San Jose minimum wage initiative qualifies for November ballot
• Alameda County Supes make Nadia Lockyer's resignation official Tuesday
• Feds bust suspected Ecstasy drug ring centered around Bay Area rap label founded by Mac Dre
• City reports on progress of graffiti program
• Apartment fire displaces 13 San Jose residents
• Logan High student injured in Union City shooting
• Moraga police: Man made false robbery report to test police response
• San Jose and Santa Clara County city leaders push for curbs on payday lending
• Suspect arrested after taking pregnant woman hostage at Hayward bank
• Police seek details after Burlingame man's death
• Sharks notebook: Logan Couture needs shoulder surgery
• Frank Quattrone lauds prospects for tech IPOs, mergers at venture capital conference
• Apple posts another blowout quarter
• Oracle confronts Google's Schmidt about Java
• El Cerrito center opens a new, greener era
• Manila court backs breakup of Aquino estate
• Company aims to strike it rich by mining asteroids
• PG&E's pipeline maintenance should be more thoroughly scrutinized, advocates say
• Concord settles most recent sex-harassment case
• Months-long closure of Kato Road in Fremont scheduled
• U.S., Yemen pledge united front against al-Qaida
• Giants' Freddy Sanchez takes infield for first time in week
• Fremont trio arrested on auto burglary, possession of stolen property charges in Milpitas
• Defense attorney will seek to have escaped Santa Cruz County inmate's trial moved
• Artist Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend accused of being gold-digger out for 'money and fame'
• Biz Break: Apple has another quarter of mind-boggling revenues and profits
• Netflix stock crumbles after earnings reports, analyst downgrades
• Metta World Peace suspended for 7 games for elbowing player
• 49ers finally remade front office -- and it's paying off handsomely
• Contra Costa, deputy district attorneys at contract impasse
• Palo Alto City Council looks to consultant to sort out CPI flap
• Battle over Sheriff Mirkarimi's job could drag on for months
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Katherine, Jaleel dance to top on Motown Week
• Oakland A's manage just three hits off Jake Peavy in 4-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox
• Calif. prison overhaul would save $1.5B a year
• Crews recover wreckage from deadly yacht crash off the Farallon Islands
• Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie has strong bond with his twin brother
• PG&E power lines fall over Caltrain tracks
• Public Market Emeryville remodel pays homage to its industrial past
• Grand jury report criticizes San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services
• AT&T workers miss service calls after dust-up over pro-union stickers
• Silicon Valley officials tout legislation for new emergency communication network
• Freddy Sanchez begins rehab assignment in San Jose
• Oakland Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie seeking students of the game
• Former Pinole officer looks to reshape UC Davis police after pepper-spray scandal
• Antioch sees slight sales tax bump, must find ways to make money
• Nate Robinson's future with the Golden State Warriors far from certain
• Netflix posts loss, shares plunge in after-hours trading
• Robbery suspect runs into police at South San Francisco party
• Facebook says now has 900 million monthly users
• Alameda County needs poll workers for June 5 election
• Hicks: Lane Garrison arrested for domestic violence
• 'Wounded Warriors' begin week of surfing lessons
• Contra Costa seeks volunteers for homeless outreach
• Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
• Ex-Yahoo president and husband agree to split millions in final divorce settlement
• Oikos shooting suspect has not eaten in three weeks
• Silicon Valley CEOs see solid job growth this year
• San Bruno may tear out deadly gas pipe
• Anti-death penalty measure qualifies for November ballot
• AC Transit sets Wednesday hearing and vote on bus rapid transit project
• Roadshow: Requests for bumper stickers on turn signals still pouring in
• Gang members arrested in slaying of Marine vet outside Antioch bar
• Suspect in shootout with Berkeley police faces attempted murder charges
• San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum gets back in the win column in 6-1 win over Mets
• Canadian firm recommended for $2.5 billion BART car contract
• Facebook pays Microsoft $550 million for AOL patents
• Supreme Court ruling on mental health testing clears way for Daly City murder trial
• Oakland prescription drug disposal day is Saturday
• Sneak peak in Oakland of HBO 'Weight of the Nation' series Wednesday
• Four men compete for three spots at Pillar Point Harbor
• Warriors' Oracle Arena adds new tech features
• Mark Purdy: San Jose Sharks have changes to make, but it probably won't start with firing Doug Wilson or Todd McLellan
• San Jose Sharks likely to get roster makeover after early playoff exit
• Rookie Charles Jenkins helps Golden State Warriors rally past Minnesota Timberwolves
• Scorched-earth divorce trial slated for Monday might finally settle instead
• Michael A. Hackworth - Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist - dies at 71
• Lovable Bugs all over big San Jose classic Volkswagen show
• Earth Day opening of the new, $2.3 million Sobrato Science & Sustainability Center
• Roadshow: Drivers cannot pull into bike lane to pass a vehicle waiting to make a left turn
• Neighbors act quickly to rescue woman from Antioch house fire
• Supreme Court to hear Arizona immigration case this week
• Political Blotter: Stark jabs at Romney with bill for welfare moms
• Hollande and Sarkozy head to runoff in French race
• Watchdog: Mexican government must probe Wal-Mart
• With pact, U.S. agrees to help Afghan for years to come
• Romney on spending: Guns triumph over butter
• Oakley invites residents to submit their to-do list
• Heavy rain in East, and April snowflakes for some
• Restoration of huge wetland near Redwood City nearing completion
• On a mission all her own, she's walking California's royal road
• Oakland Athletics beat Cleveland Indians 5-1
• Court documents reveal PG&E likely to take hard line on issue of paying punitive damages
• Stanford primed for NFL draft's first-round spotlight
• Wide receiver Marvin Jones from Cal sees NFL draft stock rise
• Ex-Cal punter Bryan Anger confident he'll get NFL draft phone call
• NFL draft projections for prospects from Cal, Stanford, San Jose State
• Ex-Cal star Mychal Kendricks believes he measures up to NFL linebacker standards
• All eyes on Florida jail as George Zimmerman awaits release on bail
• Explosion heard in NV, CA traced to meteor
• San Francisco Giants rained out Sunday against New York Mets
• Tressor Moreno plays clutch role in San Jose Earthquakes' rise to top of MLS Western Conference
• Bay Area athletes qualify for Olympic games in table tennis
• Officials ID San Bruno man killed in Highway 101 crash
• Earth Day: In 1972, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics
• Poole: Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis moving team into NFL's modern era
• Imagination at work: Youths compete in Tech Challenge
• Camp in a California state park -- while you can
• Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut, Stephen Curry scheduled for surgery
• San Jose Earthquakes beat Real Salt Lake 3-1
• Oakland A's put up little resistance, fall to Cleveland Indians 5-1
• San Jose Sharks ousted from Stanley Cup playoffs by St. Louis Blues
• Firefighter suffers minor injury in San Jose vehicle fires
• Internal Affairs: Santa Clara County Democrat finds himself on outs with labor honcho
• San Jose Sharks notebook: Faceoff failure come back to haunt Sharks
• Army data gives snapshot of drug trade in war zone
• The VA's Palo Alto Health Care System welcomes Marines with open arms
• Herhold: Latest outburst proves Pete Stark needs to go
• A scorcher: San Jose reaches 91
• Exclusive interview: Nadia Lockyer tells traumatic story of how affair, drugs and deceit led to downfall
• Pizarro: Old San Jose Fire Station No. 1 designated a city historic landmark
• Permanent fix sought for Mt. Diablo Scenic Boulevard
• Pleasant Hill restaurateur eyes Martinez marina for new venture
• More than a month later, search for Sierra LaMar continues
• 'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids
• Zimmerman urged to keep low profile after release
• Official vs. political trips: blurry line, tricky math
• To New England fishermen, Whole Foods is another barrier
• Fired Santa Clara County prosecutor allegedly pressed cops to arrest husband's ex-wife
• Vast Mexican bribery case hushed up by Wal-Mart
• One dies in East Oakland vehicle crash
• Mt. Diablo school board may extend top administrator contracts on Monday
• IMF warns Europe not to ease up debt battle
• O'Brien: Welcome to the new and expanded Silicon Valley
• Bahrain tense ahead of F1 after protester dies
• Apple's big year outshines mixed result for Silicon Valley
• U.N. monitors visit Syria opposition stronghold
• San Francisco Giants lose to New York Mets 5-4
• Volunteers clean up North Richmond creek for Earth Day
• Perfect games thrown in major league baseball history
• White Sox pitcher Phil Humber throws perfect game against Seattle Mariners
• Facebook's pending IPO poised to shake up SV150 rankings
• Cal football: Freshman leads Gold to victory
• Apple overwhelmingly dominant in consumer IT sector
• A volatile year for cleantech
• Entertainment sector had rough year
• Bay Area economy is not just tech
• Big rig catches fire, blocks I-580 lanes in Livermore
• Oakland artist awarded a piece of $5.7 million grant
• San Francisco Giants hold on, beat New York Mets in 10 innings
• 1972 A's are still Swingin' 40 years later
• Pizarro: San Jose State president Mohammad Qayoumi lays out academic plans
• Pre-Facebook IPOs show investors may 'like' enterprise software more than social networking
• CPI vows to fight relocation efforts; Palo Alto council scheduled to review options Monday
• Oakland A's fall to Cleveland Indians 4-3
• Searchers find body believed to be missing Santa Rosa girl
• Bonny Zanardi: Poetry inspires visual arts creations
• Another daylong Sierra LaMar search scheduled for this weekend
• The great San Jose scorcher set for Saturday
• Morgan Hill students get in trouble for getting high on pot cookies
• Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia
• Bay Area adds nearly 11,000 jobs in March as employment surges
• Traffic flowing again on San Mateo Bridge following early morning crashes
• Summit student held to answer on attempted rape charges
• Police Blotter
• Skyline High School student killed in rollover crash near King City
• San Jose Earthquakes head into Real Salt Lake match minus some key contributors
• San Jose Sharks just trying to stay alive in series
• San Francisco judge refuses to grant suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's request to derail administrative process
• More Secret Service agents gone; Obama briefed
• Embattled Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer resigns
• Biz Break: 24 hours of IPO success in Silicon Valley, counterbalanced by Apple's fall
• Treasured junk is headed home to Taiwan
• Santa Clara software company Infoblox jumps higher in IPO
• Kawakami: Reeling Sharks in need of a catalyst
• Proofpoint finds eager buyers in IPO, stock increases on open market
• Norwegian gunman describes hunting down teenagers
• AEG moves a step closer to O.co Coliseum management contract
• Oakland pot protest targets Obama
• Mexico preps shelters as volcano roars, spews ash
• Obama to designate Fort Ord as a new national monument
• Purdy: The face of San Jose Sharks' Game 4 defeat is Patrick Marleau
• Connector road idea divides Palo Alto residents
• New plan puts tall buildings, plazas and garages in the cards for downtown Menlo Park's future
• 49ers' kick off move to Santa Clara with far-from-traditional groundbreaking
• Golden State Warriors brace for three games in three nights
• Quakes G.M. John Doyle criticizes MLS punishment system after Marvin Chavez's one-match suspension
• Cal's Memorial Stadium financing faces challenge to meet lofty goals
• Oakland A's have surprise for Los Angeles Angels, win three of four
• San Jose Sharks fall to St. Louis Blues 2-1, trail playoff series 3-1
• Purdy: The toughest job in sports?
• 'American Idol' recap: Another surprising elimination night
• San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum not worried about his poor start
• Federal court hears arguments on Hayward power plant permit
• Police: SeaWorld car thief arrested in San Mateo County
• Herhold: The old question -- sleaze or incompetence?
• Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
• Jury can't reach verdict in San Jose murder trial
• Antitrust case against Apple, Google, other tech titans advances
• Jack Douglas, 79, eminent Santa Clara Valley historian
• Police: Man sets wife on fire San Jose, kills her
• Tentative ruling denies Ross Mirkarimi's bid to overturn suspension
• Fewer people registering for Susan G. Komen races
• Golden State Warriors fact box
• 49ers' kick off move to Santa Clara with far-from-traditional groundbreaking
• Hicks: Kinder, gentler Hannibal Lecter
• Police identify man shot and killed while pushing stroller in East Oakland
• PG&E fined nearly $20 million for safety lapses in Contra Costa County
• California Lottery pulls ad with slap-happy Lady Luck
• NASA's greenest building unveiled at Moffett Field
• Fremont school board mulls budget cut options
• Richmond anti-violence agency accuses Sheriff's deputy of assaulting staff member
• U.S. helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 4 troops
• Get ready for the heat; South Bay temps expected to reach 90 this weekend
• Bud Selig says A's must get new stadium
• Strong Bay Area housing sales stir hopes for spring
• India missile test has few critics, unlike North Korea's failed launch
• Wind surfer stranded, rescued from Davenport cliff
• Pizarro: Guys with sore feet help spread YWCA's message
• Vehicle in fatal Concord crash linked to earlier drug and weapons citation
• Apple, Google, Intel, other valley companies face antitrust lawsuit
• Bombs kill 30 in Iraq's worst violence in a month
• Clinton urges tougher U.N. pressure on Syria
• Oracle probes Google engineer about key email
• Purdy: How the San Francisco 49ers became Santa Clara's team
• Sentencing of Paul Garcia in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case postponed again
• San Jose murder-suicide victim once ran popular Sunnyvale nightclub Abyss
• Police investigate South Richmond shooting
• General manager Trent Baalke says San Francisco 49ers have a player in mind to take with first-round draft pick
• Santa Clara County board of education mixed on appointing Bullis Charter representative
• San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson scheduled for Tommy John surgery on injured right elbow
• San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings
• Bartolo Colon is sharp in pitching Oakland Athletics over the Los Angeles Angels
• 'American Idol' recap: Top 7 belt out hits from now and then
• Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry turns attention to next season
• Herhold: Can anti-smoking laws be enforced outdoors?
• Coffin prepared hot dogs even a vampire would relish
• Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
• Retired Ill. couple claims share of $656M jackpot
• San Jose woman sentenced to 1 year in jail for stealing jewelry from young students
• Oikos classes to resume Monday, some in building where students were slain.
• CVS will pay $13.7 million to settle lawsuit over hazardous waste disposal
• San Jose-bound passenger goes nude at Portland airport to protest screening
• Giants' Brian Wilson will have Tommy John surgery
• Sentencing of Paul Garcia in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case postponed again
• Oikos classes to resume Monday, some in building where students were slain.
• Fremont City Council nixes more meeting about Kimber Park development
• Reflecting on Pat Summitt and her impact on the college women's game
• Larry Page evasive with Oracle's lawyer, but admits Google never obtained Java license
• Cal football: Bears to hold spring game Saturday at Edwards Stadium
• Pleasanton Safeway employee cited for selling cigarettes to underage decoy
• Pot backers plan Friday protest in Oakland
• Man fatally shot in Oakland while pushing girl in toy stroller; child unharmed
• 'Big data' startup Splunk set to go public in busy week for Silicon Valley IPOs
• Roadshow: Major repairs needed to fix gravel problems on I-880
• Pleasant Hill man killed in Orinda freeway crash
• Local workers get training for green jobs, and placement
• Police looking for witness in Fremont homicide
• Congressman Pete Stark apologizes for accusing challenger of taking bribes
• Lightning grazed homeless men, and cast spotlight on need for help
• Purdy: Sharks bolster their penalty kill with Thornton
• No charges in death of Long Beach girl, 10, after fight
• Kids sue Woodside father over mother's death
• Contra Costa supervisor candidate forum set for Lafayette
• 3 agents out in wake of Secret Service scandal
• Police: Men arrested in Half Moon Bay BB gun shooting spree
• Pleasanton approves 500 apartments south of BART station
• San Jose jury stalls after less than two days of deliberations on car death trial
• Menlo Park council unanimously approves multi-million dollar deal for Facebook expansion
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Gavin DeGraw loses duel, sails off the dance floor
• Madison Bumgarner leads San Francisco Giants past Philadelphia Phillies
• Monte Poole: Golden State Warriors can win for losing
• Work to restore Middlefield Road in Palo Alto to begin today
• Construction worker injured in fall at Palo Alto High School
• Oakland A's rally past Los Angeles Angels 5-3
• Pinole council bans home-based gun and ammo sales
• Part 3 of The Jed York interview on 49ers' Santa Clara stadium: What to expect
• East Palo Alto woman arrested on suspicion of identity theft
• Reconsider Proposition 209 decision, minority students ask federal court
• Bay Area attorney facing jail time on contempt charges because of scheduling conflict with Alameda County murder trial
• Stop California bullet train, state's top analyst urges
• Whale rescue operations halted in Southern Calif.
• Moms Of DUI Victims Fight to Apply Forgotten Law
• California lawmakers OK plan to shift pot shop regulation to state
• Calif. bill to punish student-teacher dating dies
• Seismic overhaul of Hetch Hetchy system reaches midway point
• Legislative group turns focus amid Martin backlash
• Flying the world, from his own garage
• Tech titans testify in federal court
• Several units damaged in fire at Antioch apartment complex
• Tim Kawakami: San Jose Sharks' Doug Wilson and San Francisco 49ers' Trent Baalke are kindred spirits
• Police: Crossing guard slugs Hillsborough walker
• Apple and Samsung chiefs ordered to meet
• Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum
• Happy? Positive outlook may be good for your heart
• Oracle considered buying BlackBerry maker or Palm, building Java phone, Larry Ellison says in Android trial testimony
• 49ers to open 2012 season at Green Bay
• Top news photos: Discovery's final flight and more
• Hicks: Oscar Grant movie planned; Octavia Spencer eyed for key role
• Norway killer expounds on fanatical views at trial
• Two suspects arrested in burglary of San Leandro business
• State Supreme Court denies review of San Leandro Hospital's purchase by Sutter Health
• PG&E investigating outage that shorted out Rio Vista and other Delta towns
• Syrian regime bleeds cash as cease-fire is threatened
• Twitter seeks to stay out of patent madness
• Cleaner clouds needed at Apple, Amazon and Twitter, Greenpeace says; Apple denies charges
• Intel's profits down from year ago, but earnings beat expectations
• Oakland Raiders release 2012 schedule
• Illegal prison cellphones being disabled
• Stop California bullet train, state's top analyst urges
• Downtown San Jose residential tower is bought for $118 million
• Federal court to hear appeal of Hayward power plant permit
• Are NHL playoffs evolving into a sequel of Slap Shot?
• UC grows more selective as applications flood in
• IBM profits grow 7 percent
• Herhold: A historical footnote on violence toward police
• Dialysis website enables patients to compare safety records of clinics
• Purdy: San Jose Sharks playing like it's February, which won't get it done in postseason
• Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike eager to get to work after becoming WNBA's top draft pick
• Golden State Warriors coach wants to solidify small forward position
• Part 2 of the Jed York interview on 49ers' Santa Clara stadium: How we got here
• Palo Alto on track to meet greenhouse gas emission goals
• Palo Alto police arrest three burglars
• East Palo Alto officials unruffled by news of Best Buy closure
• Police: Evidence gives new leads in Sierra LaMar abduction
• Oakland A's shut out by Los Angeles Angels
• San Jose Sharks yield three power-play goals in loss to St. Louis Blues, who lead series 2-1
• San Jose Sharks' top line held without a goal for third straight game
• Mark Purdy: St. Louis Blues postseason return to San Jose evokes a haunting past
• 'Dancing with the Stars': William Levy, Katherine Jenkins steam up the ballroom
• Tim Lincecum's free fall continues against Philadelphia Phillies
• Tim Kawakami: Game 3 shows why the St. Louis Blues are a tough matchup for San Jose Sharks
• San Mateo County parks at fiscal and developmental 'crossroads'
• Police identify pair killed in San Jose shopping center murder-suicide
• Google target of new federal privacy probe
• Oracle: Google used 'somebody else's property' when it created Android
• Bay Area renters squeezed in tight market
• Oakland: I-580 offramp closed at MacArthur Boulevard while police probe shooting death
• Bay Area renters squeezed in tight market
• The Seasoned Collector: Vintage toys in Palo Alto; gem-mineral show in San Jose; bottle collectors in Antioch
• Ride to cemetery turns fatal for San Mateo man
• Roadshow: Tips on adjusting outside mirrors to cover blind spots
• DA: Good Samaritan stabbed in San Mateo, assailant arrested
• Antioch community members join DeSaulnier in support of homeowner protection
• Woodside Elementary grieves for third-grader killed recently in auto accident along with her father
• Earth Day Events in the Bay Area
• Trial date set for Watsonville teen accused of raping, beating woman
• Hotel market rebounds in Bay Area
• San Mateo takes down lightning-damaged redwood
• Hicks: Bobby Brown pleads not guilty
• Biz Break: Apple, Google drag tech stocks down as Electronic Arts denies reports of layoffs
• Fumble leaves Alabama with a shattered BCS trophy
• San Francisco City Attorney, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi spar in legal filings
• Giants to pay tribute to yacht-race victim who was former bat girl
• Judge releases teen prosecution witness who said she was raped
• Fewer post offices are handling late-night tax rush
• San Jose State names interim AD, will conduct national search to find Tom Bowen's replacement
• AP wins Pulitzer for stories on NYPD spying on Muslims
• San Pablo musician rocks and rolls for charity
• Raiders kick off preseason with Monday night game against Dallas on Aug. 13
• With Syrian cease-fire unraveling, U.N. chief calls for freedom of movement for monitors
• Apple and Google's large Wall Street losses continue
• Police: Toddler found at scene of San Jose murder-suicide was victims' daughter
• High-stakes Oracle-Google trial has tough veteran federal judge at helm
• San Jose Family Shelter celebrates $16.5 million grand opening in new location
• National day to support end-of-life health-care planning
• Family tries to move on after slaying of Marine vet in Antioch bar
• Kawakami: Surprising Sharks trio taking fight to Blues
• Jed York Q&A: Finishing what Uncle Eddie started, 49ers CEO envisions iconic stadium for Silicon Valley
• Former Stanford star Alex Aragon wins TPC Stonebrae Championship on Nationwide Tour
• Hundreds of San Jose high-schoolers clamor for free prom dresses and tuxedos
• Roadshow: Expect delays on I-5 near Buttonwillow through August
• High-stakes Oracle-Google trial has tough veteran federal judge at helm
• Political Blotter: How tightfisted was your House member?
• GOP in Congress would obstruct Romney shift to center
• 100 tornadoes in 24 hours, but plenty of notice
• Obama: US, Colombia trade deal a 'win'
• Gunfure and explosions shake Afghan capital
• Don't wait for Social Security check in the mail
• Hundreds of San Jose high-schoolers clamor for free prom dresses and tuxedoes
• National day to support end-of-life health-care planning
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues say they're focused on winning, not fighting
• State tries to contain citrus disease
• San Francisco Giants drop series finale against Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1
• Oakland A's drop series in 5-3 loss to Seattle Mariners
• Top news photos: Paris Marathon, Titanic anniversary and more
• Police: Toddler found at San Jose murder-suicide was victims' daughter
• Searchers race against clock in hunt for missing Farallons sailors
• Attorney: Former KNBR host Ralph Barbieri wrongfully terminated
• San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson concedes season-ending surgery likely
• Residents digging out after tornadoes hit Midwest
• Dole recalls bagged salad for salmonella risk
• 'Hunger Games' earns $21.5M to slap down 'Stooges'
• Teen missing after he reportedly tried to steal marijuana from Fresno grow site
• Ship code or ship out: Bootcamp for new Facebook engineers
• Bay Area sees patchwork recovery from housing crash
• Bay Area fencers sweep Olympic foil qualifiers
• Tempers flare, but San Jose Sharks lose to St. Louis Blues in Game Two
• O'Brien: Does San Francisco really have a startup problem?
• Purdy: Sharks, Blues take turns pounding on each other -- some of it questionably
• Light-hitting A's stay course against Mariners, fall 4-0
• Internal Affairs: A's legal team adds superstar to its roster
• San Francisco Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates on throwing error in bottom of the ninth
• One person dead, four missing after yacht runs aground at Farallon Islands during race
• Tears and inspiration at TEDx San Jose
• San Jose SaberCats lose 61-55 at Philadelphia Soul
• Local sports digest: SJSU athletic director Tom Bowen headed for Memphis, according to reports
• Feds fine Google for impeding probe into data collection
• Obama seeks aid from U.S. CEOs in improving trade relations with Latin America
• Spring Game does nothing to settle Stanford's search to replace Andrew Luck at QB
• Man convicted in Santa Clara County escapes from minimum-security camp
• Santa Clara man lives on with donated heart from Hayward man, meets his family
• San Jose Earthquakes earn 2-2 draw with New York Red Bulls
• Gun rights activists promise big turnout at Pinole council meeting
• Roadshow: Rant on overly courteous drivers connects with readers
• Best Buy to close stores in East Palo Alto, Pittsburg
• 6-year-old San Jose girl killed by a log on Santa Cruz beach identified
• Former Vice President Dick Cheney makes first appearance since heart transplant
• Man convicted in Santa Clara County escapes from minimum-security camp
• Hayward resident displaced, home damaged in one-alarm fire
• Mt. Diablo district residents are invited to community forums regarding proposed property tax increase
• Giants closer Brian Wilson likely headed for season-ending elbow surgery
• Golden State Warriors lose to Clippers despite Nate Robinson's 28 points
• Two dead in apparent murder-suicide in San Jose
• Herhold: Trying to judge the impact of Measure B on employees
• Suspect wounded in officer-involved shooting in Berkeley
• Vandals break into vehicles, set booth on fire in downtown Oakland
• Purdy: McLellan, Hitchcock share mutual admiration
• Snow blankets mountains as strong storm moves into Southern California
• After swerving to avoid coyote, woman is trapped in car overnight in Big Sur
• Former Bee Gee Robin Gibb reportedly in a coma
• Loan modification attempt turns into nightmare for Antioch family
• One hurt after Caltrain hits vehicle in Menlo Park
• Bartolo Colon, Oakland A's shut down Seattle Mariners
• Quarterback David Fales impressive in San Jose State football Spring Game
• Kawakami: Cain masterpiece a fitting beginning for Giants
• Bonny Zanardi: Society of Western Artists show celebrates spring
• West San Jose gang shooting, stabbing injures 3
• Cupertino company recalls tuna after Salmonella outbreak
• Anselmo 'Chemo' Candelaria, Chicano and Native American activist, dead at 68
• 3rd agency lowers San Jose's credit rating
• Readers rise to the challenge of helping refugee from war weary African nation
• Los Gatos board votes suddenly to close school
• Misconduct alleged against Secret Service agents
• U.S. overture to North Korea fizzles with rocket
• Advice from politicians who know: Nadia Lockyer's future is up to her
• Primavera Century offers cyclists steep climbs, scenic vistas
• Redwood City kung fu instructor could get life in prison
• PG&E makes $70 million payment to San Bruno
• Measure Q passes after all
• Family of man bludgeoned to death criticize Berkeley police response
• Police release details on suspects, car believed used in Oakland hills shooting
• Google shares drop on stock-split news
• Vermonth governor chased by 4 bears in backyard
• Independent booksellers ponder their fate as Amazon and Apple duke it out
• Latest ailing Warrior: David Lee
• Hicks: Mindy McCready has second child
• Police Blotter: Police arrest man believed to be un-registered sex offender
• Soldiers arrest prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, coup-prone cocaine hub
• Lighting bolt grazes two campers on Mount Diablo
• Equipment problem causing BART delays
• San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues make adjustments for Game 2
• Mercury News interview: Shaun Rein, China-based marketing expert
• Police: Armed suspect at Oakland hotel disguised himself as a woman
• Santa Cruz choir teacher pleads not guilty to charges that he secretly videotaped girls undressing
• Artsy designers finding fans at Silicon Valley's tech titans
• Eye on the East Bay: Occupy movement comes to Brentwood pub
• French designer Philippe Starck says he is working on 'revolutionary' project for Apple
• PG&E makes $70 million payment to San Bruno
• Honor Bar Grill and Cocktails in Emeryville fills a gap for tech-and-art set
• Man who fatally beat Sacramento State dorm roommate from Santa Clara is sentenced
• San Jose 6-year-old dies after accident at Santa Cruz County beach
• Giants get one-hitter from Cain in home-opener
• Hicks: Morgan Freeman denies being involved with step-grandaughter
• A Stow family moment brightens Giants' home opener
• 'American Idol' shocker: Judges forced to save one of top singers
• San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 3-2 in playoff opener
• At long last -- a BART groundbreaking
• Redwood City firefighter loses grandfather, cousin in Pacifica blaze
• Woodside Plaza area homes get extra shot of chlorine in water system Thursday
• Flames seen coming from Modesto standoff apartment
• Golden State Warriors rally but lose to Dallas Mavericks
• A's bullpen could be team's biggest question
• Email from Nadia Lockyer account claims Treasurer Bill Lockyer supplied her with drugs
• Fish and Game chief who killed mountain lion broke political contribution law, state panel says
• Mark Purdy: Playoff experience pays off for San Jose Sharks
• Thunder, lightning filling Bay Area skies
• Nationwide Tour golf: Ben Martin braves elements, takes lead at TPC Stonebrae
• San Jose police arrest suspected 'Neapolitan Bandits'
• Conviction upheld in killing of rookie San Jose officer Jeffrey Fontana
• Brother says painter Thomas Kinkade battled alcoholism
• San Jose auditor wants cops to wear cameras
• California Supreme Court: It's not the boss's problem if employees work during breaks
• Alameda County tries to salvage of its redevelopment projects
• Evicted from park, Occupy protesters take to the sidewalks
• High-speed rail board approves final plan for California bullet train
• Giants get better pitching in win over Rockies
• Modesto: Deputy, citizen killed while sheriff is serving eviction notice
• San Jose auditor wants cops to wear cameras
• Hicks: 'Arrested Development' set to start shooting this summer
• UC student newspaper Daily Californian searches for survival money
• Riding for a fall: Pair with ALS set to skydive
• US applications for unemployment aid tick up
• Raiders sign TE who never played college football
• George Lucas stuns Marin, pulls plug on movie studio project
• North Korean rocket launch appears to have failed, U.S. says
• Caine's Arcade: Boy creates cardboard wonder, and grown men cry
• Heavy rains flood San Francisco street with sewage
• Police Blotter: Heavy sleeper doesn't answer door when fire department officials come knocking
• BrightSource shelves IPO, walks away from public markets
• Alameda County District 4 Supervisor race a David and Goliath story
• Former Saint Mary's star Diamon Simpson signs with Houston Rockets
• Biz Break: Google's earnings and stock split, in layman's terms; plus, HP's big day
• Tesla cuts factory cost as shares rise on profits
• Hicks: Green Day to release three records within the next year
• Hewlett-Packard has best day on Wall Street in more than three years
• Facebook expands collected data available to users
• Economic reports show continued slow but steady growth
• YouTube aims for better social-networking integration
• Vandals slash vehicle tires in Pleasanton
• Tim Lincecum hit hard as San Francisco Giants are routed by Colorado Rockies 17-8
• 'American Idol': Top 7 take on contemporary artists
• San Mateo County's top medical chief rips Peninsula health district for ignoring uninsured adults
• Redwood City considers putting Saltworks on November ballot
• Mountain View pushes forward with plans to ban plastic bags, takeout containers
• Golden State Warriors lose to Portland Trail Blazers 118-110
• Purdy: Low expectations might bode well for Sharks
• Investigators in Sierra LaMar case study underwater sonar images for clues to help find missing Morgan Hill teen
• Train hits car in San Leandro, killing elderly woman
• Oakland's BrightSource Energy shelves IPO, announces it will pull S-1
• Accused Oikos University gunman One L. Goh tells reporter he is 'deeply sorry' in first jailhouse interview
• Hayward man sentenced in DUI crash that injured boy after Giants game
• Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie looking forward to NFL draft
• San Jose Sharks putting puzzle together as they meet St. Louis Blues in NHL playoffs
• Andrew Bogut's upside appears very high with Golden State Warriors
• A la Carte: La Viga in Redwood City; Roux reinvents itself; Morocco's closing in San Jose
• In poppy war, the Taliban aim to protect a cash crop
• Herhold: A heavyweight bout on San Jose's pension reform
• Police Blotter: Man leaving business with burglary tools arrested
• Cops seek transient they say robbed San Jose, Santa Cruz banks
• Former Hoover family home to reopen as nature center at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
• George Zimmerman is in custody, will be charged with second-degree murder
• Funeral held for father and daughter killed in Concord crash
• Syria vows to observe Thursday cease-fire but reserves right to deter aggression
• Proposal gets closer to returning $2 million in taxes
• San Jose software engineer Jason Cai found guilty of murdering lawyer Xia Zhao
• Which Silicon Valley startup will be the next Instagram?
• Walk-off hit batter caps Oakland A's comeback win over the Kansas City Royals
• PC shipments up nearly 2 percent in first quarter
• Stanford football notes: Tight end dynamic has changed with Coby Fleener gone
• Foster City, North Peninsula Jewish Campus reach agreement on sale
• Rafael Baca providing clutch midfield play for the San Jose Earthquakes
• Apple, publishers sued by feds, accused of conspiracy to fix e-book prices
• Roadshow: Woman repeatedly slaps kid in car. What would you do if you saw this?
• East Bay firm accused of illegal debt collection shut down
• Report: Barbieri let go by KNBR
• CloudPassage announces $14 million in new funding
• Man arrested in Capitola after attacking police officer, being Tasered three times
• Expect 'trucks with dirt' as BART construction gets under way
• Advocates of Palo Alto Animal Services rally to keep division
• Committee orders 'lighter touch' for new Palo Alto massage ordinance
• San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy still figuring out how to use new outfielders
• Oakland A's manage only one hit in loss to Kansas City Royals
• New Project Safety Net program director named
• Newest Raider Dave Tollefson feels indebted to club
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Sherri Shepherd KISS'ed goodbye
• Antioch moves forward with changes to housing document
• Warriors president Rick Welts found courage to tell 'whole story'
• Police use pepper spray to subdue San Jose State student in 'hallucinogenic state'
• The ugly side of the beauty industry
• Gang killing victim in San Jose identified, suspects arrested
• Federal anti-hacking prosecutions reined in by appeals court ruling
• Redwood City martial arts instructor arrested on suspicion of lewd acts
• Mountain View man killed by vehicle; police look for witnesses
• Schools turn to voters to help dig out of budget hole
• San Jose expands outdoor smoking ban
• SJ State ends admission guarantee for local students
• Chicken is a winner at 30th napkin art contest
• Service held in Newark for Oikos victim
• Purdy: One year later, Stow family keeps rooting for little victories
• Robosquirrel fools rattlesnake
• O'Brien: Three things Instagram says about Silicon Valley in 2012
• Tulsa residents want death penalty in shootings
• Yahoo CEO outlines reorganization into three main divisions
• East Contra Costa farmers say unusual winter may push back the start of the summer fruit season
• Santa Cruz County sheriff-coroner in crossfire on immigration program
• Hayward firefighters extinguish garage blaze on Second Street
• Electric vehicle charging station agreement raises hackles
• Choir teacher arrested for producing child porn with 'spy pen' during school trip to Pajaro Dunes
• Ship leaves NYC to visit Titanic graves in Canada
• Weight loss study: Fads not as helpful as exercising, eating less
• Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi faces a big challenge against Blues
• South San Francisco: 49-year-old man injured when struck by car on El Camino Real
• Walnut Creek restaurant, bar owners against proposed alcohol law
• Santorum's decision to call it quits puts chill on California primary
• North Korea space official: Rocket ready for launch
• Rain delaying flights at SFO up to two hours
• Syria defies cease-fire plan as peace hopes fade
• Loyal Instagram users fret about Facebook's reach
• Murder at center of Chinese scandal that toppled official
• Driver in Concord fatal crash released from custody, victims' family prepares for funeral
• San Jose seeking applications for planning commissioners
• San Jose woman jumps off Hoover Dam bridge
• Cassidy: Commodore 64 pioneer Jack Tramiel lived Silicon Valley's story
• Special fund on Santa Clara County property tax bill pays for employee pensions
• Jury must decide if teen driver killed a woman with his car on purpose
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Donald Driver charges to top, KISS rocks ballroom
• Residents call on Palo Alto City Council to reverse restriping project
• San Carlos council denies permit to Carlos Club
• California Connections Academy expands into Santa Clara County
• Mountain View hotel robbed of more than $3,000
• Tom Milone sharp in Oakland A's debut with victory against Kansas City Royals
• HP to offer cloud-based computing service
• Boudoir photography goes mainstream
• Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
• AP Enterprise: Rushed bills compromise disclosure
• San Jose Sharks have to figure out how to beat St. Louis Blues
• Instagram co-founders are young, widely praised -- and very, very rich
• Pokemon: Not just for kids any more
• Boy Scout troop leaders inspire special ed kids by teaching leadership and outdoor scouting skills
• Falcon eggs hatch atop San Jose City Hall
• Sally Campbell, longtime San Mateo County harbor commissioner, dies at 68
• Family mourns Fremont homicide victim
• Gaps in Netflix streaming service options likely to persist
• Smoke scare at San Jose jail over after blaze flames out in ventilation system
• Tax deadline pushed back two days this year
• Police probe continues into tragic Concord crash
• Facebook to buy mobile photo app Instagram for $1 billion
• Edwards Avenue freeway off-ramp in Oakland closed while police investigate shooting
• Market-rate rentals in stalled Hercules project get mixed reception from public
• Pipeline tests set for Tuesday in East San Jose
• Roadshow: How Air Resources Board helped clear things up
• Girlfriend says painter Thomas Kinkade died in his sleep
• Elderly Santa Clara driver who died on freeway is named
• Netflix basing much of its future on recommendation feature
• $7 million raised for 'next Google,' but companies were bogus, feds say
• Hayward forum Tuesday for candidates in Congress, City Council races
• Duplex fire in West Oakland displaces five
• Giants get first victory as Zito shuts out Rockies
• Oakland: Suspect arrested in December fatal shooting
• Herhold: Unraveling the puzzle that was Thomas Kinkade
• Kenneth Libo, historian of Jewish immigration, dies at 74
• Microsoft to pay $1 billion for AOL patents
• Report: Sony to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide
• Wolverton: A Jedi mind trick -- "Kinect Star Wars" has obvious appeal, but proves disappointing
• Beautiful orange and black butterflies are staying home for a change
• Biofuel firms face uncertainty over future government help
• Poole: Warren Sapp just another example of poor planning
• San Jose's Oak Grove High rallies around African immigrant who speaks rare language
• Cassidy: Donald Trump is coming to school Silicon Valley
• San Jose Sharks in unfamiliar position as underdog
• Three day 'hackathon' at San Jose State -- golden minds with great ideas
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• New trail under I-580 opens door for more Tri-Valley bike, foot travel
• Oakland A's Josh Donaldson working hard to learn to play third base
• Cal football stadium on time for Sept. 1 kickoff
• Tulsa police say shootings may have been revenge
• GOP superdelegates: It's over, Romney is nominee
• Challenges facing Romney in wooing female voters
• Work continues to rid Richmond, San Pablo homes of lead
• Mary Mendez, founder of day worker center, dies at age 66.
• Golf: Bubba Watson wins Masters playoff over Louis Oosthuizen
• San Francisco Giants swept by Arizona Diamondbacks
• Oakland Catholics reflect on Easter in wake of Oikos tragedy
• Cost of Dying: planning for a good death, from advance directive to talking with your family
• Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies
• Roadshow: Flashing white lights on bicycles: legal or not?
• Santa Clara man killed in San Jose crash
• Oakland school shooting a global shame in immigrants' communities
• Police probe driver's cell phone after fatal Concord crash
• Two robberies on same Gilroy block, just minutes apart
• Tim Tebow draws big crowd to Texas Easter service
• Oakland: Three-alarm fire scorches business
• Sharks begin playoffs Thursday, return home against Blues on Monday, April 16
• 'Hunger Games' leads box office charts for a third straight weekend
• Cost to pack state park artifacts will cut savings
• Details of artist Thomas Kinkade's tumultuous final years surface
• East Palo Alto stabbing victim dropped off at hospital
• Golden State Warriors blow out Denver Nuggets
• Back home with the parents
• Oakland A's fall to Seattle Mariners again
• San Jose Sharks will face St. Louis Blues in NHL playoffs
• Poole: Basketball documentary 'Town Game' scores big points with gritty look at Leon Powe, Demetrius 'Hook' Mitchell
• Tyson fans meet hero fighting for redemption
• San Jose Sharks want to relish underdog role in playoffs against St. Louis Blues
• Chris Wondolowski scores twice in San Jose Earthquakes' 3-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps
• San Jose man stabbed to death
• 'Uncooperative' teen male stabbed in Watsonville
• Details of artist Thomas Kinkade's tumultuous final years surface
• Valley Christian band headed to Beijing to play with counterparts; combined bands to play in Rose Parade
• Gay Mormon students at BYU come out in Web video
• Oikos University killings surpass 1986 mass murder as Oakland's most deadly
• United to pull out of Oakland airport in June
• Tammerlin Drummond: Easter sermons seek spiritual meaning in Oikos tragedy
• Pizarro: San Jose's old Studio Theater climbs to new heights
• Zach Maynard blocks out chatter, seizes role as Cal's unchallenged starting quarterback
• Golf: Sweden's Peter Hanson holds one-shot lead over charging Phil Mickelson with one round left in Masters
• Roadshow: Santa Clara County-wide litter cleanup is planned
• Navy jet crash a 'Good Friday miracle' -- but how?
