The Associated Press has learned that suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year…
Bitter cold grips Calif., some citrus damaged
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As an unusual cold gripped the West Coast, some California citrus growers have damage to their crops after a fourth night of freezing temperatures…
Photo Gallery: Golden Globe fashion moments
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Giants’ World Series trophy comes home
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The San Francisco Giants’ World Series trophy from both the 2010 and 2012 titles will be available for viewing in Richmond…
SF: Woman sexually assaulted by intruder
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Police in San Francisco have arrested a 25-year-old man who allegedly broke into a Telegraph Hill apartment on Saturday night…
San Jose: Two-alarm fire damages home
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The roof of the 3,200 square foot, two-story single family home was fully involved in flames when they arrived on scene…
Height of flu season to hit Bay Area in coming weeks
Fri Jan 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The peak of flu season is on schedule to arrive in California in the coming weeks as the rest of the nation is experiencing an early influx of the illness…
Fremont: Man fatally shot by family member
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A man was fatally shot in Fremont on Thursday evening and a family member turned himself in to police later in the day in connection with the shooting…
Gun buy back in four Bay Area counties on Jan. 15 and 21
Fri Jan 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
Marin County is sponsoring a gun buy back program on Tuesday and Jan. 21 for residents of Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco and Contra Costa counties…
SF: Man robs bank in Richmond district
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Police are trying to identify a man who robbed a bank in San Francisco’s Richmond District on Wednesday morning…
Castro Valley: Alligator guarding 34lbs of marijuana
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Sheriff’s deputies found 34 pounds of marijuana being guarded by an alligator during a probation compliance check in Castro Valley on Tuesday afternoon…
SF: Police seeking hit-and-run driver
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Police is asking for the public’s help in finding who was responsible for a hit-and-run that seriously injured a teenage girl near San Francisco State University on Christmas Day…
Man arrested for scamming tourist near Pier 39
Thu Jan 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
A noted scammer was arrested again near San Francisco’s Pier 39 after allegedly posing as a parking lot attendant and taking money from unsuspecting drivers…
Apple may build less expensive iPhone
Wed Jan 09, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Wall Street Journal speculates that Apple could lower the iPhone’s price by equipping the device with an exterior that costs less…
Bay area braces for cold spell
Wed Jan 09, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Bay Area residents may want to bundle up, as a cold-weather system is headed this way and will linger for several days…
Small group of motorists clogging SF area freeways
Tue Jan 08, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Researchers are blaming a small group of motorists for the San Francisco area’s freeway traffic headaches…
Lenovo to release giant 27-inch ‘coffee table PC’
Mon Jan 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As a tablet, it’s a monstrosity. The screen is the size of eight iPads stitched together, and it weighs 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms). It’s almost as homebound as a flat-panel TV…
Brad Pitt tweets to Chinese that he’s coming
Mon Jan 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Brad Pitt is now on China’s version of Twitter, and his mysterious first tweet has drawn thousands of comments…
10 banks agree to pay $8.5B for foreclosure abuse
Mon Jan 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Ten major banks and mortgage companies agreed Monday to pay $8.5 billion to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners…
Data show worsening flu season
Mon Jan 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Health officials say this flu season is shaping up to be one of the more severe in recent years…
SF Bayview: Man sets fire to girlfriend
Mon Jan 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco police are looking for a man suspected of throwing a flammable liquid at his girlfriend and setting her on fire…
San Jose motorist drives into pond and drowns
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A Northern California motorist has drowned after missing a turn on a highway onramp, crashing through a fence and plunging into a pond…
Couples tie the knot on “love you forever” day
Fri Jan 04, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Young couples across China rushed to register their marriage on Friday because the date 2013.1.4 in Mandarin has a romantic meaning…
Half Dome cables will remain, hikers still limited
Fri Jan 04, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The National Park Service on Friday announced approval of a plan to permanently limit the number of hikers who can tackle Half Dome to 400 a day…
US economy adds 155K jobs
Fri Jan 04, 2013 By Leave a Comment
U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during tense fiscal negotiations in Washington…
Photo Gallery: Meet the new congress
Thu Jan 03, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Three Chinese American women join congress
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Judy Chu, Grace Meng and Tammy Duckworth sworn in as congresswomen on Thursday…
Boehner keeps role as top Republican in Congress
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House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner narrowly retained the position as the new Congress voted Thursday…
Man crushed by falling refrigerator
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A Los Angeles man reaching for a beer has been crushed by a falling refrigerator…
Suspect kills dog during SF robbery
Wed Jan 02, 2013 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco police Wednesday released surveillance footage of a man who allegedly killed a woman’s dog during a robbery in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood last week…