Team's primary stadium site not perceived to rival neighbors. Special Report:

Bad lane merging, speeders and road boulders draw her wrath.

Members of the Eastmont Computer Clubhouse learn digital arts after school, for free. Education Blog: |

This past week I attended a meeting of the Oakland Measure DD Community Coalition and learned about how various projects are progressing. Nearly a decade ago, in November 2002, more...

It's been 75 years since Pat May's mom first crossed the Golden Gate. And that's a heck of a lot of water under the bridge. This weekend, Fredrika May -- aka Fredi, aka G-ma to her...

Slugger's first-inning homer moves Cal one win from CWS berth

Two Oakland men suspected of abalone poaching in Mendocino County were arrested Thursday, the California Department of Fish and Game announced Friday. Paul Chak Po Mak, 61, and...

Impending move could have been handled better

Top Indy families back in thick of race for top prize

California not included in the study by the Violence Policy Center, but neighbors Nevada, Arizona and Oregon were

OAKLAND -- The driver of a vehicle that ran off the road and wound up in the Oakland estuary was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police said.Details of the wreck were scarce,...

Media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner got a lift to a mechanic from a European couple visiting the coast after Turner's Jeep broke down near Big Sur.

Ly Tong, the Vietnamese "freedom fighter" who was convicted last week of assaulting a singer by spraying her with tear gas, has apparently ended a hunger strike that began Friday.

The death of Contra Costa Supervisor Gayle Uilkema has folks asking if the governor will fill her seat for the six months left on her term. Plus, a bipartisan moment or divine...

Workers picketed the Larkspur terminal Saturday, prompting transit officials to close ferry service from Larkspur and Sausalito for the day. Service will resume Sunday, when the Golden...

Why does Florida always out-sunshine California?Here's Florida's latest transparency coup: Gov. Rick Scott has made his top aides' email accounts available on the Internet for all to...

Police arrested two men and are looking for a third suspect after one of them fired a handgun at an officer while being chased on foot, police said. No injuries were reported.

Pitcher Madison Bumgarner gives up four earned runs in six innings