• Father, young daughter killed by speeding vehicle in Concord
• Shared experiences connect Romney and Netanyahu
• Windfall of cash could hit state treasury from global warming program
• Fang Lizhi, who inspired Chinese dissidents, dies
• Pakistani troops dig for 135 missing in avalanche
• U.S. defines its demands for Iran talks
• Pope holds Easter candle at basilica vigil
• Family of Sierra LaMar announces $10,000 reward; 49ers Alex Smith participates in search
• China reportedly detains returning Tibetan pilgrims
• Motorist dies in big rig crash on I-280 near San Mateo
• San Francisco Giants fall to Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4
• Herhold: Huge water bill increase tied to conservation
• Eye on the East Bay: Media storm Piedmont home after Oikos shooting
• Heroes emerge from Oikos tragedy
• Oakland Coliseum still bears O.co name
• Woman injured in Oakland shooting
• 'Uncooperative' teen male stabbed in Watsonville
• Huh? U.S. and British English to collide at Olympics
• Ford recalls 140,000 Focus cars for wiper problem
• Contracts expire tonight for 40,000 AT&T workers in California, Midwest
• Program teaches tennis to blind Fremont students
• Poole: Opening night in Oakland just cruel facade for A's fans
• Ousted 'Idol' DeAndre Brackensick: I can build something off this
• U.S. added 120,000 jobs in March, report shows
• Pinterest vaults into third place for social networks, ahead of LinkedIn and Google+
• Thomas Kinkade, one of nation's most popular painters, dies suddenly in Los Gatos at 54
• Ex-Woodside school district CFO pleads not guilty to felony charges
• Six Mountain View stores stung for selling booze to minors
• From saving to being saved: Community members band together to keep Palo Alto Animal Services from being outsourced
• Los Altos bank robbery attempt ends in frustration for armed, wig-wearing man
• 8-year-old boy robbed by pocketknife-wielding man in Mountain View
• Ex-Intel worker pleads guilty to stealing design documents
• Oakland A's lose home opener, 7-3 to Seattle Mariners
• San Jose SaberCats hold off San Antonio Talons 76-53
• Golden State Warriors lose 104-98 to Utah Jazz
• Legal titans clash in San Jose murder case
• Police Blotter
• Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves
• Oaksterdam founder to leave cannabis business
• Bonny Zanardi: 'Kublai Khan' inspires Ruth Eckland video installation
• Sheriff's van carrying prisoners catches fire on I-580 in San Leandro
• San Jose State spring football: SJSU out to retool offensive line
• Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves
• Fremont rejects energy conservation ordinance
• Big lottery winners often prize anonymity
• Oaksterdam founder to leave cannabis business
• Oakland shooting victim's remote village wants him home
• Pizarro: San Jose Taco Festival serving up more than food
• Hicks: 'Bully' gets PG-13 rating
• Mercury News interview: Lloyd Carney, CEO of Xsigo Systems
• San Francisco sheriff's wife: Husband victim of coup
• Contra Costa supervisor candidates to participate in environmental forum
• Former Modesto teacher arrested for sexual contact with another teen
• San Jose firefighters applaud man for pulling driver from wrecked car
• Mt. Diablo district residents are starting to chatter about proposed property tax increase for bond projects
• Hicks: 'Hunger Games' director reportedly quits before next film
• Sharks' captain giving San Jose some bite
• Oakland tragedy: Community continues healing as case develops
• California Passover diners get the word: No Coke
• Monte Poole: Comcast documentary captures Oakland city basketball
• Police looking for Fremont bank robber
• Hicks: Morgan Freeman reportedly dating step-granddaughter
• Fremont man robbed at knife point on city street
• Muscular Dystrophy Association show leaving Vegas
• Man dies after being shot near Fremont DMV
• Tim Kawakami: Ex-Saints defensive coach Gregg Williams will never coach again
• California's tough gun laws could not prevent East Oakland tragedy
• Felony charges filed against ex-CFO of Woodside, Portola Valley school districts
• San Jose Sharks clinch playoff berth, then hold off Kings in shootout
• San Jose Sharks' Ryane Clowe breaks up Kings' late potential scoring threat from the bench
• Mountain View looks for ways to fix $1.1M deficit in fiscal year 2012-13
• Fluoescent dye triggers hazmat response in Palo Alto
• Former Menlo College mail manager sentenced for credit card thefts
• 49ers react to Gregg Williams audio tape
• Walking Jesus' final path
• San Jose murderer who killed inmate says he was avenging innocent children
• Bounty Tape Transcript: Ex-Saints assistant Gregg Williams tells his players to try to seriously hurt 49ers players
• Wealthy Chinese seek special visas to relocate to Bay Area
• 'American Idol': San Jose's DeAndre Brackensick eliminated
• Appellate court issues temporary stay on San Jose pension reform ballot measure
• California gets longest commercial salmon fishing season since 2005
• Longtime Santa Clara city manager, who oversaw 49ers stadium deal, to retire in June
• Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul draws crowd at UC Berkeley
• Connecticut moves to abolish death penalty
• GOP National committee closing the gap on fundraising
• To court, administration admits what can't be denied
• San Jose SaberCats: Kicking issues might be resolved
• Suspect in Hayward murder also charged in 2007 Union City killing of 14-year-old
• Oakley votes no on clean water initiative
• Suspect in Hayward murder also charged in 2007 Union City killing of 14-year-old
• Oakland police: Different administrator was true target of Oikos shooter
• Housing proposed for old Mervyn's headquarters site in Hayward
• Teen tries 100-plus mph chase from Walnut Creek to Cupertino
• Want to party in the shade at the Martinez pool? It'll cost you this year
• Jury deliberations begin in Richmond Police Department racism trial
• San Jose Earthquakes' Steven Lenhart leaves practice with injury
• US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.98 percent
• Wallet stuffed with $10,000 returned in Laguna Beach
• Three attackers beat man at Colma BART station, police say
• Google CEO goes public
• Tenants in foreclosed San Jose home given help with moving expenses
• Firefighters responding to swimmer in distress near Cliff House in San Francisco
• Deadline approaching for IRAs
• Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson expected to outline post-layoffs vision to workers Tuesday
• Hicks: Keith Olbermann sues Al Gore's network
• Ferdinand Porsche, designer of 911 and grandson of car company's founder, dies at 76
• Biz Break: Facebook chooses a stock exchange, Wall Street falls again and YouTube lawsuit revived
• Facebook will list shares on Nasdaq, sources say
• A's second baseman Jemile Weeks: Is he on the verge of stardom?
• Lawsuit seeking to ban Happy Meal toys in California shot down
• San Francisco Giants are expecting an improved offense in 2012
• 'American Idol': Contestants rock out on '80s night
• Sax titan Dayna Stephens fights for his life
• Redwood City considers allowing offices to move into empty, ground-level downtown storefronts
• Director of Mountain View counseling agency named 'Woman of the Year'
• Warrant issued for Redwood City man accused of having his SUV torched in insurance scam
• Menlo Park father who emotionally abused and beat teenage daughter sentenced to eight months in jail
• Oakland A's send right-hander Tyson Ross to minors, choose Graham Godfrey as fourth starter
• San Jose Sharks must get past Los Angeles Kings to achieve postseason
• Golden State Warriors rally from 20 points down to beat Minnesota Timberwolves
• Herhold: County should allow scanning public records
• Eighth grader aces spelling bee -- in Spanish
• Judge upholds San Jose pension reform language
• 'QR codes' replace milk cartons in quest to find missing children
• Fake San Jose cop has search routine down, but he's the criminal
• Drunk woman booked for driving into San Jose house, cops say
• San Mateo County tapped for pilot health care project
• Police: Napping DUI driver rolls through Half Moon Bay red light
• Mattison appointed to fill vacant Discovery Bay board seat
• Hayward, police officers sued by family of man who died after dog bite
• Warm and fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
• Whitney Houston autopsy says white powder, residue on spoon found in her room
• Sunnyvale police: Fatal hit-and-run suspect admitted he intentionally drove into 2 pedestrians
• Google plans to expands Oklahoma data center
• Somali theater bombing kills 10, shatters calm
• Silicon Valley to get its own reality TV show
• Chevron's failed tax appeal illuminates paradox in Contra Costa lawsuit by 28 cities and special districts
• College official from Piedmont says she was target of Oakland rampage suspect
• Oakland university shooting: One Goh charged with seven counts of murder, may be eligible for death penalty
• Top news photos: Golf legends at Masters, bunny ears on Wall Street and more
• U.S. moves toward normalizing relations with Myanmar
• Afghan suicide bomber kills 10, including 3 U.S. soldiers
• Oakland university shooting: Family remembers San Leandro's Doris Chibuko as genuine, generous; husband said she raised alarm about accused gunman One Goh
• Pizarro: San Jose's Municipal Stadium still a gem after 70 years
• Alameda County gun show case may end without definitive legal shot fired
• LSI takes San Jose offices in expansion that will shift 850 workers
• Yahoo to cut 2,000 jobs, or 14 percent of global workforce
• Thursday search in Sierra LaMar disappearance to focus on San Martin, Gilroy
• DA: Ex-Silicon Valley executive pleads no contest to teen boy tryst
• Cal football stadium on time for Sept. 1 kickoff
• Goalkeeper Joe Cannon revitalizes career with Vancouver Whitecaps
• A's hopeful that Cespedes can provide a power boost
• Hicks: Whitney Houston autopsy says 'white powdery substance' was found in singer's hotel room
• Josh Donaldson hits two homers as A's beat Giants 8-1
• DA's probe into fiscal 'irregularities' of Woodside school district's former CFO almost done
• Though redevelopment agencies are gone, Peninsula cities scramble to finish their business
• Forget Farmville, who's more energy efficient?; Palo Alto rolling out 'social energy' app
• Hohbach proposed four-story, mixed-use project on Birch Street in Palo Alto
• Soap actor Jack Wagner washes out of 'Dancing with the Stars'
• Two Redwood City residents arrested in San Mateo burglary, police say
• A's notebook: Dallas Braden's injury not as serious as Oakland A's feared
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Brandon Belt appears set as opening-day first baseman
• Chief: Oakland shooting victims hailed from Korea, Nigeria and the Philippines
• Matt Cain strikes out six as San Francisco Giants beat Oakland A's 3-2
• Golden State Warriors blow 12-point fourth-quarter lead, lose to Memphis Grizzlies
• San Jose neighborhood evacuated for gas scare after woman drives into home
• Healthiest California counties ranked in new study
• Wolverton: Nokia's new flagship phone makes waves
• Stockton finances prompt state investigation
• Gilroy police negligent in 2008 shooting death of man, jury decides
• Accused killer, Jason Cai, finally takes the stand, speaks in his own defense
• San Jose Sharks beat Dallas Stars, move closer to NHL playoffs
• Ex-Seaside police officer acquitted on all 33 counts in sexual abuse case
• Peter Douglas, champion of the California coast, dies at 69
• Roadshow: Prius drivers fire back at their critics
• Seton Medical Center in Daly City appoints interim CEO
• Foster City property sale generates $30 million boost for city coffers
• Singer Avril Lavigne visits Pleasanton Safeway to launch campaign for disabled
• Doctors launch new effort to cut wasteful medical spending
• Mt. Diablo school board will poll district residents on tax increase
• Oakland university shooting: Authorities release One Goh's booking mug, list of victims
• Police: Rampage suspect sought revenge against Oakland school
• Willow Glen mom killed in Oakland school rampage
• Tornadoes slam Dallas area, more than a dozen injured
• Top news photos: Large tornadoes hit Dallas area
• Nursing student lauded for sealing classroom from Oikos shooter
• Healthiest California counties ranked in new study
• U.S. offers $10 million reward for Pakistani militant
• New stain-resistant seats are expected to please unhappy BART riders
• James Murdoch steps down as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting
• Singer Avril Lavigne visits Pleasanton Safeway to launch campaign for disabled
• Hicks: Paul McCartney's son wants to form band with other Beatles' kids
• Oakland university shooting: Grace Eunhae Kim was 2007 Foothill High grad, Fremont resident
• Rocket carrying secret payload launches from Vandenberg AFB
• Police: Eight gang members busted after months long probe
• Mom seeks help in finding bipolar son, car abandoned at a San Jose McDonald's
• San Mateo: Family safe after escaping 2-alarm fire; two pets die in blaze
• Facebook brings patent counterclaim against Yahoo
• Tammerlin Drummond: Another black mark for Oakland
• Oakland school rampage suspect sought revenge against administrator, police say
• Ex-Facebook VP Heiliger joins venture firm North Bridge
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Personal stories bring high emotion, high scores
• Daric Barton is still in mix at first base for Oakland A's despite shoulder surgery last September
• Melky Cabrera gets San Francisco Giants off on right foot in Bay Bridge Series
• Giants notebook: Buster Posey touched by fans' reception
• O'Brien: Three lessons all tech companies should learn from Apple's latest audit
• Palo Alto man cited for indecent exposure
• Two boys robbed on Palo Alto street
• Moist March hiked up snow pack levels
• Mountain View police arrest two teens on suspicion of robbery
• Victim in Oakland massacre was studying for nursing degree
• Gov. Brown looks to global warming fees to pay for high-speed rail
• 'Shakespeare Iraq' exceeds $30,000 fundraising target, will perform at Oregon festival
• Jurors must decide if teen who killed neighbor with car did it on purpose
• San Jose police officer shoots at man who opened fire inside bar
• Moist March hiked up snow pack levels
• Casino M8trix opening delayed for time being
• Agency stops seismic tests; worries about dolphins
• Pakistani court orders deportation of bin Laden's family
• Mavericks Festival to be held later in spring
• RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH KILLS 31
• Syria commits to April 10 deadline on Annan plan
• S.J. Councilman loses legal challenge
• Arrests made in 2010 slaying of popular Hayward High student
• Chevron loses Contra Costa County property tax appeal
• Groupon settles coupon expiration lawsuits for $8.5 million
• Apple's iPad tops Consumer Reports' list despite heat issue
• Hicks: Chevy Chase feuding with "Community creator
• Feds raid three Oakland medical marijuana sites
• Herhold: The tattoo of time shapes our political beliefs
• Former nursing student opens fire at Oakland university, killing 7 and wounding 3 others; suspect arrested later in Alameda
• Bay Area nonprofit fights to keep camp alive
• Seton Medical Center in Daly City appoints interim CEO
• Newest Raider Wheeler said fans helped make his decision
• 'American Idol' contestant DeAndre Brackensick generating excitement in San Jose
• Stanford grad student investigates online privacy
• Roadshow: Drivers explain why they don't close gaps behind cars at a red light
• Matt Cain's deal with Giants guarantees pitcher $127.5 million
• Groupon restatement sparks more worries
• Sunnyvale man dies two days after hit-and-run
• Ex-Warriors Jamaal Wilkes, Ralph Sampson join Don Nelson in basketball Hall of Fame
• New California bullet train plan a grand finale to years-long drama
• Los Angeles Lakers defeat Golden State Warriors 120-112
• Baylor defeats Stanford 59-47 in Women's Final Four semifinal
• U.S. and others move to increase assistance to Syrian rebels
• Coast Guard rescues two injured crew members from stranded racing yacht
• Woman hit by truck, seriously injured in Pleasant Hill Marshall's parking lot
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Brett Bochy makes his dad proud with scoreless inning of relief against Brewers
• Roadshow: Double white line crossings are rampant
• First base still to be sorted out as Oakland A's wrap up exhibition play
• 10 students win Santa Clara County science fair
• School district seeks better home for Peninsula High School
• Mercury News Wish Book raised more than $500,000 for Silicon Valley people, charities in 2011
• Widow of Pa. teacher slain in Yemen felt no threat
• Taylor Swift wins Country Music Awards entertainer of the year
• UK government reportedly planning surveillance program
• Pakistani boy who burned himself over uniform dies
• Party claims victory for Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
• Scramble for West playoff spots enters final week for San Jose Sharks, four other teams
• Buster Posey's health the best development of spring camp for San Francisco Giants
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Police investigating homicide of homeless man in Concord
• Pacifica: Three-alarm blaze kills two, injures two
• Temporary outage of Visa card network Sunday
• San Jose solicitor cited as police battle Palo Alto break-ins
• Jeremy Lin's injury leaves Knicks star's story incomplete
• Mitt Romney's staff pulls April Fools' gag on candidate
• Victim, suspect in Thursday Berkeley murder identified
• Sailors injured in storm during race off California coast
• Santa Rosa cyclist Levi Leipheimer suffers leg injury after hit by car
• Police: Thousands of dollars in damage after Occupy Oakland antipolice march
• Box office: 'Hunger Games' earns $61.1 million, 'Titans' takes in $34.2 million
• Missing Martinez man found, returned to family
• Among many teens, cheating is part of school
• Classic party: Togas, catapults and trivia enliven Latin convention
• Purdy: Joe Pavelski helps San Jose Sharks make statement in win over Dallas Stars
• Being named to the James Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame not all that pleases ex-Warriors coach Don Nelson
• Poole: It looks like Tiger Woods' time again at Masters
• O'Brien: Russian tech revolution plants a flag in Silicon Valley
• NCAA Final Four: Kentucky, Kansas advance to title game
• San Jose Sharks give playoff push a huge lift in 3-0 win over Stars
• Chris Wondolowski scores on a penalty kick in the San Jose Earthquakes' 1-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC
• Two pedestrians seriously injured in Sunnyvale hit-and-run
• Oakland A's pitcher Dallas Braden suffers setback with shoulder injury
• Five Bay Area lottery tickets pay $227,955 prize
• Hackers, investors, designers collaborate at Super Happy Block Party in Palo Alto
• Internal Affairs: The campaign donation is mightier than the sword
• China clamps down on social networking
• New hangars going up at Hayward airport
• Video arraignments, tech-based efficiency employed in Hayward courtroom
• Stanford women are primed for the challenge of upsetting undefeated Baylor on Sunday
• Three winners, over 100 million Mega Millions losers
• San Francisco 49ers QB Alex Smith joins search for Sierra Lamar
• Thirty East Bay Elementary Campuses Named 2012 'California Distinguished Schools'
• Eye on the East Bay: Councilman's effort to speed up Richmond meetings draws backlash
• Police: One shot dead during Antioch bar fight
• Ron Paul to speak at UC Berkeley on Thursday
• Global failures on a Haitian epidemic
• Top news photos: Earth Hour ceremonies, rally for Trayvon Martin and more
• Despite low turnout, organizers happy with Mavericks Festival
• First lady commissions newest Coast Guard cutter
• New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin needs knee surgery, likely done for season
• Romney looks to Wisconsin for all-clear
• Congress gets rough treatment at Supreme Court
• Herhold: The strange death of a veteran San Jose attorney
• Thomas Peele: Convenient excuses allow officials to evade public disclosure in times of embarrassment
• Police are using phone tracking as routine tool
• National Science Foundation program at Stanford aims to tap into Silicon Valley know-how
• Oakland's O.co old and gray but still beloved
• Prosecutor in Trayvon Martin case known as tough
• North Korea rebuilds Pyongyang to welcome new leader
• Syria says it won't be first to lay down arms
• Clinton: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran
• Fallen tree limb causes 1,600 Los Altos homes to lose power
• Stanford's Nneka, Chiney Ogwumike make WBCA Coaches' All-America team
• Steward: Darting here and there . . .
• Cassidy: Monterey Bay Aquarium jellyfish confront the iPhone era
• Baylor's Brittney Griner presents an imposing obstacle to Stanford women's NCAA title hopes
• Top scorers slumping down the stretch for Sharks
• Photos, texts and police reports shed new light on Nadia Lockyer's tortured affair
• Wilner: It'll take a lot to topple Kentucky at Final Four
• Split campus offer riles Bullis
• Family of girl killed in East Palo Alto crosswalk files wrongful death claims
• Redwood City looking into letting dogs go off-leash at Stulsaft Park
• Man stabbed in fight inside 7-Eleven in downtown Palo Alto; suspect arrested
• Valley oak at Palo Alto elementary school on the chopping block
• Stanford University sends out admission letters to Class of 2016
• New Jersey Nets edge Golden State Warriors
• No one in California wins $640 million lottery prize, but jackpot claimed elsewhere
• San Jose SaberCats snap 8-game road losing streak
• San Francisco Giants put infielder Mike Fontenot on waivers
• Bonny Zanardi: Women's Caucus for Art show in Palo Alto celebrates 40th anniversary
• 1,200 expected to ascend 52 flights of stairs Saturday
• Mega Millions also-rans: 5 tickets worth $130,000 each were sold in the Bay Area
• Brown's balancing act on tax hike: Wage populist fight to soak the rich or carefully court business?
• California lowers estimated cost of rail project
• Emeryville police arrest man suspected in two sex-related attacks
• Raiders trade for veteran Carolina Panthers running back
• Dozens sickened by carbon dioxide leak at Vallejo food processing plant; company owner calls incident 'false alarm'
• Mt. Diablo High science labs lacking, teachers say.
• Time expiring on perfect sisterhood
• With warning, preparing for an attack on the Internet
• Mercury News interview: Bill Ruh, vice president of software at General Electric
• Bill would prohibit employers from demanding applicants' social media information
• Pizarro: San Pedro Square gets another farmer's market
• San Jose police: 3 men arrested trying to sell stolen guns
• Gunman in Hayward video game store slaying pleads no contest to manslaughter
• Lake Merritt sunken treasure could go back to Oakland students
• Mastercard and Visa look into possible security breach
• Old photos may be deceptive in Florida neighborhood watch shooting case
• Morrison: Fremont weathered depression, prepared for future
• Scotts Valley man facing new molestation charges after another teenage girl comes forward
• Brentwood considers tapping budget reserves
• U.S. ambassador to Moscow accuses Russian journalists of hacking
• People: Olbermann makes sudden departure again
• Sunnyvale police: Sunday hit-and-run was homicide; driver fled to Dubai
• Mexico's vanquished ruling party stages a comeback
• Police detain three armed robbery suspects in North Oakland
• Jerry Lee Lewis marries wife No. 7 his cousin's ex-wife
• Bodies ID'd in well linked to Speed Freak Killers
• Agency: Citrus disease detected in California
• Berkeley shooting victim dies, suspect arrested
• Santorum stumps in Bay Area, despite long-shot status in Golden State
• In Fairfield candy factory visit, Rick Santorum touts the sweetness of a conservative America
• Purdy: New Orleans Saints are getting off light for bounties
• Hundreds of employees will have to turn in their San Mateo County-issued cellphones
• Palo Alto hackathon to unite developers, artists, government
• Man lunges at girl on Mountain View elementary school campus
• Ravenswood superintendent wants a raise, school board trustee says
• Sketch of Menlo Park stabbing suspect released
• San Jose Sharks lose 2-0 to Phoenix Coyotes, fall to ninth in Western Conference
• 'American Idol': San Jose singer advances as field is cut to eight
• In California, countdown to foie gras ban begins
• Weather forecast can't dampen enthusiasm of Mavericks Festival organizers
• San Mateo man convicted of raping, molesting orphan relative
• Pizarro: San Jose City Council shines a spotlight on its feminine side
• Police Blotter
• Fremont district could eliminate home-to-school bus transportation
• San Francisco Giants running short of time to reach a deal with Matt Cain
• Oakland students find 10 pounds of sunken treasure at Lake Merritt
• Nine students caught in Leland High School cheating scandal
• Former Mrs. Pakistan used her striking appearance to scam families, prosecutors charge.
• Air Force pilot from Vacaville dies in overseas crash
• One-alarm fire destroys vacant Hayward home
• Flawlessly beautiful Mrs. Pakistan's used her striking appearance to scam clueless families
• Where are you buying your Mega Millions tickets? A list of the Bay Area's luckiest lottery outlets
• Hayward city union members say enough with the cuts
• List: Terry Christensen's students
• Herhold: A famous San Jose State teacher heads into retirement
• Southern California legislator arrested for DUI in Concord
• Union City teacher pleads not guilty to underage sex charges
• Convicted murderer from Contra Costa County stabbed in prison
• One killed, two wounded in Oakland shootings
• Sensitive personal information missing on 800,000 California residents
• China's leaders seek unity after one official's ouster
• Six-legged Swiss calf takes celebrity in stride
• Excitement builds as Mega-Million drawing for $540 million approaches
• Developer back with new Pleasanton housing plan at contentious hill site
• Fremont schools could use police dogs on campus
• Delta's woes: No easy fix, report finds
• Report: Google to open online tablet store
• Signatures submitted for San Jose minimum wage vote
• Free on bail, man steals South Bay IDs to rent hotels, Mercedes, DA says
• Oakland police use tracking technology to find teens who escaped from L.A. group home
• Name of teen found dead at Alameda County juvenile jail still not released
• Syria's Assad demands rebels halt attacks
• Sunni rulers largely shun Iraq at Arab summit
• Palo Alto police launch campaign to battle burglary trend
• Menlo Park police interview 67-year-old stabbing victim again
• Man robs, tries to sexually assault woman in San Carlos
• San Carlos home ransacked; four suspects from East Palo Alto arrested
• Palo Alto to hold second Twitter Q&A session
• Menlo Country Club plans to renovate grounds, remove 345 trees
• 'American Idol' recap: Contestants get a whole lotta love from judges
• Golden State Warriors say Stephen Curry could return in two weeks
• San Jose Sharks fall out of Pacific lead with 3-1 loss to Anaheim Ducks
• Bill requiring dense breast tissue notification returns
• High court justices try to envision post-health insurance mandate landscape
• Adrienne Rich, renown feminist poet, dies at 82: Santa Cruz luminary fiercely advocated for social justice
• Bay Area inks $1.5 billion deal to electrify Caltrain for high-speed rail
• Neighborhood mourns elderly woman who died in West Oakland house fire
• Judge stops plan to pave College of San Mateo garden
• Stanford law school dean to step down in September
• San Francisco: Prosecutors allege suspect murdered five people during robbery
• GOP-run House easily rejects bipartisan budget
• San Jose startup Vocera goes public, shares soar in heavy trading
• Mumbai, Miami on list for big weather disasters
• Berkeley organic food company Annie's leaps 89 percent in IPO
• Lucy's species was not alone, foot fossil indicates
• M8trix owners sue San Jose as licensing delay threatens opening
• Lottery players quietly wait for $500 million jackpot Friday
• Stanford law school dean to step down in September
• Cupertino pair at center of legal fight over future of national cricket organization
• Lucha Libre USA Mexican wrestling tour grapples with controversy
• Romney edges into mop-up phase of campaign
• Arab summit appears divided over approach to Syria
• Report: Former Warriors coach Don Nelson elected to basketball's Hall of Fame
• Pope urges greater openings in vast Cuban Mass
• Action Line: Verizon land line outage hits Netflix and surrounding Los Gatos area
• Federal agents shoot, critically wound suspect, arrest two others in incident near Hilltop Mall in Richmond
• New security for U.S. troops in Afghanistan
• San Carlos: Police destroy dozens of explosives belonging to deceased commercial blaster
• Authorities identify Hayward boy who died in school P.E. class
• Richmond councilman again drops push for audit of anti-violence agency
• Mark Purdy: Giants fans should be concerned about the deep-pocketed new Dodgers owners
• Sierra LaMar's disappearance raises questions about how schools notify parents when students don't show up for class
• Exar cuts 120 jobs, or 30 percent of its workforce.
• East Bay school districts forge ahead with transitional kindergarten programs.
• Google+, developers hope to revolutionize video chat with new 'Hangouts' apps
• Top news photos: Colorful chicks, Pope's mass in Cuba and more
• Water bond teeters, may be pulled from 2012 ballot
• Palo Alto sends letter expressing interest in downtown post office site
• Mountain View council signals support for Shoreline owl preserve
• Menlo Park council approves Beechwood land sale, new fees and SEIU contract
• Palo Alto High staff save teen from drowning, fire official says
• Roadshow: Backups persist at 880 and 237, but some toll users love their faster commutes
• Kobe Bryant ends Golden State Warriors' hopes of upsetting the Lakers
• Frank McCourt has announced he is selling Los Angeles Dodgers to Magic Johnson's group
• Hercules approves sale of troubled Sycamore North project
• Jon Wilner: Conference shake-ups put San Jose State football back on bubble
• Oakley hires contractor to overhaul downtown shopping center
• Buster Posey catches games two days in a row, a good sign for the San Francisco Giants
• Daly City votes to ban pot clubs, joins over 170 California cities
• Investigators say Morgan Hill girl Sierra LaMar, 15, likely abducted, didn't run away
• Justices have hard questions on health insurance requirement
• Antioch agrees to Tri Delta's plan for senior bus program
• First lady to visit S.F., Alameda this weekend
• Giants notebook: Tim Lincecum eager for season to start
• Oakland A's tour disaster zone in Japan
• San Jose City Council signs off on priority road repairs, improvements
• Credit downgrade to cost San Jose $350,000 a year
• $5,000 reward offered in 'severe' San Bruno dog cruelty case
• San Bruno school uses music to boost math scores
• San Mateo County crabber dies in fishing accident
• Santa Clara felon pleads not guilty to killing Hayward man nearly 30 years ago
• California courts scrap $2 billion tech project
• Jean-Marc Alexandre's goal leads San Jose Earthquakes to 1-0 win over Portland Timbers
• Lack of bipartisan support hampers Russia talks, Obama says
• Berkeley man bludgeoned to death requested quick police response, transcript shows
• JetBlue captain restrained by passengers after ranting about a bomb
• Syria accepts U.N. peace plan, but intense fighting continues
• Cuban official rules out reforms urged by pope
• Teen found dead at juvenile jail in San Leandro
• Police: Human foot found on Pacifica beach
• First lady to visit S.F., Alameda this weekend
• Plot sends Afghan Defense Ministry into a near lockdown
• Romney's fundraisers are quietly amassing millions
• Amish buggies exempt from orange stickers under new Kentucky law
• Say it's not so! Thieves take Lorax and go
• New Walnut Creek law would allow crackdowns on all bars, restaurants and clubs
• Electric vehicles: It's about more than cars
• Gay-marriage foes sought to split gays and blacks
• Livestream: Community forum on Trayvon Martin killing, Tuesday at 6 p.m.
• Top news photos, March 27: Colorado wildfire, heading to Afghanistan and more
• Study: Birds adjusting slowly to climate change
• San Mateo County looks to provide valuable connections for released offenders
• FBI: Pennsylvania man stole Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's identity
• Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry wants to play, awaits doctor's advice
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Ryan Vogelsong looks sharp in Cactus League debut
• Stanford women look to reach new heights in Final Four
• Palo Alto official suggests outsourcing Animal Services as difficult budget season looms
• New San Mateo County budget already starts $28 million in the hole, board of supervisors told
• East Palo Alto's David Woods says he raised more for supervisor race than late report shows
• San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche, move into first place in Pacific Division
• Neglected police dog figures into former Watsonville cop's 'excessive force' case
• Stanford women defeat Duke, advance to NCAA Final Four
• Obama to Russia: More flexibility after elections
• Police: Wounded Foster City intruder may have been lost
• Millbrae: San Jose man charged in DUI crash that killed Gavilan ball player
• Dozens rally in Oakland, joining national call that the man who shot Florida teen be prosecuted
• San Jose: Five suspects in February homicide charged with murder, attempted murder
• DA: Man gets 16 years in Daly City killing where man was run over by car
• Two San Jose men to be sentenced for $2 million loan modification scam
• KlaasKids Foundation to begin searches for Sierra LaMar
• Police Blotter
• Who owns Mountain View's $260,000 lottery ticket?
• New federal Internet privacy standards introduced
• Fairfield men ID'd as Napa golf club stabbing victims
• Facebook asks for dismissal of suit seeking half the company, says trove of emails show man is a 'fraud'
• Panel finds new Bay Bridge is safe, although news story questions panel's objectivity
• San Jose: Mother describes attempted abduction of daughter in Willow Glen
• Antioch to consider options for senior bus programs
• San Francisco slaying suspect had been ordered deported; served time for armed robbery in San Jose
• Buyers compete for short supply of homes in Bay Area
• Vehicle fire cleared from Bay Bridge; traffic still slow
• Stray bullet grazes fisherman one-quarter mile from the shooting
• Billboard campaign takes jab at steel in new Bay Bridge
• Joe Montana, Steve Young disagree on whether Tim Tebow has created Jets quarterback controversy
• Ex-SF Giants employee gets 21 months in prison
• Raiders' McKenzie happy to have more draft picks
• Danville chiropractor to pay $1.125 million fraud settlement
• Hicks: 'Bully' gets no rating
• Benedict arrives in Cuba as 'pilgrim of charity'
• Herhold: Gilroy mayor's race could impact other offices
• Pizarro: BUILD finds success at second annual gala
• Slideshow: Staff pictures of the week, March 20-26
• Top news photos, March 26: Health care debate, table tennis focus and more
• Milpitas man killed in three-car crash in Pleasanton
• Peccaries make debut at San Francisco Zoo
• Oclaro to buy Opnext in $179 million deal between optical firms
• Man badly injured in stabbing near Occupy San Francisco encampment
• After failing to reach goals, California attempts to jump-start its 'Hydrogen Highway'
• Yahoo spurns activist investor, names its own new board directors
• Wolverton: Windows 8 a big misstep for Microsoft
• Stanford Chiney Ogwumike says bruised knee shouldn't be problem against Duke in Elite Eight game on Monday
• Oakland A's might not feel like 'home' team in Japan opener against Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners
• State bonds propel road-building blitz across Bay Area
• San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche meet for first time since trade
• Hakone Gardens invites other cultural celebrations -- Persian New Year -- to Saratoga landmark
• Oakland A's notebook: Yoenis Cespedes will bat fifth in his major league debut
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Senegal's Sall celebrates election victory, 'new era'
• Despite big night by rookie Charles Jenkins, Golden State Warriors lose to Portland Trail Blazers
• Political Blotter: Santorum in Alamo; Citizens United in the cross hairs
• Roadshow: Prius drivers under attack -- again
• In health care case, training for a legal marathon
• House GOP budget plan heats up as campaign issue
• Women's NCAA tournament: Baylor's Brittany Griner likely awaits Stanford-Duke winner
• Bold, daylight kidnap attempt of 16-year-old girl in Willow Glen
• Suspect arrested in San Francisco multiple-homicide
• Rep. Mike Honda presents his 'Budget for All' as counter to GOP plan
• Jon Wilner: Plenty of storylines for the Final Four
• Veterans group looks to settle in Antioch
• Quake hits central Chile; no reports of casualties
• Rave party with deadly past coming to Oakland's Oracle Arena
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Infielder Joaquin Arias making strong roster bid
• Sierra LaMar search remains fruitless - investigators consider new strategies
• Director James Cameron reaches deepest spot on Earth
• Costly state courts high-tech update fate in hands of judicial leaders
• Police: Officer shoots at man armed with BB gun in San Jose
• U.S. health reform law two years old and still a heated debate
• Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help
• Afghans: US paid $50K per shooting spree death
• French gunman's brother charged, denies role
• 'Hunger Games' battles to $155M opening weekend
• Police: Sketchy details on San Leandro liquor store shooting
• Police: Intruder shot at Foster City home
• A's lineup revealed with a few surprises
• Iraqi woman dies after beating in Southern California; threatening note found nearby
• Senators ask feds to probe requests for Facebook passwords
• How many pot patients California has is anyone's guess
• O'Brien: After decades leading economic growth, science and engineering jobs stall
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley charities see curbside donations snatched
• San Jose Sharks beat Phoenix Coyotes in shootout
• Gilroy soldier's final days
• Purdy: For San Jose Sharks, this stretch has new look
• San Jose neighborhood, long familiar to gang violence, celebrates a day of peace
• Women's college basketball: Nneka Ogwumike scores 39 points to lead Stanford into regional final
• Klay Thompson scores 31 points as Golden State Warriors beat Sacramento Kings
• San Jose SaberCats lose 60-59 to Utah Blaze
• Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana
• Living alone and loving it
• With opening day nearing, Oakland Athletics' Yoenis Cespedes starting to feel more comfortable
• Investigators still trying to determine killer in San Francisco home where 5 found dead
• San Jose Unified conference talks college readiness, financial aid with parents
• Huge search for missing Morgan Hill girl yields no new clues
• 'Survivor' star nominated for Indiana governor's race
• Say Hello! to Pakistan's glamorous side
• Roadshow: Guess who honks at drivers talking on cellphones: DOT boss Ray LaHood!
• Time running short for San Francisco Giants to decide on second baseman
• Five ways GOP could finally settle presidential race
• Chavez going to Cuba to begin radiation treatment
• Herhold: Get rid of San Jose's elections commission
• One person wounded in East Palo Alto shooting
• Eye on the East Bay: Search continues for missing Walnut Creek tiger
• Mt. Diablo and some other East Bay school districts fare poorly in educating minorities and low-income students.
• Top news photos, March 24: Bahrain unrest, Occupy Wall Street heats up
• Aide: Dick Cheney recovering from heart transplant
• Chris Wondolowski leads San Jose Earthquakes to 3-0 win over Toronto FC
• Rave party with deadly past coming to Oakland's Oracle Arena
• Man arrested after police officer fires weapon in South San Jose
• Analysis: Who is the true heir to Ronald Reagan?
• Pinole council to consider options for fire department budget
• Audit rips San Jose cops' outside jobs
• Hillsborough man gets seven years for killing friend
• Tulips galore on display at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland
• Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry out of Saturday's lineup
• Woman found stabbed to death in residential neighborhood San Leandro
• Man arrested in fatal stabbing of San Leandro ex-girlfriend.
• Jon Wilner's NCAA Tournament picks for Saturday's Elite Eight games
• Several injured, 1 airlifted in incident at Napa golf club
• Ex-Brazilian cop sentenced for raping 5 in Oakland
• Poole: Move to left field still bothers Oakland A's Coco Crisp
• San Jose Sharks need more offense from third and fourth lines
• Oakland A's dazzled by arrival in Japan
• Eagles reappear in San Mateo County after nearly century absence
• Palo Alto mayor puts new spin on pingpong diplomacy
• San Carlos school district will do survey to gauge voter support for bond measure
• Fees for Menlo Park services could get boosted
• Ex-Menlo College post office manager accused of using credit cards stolen from mail bin
• Stanford police release sketch of suspected prowler
• Boys basketball: Archbishop Mitty wins second straight state title as Aaron Gordon scores 33
• Archbishop Mitty girls beat J.W. North-Riverside for Division II state title
• San Francisco Giants' Ryan Vogelsong, Freddy Sanchez appear headed to disabled list
• Santa Clara County report on status of girls, women reveals improvements, but need for more
• For sale: Boardwalk's Hurricane roller coaster. Cost: $500,000
• Pennsylvania church conducts mock kidnapping on youth group
• Santorum on defensive as race turns to Louisiana
• Steps set for livestock antibiotic ban
• Newark council, shooting victim honor officers
• Pizarro: Rotating shelter up and running in Silicon Valley
• NRG Energy's $120 million settlement over energy crisis contracts reaps big investment for electric cars
• Los Gatos murder-for-hire case in chaos as defense attempts to disqualify judge
• Richmond lands $2.48 million federal award to clean up lead paint, other home hazards
• San Francisco: Five found dead in possible murder-suicide
• Bay Area adds more than 15,000 jobs as employment surges
• Pope arrives in Mexico, denounces violence
• 'Pepper gas' was needed at UC Berkeley protest, review finds
• Army sergeant charged in Afghan massacre
• Mercury News interview: Kudo Tsunoda, corporate vice president, Kinect for Xbox 360
• Tens of thousands in Syria call for fall of regime
• Bonny Zanardi: Artists share love of technology and visual arts
• Masur raises more than six other contenders for San Mateo County supervisor race
• Nothing freshman-like about Stanford point guard Amber Orrange
• Obama taps Dartmouth president to lead World Bank
• Sunnyvale: Youth soccer coach arrested on charge he sexually assaulted 13-year-old
• Man gets one year in county jail for 1969 gunbattle with police
• Hewlett-Packard increases cash it gives back to shareholders by 10 percent
• Bank of America tests program that lets underwater homeowners sacrifice title, rent home
• 'Napoleon' conquers the Paramount in Oakland
• San Jose police: Physician assistant sexually assaulted woman
• Review: 'Red' at Berkeley Rep
• Report gives C's, D's to schools in educating poor, minority students
• Kidnap survivor Midsi Sanchez a hero to family of missing teen
• Live blog: CIF State basketball championships in Sacramento, 1:15 p.m.
• In brief
• Palo Alto burglary suspects ditch loot, car at Google parking lot
• San Jose Sharks boost playoff bid with 2-1 win over Boston Bruins
• Golden State Warriors lose to Houston Rockets 109-83
• Atherton to allow some special events at Holbrook-Palmer Park after all, but not weddings
• Cal's Valerie Arioto showing she's among softball's best in the U.S.
• Mark Purdy: Andrew Luck attracts a circus atmosphere for his Pro Timing Day
• San Francisco 49ers sign quarterback Josh Johnson, return specialist Ted Ginn Jr. and wide receiver Mario Manningham
• Sergio Romo is fine with setup role for San Francisco Giants
• Defendants admit guilt to reduced charges in Newark pot club case; charges against three others dropped
• Hayward Unified presents positive budget report
• Antioch police fatally shoot man they say is fugitive parolee
• More roadwork Friday at Laurel Curve on Highway 17
• Senator: Employers shouldn't seek site passwords
• Inching toward energy independence in America
• San Jose Council candidates raising campaign cash
• Sierra LaMar case: Bag, clothes belonging to missing girl yield no clues
• San Jose councilman sues over ballot measure
• More than 8,500 runners expected for Sunday's Oakland Running Festival
• Coast-to-coast buzz grows for Friday drawing of $290 million Mega Million jackpot
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Tim Lincecum, Brian Wilson get their work in against minor leaguers
• Body of Martha Gutierrez found near Pacheco Pass Highway
• Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie says Michael Bush's departure as free agent was inevitable
• Soldiers loot Mali presidency after ousting leader
• San Francisco: Suspicious package near Jewish Community Center deemed harmless
• East Bay brothers use almond milk to make ice cream alternative
• Suspect not mentally competent to stand trial in beating death of Berkeley hills man
• California ballot initiative would make college free for residents
• Return specialist Ted Ginn Jr. re-signs with 49ers
• Southwest shows off new, larger plane
• Senator: Employers shouldn't seek site social media passwords
• T-Mobile cutting 1,900 jobs nationwide
• Report gives C's, D's to schools in educating poor, minority students
• New Wal-Mart in San Jose plans to open in mid-April
• Fremont woman suffers minor injuries after scuffle with intruder
• Fremont school prepares for week looking into the future of science
• Andrew Luck has little to say about Peyton Manning, Robert Griffin
• Black Panther birthplace flipped and sold as trendy Oakland showpiece
• Santa Rosa: Mountain bicyclist found unconscious in Annadel State Park dies
• $5k reward offered in hawk shooting case; bird recovering at San Jose wildlife center
• Hundreds march in NYC for slain Florida teenager
• Police: Islamic gunman dead after French standoff
• In brief
• Kitten hitches a ride in van's engine compartment from Marin to Santa Cruz
• Grand jury: San Mateo County allowed 'public' pools to stay open before making required inspections
• Black East Palo Alto residents tell stories of their plight at 'Protest Racism' rally
• 'American Idol' recap: Contestants take on Billy Joel
• High-speed rail, Bay Area plan to split $1.5 billion cost to supercharge rail line
• Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith has game
• Stanford men beat Nevada to earn trip to New York, spot in NIT semifinals
• Klay Thompson scores career-high 27 points as Golden State Warriors beat New Orleans Hornets 101-92
• ArtSPARK aims to light passion for music, arts in elementary students
• Nadia Lockyer lied about offering legal advice to ex-lover, attorney says
• San Lorenzo River straightens path to ocean, away from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
• New federal public defender for Bay Area
• Oakland A's embracing a 'great lifetime experience' in trip to Japan
• Brisbane parcel tax has high stakes for teachers, students
• Odds shrinking for San Jose Sharks in bid to make playoffs
• Alex Smith signs with San Francisco 49ers, 'not offended at all' by Peyton Manning pursuit
• Troubled Peninsula mosquito district to undergo official audit
• Brentwood police investigating shooting deaths of man and woman found in a home
• French riot police pressure gunman to surrender
• UN chief: Syria unrest could have global impact
• Safeway to stop using controversial filler for ground beef
• Father of missing Morgan Hill girl asks public to focus on search, not his record
• Financial services job cuts underscore weakness in sector
• Rockers add their touch to Goodguys car show in Pleasanton this weekend
• UC violates law in delaying pepper-spray report release, experts say
• HP confirms it will combine PC and printing units, and other changes
• Free clinic at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland opens for registration 3:30 a.m. Thursday
• Mexico's Catholic Church assumes a more vocal role
• Denver Broncos trade Tim Tebow to New York Jets hits snag, Jaguars now a possibility
• Doctors find clue in quest to predict heart attack
• Two men who stole bank info from Michaels customers headed to federal prison
• California egg farmers donating thousands of eggs to food bank
• Wilson says his 'general soreness' is nothing serious
• Top news photos, March 19: Mexico quake damage, World Water Day and more
• San Leandro man pleads not guilty in slaying of man found after apartment fire
• San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi charged with official misconduct
• Oakland-based BrightSource Energy seeks to raise up to $182.5 million in IPO
• Surf's not up for Mavericks
• "Pitchcrawl" brings dozens of startups, investors together in downtown San Jose
• Pizarro: Cilker, Lester families to be honored at History San Jose event
• Herhold: A story of sacrifice by a Mount Umunhum commander
• Yahoo shareholder pushes for its board nominees
• Review: 'The Hunger Games' hits the bull's-eye
• Slocum says he didn't intend to mislead voters into thinking he's still San Mateo County's elections chief
• Menlo Park woman receives $22M medical malpractice verdict
• Palo Alto police launch 'Lock It or Lose It' anti-burglary campaign
• New downtown Redwood City farmers market to launch May 1
• San Jose Sharks lose to Los Angeles Kings 5-2
• San Jose City Council considers rezoning major swath of open land to retail only
• Missing Morgan Hill teen's father is registered sex offender, but not a suspect in disappearance
• San Francisco Mayor Lee suspends embattled Sheriff Mirkarimi
• Flying with fabric at Redwood City fitness center
• French hunt school killer, suspect neo-Nazi ties
• Maker of methyl iodide scraps controversial pesticide
• Contra Costa prosecutor Michael Gressett announces plans to sue the county and Martinez for malicious prosecution in rape case
• Going with the 'reverse flow': Powerful politicians say downsizing is just fine with them
• Fighting between falcons in San Jose is a sign of peregrine health, best in Bay Area history
• New clue gives hope to solving Earhart mystery
• Meg Whitman plans to merge printing and PC groups in major Hewlett-Packard reorganization
• 880-237 toll lane: Is it worth it?
