| Trapped Chilean miners' wives, mistresses in tug of war over compensation Wives and mistresses of the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine are reportedly engaged in a tug of war over compensation announced by the... | |
| Photo slide show: High school sports: The football season begins 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... |
| Vigil honors slain salon worker and security guard 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... |
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| No. 1 Alabama opens with San Jose State 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... |
| Plane wreckage removed from SF Bay Area lagoon 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 company was believed to be among the... |
| Plane Wreckage Removed From SF Bay Area Lagoon 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... |
| Pleasant Hill utility tax ballot measure draws support, derision 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... |
| Wife Of Fremont Officer: Life Turned 'Upside Down' (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... |
| Livermore Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Assaults (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... |
| A's Chavez Says Baseball Days Could Be Over 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... |
| Week 1 high school football scores throughout Central Florida and the Tampa Bay area (1) Manatee vs. Woodland Hills (PA), Sat. (20) Newsome vs. (2) Armwood Venice vs. (3) Lakeland (4) Plant vs. (14) Tampa Bay Tech Hillsborough vs. (5) Jefferson (6) St. Petersburg vs. East Lake (7)... |
| Fremont Officer's Wife Talks About Her Nightmare The wife of officer Todd Young, who was shot and critically injured last week, spoke for the first time Friday about what she has been dealing with and the call she got from her husband shortly... |
| Two-alarm Pleasant Hill house blaze under control 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... |
| Anglers herald return of Delta salmon fishing after 3-year absence 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... |
| Chevron to pay $2.85 million for wetlands restoration RICHMOND -- Chevron has agreed to pay $2.85 million for the restoration of 200-plus acres of San Francisco Bay wetlands as part of a settlement over contamination from its refinery. Stephen Edinger... |
| Sales of "Medal of Honor" video game blocked on U.S. military bases "Small victory,'' was all it said on the subject line of Karen Meredith's e-mail.But for the Silicon Valley military mom, who lost her son in the Iraq war, the decision this week by U.S. military... |
| Fremont police officer shot last week in Oakland still sedated, but improving Nicole Young, wife of Fremont police officer Todd Young, tears up during a press conference on the latest condition of officer Young at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.... |
| P.M. Bay Area Buzz: East Bay preschoolers get head start on technology; Santa Cruz police get help patrolling downtown Richmond preschool kids as 'moving dots' When Israel Paredes picks up his son from preschool, the routine is pretty familiar: Say hello to the teacher and admire the art project made that day.... |
| Event Monday to mark second anniversary of Martinez officer's death MARTINEZ -- The Martinez Police Department is holding a memorial Monday to honor Sgt. Paul Starzyk, who was killed in the line of duty two years ago. Starzyk and Catalina Torres were shot to death... |
| People: 'Crocodile Dundee' actor Paul Hogan allowed to leave Australia "Crocodile Dundee" actor Paul Hogan was cleared Friday to return to his L.A. home, two weeks after being detained in Australia because of a long-running tax dispute there.Australian officials contend... |
| Swords to Plowshares awarded $1 million to help vets OAKLAND -- Swords to Plowshares, an organization that helps veterans readjust to life beyond the battlefield, was recently awarded more than $1 million for green employment training programs for... |
| San Leandro spa hosts benefit to raise money to continue search for Hasanni Campbell SAN LEANDRO -- Elisa Aguilera's daughter was 17 when she was shot to death in December of 2008. The teen's 19-year-old boyfriend was arrested and later convicted of her murder. Last week, Armando... |
| Police release sketch of teen who assaulted 89-year-old woman near Livermore trail LIVERMORE -- Livermore police have released a sketch of a teenage boy who hit an 89-year-old woman in the head several times as she walked along a trail Tuesday afternoon.Livermore police say about... |
| Man, woman charged in separate Oakland bank robberies OAKLAND -- A man and woman have been charged with separate Oakland bank robberies that they told investigators they committed to get money for drugs, police said Friday.In both cases police were able... |
| BART art brings personality, visual surprises to train riders Josh Ellingson of San Francisco stands next to one of three BART posters that he designed that are displayed at the Walnut Creek BART station Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010.Ellingson was commissioned by... |
| Redevelopment, annexation, medical pot discussions drive Martinez forum MARTINEZ -- Two candidates seeking to deny Rob Schroder a third term as Martinez mayor accused the City Council of letting downtown deteriorate, and called for a major cleanup.But they stressed... |
| Richmond preschool kids as 'moving dots' Preschool teacher Simone Beauford shows the tracking device in new student tracking system being used at the Head Start preschool at the George Miller III Center in Richmond, Calif. Thursday, Sept.... |
| CHP holding DUI checkpoint Sunday afternoon near Livermore LIVERMORE -- The Dublin-area California Highway Patrol Office will conduct a DUI checkpoint from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday near Livermore. Drivers will see signs informing them they are approaching a... |
| Celeb Pix: Sofia Coppola premiers 'Somewhere' in Venice We are big fan's of Sofia Coppola's melancholy masterpiece 'Lost in Translation.' But the sad fact is that Stephen Dorff is no Bill Murray. Also featured today: Stephen Dorff exudes manliness on the... |
| Health plan cost for workers rises 14% Workers are paying nearly $4,000 this year toward the cost of family health coverage, an increase of 14 percent, or $482, above what they paid last year, according to an employer survey released... |
| J.J. Abrams Wants to Bring the Rock Back to Life "Trauma" may no longer be blowing up freeways leading into the City but camera crews on the streets of San Francisco could become a regular sight again if famed director... |
| Cute Overload: Tiger Cubs at Play Siberian tigers Maxim, a male, and Mischa, female, are almost five months old now and already weigh about 70 pounds each. Here they are at play in the swimming tank at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in... |
| Vernon Davis Explains Crabtree Fight When asked the cause of the fight, Davis said "There were some things he was doing at the time that I didn’t like. That’s all. And I just got on... |
| Hungry Bears Plague Northern California It's part of a disturbing trend this year . Usually, only one or two bears attacks humans. But so far this year, there have been 10 animals that got a little too aggressive with... |
| Insanely Expensive Houses Now Ready to Rent in Presidio The Presidio's Wyman Avenue homes are all renovated and ready for renting. The adorable houses are about 75 years old and were completely dilapidated until the Presidio Trust undertook an extensive... |
| Sierra Club Battles 49ers Over Proposed Bridge The Sierra Club's lawsuit accuses the City of not taking seriously the risk that the bridge could pose. In addition to blocking light and disrupting the flow of water, it could create a deadly... |
| Vanished: 200-Pound Bronze Statue of Evil Spirit It would seem that the spirit of the sculpture was too strong to be contained by earthly bonds. It was only just recently installed in the lobby of... |
| Raiders RB Bush to Miss 4 Weeks Dr. Michael Schwartz , team doctor for Hofstra University and the Arena Football New Jersey Dragons. "A time span of four to six weeks following surgery would be a 'best case scenario,"... |
| Police arrest man in attack on woman in downtown Walnut Creek WALNUT CREEK -- An Oakland man has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated domestic violence after police say he tried to run over a woman near Broadway Plaza and then hid from authorities for more... |
