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A Bay Area animal rights group is planning a protest against Michael Vick before his game against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
A Bay Area pit bull advocacy group says Michael Vick has declined an invitation to visit eight of his former dogs this weekend when the Philadelphia Eagles are in town to play the Oakland Raiders.
Officials in the San Francisco Bay Area have reported a quiet night after a tsunami advisory was issued Tuesday for the coastal areas of California and Oregon.
The Pac-10's only undefeated team is back at work, preparing for a weekend showdown with the conference leader in the Bay Area.
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened Tuesday just in time for the start of the work week after transit officials hastily announced that crews were able to make a crucial repair a day ahead of schedule.
The lawyer for a former Bay Area transit police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed man on a train platform says he intends to file a change of venue for his client's murder trial.
A Bay Area transit police officer said right after fatally shooting a man on an Oakland train platform that he thought the man "was going for a gun," a fellow officer testified Wednesday.
After a four-team, five-season odyssey since leaving the 49ers, Jeff Garcia finally found his way back home to the Bay Area — albeit on the other side from where he started.
The man who gunned down his two children and three other relatives in an apparent murder-suicide had been helping those relatives settle into the area after a recent move from India, police said Tuesday.
The lawyer for a former Bay Area police officer charged with killing an unarmed man says a judge's gag order should be lifted so he can defend his client against a barrage of negative publicity.
Randy Johnson had a fairly simple free-agent wish list. The San Francisco Giants badly wanted a pitcher with the Big Unit's talent and experience and could meet those requests.
Bob Buck caught the Metallica bug a quarter century ago, hooked by the blistering riffs of the Bay Area rockers’ savage debut album, “Kill ‘Em All.”
Police have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of stealing dead animals from a veterinary hospital morgue and stuffing them into empty lockers at a Bay Area high school.
Within a week in Athens in 2004, swimmer Natalie Coughlin of the United States had won two gold medals, two silvers and a bronze — and set a world record and an American record. She set another world mark at the recent U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, and has qualified for the upcoming Beijing Games, where she’ll try to add more Olympic hardware to her trophy case. For all the nautical miles she’s covered in the pool throughout the years, the Bay Area native amassed even more flying to and from all of her international meets. We caught up with her before she left for China to talk about her extensive travel experience.
More than 2,000 guitar-players performing "This Land is Your Land" in a Bay Area park appear to have strummed their way into the record books.
Rich Aurilia homered and matched his career-high with five RBIs to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Sunday for their first series win in the Bay Area rivalry in two years.
Jonathan Sanchez dominated Cincinnati in Dusty Baker's Bay Area return as manager of the Reds.
The Big Hurt is back in the Bay Area — and it's as if he never left.
Former cyclist Tammy Thomas was convicted Friday of lying to a grand jury investigating a steroid distribution ring that has implicated some of the biggest stars in baseball, football and track.
A Bay Area suburb grappling with declining revenue and ballooning employee expenses postponed a vote Thursday on whether to become the first city in the state to declare bankruptcy over a budget shortfall.
Kevin Love is quickly making a case for Pac-10 Freshman of the Year consideration. Love scored 13 of his 19 points in the first half and grabbed 14 rebounds for his seventh double-double, and No. 5 UCLA beat California 70-58 on Saturday to complete a sweep of the Bay Area schools in the opening weekend of conference play.
Health officials were searching Monday for dozens of airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis on a flight from India.
Yvenson Bernard couldn't be stopped, and Oregon State's defense never let Maryland get started.
Barry Bonds told a judge Friday that he wants two top-notch Bay Area defense lawyers to lead his legal team even though they previously represented potential witnesses against the slugger.
The perjury case against former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds will be heard by the same federal judge who presided over cases against others linked to a steroids ring centered at a Bay Area lab.
Where Americans Pay Most To Live: Housing costs--including taxes, insurance and utilities--cost residents of these 20 metros most.It happens every month: Millions of American pony up for the gas bill, mortgage or rent payment and real estate taxes--and subsequently watch their bank balances dwindle. That's because housing expenses are the biggest monthly expense most families face.
Arroyo sons' acquisition of U.S. homes, businesses after election exposed[Manila, Philippines] PRESIDENTIAL son and Pampanga Rep.
Media coverage of Jaycee Lee Dugard story; certifiable news catch-22Media coverage of Jacee Lee Dugard kidnapping/reappearence story: a 'news catch-22.