• New ACLU report on costly realignment - counties ignoring cheaper, better alternatives
• Fighting between falcons in San Jose is a sign of peregrine health, best in Bay Area history
• Temporary medians to be added to deadly Laurel Curve on Highway 17
• Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer visited ex-lover in jail, records show
• Cal women ousted from NCAA tournament with loss to top-seeded Notre Dame
• Afghanistan suspect had shaky business dealings
• Alex Smith, 49ers appear to have a new deal in place
• O'Brien: IPO reform spells disaster for investors
• Monte Poole: Chili Davis is a man on a mission with the Oakland A's
• General says no sudden Afghan withdrawal is planned
• Herhold: Alrie Middlebrook's next frontier is the schools
• Tim Kawakami: How Chris Mullin's night turned into Joe Lacob's nightmare
• Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza plan gets OK
• Labor contract that reflects spirit of Menlo Park's pension reform measure headed to vote
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Celebrities, pros light dance floor on fire for Week 1
• Palo Alto council approves appointment of 'chief people officer'
• Facebook crowns world's best hacker -- a Russian again
• Mark Purdy: Did the 49ers mess up with pursuit of Peyton Manning?
• Chris Mullin's jersey retirement marred by booing
• Stanford basketball team rallies for 92-88 overtime win over Illinois State in NIT
• San Jose Sharks miss chance to move into first place, lose to Anaheim Ducks 5-3
• CHP wants median barrier at Highway 17's lethal Laurel Curve
• Oakland A's: Yoenis Cespedes will start in center field; Coco Crisp moves to left
• San Jose Police Officer's union sues city
• Gilroy shooter's mother still missing after hunt in Santa Cruz mountains
• Parents plan rally in support of demoted Hayward principals
• Mike Daisey hits back at critics after Apple firestorm
• Tuesday is deadline to register for PTA Legislative Day to be held Friday in Danville
• Airline passengers may get a break on use of personal electronics
• Police: Woman abducted and raped at gunpoint in downtown Oakland
• Sunnyvale PTA treasurer accused of stealing $21,000
• DA: Hells Angel and rival tussle at Belmont coffee shop
• Markets cheer as Apple announces dividend, stock buyback
• Contrition accomplished? San Francisco Sheriff Mirkarimi: 'Not the person I thought I was'
• Bay Area News Group's Week 2 MLS power rankings
• SXSW: Hot bands from Austin festival are headed to the Bay Area
• Morgan Hill: Missing girl's cell phone found three-quarters of a mile from her home
• Apple sold more than 3 million iPads in first three days of availability
• Biz Break: Apple's dividend decision, iPad sales sends stock to record high
• Redwood City man's conviction in fatal crash reversed
• Santa Cruz surfer died of neck injuries, coroner says
• Contra Costa County Board of Education seeks representative for Clayton Valley Charter High board
• Roadshow: Carpoolers need to cover FasTrak transponders to avoid being charged at 237-880
• Hicks: Ashton Kutcher headed for outer space
• At San Jose solar convention, SolarWorld's trade case against China looms large
• A's send top pitching prospect Jarrod Parker to minors
• Feds: New flight system to save 2.6 million gallons of jet fuel, speed Bay Area air travel
• Amazon to sell $10 cards for $5 to lure customers
• Fed fines 8 US banks for alleged foreclosure abuse
• Alameda County wants residents to understand how cuts will affect them and do something about it
• Report: Raiders sign ex-49ers defensive back Shawntae Spencer
• Casino M8trix -- formerly Garden City Casino -- plans April opening at new site
• Gunman kills 4 outside Jewish school in France
• Chinese writers sue Apple over e-book piracy
• Mobile apps raise new privacy concerns
• Apple announces early-morning conference call to discuss its massive cash reserves
• Jon Wilner: NCAA tournament Sweet 16 has plenty to be excited about
• Golden State Warriors believe in Klay Thompson
• Hawaii-bound jet out of Oakland makes unscheduled landing at SFO
• San Jose Sharks 3-0-1 since Joe Thornton, Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski were made the top line
• Bay Area News Group photographers win 4 first-place awards.
• Police call off search for mother of Iraq War veteran in murder-suicide
• Saratoga sandwich line aims to feed hungry
• Search continues for missing Morgan Hill girl
• Layshia Clarendon scores 16 points as Cal women hold off Iowa in NCAA win
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Political Blotter: SEIU's 'un-endorsement' sparks feud in AD18
• Longtime San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith makes free-agent visit to Miami Dolphins
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Second baseman Freddy Sanchez's availability for opening day in doubt
• Report: US makes modest gains in graduation rate
• Stanford women face a physical West Virginia team Monday in NCAA tournament
• San Jose State prepares to give up local guarantee
• San Mateo at the center of school-renovation boom
• Gun shows caught in the crossfire
• Apple to reveal decision on use of cash hoard
• Mitt Romney wins Puerto Rico, GOP campaign continues
• Report: Alex Smith makes free-agent visit to Miami Dolphins
• Once-venerable Los Gatos saloon, stained by a murder plot, gets a fresh beginning
• Police: Search called off for missing Gilroy woman likely slain by son
• Pizarro: Retro Dome trying to fund its next musical with Kickstarter
• Cal hangs on to beat Iowa 84-74 in NCAAs
• Police: Woman abducted and raped at gunpoint near Oakland city hall
• Search continues for missing Morgan Hill girl
• Man in critical condition after being shot in Oakland liquor store
• Berkeley Marina body ID'd as Oakland man
• Oakland A's reliever Joey Devine on 15-day DL with arm injury
• Purdy: Alex Smith's visit with Miami Dolphins is no surprise
• Kawakami: Alex Smith's visit to Miami latest twist in same agent QB Shuffle
• Report: Raiders free-agent Samson Satele arrested in Hawaii
• Golden State Warriors lose to Utah Jazz in overtime
• O'Brien: Will shift to mobile change balance of power between Apple and Google?
• Android apps targeted by malware
• Stanford women roll past Hampton 73-51 in NCAA tournament opener
• Purdy: Roaming around Giants, A's camps
• Internal Affairs: On second thought, injured San Jose firefighter is feeling much better
• San Jose Sharks down Detroit Red Wings, move into tie for eighth in Western Conference
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Reliever Sergio Romo giving his elbow a rest
• Storm doles out wildly uneven amounts of rain across Bay Area
• Relatives, friends and neighbors search for missing Gilroy woman likely slain by son
• Archbishop Mitty girls basketball upends 3-time defending state champs to win CIF title
• Archbishop Mitty rallies late to beat Newark Memorial in NorCal Div. II title game
• John Demjanjuk, accused as a Nazi camp guard, is dead at 91
• Alameda County appoints acting chief probation officer LaDonna Harris
• Newark adding businesses big and small, eases pain of recent departures
• Bay Area Tuskegee Airmen speak at USS Hornet
• New San Francisco 49ers receiver Randy Moss lauded by former Oakland Raiders teammates
• Family says Florida man didn't kill black teen in self-defense
• Giants young catcher Hector Sanchez earns praise for solid work this spring
• Sunol quarry makes friends in deals to help environment and pay community
• United flight attendant's 63 years in the air, from glamour to days of gray
• Despite quick NCAA exit, Saint Mary's season had share of high points
• Cal football team developing the next generation of tailbacks
• Dead body discovered in Berkeley Marina
• Two San Jose carjacking suspects arrested after pursuit through city streets
• Occupy Wall Street celebrates 6 months since start
• Top news photos, March 17: St. Patrick's Day, Occupy Wall Street 6-month anniversary
• Delicate rescue saves stranded $1.7 billion U.S. satellite
• Republicans brace for possible open convention
• Monte Poole: 49ers should be easy choice for Peyton Manning
• Concord woman identified as victim of fatal Friday crash in Pacheco
• San Jose Earthquakes fall to Houston Dynamo 1-0
• Pacifica woman arrested in stabbing, carjacking of taxi driver
• In Mexico, a kidnapping ignored as gang crimes go unpunished
• From tickets to beer, a dozen things to watch for in 49ers' Santa Clara stadium
• Redistricting gives San Mateo County a power boost
• Herhold: Why would a vet kill those who love him?
• Peyton Manning's wedding anniversary puts 49ers, Broncos decision on hold
• AP Exclusive: How Somalia famine aid went astray
• Intoxicated man dangling over San Leandro freeway fell, but was uninjured
• Power restored to all Contra Costa County residents after outage
• At SXSW, Oakland band Howlin Rain hopes to catch someone's ear
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley's Santa Claus dies
• Kawakami: Andrew Bogut can't play yet, but he looks like a good fit with the Golden State Warriors
• Performance artist Mike Daisey accused of lying about Apple subcontractor Foxconn
• Purdy: 49ers, fans need to be careful in their pursuit of Peyton Manning
• Police still looking for two armed carjacking suspects in South San Jose
• Small gardens deliver big rewards
• Redwood City may accept a second farmers market downtown, but not in Redwood Shores
• Monta Ellis returns to Oakland with his new team, the Milwaukee Bucks, who rout the Golden State Warriors
• Oakland A's notebook: Ailing reliever Joey Devine still hopes to make Tokyo trip
• Saint Mary's absorbs pain of narrow NCAA loss to Purdue
• Former San Jose cop pleads no contest to sex acts with high school students
• Eight girls allege Campbell nanny molested them, encouraged them to talk to strangers online
• Eye on the East Bay: Martinez scratches its head over lice salon
• Police Blotter
• Northgate High School crisis counselors address teen suicide attempt at Ygnacio Valley High
• Berkeley hires attorneys to investigate police chief
• An Irish tradition with an only-in-America star
• My Los Gatos estate for your Facebook shares, Silicon Valley exec says
• Night Owl: Night Light lounge opens near Oakland's Jack London Square
• Obama administration outlines options on birth control coverage
• Raiders release Kamerion Wimbley, agree to terms with free-agent guard Mike Brisiel
• Wolverton: New iPad's changes welcome, but a bit underwhelming
• Afghan leader blasts US over probe into shootings
• Pizarro: Pizza My Heart snags top honors at international competition
• Documentary details Fremont group's work with elderly Afghans
• Interstate 580 in Dublin reopen after afternoon wreck
• Doctor pleads not guilty in prescription drug deaths
• Syrian revolt simmers outside capital
• UC pepper-spray report stays partly sealed
• Hicks: Brand sprung from big house
• Google faces scrutiny from states
• Bonny Zanardi: Favorite works earn a second look at The Main Gallery
• Mercury News interview: Tom Bedecarré, CEO of AKQA, the San Francisco-based global digital marketing and technology firm
• Milpitas police bust auto theft ring linked to 17 cars, motorcycles; three arrested
• North Korea plans rocket launch that U.S. calls a 'deal-breaker'
• Bidders for Coliseum complex to make their case
• Live blog: NorCal basketball playoffs at Sacramento, Saturday at 10 a.m.
• Weeks before Gilroy murder-suicide marred with violence, pain
• Brentwood man killed in crash on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County
• San Jose employees sue city over pension reform wording
• Gilroy police: Iraq War veteran killed sister, 11, then himself
• Pilot walks away from crash landing near Highway 101 in Palo Alto marshes
• Facebook is evaluating 'other options' in case Menlo Park doesn't let it expand
• Temporary teachers get brunt of layoff notices in Redwood City
• San Jose Sharks beat Nashville Predators 2-1 in a shootout
• 'American Idol': San Jose singer moves into the Top 10
• San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez still not ready to play in a game
• Sewer, water rates headed up in San Bruno
• Many homes damaged as tornado rips through Michigan
• Saint Mary's steady swingman Clint Steindl making most of increased role
• Despite merger of tax initiatives, proponents will also go their own ways
• UC Berkeley professors condemn light punishment for administrator
• Measure would give San Jose libraries bigger budget slice
• Judge awards more than $400,000 in back pay, damages to workers at Sunnyvale restaurant
• Santa Clara OKs final 49ers stadium deals, including loan increase of up to $100 million
• Vigil planned in Fremont's 'Little Kabul' for slain Afghan civilians
• Police Blotter
• Helicopter makes emergency landing in marsh near Palo Alto Airport
• Second murder conviction for killer of Raiders legend's daughter
• Recent CDC study reveals dangers of raw milk, but fans say benefits outweigh concerns
• Saint Mary's brings tournament-savvy attitude into NCAA opener with Purdue
• Hicks: Jennifer Lopez's manager talks about her "obsessive" men
• Berkeley police step up focus on west side after two shootings
• Communist Party chief in Chinese city is removed from post
• Pro-regime rally marks anniversary of uprising
• Pizarro: Pulling an idea out of the bag
• Iran cut off from global financial system
• Gilroy police: Iraq War veteran killed sister, 11, then himself
• Barflies: Sex-deprived male flies go for the booze
• All the world's a stage, and 'Shakespeare Iraq' wants to bring theirs to the USA
• Pleasanton's water slides may have a second life
• Warriors make deal to get themselves into draft
• Herhold: The Stanford origins of the man who left Goldman Sachs
• Arizona may relax contraceptive coverage mandate
• State judges win temporary reprieve from online financial disclosure rule
• Some schools planning to drop 'pink slime' meat
• Raiders eyeing corners who could replace Routt
• Cassidy: Scotts Valley woman's Nitless Noggins seeks to stamp out lice -- really
• Jackknifed trailer carrying a carnival ride blocks lanes on eastbound I-580 in Castro Valley
• San Jose firefighter injured battling 3-alarm blaze
• One killed, Highway 13 blocked after tree falls onto roadway in Oakland
• State pension board acknowledges lower returns, higher costs
• SEC charges SharesPost, Felix over Facebook stock offerings
• Thieves rolling Tide detergent out of stores
• Hercules council ratifies waterfront development agreement
• Union submits signatures for measure to limit El Camino Hospital executive pay
• Water and sewer rates may jump steeply again in Redwood City
• Man robs Pizza Hut in Redwood City an hour before closing time
• Palo Alto Jack in the Box robbed Wednesday
• Woman crashes into Palo Alto parking garage
• Revived project instills hope in blighted San Francisco area
• Warriors notebook: Stephen Curry's goal is to get healthy before he plays
• Golden State Warriors brass elated over trade for Andrew Bogut
• South Florida routs Cal in NCAA First Four
• Foreclosure rattles upscale San Jose neighborhood, and tenants
• 'American Idol': Jermaine Jones' ouster overshadows performance night
• 49ers lose free-agent lineman Adam Snyder to Arizona Cardinals
• Mark Purdy: Yoenis Cespedes' presence should make the Oakland A's interesting
• Rangers warn of shark attack on seal at Waddell Creek Beach in Santa Cruz County
• Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard to remain in hiding to protect daughters
• Vallejo baby has transplant after parents of toddler killed in accident donate liver
• Wide receiver Michael Calvin shines in dreary conditions at Cal's pro day
• Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children
• Devil's Slide closed after head-on collision
• Law enforcement teams use helicopter to clean up pot farm near Los Gatos
• Oakland Raiders cut Cooper Carlisle, John Henderson
• Panetta on tense visit to Afghanistan
• Montessori conference features re-creation of 'Glass Classroom,' with children on display as they learn
• Rain delays opening of 237-880 toll lanes until Tuesday
• Days after Afghanistan massacre, suspect nameless
• Dellavedova has St. Mary's back on track
• Hicks: Charlize Theron is a mom
• O'Brien: Nasdaq breaking 3,000 is cause for shrugging
• Brown's revised plan would hike income tax rate on $500,000 earners
• Death of Washington boy third gun accident in 3 weeks
• Sanitary district's saving ways earn rebate
• Oakland police: Man shows up for Craigslist sale of iPhones, gets shot
• San Francisco schools chief announces retirement
• BART to hold more public workshops on fare increases
• Gunman robs ice cream vendor in Watsonville
• Wireless medical monitors transforming patient care
• Oakland Chinatown in transition
• Herhold: A story of reluctant jurors
• San Jose: Crews use huge trucks to clear junk from hoarder home
• Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries
• Man shot and wounded by officers in East Oakland
• Humble paper becomes high art in hands of Alamo origami master
• Castle Rock State Park saved from the closure list
• Nasdaq hits 3,000 for first time in 12 years
• Entrepreneur Steve Kirsch unveils OneID, a startup aimed at cutting password overload
• Critics question why Redwood City lets developer control environmental studies of Saltworks project
• Downtown Los Altos parking to undergo review
• San Mateo County will limit spraying of herbicides
• Man found dead in Palo Alto home with gunshot wound
• San Mateo County supervisors appoint assistant controller to fill mid-term controller vacancy
• San Jose Sharks get a point but lose in overtime to Calgary Flames
• Solar installations doubled last year
• Golden State Warriors trade Monta Ellis to Bucks for Andrew Bogut, Stephen Jackson
• Mood brightens for Cal heading into NCAA First Four game with South Florida
• Stanford men defeat Cleveland State in NIT opener
• High speed rail chief: Bullet train won't cost $100 billion
• Cornerback Carlos Rogers returns to San Francisco 49ers
• Alum Rock worries that superintendent's departure bodes instability
• A week before spring, a wet winter comes roaring into the South Bay
• Santa Clara City Council finalizes 49ers stadium deal
• Cellphone signal leads crews to hiker rescued after two days from Mount Tam trail
• Bay Area congressional delegation renews calls for quicker withdrawal from Afghanistan
• PayPal looks to digital wallet to replace physical wallet
• Dozens displaced by carport fire near Lake Merritt in Oakland
• DA: No prison and maybe no record for Foster City boating shooter
• Open trunk full of weed leads Gilroy cops to $400,000 in pot
• Rain rolling into Bay Area, and it's here to stay (for a while)
• Students seek to stop loan interest rate increase
• Oakland Animal Services shelter overrun with rabbits
• Afghan villagers recount weekend shooting rampage
• San Jose Earthquakes' Steve Lenhart being unfairly targeted by officials, says his coach
• Four suspects wanted in Hayward stabbing
• Hicks: Courtney Love declares war on Muppets
• UK police arrest Rebekah Brooks in hacking probe
• Virgin announces new flights from San Francisco to Portland
• Syrian regime gains momentum against rebels
• Ione man killed after car goes off onramp, lands in parking lot of Concord shopping center
• Bay Area News Group's MLS Week 1 power rankings
• Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print editions
• Dell deal for San Jose security firm SonicWall estimated at more than $1 billion
• Google, Oracle face trial in April
• Clint Eastwood's family set for reality TV series
• PG&E to move most of its gas operations and 800 workers to San Ramon, a new response to the 2010 blast
• Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin
• Bay Area foreclosures drop in February
• Randy Moss signs one-year deal with San Francisco 49ers
• Next target: Extending BART under downtown San Jose
• Killer avalanches claim more lives in backcountry
• Herhold: An attorney on the hook to the feds
• Report calls PG&E records on pipelines 'a mess'
• Palo Alto City Council scales back proposed 'gateway' building
• San Carlos council to hold appeal hearing on Carlos Club expansion
• San Jose Sharks defeat Edmonton Oilers 3-2
• Palo Alto communications center to temporarily relocate this weekend
• Surfer dies after being found unconscious in Santa Cruz; first surfing death in 17 years
• Mother: Autistic son had to be hospitalized after alleged abuse by Redwood City teacher
• Report calls PG&E records on pipelines 'a mess'
• Cal women land a No. 8 seed, heading to South Bend to face Iowa
• PayPal exec killed on Caltrain tracks had bipolar disorder, family says
• Pizarro: Susan Packard Orr, Honey Meir-Levi lauded at Ronald McDonald House gala
• Police Blotter
• Text, call, email, IM, Facebook, tweet and meet? Communication has become confusing
• NCAA tournament's First Four
• Cal men must contend with South Florida's slow-it-down offense
• Speier holds eighth 'boot camp' for job-seekers
• Yahoo sues Facebook in patent battle
• High-speed train stops in Mountain View for key hearing
• Morbidly obese Livermore man loaded into ambulance for trip to the 'Dr. Phil' show
• Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states
• Giants' Schierholtz confident but must stay healthy
• A's Lew Wolff denies team for sale
• Hercules set to ratify waterfront develop agreement, but loose ends remain
• College dropout advocate Peter Thiel to teach course at Stanford
• Seagull into power line causes power outage at San Quentin prison, east San Rafael
• Hicks: Kim Kardashian responds to Jon Hamm calling her an 'idiot'
• Next target: Extending BART under downtown San Jose
• China's most popular video websites to merge
• BART seeks witnesses to help explain what happened to comatose man found at Civic Center station
• Stanford women awarded a No. 1 seed, begin NCAA title quest Saturday vs. Hampton
• Oakland: Nine suspects arrested on suspicion of robberies
• Santa Clara nurse recognizes Livermore twin, pregnant with twins 30 years later
• Bay Area economy is rebounding, but long-term hazards loom
• Alameda County pet lovers unite Tuesday in protest to cuts to animal shelters
• Oprah praises Jaycee Dugard at New York awards ceremony
• San Francisco sheriff, soap star wife want 'safe and happy home' after plea ends domestic violence case
• How we communicate is confusing
• PayPal executive - Eric Salvatierra, 39, killed on Caltrain tracks in Menlo Park
• Roadshow: Lady who stops in carpool lane wins nitwit award
• British court will hear case of paralyzed man who wants doctor to end his life
• San Jose preparing to roll out new, free Wi-Fi network throughout downtown
• PayPal executive Eric Salvatierra, 39, killed on Caltrain tracks in Menlo Park
• New app for smooth sailing
• Golden State Warriors blow big lead but pull out win over Los Angeles Clippers
• Jon Wilner on college basketball: Others fare worse than Cal and Saint Mary's in NCAA field
• Poole: Cal coach Mike Montgomery comes to grips with Pac-12's NCAA tournament fate
• Deals haven't helped smooth San Jose Sharks' road
• Body found in Hayward regional park
• Wolverton: Comparing the Samsung Galaxy Note and Motorola Droid Razr Maxx
• Learn to tweet and blog
• Maryland college student charged in rampage threat
• Saint Mary's lands No. 7 seed, matchup with Purdue
• Get your green on for Dublin's big day
• Political Blotter: Simitian touts drop in distracted-driving deaths
• Stanford men to host Cleveland State in NIT opener
• Fire crews pull Walnut Creek man from creek
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Review: Drake concert in San Jose marred by over-the-top production
• Ranking of Washington lawmakers shows centrists are dying breed
• Police identify 18-year-old victim in fatal San Jose crash Sunday
• Newest run on behalf of the Pat Tillman Foundation ends in the heart of Santana Row
• Saint Mary's gets No. 7 seed, headed to Omaha to play Purdue
• San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson sharp in spring training debut
• U.S. Army sergeant shoots, kills 16 in Afghan villages
• Cal administrator repeatedly hiked pay for employee during sexual relationship
• Sports promoters unleash piracy lawsuits against Bay Area businesses
• Cal makes NCAA Tournament, gets play-in game Wednesday vs. South Florida
• PayPal executive - Eric Salvatierra, 39, killed on Caltrain tracks in Menlo Park
• Princess Project turns prom dreams into reality for low-income girls
• Overloaded power circuit sparked fatal Alameda blaze, official says
• Review: Drake concert in San Jose marred by over-the-top production
• Oakland A's expected to make first round of cuts
• Two wounded in early Sunday Oakland shooting
• Egypt parliament to consider cutting off U.S. aid
• Patrick Schwarzenegger injured in Idaho ski accident
• Six key people behind the BART extension to San Jose
• Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley has become the new Motor City
• Six key people behind the BART extension to San Jose
• Kawakami: Can Yoenis Cespedes save the Oakland A's season?
• San Jose City Council to consider new rules to attract more businesses to locate downtown
• Jon Wliner's guide to the NCAA tournament field
• Princess Project turns prom dreams into reality for low-income girls.
• Golden State Warriors defeat Dallas Mavericks, but Stephen Curry re-injures his ankle
• San Jose SaberCats hold off Arizona Rattlers 71-70 to win AFL season opener
• San Jose Earthquakes win season opener, 1-0 over New England Revolution
• San Jose's Japantown hosts vigil for tsunami victims, survivors
• California judges want to keep financial reports off the Web
• Herhold: A tour of local political races
• Two San Jose teens arrested after five armed robberies, police pursuit
• Magnitude 2.7 quake shakes the Peninsula
• Stanford football: Key position battles remain open
• San Jose Sharks' playoff hopes take another hit in 3-0 loss to Phoenix Coyotes
• Airline apps that check you in and follow your luggage
• Oakland A's star Yoenis Cespedes makes loud debut
• Internal Affairs: San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, allies leave nothing to chance with pension reform measure
• Concord nonprofit, founder, the latest black eye for health care district
• Oprah praises Jaycee Dugard at New York awards ceremony
• Princess Projects turns prom dreams into reality for low-income girls
• Syria assaults opposition as diplomacy staggers
• Japan marks year since tsunami disaster
• Immigration decline tied to dropping crime rates
• AP Enterprise: Nuclear evacuation in Japan was fatal for old, sick
• Eye on the East Bay: Hot dog, classic diner is back in Antioch
• Afghan anger and security changes imperil aid groups
• Stanford women post convincing win over Cal in Pac-12 tournament final
• Santorum easily wins caucuses in Kansas
• Obama campaign plans a big push to court women
• Giants notebook: Closer Brian Wilson ready to take mound for San Francisco Giants
• Two San Jose teens arrested after five armed robberies, police pursuit
• GOP race: Santorum takes Kansas, Romney counters in Wyoming
• Hayward woman, 92, in critical condition after rescued by son from house fire
• Two-alarm fire destroys business near downtown Hayward
• Fluid leak forces two I-580 lanes to close in Castro Valley
• Gunman robs two neighboring businesses in Concord
• Apple pioneer brings emotion to Google+
• What makes Google UnGoogley?
• What makes Google Googley?
• 79-year-old Oakland man a stabbing victim, suspect
• Cal falls to Colorado in Pac-12 men's basketball semifinals
• Younger shoppers using technology, not salespeople
• Shootout funk latest San Jose Sharks woe
• Three San Mateo County Board of Supervisors seats on June ballot, but two incumbents to run unopposed
• Menlo Park ready to sell Belle Haven land to Beechwood School for expansion
• Embers from cigarette or cigar caused four-alarm blaze, Mountain View fire official says
• Congressional incumbents Speier and Eshoo have challengers in June primary election
• Candidates file for state, local offices in June 5 primary election
• East Bay races and measures head to June 5 ballot
• Bonny Zanardi: New artists presented at ArtZone 461 exhibition
• Review of North Dakota Olive Garden goes viral
• Wright named Antioch's citizen of the year
• Price jumps to $1.2 billion for Niners' Silicon Valley stadium, but public cost goes down
• Planners release new roadmap for Bay Area growth
• Police search for missing San Bruno man
• Harold Camping, predicted end of the world twice, admits error
• Suspect eludes Oakland police search
• Berkeley police chief sends sergeant to reporter's home to request story changes; First Amendment experts call move 'despicable'
• Police Blotter
• Gingrich: I won't quit if I lose Tuesday in South
• Air controller involved in second potential collision
• Mt. Diablo school board to discuss bond measure audits, district budget, layoffs, busing and boundaries
• Starting from Golden Gate, Dream Act students make election statement in cross-country walk
• Correction
• Buster Posey makes spring training debut
• Cal women beat Washington State; will play Stanford in tournament final
• As governor, Romney's CEO style irked lawmakers
• Kawakami: A day for loving Buster Posey in the desert
• Mt. Diablo school board approves charter waiver, discusses informal meetings and strategic plan
• Voters confront 'top two' primary
• Fremont man sentenced to 10 years for wedding reception shooting
• Drugs, alcohol not a factor in high-speed SUV chase from West Sacramento to Sunol, police said
• Newly acquired Josh Reddick eager for everyday role with Oakland A's
• Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays
• San Mateo County to drill for major health emergency
• Bay Area adds nearly 14,000 jobs in January, led by strong growth in East Bay and South Bay
• San Jose mayor seeks to open shuttered libraries
• New pavement technique will be tried at Laurel Curve on Highway 17
• Bay Area adds nearly 14,000 jobs in January, led by strong growth in East Bay and South Bay
• Salinas and Morgan Hill men sentenced to 20 years each in 'Operation Garlic Press' case
• Pizarro: SPUR hopes to make a big splash in San Jose
• Warriors latest goal is to make Udoh their center of attention
• Passport Day on Saturday
• Former Richmond officers plead to federal gun, obstruction charges
• Man killed in South San Jose shooting
• Golden State Warriors notebook: Team embarrassed by performance in loss to Memphis Grizzlies
• O'Brien: Kony 2012 campaigns tests impact of online activism
• First of families rebuilding in wake of San Bruno pipeline blast finally going home
• Mountain View receives blowback from tougher smoking rules
• Unused sick leave accounts for third of Palo Alto cop's big salary
• Berkeley police chief apologizes for response to Feb. 18 beating death of hills man
• Apple, five book publishers face Justice Department lawsuit over e-book pricing
• Cal defeats Stanford 77-71 in Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals
• 'American Idol' trims its field to 12; San Jose singer still in it
• 12-year-old scores 2 aces in one round
• Manzo named Oak Grove superintendent
• San Jose Sharks fall to Dallas Stars in shootout, 4-3
• Parents of autistic children speak out on Sunnyvale murder-suicide
• Tribune and Maynard Institute's community journalism program seeks East Oakland voices
• Orinda woman pleads not guilty to selling secrets to Chinese firm
• Pacifica body ID'd, homicide ruled out
• San Jose State opens spring practice seeking to find its next quarterback
• PG&E bills to be available in Spanish, Chinese in 2013
• 49ers extend Tukuafu's contract
• Phony robbery tale covered up San Jose man's own theft, cops say
• Sandra Cantu's memory lives in Tracy Celebrates Children event
• O'Brien: Kony 2012 campaigns tests impact of online activism
• Arrest made in San Jose parking lot attack
• Stanford women open Pac-12 tournament with defense-minded win over Washington
• Tim Kawakami: Billy Beane and the Battle for San Jose
• Amtrak workers file race discrimination suit against passenger train giant
• 2 children found living in abandoned school bus
• First of families rebuilding in wake of San Bruno pipeline blast finally going home
• Suicides among Army soldiers up 80 percent in four years
• San Jose: Teens accused killing dog during beating won't be charged as adults
• Rural San Mateo County activists -- and others around Bay Area -- oppose transit development plans
• US unemployment applications hover near low levels
• Solar storm not nearly as bad as could have been
• Police identify man slain Wednesday night in Oakland
• San Leandro man charged with murder of man found in burning house
• Pizarro: Delegation from Dublin, Ireland, will be wheeling around Silicon Valley this weekend
• Giants guy at short is Brandon Crawford -- all hit or no hit
• Berkeley's Cafe Fanny to shut its doors after 28 years
• Police: South San Francisco man stole $900,000 from loan seekers
• `Speed Freak Killer' trained an apprentice, prisoner writes in letter to TV station
• Feather cells tell of a tiny dinosaur's crowlike sheen
• California suddenly matters after Super Tuesday fails to decide GOP contest
• 'American Idol': Top 13 pay tribute to Whitney, Stevie
• Firefighters battle apartment fire near UC Berkeley campus
• New Santa Clara County schools chief's salary: $299,500
• Public safety employees among highest paid in Palo Alto
• Tire slashings continue in Palo Alto
• Golden State Warriors lose to Memphis Grizzlies 110-92
• New San Jose civic group focused on urban design, policy
• State lawmakers order San Jose pension audit
• In bin Laden's final days, his wives were divided by rivalry, suspicion
• Purdy: A's owner Lew Wolff turns up heat on Giants, territorial rights battle
• Pacifica cops kill another pit bull, this time for attacking corgi
• New Haven school district in Union City issues layoff notices
• Newark school district issues 26 preliminary pink slips
• Eden Healthcare District supports St. Rose joint-powers proposal
• Hayward man who hit boy with truck after Giants game pleads guilty to DUI
• Oakland fights to keep teams
• Discovery Bay board opts to fill vacancy by appointment
• Case would let thousands of criminals vote
• Israeli President Shimon Peres mingles with tech up-and-comers at LAUNCH Conference
• Oil giant BP sued over dirty gas sales shipped to Martinez
• Hicks: Tila Tequila off to rehab after overdose, aneurysm
• Sunnyvale police: Mother killed 22-year-old autistic son, then herself
• Video: Gray whale and her calf enter San Francisco Bay
• AP Exclusive: Iran may be cleaning up nuclear work
• Roadshow: Traffic woes on Camden Avenue in San Jose
• Hyundai's European business gets noticed
• North Pacheco residents may get to vote on becoming part of Martinez
• Big retail center planned for south San Jose to include a Target
• Forbes' billionaires list expands to 1,226, including Tesla's Elon Musk, Steve Job's widow
• Bike-riding Sunnyvale burglar picked the wrong house
• $7,000 reward offered to locate missing 85-year-old Hayward man
• Bay area students talk to space station astronauts
• Biggest solar flare in five years heading toward Earth
• Facebook mobile audience jumps in 2011
• Hunters, fishermen turn out in droves to support embattled Fish & Game chief
• D.A.: San Mateo man on trial for rape of orphan relative
• City Attorney's Office sues Occupy Oakland protester over vandalism of city building
• Apple's new iPad will be faster and prettier, company says
• New Cars Land headlines Disneyland expansion set to open June 15
• Richmond pushing to allow expansion of pot dispensaries
• Tim Kawakami: Buster Posey looks ready -- but looks aren't everything
• Biz Break: Are iPad's new features enough for Apple to remain dominant?
• Sanchez takes his swings off Wilson
• Apple's new new iPad expected to help dethrone traditional PCs
• Hercules to lay off more police officers, employees
• Committee favors major overhaul of Palo Alto golf course
• Dream may come true for TheatreWorks
• Tweet before the temblor; Stanford-based group using social networking to expand quake sensor network
• Carlos Club expansion permit gets OK from San Carlos Planning Commission
• San Jose Sharks lose 3-2 to Edmonton Oilers in shootout
• A's lefty making a good impression
• Behind the downward slide of Pac-12 basketball
• Report: Indianapolis Colts to cut ties with Peyton Manning
• San Jose State women have reason for optimism heading into WAC tournament
• On Bay Area visit, Israeli leader addresses Middle East tensions
• Two people shot dead inside Sunnyvale home
• San Jose Mayor confident on key pension vote
• Former Archbishop Mitty star and ex-UCLA player Drew Gordon prominent in Sports Illustrated article on Bruins' troubles
• New male falcon on top of San Jose City Hall is named: 'Fernando the rocket'
• Old and sick and living in her car, determined homeless woman needs a real address
• San Jose police officer found liable for excessive force on cyclist
• Herhold: A council debate about money and politics
• Syria rushes to scrub out signs of assault on Homs
• Former 49ers defend Bill Walsh on bounty issue
• Israeli President Shimon Peres checks in at Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters
• New 'Google Play' store launches Tuesday
• O'Brien: Kaliya 'Identity Woman' Hamlin hopes international recognition bring attention to her cause
• San Jose's SunPower to provide solar panels for Apple's massive new data center
• Convicted child killer from Oakland found dead in Monterey County prison cell
• New suit filed in San Mateo County Coroner brain-handling case
• South Bay tax evasion scam lands luxury car buyer in prison
• Hicks: Saudi Arabia shows second film in 30 years
• Power restored after brief outages in Fremont, Newark
• Authorities: LulzSec hackers busted, done in by ringleader
• PG&E shuts down southbound traffic on Oakport Street until end of March to inspect pipelines
• Netflix in talks with cable companies to become on-demand option, sources say
• Dead dog lands 3 San Jose teens in juvie
• Hicks: Tim Tebow says no to 'The Bachelor'
• Hicks: Justin Bieber's mom writing a book
• 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' composer dies
• Monkees contemplate how to memorialize Davy Jones
• Judge delays UC pepper-spray report
• Q&A on Obama administration's latest mortgage-aid plan
• Southern California woman gets prison for fake Christian concerts
• Automakers snazz up small cars to lure wary buyers
• Ralph McQuarrie, designer of 'Star Wars' look, dies in Berkeley at 82
• Apple expected to unveil new iPad
• Israeli President Peres to visit Facebook
• New contract approved with Palo Alto Fire Chiefs' Association
• Palo Alto council approves $250K for design, environmental review of Arrillaga proposal
• Oakland A's notebook: Brad Peacock roughed up by Albert Pujols, L.A. Angels
• Power restored to most customers in San Francisco's Sunset District
• A passage through Asia leads San Jose State student to a soft launch
• Protesters facing off with CHP in Capitol rotunda over higher ed costs
• Oakland City Council to consider teen center, probe
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: San Jose elementary school students to chat with space station crew
• San Jose City Hall falcon saga better than a real-life soap opera
• TheatreWorks may get permanent home
• Romney plans Bay Area fundraiser
• 'The Voice': Alameda singer competes in the battle round
• Saint Mary's beats Gonzaga in overtime for West Coast Conference tournament title
• Newcomers Angel Pagan, Melky Cabrera should improve San Francisco Giants' outfield defense
• Golden State Warriors rout Washington Wizards 120-100
• Martinez may buy vacant county building for developer
• Automakers bring smaller cars to Geneva Motor Show
• Motion: Sheriff won't get fair shake in domestic violence trial in San Francisco
• Clayton native, George W. Bush impersonator Steve Bridges dies at 48
• Reed says call for audit of San Jose pension estimate is politically motivated
• Advanced Micro Devices gives full control of former manufacturing unit to Abu Dhabi
• Roadshow: Gas prices finally ease but could soar by April
• Dublin council considering a pay raise
• Gang outreach leader reaching out to 4.0 students, too
• Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike named Pac-12 women's Player of the Year in media poll
• Pair of quakes, topped by 4.0 temblor, rattle Bay Area
• Oak Grove High School in San Jose shelter-in-place lifted
• San Mateo man found dead on Pacifica street
• Concord is likely choice as successor to imperiled Mt. Diablo Health Care District
• Biz Break: Apple, Yelp and Zynga lead tech stocks' downfall on Wall Street as Yahoo ponders layoffs
• Apple's volatile stock movements push it out of $500 billion club
• Hicks: Adam Lazzara, Taking Back Sunday singer, felled by a tree
• California drivers finally put down those cellphones and are living to tell the tale
• Oakland man, 51, fatally shot, then run over by friend's car Sunday
• Critics of move to oust Fish and Game Commissioner did the same thing five years ago
• Gloria Steinem speaks out in East Bay about 'war on women,' Rush Limbaugh
• Judge blocks second Santa Clara 49ers stadium ballot measure
• N.Y. man brings on 5 more lawyers against Facebook
• Santa Clara County science fair attracts 1,000 entries
• Kawakami: Sorry A's, but Giants hold all the cards
• Yahoo layoffs could reach thousands, happen this month, report says
• New technology for sharing old memories
• Wolverton: Sony's new PlayStation Vita disappoints
• Poole: Stanford women perfect again in Pac-12, but bigger challenges lie ahead
• San Francisco sheriff and Venezuelan soap star wife prepare for trial this week
• Purdy: Parity could make for entertaining Pac-12 men's basketball tournament
• Lawmakers call for state audit of San Jose's pension problems
• Putin declares victory in Russian presidential election
• Roadshow: Express toll lanes at 237-880 to be ready March 15
• Saratoga actress returns home on "Beauty and the Beast tour
• Local artist lends touch to mural for Cinequest
• Vandals slash tires of 51 cars in Palo Alto neighborhood
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Stanford women rout Cal to cap 18-0 Pac-12 regular season
• Oakland A's: Cuban Yoenis Cespedes confident he can make quick transition to major leagues
• Saint Mary's faces Gonzaga again in WCC tournament title game
• Obama says U.S. 'will not hesitate to use force' against Iran
• North Korean leaders takes defiant stance as he visits border
• Indiana baby found in field after tornado dies
• Social issues overshadow economy in GOP race
• China boosts military spending more than 11 percent
• Lawmakers call for state audit of San Jose's pension problems
• Stanford beats Cal, spoils Bears' chance to share Pac-12 basketball title
• Man shot in Gilroy parking lot Saturday afternoon
• Cold-shooting Golden State Warriors lose to Toronto Raptors 83-75
• Believe it: Harvard cheaper than Cal State
• Saint Mary's aiming to cool down hot-shooting Gonzaga freshman Kevin Pangos in Monday's WCC final
• Man shot to death, possibly run over in Oakland
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Brian Wilson faces hitters, looks strong
• Missing Newark teen ran away from home, search scaled back, police said.
• Injured golden eagle found in San Jose park
• Berkeley: Three wounded in early morning shooting
• Gingrich: Limbaugh right to apologize for remarks
• A 7th advertiser pulls out of Limbaugh's show
• Police: More victims possible in South San Francisco child rape case
• A tearful Vladimir Putin claims Russian election victory
• 40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Alaska
• Archbishop Mitty High School embraces iPad as learning tool
• Man charged with attempted murder in Daly City BART lot shooting
• Pacifica: Former councilman home after going missing
• 206 killed in Republic of Congo arms depot blasts
• Ronnie Montrose, Bay Area guitar legend, dies at 64
• San Jose Sharks fall to St. Louis Blues
• San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum looks sharp in Cactus League debut
• Poole: 'Bounty' system a stain on NFL
• Making sense of San Jose's pension mess
• Kawakami: Road to postseason looking bumpier than usual for San Jose Sharks
• O'Brien: Despite recent snowfall, Tahoe economy in trouble
• WCC welcomes K.C. Jones, Tom Candiotti, Kurt Rambis into its Hall of Honor
• Saint Mary's defeats USF, advances to WCC final
• Hundreds mourn student killed in Ohio shooting
• San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan still feeing effects of head injury
• Internal Affairs: Supervisor Ken Yeager wants county employees fit to lead
• Occupy marchers hit streets as three sit in jail
• Indiana town hard to find, but tornado leaves mark
• Towns search for survivors after storms kill at least 35
• Review: Ballet San Jose's opening program
• Stolen iPad led to huge meth bust in San Jose
• San Jose teen already giving back to community
• Roadshow: Roadshow's winning bumper sticker slogan: 'I Don't Read Minds, So Signal, Dammit!'
• Sea otter Toola, surrogate mother to Monterey Bay Aquarium's pups, dies
• Cuban star Yoenis Cespedes set to join Oakland A's
• Israel's backers pressure Obama to combat Iran
• Hercules waterfront development gets major boost from council
• Vet groups, VA split over mental health expansion
• Rush Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult
• Environmental damages remain issue after BP deal
• Two trains collide in Poland; 8 dead, dozens injured
• Syria blocks aid, tightening hold on devastated area
• Conflicting accounts over Afghan Quran burnings
• Cassidy: Anita Borg Institute has a plan for increasing the number of women in technology
• Eye on the East Bay: Dublin audience learns how 'Star Wars' inspired mythbuster
• Three Occupy Oakland protesters arrested for robbery and a hate crime, both felonies
• What went wrong in Nevada for the Seenos
• Stanford, Cal freshmen point guards ready for Sunday's women's rematch
• Cal's revived Pac-12 title hopes now depend on win vs. Stanford
• Ahmadinejad rivals rack up parliament wins in Iran
• Pentagon may put special ops in Afghanistan under CIA control to meet 2014 pullout deadline
• Growing number of adults diagnosed with ADHD
• Sharks coach McLellan says he's still suffering concussion symptoms
• Saint Mary's women eliminated by No. 1 seed Gonzaga in WCC semifinal
• One wounded in East Oakland shooting Friday evening
• Herhold: A Gilroy councilman with a past
• Authorities ID elderly man killed in Castro Valley crash
• Mountain lion photo exposed major cultural shift in California
• Newark boy, 15 and on crutches, reported missing
• Storms demolish small towns in Indiana, Kentucky, killing at least 38
• Golden State Warriors lose to Philadelphia 76ers 105-83
• Apple, Samsung both lose rulings in German patent cases
• Saint Mary's men not wanting to leave NCAA tournament prospects to chance
• Carl Steward: Darting here and there ...
