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Retail sales were up slightly from a year ago, but one retail analyst warns that it's important to remember just how bad the holiday shopping season in 2008 was. KCBS' Melissa Culross reports Full Story »

With possible record-breaking low temperatures expected, Bay Area residents and visitors are doing what they can to stay warm.  Full Story »

A state program that provides mammogram services to low-income women is temporarily stopping new enrollments, and plans to raise the eligibility age when it restarts seven months later. Full Story »

 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging state lawmakers to get serious about education reforms California must make to compete for a one-time pot of federal money.  Full Story »

Disturbing new information is out today about the physical impact of emotional trauma for children and teenagers. KCBS' Rebecca Corral reports Full Story »

Google has filed a civil action lawsuit against several online companies. KCBS' Mike Colgan reports Full Story »

The Sierra storm that sent temperatures plummeting below zero and snarled traffic on icy roads ended up dumping up to three feet of snow in the mountains around Lake Tahoe. Full Story »

Another repair on the Bay Bridge kept the traffic tied up this morning, when Caltrans closed three right lanes westbound to repair an expansion joint. KCBS' Bob Melrose reports Full Story »

New figures are out and Americans are expected to do a better job of paying our credit card bills on time in the coming year. KCBS' Susan Leigh Taylor reports Full Story »

The freezing temperatures around the Bay Area this morning caused some problems at the three major airports, where carriers resorted to de-icing equipment until the sun came up. Full Story »

The county’s newest union on Tuesday asked for a 90-day grace period before major cuts to their health plan take effect to allow more time to renegotiate the higher premiums.   KCBS' Dave Padilla reports Full Story »

The federal government should cut taxes on small businesses to encourage them to invest and hire more workers, President Obama said Friday. Full Story »

Without insurance, visiting the dentist is an easy thing to put off. Some on the waiting list to get inside the Tooth Mobile parked outside Glide Memorial Church probably weren’t looking forward to what awaited inside.   KCBS' George Harris reports Full Story »

The 30-foot wind turbine in Paul Reinders’ backyard has forest green blades that resemble a gyroscope, nothing like you’d see at the giant wind farm at Altamont Pass.   KCBS' Dave Padilla reports Full Story »

Santa Clara city leaders are expected tonight to approve the next steps in a proposal that would build a new stadium for the 49ers football team.   KCBS' Mike Colgan reports Full Story »

The school board is set to vote next week on plans to close Explore Middle School, BEST High School and Paul Robeson School of Visual and Performing Arts.   KCBS' Tim Ryan reports Full Story »

Freezing temperatures have closed the heavily traveled connector from southbound Highway 101 to Interstate 280, and delayed some flights at SFO as much as an hour. Full Story »

Police arrested a fourth person wanted in connection with an assault and robbery of a young actor on a 9 San Bruno bus in October. Full Story »

Bay Bridge traffic slowed earlier than normal Tuesday because three westbound lanes had been closed overnight for unforeseen repairs on the eastern span. Full Story »

San Francisco police have arrested three people - including a man who was recently acquitted of murder - in connection with a shooting that injured a police sergeant in the city's Sunnydale neighborhood yesterday.  Full Story »

With record low temperatures, homeless shelters are expecting a surge in people looking for a warm place to sleep.  Full Story »

Some protestors were arrested this morning  at a demonstration in front of Chevron's headquarters in San Ramon. Full Story »

  The Internet company is rolling out an online tool that allows consumers to see --and edit --the personal profiles that Yahoo has compiled about them based on their Web browsing behavior. Full Story »

The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and can be regulated as a public health threat under the Clean Air Act.   Full Story »

Caltrans is going to resume repairing the eastern span of the Bay Bridge this Friday night. But this time they will not have to shut down the bridge to do it. KCBS' Doug Sovern reports Full Story »