The city of Mildura is not at the end of a dirt road in the Australian bush, in tire-choking desert sand far from food and water. Unfortunately, Apple’s mapping application thinks it is…
Global study of student scores a mixed bag for US
Tue Dec 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Students in the U.S. perform better than the global average, but still lag behind many of their peers in Asia and Europe…
Fremont: Shots fired at teens’ party
Tue Dec 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fremont police are investigating a shooting at a residence where teens had trespassed and thrown a party Friday night…
Australian DJ’s break silence over UK royal prank
Mon Dec 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The radio show that prank called the hospital where Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge was staying last week has been canceled…
Michelle Le’s murderer sent to prison, 25 years to life
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Giselle Esteban was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in state prison by a judge for murdering nursing student Michelle Le…
New insurance fee in health overhaul law
Mon Dec 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Your medical plan is facing an unexpected new fee. It’s to help cover people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul…
Parking prices at BART could triple
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Commuters in the San Francisco Bay area could see parking lot costs triple at BART stations…
Photo Gallery: 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature for Mo Yan
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Visitacion Valley: Man bound, gagged on street dies
Mon Dec 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A man is dead after he and a woman were found bound and gagged in the middle of a street in San Francisco’s Bayview District Sunday night…
US Supreme Court will hear gay marriage cases
Fri Dec 07, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Supreme Court will take up California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans…
Nurse involved in Kate hoax phone call dies
Fri Dec 07, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A nurse who fell victim to a prank telephone call seeking information about the Duchess of Cambridge has died, King Edward VII hospital…
Panic buying of candles in China
Fri Dec 07, 2012 By Leave a Comment
People in a residential community in southwest China have begun panic buying candles recently, a trend instigated by a rumored three-day blackout beginning Dec. 21…
Food bank seeks donations this holiday season
Fri Dec 07, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Second Harvest Food Bank is urging the community to be giving this holiday season as the food bank works to reach its donation goals for hungry residents…
Shenzhen police crack down on smuggling gang
Thu Dec 06, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Shenzhen Customs in South China have recently busted a smuggling network clandestinely transporting goods valued at more than 100 million yuan…
Detained China Nobel wife speaks out
Thu Dec 06, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried Thursday as she described how absurd and emotionally draining her confinement under house arrest has been…
Fremont police investigate shooting
Thu Dec 06, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in a residential neighborhood in Fremont late Tuesday night…
Amazing travel deals
Thu Dec 06, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Savvy travelers can find some incredible travel sales but they need to have fluid schedules and willingness to vacation at off-peak times…
San Francisco gives final approval to nudity ban
Tue Dec 04, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A ban on nudity in San Francisco was given final approval by the city’s Board of Supervisors Tuesday in a raucous meeting at which several people stripped naked in board chambers….
More storms with heavy rain to hit drenched Calif.
Tue Dec 04, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Northern California residents recovering from a series of wet, windy storms won’t get much of a break…
SF: Muni service mostly restored except J and N lines
Tue Dec 04, 2012 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco Municipal Railway subway service will resume Tuesday morning as crews continue working to correct the short in the electrical system…
Girl bitten by SeaWorld dolphin
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A girl from the Atlanta-area was bitten while feeding a dolphin at SeaWorld Orlando. The girl’s father caught the incident on camera…
Chinese units of major US audit firms charged
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Federal regulators have charged the Chinese affiliates of five of the biggest U.S. accounting firms with impeding the government’s investigation of Chinese companies…
Republicans’ new fiscal offer
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Republicans in the House of Representatives proposed a new 10-year, $2.2 trillion blueprint for avoiding the looming “fiscal cliff.”…
US flu season is early, could be bad
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Health officials say flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly 10 years – and it could be a bad one…
San Jose family escapes house fire
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A family of five and their dog safely escaped a fire in their San Jose home early Sunday morning after smoke alarms alerted them to the blaze…
Controversy over new China landmarks
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The new landmark architecture in Zhouzhi City, Shaanxi Province, has became the focus of criticism…
Palo Alto woman battles purse snatcher
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By 1 Comment
A woman who was attacked and beaten by a purse snatcher in downtown Palo Alto early Sunday morning not only held on to her purse but fought off her attacker…
Royal couple expecting a baby
Mon Dec 03, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting their first child. The Duchess of Cambridge has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital…
Notorious Macau gangster set for prison release
Fri Nov 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When the notorious Macau crime boss known as Broken Tooth Koi is released from prison Saturday after serving nearly 15 years he will hardly recognize the city he terrorized…
China sentences activist’s nephew to 3 years in jail
Fri Nov 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A Chinese court sentenced the nephew of legal activist Chen Guangcheng to more than three years in jail for assault…