• High school students in San Mateo live on $2 a day
• 750 pounds of meth worth $34 million seized from San Jose apartment
• Theater, office building proposed near Palo Alto transit center
• Support for Mountain View affordable housing parcel tax lacking
• USF beats Loyola Marymount, advance to WCC basketball semifinal game against Saint Mary's
• San Jose budget forecast offers glimmer of hope for next year: no deficit
• Bonny Zanardi: Peninsula sculptors featured at 1870 Gallery
• Another 2-alarm fire is one of two San Jose blazes on Friday
• San Jose unions make last-ditch pension offers
• 600-pound Livermore man receives outpouring of support after YouTube plea for help
• Three shot in Berkeley during dice game
• Three more girls say San Jose teacher molested them
• Former San Jose cops admit to stealing from Latino scholarship fund
• Pizarro: Saratoga's Hakone Gardens celebrates Lunar New Year this Sunday
• Police Blotter
• New Haven reaches deal to avoid more furloughs
• Apple says it has created more than 500,000 jobs in the United States
• Yelp IPO gets spectacular reviews; stock soars
• Hicks: Scarlett Johansson nabs Janet Leigh role in Hitchcock movie
• Ailing San Pablo councilman resigns
• Young Oakley woman to ski in Special Olympics Winterfest competition
• A voice of dissent in China that took its time
• Newark accident leaves two injured
• San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan returns to practice
• Hicks: Engelbert Humperdinck is Britain's last hope in pop music
• At least two injured in Fremont crash
• Hicks: Billie Joe Armstrong says Green Day's new record all about sex
• Homes on crooked Lombard Street flooded when car crashes into hydrant
• Manny: Three pitches, three outs in A's Cactus League loss
• 600-pound Livermore man receives outpouring of support after YouTube plea for help
• Company sued over Walnut Creek bone cement surgery deaths
• Silicon Valley's hottest social network isn't Facebook: It's Pinterest.
• Power restored after vehicle accident causes outage in Hayward
• Mercury News interview: Eugenia Corrales, CEO of Nanosolar
• Tornadoes wipe out two Indiana towns, kill at least three
• Castro Valley man dies after crashing car in creek
• Sex offender convicted again after leaving Army to victimize Walnut Creek girl
• Three Oakland men arrested in San Leandro triple homicide
• Castro Valley school board moves to raise class sizes, lay off teachers
• Biz Break: Yelp IPO soars, and analysts are left wondering, 'Why?'
• BART eyes fare increase, seeks ideas on how to share the pain
• Hayward customers face lengthy outage after vehicle takes down power pole
• 'American Idol': Top 13 includes San Jose's Brackensick
• Political novice no stranger to upending status quo
• Menlo Park lab cited for fatal explosion
• Caltrain prices to rise July 1
• San Jose Sharks lose to Buffalo Sabres 1-0
• Tesla shows off Roadster chassis at Palo Alto event
• USF men easily handle Portland to advance to WCC basketball quarterfinals
• Conservative publisher, activist Andrew Breitbart dead at 43
• Ethics complaint filed against wildlife official who shot mountain lion
• Gay marriage supporters urge court to reject latest Proposition 8 appeal
• Protesters rally against education cuts in Oakland
• Cool new gadget helps Morgan Hill cops bust suspect
• Mark Purdy: The basketball world should honor Wilt Chamberlain on Friday
• Pizarro: Silicon Valley Heart Ball lands an amazing venue
• Police Blotter
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Buster Posey won't play in Cactus League opener
• Raiders franchise safety Tyvon Branch; might spell end for Michael Bush
• Oakland A's notebook: Manny Ramirez will be the designated hitter in Friday's exhibition opener
• The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano is swimming in coffee -- 4 tons of it, to be exact
• Two more U.S. soldiers gunned down by Afghans
• Hicks: Michael Jackson's daughter slams rumors
• California won't intervene in Honda hybrid lawsuit
• Syrian rebels retreat from besieged neighborhood; army moves in
• Under lockdown: Life inside dissident Tibetan town
• Martinez police arrest man with gun at Alhambra High
• Bay Area home remodeling picks up as economy mends
• Protesters rally against education cuts in Oakland
• Santa Clara women fall behind early, lose to Portland in WCC second round
• AT&T spells out data limits for 'unlimited' plans
• FBI director: Cyber-threats will become top worry
• End death penalty measure likely to be on November ballot
• Giants have depth at catcher position
• Union City mulls lifting tobacco sales buffer for gas stations
• Police report: Ex-Hells Angel charged with homicide severely beaten before he pulled out gun
• San Jose-Tokyo flight, awaiting new 787s to roll off Boeing assembly line, won't take flight until early 2013
• Redwood City special ed teacher: 'I never abused a child'
• Cassidy: Sergio Ochoa is driven to work for Tesla
• Boy, 16, among those injured in Oakland shootings
• Zynga starts its own platform to separate itself from Facebook
• EU official: Google's privacy policy 'not in accordance with the European law'
• Job market contiuing to get healthier, but consumer spending isn't following its lead
• Banks pursuing more fees on consumers despite virulent backlash
• 'American Idol' recap: It's ladies night
• Chevron, Bridgelux team up to install LED streetlights
• Plans for Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza given go-ahead
• East Palo Alto's new fire station to be almost three time as big
• Man killed in Mountain View wreck identified
• Redwood City council gives raises to city attorney and city clerk
• Golden State Warriors hold off Atlanta Hawks 85-82
• High-speed rail construction delayed
• Downtown Walnut Creek bouncing back with new stores
• O'Brien: Facebook's move to Menlo Park offers economic development lessons
• Nneka Ogwumike sparks Stanford women past Seattle 76-52
• San Jose engineer once again on trial in death of lawyer shot at office
• Ohlone prayer, sage smoke accompany bones of 500-year-old American Indian man as they're reburied
• Redwood City School District displines six teachers
• Man on trial in death of former Raiders star admits he staged body to look like a sex crime
• Antioch teacher, counselor positions face uncertainty
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Madison Bumgarner might replace Matt Cain as No. 2 starter
• U.S. men's soccer team shocks Italy 1-0
• Ex-Hells Angel member charged with homicide at San Jose court hearing
• Santa Clara men end season with loss to Portland in WCC tournament
• San Jose Sharks' playoff quest hinges on improved defense, health of key players
• O'Brien: Facebook's move to Menlo Park offers economic development lessons
• Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski to attend anger management classes over 2010 Walnut Creek night club incident
• Intel Capital announces $100 million new fund to invest in 'connected' cars
• House approves bill to ship more Delta water south
• Davy Jones paved the way for modern heartthrobs like Justin Bieber
• Apple joins the $500 billion club, but could be poised for more
• Jemile Weeks making best of chance to learn from Hall of Famer Barry Larkin
• U.S. skips first chance at new Iran penalties
• Metal thieves steal from 525 graves in Colma
• East Avenue Middle School in Livermore on lockdown after report of a gunman on campus
• Syria threatens to 'cleanse' rebel area in Homs
• Police Blotter: Person supsected of causing $6,000 in graffiti damage arrested
• With more layoffs looming, Hercules declares fiscal emergency, paving way for possible tax measure
• Mariners center fielder Franklin Gutierrez has pectoral injury
• Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives
• Aromas man arrested for shooting, killing his dog because it wasn't obedient
• Pizarro: Michael Miller jumps from leading San Jose Jazz to Children's Musical Theater
• Happy Juan Uribe returns to Dodgers camp after reaching settlement in San Francisco case
• Berkeley chief to address concerns about police response to beating death
• Facebook unveils new advertising strategy
• Mary King retires as AC Transit acting general manager
• Silicon Valley tech companies struggle to describe themselves in comprehensible language
• Roadshow: Wall Street speculators help drive up gas prices
• Top news photos, Feb. 29: Leap Day, tornadoes tear through the Midwest and more
• 'American Idol': Guys hit the high notes in first live show
• All-white Santa Clara council says no to race-driven change to elections
• Supervisors postpone decision on how to fill controller vacancy
• Mountain View apartment complex fire remains under investigation
• San Mateo County supervisors quietly put three tax measures on June 5 ballot
• Three in cuffs thanks to alert Palo Alto resident
• San Jose Sharks return home, edge Philadelphia Flyers 1-0
• Embattled California wildlife official who shot mountain lion refuses to resign
• Antioch approves moratorium on Internet cafes
• Santa Clara's nightmarish basketball season close to a merciful finish
• Pizarro: Cinequest fans find their passion on opening night
• San Jose leaders agree to revisit taxes in June
• Cassidy: It's time to add Apple to the Dow mix
• Willow Glen mom, former ski captain, dies on Tahoe slopes
• Alameda County set to become first to force drugmakers to take back pharmaceuticals
• Santa Clara man arrested in 1983 Union City cold case
• Donation account to help family of 2-year-old Juliana Pena, who lost cancer battle
• National experts may help recover remains of serial killers' victims
• Young man among San Francisco Giants: Madison Bumgarner, 22, seeking encore
• Brandon McCarthy announced as Oakland A's opening-day starter
• Nadia Lockyer's ex-lover: 'There's a way bigger story than the sex tapes'
• Pathologist: Coroner wrong about killing of daughter of former Raiders star Fred Biletnikoff
• Hicks: Charlotte Church gets a big check from News Corp.
• Wounded British journalist smuggled from Syria
• Matthew Dellavedova makes it a Saint Mary's repeat for WCC Player of the Year
• See the International Space Station from your own backyard
• A's announce Brandon McCarthy will be their Opening Day starter
• Santa Clara County supervisors vote to curb payday lending
• HP cuts 275 jobs from webOS
• Mt. Diablo school board approves 89 layoffs and the departure of 72 Clayton Valley High teachers
• Google+ is eliciting antitrust complaints to EU from Microsoft, others
• Interpol says suspected Anonymous hackers arrested
• Stanford's Bing Concert Hall will open in January 2013
• Cruise line: Crippled ship to reach land Thursday
• Plant chief: Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable
• Police Blotter: Molotov cocktail causes trash fire in San Mateo
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center's Summit new patient care center gets final beam
• Man pleads not guilty to firing gun at ex-girlfriend's San Mateo home
• Sierra snowpack at 30 percent of normal, but reservoirs are still pretty full
• Family mourns Oakley man whose death remains unclear
• Yahoo: Facebook must pay us or face patent lawsuits
• Biz Break: iPad 3 announcement sends Apple to new high as Dow closes atop 13,000
• Dow closes above 13,000, first time since 2008 financial crisis
• Cassidy: It's time to add Apple to the Dow mix
• Four-alarm fire damages apartment in Mountain View
• Palo Alto mayor focuses on infrastructure, renewal in state of city address
• San Carlos reluctantly OKs cell phone antenna settlement
• Caltrain fare increases headed for a vote Thursday
• Fire mars Daytona 500; Matt Kenseth wins
• Intel makes more inroads in smartphone market
• White House proposes to cut tsunami warning system
• Santa Clara County leaders to tighten nutritional standards at county facilities
• South San Francisco 2-year-old girl loses battle with cancer
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Brian Wilson says he'll be ready for opening day
• Oakland A's lose Scott Sizemore for season with torn ACL
• Matt Kenseth wins Daytona 500 after fire and rain
• San Jose employee unions file SEC complaint against mayor
• Herhold: How middle-schoolers saved a piece of their heritage
• Hercules, bond insurer, close to settlement over default, official says
• Warriors midseason report card
• Golden State Warriors have much work to do to contend for playoffs
• With Andrew Luck gone, Stanford faces something new: quarterback competition
• Cinequest Film Festival: Growing up in East Palo Alto
• Tammerlin Drummond: Nadia Lockyer saga gets uglier
• Lead safety officer at Berkeley High School has been charged with one count of felony identity theft
• Large apartment fire reported in Mountain View
• Mark Purdy: GM Doug Wilson's latest trade addresses Sharks' inconsistency
• Hoping to exchange insurance info, driver instead gets beaten, robbed in Morgan Hill
• Man grabs girl on her morning walk to Harbor High School in Santa Cruz
• Pittsburg teachers, district come up short after all-night cram session
• Silicon Valley's non-tech workers still feel pain of economic collapse
• Bill to hold up MTC move from Oakland to San Francisco is introduced
• Police ID San Jose's 5th homicide victim as 33-year-old man
• Oakland police arrest shooting suspect and locate guns after several hour search that forced a school lockdown
• 'American Idol': Second time the charm for San Jose singer
• Dublin school board to consider putting June bond measure before voters
• McGlockton autopsy cites enlarged heart
• Cal freshman who fell from frat house in 'grim' condition
• Hazy vehicle tips off Morgan Hill cops to weed bust
• Hicks: Uma Thurman pregnant at age 41
• Officers hurt in Occupy clash at state Capitol in Sacramento
• Amyris captures $83.7 million in new financing to close cash flow gap, but red ink deepens
• Hercules council to consider waterfront land deals, development agreements
• Top news photos, Feb. 27: Student killed in Ohio, Daytona delay and more
• Witness calls spycam image of gay encounter in Rutgers suicide case 'shocking'
• SJSU will continue South Bay admissions preference
• Small fire at Boston Red Sox offices at Fenway Park causes $100K in damage
• Ex-Santa Clara cop should get three years in prison for aiding Hells Angels, prosecutors say
• Pizarro: Education takes center stage at San Jose Jazz
• Chimps getting vasectomies -- again! -- after females keep turning up pregnant
• PG&E bills stay flat despite big drop in natural gas prices
• Slideshow: Oscars 2012 red-carept fashions that went wrong
• Feud over iPad highlights faded tech firm's woes
• O'Brien: Social media in 2012 elections will make 2008 look like the digital dark ages
• Afghan unrest has U.S. worried about pullout
• Oscars TV: Reliable Crystal does a solid job as host
• Oscar goes to Tehran as Persian-American movie fans watch Academy Awards
• Man shot in East Palo Alto Saturday
• 'The Artist' triumphs at Oscars
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Roadshow: More lanes on Highway 85 are years away
• San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan knocked out of game in San Jose's 4-3 loss at Minnesota Wild
• Oscars 2012: List of the winners
• Man in hospital after fall from second floor of Berkeley fraternity
• Oscars 2012: Fashion that could use some help
• Some California schools get twice the funding -- and more -- of others
• Tim Kawakami: New 49ers president Gideon Yu sees some Mark Zuckerberg in Jed York
• Hells Angel arrested in killing of fellow gang member
• Oscars 2012: Almost time for Billy
• Pleasanton man dies after medical issue, car crash near Sunol
• Bay Area resident takes on tough job for GOP: attracting Latinos
• Cal men lose 70-57 at Colorado
• San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey hits off live pitching for first time since injury
• One dead, three wounded in two separate San Jose shootings
• Oscars 2012: Fashion that rocked the red carpet
• No one hurt in Fremont shooting after teen party
• O'Brien: Watching the pre-Oscar hoopla via 'CrowdOptic'
• Source: Warriors rookie Jeremy Tyler heading to NBA Development League
• California girl, 11, dies following planned after-school fight
• Antioch police identify man struck, killed by two cars
• Police ID body found near Oakley, no cause of death yet
• San Jose weighs new taxes
• Palo Alto: Eight burglaries in one day, almost nine
• In the Year of the Dragon, Bay Area couples dream of Dragon Babies
• NFL combine: Utah State's Robert Turbin could be a steal in the NFL draft
• Severity of knee injury to A's Scott Sizemore still unknown
• Santorum: No apology needed for Quran burning
• Thousands of places across the United States still saddled with offensive names
• In their own words: Occupy Oakland according to city officials - Part 2
• San Francisco 49ers looking for receivers at NFL combine
• Poole: Oakland A's are getting a changed Manny Ramirez
• Purdy: It's home sweet home as Bay Area teams either already have or are planning new stadiums
• Fremont ponders future of Warm Springs
• San Jose moves ahead with roadwork to accommodate ballpark
• A thousand women gather in San Jose for modern-day tent meeting
• Stockton man injured in head-on collision in unincorporated San Mateo County
• Roadshow: What should the price of gas be?
• Saint Mary's holds off USF to clinch West Coast Conference title
• Internal Affairs: That long-haired fella sure knows his electoral lines
• Bad habits return as San Jose Sharks lose 6-2 to Nashville Predators
• Pedestrian struck by vehicles in Antioch dies of injuries
• Caldecott Tunnel's center bore reopens after two-hour closure
• Cal linebacker Mychal Kendricks patterns his game after San Francisco 49ers star Patrick Willis
• Gingrich says Obama out to 'punish' Americans with energy policy
• Cal linebacker Mychal Kendricks patterns his game after San Francisco 49ers star Patrick Willis
• San Francisco 49ers checking out receivers at NFL combine
• Eye on the East Bay: Birdwatchers flock to backyard count
• NYPD surveillance of Muslim students provokes outrage at Columbia
• Stanford women beat Utah for coach Tara VanDerveer's 700th victory
• San Jose neighbors anxiously await cleanup of the house from hell
• San Jose moves ahead with roadwork to accommodate ballpark
• Cal's Jorge Gutierrez a source of inspiration at Denver's Lincoln High
• A new light on U.S. drone war's death toll in Pakistan
• Cal women top Colorado 64-43, clinch second place in Pac-12
• Giants notes: Matt Cain wants contract done before opening day
• Berlusconi cleared by statute of limitations
• Police surround home in ongoing South San Francisco standoff
• Herhold: Tenacious search uncovers family
• Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer win Spirit Awards
• A's Scott Sizemore suffers knee injury
• TSA investigating suspected security breach at Sacramento airport
• Goodyear recalls Wrangler Silent Armor tires
• Oakland A's stress importance of 'first impressions' during spring training
• Rick Santorum sees Tuesday's Michigan vote as winnable
• Giants will be 'respectful' over territorial rights issue
• San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain wants contract issue resolved before Opening Day
• Mercury News interview: Kathryn Kranen, CEO of Jasper Design Automation
• No criminal charges against 91-year-old San Jose motorist
• Majority of California Assembly members call for resignation of wildlife official who killed mountain lion
• San Jose State delays decision on local admissions
• Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III walk in Peyton Manning's shadow
• Chi Theta Chi granted temporary reprieve
• Palo Alto declares impasse in talks with police union
• One person dead in Mountain View traffic collision
• Will San Mateo County supervisors appoint new controller or call election to let voters decide?
• Quakes' Jean-Marc Alexandre working to build youth soccer in his native Haiti
• Taking a 'Descendants' tour of Kauai
• Oakland Raiders value NFL combine despite having just two picks in the draft
• Manny Ramirez arrives at Oakland A's camp, grateful for opportunity to play
• Hundreds of mourners pay tribute to 'quarterback whisperer' Tom Martinez
• Bonny Zanardi: Freyberg images offer a photographic journey of New Zealand
• Top California GOP official acknowledges 'communication deficit' as state convention opens in Burlingame
• Santa Clara lease latest step toward 49ers stadium
• Peter Gleick requests short-term leave of absence from Oakland's Pacific Institute
• Hayward trustees looking to voters for parcel tax
• Judge approves Oakland gang injunction targeting 40 Fruitvale residents
• Jeremy Lin: Bright lights greet the New York Knicks star on All-Star weekend
• San Francisco District Attorney releases bruise photos in Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's domestic violence case
• Cisco buys optical company for $271 million
• More Quran protests leave 7 dead in Afghanistan
• Oxygen tanks in luggage prompt SFO investigation, terminal closure
• Pakistan urges Taliban to Afghan peace talks
• Chinese company suing Apple over iPad trademark brings the fight to Silicon Valley
• Serra to name football stadium after Brady
• Oakley animal shelter draws young volunteers
• Pizarro: 100 Women Foundation doing good in Bay Area
• Woman steals boat in Oakland, crashes on Alameda shoreline, police say
• Pleasanton woman injured in multicar wreck in King City expected to survive
• Tesla's upcoming all-electric Model X built with women in mind
• Occupy Oakland forces to join labor protest march to Castlewood Country Club on Saturday
• Castro Valley man sentenced for stabbing young mother to death
• Rio Vista considers changes to transit system
• New Nike shoe with outer space theme causes frenzy
• Ayres struggling to cope at Napa State Hospital, attorney says
• Tips to keep your YouTube buzzing
• A's to fans: Signs limited to 3x6 at O.co
• Behind the Google goggles, virtual reality
• Night Owl: Telegraph beer garden and cafe replaces Mama Buzz
• Walnut Creek gets a brand: The place for fine dining and shopping
• Police arrest shooting suspect in East Oakland; three schools briefly on lockdown
• San Mateo-Foster City School District holds public strategy session
• California Republicans meet in Burlingame to ponder their relevance
• San Mateo County, Redwood City and San Carlos could share one fire station
• Mountain View early education program wins reprieve
• Bye-bye to Chi Theta Chi? Independent cooperative house fights Stanford's plan to terminate ground lease, assume control
• Bay Area trainers helped make Knicks guard Jeremy Lin better, stronger, faster
• College basketball: Stanford men win on road, rout Colorado 74-50
• Saint Mary's claims at least a share of West Coast Conference men's basketball title
• Ancient and proud Japanese-American warriors from 442nd finally get medals for World War II valor
• Cal men grind out victory over Utah
• Four women arrested after robbery, gunfire at Sunvalley mall
• Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie busy talking with agents at combine
• San Carlos mayor focuses on budget struggles in state of the city speech
• Person fatally struck by Caltrain in Palo Alto
• Tom Brady headlines Serra High School fundraiser
• Child porn raids in Marin County lead to arrests
• Stanford women's basketball extends nation's longest active home winning streak
• Australian inquest opens in dingo-baby mystery
• Getting his feet wet
• San Jose City Council faction seeks answers on $650 million retirement cost figure
• San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke, Oakland Raiders G.M. Reggie McKenzie look for bargains at NFL scouting combine
• Pleasanton woman, two others killed in nine-car wreck in Monterey County
• Coco Crisp not giving up Oakland A's center field job without a fight
• El Paso educator to lead Santa Clara County schools
• Residents say burger chain could spell doom for Pinole shop
• In battered Syrian city, cries of 'tragic' plight
• Hicks: Sacha Baron Cohen may be banned from Oscars
• South San Francisco: Woman's wheelchair stolen from front of her home
• Simple, early blood test tells fetal health, replacing intrusive tests
• US college grads get older, shift workplace trends
• Former Montclarion newspaper worker found dead in Oakland Hills home; police suspect foul play
• Police Blotter
• California gas prices up 23 cents in past week
• Two retired San Jose cops celebrate 20 years of 'Fugitive Watch'
• Obama apologizes as Afghan Quran protests rage
• Monte Poole: Ranking the Raiders' and 49ers' drafting disasters
• Widespread shootings, bombings kill 55 across Iraq
• Hicks: Angelina Jolie to pen forward for Billy Bob Thornton's book
• Man accused of throwing meth past kids out his Gilroy bedroom window goes to jail
• Cassidy: Metavana's Minh Duong-van is an unorthodox tamer of chaos
• Expansion underway at San Jose's Santana Row
• Time of Your Life: Joan Aragone: Study shows friends are important not only to our emotions but to our brains
• Crews battling large brush fire in Napa County
• Top news photos, Feb. 23: Dozens killed in violence in Pakistan, National Security Guard commandos show their stuff
• Safeway profits shrink, stock sinks
• Ostrander hut man is a beacon to show the way to Yosemite Park high country
• 'American Idol': The Top 24 begins to take shape
• Palo Alto police investigating random gunplay
• Police find allegedly intoxicated Stanford man on roof
• NFL Combine Q&A: Of Andrew Luck, 49ers, Raiders and RG3
• Monta Ellis' late basket lifts Golden State Warriors over Phoenix Suns
• White House offers online privacy guidelines for consumers
• California requires Google, Apple and other tech giants to enforce privacy standards on mobile apps
• Man shot by Oakland police charged with four felony counts
• Hayward organ donor imparts life in her passing
• Mythbusters TV stars talk science at Dublin High School
• Herhold: Does social media always work for the good?
• High court torn over law banning lies about medals
• San Jose State says qualified applicants may not be admitted
• Blooming plants are loving the extra-warm winter - so long as spring doesn't bring a freeze
• San Jose mom accused of driving getaway car arraigned on attempted murder charges
• San Jose Planning Commission green lights soccer stadium
• PG&E reports itself to state regulators for not inspecting gas pipe safety equipment on the Peninsula
• Bay Area couple wins case against federal same-sex marriage law
• Police Blotter: Person hurt in drive-by shooting in San Jose
• Home invaders sought after assaulting Hercules man and his mother
• Contra Costa pension system earnings fall well below projections
• Virginia House scraps invasive pre-abortion requirement
• Facebook Timeline profile depicting life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs taken down
• Pizarro: American Red Cross lands big sponsor for its upcoming gala
• Union City church vandalized with satanic symbols on Ash Wednesday
• Cassidy: Hackers can turn digital life to despair
• Does Steelers top receiver want to be a 49er?
• Colonoscopy prevents cancer deaths, study finds
• High-tech new citizens bemoan long path to ceremony
• Fremont schools locked down, three arrested in home invasion robbery
• Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
• Immigration chief seeks to reassure Silicon Valley
• California's elections chief: Postal center closures threaten integrity of upcoming election
• Holy windfall, Batman! Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5 million
• Longtime faculty member named president of Chabot College
• Not so fast, Einstein: Clocks in faster-than-light experiment were off
• Hicks: 'X Factor' castoff Rachel Crow gets record deal, TV show
• Tim Kawakami: Was the Giants' 2010 World Series title a fluke?
• Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria
• Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over Iran
• Suspect with shotgun arrested by police in East Oakland
• Rising home sales point to better year for housing market
• Oscar: Who will win -- who should win
• Second-degree murder verdict for Virginia lacrosse player
• Berkeley-based scientist causes ethics storm over climate change documents
• Columbus Blue Jackets rout San Jose Sharks 6-3
• Confession played in retrial of alleged killer of Fred Biletnikoff's daughter
• Palo Alto interested in post office site
• San Ramon: Police arrest man on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly beating mom with baseball bat
• Tall ships to berth at Port of Redwood City for tours, hands-on adventures
• Australia's Foreign Minister resigns amid dispute
• Mardi Gras mostly quiet in downtown San Jose
• O'Brien: Bill Campbell makes future of journalism his next crusade
• Asian-Americans feel a real connection to Jeremy Lin
• Two-alarm fire damages Daly City home
• Wild salmon numbers are dwindling
• 15-year-old Aptos girl sliced in fight at her birthday party
• Police: San Jose mom drove getaway car in stabbing of 13-year-old
• San Jose softens pension proposal
• In din over Iran, echoes of Iraq war
• U.N. nuclear agency reports failed Iran talks
• O'Brien: Bill Campbell makes future of journalism his next crusade
• Obesity drugs fight for FDA approval
• Tom Brady's QB guru, Tom Martinez, dead at 66
• Google+ 'Hangouts' grow in popularity
• Berkeley homicide: Councilwoman wants answers from police
• Chase Bank plans Bay Area expansion
• America's Cup team offers a sneak peek of racing yacht
• Hicks: Drew Barrymore pregnant?
• U.N. nuclear agency reports failed Iran talks
• Hayward museum on track for October opening
• San Mateo County wants judge to dismiss brain tissue lawsuit against coroner
• Fact Check: Artful swerves on the auto industry bailout
• Gay marriage ban supporters seek second review by circuit court of ruling
• Inherited comic collection expected to fetch $2 million
• The Wire: Quran-burning apology, anti-white bias case, 'trailer park Mata Hari'
• Prosecutor defends use of 'trailer park Mata Hari' as informant in Arizona bomb case
• Top news photos, Feb. 21: Israeli troops strike back with teargas
• Peter Gleick, water expert based in Berkeley, stuns scientific community by admitting he leaked documents from libertarian institute
• Despite concussion history, Stanford's Chris Owusu is cleared for NFL by leading neurosurgeon
• A's manager expects Manny Ramirez to be in camp Friday
• Coroner identifies Mountain View man killed in single-car accident
• New Orleans revels in Mardi Gras
• Shots fired into home in San Mateo
• Megaupload founder released on bail
• Company suing Apple over iPad name is open to talks
• Redrawn lines for Santa Clara County Board of Education creates one non-incumbent seat, could pit two trustees against each other
• Initiative glut taking a toll on state resources
• Backup Ekpe Udoh helps Golden State Warriors beat Los Angeles Clippers
• Purdy: Don't get too excited about Manny Ramirez signing with the A's
• Montalvo Arts Center marks 100th birthday with special events -- and ambitious plans for future
• Hayward cops searching for assault suspect who slashed own throat
• Redwood City school board considers putting $67 parcel tax on June ballot
• High pressure system settling off Pacific Coast
• Jeremy Lin: New Jersey Nets get better of Linsanity, New York Knicks in rematch
• San Jose man, 19, taken to hospital with gunshot wound
• Republican campaigns grow more dependent on Super PACs
• As Santorum seizes social issues, Romney demurs
• Avalanche kills man with Bay Area ties; Santa Cruz skier escapes
• Bill requiring ultrasound before abortion nears vote
• Chicago school draws scrutiny over student fines
• Four suspects arrested after CHP chase from Livermore to East Palo Alto
• San Jose police search Los Gatos Creek trail for young robber, possibly armed
• Recology overcharged San Carlos customers for waste pickup
• People: Bethany Frankel opens up about recent miscarriage
• Woman robbed of $10,000 in South San Francisco
• Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads
• Livermore burglary suspect arrested for second time in three days
• Puppies promenade through San Jose airport on training walk
• Herhold: In life, Santos-Killins had no limits
• South San Francisco police corporal fights to get job back
• Fremont man arrested on suspicion of drug possession in San Carlos
• San Jose Sharks: Marc-Edouard Vlasic hopes to play Tuesday
• Oakland Athletics sign Manny Ramirez to minor-league contract
• People: Judi Dench denies reports she's going blind.
• San Jose man dies in rollover crash on ramp from 101 to Capitol Expressway; third fatal accident of the holiday weekend.
• Wolverton to Apple: Please surprise me with the iPad 3
• People: Monaco prince hospitalized after NYC bar brawl
• Giants' closer Brian Wilson says he's pain free
• Protesters gather at San Quentin to demonstrate for prisoners' rights
• People: Whitney Houston's family wants Bobbi Kristina in rehab
• Oakland police officer shoots fleeing robbery suspect
• Hercules' Bio-Rad offers scholarships, teacher grants
• School owner: Midair near Antioch crash could've been deadly
• Sunnyvale soccer player Marc Pelosi in developmental system for English Premier League club Liverpool
• In San Jose's Japantown, vigil commemorates 70th anniversary of FDR's internment order
• Cal welcomes elite athletes back to school
• Bay area remembers John Glenn's remarkable flight
• Purdy: Idling San Jose Sharks need to add another gear (goal scorer)
• Wolverton to Apple: Please surprise me with the iPad 3
• Oh say, can you sing? Lots of vocalists are eager to try their hand on difficult national anthem
• Mountain View man dies in one-car San Jose accident
• Vandals launch large rocks at houses in Livermore early Saturday morning
• San Jose: Eastridge Mall stabbing victims now expected to survive
• Scouts to turn over files in Calif. sex abuse case
• Roadshow: Carpool supporters sound off
• First Mass at Our Lady of Refuge packs in 1,000 tri-cultural pilgrims
• Ray Samuels -- former Newark police chief -- dead at 60
• Political Blotter: Stark and Swalwell to meet for first time
• Golden State Warriors may soon look to future
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Iran Oil Ministry: Exports cut to Britain, France
• Stanford men lose to Oregon
• Bay Bridge to reopen Sunday night ahead of schedule
• Bay Bridge to reopen Sunday night ahead of schedule
• Mt. Diablo school Bond Oversight Committee accepts first-year audit, despite questions raised
• Jeremy Lin: Lin-sanity revived as New York Knicks rally to knock off Mavericks
• Milos Raonic defends SAP Open title with win over Denis Istomin
• Lindsay Lohan to guest host 'SNL' next month
• Every February Yosemite waterfall turns to lava
• Official: 44 dead in Mexico prison riot
• 'Colbert Report' to return Monday after absence
• Three killed, up to 8 missing in Washington avalanche
• Man killed outside his Berkeley hills home Saturday evening; Alameda man arrested
• San Jose: One in custody, victims to survive Eastridge Mall attack
• Oakland A's Brandon McCarthy already gearing up for opening day
• Car crash power outage fixed for most in Union City and Fremont
• Oakland: Two fatal shootings early Sunday
• San Jose Sharks fail to snap Detroit Red Wings' home streak in 3-2 loss
• Buster Posey back behind plate on San Francisco Giants' first day of camp
• Former Newark Police Chief Ray Samuels has died, officials say
• The cost of dying: Lessons learned
• Software startups reaped lions share of venture capital investment in fourth quarter
• 'Intense struggle' over gun in Long Beach federal building shooting
• AC Transit fast bus project to boost ridership, but take away parking spaces
• Internal Affairs: The Golden Spigot brings waves of interest
• Cal men defeat Oregon State 77-63, stay tied atop Pacific 12 standings
• Purdy: A show of appreciation for Mike Montgomery
• Music Together, a popular program in Bay Area, pulls two racist songs after pressure by Palo Alto mom
• Poole: Expect NBA to add Jeremy Lin to All-Star roster
• San Jose Earthquakes stadium plan nears final vote
• Golden State Warriors fall to Memphis Grizzlies 104-103
• Two teens seriously injured in stabbing at Eastridge Mall; stores evacuated
• San Jose Sharks try to end Detroit Red Wings' record home win streak
• A flaw in Jeremy Lin's game: turnovers
• Hopes rekindled for new life in downtown Hayward
• Bay Bridge closure going smoothly, BART traffic up
• Fremont student goes viral with 'FouseyTUBE'
• Speed Freak Killers cast spotlight on small town Linden
• Speed Freak Killers cast spotlight on small town Linden
• Woman, 20, dies after freak Fla. church shooting
• AP Exclusive: Iran poised for big nuke jump
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Bruce Bochy will take it easy on Buster Posey, Brian Wilson and Freddy Sanchez
• Roadshow: Carpool critics, cheaters have their say
• Saint Mary's loses 65-51 to Murray State
• Man dies in Campbell vehicle accident
• Police: Concord 'explosion' caused by fireworks
• After scrapping bigger plans, HP says webOS still has an open-source future
• Whitney Houston's voice soars at NJ hometown funeral
• Three injured Friday in two East Oakland shootings
• Copper wire worth $460,000 stolen from Fremont street lights
• Three people critically injured in Tracy drug lab fire
• Police capture man involved in Livermore standoff
• Two arrested in attack that injures Livermore police officer
• Oakland A's could add more players as spring training gets under way
• SAP Open: Milos Raonic beats Ryan Harrison to reach final
• Cal welcomes elite athletes back to school
• Herhold: Card clubs, gambling pose quandary for police chief
• Giants won't rush Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez, Brian Wilson this spring
• ESPN apologizes for headline on Jeremy Lin story
• More tests demanded on cruise ship captain after cocaine report
• Actress Judi Dench of 007 movies: I'm going blind
• Killing at Long Beach federal building: Details emerge of co-worker dispute
• Dutch prince's life still in danger after ski accident
• Westbound Bay Bridge closed for weekend work
• Golden State Warriors hammered by Oklahoma City Thunder
• California Gov. Jerry Brown announces opening of trade, investment offices in China
• Saint's Mary's finds itself in fight for basketball survival against Murray State
• Program for parents, young children in Mountain View Los Altos High School District's crosshairs
• East Palo Alto's top cop named interim city manager
• Man gets 18 years in prison for molesting three sisters in East Palo Alto
• Sharks beaten again, this time by Carolina
• SAP Open: No. 2 seed Andy Roddick loses in quarterfinals
• George Mark Children's House on stable ground
• Oakland: 'Most wanted' suspect released from jail
• Fremont teen to compete on 'Jeopardy!'
• San Francisco man pleads not guilty to murder charge in Union City slaying
• Oakland trial date set for suspected killer of nursing student
• Mercury News interview: Prith Banerjee, senior vice president and director, HP Labs
• California wildlife official in hot water over mountain lion hunt
• Police Blotter: Parole, probation searches conducted in San Jsoe
• Jeremy Lin: Lin-sanity suffers first loss as New York Knicks lose to lowly New Orleans Hornets
• Gas prices surging beyond $4 a gallon -- and they will go higher
• 2-day-old baby taken from Castro Valley hospital
• Charges dismissed against man accused of stomping parrot in Boulder Creek
• Pizarro: San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce to honor Empire Broadcasting's Bob Kieve
• San Jose: Firefighters rescue Caltrans driver who went down Mt. Hamilton embankment
• Martinez approves four-year police contract that trims health and retirement benefits
• Wounded Syrian refugees flee dramatic escalation
• Google slammed for latest privacy breach
• Talks with Iran over its nuclear program may resume soon
• Ex-Google CEO Schmidt to sell up to 2.4 million shares
• Hooters servers' class-action remains in court
• Tim Kawakami: Dwight Howard coming to the Warriors? It's not so crazy
• California Gov. Jerry Brown announces opening of trade, investment offices in China
• Hill reunites with man, now sober, who once vandalized his home
• Glenn fever returns 50 years after historic flight
• Miss Pearl's on Jack London Square reopens for Fat Tuesday
• New parish built on faith, persistence
• Hicks: Robin Thicke arrested for drugs
• San Jose: VTA train strikes semi, two passengers injured
• No victims or suspects found after East Oakland shootout
• 'American Idol': San Jose hopeful looks to make his mark
• Dad draws raves, reprimands for answering daughter's Facebook rant with nine .45 rounds in her laptop
• Exhibit at Lincoln's Cottage shines spotlight on modern slavery
• Fired workers march on Berkeley steel plant
• Hicks: Nick Cannon sidelined by blood clots
• Fire displaces eight from Alamo triplex
• Palo Alto school board looks favorably on new courses
• Palo Alto 7-Eleven robbed by masked and armed man
• Raiders part ways with longtime executive John Herrera
• College baseball prewiew capsules
• U.S. officials tie terror group to Syrian bombings
• Round 2 begins: Vote for the ultimate TV crush
• Fernando Valenzuela understands Lin-Sanity first-hand
• Chinese leader visits Iowa, Calif. to forge bonds
• Peninsula: Photographer's trip to Yosemite almost spoiled by hotel thief
• Proposed federal budget leaves small businesses with questions
• Bay Area home sales mostly up, although prices fall
• Sen. Feinstein decries effort to delay train safety measure
• Sharks pick up forward Dominic Moore from Tampa
• Union City police officer arrested on suspicion of DUI
• Newark approves use of police drug dogs
• Prison fire exposes dysfunction, chaos in Honduras
• President Obama arrives in Bay Area on fundraising trip
• In brief
• Police: Man stole $30,000 in computers from Genentech
• An Occupy protester charged for kicking an Oakland police sergeant over the weekend
• Gunman and one victim dead, others wounded in Hollywood house fire
• SunPower reports fourth-quarter loss
• Mullin announces Assembly bid
• Hicks: Amanda Knox gets $4 million book deal
• Preview of new Mac operating system, 'Mountain Lion'
• GM records its highest yearly profit ever: $7.6 billion
• College basketball: Saint Mary's stunned at home by Loyola Marymount
• SAP Open: Top seed Gael Monfils withdraws from tournament; Andy Roddick rallies to win
• East Palo Alto police investigating Wednesday night shooting
• May sale eyed for downtown Palo Alto post office
• Giants sign veteran pitcher Ramon Ortiz
• Police searching for man suspected of robbery in Palo Alto, attempted robbery in Menlo Park
• Three teens suspected of taking package from Palo Alto residence
• Arrests made in early morning shooting in unincorporated Redwood City
• Trail Blazers hand Warriors brutal loss
• Lin's jersey, Paly coach head to NYC
• California audit finds broad irregularities in foreclosures
• Warriors G.M. Larry Riley on losing Jeremy Lin: 'We have to face up to that'
• Discovery Bay board to look for candidates to fill vacant seat
• Candidate filing period begins for Hayward City Council election
• Charter Square owners resistant to selling property to school district
• Herhold: What a dog's death tells us
• San Jose Elections Commission refers complaint against mayor to City Council
• Murder victim's husband tearfully describes affair with woman accused of killing her
• Syrian-American family awaits word from relatives
• Alameda: Police identify couple in murder-suicide
• Tim Kawakami: The beauty of Jeremy Lin isn't his race; it's that he looks like he belongs
• State shuts down Institute of Medical Education in Oakland, San Jose
• Patients isolated after potential mumps outbreak at San Mateo County jail
• U.S. solar industry divided over trade action against China
• Police: Eighth-grade boy hospitalized after beating at Berkeley school
• Sharks' Dan Boyles gets his season back on track
• Stanford: 15-minute-old newborn gets pacemaker for heart
• Palo Alto middle school's yearbooks offered for Lin-sane prices
• Tesla Motors fourth-quarter loss widens to $81.5 million as it prepares to launch all-electric Model S sedan
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 14: Sean Penn goes to Bolivia
• Roadshow: Drivers scramble to find way around Bay Bridge closure this weekend
• Oakley's Freedom High athletes test limits in Navy SEAL Fitness Challenge
• Biz Break: Apple shares dive, but not as much as Zynga
• Shot putter Jillian Camarena-Williams is healthy heading into U.S. indoor championships
• Hicks: Whitney Houston's family giving Bobby Brown cold shoulder
• Jeremy Lin finds a home in New York, thanks to Warriors' forward David Lee
• Zynga's stock plunges on player spending warning
• PG&E opt-out of SmartMeters underway
• San Francisco Bay: a garbage can for 7 million people
• Outraged San Bruno officials claim PG&E delaying settlement of gas-line disaster
• Electronic cigarette explodes in Florida man's mouth
• Off-duty police officer walks into South San Jose bank robbery, helps track down suspects
• Years of perseverance, promise of candy bars breaks Speed Freak Killers case
• Roadshow: Weekend traffic a mess at Caldecott Tunnel heading toward San Francisco
• Economic gains give lift to Obama poll numbers
• Palo Alto to offer $34.5 million in bonds for sale
• Exemption unlikely for Palo Alto foot spa
• Redwood City council allows four-story apartment to go up at Mel's Bowl site
• San Mateo County supervisor move three tax measures closer to June 5 ballot
• Stanford selects new trustee chairman
• Man robbed while walking dog in Palo Alto
• Robby Ginepri looks sharp in opening win at SAP Open
• Antioch leaders call for meeting to discuss recent violence
• Customs agents seize more than 26 pounds of cocaine from cruise ship docked in San Francisco
• San Jose City Council delays action on June sales tax measure
• Apple led sales of electronics in 2011
• San Mateo County residents charged over Ed Lee campaign donations
• San Mateo County supervisors votes to close nursing center; 230 patients to be displaced
• San Francisco sues feds over San Bruno pipeline blast
• San Jose ethics commission must pass on mayor complaint
• One of Oakland's 'most wanted' is off the streets
• Serial graffiti tagger sentenced to jail
• Hayward homicide victim remembered as 'good family man'
• Yahoo investor to nominate own slate for board
• Apple CEO: Cash discussions intensifying
• Hicks: Family nixes public memorial for Whitney Houston
• Jury: Saratoga businessman guilty of hit-and-run accident that severely injured cyclist
• Rare chance to visit battleship in Bay Area
• Hicks: Kim Kardashian back with Reggie Bush?
