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Thirteen critical minutes elapsed between the time a Berkeley hills homeowner called police about a trespasser and an attack by the intruder that left the man beaten to death, sources close to the investigation said...

State regulators and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. have revived a $3 million settlement over the utility's failure to produce gas-pipeline safety records after the San Bruno disaster - a fine that critics of the company...

A man was found slain in San Francisco's Mission District over the weekend, but how he died remains a mystery, police said Tuesday. Richard Sprague, 47, was found dead at 7:48 a.m. Sunday by officers responding to a...

(02-22) 00:02 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- For every presidential candidate, there's now at least one $1 million donor. Millionaire and billionaire executives have unlocked their personal bank vaults to write seven-figure...

HMOs have improved on diabetes care, but many fall short of national standards in several areas, report finds

Police arrested a 27-year-old man in San Ramon Monday night on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly beat his mother with a baseball bat. Officers responded shortly before midnight to a report of an elderly woman on Durango Lane who was bleeding badly and yelling for help, police said.

The owner of an affiliate of Sacramento's second-largest commercial brokerage firm has agreed to acquire broker Grubb & Ellis Co., which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.

Steve Caric, Owusu's agent, said a physician with the NFL Head, Neck, and Spine Committee determined that the 6-foot, 200-pound receiver is ready to play after performing an evaluation.

A man was shot in Oakland on Tuesday evening during an armed robbery, police said. A man and woman were robbed at gunpoint by a male juvenile who pistol-whipped the man and shot him in the leg, police said.

WASHINGTON -- They know what it feels like to be overlooked. People, they say, assume they are weak, servile, out of place. So when these Asian-Americans watch Jeremy Lin slash and shoot his way through the NBA's finest, it's almost as if they are on the basketball court with the Palo Alto point

Police say she drove getaway car with her son, other teen

Move seen as way to shore up case for ban on its way to Supreme Court

Oracle Racing invited reporters Tuesday to get a sneak peek at the America's Cup racing yacht under construction that team owner Larry Ellison hopes will again win the trophy when the regatta comes to the San Francisco Bay in the summer of 2013.

Oracle Racing invited reporters Tuesday to get a sneak peek at the America's Cup racing yacht under construction that team owner Larry Ellison hopes will again win the trophy when the regatta comes to the San Francisco Bay in the summer of 2013.

For the past two decades, Peter Gleick has earned a reputation as a nationally known expert on water and climate issues, winning a MacArthur "genius award," penning a long list of scientific articles and testifying before Congress.

Supervisors hear hours of public testimony but put off decision on plan to build 66,000-square-foot church

"I'm still going to do some more thinking about it. I think there's a case to be made both ways," Jackson said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On their longest trip of the season, the Sharks skidded into a roadside ditch.San Jose was embarrassed 6-3 Tuesday night by the Columbus Blue Jackets -- a team well-entrenched in the NHL's basement and one the Sharks thumped 6-0 at HP Pavilion in late January.