Sex offender's neighborhood searched for clues to girl's 1991 abduction - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Beeexcerpt: "" Police and the FBI were searching the Antioch neighborhood of a 58-year-old convicted rapist and registered sex offender this morning, apparently in connection with the 1991 abduction of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard, who surfaced alive in the Bay Area on Wednesday …
"Lockheed" To Cut About 800 San Francisco Bay Area Jobs Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. said Monday it will cut about 800 jobs through a combination of buyouts and layoffs that will affect an undetermined number of workers in the Bay Area.
"Public Outrage" Against Transit Strike Threats Shows Decreasing Patience For Organized Labor Demands in Liberal California A wave of anger over a threatened San Francisco Bay Area BART transit strike, averted hours before a Monday walkout, carried a sobering message to employee unions and politicians: In hard economic times, voters in the liberal Bay Area can run out of patience over the demands of o …
"Sudden Oak Death" Pathogen Baffling Scientists Still After 14 years The tree-strangling pathogen that causes sudden oak death is baffling scientists even after 14 years on its trail.
Tribute to those who have served our country | WFTS-TVThe sun shined and flags blew softly in the breeze this morning as the community gathered in several Bay Area ceremonies today to pay tribute and honor those who have served our country in the nation's military.
Energy officials face questions on Northern California transmission line planA $1.5 billion plan to build 600 miles of new high-voltage transmission lines from Lassen County to serve Sacramento and the Bay Area has ignited outrage among property owners and prompted a call for a longer comment period.
Taking a Step-by-Step Approach to GrowthNEAL BENEZRA is not a showman. But as museum directors nationwide face plummeting endowments and potentially crippling budget cuts, Mr.
Baby Born In Calif. With 12 Fingers, 12 Toes (with video)DALY CITY, Calif. -- A Daly City couple is beaming after becoming the proud parents of a healthy but incredibly rare baby boy this month.
Oscar Grant Murder Just Like 1992 Killing of Jerrold HallMore than 16 years ago, Bay Area Rapid Transit investigators dealt with a very similar shooting of a young African-American man by a BART officer.
Bay Area Cities Agree to Power Electric CarsBetter Place, a venture-backed company designed to reduce demands on petroleum through infrastructure favoring electric cars, plans to invest up to $1 billion in the project by 2012.
San Francisco weighs decriminalizing prostitutionSAN FRANCISCO – In this live-and-let-live town, where medical marijuana clubs do business next to grocery stores and an annual fair celebrates sadomasochism, prostitutes could soon walk the streets without fear of arrest.
Radar reveals San Francisco's buried Presidio; colonial historySan Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer, Carl Nolte, reported on Saturday, September 20, 2008, that "Archaeologists are using cutting-edge technology - including ground radar and laser scanning - to uncover vanished walls and dwellings of the original Spanish Presidio of San Francis …
Corso Trattoria - soulful Italian in BerkeleyIn Michael Bauer's review for the San Francisco Chonicle (SFGate.com), (dated Sunday, August 31, 2008) the critic says "Some restaurants try so hard to be "authentic" to whatever cuisine they're cooking that eating there seems like a walk through the Paris or Venetian hotels in L …
Ah, the joys of living in a major fault zone. Tonight, at just after 9PM, California's Bay Area was hit with a small jolt. The quake was "only" a 4.1, no damage reported, no injuries...but it still sets the nerves on edge.
End of an Era for Black TV JournalistsToday's retirement of longtime KPIX anchor Barbara Rodgers, last week's retirement of KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond and the recent retirement of KGO sports anchor Martin Wyatt marks an end of an era for the first generation of Bay Area Black television journalists.
Hospitals Heal through Local Food It's funny to think that some of the most unhealthy food is served to the already ill. But it's true.
Guide to the Bay Aarea's Private SchoolsA very informative chart with most of the Bay Area's Private Schools.
State's wedding industry revs up for the big dayDon Gibble posted his Craigslist ad — "gay/lesbian wedding planner" — Friday morning, and then the e-mails started arriving.
State finds sex offenders at multiple child care sitesThe state will suspend the licenses of at least nine child care centers, foster homes and family care homes after a state audit found that registered sex offenders were living on the premises, the state Department of Social Services said Wednesday.
The final nail in the coffin of the Good Old Days has been hammered in with news out of Smiley's Saloon that dogs are no longer allowed on the premises.
In Contra Costa, evictions becoming commonDoug Odom, a deputy sheriff with Contra Costa County, rapped loudly on the front door of a one-story prefabricated home in Brentwood, just off a dirt road where horses grazed."Sheriff's office, come to the door," he called...
Bay Area Housing Foreclosures and Prices Continue Say what you will about the possibility of a quick turn around to this devastating economy, it just ain't going to happen! If anything at all, those that do venture into the housing market now are going to become part of what ultimately is going to turn into a recession.
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