• Police seek city's help in finding Richmond school vandals
• Foreclosure process will be slow this year, firm predicts
• Jeremy Lin: There's Linsanity north of the border, too
• Alameda police: Two killed in apparent murder-suicide
• Morgan Hill woman accuses cop of posting her photo on Facebook
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 14
• Sharks prospect thrilled to be back on the ice
• Mt. Diablo High restrooms reopened in after national publicity regarding principal locking out students
• Warriors: Udoh's improved play coincides with Golden State's improved record
• Santa Clara County domestic violence case: Murder-suicide followed after man failed to give up handgun
• Oakland woman arrested in boyfriend's fatal stabbing
• Supervisor Nadia Lockyer, wife of California treasurer, acknowledges substance abuse, affair
• Authorities find pot in peanut butter at Oakland airport
• Earthquakes give lineup a big boost by signing midfielder Simon Dawkins
• John McEnroe entertains in SAP Open exhibition
• Spike strips end East Bay police chase of suspected stolen vehicle
• SunPower sues five former employees, rival SolarCity for computer fraud
• Chinese company to seek ban on iPad imports, exports amid trademark fight with Apple
• Police: Antioch resident disarms, kills apparent home invader
• Palo Alto City Council sets the stage for Ronald McDonald House expansion
• New survey about Californians' end-of-life wishes
• Walgreens dispute sends millions of customers to rival pharmacies
• Herhold: One man's chronicle that reflects San Jose's own
• Golden State Warriors rally past Phoenix Suns
• San Jose Sharks skate past Washington Capitals 5-3
• Table tennis teen Ariel Hsing of San Jose has Olympic aspirations
• Police Blotter
• San Carlos students travel to Arizona -- virtually
• San Jose: Fugitive due in court in decade-old child abuse case
• Affirmative action ban challenge gains little traction in court
• San Bruno couple wins Valentine's Day wedding in the Big Apple
• Livermore man shot and killed in Hayward
• Monte Poole: Yoenis Cespedes brings Billy Beane his biggest A's trade chip yet
• San Francisco 49ers family mourns the passing of Freddie Solomon
• Knightsen stomach flu, absences on the wane today
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 13
• Apple shares close above $500
• Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties celebrated for open land preservation
• Former San Francisco 49er Freddie Solomon dies at 59
• Roadshow: Forget that $3-a-gallon gas contest
• Prominent San Jose nightclub owner faces rape charge
• Biz Break: Google wins approval from U.S. and EU, Apple passes $500-a-share milestone, Jive stock jumps
• Burlingame: Student arrested for threatening attack on school
• BART extension to San Jose getting $250 million in federal funds -- more than expected
• Vandalism causes at least $500,000 in damage to new Richmond school building
• Contra Costa prosecutors and county at labor impasse
• Monterey hotel hazmat spill sends 16 workers, 1 guest to hospital
• Parole hearing scheduled for Santa Cruz-area man convicted of killing wife in 1984
• San Jose: Investigation continues into fatal beating of dog
• Hugh Hefner son arrested in domestic violence case
• All-natural candy warehouse booming in Concord
• Washington governor signs gay marriage bill into law
• With holiday ahead, Sierra ski resorts celebrating real snow
• Government clears Google's purchase of Motorola
• Paso Robles couple sentenced in Filipino smuggling case
• Magnitude-5.6 quake strikes Humboldt County
• Sheriff's Office: Pacheco man shot during attempted marijuana deal
• Civil Wars singer Joy Williams is pregnant
• Three more arrested, three wanted in connection to Bay Area dope ring
• Seven-pound Yorkie killed while protecting owner in San Jose street fight
• Hear Ye: Westbound Bay Bridge shut down over Presidents Day weekend
• Federal court to hear new challenge to California's affirmative action ban
• Merfeld: Phil Mickelson mauls Tiger Woods in final round
• Purdy: Spurred by Tiger, Mickelson revels in victory
• San Jose Sharks give up two 5-on-3 goals in loss to St. Louis Blues
• Golden State Warriors, Monta Ellis on mini-run with two-game win streak
• At the ripe old age of 22, she's already a lifer at work
• Wolverton: Streaming media players offer new options for the digital living room
• All lanes of Highway 13 reopened after downed tree cleared
• Walnut Creek woman arrested in fraud case
• List of Grammy winners in select major categories
• PG&E warns of Valentine's hazard: Metallic-coated balloons
• Poll: San Jose residents less resistant to tax increase
• More high school students taking, passing AP tests
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Stanford men defeat USC 59-47
• Roadshow: Police to clamp down on bad driving in Santa Clara school zones this week
• Pebble Beach notebook: Rough start, strong finish for Charlie Wi
• O'Brien: What Dropbox can teach us about cloud computing
• Cassidy: NetApp Facebook page puts the wonders of technology in context
• Santorum plans aggressive strategy against Romney
• AT&T Pebble Beach: Mickelson's final round mastery upstages struggling Woods
• Google has intriguing plans at the Googleplex
• Not the AT&T finish that Tiger Woods had in mind
• Coroner: Whitney Houston autopsy results on lockdown
• Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting
• Lane blocked on Highway 242 in Concord after fatal accident
• Affluent Californians send huge donations to Obama, Romney
• Two arrests after mostly peaceful Occupy Oakland anti-police march
• Spoiler: Grammys under way, overshadowed by death of Whitney Houston
• 'The Artist' named best picture at UK film awards
• Man robbed and abducted at gunpoint in Gilroy parking lot
• Kawakami: Jerry West calls Jeremy Lin 'a tremendous player'
• Stanford women cruise to 82-59 win over UCLA
• Antioch police investigate five shootings in two days
• Man shot by Berkeley police was under drug investigation
• Missing Crockett man found dead by Interstate 80
• Whitney Houston: one of the great ones
• Jim Harrington: Whitney Houston was one of the great ones
• San Francisco: 88 customers without power as PG&E crews repair damage from auto collision
• Jim Harrington: Whitney Houston was one of the great ones
• Merfeld: Charlie Wi welcomes Tiger Woods' return to form
• Golden State Warriors notebook: Starters respond to being benched
• Cassidy: NetApp Facebook page puts the wonders of technology in context
• San Jose Sharks begin nine-game trip
• Tiger Woods vaults to third place at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• Redistricting by citizens' panel sparks competitive California congressional races
• Purdy: Tiger Woods in the perfect place to close the deal
• O'Brien: What Dropbox can teach us about cloud computing
• Jeremy Lin: New York Knicks star scores 20 points, hits winning free throw to beat Minnesota Timberwolves
• SAP Open: After all these years, John McEnroe still one of the faces of U.S. tennis
• Saint Mary's College bounces back against Santa Clara
• Internal Affairs: Possibilities for redrawing Board of Education districts endless -- it seems
• Gas leak briefly closes Pacifica stores
• San Jose pedestrian killed Saturday is city's second traffic fatality in 10 hours
• Conference tries to encourage girls to go into tech
• Ex-Stanford golfer Bramlett no ordinary Joseph with double-eagle 2 at Spyglass Hill
• Bay Area investment group connects socially responsible lenders, local farmers
• Occupy Oakland marchers continue weekly anti-police protest
• Roadshow: Crash victims try to do the right thing and pull off the road
• Monte Poole: Enjoy the Jeremy Lin ride while it lasts
• Even critics of safety net increasingly depend on it
• Los Gatos opens a smartly designed new library, one that Steve Jobs might have appreciated
• Serial killers' victim identified from remains in Calaveras County
• Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies at 48
• Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry
• Monte Poole: Enjoy the Jeremy Lin ride while it lasts
• State senator, wife attacked at western N.Y. casino
• Tiger Woods poised for victory at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• Third round AT&T Pebble Beach: Tiger Woods vaults into third place
• Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma
• Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln is deemed a hoax
• Maine GOP chairman say Mitt Romney wins caucuses
• Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus
• Man, 21, killed in Pleasant Hill drive-by shooting
• As Syria burns, neighboring Lebanon feels the heat
• Woman dead, man in critical condition after East Oakland shooting
• Seventeen-month-old San Mateo twins recovering after liver transplants
• Afghan war's risks shift to contractors
• Cal holds off UCLA rally for 73-63 victory
• From the archives: Jeremy Lin led little Palo Alto team that could
• From the archives: Jeremy Lin's NBA 3-pointer broke Mater Dei's back
• Greek prime minister defends bailout deal, painful cuts
• Herhold: What Chuck Reed should have said
• Penn class teaches students how to live like monks
• Purdy: Rain doesn't dampen outlook for former Stanford star Joseph Bramlett
• Kawakami: If Tiger Woods can make a few putts, watch out
• 49ers: Santa Clara stadium to open early, in 2014; groundbreaking this spring
• Attorney: Parents' concerns were ignored in Redwood City abuse case
• Attorney for driver in Saratoga hit-and-run case blames cyclist
• San Jose Sharks snap two-game losing streak, hold off Chicago Blackhawks
• San Francisco 49ers give G.M. Trent Baalke three-year contract extension
• San Jose State forges ahead with Bill Walsh Center
• Google's first employee leaves company
• Shoplifting attempt turns to robbery at Stanford Shopping Center
• DARE contest winners visit with Rex, the police dog
• Palo Alto to review proposed massage rule changes
• Woman dead after being hit by car in San Jose
• Jeremy Lin: New York Knicks star scores 38 points in win over Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
• Netflix settlement trims 14 percent off 4th-quarter earnings
• New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick finds solace with strong pro-am showing
• Former Cal Bears golfer Charlie Wi in command at halfway point of AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
• Finding lessons in our losses and grief
• San Francisco: Woman injured after driving her car into the surf at Ocean Beach
• Hip hop, chess and Jiu-Jitsu featured at free event in San Jose on Saturday
• Woman dead after being hit by car in San Jose
• Federal officials release new details about underwear bomber
• Nowhere to go: Mt. Diablo High students launch 'Pissing is a Human Right' campaign to protest locked restrooms
• 2 Sudans edge closer to brink in oil dispute
• Second round AT&T: Former Cal standout Charlie Wi takes three-shot lead
• State halts construction at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
• Oakland man accused of shooting federal agent in Newark makes court appearance
• Syria says suicide bombers kill 28 in Aleppo
• In his first year as San Jose's top cop, chief lays down Moore's Law
• Warren Hellman tribute concert slated for Feb. 19
• Greece plunged into turmoil over austerity measures
• Men charged in San Leandro attempted burglary
• Hicks: Ray Romano opens up about wife's cancer
• Burlingame High School locked down due to bomb threat
• Report: Solyndra aside, feds stands to lose less than expected in energy loans
• Tiger Woods Day 2: Still right in the AT&T hunt
• Final defendant sentenced for 2009 San Pablo witness killing
• Eye on the East Bay: Celebrity chef shows he's a fast-foodie
• Pizarro: Rockage festival celebrates retro video games and music
• Slideshow: Top news photos for Feb. 10
• Netflix settlement trims 14 percent off 4th-quarter earnings
• Wine grape harvest was down in 2011; prices higher
• Hear Ye: Westbound Bay Bridge shut down over Presidents Day weekend
• Bonny Zanardi: Clay creations star at The Main Gallery
• Sources: Alibaba plans to go private after buying most of Yahoo's stake
• Roadshow: Highway 101 tops Dirty Dozen list
• Dropped off at hospital, man with stab wounds quickly dies in San Jose homicide
• Amid pension-cut fury, San Jose mayor sounds hopeful
• Are Democrats in Sacramento off the hook on pension reform?
• Two arrested after attempted home burglary in Redwood City
• El Camino Hospital rep says exec pay is on the level
• San Carlos looking into banning foam food containers, plastic bags
• Los Altos man arrested on suspicion of burglarizing two homes
• Stanford police release sketch of sexual battery suspect
• Woman charged with murder in East Palo Alto stabbing of boyfriend
• Stanford's slide continues with loss at UCLA
• Cal overpowers USC
• Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry have winning recipe against short-handed Denver Nuggets
• College basketball: Saint Mary's loses its first WCC game, falling at Gonzaga
• 'Party bus' company faces new suit over fatal Peninsula DUI crash
• Rare ale's annual arrival brings fans to Hayward beer bar
• Optician arraigned in Newark shooting was obsessed with agent's wife, police said
• Journeyman Ken Duke has record run of 8-under 28 on Pebble Beach's back nine
• Oakland Raiders release cornerback Stanford Routt
• San Jose employee unions filed ethics complaint against Mayor Reed, other city officials
• Harry Lew's family stunned by not-guilty verdict in hazing case
• Man pleads guilty in hit-and-run that killed Santa Cruz cyclist Zachary Parke
• Suffering deepens in bombarded Syrian city of Homs
• FBI releases file on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that details acquaintances' negative perceptions
• New guidelines downplay blood-clot risk for economy-class fliers
• 28 more airports will test lower-hassle screening
• State eases some mosquito fogging restrictions
• Intel settles New York antitrust suit
• Tiger Woods hot, but others scorching on Day 1 at AT&T
• Women at war: Pentagon is easing its job limits
• NRC approves first new U.S. nuclear plant in three decades
• For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible
• Tiger Woods: 'I needed to go lower'
• Slideshow: Top news photos for Feb. 9
• Former owners of Cigarettes Cheaper stores sentenced in fraud case
• Tim Kawakami: There's a real bond between 49ers' Jim Harbaugh and Alex Smith
• Samaritan House offers free tax preparation
• Survey: Voters support bond for Antioch High improvements
• Herhold: Taking the stand against a friend
• Mexican army finds 15 tons of pure methamphetamine
• British man wanted in 1993 heist nabbed in Missouri
• Pizarro: Women talking tech at Microsoft on Sunday
• Five years after the light brown apple moth scare, California quietly stops funding moth-control programs
• Piedmont High prodigy to play in weekend concerto
• Inmates injured during San Quentin prison riot
• Report: Alibaba planning stake buyback from Yahoo
• Assembly bill helps UC and CSU students from middle-income families
• Case unfolds against suspect in hit-and-run of two cyclists
• Silicon Valley Democrat tops in fundraising, even though he's not running yet
• Traveling World War I tribute comes to downtown Redwood City on Friday
• Stanford Ronald McDonald House expansion proposed
• Union launches effort to cap pay of El Camino Hospital executives
• State threw a 'curveball' to San Carlos' Wheeler Plaza
• Livermore basketball scorekeeper passes milestone
• Goalie Miikka Kiprusoff gets 300th career win as Calgary Flames beat San Jose Sharks
• Spencer Levin seeking redemption at Pebble Beach
• Bank of America says it will cut 450 jobs in Concord
• Phil Mickelson is flying under the radar at Pebble Beach
• Who has the best chance to win at Pebble Beach?
• Half Moon Bay: Man sentenced for beating 82-year-old grandmother for driving too slow
• Brown allows parole for murderers at greater rate
• Coach Mark Jackson seeing some progress in Golden State Warriors
• San Jose: Man tackles suspected bicycle thief being chased by cops
• Stanford's $6.2 billion fund-raising drive sets U.S. record
• California and other states negotiate $25 billion deal for homeowners
• Companies mixed on letting employees use their own gadgets for work
• Local sports digest: San Francisco 49ers' Ray McDonald jailed over warrant offense
• 'American Idol': Tension mounts as Hollywood round begins
• A la Carte: San Francisco's first-ever Tea Festival; plus, Republic of Tea turns 20
• Apple leases big office building in downtown Sunnyvale
• Council rolls back serving hours for Walnut Creek lounge
• Study: Electric boost helps brain to learn better
• A's owner talks about San Jose move
• Hicks: 'House' is done after next season
• Pebble Beach Preview: Who's got what it takes?
• Antioch basement fire displaces two
• Caltrans holds open house in Richmond to explain I-80 congestion relief plan
• Companies mixed on letting employees use their own gadgets for work
• Tosh Lupoi: Ex-Cal assistant speaks for first time since taking Washington job
• Crockett board to consider putting $110-a-year parcel tax on ballot
• Police surround home in Hayward Hills
• Woman arrested after witness said she threw a dog out of a San Francisco apartment window
• Pinole good Samaritan gets stay on auction of his home
• Feds, local cops bust 34 in Bay Area-wide dope operation
• Man beaten and robbed while walking in South San Francisco
• Teen who wrote in diary of killing 9-year-old sentenced to life in prison
• Kronos Quartet inspires young musicians in Berkeley
• Man killed in Oakland fire is identified
• Prince Harry qualifies as Apache helicopter pilot
• Body found near Hayward BART tracks ruled a homicide
• San Diego federal judge tosses killer whale 'slavery' case
• Gay marriage foes weigh their next move
• San Francisco 49ers' Ray McDonald arrested on outstanding warrant
• SocialShield offers list of terms parents need to know
• Stanford tuition goes up 3 percent this fall
• Maid for Redwood City company made off with jewelry while she made up houses, prosecutors say
• Former Los Altos IT manager facing grand theft charges
• Judge dismisses lawsuit over Palo Alto's Cal Ave lane reduction plan
• Anaerobic digester study moves forward in Palo Alto
• Monta Ellis scores 48 points, but Golden State Warriors lose to Oklahoma City Thunder
• Woman fatally stabbed boyfriend with steak knife inside East Palo Alto home, police say
• Redwood City may be next in line to ban foam food ware
• San Mateo, Santa Cruz county murder cases bring key issues to California Supreme Court
• Tiger Woods is feeling the effects of age
• Supervisors patch VMC's mid-year budget deficit with mix of funds, cuts
• San Jose police auditor launches cable television program
• Find puppy love (cats too) through Meet Your Match
• Piedmont Measure A: Voters turn down sewer tax
• Bay Area athletes, legends at Pebble Beach for good causes
• California gay marriage ban struck down, appeals court cites equal rights
• Santorum wins Minn. caucuses, nonbinding Missouri
• Pizarro: New Los Gatos Library set to open Saturday
• Stanford picks New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker for commencement speaker
• Four Yahoo board members departing, including chairman
• Hicks: Chris Brown will perform at Grammys
• PayPal rolls out in-store payment at Bay Area Home Depot stores
• Mt. Diablo school board discusses Transitional Kindergarten, Clayton Valley charter, community meetings
• Smoky air can harm dogs and cats, too, says vets and pollution experts
• Gay marriage supporters in Bay Area cheer ruling on Prop. 8, will take their chances in U.S. Supreme Court
• Police arrest suspect in shooting of off-duty federal agent in Newark
• Reigning champ D.A. Points takes a back seat to Bill Murray and Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• Redwood City man arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit-and-run
• Report: Apple seeks Canadian partner in 'iTV' launch
• Giants lauded as Super Bowl champs in NYC parade
• Biz Break: A completely new Yahoo board, and Oracle vs. SAP for round two
• Herhold: The hit on Eastwood's commercial is wrong
• New USDA guidelines call for a healthier school lunch program
• Palo Alto product Jeremy Lin making an impression with New York Knicks
• North Bay wine warehouse arsonist gets 27 years in prison
• Palo Alto's Jive reports bigger 4Q loss, higher revenue
• South Bay student talks science with Obama
• Foster City man acquitted of attempted murder in lagoon fight
• Bay Area native brings slacklining mainstream with Super Bowl show
• Facebook sees slowing growth
• Stanford on alert after two women are assaulted on campus
• Union City fire heavily damages Taco Bell
• Anaerobic digester study moves forward in Palo Alto
• Appeals filed against apartment project at Mel's Bowl site in Redwood City
• Menlo Park mayor says she'll join crowded race for San Mateo County supervisor
• Palo Alto's Jeremy Lin is now the toast of New York
• Wish Book: 21/2-year-old gets the wheels he needs for independence
• Golden State Warriors getting a spark from reserves
• Santa Clara County Supervisors to consider June ballot measure over who controls county jails
• PETA's bid to free SeaWorld orcas may not get far
• PETA, prosecutor seeks to reinstate Milpitas man's conviction in cocker spaniel death
• Sharks fan won't face charges for knocking out 16-year-old brain tumor patient
• Redwood City teacher accused of slapping, kicking special needs students
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: World War I exhibit rolls into Silicon Valley
• San Jose Sharks could be seeking a scorer at trade deadline
• Oakland Raiders hire Jason Tarver as defensive coordinator
• Knightsen School employees juggle multiple roles
• Google bows to censors in India
• Marine hazing trial delayed a day after charges expanded
• Clint Eastwood 'Halftime in America' ad creates political debate
• Herhold:
• Competing California tax measures move ahead without Brown's blessings
• Univision, Disney look at English news channel
• Mistrial declared in Hayward video game store slaying
• San Jose Vice Mayor Nguyen becomes a new mother
• Romney makes Pete Wilson his honorary California chairman
• Storefront partly collapses in East Oakland
• Cupertino High School locked down after student found with Nerf gun
• New Pittsburg charter school founders offer parent meetings
• Hicks: M.I.A. may be stuck with Super Bowl fine
• Three arrested after police find gun in car at San Leandro Quick Stop
• San Jose police investigate fatal shooting of 21-year-old man
• Embattled Discovery Bay director resigns
• Riverbed Technology expands footprint in San Francisco
• San Jose: Chief Moore asks public's help to identify suspects in hate crime
• Occupy Oakland decry charges against protesters
• Missouri teen wrote in diary that killing her 9-year-old neighbor was 'ahmazing' and 'enjoyable,' 'lol'
• Alum Rock schools gets into health care business
• Oakland Raiders hire Jason Tarver as their new defensive coordinator
• Where are America's corporate profits, except for Apple?
• Gay marriage ruling Tuesday likely step toward U.S. Supreme Court
• Purdy: War of QBs becomes battle of supporting cast
• Kawakami: Super Bowl XLVI was the San Francisco 49ers' type of game -- and a game they could have won
• Probation officers shift focus from punishment to collaboration
• Wolverton: New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader
• Spare the Air alerts make air district public enemy No. 1 -- but there's a reason behind those no-burn days
• Super Bowl: New York Giants beat New England Patriots 21-17
• Santa Clara County supervisors to consider $1.2 million in vouchers to house 100 chronically homeless
• Bellarmine's accomplished "Cheesy Poofs robotics team member to visit Obama on Tuesday
• Raiders and Niner fans enjoy Super Bowl that both watched with a little bit of heartbreak
• Seven shot Sunday afternoon in West Oakland and North Oakland
• Man's ear nearly cut off in Livermore bar fight
• Blaze kills husband of missing Utah woman two boys
• Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech
• GOP race turns to Colorado, Minnesota
• 6.8 earthquake shakes central Philippines; at least 1 dead
• Roadshow: Drivers making illegal turn out of Cats restaurant on Highway 17
• Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC
• Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
• Israelis' intentions toward Iran remain unclear
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 5
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Young doctors flock toward new speciality in end-of-life care
• Spare the Air alerts make air district public enemy No. 1 -- but there's a reason for behind those no burn days
• Bellarmine's accomplished "Cheesy Poofs robotics team member visits President Obama on Tuesday
• Warehouse fire in Vallejo now five-alarms, heavy smoke visible for miles
• Foreclosures at the high end increase
• Tiger Woods' forgotten gem at 2000 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
• The cost of dying: It's hard to reject care even as costs soar
• Santa Clara County supervisors to consider $1.35 million in vouchers to house 100 chronically homeless
• San Mateo County: Mountain lion spotted
• Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook: focused from the beginning
• Smiling is good for you - and an area of scientific study by some seriously smart researchers
• Micron appoints Durcan CEO after Appleton's death
• Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget
• LaRouche proselytizers rile Marin residents by comparing Obama to Hilter
• Northern California grandmother arrested after baby found on sidewalk
• Internal Affairs: Politics be damned -- Feinstein opts for a Republican judge
• San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh named Coach of Year
• Golden State Warriors rally to force OT but fall to Sacramento Kings
• Carmel Valley school building a lesson in ecology
• San Jose State men's basketball edged 83-81 in overtime by Hawaii
• San Jose woman escapes kidnapper by jumping out of car
• Dodgers ask judge to reject claims for damages filed by Stow
• Occupy Oakland protesters march against police again
• County to cut down 1,000 trees at Mount Madonna County Park
• Women's Cancer Resource Center marks 25 years of service
• Moffett Air National Guardsmen rescue man 200 miles out at sea
• Super Bowl: Picking off a young Tom Brady
• Phoenix Coyotes snap San Jose Sharks' three-game winning streak
• Cassidy: Stanford study of tween girls' technology habits is a lesson to us all
• Coast Guard suspends search for San Ramon fisherman
• AP Interview: Bay Area women call Egypt captors 'kind'
• San Francisco Giants look to push through the adversity of disappointing 2011 season
• Cal Bears rout Arizona State Sun Devils 68-47
• Stanford men fall to Arizona Wildcats 56-43
• Former Santa Clara County prosecutor acknowledges 'acts of misconduct'
• Romney eyes win in quiet Nevada caucuses
• 49ers Alex Smith finishes third in Comeback voting
• 49ers get shut out on Defensive Player of the Year honors
• Cardinal women rout Arizona for 17th straight win
• Family speaks up in hazing death of Santa Clara Marine
• One killed in East Oakland shooting Saturday
• San Mateo avoids redevelopment layoffs for now
• 49ers Jim Harbaugh named Coach of the Year
• 49ers Aldon Smith finishes No. 2 in rookie voting
• Pipeline leak floods Fremont neighborhood
• Four arrested in gang-related fatal shooting in Tracy
• Man killed in I-280 crash in Daly City
• Bay Area shut out of NFL Hall of Fame
• Oakland Raiders reportedly eying Stanford co-defensive coordinator Jason Tarver
• O'Brien: Is Vasper really the exercise of the future?
• Herhold: A straight-A student runs afoul of his coach
• Report: A's considering adding Magglio Ordonez
• NASDAQ surges to 11-year high
• Carl Steward: Darting here and there ...
• Horses help injured veterans regain direction
• Support grows to help Oakland immigrant get kidney transplant
• IBM report suggests fewer San Jose cops and firefighters
• European Union asks Google to delay privacy policy changes
• Zuckerberg's huge tax bill may benefit Facebook
• Will the Golden State Warriors' Monta Ellis be an All-Star?
• San Jose Sharks: Antti Niemi likely to get more rest than last season down the stretch
• Milpitas: State suspends license of contractor in fatal trench collapse
• Bonny Zanardi: Painting at Los Altos Library an exquisite realist piece
• Former Giants, Warriors DJ killed in Thailand taxi tragedy
• Job growth stuns economists, sends Nasdaq to highest level since dot-com crash
• San Jose police bias lawsuit rejected
• Police: Man lied about crime that led to Newark standoff
• Whale biologist pleads not guilty to federal charges
• Man's body found in Coyote Creek; no signs of foul play
• Milpitas: State suspends license of contractor in fatal trench collapse
• NASA Ames awards San Jose State $73 million to improve air space travel
• Wish Book: Former foster youth benefit from clothing, bus passes
• Coast Guard searching for San Ramon crab fisherman missing near Half Moon Bay
• Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
• Santa Clara County DA program aims to boost reliability of eyewitness identifications
• Judge refuses to drop stay-away orders for Occupy Oakland protesters
• Posey looking good; Bochy, Sandoval discuss weighty subject
• Two killed, three wounded in spate of shootings in Oakland
• Pizarro: 'Disney on Ice' partners with San Jose Library literacy program
• San Jose police bias lawsuit rejected
• DeSaulnier to host free foreclosure prevention workshop in Antioch Saturday
• Judge denies San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's request for visitation
• Giants reliever Brian Wilson drops 10 pounds but not the beard
• Walnut Creek lounge will come under council scrutiny
• Bay Point man's death during traffic stop ruled suicide
• Lincecum not cutting out In-N-Out burgers, he's just not eating as many
• Pleasant Hill may end free health insurance for elected officials
• Fremont Opera shuts down
• New Leaf grocery opens in San Jose's Evergreen district
• Fairfield woman gets probation for fire that killed four young children
• Giants: Cain not making any promises about his next contract
• Coast Guard looks for missing boater near Half Moon Bay
• Hicks: Beyonce reportedly offered $100 million for 'X Factor
• San Jose man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing fellow San Quentin inmate
• Concord man arrested in Pleasant Hill robberies
• Darnell Hillman's flashy style a reminder of basketball's vivid past
• Biz Break: Nasdaq, Dow and recent IPOs soar after jobs report stuns economists with strong growth
• San Jose man, 35, found on sidewalk with gunshot wound, suspects at large
• Sandhill cranes bring their trumpet and dance to the Delta each winter
• Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry help Golden State Warriors roll past Utah Jazz
• Palo Alto council poised to award cafe contract
• Plans for Edgewood Plaza overhaul advance
• San Mateo County expected to keep Flood Park open after all
• Caltrain riders protest bid to discontinue 8-ride discount pass
• Cal basketball team loses to Arizona, falls out of tie for first in Pac-12
• San Jose Sharks continue win streak with 5-2 victory over Dallas Stars
• Santa Clara Broncos' bid for first WCC win thwarted by hot-shooting Portland Pilots
• No. 18 Saint Mary's Gaels hold off San Diego to stay perfect in WCC
• Stanford men's basketball routs Arizona State to snap three-game losing streak
• Facebook IPO will mean big business for thousands of smaller companies
• NFL owners approve $200 million loan for 49ers stadium
• Proposition 8 gay marriage ban trial video release denied
• Half Moon Bay: Police seize $1.2 million in pot plants, Uzi submachine guns
• Brisbane man who embezzled from soldier in Iraq gets jail time
• Andy Roddick hopes to be healthy for SAP Open
• Palo Alto 'seniors come alive' with dance catered to their lifestyle
• Roadshow: Scooters can give mobility to seniors who no longer drive
• High-speed rail tapped state funds for unusual lobbying contract
• Martinez to spend up to $1 million dredging marina
• New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning no longer the 'other Manning'
• East Bay airman, just back from Afghanistan, killed in Arkansas car wreck
• Few answers for friends in death of homeless Crockett man
• Taco truck owner, robbery suspect wounded in East Oakland shootout
• Cal-OSHA investigating Brentwood trench collapse that trapped contractor
• No ethical breach in board redistricting talks, counsel says
• O'Brien: Facebook has become financial giant, but not an invincible one
• Hero rescues man from burning East Oakland apartment
• Pittsburg teachers demand better pay
• Biz Break: Will Facebook live up to its suggested valuation? Plus Zynga's big day
• Whale biologist pleads not guilty to federal charges
• Members of Congress call for hearings on hazing in the military
• Cassidy: An Apple charitable foundation would make e-textbooks insanely great
• Police, SWAT team surround home in Newark seeking clues to recent carjacking
• Is the New York Giants secondary that good -- or did facing Alex Smith help?
• Man suspected of Bay Area crime robbery spree faces 37 felonies
• El Cerrito High School shaken by fatal accidents
• Drug companies hit hard times
• Bernanke defends Federal Reserve moves in congressional hearing
• Amazon.com debuts in India as Junglee.com
• Earthquakes shore up midfield with signing of Colombian Tressor Moreno
• Hicks: Ellen DeGeneres under fire; her supporters fight back
• Sandhill cranes bring their trumpet and dance to the Delta each winter
• Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks of winter
• Strong finish gives Stanford a top 10 class
• Menlo Park starts drawing up list of 'public benefits' it expects from Facebook
• Facebook IPO filing reveals first look at company's finances
• L.A. Police: 'Soul Train' host Cornelius dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
• Oakland taps San Jose assistant fire chief to lead department
• Alzheimer's spreads like a virus in the brain, studies find
• Proposition 8 ruling on release of trial video coming Thursday in federal court
• Meager Sierra snow worries Calif. water managers
• UC Santa Cruz scientists help find 'super-Earth
• Lessons about peace, nonviolence help students understand themselves and the world
• Authorities: Possible discipline over suspensions might have led boy to slaying of parents
• Mt. Diablo Health Care District nearing the end, moves to revamp grant program
• Hercules defaults on redevelopment bond payment
• Consumer advocates oppose PG&E's efforts to saddle customers with pipeline upgrades
• Cal's recruiting day brightened when five-star WR recruit Bryce Treggs stays with Bears
• Oakland mayor names new chiefs for police, fire
• Antioch may charge retailers for stray shopping cart collection
• Contra Costa scientist is Dr. Itchy when it comes to mosquitoes
• San Jose State takes out-of-state approach with recruiting class
• Hayward confectioners out-cupcake the competition
• Facebook files long-awaited IPO, seeks at least $5 billion
• Panetta: U.S. combat in Afghanistan to end next year
• Berkeley considers closing its multimillion dollar Wells Fargo account over bank's handling of foreclosure crisis
• Biz Break: The key facts in Facebook's IPO paperwork, plus news on Wall Street and the economy
• Dell eyes South Bay expansion that means hundreds of new jobs
• Facebook users on the IPO: 'What will be on sale is you,' or 'Niiiice!!!!'
• Egypt soccer fans rush field after game, 74 dead
• Nyjer Morgan catches up on his hockey with Sharks
• Livermore police still looking for burglary suspect after SWAT search
• Giants make changes for better crowd control at FanFest
• As Republicans shift west, attracting Latinos a challenge
• Herhold: A case reveals the inner workings of the San Jose police
• O'Brien: Reflections on Facebook's journey from start-up to dominance
• No construction to be done for months on Milpitas home where death occurred
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Feb. 1
• Romney bashed for 'very poor' comment, splashed with glitter
• Michelle Obama's California trip: Leno, Ellen, grocery store
• Alamo post office worker gets 18 months in prison in counterfeiting case
• Romney basks in Sunshine State win
• Free tax help makes tax time less taxing
• Graduation requirements could shift in Palo Alto to reflect UC, CSU admissions criteria
• Redwood City man gets 132 days in jail and probation for fatal hit-and-run
• Attempted burglary suspects arrested in Palo Alto
• Golden State Warriors hold off Sacramento Kings
• San Jose Sharks clobber Columbus Blue Jackets 6-0
• Greg Knapp will return to Oakland Raiders as their offensive coordinator
• Stanford scientists bypass stem cells to create nervous system cells
• Gov. Jerry Brown gets wide array of support for tax-hike initiative
• Khamis, Braunstein lead in San Jose District 10 campaign money
• Furor erupts over redrawing trustee electoral lines
• Stay-away from Ogawa Plaza orders issued Tuesday for a dozen protesters arrested in Saturday's Occupy protests in Oakland
• Authorities: Possible discipline over suspensions might have led boy to slaying of parents
• Stanford football on the cusp of a top 10 class
• San Jose State's recruiting class looks to be a standout in the WAC
• Air board hits the road to see business pollution up close
• Lung cancer test predicts likelihood of death, says UC-San Francisco
• State regulators to vote on PG&E smart meter "opt-out
• Tech investor Yuri Milner makes first personal investment in U.S. startup
• San Jose City Council cuts developer fees
• Mt. Diablo district abandons appeal of bus-drop decision
• Support flows in for dying father who is illegal immigrant
• Family: Hayward carpenter who died in Milpitas avalanche a 'hardworking' father
• Kepler's enters new era today with owner's retirement
• Police Blotter
• Wine Walk ready for comeback in San Mateo
• Measure to scale back Three-Strikes law passes state Assembly - but no vote til 2014
• Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5 billion venture fund, one of industry's largest in years
• Thousands of Kaiser workers wage one-day strike
• Facebook IPO to spark valley economy
• Hicks: Colbert's super PAC nets $1 million -- who's laughing now?
• San Francisco man charged with murder in 2011 Union City slaying
• Pleasanton, police union reach tentative agreement on new contract
• California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power
• Richmond police seek witnesses in brutal attack, sexual assault of elderly woman
• Los Altos district's offer would divide Bullis Charter into two campuses
• Cal football still being stung by recruiting losses
• Apple shares hit new high, company takes large lead in battle for most valuable company in U.S.
• Hicks: Snooki show banned in Hoboken
• Home prices dropped in November in most U.S. cities
• California could run out of cash by March, state controller warns
• Candidate challenges Sunnyvale election results
• Apple names European exec to head retail
• San Jose courts feds in quest to snag regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Man buried, dies when hillside collapses in Milpitas
• Los Altos school board approves split-campus offer for Bullis
• Mosquito fogging in jeopardy after new environmental regulations
• Norovirus sickens 12 at Lytton Gardens in Palo Alto
• Richmond cop's Twitter comment attacking Internet hackers draws anger, criticism
• Daly City woman pleads no contest to DUI crash that injured family
• Marine pleads guilty to assault of fellow Marine from Santa Clara
• Stanford, Columbia to share $30 million Helen Gurley Brown gift to advance journalism technology
• Fremont student questions Obama during YouTube interview
• Oakland tries new tactics against Occupy
• Oakland teen, 15, accused of killing parents to be charged as an adult, authorities said
• San Jose Sharks face a grueling schedule in second half of the season
• Vallejo, Bethel high basketball teams slapped with two forfeit losses over brawl
• No transplant for dying dad who is illegal immigrant
• Ronmey suggests he will prevail in Florida vote
• Stanford football: Why Barry Sanders chose not to attend same school as his famous dad
• 17-year-old boy killed by freight train in Richmond
• Air board hits the road to see business pollution up close
• Google, Facebook and host of other tech companies join effort to fight dangerous spam scams
• Middle class 49ers fans feel priced out of Santa Clara stadium
• After opponent's taunt, Feinstein takes to Twitter
• California court funding bill passes Assembly
• No transplant for dying dad who is illegal immigrant
• Actor who was Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on 'Seinfeld' dies at 77
• Oakland drops Victory Court ballpark
• Man wanted in connection with Oakland's first homicide of 2012 arrested in Bay Point
• FDA approves Genentech's Erivedge, first drug to treat advanced form of most common type of skin cancer
• Hicks: Rick Springfield returning to 'General Hospital' again
• Hicks: Newt Gingrich sued for using 'Eye of the Tiger' on campaign
• Allen's arrival marks new era for Oakland Raiders
• Kawakami: McKenzie's overhaul begins with Allen
• Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson remains hospitalized after fall
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 30
• Pinkberry co-founder pleads not guilty to beating
• 14-pound baby delivered without surgery, epidural
• Hicks: Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno teaming for Super Bowl commercial
• Milpitas: Man buried, dies when hillside collapses, buries him
• Atherton: Couple victim of rare home invasion robbery
• Roadshow: Carpool lane changes at 237-880 draw scorn and praise
• Monte Poole: Oakland A's co-owner Lew Wolff says he cares about team, but it's a tough sell
• Wolverton: New Nokia phone no standout, but worth a look
• Cal basketball team beats Stanford 69-59 for 14th consecutive home win
• Golden State Warriors notebook: David Lee 'in panic mode' over team's 6-12 start
• Backyard astronomer gawks at stars as if they are celebrities
• High-stakes labor battle coming to California
• Purdy: Ex-49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo deserves to be in Hall of Fame
• Hospitals see success in limiting elective early births
• Review: Wilco serves up fine, multicourse show in San Jose
• Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Oakland A's open to signing Manny Ramirez
• NHL All-Star game: Ottawa homecoming is memorable for Logan Couture
• Political Blotter: Long guns now targeted for 'open carry' ban
• Almost 400 arrested in Oakland Occupy protests
• U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Jeremy Abbott wins men's finals
• Man shot outside Concord Elks Club party was not intended target
• Syrian army cracks down on protests in Damascus suburbs
• Tri-Valley water agency eliminates controversial bonus program
• Raul Castro defends Cuba's one-party system
• He wants to know what his heart is saying
• Sunny Weather Keeps Rainiest Months of Year Dry, Dry, Dry
• Panetta confirms that Pakistan holds doctor with role in bin Laden raid
• Men stabbed after wedding party in downtown Half Moon Bay
• Man stabbed in violence-wracked South San Francisco neighborhood
• Showdown over California courts coming to a head
• UN nuclear inspection gets under way in Iran
• Mt. Diablo High teachers and students question principal's plans to convert campus to 'all academies'
• Mosquito fogging in jeopardy after new environmental regulations
• Nine people arrested in downtown Walnut Creek fights early Sunday
• Police investigating whether body found in Oakland is San Leandro murder suspect
• Burlingame native heads to Hollywood, 'drunk' on Web success
• Review: Wilco serves up fine, multi-course show in San Jose
• Backyard astronomer gawks at stars as if they are celebrities
• U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Caydee Denney, John Coughlin win pairs short program
• Police focus on SUV in Sacramento train crash that left 2 people, toddler dead
• Australian Open: Djokovic defeats Nadal in longest final
• Highway pileup kills at least 10 people on I-75 in Florida
• 'The Grey' tops box office with $20M
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley refugees travel the world to find their way home
• This year's Cream of the Crop recruiting class has Cal imprint
• Fundraising effort saves San Jose skatepark
• Purdy: Past superstars overshadow winners at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
• O'Brien: Confronted by the ugliness of tech manufacturing with stories focusing on Apple, what's a consumer to do?
• Ashley Wagner stuns the field to win U.S. Figure Skating Championships
• California could matter in the GOP presidential race after all
• Stanford summer-camp researchers reunite and recall a long, strange trip
• Top basketball recruiting classes don't guarantee wins, just ask Cal and Stanford
• Oakland Effect: Researchers explore alternative treatments in treating addiction, depression and anxiety
• Food Shift aims to save wasted food and feed the hungry
• Former Woodside High star Julian Edelman becomes jack-of-all-trades for New England Patriots
• Students find man stuck for days in Rio Grande mud
• Death of redevelopment draws closer
• Roadshow: Solutions to keep rodents away from a car's wiring
• Cruise ship fuel removal stalled due to rough seas
• Meryl Davis, Charlie White sweep fourth consecutive U.S. Figure Skating Championships ice dance title
• Russian protesters form uneasy alliance
• In a harsh shift, Romney planned to goad Gingrich
• California could matter in the GOP presidential race after all
• GPS tracking up in private sector
• St. Louis hosts first big parade on Iraq War's end
• Alabama tornado survivors help after latest twisters
• Stanford women's basketball pushed into overtime by Cal before extending home winning streak
• NATO's war resolve questioned
• Blood found at home where Maine tot was last seen
• 49ers' Aldon Smith arrested on DUI charges
• Etta James remembered as triumphant trailblazer
• Santa Clara 'dementia reality tour' shows what it's like to live with the affliction
• Police fire tear gas as Occupy Oakland marchers near convention center
• IMF chief presses for more cash to fight crisis
• Arab League suspends monitoring in Syria
• 2012 Cream of the Crop: Top 20 capsules
• Suit claims Silicon Valley anti-poaching scheme
• Thomas Peele: Time to get tough on release of officials' texts and emails
• Indian tribes join forces to save petroglyph site
• Deaths of Oakland man and woman investigated as homicides, person of interest detained
• Kyrgyz prisoners sew lips shut; is mafia to blame?
• Herhold: How the good guys got an iPhone back
• El Cerrito woman, 81, found badly beaten, possibly sexually assaulted
• Fatal shooting in West Oakland
• Anguished 4-year-old 49ers fan's video goes viral, gets team owner's attention
• Carl Steward: Darting here and there . . .
