The 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine have reportedly formed a micro-society to overcome boredom and keep themselves sane as they prepare to shift 4,000 tons of rock to aid their...

Get the RSS feed on your favorite league Foothill High provided most of the surprises on the first Friday night of the 2010 prep football season, the biggest of which...

Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Daryl K. Hoffman was recently featured by American Health and Beauty to discuss the addition of Body-Jet contouring at his cosmetic surgery...

HAYWARD -- A week has passed since the last time anyone saw Donna Rytkonen, and family members are getting increasingly worried that something bad might have befallen the at-risk 55-year-old.Rytkonen...

PITTSBURG, Calif. — Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man authorities said might be a fifth murder victim linked to a suspect who was shot and...

No. 1 Alabama will be without Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram and star defensive end Marcell Dareus for tonight’s season opener against the Spartans.OK, the Ingram news barely wobbled the...

National Park Service spokesman George Durgerian said the remains were spotted by a kayaker Monday night, then recovered by park service crews Tuesday. Durgerian said crews had to rappel 600 feet...

Mike Singletary unveiled a 53-man roster he calls the most talented in his six seasons with the 49ers. As such, there was no room for sentimental scholarships or one-trick backups. That general...

The wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a lagoon in Redwood Shores Thursday was floated to the water's surface and pulled to shore Friday, a Redwood City spokesman said.  The plane...

This week's photos of high school sports are: Berean Christian vs Mission San Jose, Alhambra vs College Park, Berkeley vs Oakland, Heritage vs Novato and Pittsburg vs Foothill Check out more high...

Nauseous from her pregnancy, Jessica Morgan would often find herself running to the bathroom while working at the Glen Cove Safeway.But before she could reach the door, Ricardo Sales was there."He...

Gio Gonzalez pitched six innings to win a season-best third straight start, Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run homer and the Oakland Athletics snapped a four-game losing streak with an 8-0 victory over...

Police are asking for the community's help identifying a juvenile suspected of beating an 89-year-old woman Tuesday on a walking path, according to the Livermore Police Department. The victim was...

Chad Billingsley hit a go-ahead two-run single in the fourth inning and limited the San Francisco Giants to two hits over eight innings, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory Friday night....

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) ― A former food company executive at the center of a tomato price-fixing investigation was released from jail Friday on $6 million...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) ― The wreckage of small plane that crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay and killed the three people on board was recovered Friday. The founder of a local steel...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ― A convicted child molester who became the public face of Megan's Law in the 1990s has made another bid for...

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) ― Authorities say a man suspected of the attempted extortion of a law enforcement officer and wanted in a string of burglaries in Malibu has been arrested in...

Michael Crabtree doesn't do exhibition games. Mike Singletary specializes in crisis management. And the Monterey Peninsula is a wonderfully misty place to run the "nutcracker" drill. Who knew the...

(09-03) 19:33 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Jerry Brown said Friday that if elected governor he would have to "do things that labor doesn't like," including cutting pension benefits for public employees and...

(09-03) 17:05 PDT North Highlands, Calif. (AP) -- A shootout in the Sacramento suburbs has left a pharmacy worker dead and police hunting for two drugstore robbers. Sacramento County Sheriff's...

(09-03) 18:43 PDT Redwood City, Calif. (AP) -- The wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a lagoon in Redwood Shores killing three people has been raised from the bottom of the lagoon and...

PLEASANT HILL -- The battle over raising the utility tax in Pleasant Hill pits residents who believe the city needs more money for police and road maintenance against those who say the council should...

(8/29/2010) The wife of a Fremont police officer who was shot and critically wounded trying to arrest a suspect in Oakland last week said Friday her "whole life turned upside down" when she learned...

(8/6/2010) A 42-year-old Livermore woman pleaded not guilty on Friday to 67 felony counts alleging she committed sex crimes with two teenage boys. Christine Shreeve Hubbs, who remains at the...

Eric Chavez acknowledged yet again his career very well could be over. His season most definitely is. Despite all the injuries and missed games in recent years, the countless hours of rehab and...

The state Assembly this week began enforcing a long-forgotten rule that constrains media coverage of legislative debates by prohibiting audio or video recorders without...

PITTSBURG, Calif. (AP) ― Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man authorities said might be a fifth murder victim linked to a suspect who was shot...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A judge has ruled that a Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary targeted for closure under the city's three-month-old ordinance can remain open for...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) ― The wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a lagoon in Redwood Shores killing three people has been raised from the bottom of the lagoon and lifted onto...

Her departure leaves Randy Jackson, who's been with the singing contest from the start, the last judge standing, for now. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are the reported front-runners for the panel....

(09-03) 18:06 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer by the bay, but it looks as if the odd weather patterns that have marked the past three months will stay around for a...

(09-03) 17:58 PDT SACRAMENTO -- In a ruling by California's chief justice nominee, a state appeals court has barred a school district from drug testing all students in extracurricular activities...

Santa Ana police investigators look on as the coroner from the Orange County Sheriffs Department examines a body found in Santa Ana, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a man who hit it big...

PLEASANT HILL -- Firefighters have contained a two-alarm blaze at a house in the 700 block of Falls Court in Pleasant Hill, dispatchers said.The fire was reported at 5:05 p.m. and firefighters had...

For the first time in three years, fishermen today can chase Chinook king salmon in the Bay-Delta estuary, from the Carquinez Strait in the west to the Sacramento River at Knights Landing in the...