British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan have won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology…
Oakland City Hall windows smashed during protest
Mon Oct 08, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Protesters smashed windows at City Hall and other buildings in downtown Oakland during what was billed as an anti-imperialist rally and march…
Residents Mailbox thefts in San Mateo
Fri Oct 05, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Several mailboxes in unincorporated San Mateo County near Redwood City were forced open and their contents stolen…
One year after Steve Jobs
Fri Oct 05, 2012 By Leave a Comment
(中文) 一年前的今天，蘋果公司創始人喬布斯去世。人們在想，沒有喬布斯的蘋果還會和從前一樣麼…One year ago today, the world paused as Apple founder and C-E-O Steve Jobs passed away. ..
Northern California man dies from rabies
Fri Oct 05, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A Northern California man has died from rabies believed to be contracted from an encounter with a bat in Contra Costa County…
Salmonella confirmed in peanut butter plant
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The Food and Drug Administration says it has found salmonella in a New Mexico plant that produces nut butters for national retailer Trader Joe’s…
Man exposes himself to 12-year-old girl
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The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl…
Smuggled iPhone 5 price drops in China’s inland
Fri Oct 05, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Demand for smuggled iPhones remains strong in China’s inland as Apple Inc. has delayed the release of its new iPhone 5…
Rare US meningitis outbreak grows, 5 dead
Thu Oct 04, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five states….
Facebook tops 1 billion users
Thu Oct 04, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Facebook has now topped 1 billion users, but the past few months have not been easy…
Social media reax: Obama lost debate
Thu Oct 04, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mitt Romney crushed President Barack Obama. That was one of the many judgments churning Twitter and Facebook…
Athletics sweep Rangers to win AL West on last day
Wed Oct 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Oakland Athletics captured the AL West with another improbable rally in a season full of them…
Body of second missing fisherman found on beach
Wed Oct 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The body of a second fisherman missing from a boat that capsized off the San Mateo County coast on Sunday was found…
10,000 visitors trapped on top of the Huashan in China
Wed Oct 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
More than 10,000 visitors trapped on top of the Huashan Mountain in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province Tuesday…
Oakland: 4 men killed,3 shootings since Monday night
Wed Oct 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Four men were fatally shot while sitting in parked cars in three separate shootings in Oakland since Monday night…
SF braces for big crowds this weekend
Wed Oct 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
[;zh]這週末舊金山（三藩市）將舉行一系列大規模的節慶活動，當地官員預計，被吸引而來的遊客將”史無前例”地達到100萬之多…San Francisco officials are gearing up for what some called an “unprecedented” number of large-scale events…
Investigation into US farmer eaten by his hogs
Tue Oct 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Authorities are investigating how a U.S. farmer was eaten by his hogs…
Chinese consumers can pay bills by fingerprints
Tue Oct 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Chinese consumers can go shopping without wallet recently, as they can pay the bills by their fingerprints…
Amtrak: Crossing gate down in Calif. train crash
Tue Oct 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The crossing gate was down, lights were flashing and bells were ringing when a big rig crashed into a passing Amtrak passenger train…
3rd American Airlines flight had seats come loose
Tue Oct 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
American Airlines says passenger seats on a third flight came loose during flight and it’s continuing to inspect other jets with similar seating…
US allows visa-free travel for Taiwanese
Tue Oct 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Taiwanese visiting America can now travel visa-free, the U.S. announced Tuesday…
iPhone 5 draining data plans?
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Now, a new problem has popped up… a glitch that’s putting some users over their data limit…
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has baby boy
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Huge tax increase looms at year-end ‘fiscal cliff’
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A new study is detailing how taxpayers across the income spectrum would face whopping tax hikes next year…
New bounty offer in Pakistan for prophet filmmaker
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ikea stores to only sell LED lighting by 2016
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Swedish retailer Ikea announced Monday it is taking another step and planning to sell only energy-efficient LED lighting by 2016…
White House says it thwarted cyberattack
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The White House is acknowledging an attempt to infiltrate its computer system but says it thwarted the effort…
Peanut butter recall includes major retailers
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A New Mexico company has expanded its recall of peanut butter and almond butter to include cashew butters…
Missing woman from Concord care home found dead
Mon Oct 01, 2012 By Leave a Comment
An elderly woman reported missing from an adult care home in Concord Sunday evening was found dead…