• U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Jeremy Abbott wins men's short program
• Man found dead near Stanford Hospital ID'd
• Merlin falcon found injured in Palo Alto on road to recovery
• Girl, 15, killed in San Leandro stabbing, police looking for boyfriend
• Golden State Warriors lose to Oklahoma City Thunder 120-109
• Michelle Kwan set to enter U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
• Mercury News interview: Alain Pinel, Intero Real Estate
• Driver dead after crashing into San Jose power pole
• Get crime alerts from the Oakland Police Department on your phone
• San Mateo hotel to become Draper University
• California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions
• Regulators fine PG&E $16.8 million for failing to check leaky pipes
• Regulators fine PG&E $16.8 million for failing to check leaky pipes
• Sentencing of Paul Garcia postponed again in Los Gatos murder-for-hire
• Activists afraid Twitter's censorship policy will stifle dissent
• Police Blotter
• The human cost built into an iPad
• Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal
• Pizarro: A familiar face at VMC Foundation retires
• U.N. weapons experts going to Tehran
• San Rafael librarian lands coveted spot in State of the Union events
• Violence rises sharply in Syria, flustering league monitors
• San Jose police release student, say nothing connects him with alleged threat against school
• France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit
• High school basketball players wear pink sneakers to honor teammate's mother, promote breast cancer awareness
• Two-time Olympian Johnny Weir speaks about his skating comeback
• Man being sought for brazen daytime sexual assault in Oakland
• Facebook IPO filing could come next week
• Rodeo parents face criminal charges over their kids' truancy
• Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard
• Zynga stock closes higher than IPO price for first time
• Night Owl: What to do in Oakland? An idiosyncratic list
• Oakland police shot at during hunt for slaying suspect
• Chevron fourth-quarter profits slip on weaker refinery operations and gasoline sales, although full year profits set a record
• State Supreme Court spurns Republican request to keep old maps
• Hawaiian singer Cecilio Rodriguez sentenced in molestation case
• Crews clear rocks, reopen busy Yosemite highway
• Suspect in SJSU dorm gropings arrested
• Newark City Council applicants slated to interview Monday
• Hercules man and father of five killed Thursday in Berkeley
• Toll lanes coming soon to 237-880, but drivers fear they will make congestion worse
• Idea to build playing fields at Palo Alto golf course receives rough reception
• Pipeline safety forum draws crowd of 100 in Palo Alto
• Agnes Zawadzki a surprise leader at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
• Mountain View forges ahead with plastic bag ban plan
• $1 million bail set for Redwood City student accused of trying to rape teacher
• Gilroy police: Man already in jail charged with 2010 homicide
• Romney is the aggressor in final Florida debate
• College basketball: Santa Clara loses to USF, falls to 0-7 in WCC play for first time
• Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused
• Review: Jefferson Starship soars in San Francisco
• Tattooed burglary suspect on the loose in Morgan Hill
• Santa Clara County courts: Now providing legal representation in misdemeanor court to anyone who can't afford their own
• San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture is the final player selected in NHL Player Fantasy Draft
• For Gingrich, the ethics sword cut two ways
• Frys.com Open might become full-fledged PGA Tour stop
• Man fatally shot Thursday night in Berkeley
• Sequoia Hospital vendor posted hospital employees' personal information online
• Morgan Hill gun scare leads to child endangerment arrests
• Somalis move U.S. hostage after SEAL raid frees others
• Hicks: Journey drummer arrested for assault
• Pizarro: Women skaters get their day at Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park
• Twitter to censor tweets in individual countries
• Warriors will have their hands full with Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant
• Roadshow: An elderly man seeks help in coping with decision to stop driving
• Judge: Burlingame man sane, faces life in prison for friend's murder
• Stanford, Santa Clara universities join global solar competition
• HPV study finds 7 percent of US teens, adults carry virus in mouths
• Illegal wiring in pot grow house causes Hayward fire
• Google taking over Mountain View: Office space expanded by 67 percent in 2011
• Twenty indicted in connection with large Bay Area drug ring
• Facebook files lawsuits in fight against 'clickjacking' spam
• Herhold: The Gunderson mutiny points back at the coach
• Burglary suspects charged with murder for fatal Newark accident
• The string's the thing
• Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused
• Netflix stock price skyrockets back to levels not seen since mass subscriber exodus
• Google opens social network to users younger than 18
• Venture capital firms that invest in biotech are particularly hard-hit by funding downturn.
• Original programming from Netflix, YouTube and Hulu could signal big changes for TV industry
• Business spending and job market look good, but home sales keep damper on economy
• Appeals court: Judge should not have halted $18 billion judgement against Chevron
• Research by 3 Bay Area Intel science contest finalists called 'brilliant, revolutionary'
• Atherton Interim City Manager John Danielson forced to resign Friday
• Man robbed, beaten at Stanford Shopping Center after having jewelry appraised
• Palo Altans asked to provide input on future of golf course
• Menlo Park won't pay to keep Flood Park open
• Layoffs loom in Menlo Park's housing division
• Golden State Warriors get past Portland Trail Blazers
• Figure skating: Future seems bright for juniors star Gracie Gold
• Rescue from Somali pirates is another big success for SEAL team that got Osama bin Laden
• Suspected Hayward gang members arrested in robbery spree
• Neighbor sought as suspect in Oakland's first homicide of 2012
• Study: Old Port of Oakland trucks out, cleaner air in
• Pairs partner stays with Los Gatos skater through heart surgery
• Indiana House deals blow to labor in Rust Belt
• Pizarro: Menlo Park cafe showcases some special artwork
• Oakland Raiders' next coach, Dennis Allen, known for being hard-nosed and wise beyond his years
• APNewsBreak: Army to cut combat brigades
• California air board to vote on landmark electric-car rules
• South Bay expected to recover lost jobs by 2014; recovery slower in East Bay
• State approves $86 million to widen Highway 4 and Highway 4 bypass
• U.S. says Oregon man scammed StubHub tickets
• Woman injured in small fire at Union City hotel
• Conn. mayor blasted for 'taco' quip about Latinos
• Companies worry about SEC's advice to disclose cyber threats
• Amid tears, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords bids farewell to Congress
• Wrongful death lawsuit filed in BART police shooting of homeless man
• Retrial open in San Mateo killing of former Raiders star's daughter
• Egyptians mark first anniversary of revolt
• NFL to allow players to use Twitter during Pro Bowl
• India ignores own quake peril warnings
• Watsonville police find 7-year-old girl who had been reported missing
• Tesla Motors to unveil the Model X Feb. 9
• School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains
• Biz Break: Apple reaps its rewards, Netflix beats the Street, and the Fed's pledge
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 25
• Committee recommends at-large voting to boost number of minority candidates in Santa Clara; lawfirm threatens suit
• Woman arrested in San Leandro suspected of DUI with child in car
• Top women's figure skaters bring broad resumes to U.S. championships
• Herhold: Another view of the death of Phil Gustafson
• Ex-San Jose cop takes racial bias claims to federal trial
• Sharks: Roller coaster season not hurting McLellan's job security
• Pizarro: Postgame brawl video shows negative version of downtown San Jose
• Obama challenges: Shrink gap between rich, poor
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley Reads 2012 kicks off
• Mountain View City Council expands smoking ordinance
• Supervisors approve controversial Stanford Weekend Acres project following revisions
• Former Menlo School baseball coach pleads not guilty to stealing student iPads
• 'Hugo' leads Academy Award contenders with 11 nominations, including best picture
• Nathan Chen wins junior men's U.S. Figure Skating championship
• San Jose Sharks head into All-Star break with much needed win
• Dennis Allen reportedly is the choice to replace Hue Jackson as the Oakland Raiders' head coach
• Monte Poole: Hiring Dennis Allen isn't a touchdown for Oakland Raiders
• Santa Clara City Council rejects second 49ers stadium ballot measure
• San Bruno gas line ruptures, prompting brief evacuation
• Tunnel breakthrough gives momentum to building Caldecott fourth bore
• Funding cuts unfair, Oakland nonprofits say
• Thousands wait in long lines to mourn the late Joe Paterno
• Marine to serve no jail time in Iraqi killings
• San Jose council moves to end its pensions
• Police Blotter
• Roadshow: A varmint report, from rodents to skunks
• Apple has another blowout quarter
• Former Judo champion from Livermore in court on sex crime charges
• Yahoo's earnings fell again at end of 2011
• Antioch man sentenced to 10 years for drug trafficking
• Tracy nonprofit groups picked in fireworks lottery
• Chauncey Bailey Project reporter's book soon to be released
• Google, Facebook jack up spending in D.C.
• O'Brien: SOPA defeat a victory for tech, but influence will remain muted
• San Jose Two plead guilty to accessory for helping accused killer escape police
• Silicon Valley's commercial real estate market expected to remain hot
• Pleasanton man arrested on suspicion of having child pornography
• Redwood City: Student arrested on suspicion of trying to rape school employee
• Biz Break: Apple's astounding quarter and its unbelievable numbers; plus, tepid earnings for Yahoo, Google's new privacy policy
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 24
• Four months in, some California judges want more say over state's new sentencing rules
• Gov. Jerry Brown's tax proposal gains support among voters
• Embattled Mirkarimi tells SF mayor he's not leaving
• Lanes cleared on I-238 in Castro Valley after injury crash
• San Diego leads the state in number of solar installations
• Jury: Oklahoma hospital must return $500,000 donation to Garth Brooks
• Man who died on Caltrain tracks in Sunnyvale ID'd
• California Democrats sue controller for halting lawmaker pay
• Santa Clara County leader offers vision for 2012
• Authorities identify college student killed in Richmond
• Roadshow: Record-setting gas prices could hammer California by Memorial Day
• Palo Alto City Council approves AT&T antenna plan
• New coach Mark Jackson still confident but Golden State suffers another late collapse
• San Jose Sharks lose to Edmonton Oilers in a shootout
• Gracie Gold leads junior ladies competition at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
• San Francisco Giants notebook: Closer Brian Wilson ready to start throwing
• Police: Thieves hit San Mateo County preschools
• San Jose: Driver in fatal DUI case pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter
• Drive to block Santa Clara 49ers stadium clears first of three hurdles
• Fusion Academy, school that provides one-to-one instruction, holds open house in San Mateo
• Iowa Lottery sets deadline in mystery jackpot case
• Police Blotter
• Initiative seeks to boost San Jose minimum wage to $10
• Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie could name new coach by end of week
• Richmond chosen as site for Berkeley lab's second campus
• Small non-profit works to reduce massive sewage spills into San Francisco Bay
• San Jose man charged with DUI following fatal motorcycle crash out of custody
• GPS ruling could affect bakery leader's appeal in Bailey murder
• Spice shop fantasy becomes a reality in Oakland
• What California wants from Obama's state of the union: Path to prosperity
• Mass walkout by basketball players at San Jose's Gunderson High leads to lots of lessons and losses
• 49ers pack up for the offseason
• Morgan Hill man jailed for kidnapping girlfriend from bar
• Hicks: Tracy Morgan collapses at Sundance
• Power out in parts of downtown Pleasanton after car hits power pole
• Accused serial killer Joseph Naso ordered to stand trial in Marin
• Radio Shack re-connects with hobbyists
• Budget woes force Oakland Ballet to delay spring season
• Herhold: The Supreme Court got it right: You just have to wait
• San Jose police: Kidnapper assaulted 11-year-old girl before cop killed him
• Pizarro: Silicon Valley Reads kickoff on Wednesday in Campbell
• Fremont's Karen Chen wins gold medal in the ladies novice competition at the U.S. figure skating championships
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 23
• Supreme Court limits government tracking of suspects with GPS devices
• Scott Hamilton: Winning U.S. figure skating title is 'gigantic'
• Rockfall closes major road into Yosemite park
• Danville crash defendant's arrest pushes back initial court appearance
• Demanding schedule taking a toll on figure skaters
• Silicon Valley's airport hopes to build on new international flight to Tokyo
• Stanford study shows women report more intense pain then men
• 2 dead in Ala. as storms pound South, Midwest
• Wolverton: Desktops may be out of vogue, but I just bought one
• Roadshow: New carpool signs on Highway 237 confuse some motorists
• Car-sharing networks flourish in the Bay Area
• 49ers' Kyle Williams gets death threats via social media following playoff miscues
• 49ers notebook: No shortage of sacks by San Francisco 49ers in playoff loss to the New York Giants
• San Francisco 49ers' wide receivers ineffective
• Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week
• New York Giants beat San Francisco 49ers in overtime to advance to the Super Bowl
• New York Giants wide receivers, especially Victor Cruz, have big day against 49ers
• Avoiding their own turnovers, New York Giants capitalize on 49ers' mistakes
• Antioch marijuana grow-house heavily damaged in fire
• Golden State Warriors searching for late-game magic
• San Jose Sharks notebook: Sharks try to end slide against struggling Edmonton Oilers
• Giants beat 49ers in overtime 20-17 on Tynes' 31-yard field goal
• Local kids win novice competitions to open U.S. Figure Skating championships in San Jose
• AP IMPACT: Health overhaul lags in states
• 49ers defense holds Giants to begin third quarter
• Retired Marine sergeant helps veterans find green jobs
• Person hit, killed by Caltrain in Sunnyvale
• Lawrence Tynes' 31-yard field goal gives Giants their first lead
• Local skaters star in novice U.S. Figure Skating competition
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 22
• Pedestrian killed in Union City hit-and-run accident
• 'Traffic hell' for drivers going to big Niners, Giants match up
• Report: Raiders interviewed Packers assistant Winston Moss last weekend for head coaching job
• LA detective in Simpson-Goldman murders dies at 70
• Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno dies at 85
• 'Underworld' sinks teeth into box office with $25M
• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to resign from Congress this week
• SFO: Bad weather forces flight delays
• East Palo Alto: Man resists mugging, shot in back
• Report: Heidi Klum, Seal to divorce
• Unregistered passengers may raise number of missing in Italian cruise ship disaster
• Romney to release taxes; Gingrich ready for Obama
• Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA approval
• Gingrich storms to S.C. victory, scrambling GOP race
• O'Brien: Vivek Wadhwa emerges as Silicon Valley's most provocative voice
• Kawakami: In the end, New York Giants will edge San Francisco 49ers for NFC title
• Purdy: 49ers are a hit show
• Cassidy: Clay Christensen sees Silicon Valley non-profits' dilemma as the innovator's dilemma
• O'Brien: Vivek Wadhwa emerges as Silicon Valley's most provocative voice
• Players change, coaches change -- but true Niners fans remain
• San Jose, South Bay redevelopment agencies prepare for post-agency world
• No. 24 Saint Mary's defeats Santa Clara 93-77
• Internal Affairs: San Jose city councilman avoids union label on campaign flier
• White House officials reach out to San Jose's Latino community during all-day summit
• Laid-back Eli Manning is impervious to pressure
• San Francisco Film Society's new director suffers two strokes at Sundance
• Missing Daly City man found dead at Lake Merced
• One way or the other, drought is over for Niners -- and the rest of us
• Road collapses, slides in Oakland hills
• Oakland Effect: Inmates find work rewarding at San Quentin News
• Lawmakers urge Obama to act on foreclosure crisis
• Palo Alto police cite man for vehicle tampering
• Obama to draw an economic line in State of Union
• 7-year-old boy saves self, mother in Hayward fire
• Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary
• Two Daly City residents arrested in connection with Peninsula thefts
• Ongoing standoff in East Oakland with man suspected of shooting two people
• How online companies win piracy fight
• Ship search finds 12th body, captain's documents
• APNewsBreak: Afghan asylum bids hit 10-year high
• Cal hires Todd Howard as defensive line coach
• Japanese struggle to protect their food supply
• SF Film Society's new director suffers series of strokes at Sundance
• Stanford women defeat Washington Huskies 65-47
• Warrantless electronic tracking debate awaits U.S. Supreme Court ruling
• Mild winter offers break from high heating costs
• Teen ends globe-circling voyage in St. Maarten
• Major youth groups make headway against sex abuse
• San Jose Sharks fall to Vancouver Canucks 4-3
• Scientists team with art designers to restore Año Nuevo Island, a place where animals reign supreme
• Herhold: The link between baseball and pension reform
• Officers injured, four arrested in late-night Occupy SF protest
• Crews contain Reno fire that claimed 29 homes
• Richmond man dies from Oakland shooting last month
• Teen ends globe-circling voyage in St. Maarten
• Two men wounded in Richmond drive-by shooting
• Home sales up at end of dismal year, offering hope
• Workshop planned for struggling homeowners
• Google stock drops more than 8 percent after earnings miss
• 7 charged as FBI closes a top file-sharing site
• Kawakami: It's time for Michael Crabtree to play like a No. 1 receiver
• Mercury News interview: Mark Baker, CEO of Orchard Supply Hardware
• Stephen Curry returns to Warriors lineup in loss to Indiana Pacers
• 49ers' magic run had beginnings at Camp Alex
• Mountain View could be next city to ban plastic bags, polystyrene containers
• Police chief opposes Carlos Club expansion
• Last call for AT&T wireless plan in Palo Alto
• San Carlos council to consider removing 23 eucalyptus trees along Burton Park
• Menlo Park may give county $150,000 to keep Flood Park open
• Report: Oakland A's 'very interested' in Manny Ramirez
• Committee addresses quality of life issues for young black and Latino men
• Police: Robbers using Craigslist to lure Oakland victims
• Esteban pleads not guilty to slaying of nursing student Michelle Le
• San Jose group protests corporate spending on politics
• Hicks: Garth Brooks wants donation back
• Costa CEO says captain misled company, crew
• Bonny Zanardi: Montanino paintings bring intense color to Mercy show
• Figure skating legend Peggy Fleming thrilled to see U.S. championships back in San Jose
• Martinez school board approves bond funds for music room, wireless technology
• 26 homes lost in Reno fire and 2,000 evacuated
• 49ers' magic run had beginnings at Camp Alex
• Live Blog: Occupy SF protesters on the move, blocking traffic as they march up Market Street
• Senate postpones online piracy vote
• Walnut Creek to offer lower retirement benefits for new workers
• Zynga seeks partners for online gambling effort
• Supreme Court rejects judge-drawn maps in Texas
• Administration rules insurers must cover contraceptives
• A 49ers fan's poignant wish
• Sarkozy weighs Afghan withdrawal after French troops killed
• Wisconsin recall webcam so boring it's mesmerizing
• San Francisco: Hundreds flood financial district for daylong Occupy protest
• San Jose: Man in vigilante attack sentenced to three years in prison
• Pizarro: Chacho's adds another flavor to San Fernando Street restaurant scene
• San Jose man arrested for two Milpitas bank robberies
• Bay Area lost 2,900 jobs during December in a surprising setback
• Sunnyvale school lockdown lifted after nearly six hours
• 49ers full of confidence heading into NFC title game
• Milpitas: Car crashes into supermarket, man flees but is arrested
• Motorcyclist dead, driver arrested after Santa Clara crash
• Neil Young's company sued over warehouse fire sparked by hybrid car
• Roadshow: When a solo driver can move into the carpool lane on expressways to make a right turn
• Kawakami: Suddenly, everything is going Jed York's way
• Historical association abandons Mountain View museum plan
• AT&T ready to settle lawsuit against San Carlos over rejected cell tower plans
• Burglars break into four cars at Mountain View apartment complex
• Assemblyman Rich Gordon announces re-election campaign
• Ten-year dispute over Mounted Patrol activities in Woodside finally ends
• Ottawa Senators stay hot with 4-1 win over San Jose Sharks
• College basketball: Stanford tumbles out of first place
• No. 4 Stanford Cardinal continues dominance over Washington State in women's basketball
• No. 24 Saint Mary's men's basketball team beats Pepperdine for eighth consecutive win
• Mark Purdy: Candlestick Park is 'a fortress' for 49ers
• Fiery debate tops bizarre GOP campaign day in South Carolina
• After a rough 2010 season, life is a kick again for the 49ers' David Akers
• Cal men's basketball team holds off late Washington rally
• San Jose: Police announce arrest in October homicide
• Oakland against seeks to stop port shutdowns
• Oakland man faces life in prison in long-running cocaine distribution conspiracy
• Golden State Warriors find a bench on the road
• SF sheriff Mirkarimi pleads not guilty to domestic violence
• Hicks: Jude Law getting, cash, apology from Rupert Murdoch
• 49ers' run puts focus on belligerent fans
• Derelict ferryboat moved from Delta to be scrapped
• Apple makes move to digitalize academic learning
• A rocky day for Romney as money questions persist
• Sex poses surprisingly low risk to heart patients
• Google misses earning expectations
• Bomb-making materials, drugs found in Livermore house
• San Jose, county school leaders honor schools narrowing the achievement gap
• Anonymous takes down government, recording industry websites in retaliation for bust
• Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes
• South Bay to lead Bay Area in job gains, but East Bay will perk up
• New autism definition would exclude many, study suggests
• U.S. sees new interest from Taliban in peace talks
• Hicks: Khloe Kardashian's father is O.J. Simpson, says National Enquirer
• Morgan Hill mail thief jailed after trying to cash phony check
• Woman with Italian ship captain defends his effort
• Fewer layoffs, lower inflation give economy a lift
• Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11
• Report highlights California's huge 'wave power' potential
• Intel's sales and profit slightly better than analysts' expectations
• Xbox sales help Microsoft's earnings stay stable
• Feds storm, shut down popular file-sharing site Megaupload
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley woman's plan for out of this world vacation not so crazy after all
• California could be model for 'super PAC' disclosure
• Brown lashes out at high-speed rail foes in State of the State address
• The opposite of evil: Google named best place to work in America
• Feds charge seven in alleged $62 million insider trading ring involving Dell
• Gunman opens fire on undercover officer's vehicle in San Leandro, eludes capture
• Mountain View's Cuesta Park Annex to get flood detention basin
• Menlo Park hires new city manager from Portland suburbs
• A Miss match: Gunn High School wrestler Cadence Lee shows the boys how it's done
• Wikipedia, Google and other websites protest anti-piracy laws
• Santa Clara: Group says it has enough signatures to force vote on 49ers stadium loan
• In brief
• Herhold: Dying alone is a sad end
• San Mateo City Council studies Highway 92 interchange improvement
• Impeccable timing aids Santa Clara in 49ers stadium
• Biden in San Francisco to raise money, predicts victory in November
• College basketball: Stanford, Cal set to battle elements in Washington
• Former Shark Milan Michalek returns to San Jose as an NHL All-Star
• Cal basketball: Sophomore forward Richard Solomon ruled academically ineligible
• Monta Ellis has a big night, but Golden State Warriors lose to New Jersey Nets
• A's lease expires in 2013
• Mark Purdy: Breaking down Alex Smith's improvement
• Burlingame: Man pleads not guilty to charge of murdering his roommate
• With Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang departed from board, Yahoo seeks a new course
• San Jose's second homicide of year is transient man
• Oakland Deputy Mayor Lewis Cohen resigns
• Bay Area home sales struggle to revive in 2011
• Oakland sends out layoff notices
• Flextronics to move 500 jobs to San Jose, as demand heats up
• Redwood City: Man robbed of gold chains and beaten
• 49ers: The hit safety Donte Whitner will never forget
• Really? Rob Lowe tweets Peyton Manning will retire
• Pinole imposes moratorium on home gun sales
• Broncos' Tim Tebow played through injuries in playoff loss
• One killed in Newark when burglary suspects crash into car
• Flextronics to move 500 jobs to San Jose, as demand heats up
• Bay area students maneuver International Space Station satellites in competition
• Pleasanton teacher pleads guilty to drug charge
• Roadshow: The free right turn debate rages on
• Oakland cat rescuer facing criminal charges
• Oakland men arrested in Union City burglary, chase
• Don't expect a power outage Sunday
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 18
• Antioch's Deer Valley High put on brief lockdown
• Hicks: Bruno Mars cleared of felony drug charge
• Pizarro: Jazz vocalist Diane Schuur surprises travelers at Mineta San Jose airport
• Man rescued by helicopter after spending night in Alviso Slough
• Hikers see mountain lions near UCSC campus
• Lack of snow turns Yosemite National Park into a very different place
• Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo
• Homicide hearing: Daughter testifies to helping dad hide murder of unfaithful stepmother
• Palo Alto City Council urged not to drop Cubberley lease
• Menlo Park man receives military commendation
• San Mateo County isn't ready to stop spraying roadside weeds, supervisors say
• San Jose Sharks defeat Calgary Flames in shootout
• Assistant coach Eric Kiesau leaves Cal, joining top recruiter Tosh Lupoi at Washington
• Richmond encourages police chief to turn down some mutual aid requests
• Young stabbing suspect in San Diego was well-liked
• Pinkberry yogurt chain co-founder held at LAX on assault warrant
• Bay Bridge closing could trim six months off construction schedule
• Santa Clara County launches initiative against use of the drug Ecstasy
• Man charged in deadly salon shooting indicted
• Bank foreclosing on O.J. Simpson's Florida house
• Documents: New S.F. sheriff mistreated wife twice
• PG&E says it has revised it gas-pressure procedures for populated areas
• David Lee's 29 points lead Golden State Warriors past Cleveland Cavaliers
• Syria 'absolutely rejects' calls for Arab troops
• State officials investigating how teen got alcohol before fatal crash
• Attorneys lay out cases in Richmond police race-bias trial
• Analysis: Pakistani crisis shows army's limits
• SFO: Bizarre, tiny skulls with horns seized and destroyed
• Are 31 school districts too many for Santa Clara County?
• Police exhume woman's body searching for connection to suspected serial killer Joseph Naso
• Wells Fargo reports record profits for its fourth quarter
• Wikipedia and other websites shut down to protest online piracy bill
• Trial starts for Richmond cop accused of brutality
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 17
• Oakland missing person case featured on TV One cable show
• Union City teacher arraigned on underage sex charges
• Family objects to jury's suicide finding for man killed by Antioch police
• Niner ticket frenzy officially to start in high gear - then zoom to insanity
• Bay Bridge closing could trim six months off construction schedule
• Hicks: Chris Rene gets record deal
• Average age of US vehicles hits record 10.8 years
• Santa Clara: Coroner identifies man fatally shot by officer
• Brentwood man injured in motorcycle crash
• Police investigate Brentwood bank robbery
• Homestead High's longtime coach Chuck Camuso dies
• Crews extinguish house fire in San Ramon
• Teen wanted in Oakland sexual assaults surrenders to authorities
• San Mateo County supervisors committee to discuss need for spraying roadside weeds today
• 49ers bracing for a different New York Giants
• Program allows Antioch family to buy back foreclosed home
• Oversight of cruise lines at issue after disaster off Italy
• Kaiser Permanente hospital workers go back to school for MLK Jr. service day
• School bus rides may get longer for some students
• Oakland A's acquire bat in outfielder Seth Smith from Colorado Rockies in exchange for pitchers Guillermo Moscoso, Josh Outman
• Cal football assistant coach and recruiting ace Tosh Lupoi accepts job at Washington
• Earthquakes open camp optimistic, thanks to newcomers, healthy returners
• Pizarro: Woodside students make a statement with movie tickets
• Police Blotter
• Family: Suspect returned a changed man
• Spiny lobster poachers nabbed
• Family: Suspect a changed man
• Sole survivor still critical
• Virgin America continues to build for future, unworried about losing money now
• GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle
• Sharks: Columbus forward Byers gets three-game suspension for hit on Desjardins
• San Leandro builds 'fiber optic loop' in bid to become a high-tech hub
• Roadshow: More metering lights will be turned on near 237-880 interchange
• Hacker accesses customer database of online shoe seller Zappos
• Action figure of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs canceled
• Redwood City: Two-alarm blaze injures girl and destroys one mobile home
• Driver, 66, dies after swerving across 101 near Morgan Hill
• DebtAdviser: Is fiance responsible for ex's loan?
• Those Facebook posts could cost you a job
• 5 steps to help get out of an unemployment rut
• Sungevity plans to raise $41 million in a new round of financing
• Daly City house fire displaced three
• Hicks: Kasey Kahl of 'Bachelorette' fame arrested
• Facebook IPO reportedly set for late May
• Ex-49ers running back Roger Craig says fumble against Giants doesn't haunt him
• SF Mayor says he has no immediate plans to suspend Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi
• Hicks: Beyonce gets new type of fly named for her
• Warriors: Curry does not make cut for 2012 Olympics
• Herhold: BART, high speed rail lack credibility
• Multiagency squad puts out central Contra Costa grass fire on Bailey Road
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 16
• Report: Raiders to talk to Broncos coordinators about head coaching job
• Santa Clara: Investigation continues into first fatal cop-involved shooting since 2009
• Mavericks organizers hope for new tradition on the coast
• Economic equality a part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream
• Purdy: Yet another victory for 49ers -- hosting the NFC title game
• Golden Globes: 'The Artist' is a portrait of an awards winner
• List: Golden Globe Awards winners
• Spanish politician Fraga dies at 89
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Police ID 14-year-old sought in Oakland sex assaults
• Two dead and Gilroy woman arrested after San Jose DUI crash
• Suspect's homeless dad speaks
• Two 49ers fans shot by Saints fan after cheering San Francisco's win
• Roadshow: Bay Area leads state in issuing carpool tickets
• Oakland Raiders' coach search could heat up with Green Bay Packers out of playoffs
• San Jose Sharks' Andrew Desjardins misses game after taking hit to the head
• Monta Ellis' 22 points help Golden State Warriors bounce back with 99-91 win over the Detroit Pistons
• San Jose Sharks end trip with 4-3 loss to Chicago Blackhawks
• A life that's far from the daily grind: Paul Rice, head of Fair Trade USA
• Russia's failed Mars probe crashes into Pacific
• Bomb targets Muslims at religious service in Pakistan
• Golden Globes roundup: Ricky Gervais snipes at Kim Kardashian
• San Francisco 49ers to host New York Giants for NFC championship
• Two dead and Gilroy woman arrested after San Jose DUI crash
• Is Brown's plan to close state parks all a political gimmick?
• Santa Clara: Police shoot and kill man who reached for pistol
• Political Blotter: VP Joe Biden in SF Wednesday
• Palo Alto math teachers oppose higher math graduation requirements
• Man stabbed on the street in Richmond Sunday afternoon
• Mavericks organizers hope for new tradition on the coast
• Nine homeless after San Mateo house fire
• Report: A's agree to deal with Bartolo Colon
• O'Brien: 2011 was a disappointing year for IPOs, but is it a crisis?
• O'Brien: Our gadget lust has reached a crossroads
• Ex-A's pitcher Gio Gonzalez agrees to 5-year, $42 million contract with Washington Nationals
• Internal Affairs: Big Apple picks a fight with Silicon Valley
• Pleasanton: Fremont man shot in leg after bar brawl
• One of ex-Syracuse assistant coach's accusers admits lying
• Commissioner Goodell says NFL to consider some full-time officials
• Night of chaos, fear after cruise ship ran aground; 3 dead, 40 missing
• Third survivor rescued from capsized cruise ship
• Russian space probe crashes to Earth, with debris falling over Pacific
• Kawakami: Vernon Davis' winning catch ranks among 49ers' all-time great grabs
• Poole: Alex Smith, 49ers silence their doubters
• Questionable hit on Andrew Desjardins puts sting into San Jose Sharks' win over Columbus Blue Jackets
• Two Afghanistan vets get Purple Heart at Palo Alto VA hospital
• Police arrest two during mostly peaceful Occupy Oakland protest
• Mark Purdy: 49ers made their first playoff game in nine years one for the ages
• Cal routs Utah, stays tied for first in Pac-12
• Saint Mary's holds off Portland to stay perfect in WCC play
• One person dies in Highway 85 wreck in San Jose
• Stanford basketball: Cardinal finds groove, routs Colorado
• Roadshow: How to handle speeding spouses
• San Francisco 49ers KO Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
• Firefighters respond to blaze at downtown San Jose home
• Golden State Warriors blasted on the road by Charlotte Bobcats
• San Francisco 49ers offense picks up defense in 36-32 playoff win over New Orleans Saints
• Juice made in America? Think again.
• Hulet Hornbeck, former East Bay Regional Park land buying chief, dies
• Brentwood math teacher to represent region in contest for best middle school teachers
• Romney rivals seek SC theme, champion to stop him
• Project to pour water into volcano to make power
• Live Update: 49ers defeat Saints 36-32
• Incumbent Ma re-elected as Taiwan's president
• The 1 percent paint a more nuanced portrait of the rich
• Taiwan's presidential election draws intense interest in Silicon Valley
• Experts: Help needed for gay domestic violence victims in Santa Clara, other Bay Area counties
• U.S. general fights alcoholism after public collapse
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Jan. 14
• New rule would ban imports of Burmese pythons, eight other snakes
• Aptos pilot's new book recounts tale of trip around the world
• Stanford men rout Colorado 84-64 to remain in first place in Pac-12
• Night of chaos, fear after cruise ship ran aground; 3 dead, 40 missing
• Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno speaks for 1st time since firing
• Attorney arrested for drug possession hours after sentencing, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office reports
• TV press tour: TNT's new 'Dallas' reunites Hagman, Duffy and Gray
• Two men injured in East Oakland shootings
• Slideshow: NFL Playoffs: San Francisco 49ers vs. New Orleans Saints
• White House voices concern over online copyright bills
• Report: A's negotiating with free-agent pitcher Bartolo Colon
• Warriors sign free-agent center Earl Barron
• 'Metropolis': art imitating the future in transportation
• Stanford's Paul Ratcliffe wins national soccer coach of the year for third time in four years
• Tesla stocks nosedive after execs in charge of Model S leave company
• Bomb kills at least 53 pilgrims in south Iraq
• Where's all California's winter moisture? Blame blizzard-buried Alaska
• San Jose Sharks goalie Antero Niittymaki is getting tired of sitting
• Golden State Warriors see an opportunity for wins on the road
• Possible meteorite discovered in Castro Valley back yard
• Kawakami: With physical play, San Francisco 49ers can beat the New Orleans Saints
• Peterson: These 49ers share similarities with franchise's first Super Bowl team
• Poole: The San Francisco 49ers aren't ready for this big of a stage
• Shopping cart catches fire near Palo Alto High School
• Mountain View fire traced to equipment failure
• Council to discuss possible funding alternatives for new Palo Alto cop shop
• San Carlos school board appoints Elliott and Farley to fill vacancies
• Suspect in October 2011 Palo Alto armed robbery arrested
• Redwood City man sentenced to 70 years to life in prison for molesting four girls
• Woman's hard pinches injured children at bookstore, Mountain View police say
• No injuries, damage after gas line explodes in Rio Vista
• Herhold: Guarding Cold War history of Santa Cruz Mountains' station a good cause
• Wushu takes flight at Palo Alto's Nixon Elementary
• Mother wins part of $7 million judgment nearly six years after son's murder
• East Bay moviegoers get so many cult flicks, so little time
• Sentencing in Achilli case postponed for at least another month
• Los Gatos, not San Jose, will benefit from Netflix decision
• Delta Airlines moving to Terminal A next week
• San Jose: Two middle school students sickened by pot-laced candy
• Antioch police concessions extended while negotiations continue
• San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to face misdemeanor charges
• U.S. to resume diplomatic relations with Myanmar
• Apple agrees to allow independent monitoring of Asian suppliers' factories as internal report shows continuing problems
• Union City teacher arrested on suspicion of having sex with student
• Breaking down the 49ers-Saints matchup
• San Jose financial analyst wins $208 million lottery jackpot in New York
• Marines in inflammatory video identified, officials say
• Hicks: Stephen Colbert planning a run for president?
• Live chat: Saint Mary's basketball star Rob Jones, Tuesday, Jan. 17, noon
• Missing Hayward girl found Friday in Chico
• San Jose teacher charged with sexually assaulting two 7-year-old students
• Brentwood to offer free Wi-Fi in downtown area
• Possible meteorite discovered in Castro Valley back yard
• Apps give political junkies a quick fix
• San Jose police identify two bank robbery suspects
• Tesla stocks nosedive after execs in charge of Model S leave comapny
• SEC push may yield new disclosures of company cyberattacks
• Arraignment delayed for Livermore teacher accused of sex with student
• Pizarro: Orion Elementary School in Redwood City hosting 10th annual authors' festival
• Police search for armed man at South San Francisco BART station
• Legal feud between bike giant Specialized and Bay Area startup ends in mixed verdict
• 'Tebowing' turns talk from football to faith and a question: Is God on the Broncos' side?
• East Palo Alto unveils long-awaited redevelopment plan but may not be able to pay for it
• Happy homecoming: Speckman returns to coach Menlo College
• Two soldiers to receive Purple Heart at Palo Alto VA
• San Carlos to appeal court-ordered payment of $4.3 million to three school districts
• Menlo Park police say Wednesday burglaries at six homes may be linked
• Woman bites children at Mountain View bookstore, police say
• Orlando's Dwight Howard too much for the Golden State Warriors
• 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
• India goes a year without a new case of polio
• Midwest gets first big snowstorm of warm winter
• Missing Fremont woman found safe in Santa Cruz Mountains
• Pizarro: LPGA stars Juli Inkster, Pat Hurst giving boost to ailing San Jose State player
• Chuck Reed and Dave Cortese: San Jose's political odd couple
• Latest potential Raiders coaching candidate: Dom Capers
• Real: Pay off mortgage early to save money
• Hired: Separate career interests will have different contacts for job searches
• Monte Poole: 49ers G.M. Baalke quietly built a championship-caliber team
• 49ers' Willis took a hard road to NFL supremacy
• Ross strikes a deal to move headquarters to Dublin
• Selig: A's bid to pursue ballpark in San Jose is `on the front burner' for MLB
• House Democrats request hearing on Carrier IQ, Android smartphones and consumer privacy
• Microsoft execs jab at Google after signing Android patent-licensing deal
• Scientists say cut soot, methane to curb warming
• PUC promises legal investigation into PG&E for San Bruno pipeline explosion
• Solyndra asks judge to pay out $500,000 in bonuses
• CES: Automakers incorporate technology into safety updates
• Federal judge sets aside $3.25 million award against San Jose police
• Antioch teacher charged with sexual assault in Pennsylvania
• 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
• Last combat troops out of Iraq back at Fort Hood
• Kim son called 'supreme leader' of North Korea military
• Putin opponents hold vast rally, promising more
• Oakland Raiders beat Kansas City Chiefs in overtime 16-13
• More accurate view of Washington crossing debuts
• Extreme year, few measures
• Occupy Wall Street becomes highly collectible
• Gingrich short of signatures needed for ballot in Virginia
• Lost last month, blind dog gets home for Christmas
• Unprovoked attacks at heart of 'Knockout King'
• Source: A's owner 'very confident' deal to move team to San Jose is near
• San Francisco 49ers rally past Seattle Seahawks 19-17
• In Alaska, becoming the militants next door
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 24
• Man injured in West Oakland shooting
• Thomas Peele: California should open police personnel records to scrutiny
• Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders find a way to 'win it in the end'
• Monarch butterfly deaths in Pacific Grove no cause for alarm, experts say
• Woman injured in East Palo Alto shooting
• Delta First 5 center grants holiday wishes in far East Contra Costa
• More than 200 holiday season DUI arrests in Santa Clara County
• Ban on wood-burning fires extended to Christmas Day
• Pope laments Christmas consumerism, glitter
• CA's top judge: Death penalty no longer effective
• Carl Steward: Darting here and there . . .
• The 'Lazy Girl's Tamales' mess with Latino tradition, which isn't all that traditional, anyway
• Purdy: San Francisco 49ers defense hitting the right way
• Poole: Oakland Raiders have nowhere left to hide
• Report urges Palo Alto to spend more money on infrastructure
• Check for $10K dropped in Menlo Park Salvation Army kettle
• Dumbarton bus service may expand while rail plan languishes
• Teen wounded in Menlo Park drive-by shooting
• San Jose Sharks win fourth in a row, beating Los Angeles Kings
• Eye on the East Bay: Oakley story lost in translation
• In brief
• Oakland Raiders, Kansas Chiefs still have postseason hopes
• TSA launches help line for disabled travelers
• Seniors knit heartfelt gifts for Ronald McDonald House families in Palo Alto
• Biden, Romney spar like it's fall 2012
• A Q&A with LumaSense Technologies CEO Vivek Joshi
• Packed San Jose mall partially evacuated after too much cleaner gets in air
• SunPower picks up French solar company, sells bigger stake to majority stockholder
• AP Interview: Iraq VP warns of sectarian conflict
• Wish Book: Voice of determination
• Indonesia girl back with family after 2004 tsunami
• France to pay for removal of risky breast implants
• Credit rating agency downgrades Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District
• Pakistani military denies conspiracy to seize power
• Santa Cruz authorities responding to report of shooting on Sims Road
• Coach Tom Martinez, best known as Tom Brady's guru, still fighting
• Twin suicide bombs shake Syrian capital, kill 44
• Most retailers don't plan later hours on Christmas Eve
• San Francisco fire caused $8M in damage, started near trash chute
• Curry gives Warriors a base to build around
• A's trade of Gio Gonzalez to Washington Nationals is official
• Cal men's basketball team can't keep up with UNLV
• Nun famous for kissing Elvis prays for miracle -- millions to renovate Connecticut abbey
• High school basketball team rallies around San Jose family who lost everything in Christmas tree fire
• 49ers are winning the turnover battle
• San Jose: Bank manager, husband charged with stealing $1 million from 96-year-old
• Scot McCloughan softens prediction on 49ers-Seahawks game
• Bonny Zanardi: Rodin exhibition featured through Jan. 1 at Cantor Arts Center
• Blue Christmas? Bay Area skies promise Santa clear sailing
• Kawakami: Everything new is old again for the Warriors
• Menlo Park man to receive recognition for heroic wartime actions
• Palo Alto announces new public works director
• Downtown Palo Alto foot chase ends in suspected identity thief's arrest
• 'The X Factor': Melanie Amaro wins; Chris Rene takes third
• No. 6 Baylor holds off Saint Mary's 72-59
• College basketball: Stanford stunned by struggling Butler
• Ballet San Jose joins with American Ballet Theatre
• 49ers' Vernon Davis happy to end TD drought
• Candlestick outages detailed Thursday; fixes set before playoffs
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: Rainn Wilson stops by an 'Office' holiday party for the Mona Foundation
• San Jose electrical fire kills chickens, ducks; damages structures
• Sixty people displaced by intense fire in San Francisco's Western Addition
• He Believes: Mark Jackson brings dose of faith to Warriors
• Pigeons can learn higher math, study suggests
• House Republicans agree to extend payroll tax cut
• Bill authored by Sen. Joe Simitian that outlaws cough syrup sales to kids in California takes effect Jan. 1
• Passengers injured after bus crashes through fence at Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station
• San Jose: Police say handgun in officer-involved shooting is also homicide weapon
• Secret meeting in Los Gatos murder-for-hire case is basis for new trial motion.
