Motorists were stranded after as much as 4 inches of snow caused a series of wrecks that snarled traffic for miles…
Chinese woman killed by truck
Fri Jan 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The woman killed on Tuesday when a big-rig truck hit her as she was in a crosswalk in Cupertino has been identified as 79-year-old Xiulin Du…
SF officials discuss graffiti problem
Fri Jan 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The blight of graffiti costs more than $20 million to San Francisco, its residents and private business owners each year…
San Jose woman faked kidnap story
Thu Jan 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The woman who reported a man tried to take her child from her arms Tuesday night admitted to police she made the whole thing up….
Man dies from possible carbon monoxide poisoning
Thu Jan 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A 21-year-old man was found dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning from indoor use of a charcoal-burning barbecue grill late Wednesday night…
Photo Gallery: James eclipses 20k points
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Milpitas arrest, rape and kidnapping attempt
Thu Jan 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Police arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of attempting to rape and kidnap two women in a Taco Bell parking lot in Milpitas last week…
New area code introduced in San Francisco
Wed Jan 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The California Public Utilities Commission is holding public hearings today and Thursday on plans to add a new area code to the current “415″ area code zone…
Fremont: Craigslist seller robbed at gunpoint
Wed Jan 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Two men and a teenage boy were arrested Monday after allegedly stealing shoes at gunpoint from a Craigslist seller in a Denny’s parking lot in Fremont…
Photo Gallery: Obama unveils gun control package
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2012 military suicides hit record high of 349
Mon Jan 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Mon Jan 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Mon Jan 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Mon Jan 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Mon Jan 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Fri Jan 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Thu Jan 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Thu Jan 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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
Thu Jan 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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…