• DEA, IRS give local police 'holiday gift' from confiscated drug money
• Small group of Occupy Berkeley protesters remain despite eviction notice
• Nurses strike at nine Bay Area hospitals
• Police search for man connected to Menlo Park shootout
• Construction to begin soon on 'prototype' Apple store in downtown Palo Alto
• East Palo Alto drafts law to protect tenants in case new landlord follows Page Mill's lead
• San Jose Sharks score five goals in first period, rout Tampa Bay Lightning
• San Jose City Councilman proposes replacing retiring library workers with volunteers
• Strong police presence set for anniversary of triple South San Francisco killing
• PG&E still doesn't know cause of 2nd Candlestick outage
• San Francisco 49ers: 'Phenomenal' Andy Lee leads NFL in punting
• Police Blotter
• Los Gatos police: Molester lured boys by offering them car washing jobs
• South Bay jury convicts Hawaiian in tax scam
• Castro Valley man found guilty of killing ex-girlfriend
• California Democrats secretly influenced drawing of new political district boundaries
• Herhold: Save the Mount Umunhum radar tower
• California Democrats secretly influenced drawing of new political district boundaries
• Los Gatos restaurateur's sentencing postponed in murder-for-hire case
• Couple charged with running Silicon Valley rent scam
• Wish Book: Path to empowerment
• Obama to Boehner: Two-month tax cut only option
• Police ready to raid Occupy Berkeley
• San Jose to Tokyo flights to board soon
• Most California high-speed rail jobs too good to be true
• Young man, woman rob taxi driver in Gilroy
• Oakland council rejects resolution to police port against protesters
• Iraqi leader threatens to abandon power-sharing
• Former Stanford player Tom Williams resigns as Yale football coach amid controversy
• Roadshow: You better watch out -- crazy drivers coming to town
• Shoppers turning to e-gift cards during the holidays as more retailers offer them
• $2 million bail for accused killer in Hells Angels brawl at Reno casino
• Warriors' Curry gets good news on ankle
• South San Francisco man dies after motorcycle crash in Pacifica
• Belmont approves trash-rate hike
• Man ordered to trail in aces trial in death of Hayward good Samaritan
• Police shoot reported gunman near Hilltop Mall
• Home purchases up, but earlier sales look weaker
• Solar Millennium files for insolvency
• Raiders determined to batten down defensive hatches
• Decommissioning reactors could take 40 years, Japan says
• Tony La Russa basks in the memory of 2011 miracle
• Yahoo to sell off most of its Asian holdings, reports say
• Iconic Yahoo billboard taken down
• Former Warriors employee files sexual harassment suit against Monta Ellis
• East Side appoints principal to be new assistant superintendent
• California AG sues Fannie, Freddie demanding answers
• 4,000 Bay Area nurses set to strike Thursday if negotiations unsuccessful
• Man struck, killed by train in San Leandro
• Roadshow: Tips on flying during the holidays
• Brad Bird's mission
• Forget about booking events at Holbrook-Palmer Park next year unless Atherton council intervenes
• AT&T receives go-ahead for Palo Alto DAS plan
• Police say Menlo School baseball coach stole students' iPads
• Stephen Curry injures ankle in Golden State Warriors' exhibition finale
• The 'Rose Man' retires after 33 years and perfect attendance on the job
• Warriors, Ellis being sued for sexual harassment
• Women's basketball: Nneka Ogwumike scores 42 points as Stanford defeats Tennessee 97-80
• Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown
• Egyptian women come out in force to protest military's treatment of female demonstrators
• 77-year-old celebrates birthday with 12-mile walk from Fremont to Menlo Park
• US: Don't publish all details of lab-bred bird flu
• Day after Candlestick goes dark, 49ers still looking for answers
• Conservatives in House block payroll tax cut
• Mass. man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida
• MLK parade bomber sentenced to 32 years in prison
• San Jose: Carjacking suspect eludes large-scale search, taking off in stolen vehicle
• Procrastinators can still beat the Christmas clock
• Former Peninsula mosquito agency workers turns herself in to police
• Insurance payments for Berkeley fire victims a murky proposition
• Plans stall for preserving Brentwood agricultural lands
• Nearly $9 million bail for Oakley rape suspect
• Wish Book: Home for a last goodbye
• New Delta invader threatens to clog waterways, pumps
• Public Defender Mary Greenwood in line for Santa Clara County judgeship
• Study: When a football team wins, male grades drop
• People: Piers Morgan denies ties to phone hacking
• Authorities: Edison gunman talked between killings
• Oakland police release photo of suspect in Chase bank hold up
• U.S. homebuilders less gloomy despite few buyers
• Kamala Harris sues Fannie, Freddie demanding answers
• Water utility ordered to refund Bay Point residents $1.5 million
• Americorps volunteers give conservation efforts a boost in Santa Cruz County
• Man rescued from vehicle after it plunges down embankment on outskirts of Daly City
• MLK parade bomber sentenced to 32 years in prison
• Racist cartoon in Pleasant Hill school newsletter prompts apology
• Report: Apple finalizes purchase of Anobit, could be biggest acquisition ever
• Blame goes both ways day after lights go out at Candlestick
• Spare the Air Alert called for Wednesday
• Suspect in Hayward nursing student slaying indicted by grand jury
• More than a year later, mastermind set for sentencing in murder-for-hire of Los Gatos restaurateur
• Critics decry federal immigration arrests in South Bay
• Herhold: Trouble in the hood
• Google's practices need U.S. antitrust review, senators say
• Palo Alto Library Foundation donates $1.9M
• During Candlestick blackout, police looked for bomb after threat
• Palo Alto adopts language formally opposing high-speed rail project
• East Palo Alto moves to build pedestrian-bicycle bridge over 101
• San Francisco 49ers defense shines in 20-3 win over Pittsburgh Steelers
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Once bright playoff hopes are now in trouble
• Police Blotter
• Company faces fines, violations for deadly crash at Russian Ridge
• Brian Stow interview on television Monday night
• Actor Gerard Butler OK after getting held underwater by waves at Mavericks
• Cause of South San Francisco main break due before January
• Jewelry heist hits Cupertino store
• 30-year-old San Franciscan killed in I-280 crash
• U.S. considers shutting down Somali militants' Twitter use
• Where's Fido from? New research says Southeast Asia
• Power outage blacks out Candlestick, delays 49ers game
• People: College prof claims he was fired after giving James Franco bad grade
• Police ask public to help ID woman found in Oakland Estuary Thursday
• Suspects eyed in $100,000 in copper theft, damage in Milpitas
• Martinez buying building from county to get a project off the ground
• Antioch man indicted on child pornography charges
• Apple wins narrow ruling in patent fight with Android phone maker HTC
• Pleasanton police arrest suspected car burglars after freeway chase, crash in Castro Valley
• Pizarro: Hey, buddy. I got some plastic bags in the back
• Wish Book: A kid's first bike
• Walnut Creek downtown is bouncing back
• Stringing massive cable on new Bay Bridge span starts this week
• Actor Gerard Butler OK after getting held underwater by waves at Mavericks
• Electronic Arts releases long-awaited 'Star Wars' game
• Facebook checks in at its new home
• Critics say Chevron tax appeal undercuts its 'We Agree' ad
• PG&E offers to let customers keep analog, mechanical meters
• Berkeley schools chief to retire after busy four-year tenure
• Neighbor describes scene of Foster City homicide
• Hicks: Daniel Craig wanted for five more Bond films
• Tennessee women's basketball coaching legend Pat Summitt set for first Stanford appearance since her dementia disclosure
• Moderate political party OK'd for California ballot
• Biz Break: Stock market falls as Zynga struggles, and AT&T ends T-Mobile bid
• Hicks: 'Star Wars' is a Czech religion
• Merry pumping: Falling gas prices turning filling stations into dispensaries of good cheer
• Reversing the gender gap: Women surpass men at CSU
• Occupy San Jose once again sets up tents at San Jose City Hall plaza
• Kim Jong Il, North Korean leader, dies at 69
• Poole: Sun setting quickly on Oakland Raiders' postseason hopes
• O'Brien: New York wants to steal Silicon Valley's innovation crown? Puh-leez.
• Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers can prove a great deal against Pittsburgh Steelers
• Golden State Warriors notebook: Agent confirms trade for Indiana Pacers swingman Brandon Rush
• Purdy: Oakland Raiders receivers fail to make big plays
• 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
• 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
• San Jose: Pedestrian killed when hit by car on I-680 offramp
• Anti-A's group, backed by San Francisco Giants, hard to pin down
• O'Brien: FCC chair making progress to bridge the digital divide
• The Michelangelo of Municipal Stadium is saying goodbye
• De La Salle dominates Westlake in CIF Open Division title game
• Oakland Raiders appear unified in playoff push
• Kawakami: Golden State Warriors' new look includes plenty of defense
• San Jose Sharks defeat Edmonton Oilers 3-2
• Hells Angels murder suspect Steve Ruiz seen in San Jose, police say
• Golden State Warriors big man Ekpe Udoh sparkles in exhibition win over Sacramento
• Andre Ward wins unanimous decision over Carl Froch in WBA title fight
• East Palo Alto police investigate shooting of 12-year-old boy
• Foster City police probe first homicide in city since 2006
• Herhold: The legacy of a generation of young Turks downtown
• Homemade guns, bombs found in Santa Clara home
• Two new arts buildings planned for Stanford's 'arts district'
• Senate votes to extend payroll tax cut
• Economic issues not top concern for Iowa voters
• Historic visit to Libya by Pentagon chief Panetta
• Flash floods kill more than 400 in Philippines
• Leader denies use of violence as Cairo crackdown continues
• High school football: No perfect ending for Bellarmine in its quest for state title
• Berkeley Food Pantry doubles its offerings over last three years
• Hundreds attend funeral for former Oakland Tech football star
• Marchers protest home of Piedmont man
• Hercules waterfront development agreement postponed to January
• Lone wolf wanders near California border; last known wolf in state killed in 1924
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 17
• Cal women stage furious rally but fall short at home to Ohio State
• Newark man shot in his home, suffers minor injuries
• Oakley man arrested on suspicion of rape, kidnapping
• Fire displaces several residents in Alameda
• Salvation Army volunteers set bell-ringing record
• San Jose woman charged with stealing jewelry from children
• Homemade guns, bombs found in Santa Clara home
• Pot clubs getting into mainstream holiday spirit
• Undercover investigation leads to bust of pot growing operations in SF and Daly City
• 2.4 magnitude earthquake strikes near Glen Ellen Friday night
• Prop 8 repeal cleared for signature-gathering
• Judge issues arrest warrant for Monterey priest
• Redwood City: Driver convicted of drunk driving in major injury accident on Hwy. 101
• Concord police arrest teen after 24 park bird killings
• Judge dismisses $1B lawsuit against Microsoft
• Bay Area residents join holiday effort to pay down Kmart layaway accounts
• San Francisco 49ers: Rookie Aldon Smith knows how to bring down QBs
• High school football: Bellarmine loses to Santa Margarita 42-37 in Division I state title game
• Carjackers take Camaro at gunpoint in East Palo Alto
• Atherton wants to keep interim city manager at least one more year
• San Carlos school trustees opt for appointment process to fill two vacant seats
• East Palo Alto toy drive seeks donations
• Judge tells San Carlos to pay three school districts $4.3 million in owed taxes
• Legal challenge filed against Palo Alto's Measure E
• Pizarro: LiveSV.com aims to connect Silicon Valley on a cultural level
• San Jose drug kingpin found guilty of murder
• Cal basketball team puts clamps on nation's top scorer in win over Weber State
• Veil is lifted on abusive coaches
• SHELL GETS NOD TO DRILL IN ARCTIC
• Congress delays food marketing guidelines for kids
• Dutch bishops apologize for abuse of thousands
• Wish Book: Speaking their minds
• Floating Occupy tent on Oakland's Lake Merritt dismantled
• PG&E, victims' lawyers spar in court
• 'Barefoot Bandit' gets more than 7 years for spree
• Martinez woman killed in Antioch motel room
• Milpitas police bust pot growing operation
• Mark Purdy: Barry Bonds' punishment fits the crime
• Kobe Bryant's wife files for divorce
• Marin judge rejects lethal injection procedures
• Antioch ferryboat saga nears end
• Winton Avenue onramp to I-880 closed after big-rig accident
• Redwood City: Police arrest three in raid on indoor pot operation
• Q&A with Pat Romano, CEO of Coulomb Technologies
• SJPD bust suspect in LA for June killing
• Barry Bonds sentenced to two years probation, 30 days home confinement
• People: Christian Bale causes ruckus in China
• The American dream reconsidered
• State to receive nearly $53 million in Race to the Top funding to improve early childhood education
• Video streaming: New wave of game consoles
• 3 people killed, 2 wounded in shooting at Southern California office
• Judge dismisses Novell's $1 billion lawsuit against Microsoft
• Beaten Giants fan speaks on camera for first time
• Earthquakes acquire midfielder Marvin Chavez from FC Dallas
• Holiday wishes run afoul of San Jose charter
• Zynga rakes in $1 billion in IPO, then sees stock fall in market debut
• Services for slain toddler draw 1,000 mourners to Oakland church
• Suisun City girl's faked kidnapping cost investigating agencies $30,000
• Situation calms at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
• San Pablo to celebrate International Migrants Day
• Day in court approaches for three suspects in 2004 Mountain View shooting
• Palo Alto council to vote Monday on high-speed rail lobbyist contract
• Man shot, killed by police in East San Jose
• Open Carry gun activists gather at East Bay mall
• PG&E to boost pressure on Peninsula and South Bay gas pipes
• East Bay leaders decry mass firing after immigration audit
• 'The X Factor': Santa Cruz's Chris Rene moves into final
• Crews extricate Stockton teen from chimney
• San Leandro sports bar, Raiders fans team up for toy drive Friday
• Poole: In the NFL, levels of discipline are arbitrary
• Zynga IPO seen as milestone -- for Main Street as well as Wall Street
• New Mountain View fire station opens after almost 12 years of delays
• Las Lomitas superintendent to step down
• Menorah to be lit Thursday at Courthouse Square in Redwood City
• Arborist concludes old Palo Alto oak cannot be saved
• San Jose Sharks rally for 5-4 win over Colorado Avalanche
• Dog brings relief to autistic Antioch teen and family
• Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62
• Crackdown coming to Occupy Berkeley
• Police seize rifles, nearly $40,000 in Newark, Danville pot raids
• Palo Alto police release sketch of attempted robbery, burglary suspect
• Golden Globes nominee list features surprises
• Group behind millionaire's tax presses on
• State Digest: Groups want more time for America's Cup vote, Octomom's doctor fails to have license reinstated
• Phony contractor to be sentenced Friday in San Francisco
• Hicks: Barbara Walters to Kardashians -- 'You don't have any talent'
• Man stabbed near at Serramonte shopping center in Daly City
• Defenses of Suh, Seymour set to square off Sunday
• Office employees sickened by UC Berkeley fuel spill
• Celeb Pix: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara and 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' cast stun red carpet crowds
• Raiders now 7-for-7 or sellouts this season
• Cassidy: Hard times have Silicon Valley partnership considering unusual prospects
• San Jose police bust prolific tagging crew
• Richmond police dog bites tow truck driver
• Hired: Post-graduate internship may lead to a full-time job
• National unemployment claims at lowest in 3 1/2 years
• The sad lives and deaths of homeless on the streets of Santa Clara County - a continuing tragedy
• Governor Jerry Brown kicks off California climate change conference with attack on 'deniers'
• Gilead seeks first-ever approval for drug to prevent HIV
• FCC contest develops apps for government services
• Facebook, Greenpeace settle dispute over data centers
• Amazon says it is selling one million Kindles per week
• One of Facebook's biggest changes, 'Timeline', arrives today
• It's the end of the road for Ford's Ranger pickup
• Michael Kors IPO rakes in almost $1 billion, stock jumps 22 percent
• Job market continues to improve as unemployment claims sink
• Santa Clara County schol board votes to approve 20 new Rocketship charter schools
• Stanford study finds San Jose pension plan unsound
• Wish Book: Memories of a sister
• Mountain View OKs survey to see if residents want property taxes to fund affordable housing
• Menlo Park puts a price on public input
• Teen shot, killed on East Palo Alto street in broad daylight
• Dave Tanner tabbed as Woodside mayor for a second time
• Police investigating beating of man in downtown Palo Alto
• Oakland police captain under investigation for OK'ing bean bag projectiles against Occupy demonstrators
• Similar teams will collide Sunday when Oakland Raiders play host to Detroit Lions
• Obama marks Iraq war's end with a salute to troops
• Herhold: A former drug user's quest to read
• Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy tactics alienate allies
• San Jose: Doctors say one Trace fire defendant not competent to stand trial
• Earthquakes stadium hopes boosted as San Jose city planning directors OK development permit
• County officials fail to identify substance found in South San Francisco trash can
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: Ballet San Jose season expected to begin in March
• Cal Bears' 2004 Rose Bowl snub lingers, adds some spark to Holiday Bowl matchup with Texas
• Newark pot club raided one week after another dispensary closed
• Holidays are a good time to connect and job hunt
• Monte Poole: Warriors need a big fish like Chris Paul
• Mt. Diablo district's Measure C committee to meet Thursday
• Hercules outgoing, incoming mayors praised for leadership during crisis
• Bay Area sees drop in high-end home sales
• Bay Area rent fraud traps unwary
• Dog thrown out car window in Monterey found alive
• Congress weighing length of jobless benefits
• Financial aid program benefits middle-class students at UC Berkeley
• Federal grand jury is investigating Solyndra, bankruptcy court filings show
• San Jose teen dies after drunken cousin crashes car, CHP says
• Two Silicon Valley high-altitude ballooning groups vie for record
• Discovery Bay leader pleads not guilty to spousal abuse charges
• Salvation Army need 35,000 pounds of food by Friday
• Police release sketch of man wanted in connection with sexual assault
• Richmond eighth-grader featured in commercial
• Lam Research to buy Novellus Systems for $3.3 billion
• Hicks: Michael Jackson's daughter speaks
• Have you heard this holiday story? Unemployed man loses wallet and $1,350 in cash. Unemployed woman finds and returns it, with the cash.
• Jaworski: Mechanics of 49ers QB Alex Smith still lacking
• Sharks' McLellan on his job safety: 'Not concerned one bit'
• Pet tortoise, nearly a century old, survives massive Livermore garage fire
• Santa Clara approves 49ers stadium deal; fate in NFL's hands
• Gov. Jerry Brown pulls trigger: Colleges, schools and services for elderly and disabled hit
• San Mateo County supes reject Alpine Road trail offer
• New Mt. Umunhum study outlines future for former Air Force station
• Google gives $40 million to various causes
• Planned Parenthood finds a way to operate in Redwood City
• Recycling increases in San Carlos, as do waste fees
• Roy Cloud's Redwood City house deemed a historical landmark
• San Jose Sharks lose to Colorado Avalanche 4-3
• Golden State Warriors acquire big man -- it's veteran Kwame Brown
• Occupy shutdown costly for Oakland port
• AG Holder vows to enforce civil rights protections
• PG&E accepts blame for San Bruno blast
• Relief from loud TV commercials closer to reality
• Blue Star Moms victimized in supermarket scam get donation from Save Mart
• California's newest cybercrime task force unveiled in San Jose
• College basketball notebook: Stanford men have look of a Pac-12 contender
• Stem cell trial halted, but 23-year-old recipient still has hope
• Stem cell trial halted, but 23-year-old recipient still has hope
• DUI deaths reach new low in California
• UC Santa Cruz student jailed for tying puppy's nose with a rubber band
• SF company 'busted' for balloon debacle
• Raiders, NFL team up to help Oakland kids get fit
• San Jose City Council endorses Team San Jose
• San Jose: Four displaced by fire at home on Holycon Circle
• Motive remains vague in Hayward man's death in unincorporated Walnut Creek
• Chuck E. Cheese fined for violating child-labor laws
• Silicon Valley companies pitch in at food bank
• Lawsuit against Oakland Zoo continues as environmental group make new claims
• Sandre Swanson will challenge Loni Hancock for state Senate
• Lottery investigators seek serial burglar who stole tickets at South Bay stores
• Port operations resume after day of Occupy protests in Oakland
• Cannonball stunt to be addressed at meeting in Dublin
• Occupy tree-sitters come down from perch outside Oakland City Hall
• Connecticut man charged in attack on Gene Simmons website
• Homefix: Finding a leak in a chimney or roof
• Light sculpture to add new luster to Bay Bridge
• People: Angelina and Brad might not be done breeding
• Black Friday shooting defendants arraigned
• Judge won't enjoin Oakland cops, but ACLU declares victory
• As the Andrew Luck era heads to a close at Stanford, the quest to determine his replacement begins
• iTunes store launches in Brazil and other Latin American countries, Apple says
• Grand, new addition to national park system: Coastal ranch north of Half Moon Bay
• Ex-Penn State coach Sandusky arrives at courthouse for preliminary hearing
• Cardinal sells out its bowl tickets
• Mountain View police, nonprofit team up to give laptops to 15 students
• Palo Alto City Council weighs in on '100-year' flood control effort by San Francisquito Creek JPA
• Andy Klein remains at helm of San Carlos council
• Wish Book: New home, new beginning
• Hearing on Mounted Patrol activities in Woodside finally may end -- almost 10 years later
• Herhold: The logic of gun permits
• Thousands of protesters coordinate port blockade
• Oakland Raiders' Rolando McClain breaks his silence but not about Alabama shooting incident
• Poll: 60 percent of California voters favor Brown's tax hike
• Intel cuts fourth-quarter outlook citing supply shortages
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: Los Gatos gets an early look at the renovated Cats restaurant
• San Jose offers Occupiers olive branch: Charges dropped if you don't camp for two years
• Police: Campbell storage unit company broken into 28 times this year
• Tim Kawakami: Eddie DeBartolo likes this 49ers team -- a lot
• Man, who was stabbed to death at house in Capitola, ID'd
• Deputies ID 14-year-old who died of gunshot wounds
• Tammerlin Drummond: Fremont sperm donor in feds cross hairs
• Community asked to keep eyes peeled for dog named Frosty who was thrown from car in Monterey
• San Mateo police arrest armed-robbery suspect
• Occupy protesters try again for Port of Oakland shutdown
• Cupertino driver, 85, who died en route to cemetery is named
• Faces and voices of the Occupy movement
• Live coverage: Protesters arrive at the Port of Oakland
• Roadshow: San Jose says pedestrian and bicyclist deaths have not occurred in areas where streetlights have been turned off
• Mt. Diablo school board to discuss $4.3 million increase in solar contract, three-year budget shortfalls
• Wish Book: Readers responding generously with donations, offers of help
• Bay Area Iranian-Americans fear forced closure of Iraq's Camp Ashraf will lead to a massacre
• DA: Weapon was possibly a hammer in Burlingame murder
• A's agree to contract terms with Daric Barton, Landon Powell and Adam Rosales
• Astros catcher Jason Castro sidelined three months after foot surgery
• Bill would halt more work on MTC move from Oakland to San Francisco
• People: Sarah Palin shops new reality show -- but no takers
• In aftermath of Diablo View Middle School teacher's arrest, counselors and administrators on campus
• 49ers, Harbaugh preach accountability
• 12 smart ways to spend $1,200 in 2012
• San Jose: Family receives $1 million settlement in son's death in Alaska
• Protesters halt operations at some western ports
• Justice, AT&T agree to put off antitrust trial
• With WeVideo, you can edit video in the cloud, then share it
• Purdy: Talk is getting cheap for fast-fading Oakland Raiders
• Consumers look to holiday sales to find bargains for themselves
• Tim Kawakami: San Francisco 49ers need to avoid old habits
• New law may help local crab fishermen
• 'The Amazing Race': Did Bay Area couple win it all?
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle: 'The Tree of Life' is the year's best
• San Jose Sharks can't hold late lead, lose to Chicago Blackhawks in overtime
• Bad economy and San Jose's budget crisis puts Silicon Valley's first day worker hiring center on the chopping block
• Wolverton: Microsoft sweetens Windows Phone software with Mango update
• Iran says it will not return U.S. drone
• With wealth, Russians gain a new attitude
• Bay Area Lucky Supermarkets card-theft scam hits U.S. troops
• Los Angeles Clippers restricted free agent DeAndre Jordan signs $42.7 million offer sheet with Golden State Warriors
• Scary Ferris wheel mishap at San Jose's downtown holiday festival
• Roadshow: Radio ads with horns honking and sirens wailing confuse some drivers
• Trailing rivals question Gingrich, Romney records
• U.S. proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico
• Democrats encouraged about Obama in 2012
• Using military discipline to help veterans in prison
• Noriega returns to Panama a largely irrelevant man
• Wheels of independence: Boy, 21D2, tries out a power wheelchair and gets a taste of freedom
• Vietnamese residents of Santa Clara County suffer higher serious disease rates than other racial, ethnic groups
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• San Francisco 49ers can't hang on in 21-19 loss to Arizona Cardinals
• Slideshow: 49ers lose tight game in Arizona
• Cal basketball team rolls to 73-46 win over Jackson State
• Oakland Raiders slip in AFC West standings after 46-16 loss to Green Bay Packers
• San Jose shooting victim had stolen vehicle, parole violation
• Slideshow: Raiders meet unbeaten Packers in Green Bay
• California Interscholastic Federation bowl game selections announced
• VTA asks Caltrans to open special district in San Jose
• California braces for more budget slashing
• Calif. senator threatens boycott over Lowe's ads
• US proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico
• Feds, SF tussle over America's Cup use of Alcatraz
• Teen fatally shot near Watsonville
• Hayward: Wheelchair user killed when struck by car
• 'Skyrim' wins top prize at Spike Video Game Awards
• San Francisco: 200 displaced in Tenderloin apartment building fire
• San Jose Sharks lose 1-0 to St. Louis Blues
• Santa Clara County sheriff draws legal fire for way she hands out concealed-gun permits
• Monte Poole: Stanford's Andrew Luck did not post Heisman numbers down the stretch
• After decades, a place to call their own
• Operation Toy Drive comes to Bay Area for first time
• The man to see about a job at Tesla
• Cassidy: In Silicon Valley rose-colored glasses sometime provide the best view
• Internal Affairs: California's ancient computer system goes down, irritating everyone
• N.L. MVP Ryan Braun has positive drug test, is appealing
• Golden State Warriors notebook: Team plans to offer DeAndre Jordan $40 million over four years
• Luck still a winner in defeat
• A who's who of permit holders in Santa Clara County
• Flooding forces brief disruption at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
• Obama praises members of military academies
• Roadshow: Good Samaritan in tears when no one else comes to aid of driver in disabled car
• Alameda County realignment plan 'ambitious' but moving in the right direction
• Debate on whether cursive writing should still be taught
• Amazon unnerves local merchants with its killer app
• Police evict Occupy Boston protesters; 46 arrested
• Postal Service plant closures will be 'a mess'
• As Port protest looms, Oakland Police face tough questions over use-of-force
• O'Brien: While others IPO, Twitter takes slow road to its future
• Waste Management faces $882,200 fine in connection with San Jose landfill pollution
• Pizarro: San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce honors four longtime businesses at its 125th anniversary party
• Eye on the East Bay: Occupier goes shopping after eviction
• Hayward hospital removes gang, prison tattoos for free
• Wish Book: Safe havens save lives
• Several hundred Santas descend on San Francisco for SantaCon
• One-alarm fire forces Oakland market to close
• Oakland father of three killed near his wife, kids in drive-by shooting
• Sky-watchers get rare treat: total lunar eclipse
• San Jose Sharks assistant Matt Shaw defends fighting in NHL
• Herhold: Mayor Chuck Reed and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are on parallel paths
• Two men injured in separate West Oakland shootings
• Woman dies in vehicle crash near Walnut Creek
• Santa Clara County animal shelters offering discounts on adoptions
• In search for missing ingredient, San Jose woman buys $1 million lottery ticket
• Vallejo: Pickup truck crashes into and drives through Safeway store
• Credit card "skimming" on the rise
• Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, NASA considering offer
• Northern California oyster farm dispute spreads to Capitol Hill
• San Mateo County: Big-rig accident spills live crabs across Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay
• Oakland police investigating armed robbery
• Credit card "skimming" on the rise
• Golden State Warriors coaches, players have right 'mindset' despite plenty of uncertainty
• Warriors become third Oakland team to fancy home across the Bay
• Wish Book: San Jose teen's awakening
• Billionaire 'playboy' has a $20 million vision to save California
• Google may pay Mountain View for extra work ahead
• San Mateo County supes at crossroads in Alpine Road trail debate
• Redwood City mulling two proposals for downtown development projects on city-owned land
• Stanford admits 755 students through early action program
• Tree planted in honor of Los Altos environmental leader
• Facebook must pay Menlo Park millions of dollars if it can't improve Bayfront Expressway
• Two suspected robbers target man returning to Mountain View home
• 125 iPads stolen from San Carlos Best Buy in one minute
• Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, but no word back from NASA
• Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, but no word back from NASA
• Antioch exotic pet store set to close
• Warriors become third Oakland team to fancy home across the Bay
• Former Gilroy city councilman convicted for stealing Memorial Day Parade money
• Pizarro: Downtown San Jose's Music in the Park series is over
• Suspect in 2006 Fresno murder arrested at San Francisco airport
• Struggling Pittsburg junior high violates deal netting $900 per student
• Clayton middle schoolteacher suspected of sex crimes involving former student
• Burlingame man arrested on suspicion of killing his 70-year-old roommate
• Canadian accused of conspiring in US terror case
• House GOP introduces bill renewing payroll tax cut
• Pizarro: Downtown San Jose's Music in the Park series is over
• Oakland A's trade right-hander Cahill to Diamondbacks
• Mercury News interview: Andrew McLaughlin, VP at Tumblr, former Googler
• People: Lowe's pulls advertising from 'All-American Muslim'
• Warriors become third Oakland team to fancy home across the Bay
• Europe forges fiscal union, sees way out of crisis
• Monte Poole: Oakland facing uphill fight to halt sports teams' exodus
• Police Blotter
• Whole Foods to open on The Alameda; Fresh & Easy heads to heart of downtown San Jose
• Daly City man doused with boiling water dies
• Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce ousts longtime director
• Golden State Warriors waive guard Jeremy Lin
• Biz Break: Meg Whitman continues to lead Hewlett-Packard's rebound as Wall Street gains, Apple suffers two losses
• Los Gatos-Monte Sereno officer catches Apple store burglar in the act
• Hewlett-Packard will make WebOS open source, but Meg Whitman leaves door open for new tablet
• Bonny Zanardi: Coast hosts Holiday Art Walk
• Secrets uncovered: Inside CIA prison, a basement on residential street
• All four lines get in the act as San Jose Sharks beat Dallas Stars 5-2
• Google founders offer '100 percent' funding to save Hangar One, but no word back from NASA
• Redwood City faces another garbage rate increase -- this time by 7.81 percent
• Come plant a tree Saturday at Laureola Park in San Carlos
• Palo Alto board dials in its support for AT&T plan
• Former county treasurer-tax collector Lee Buffington dies at age 81
• European Union weighs greater unity to save euro
• Oakland Raiders are not in control of their NFL playoff destiny
• Roadshow: Many think it's OK to briefly leave a child alone in a parked car
• Suspect in Black Friday Walmart shooting surrenders in East Oakland
• Facebook's 'Like' sign in Menlo Park becomes permanent
• Rodriguez found guilty of first-degree murder in brutal 30-year-old cold case
• Gilroy police arrest more than a dozen suspected gang members in early morning sweep
• Missing American on video: 'Help me'
• San Francisco Giants will find it expensive to keep their aces in fold
• Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson expects quick turnaround
• Silicon Valley fighting proposed law pushed by Hollywood
• BART-to-San Jose extension could open 18 months ahead of schedule
• Berkeley school district to settle sexual harassment case
• Hiram Lawrence's family is removing him from life support, attorney says
• Twenty applicants vie for vacant Livermore City Council seat
• Cassidy: Silicon Valley startup culture owes a nod to National Semiconductor
• Judge sentences Former Fry's executive to six years in prison in kickback scheme
• Redwood City woman sues over pharmacy's prescription mix-up that left her gravely ill
• Virginia Tech: Police officer's killer believed to be dead
• Hoping for cures, supporters may back another ballot measure for stem cell agency
• Hoping for cures, supporters may back another ballot measure for stem cell agency
• Civic hackers use their tech skills to solve public problems
• Hicks: Alec Baldwin should stop talking
• Richmond prepares to kick out sewage plant operator
• Warriors move on after Chandler chooses Knicks
• More drivers texting at wheel, despite state bans
• Twitter redesigning service, new look available now on mobile devices
• IBM joins rush for cloud companies, buys San Mateo's DemandTec for $440 million
• Solar thermal power plants switching technology to take advantage of falling PV prices
• Facebook changing its product development
• Americans' net worth plummets as corporations stockpile cash
• Oakland A's face daunting task in AL West after Los Angeles Angels' blockbuster signing of Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson
• Police Blotter
• 'Mythbusters' cannonball accident leaves questions, worries and repairs
• Feds seek six years in prison for former Fry's executive
• Huge property in Santa Cruz Mountains to be preserved
• San Carlos residents bark at city for better dog facilities
• Facebook expansion plan for Menlo Park campus could cause traffic havoc unless car trips capped, new report says
• Palo Alto board to review AT&T plan to boost coverage
• 27-year-old Laura Martinez becomes East Palo Alto's mayor
• Palo Alto announces new Office of Emergency Services director
• Redwood City house built in 1926 is historical, planners say
• Man robbed on Menlo Park pedestrian bridge
• Cal dismantles San Jose State
• Palo Alto to hold tree-lighting ceremony Friday
• Oakland Police post videos, dispatch records of violent Occupy Oakland protests
• Doctors want to take 23-month-old child off life support, family of the shooting victim says
• Federal appeals court to consider Proposition 8 issues
• Obama, Clinton to world: Stop gay discrimination
• Pizarro: Miss San Jose's holiday parade? Ida Price Middle School's band held its own
• Giants: Carlos Beltran, Cody Ross not coming back
• Plenty of interest in Oakland A's left-hander Gio Gonzalez, but no deal yet
• San Jose coach arrested on sex abuse charges after victim's mom discovers secret texts
• Hicks: Terrence Howard's wife gets restraining order.
• After early morning raid, Occupy SF protesters vow to regroup
• San Mateo police seek man responsible for attempting to rob two check-cashing businesses
• 'Mythbusters' cannonball accident leaves questions, worries and repairs
• In rare interview, Assad denies ordering crackdown in Syria
• Apple refines futuristic Cupertino campus
• Woman arrested for possessing knife, drugs at Newark school
• Fremont man accused of robbing $4,000 from woman
• Ex-drug lab worker pleads not guilty to taking cocaine
• Girlfriend of man accused of running down firefighter pleads not guilty to accessory charges
• To avoid more layoffs, San Jose cops tentatively agree to extend 10 percent pay cuts
• Police Blotter
• Customer outrage grows in Lucky hacking case
• Tips to avoid skimming theft
• Biz Break: Is Netflix out of the woods?
• Yahoo wins $610 million from spammers in lottery scam judgment
• Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi excused from next court hearing
• Retrieved Facebook photos of Mark Zuckerberg show ... he's kinda dull
• Archie Manning: Maybe Peyton and Andrew Luck can co-exist
• Monte Poole: BCS numbers are open to debate
• Second straight Spare the Air alert issued
• Nurse spots car accident in Los Altos, tries to save life of Cupertino woman, 85, who died in crash
• Richmond remembers anniversary of Pearl Harbor
• Flipboard comes to iPhone
• Pearl Harbor attack, 70 years ago, still fresh in the memories of old sailors
• Motorist found dead in wreck along I-580 in Livermore
• Live coverage: Police clear out Occupy San Francisco camp
• Open house shows Facebook housing plans in Menlo Park
• Kirsten Keith becomes Menlo Park's new mayor
• Community shuttle study returns to Mountain View council
• Redwood City selects Aguirre for two-year term as mayor, Gee for vice mayor
• Public gets say on study of proposal to build new library at Holbrook-Palmer Park
• San Jose Sharks lose to Minnesota Wild 2-1
• Christmas time at Rengstorff House
• San Francisco Giants trade Andres Torres, Ramon Ramirez to Mets for Angel Pagan
• Wish Book: It's all happening after school
• Richmond to vote on soda tax
• Santa Clara city council weighs $1 billion 49ers stadium deal
• San Jose City Council votes 6-5 to place pension reform on June ballot
• Murder-for-hire cold case trial opens second day with details about San Jose shooting
• San Jose cheerleader coach arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse
• Stanford football: Cardinal gets back to basics
• Warrant issued for informant tied to San Leandro cop drug case
• BART: Copper wire thefts this year total $90,000
• San Leandro officer saves suicidal woman on railroad tracks
• Barry Bonds asks judge to give him probation
• Long Washington record starting to haunt Gingrich
• Possible cannonball hits home in Dublin
• Star-studded schedule for Warriors at Oracle Arena
• Man found guilty of killing of pregnant Ben Lomond grocery clerk
• Google to finance affordable housing in Mountain View
• Livermore woman sentenced to 18 months in tax fraud case
• Scotts Valley City Council to discuss e-waste, water-rebate programs
• $210M settlement reached in W.Va. mine explosion
• California, Nevada team up on mortgage fraud
• Firefighters respond to hazardous materials incident in South San Francisco
• San Jose: Firefighters battle blaze at possible marijuana grow house
• State: Mom who shot kids, self denied food stamps
• Gassed, from the past: Dodge Dart is back
• State ethics panel set to fine former Pinole Councilman
• Anti-tax groups counter Brown's tax hike measure
• As new competitor emerges, Netflix CEO says HBO Go is the true threat
• San Jose: Pedestrian killed crossing Monterey Highway is identified
• Biz Break: Verizon battles Silicon Valley on two fronts, HP makes a deal and Apple faces e-books probe
• O'Brien: In her free time, this Google researcher designs puzzles of the wooden kind
• Wood fires banned Wednesday as first Winter Spare the Air day is called
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 6
• Lucky urges some customers to close bank accounts in wake of hacking
• Convicted teens appear before peers for sentencing
• Newly found planet in habitable zone
• Historical landmark status sought for Redwood City house that Roy Cloud built
• San Jose cold case murder for financial gain, or tall tale spun by desperate convict?
• Palo Alto council questions whether golf course should be kicked
• San Carlos man arrested after causing backyard blaze
• Mountain View delays review on Cuesta Annex flood basin options
• East Palo Alto poised to hire new city attorney
• Antioch man shot at after chasing down stolen car
• Minnesota Wild off to hot start despite low production from former San Jose Sharks
• San Jose Sharks: NHL realigns; all teams will visit at least once every season
• Police Blotter
• Paying for 49ers stadium relies on record loan
• Pizarro: Fairmont San Jose welcomes new general manager
• Workers accused of fraudulently draining county mosquito agency of $635,000
• Herhold: Learning how to speak Pension
• CSU sees big jump in student interest
• Brown: Only way to avoid more cuts to schools, police is raise taxes
• Disgraced former Fry's exec seeks leniency before sentencing: He's a gambling addict
• City Manager recommends keeping Team San Jose
• Oakland A's active in trade discussions at winter meetings
• San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean not optimistic about team's pursuit of free agents
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Frank Gore worthy of a statue, coach Jim Harbaugh says
• Afghans say they need aid for at least another decade
• Warriors players unofficially get back to it
• Livermore winemaker targeted by 'Dirty DUI' scheme sues wife, CNET scandal suspects
• Trump wants say in GOP race, mulls independent bid
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Dec. 5
• Newly discovered planet in habitable zone
• Berkeley High principal warns parents about growing Occupy camp near school
• Facebook acquires location-based service Gowalla's talent, but not the app
• San Mateo smart-grid software company eMeter bought by Siemens
• iPad add-ons are hot toys for kids
• Roadshow: Pedestrians express their fears
• Cassidy: San Jose foreclosure case is both tragic and complicated
• AC Transit sets Dec. 14 hearing on redrawing political districts
• Growth of dollar stores fueled by frugal shoppers from all walks of life
• People update: Will Madonna make NBC sorry for booking her on Super Bowl?
• Police dog helps nab suspected gunman near Jack London Square
• Air district asks public to voluntarily not burn wood fires
• Sierra river dam plan dropped
• Cleaning up California's Wild West: EPA takes on polluted mercury mine in San Benito ghost town
• East Palo Alto: Crews breaking ground on future park at Cooley Landing
• 17-year-old Cupertino student wins Siemens Competition and $100,000
• Surf rescue near San Francisco's Ocean Beach was false alarm
• S&P to put eurozone countries on 'credit watch'
• Stanford's Andrew Luck is a Heisman Trophy finalist
• East Bay mom says her film is sparking education reform nationwide
• Two people injured in San Jose shooting
• The Christmas lunch must go on
• Return of Bleak House: California budget's trigger cuts weigh on adult day care center
• Richmond security guard seriously injured in shooting
• Stanford's Fiesta Bowl matchup against Oklahoma State offers plenty of offensive firepower
• San Jose Sharks have intense practice after disappointing defeat
• Cal football team to play Texas in Holiday Bowl
• Man who died while being booked at jail still unidentified
• Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore grinds way to record, playoffs
• 100K wreaths headed to Arlington National Cemetery
• Dark weekend for box office, but 'Twilight' still glimmering
• Political Blotter: Emken won't self-fund vs. DiFi
• Stanford rallies to defeat North Carolina State
• San Francisco 49ers clinch NFC West in 26-0 victory over St. Louis Rams
• Tim Kawakami: 49ers erase eight years of futility
• It's official: Stanford will face Oklahoma State in Fiesta Bowl; Cal to meet Texas in Holiday Bowl
• Two of three train victims identified; a dog also killed on Union Pacific tracks
• Frank Gore becomes 49ers' rushing record leader; Patrick Willis exits with injury
• Possible outbreak of 'Blue Flu' behind spike in San Jose police sick days
• Several geese shot in Concord park
• Still unidentified - arrested man died Friday while being booked at main jail
• FAA: 4 killed in crash of small plane in Colorado
• Iran says it shot down unmanned US spy plane
• Kentucky church changes course -- will welcome mixed-race couples
• Suspect in Nordstrom purse heist is caught by customers and passers-by in Walnut Creek
• Cardinal wins Stanford's first women's soccer title in 1-0 victory over Duke
• No. 24 Cal basketball team falls to San Diego State 64-63
• Occupy San Jose and Voluntarios de la Comunidad join forces Sunday
• Syria says it's still open to Arab observer plan
• Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders torch their needed momentum
• Oakland Raiders' win streak snapped in 34-14 loss to Miami Dolphins
• Officials: 13 hurt when fans storm Oklahoma State field
• Fans flock to Vegas for opening of Michael Jackson's 'Immortal' tour
• Sports digest: Tiger Woods wins Chevron World Challenge
• Stanford study: The humble potato chip and packaging language target class distinctions
• Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail
• 'Twilight' stays bright during slow box office weekend
• Google ramps up ads and marketing
• San Francisco Giants will avoid luxury items at winter meetings
• Raiders are wary of Dolphins despite their losing record
• GPS-based 'Smart Collars' track deer travels near Highway 280
• San Jose's $100,000 pension club is rapidly growing
• Herhold: Peter Thiel's take on American higher education
• San Francisco 49ers not planning wild celebration if they clinch NFC West title
• Some Sharks support proposed NHL schedule change
• Internal Affairs: San Jose police chief says there's a conflict of interest behind casino
• Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain in need of help
• Family exasperated with vexing murder case of San Jose shopkeeper Vahid Hosseini
• Oakland Effect: Juvenile justice system needs reforming
• Community groups, citizens, nonprofits help fight prostitution
• Lease dispute threatens Foster City partnership
• Obama to give economic talk in historic Kansas town
• 85-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK
• Winter meetings could kick off Oakland A's latest rebuilding phase
• Saint Mary's Cinderella run at NCAA men's soccer tournament ends
• Stanford seeks redemption, history in NCAA women's soccer championship
• Jon Wilner on college football: No major bowl shake-ups for Stanford, Cal on season's final day
• 25 die in Syria, as defectors battle regime forces
• An unbowed Cain suspends his bid for the White House
• Virginia Tech seeks to block fine in shooting case
• Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
• Cutting deficits harder than just talking about it
• Analysis: Army defectors complicate Syria uprising
• Huntsman gets aid from group linked to his father
• SAP to pay $3.4B for San Mateo's SuccessFactors
• Is Nevada recovering? Depends who you ask
• Oakland police detain 5 in shooting that wounded child
• For Afghan-U.S. accord, night raids are a sticking point
• As Putin plans to stay, many Russians want out
• Egypt elections propel Islamic law into spotlight
• Deaths on Peninsula tracks are Caltrain's 15th and 16th of the year
• Report: Sandusky talks about Paterno, case
• 85-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK
• Man arrested in Campbell dies while being booked at jail
• San Jose unions urge pension talks
• Man walks into Vallejo hospital with gunshot wound, arrested
• Santa Clara, 49ers announce deal to pay for stadium
• California AG faces tough choice on mortgage deal
• The greatest gifts
• Mountain View shopping center developer extends potential
• Redwood City auto shop owner brings a lady's touch to male-dominated business
• Palo Alto manhunt ends in arrest
• Retaining wall for Arastradero trail project in Los Altos Hills would invite grafitti, neighbors say
• Pizarro: Silicon Valley Capital Club shows off its $2.8 million makeover
• Eye on the East Bay: Councilwoman crashes anniversary party
• Sign of hope: Jobless rate drops to 8.6 percent
• San Jose Sharks have two wishes for NHL realignment plan
• Family clashes with hospital over care of toddler shot in West Oakland
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford 'very sore' after practice
• Jon Wilner on college football: Bowl dates all but set for Stanford, Cal
• San Jose Earthquakes trade Bobby Convey to Kansas City
• Raiders' Hue Jackson uncertain whether Rolando McClain will play
• Gov. Jerry Brown postpones release of tax-hike plan to Monday, Monday
• Cinderella's shoe fits for Saint Mary's College men's soccer team
• New element to be Livermorium, honoring city and research lab
• Amazon takes bite out of Apple's market share in tablet battle
• Oakland police plans to add 25 new officers
• Big Basin campground, closed during high winds, expected to open again Saturday
• Virtual assistants raise new issues of phone etiquette
• California AG faces tough choice on mortgage deal
• A day in the life of an Apple store
• Richmond man sentenced in 2008 freeway killing
• KGO Radio plans immediate shift to news-oriented format
• Roadshow: BART-to-San Jose work will affect traffic on Kato Road in Fremont
• San Jose police release video of robbers smashing Valley Fair mall jewelry store cases
• Raiders' Hue Jackson uncertain whether Rolando McClain will play
• Last California Guard unit home from Iraq
• Occupy movement plans day of action Dec. 6
• People: Legal battle breaks out in Marley clan
• Small Mountain View company's software accused of spying on smartphone users
• Petition to recall Mayor Jean Quan almost ready for signatures
• A day in the life of an Apple store
• Suspect in slain nursing student gives birth, delays plea
• Power failure knocks out cell service to some areas of Santa Cruz County
• Richmond moving ahead with missing link of Bay Trail
• Rep Anna Eshoo urges federal 'dig once' policy to support broadband
• Stanford wins 3-0, advances to final of NCAA women's soccer
• Police Blotter
• Wish Book: Taking the harder road
• Learning math the Kahn Academy way is a big hit at Los Altos schools
• Violent wind storm leaves path of destruction; Bay Area winds should calm down this weekend
• San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens in shootout 4-3
• Seven people connected to Palo Alto school burglary
• Redwood City resident convicted of 24 counts of felony molestation
• Memorial service set for former Palo Alto mayor Burch
• Woman, sheriff's deputy injured in Woodside house fire
• Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain facing four charges in hometown of Decatur, Ala.
• Police impersonator stops female driver in Atherton
• San Francisco 49ers' streak of not allowing a rushing TD in jeopardy
• Oakland Raiders notebook: Miami Dolphins' run defense might pose challenge
• Oakland's historic Tribune Tower is bought in deal that will bring 300 jobs
• Winds blow over Bay Area, but nothing like in SoCal
• Earthquakes trade for Haitian midfielder Jean Alexandre
• Sources: Warriors to open at home on Christmas against Clippers
• Stanford women's soccer team expecting 'a grind' in Final Four
• San Jose man punched, called 'terrorist' on grocery trip to Lucky
• Pizarro: A gallon of milk -- and much more goodwill -- makes San Jose mom's day
• Suspected gunman in fatal shooting near Occupy Oakland camp arrested and charged
• Federal jury rejects brutality claim against former BART officer
• UC and Stanford rank high in earnings from business spinoffs
• Clinton meets Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers
• Occupy SF shaken by police appearance
• Oakland police still surround apartment where suspect believed to be hiding
• Fremont to see first Occupy protest
• People: Brad Pitt helps distraught stranger
• Obama on AIDS: 'We can beat this disease'
• Rick Perry, feisty presidential hopeful, verbally pummels Congress, Wall Street
• 60 percent of adult illegal immigrants in US for 10 years or more, report says
• Roadshow: Days later, some cleaned-up freeways are trashed again
• Viewers to see a new YouTube
• U.N.: Syria now in a civil war with 4,000 dead
• Survey: Drivers fear cellphone users more than drunks
• Morrissey cancels Fox Theater show
• Game warden's job turns into 'war in the woods'
• Walnut Creek seeks public benefits in Broadway Plaza expansion
• San Jose's deficit estimate slashed dramatically as pension costs fall
• BART limits cellphone service blackouts
• Holiday surprise: Auto sales shot up in November
• BART adopts new political district boundaries
• AT&T fires back at FCC over proposed T-Mobile purchase
• Toyota, BMW to work on greener car battery
• Fewer than one-third of California students meet fitness goals
• Herhold: The ingredients of a tragedy
• Palo Alto school board won't budge on calendar
• Tree-decorating contest brightens downtown Redwood City
• If they come to East Palo Alto, payday lenders will be heavily restricted
• Woodside sues resident who built two-story structure without permits
• San Jose soldier's body returns home
• Police release sketch of suspect in Stanford home invasion robbery
• Twitter teams with Japanese social-networking site to battle Facebook
• Zynga and other Internet companies work to guarantee sizzling IPOs
• Vigil held for 1-year-old boy shot Monday night
• Group makes plea to save state parks from closures
• Markets surge on action by several central banks
• Gov. Jerry Brown to add tax plan to the mix
• California lawmakers turning in car keys as perk is ending
• San Jose police: Man who caused post office shutdown was jogger in unusual gear
• Clorox Company settles consumer lawsuit for $200,000
• In brief
• Services set for San Jose cop and wife, fundraiser planned for their sons
• Roadshow: Fog tips: slow down, headlights on and consider taking 101 to Los Angeles
• Kanye gets 7 Grammy noms; Adele, Mars, Foos get 6
• Former Raider Chester McGlockton dead at age 42
• 'Organic' personal care products lawsuit partially settled
• Middle-aged man in Halloween mask robs Campbell bank
• Senate clears way for passage of big defense bill
• Field Poll: California Republican voters still not thrilled with potential candidates
• A rising power turns the outsourcing fix inward
• Elite Marine role in Afghanistan key to 2014 exit
• People: Mindy McCready must return child.
• Pizarro: Vintage streetcar returns to downtown San Jose for the holidays
• Group: BLM ecological study flawed due to politics
• Sunnyvale detectives nab 3 suspects in Brass Rail stabbing; another suspect still at large
• Mavericks organizers announce new start date for surf contest
• Texas drought is revealing secrets of the deep
• Gumby-like flexible robot crawls in tight spaces
• Thousands say farewell to slain Vallejo police officer
• Holiday decorations unveiled to military families
• Equipment problems, high use stagger Cal email
• Rhode Island governor defends holiday tree in Statehouse
• Cassidy: The Annual Gift of Reading is on
• California gets $20.8 million in reimbursement for Devil's Slide repairs
• Adobe emphasizes the ad with purchase of Efficient Frontier
• Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: Congress dead wrong on online piracy
• Fremont Fire Department holding holiday toy drive
• As doors unlock, what are the Warriors up against?
• Biz Break: Lots of Wall Street, Silicon Valley action follows central banks' big move
• Facebook settles with FTC on privacy deception charges
• Poole: Michael Bush should be top priority for Raiders
• East Palo Alto council approves some traffic controls, but no stop sign for fatal crash intersection
• East Palo Alto won't pay cops extra for working holidays
• $100 an hour contract approved for acting San Mateo County manager
• Wish Book: Nine-year-old Salinas boy pulling for miracle in battle with cancer
• San Bruno man faces year in jail over hit-and-run crash that killed pedestrian
• Tim Kawakami: There's an edge to the new Alex Smith
• Teen in Craigslist case looks dazed in Ohio court
• Top analyst warns state could waste $6 billion over high-speed rail
• Conrad Murray gets four years for role in Michael Jackson's death
• SolarCity moves forward with SolarStrong
• Jon Wilner on college football: Andrew Luck, the student, not part of Stanford's Heisman push
• Top San Jose librarian to retire
• San Francisco Giants: No 'big splash' on hitting for G.M. Brian Sabean
• Thieves take toys, food donated for Oakley charity drive
• Police Blotter
• Pizarro: Tea in Manny's Cellar sounds so civilized
• Line changes could be in store for struggling San Jose Sharks
• A homeless love story
• Avaya signs huge lease in Santa Clara as commercial real estate heats up
• Man convicted in mistaken ID killing near Daly City BART
• San Jose: Post office on lockdown after masked man leaves package
• U.S. scrambles to contain Pakistan fallout
• Daly City woman faces torture charge, accused of dousing sleeping ex with boiling water
• Pakistan to protest NATO strike by skipping Afghan meeting
• Calif. salon shooting suspect pleads not guilty
• Return of Bleak House: Adult day care in the sights of California budget's trigger cuts
• Delta studies to be released after complaints from Congress, others
• People: Brad Pitt, 'The Artist' score with New York Film Critics.
• O'Brien: Why aren't we talking about economic impact of government job losses?
• Opening of Mavericks window delayed
• Rio Vista to begin search for new city manager
• Killer whale washes up on Marin beach
• Deputies settle contract with Contra Costa County
• Strong north winds will blow over the Bay Area starting with Wednesday's morning commute
• Poll: Californians evenly split on Occupy movement
• Toddler in grave condition after gunfire injures seven in West Oakland
• SEC reportedly looking into investment fund run by former 49ers
• Union City pedestrian dies in Fremont accident
• Google Maps moves indoors with layouts of malls, airports and more
• Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers can be hijacked by hackers
• Ex-judge in state water cases now lawyer for big farm district
• San Jose Earthquakes set to announce sales of luxury suites at proposed soccer stadium
• Murder suspect: San Jose victim mutilated himself
• Wish Book: Meet the animals
• American Airlines parent company seeks Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
• Palo Alto Rail Committee split over policy to kill bullet train
• Former Palo Alto mayor Jim Burch dead at 85
• Contract allows temporary San Mateo County manager to make $100 an hour while drawing pension
• East Palo Alto doesn't want to be stiffed by Facebook's expansion into Menlo Park
• Man arrested after teens found drinking at Menlo Park home
• San Jose Sharks lose to Los Angeles Kings 2-0
• At least eight shot including 1-year-old child in West Oakland
• Saint Mary's College steps it up in second half, pulls away from Weber State in men's basketball
• Police investigation into Scott Olsen injury still ongoing
• LA protesters defy eviction efforts, go to court
• At least eight shot including 1-year-old child in West Oakland
• Oakland Raiders play smarter, cut down on penalties vs. Chicago Bears
• Pizarro: Investors get a pitch and a tour of downtown San Jose
• UC protesters urge tax reform and delay UC Regents meeting
• Young Stanford Cardinal demolish Pacific Tigers
• San Jose State football team sees bright things in future after four-win improvement in 2011
• Mark Purdy: Post-lockout NBA owes fans a more exciting product
• Bay Point chemical waste pond cleanup nearing
• Woman accuses Cain of 13-year affair
• 'Weed Wars': Reality TV puts Oakland dispensary in spotlight
• 9th Circuit agrees to rehear long-running Alameda County gun rights case
• Live Blog: More details on UC Berkeley faculty resolution
• Fremont couple attacked, robbed outside residence
• Cyber Monday continues to grow while looking to mobile sales
• Tablet wars have begun: Apple and Amazon have banner Black Fridays
• Gilroy police: San Jose cop, wife died in murder-suicide
• Trader Joe's in Oakland seeks to extend hours
• People update: Wyclef Jean's Haiti charity missing money
• Danville woman seeks GOP nod to take on Feinstein
• Dec. 12 is the new deadline for Alameda County property tax payments
• Biz Break: Black Friday cheer spreads to Wall Street on Cyber Monday
• Luck, Shaw, Kendricks earn Pac-12 football awards
• Fremont men arrested in hit-and-run accidents
• Gingrich wins NH backing as Romney plugs along
• Concord hospital district lawyer billed beyond board limit
• More parents refusing vaccines for their kids
• 49ers keeping their eye on the prize
• Andronico's to shutter Telegraph Avenue location
• Report: Facebook to seek $100 billion valuation in 2012 IPO
• Walnut Creek to hold special city council meeting Tuesday
• Ohio State introduces Urban Meyer as its new football coach
• Wish Book: Giving teens a lift
• Stanford jumps to No. 4 in BCS standings, nears BCS bowl bid
• Saint Mary's College men's soccer team trips Brown in overtime, reaches its first NCAA Elite Eight
• Mark Purdy: Oakland Raiders put best feet forward in win
• San Jose Sharks' Dan Boyle is trying to snap his slump
• Former Cal great Joe Kapp gets into scuffle at CFL alumni luncheon
• Roadshow: Tips for driving in snow
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• Poole: Outgunned Oakland Raiders still find a way to win
• Purdy: Raiders' Sebastian Janikowski and Shane Lechler hold boot camp
• Wide receiver Stevie Johnson's antics proves costly to Buffalo Bills against New York Jets
• Cal women's basketball team upsets No. 22 Virginia and former Bears coach Joanne Boyle
• Two men, possibly linked to motorcycle club, stabbed at San Jose bar
• Government Watch: This week's meetings from around Silicon Valley
• Paddle boater missing near Half Moon Bay
• Bay Area tries to pull together to help seniors in need at upcoming health summit
• Emergency homeless shelters to open Monday in Santa Clara County
• Oakland fashion designer helps put local manufacturing back on the map
• Carolina Panthers score rare road victory at expense of Indianapolis Colts (0-11)
• NFL: Christ Johnson and Tennessee Titans run past Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-17
• Arizona Cardinals' Beanie Wells rushes for 228 yards in win over St. Louis Rams
• Two men, possibly linked to motorcycle club, stabbed at San Jose bar
• Big play late sets up Cincinnati Bengals victory
• Update on Cupertino fire: Eight people take shelter in high school gym
• Survey: Black Friday shoppers reach 226 million nationwide, historic high
• New Mass translation launches in American parishes
• Atlanta Falcons stuff Minnesota Vikings' comeback
• Antioch church members stand guard over property
• Man hit by cars, killed while running across freeway near Berkeley
• Bay Area couple at center of federal gay rights showdown
• Spotify music service resumes after login problems for users in U.S. and Europe
• San Pablo working to combat obesity rate
• Woman says man sexually assaulted her on DeAnza Trail in Bay Point
• CHP: DUI arrests down, traffic deaths up
• Eight injured in Southern California power boat blast
• Afghan officials: Fire from Pakistan led to attack
• Recession may be over but many Silicon Valley residents feel left out of recovery
• Nurturing of Facebook started in Palo Alto house
• 'Twilight' still has bite with $42M second weekend at box office
• The man behind Solyndra's rise and fall: Chris Gronet
• Santa Clara County experiencing surprising spike in deadlocked juries in molestation trials
• Cassidy: Amit Gupta's bone marrow quest galvanizes the Facebook generation
• Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 3-2
• Kawakami: As expected, NBA owners come out winners
• Poole: Oakland Raiders control their own playoff destiny
• Fire leaves up to 50 people homeless in Cupertino; mobile home destroyed in San Jose blaze
• California school districts prepare for a new grade level: transitional kindergarten
• San Jose State wins at Fresno State for first time in nearly a quarter-century
• Palo Alto to play for CCS Open football championship; Serra advances to D-I title game
• Rescuers free 63-year-old San Carlos woman stuck in the mud during low-tide event
• UC students to protest at regents meeting
• Three area runners notch third-place finishes in CIF cross-country races
• West roundup: Oregon rolls, earns berth in first Pac-12 title game
• College football: AP Top 25
• Filipino police arrest 4 suspected AT&T hackers with ties to terror group
• Roadshow: Which city in Bay Area manages traffic the best?
• Oakland Effect: Outrage over inequality the crux of Occupy movement, group says
• American student arrested in Cairo arrives in U.S.
• Model train show brings B&O and Sante Fe line to San Jose
• A large side of drama at Waffle House diners
• 1965 shooting shows pitfalls of closing old cases
• Legal battle ignites over Jesus statue in Montana
• Hercules loses $50,000 on condo owned by former mayor's daughter
• Wins by Oregon and Alabama mean Stanford must pin BCS hopes on an at-large berth
• For veterans returning to U.S., green energy jobs await
• Santa Clara County school board will look outside education for next county schools chief
• Syria buries security forces as sanctions loom
• Egyptian protests, violence overshadow elections
• U.S. military legacy rubs off on Iraqi youth
• Herhold: An old exposé continues to haunt Newt Gingrich
• Meals and a helping hand
• BART prepares for holiday travel by running longer trains
• Two men killed in traffic accidents in San Jose
• Oakland A's hire former Giants outfielder Chili Davis as hitting coach
• NASA launches super-size Mars rover to red planet
• NASA launches super-size rover to Mars: 'Go, Go!'
• Richmond man, 20, killed in North Richmond shooting
• Caltrain Baby Bullet kills man on the tracks at Palo Alto station
• Caltrain Baby Bullet kills man on the tracks at Palo Alto station
• Santa Clara County: Power outage affects about 430 customers in Morgan Hill area
• Cal volleyball defeats Stanford
• Cal outlasts Arizona State for 47-38 win
• Kawakami: 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh repeats the truth
• Celebrating the holidays, Northern California style
• Marcus Jordan makes big plays (just like his dad) as UConn is upset
• Mail truck overturns in Palo Alto
• Pioneer High moves past South San Francisco and into CCS Division II title game
• Panel urged to oversee short-term uses for new Palo Alto school district property
• Menlo-Atherton runs over Salinas 49-14
• Bellarmine College Prep blanks Archbishop Mitty 29-0 in CCS Open Division semifinal
• Pizarro: Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza gets a fresh look for 20th anniversary
• Stanford women advance to soccer Final Four
• San Jose Sharks facts for Saturday's game vs. Vancouver Canucks
• San Jose Sharks not fond of the Vancouver Canucks
• Stanford men fall just short against No. 5 Syracuse in NIT final
• Stanford women cruise past Xavier
• Emergency crews stop flow of water at break in South San Francisco
• Egypt's military under pressure from protests, U.S.
• Richmond pays $1.5 million to family of mentally ill man who died in police custody
• Fierce clashes in Yemen leave 2 dead despite deal
• Syria ignores Arab League deadline on observer mission
• Holiday market benefits Burlingame's 'queen of creativity'
• Key step for BART to San Jose
• Mercury News interview: John Chen, chairman, CEO of Sybase,
• California energy report says state can slash greenhouse gases by another 80 percent
• Violent start to Black Friday has shoppers shaking heads, clutching shopping bags
• Former NYT columnist, author Tom Wicker dies
• Mountain View startup PayNearMe brings e-commerce to the 'under-banked'
• Facing an uncertain economy, shoppers still swarm the malls for holiday season sales
• People update: Prosecutors want Conrad Murray sentenced to 4 years in prison
• Five years after deadly E. coli outbreak, Salinas Valley farmers struggle to rebound
• Making the right call on smartphones
• Driving school student rams through fence, crashes into Pleasant Hill house
• Funeral for fallen Danville Marine to be held Wednesday
• Alameda County property taxes due Dec. 10 to avoid late fee
• Andrew Luck: A closer look at the Stanford quarterback
• Owner to demolish fire-ravaged Berkeley building
• Architects draw up green designs for Habitat for Humanity
• Monterey County: Second, smaller quake rattles Prunedale area
• Biz Break: Late-night Black Friday sales are young shoppers' coming-out party. Plus: Stocks fall, AT&T's T-Mobile plans
• Jon Wilner: Stanford needs to mind its own business Saturday
• One shot during robbery attempt outside San Leandro Walmart
• Shoppers, eager for good deals, get an early jump on the holiday shopping season
• Live coverage: Follow the latest Black Friday news all over the Bay Area
• Gunfire at North Carolina mall in early morning of Black Friday
• Woman turns to pepper spray in Black Friday fight at WalMart, 10 injured
• 49ers notebook: Penalty nullifies big play
• Ravens end 49ers' winning streak at eight games
• Steve Corkran on the NFL: Defeat could work to San Francisco 49ers' advantage
• Gun issue represents tough politics for Obama
• Hair stylist speaks out about Romney's famous locks
• Support builds for a plan to rein in Medicare costs
• Civilian-military gap grows as fewer Americans serve
• Mark Purdy: John Harbaugh wins battle of brothers
• A new wildlife freeway between Brentwood and Tracy
• Roadshow: In an accident, get off the freeway
• Mild dust-up with police at Occupy Oakland Thanksgiving gathering
• Ruth Stone, award-winning poet, dies in Vt. at 96
• African force makes strides inside Somalia
• Egypt military rulers reject calls to step down
• Shoppers, eager for good deals, get an early jump on the holiday shopping season.
• U.S. troops celebrate last Thanksgiving in Iraq
• The giving in Thanksgiving: Spirits and bellies filled at church dining rooms
• Palo Alto council committee to pick lobbyist for high-speed rail concerns
• Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Ira Michael Heyman was a champion of diversity, civil rights
• Palestinian rivals talk, but fail to resolve rifts
• Cassidy: Black Friday is a reminder that the consumer as economic engine is sputtering
• Arab League warns Syria of sanctions deadline
• Jared Veldheer fills gap for Oakland Raiders at offensive tackle
• Online retailers offering more Black Friday deals to lure shoppers
• Turkey Trot becomes families' holiday tradition
• India to allow foreign retailers to own stores
• East Palo Alto council strengthen tenant protection law
• Menlo Park, Palo Alto relax parking regulations during holidays
• AT&T, T-Mobile temporarily withdraw bid for FCC merger approval, plan to press ahead with deal
• Santa Clara County friendliest to charter schools
• Herhold: UC Davis pepper spray incident shameful
• Witness: Killing of Hells Angels member was a mistake
• Author J.K. Rowling, actress Sienna Miller testify about media abuse
• Weather: Rain likely today, mostly cloudy tomorrow
• Gay teen murder illustrates schools' challenge
• Consumers turning to smartphones, tablets for online holiday shopping
• Obama acknowledges tough economy this Thanksgiving
• NBC apologizes to Michele Bachmann for Jimmy Fallon song choice
• Plan to add trails in San Carlos hills meets some resistance
• Cleaning up: Palo Alto Downtown Streets Team sees budget grow from $45K to nearly $1.3M, extends reach
• Attorneys may seek to postpone June election for San Mateo County supervisors pending outcome of discrimination suit
• San Jose Sharks' Antti Niemi makes 34 saves in 1-0 shutout win over Chicago Blackhawks
• Witnesses sought in Mountain View KFC robbery
• Bay Area grocery chain issues identity theft warning
• DA: ATM repairman swapped cash for photocopies in Daly City
• Registered sex offender nabbed for rape in San Jose, police say
• On recovery road
• Pizarro: How Christmas in the Park was saved
• State loses out on Race to the Top funds
• Herhold: A few things that prompt my thanks
• Thanksgiving forecast: maybe a light rain to start but a decent finish
• Time Magazine names Santa Cruz police program to predict crime one of the year's top inventions
• Fremont woman sentenced to five years for foreclosure scam
• In Egypt, chaos erupts as Tahrir Square truce fails
• Police Blotter
• Santa Cruz military family celebrates Thanksgiving
• DA: Drunk mom busted after 'The Smurfs' movie in Daly City
• Saturday low tide will show off sea life
• San Jose State football: A game for the ages between the Spartans and Fresno State happened 25 years ago
• Roadshow: Homeless man gets $525 reward
• Yemen president of 33 years to quit amid uprising
• Russian president threatens to target U.S. missile shield
• Bahrain report: excessive force in crackdowns
• Consumer group finds more than a dozen dangerous toys on retail shelves
• Man's wallet stolen in Mountain View shopping center
• Palo Alto council to consider Adobe Creek overcrossing
• Crosswalk signs, pavement markings -- but no stop sign -- recommended at East Palo Alto intersection where girl was killed
• UC-Davis team to study deer movement on I-280
• Second Harvest needs at least 1,000 more good turkeys
• Justices pave way for possible showdown between Los Altos school district and Bullis Charter
• 'Dancing with the Stars': And the mirror ball trophy goes to ...
• College basketball: Cal gets crushed by Missouri
• NASA launching 'dream machine' to explore Mars
• Soyuz with 3 astronauts lands in Kazakhstan
• Oregon governor bans death penalty for rest of term
• Soldier faces December military hearing in WikiLeaks case
• Illegal immigrants suspected in 30 border fires in Arizona
• San Jose leaders paint grim budget picture without pension reform
• Giving thanks helps your psychological outlook
• Regulators see surge in caller ID spoofing
• At DC DMV: Driver's license, tag renewal, HIV test
• San Francisco 49ers notebook: Michael Crabtree's breakout game called 'inspiring'
• Police move in on latest Occupy Oakland protest
• Occupy campers pitch tents at foreclosed lot in West Oakland -- for now
• Merchants encourage shoppers to stay local
• San Jose city clerk says pot referendum qualifies then says 'not so fast'
• State regulators reveal 'opt-out' plan for PG&E SmartMeters
• Khmer Rouge defendant blames Vietnam for Cambodia's turmoil
• Scandal over memo forces out Pakistani ambassador to U.S.
• Pizarro: Giant Monopoly game in Cupertino to benefit Habitat for Humanity
• FCC chair opposes AT&T takeover of T-Mobile
• Understanding the American language of money
• Mt. Diablo school district estimates Clayton Valley High charter conversion could cost up to $4.2 million a year
• Gavilan basketball player dies nearly two weeks after drunken driving crash
• East Contra Costa sanitation district approves revisions to codes
• San Mateo, Foster City move forward in sharing fire services
• Injured San Jose Marine returns home to family
• Roadshow: More jobs, time change behind surge in traffic
• Homestead band to march in Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
• San Jose police union president stepping down a year early
• Stanford football: Cardinal will sport whole new look against Notre Dame
• People: Authorties question reopening Natalie Wood case
• Slain kids' dad cleared to circulate drug-tax ballot measure
• Kawakami: 49ers appreciate the degree of difficulty
• As LinkedIn lockup ends, share price drops in heavy trading
• Hewlett-Packard stock falls after earnings report, then rebounds
• Solyndra unable to find a buyer, looks to sell assets separately
• Netflix stock hits lowest point in nearly two years
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 22
• Banks' debit fee actions to be reviewed by Justice Department
• Merck to pay nearly $1 billion for improper Vioxx marketing
• Silicon Valley Turkey Trot is bigger each year
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Rob Kardashian takes lead after a perfect score
• More Californians traveling this Thanksgiving, AAA survey says
• Mountain View commission questions value of shorter meeting minutes
• Redwood City's new police chief to get two pay checks starting next year
• Palo Alto council rescinds Cal Ave project decisions
• East Palo Alto looks to give more protections to some evicted tenants
• No. 3 Stanford women's basketball falls at No. 2 Connecticut
• Pizarro: Christmas in the Park has a new mascot -- with its own train
• Police Blotter
• AP: NJ cop layoffs cut arrests for minor offenses
• Supercommittee fails to reach deal; stock markets plunge
• San Francisco 49ers grades for game vs. Arizona Cardinals
• Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson ready to move on after speaking his mind to NFL on penalties
• Solar projects change looks of Bay Area schools
• No. 20 Cal basketball team routs Georgia 70-46
• San Jose State football notebook: Coaches hoping to keep Fresno State-SJSU rivalry alive
• State agency clears Alameda paramedics of wrongdoing
• Alameda County receives grant to improve financial and personal health
• Harbaugh brothers prepare for Thanksgiving battle
• Motor home death is 11th traffic fatality in Santa Clara County in 2 weeks
• Boy, 14, arrested in San Leandro armed carjackings
• School solar projects offer students hands-on opportunities to learn about green technology
• Time for Occupy leaders to step up
• People: Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has cancer
• Mt. Diablo Health Care District hires director
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 21
• Warriors rookies play the NBA waiting game
• Occupy San Jose protesters decamp but struggle on
• Former BART officer Johannes Mehserle faces federal civil trial
• Outrage mounting of UC police treatment of protesters
• Fishermen say crab won't be caught in time for Thanksgiving
• Hewlett-Packard revenue falls 3 percent; profits plunge 91 percent
• UC Davis students protest use of pepper spray
• eBay has a Hunch, buys startup for recommendation technology, NYC foothold
• Plea deal in Ventura County gay classmate killing
• Santa Clara man, 79, killed in vehicle-pedestrian collision Friday night near school
• Federal agents say 88-year-old Saratoga man's invention is being used by meth labs
• Berkeley business owners worry about fire's impact
• Hayward pot grow house discovered, man arrested
• Herhold: A trove of survival equipment from the 1950s surfaces in Sunnyvale
• Former UC Berkeley chancellor Ira Michael Heyman dies at 81
• Gilead Sciences to buy Pharmasset for $11 billion
• San Jose Sharks make it back-to-back road wins with 4-1 victory over Colorado Avalanche
• Poole: San Francisco 49ers offense continues to grow
• Moscow martial arts fans greet Putin with catcalls
• Former Santa Cruz Mayor Scott Kennedy dead at 62
• Taylor Swift wins 3 trophies at AMAs
• Roadshow: Coca-Cola trucker vs. driver merging onto the freeway
• Occupy San Jose pulls off mobile protests in city leaders' driveways
• Woman to begin Antarctic crossing, awaits weather
• Mark Purdy: San Francisco 49ers gearing up for the Thanksgiving
• Alameda County commission proposes ballot measure to increase sales tax for transportation
• Stanford freshmen ready for prime time when playing against Connecticut in women's basketball
• Jon Wilner on college football: Favorable results brighten Stanford's BCS outlook
• Cal football notebook: Zach Maynard continues making strides
• Political Blotter: Boxer bills would require everyone to report child abuse
• Occupy SF ralliers peaceful; police clear new Occupy Oakland camp
• AMD struggling to reinvent itself
• Transportation projects to be judged on benefits vs. costs
• Tony Stewart wins Homestead to win NASCAR championship
• Teenager stabbed near Redwood City
• Financier, philanthropist Theodore Forstmann dies at 71
• NYC mayor: Manhattan man arrrested in bomb plot
• Man struck, killed by BART train at 24th Street station in SF
• Slideshow: Top news photos, Nov. 20
• Cassidy: U.S. graduates headed for India and other high-growth markets
• Oakland Raiders hold on to beat Minnesota Vikings 27-21
• San Francisco 49ers beat Arizona Cardinals 23-7
• Tech-rich vacation home buyers head to Tahoe
• Stanford defeats Boston College in NCAA women's soccer tournament 2-0
• Occupy movements in Bay Area seek life after encampments
• Let there be light: restoration finally begins at Pigeon Point Lighthouse
• Pedestrian struck, killed by train in Union City
• Five Stanford students - an all-time record for the university- named among 32 Rhodes Scholars
• Tim Kawakami: Oakland Raiders need to play better than they look
• Officers in UC Davis pepper spray incident placed on leave
• Box office: 'Breaking Dawn' rises to $283.5M worldwide debut
• Man impaled by fishing spear rescued near Fort Ross
• Rainy weather causing some flight delays at SFO
• Oakland Raiders: Michael Bush is in line for a hefty contract after strong showing in 2011
• Poole: Stanford, Cal driven by the essence of the Big Game rivalry, not the national spotlight
• Inmates learn lessons behind the fence of Milpitas prison
• Internal Affairs: We relish the effrontery of election season
• Santa Clara men's basketball rolls past San Jose State 84-58
• Big Game: Stanford holds off Cal 31-28, keeps The Axe
• Cal Bears WR Keenan Allen returns to form
• Dan Henderson beats Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua in top match at UFC 139
• Stanford notebook: Stepfan Taylor reaches milestone rushing mark
• Sharks land atop Pacific Division with win over Dallas Stars
• Creating others' turnovers while limiting their own a big reason for the San Francisco 49ers' success
• Family of slain Vallejo police officer releases statement
• Pastor details effort to help immigrants
• Attorney General honors retiring Belmont police vet
• Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy protests a political minefield
• Santa Clara woman, 79, dies in crash on Highway 101 off-ramp
• Democrats urge Obama to protect contraceptive coverage
• Officials say 32 homes destroyed in Reno fire
• Whales in the desert: Fossil bonanza poses mystery
• USDA targets stores in food stamp trafficking
• Upscale Florida town in fight over immigrant prison
• Roadshow: We're seeing the biggest freeway cleanup effort the Bay Area has witnessed
• Deficit panel faces a rift over who ought to pay
• Danville mourns Marine killed in Afghanistan
• The quarterback who couldn't win leads 49ers to top
• Gadhafi son Seif al-Islam seized in southern Libya
• Afghan assembly endorses talks with U.S. on troops
• Kitty Corner shelter in Pleasant Hill finds homes for senior and special needs cats
• San Jose State breaks its three-game losing streak with victory over Navy
• UC Davis launches probe after pepper spray video
• Facebook's Timeline followed years of conversation
• Massive fire in Berkeley destroys four-story building with 39 apartment units, pubs and cafes
• Firefighters aided by easing winds in Reno fire
• Egypt police clash with protesters ahead of vote
• Analysis: Obama gets little pushback on Asia trip
• Herhold: Understanding the dynamics of a privately funded ballpark
• 3.9 quake hits eastern San Diego County
• Two small Occupy tent areas cleared out in San Francisco, main camp left intact by officials
• O'Brien: Is my passion for Spotify destroying the musicians I love?
• Mercury News interview: John Donovan, chief technology officer, AT&T
• Hayashi's political career, legacy in jeopardy with charges looming
• Treacherous Devil's Slide will transform into family-friendly park
• Tough choices ahead in filling San Carlos school board vacancies
• Local authors capture history of Woodside in new book
• Officials: Ruling doesn't kill Cal Ave project
• Firefighters battle four-alarm blaze in Berkeley
• Google hosts event for robots, students
• Mountain View opens new neighborhood park
• Palo Alto firefighters extinguish dryer fire
• Pizarro: San Jose barber puts a vintage touch on haircuts
• Synthetic ice rink opens in Redwood City
• Marine from Danville dies in Afghanistan
• San Jose: Officials deem fire at abandoned Victorian home suspicious
• Solving Navy's triple option is San Jose State's task
• San Jose Sharks notebook: Dallas Stars' fast start is no surprise to Sharks
• Exotic Erotic Ball promoter ordered to settle bill with Missing Persons band
• BOOM! Navy jets to shatter ear drums in San Jose Saturday
• National Guardsman from San Jose, 21, killed in Afghanistan
• Parking changes could confuse people flying out of San Jose airport
• IBM's Watson trumps Cal, Stanford in pre-Big Game showdown
• Family Finance: 3 ways to get cash before the holidays
• Wolverton: Nook Tablet doesn't light my Fire
• Jury weighing charges in 1978 deaths of 5 NJ teens
• U.S. uses cyberspace to rebut extremists' messages
• Treacherous Devil's Slide will transform into family friendly park
• Ai Weiwei makes tax battle a 'social performance'
• Return of 'horrific' winds could whip up Reno fire
• Star-studded sendoff at Heavy D funeral service
• Walnut Creek taxi cab drivers not allowed to park on street
• No looking back for Stanford as the Cardinal moves ahead to the Big Game
• San Lorenzo woman suffers minor injuries in fire
• Police: Driver in fatal San Bruno crash was drunk
• Cain: Taliban 'going to be part of the government' in Libya
• Pope steps down as chairman of Sierra Club
• FDA yanks approval of Avastin for treating breast cancer
• 14 arrested in anti-Wall Street protests at UCLA
• Bay Area continued to add jobs in October
• Cal football: Bears hoping to run away with a win
• Biz Break: Analysts tear into Amazon (in a good way)
• People update: Ryan Seacrest sued over new reality TV
• Antioch, police officers union back at bargaining table
• Bonny Zanardi: Exhibit offers a new twist on dots
• Builders' permit requests to put up apartments soar
• PayPal introduces Facebook app that allows free cash transfers, including with ecards
• Atherton's police chief is now its manager too
• Palo Alto picks new city auditor
• Final election tally puts Martinez, not Rumley, on Sequoia school board
• PG&E's refusal to pressure-test flawed gas line irks Palo Alto council member
• Will Mountain View school district voters buy into bond measure?
• San Jose Sharks roll over Detroit Red Wings 5-2
• Occupy movements in Bay Area regroup after raids
• Stanford women: Cardinal routs Old Dominion 97-48
• Most school districts won't shorten school year, but worry about future
• The Big Game: A look back at Cal's upset win in 1970
• Judge won't issue restraining order against Oakland Police
• Union workers embrace Occupy mantra in San Jose march
• Vallejo cop shot and killed while pursuing bank robbery suspects
• Jammed lavatory door on flight sparks terror scare
• Europe fears contagion in debt market turmoil
• Syria's president still has bulwark against foes
• Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama
• Man set himself on fire in Tiananmen Square
• Suspect wanted in 2001 bombing that killed San Jose student is arrested in Venezuela
• White House threatens veto over detainee policy
• Faculty strike at Cal State East Bay shuts campus, frustrates some students
• House sets Friday vote on balanced budget proposal
• Occupy protesters march nationwide; 200 arrested
• San Jose again wins title for Thanksgiving holiday's loneliest airport
• Bay Area Occupy Blog: Talk of imminent Occupy SF raid
• Is economy best birth control? U.S. births dip again
• The oldest old: Reaching 90 more likely than ever
• Family of slain nursing student forms group to assist in other missing person cases
• Cassidy: Jim Williams' Linear Technology bench captures his life and Silicon Valley
• People: Justin Bieber's accuser hits new setback
• Roadshow: Homeless man helps nab graffiti vandal
• Supreme Court rules Prop 8 supporters can defend the law
• Hicks: Demi Moore ending marriage to Ashton Kutcher
• Yelp files to go public in $100 million offering
• Hayward women, elderly Pittsburg man indicted on drug charges
• Consumer-reviews website Angie's List gets good review from Wall Street with IPO
• GE to hire 400 engineers for software hub in San Ramon
• Faculty strike at Cal State East Bay expected to draw outside support
• Black Friday midnight openings becoming more common as stores compete for shoppers
• Smucker recalls jars of chunky peanut butter
• Pent-up demand brings customers to car dealerships
• Oil hits $100 a barrel for first time in months
• Government closes mortgage scams tied to Google
• Nook Tablet released early, available for in-store pickup today
• Bay Area Occupy Blog: Cal camp peaceful after tent removed in surprise morning raid
• Wal-Mart ready to settle Netflix case for $27.5 million
• Landmark antitrust verdict goes against Rambus, sending stock spiraling down
• Google Music will offer downloadable music
• Upper-end home sales sag in Bay Area
• Facebook says it's halted most graphic spam
• San Jose police officer fired for mishandling sex cases gets her badge back
• Bay Area Occupy Blog: Occupy San Jose campers say they are going to be raided
• Final report from federal probe into fatal East Palo Alto plane crash due today
• Mountain View frees up $15 million for three affordable housing projects
• Ruth Spangenberg, longtime Palo Altan, dead at 92
• Menlo Park council passes contract despite outcry over paid time off provisions
• County methadone clinic to to be run by private group
• Former PTA president to step in as interim trustee for Los Altos school board
• County board approves three Rocketship charter schools
• Tammerlin Drummond: Occupy Oakland joins Berkeley movement
• California Supreme Court to decide Proposition 8 issue Thursday
• Millbrae votes to outsource police services
• Odd details emerge in case of missing Washington boy
• San Jose State football: Visit by Navy creating a buzz
• Democrats, Republicans far apart on deficit deal
• Leatherback turtle protections delayed
• Wilner: Rivalry game dates soon to be all over map?
• Women more likely to have 'broken heart syndrome'
• Occupy rally in Antioch to focus on banking practices
• Syria faces army defectors, worldwide isolation
• Policy and politics collide as Obama enters campaign mode
• CSU trustees approve tuition hike amid protest
• Upper-end home sales sag in Bay Area
• UC student shot, killed by cops was motivational speaker, security guard
• Karzai wants pact with U.S. but says raids must end
• Still no agreement on Dungeness crab prices, delay continues
• Google Music will offer downloadable music with free storage and streaming, and allow social sharing of songs
• Stockton boy dies following dental surgery at Oakland Children's Hospital
• San Leandro theater owner claims sheriff's investigators beat him
• Santa Clara County sheriff stays on state standards, training board
• BART may look at buses instead of trains to extend late night service
• People: Justin Bieber paternity suit dropped
• Landmark antitrust verdict goes against Rambus, sending stock spiraling down
• Live Blog: SF occupiers evict troublemakers
• San Jose: Trailer park residents, management clash over living conditions
• O'Brien: How Minecraft is taking over the world
• Police shoot armed man at UC Berkeley's business school
• San Jose City Council adopts 15 mph speed zones near schools
• Judge throws out Palo Alto fire union challenge to ballot measure
• District sets sights on state high court to resolve Bullis disagreements
• Redwood City chooses San Jose captain to be new police chief
• San Mateo County supervisors approve plan that increases density in North Fair Oaks
• Under seige from coast to coast, Occupy camps now losing battles in court
• San Mateo County's former county manager, John Maltbie, to return to job
• Housekeeper reports sexual assault at Mountain View motel
• 'Dancing with the Stars': Hope out of the game
• Stanford basketball: Cardinal rallies to reach semifinals of NIT Season Tip-Off
• San Jose council seeks way to save camp
• Roadshow: What's up with mounting traffic delays?
• No. 23 Cal Bears breeze past Austin Peay
• Local crab fishermen hold out for better prices
• 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
• 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
• Occupy Cal protesters declare 'open university'
• 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
• Clayton city employees get $2,500 bonus for beating budget projections
• New U.S. envoy to meet with North Koreans on nuclear program
• In-N-Out Burger may drop one of two Pleasant Hill outlets
• Water agencies seek to control Delta project studies
• Decision on Sufi religious center outside Walnut Creek postponed; planners meet again Oct. 25
• Pleasanton company has IPO, shares rising
• Oakland Occupy residents struggle with internal security issues
• Plans for Cosco Busan oil spill restoration discussed at public meeting in Oakland and Mill Valley
• Occupy Oakland Blog: Former Black Panther Party leaders speak to Occupy Oakland protesters
• Dell takes on HP and other valley companies in fight for commercial tech dollars
• Google's new OS with Samsung phone takes aim at Apple
• Top U.S. delegation to enlist Pakistan's help
• Judge dismisses rape case against Contra Costa prosecutor Michael Gressett
• Oakley 'dog lady' offers sanctuary for rescue animals
• Citigroup settles allegations of fraud in mortgage securities
• 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
• AP Interview: New offensive hits Haqqani militants
• 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
• 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
• Eyeing an Afghan exit, military resets priorities
• A new spin on flash mobs: in celebration of Disability Awareness Day
• Literature Nobel goes to Sweden's best-known poet
• Correction
• People: Jude Law tops list of 60 U.K. celebs, citizens claiming tabloid hacked their phones
• Steve Jobs left Apple strong
• San Quentin warehouse supervisor arrested in drug, bribery investigation
• Fans around Silicon Valley and around the globe remember Apple's Steve Jobs
• Laurene Powell Jobs helps change lives, too
• 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
• Military report: Small number of soldiers with animal bites in combat receive rabies vaccine
• Retailers report solid gains for September
• Steve Jobs left Apple strong
• Quarterback Jason Campbell giving Oakland Raiders fans thrills and chills
• $60 home movie? Sure, but it's still in theaters
• Server farms sprouting in Silicon Valley
• Is this edition of the San Jose Sharks the best?
• Lawsuit claims Giants' Lincecum trashed San Francisco apartment
• Cupertino shooting spree suspect was armed, 'threatening' when deputies shot, killed him
• LIVE COVERAGE: Cupertino triple homicide suspect shot and killed
• Man crashes car after being fatally shot in East Oakland
• 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
• Intel, Google announce smartphone partnership
• 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