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SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's Muni system is set for a major service overhaul starting this weekend and is using a publicity campaign to alert commuters. Full Story »

DUBLIN, Calif. -- Family, friends, students and faculty gathered Thursday night to remember a Bay Area father who was shot and killed last week in front of his 13-year old daughter. Full Story »

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations Thursday released a report indicating a sharp decline in hate crime violence but a rise in discrimination with nearly 200 complaints reported in the Bay Area last year. Full Story »

Authorities are trying to solve the dog-napping of a tiny six-pound Maltese mix that was snatched from a car in the South Bay Wednesday afternoon. Full Story »

ALAMO, Calif. -- KTVU has received reports of two people injured from gunfire during an attempted robbery at an East Bay jewelry store. Full Story »

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A female student used a box cutter to slash a male student inside a classroom at an Oakland high school Thursday afternoon, a school district spokesman said. Full Story »

MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Gilroy and Morgan Hill police are investigating the suspicious death of a 43-year-old Gilroy woman who was found in a car Wednesday in Morgan Hill. Full Story »

DALY CITY, Calif. -- A 75-year-old Daly City man lost control of his vehicle near Skyline Elementary School Thursday afternoon, striking three young students who had just gotten out of class, police said. Full Story »

Mayhem took over the streets of Oakland Thursday night where police said a running gun battle between the occupants of two cars left three shot, including one man killed by officers after refusing to lay down his weapon. Full Story »

SONOMA, Calif. -- Two suspects appeared in court Thursday to face charges of robbing the house of a Sonoma family killed last week in a horrible car crash. Full Story »

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Private security guards have been hired to help monitor a Palo Alto train crossing where four high school students committed suicide this year. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES -- Search warrants have been served at Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. in connection with an Illinois man accused of secretly recording nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. Full Story »

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Prosecutors filed attempted murder charges Wednesday against a 38-year-old Antioch man who allegedly stabbed his longtime girlfriend 12 times with a butcher knife in front of their three children, Antioch police said Thursday. Full Story »

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- The world-renowned Mavericks Surf Contest near Half Moon Bay could be held Tuesday, depending on whether a swell forming off the California coast produces contest-worthy waves, a contest spokeswoman said Thursday. Full Story »

RICHMOND, Calif. -- A man who was found stabbed to death in his home in Richmond on Wednesday night has been identified as 46-year-old Garry Crowder, a Contra Costa County coroner's deputy said Thursday. Full Story »

PETALUMA, Calif. -- A Department of Motor Vehicles employee suffered major injuries when the car he was riding in was struck by an unlicensed driver during a driving test in Petaluma on Wednesday, police said. Full Story »

EAST PALO ALTO -- An East Palo Alto police officer shot two pit bulls that had mauled a small dog being walked by its owner Wednesday evening and then approached responding officers in a "vicious manner," a police captain said. Full Story »

An 18-year-old San Pablo man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation after he showed up Thursday morning with a missing 13-year-old girl and her 7-month-old cousin, Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said. Full Story »

Holiday trees are not often a subject of controversy, but this year the city of Concord's choice of a scraggly "Charlie Brown-style" Christmas tree has many residents talking. Full Story »

Investigators in Sonoma County said they were looking into a witness account that the teenage driver involved in a horrific car crash in last weekend that left a family of four dead was allegedly drinking illegally at a Petaluma restaurant prior to the accident. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police are investigating whether a loaded handgun found by a group of children in a sandbox at the Visitacion Valley Playground on Tuesday was used in a shooting in the city over the weekend. Full Story »

A 30-year-old homeless man accused of stabbing three women and a boy over the past three months in San Francisco was ordered held on $5 million bail Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court. Full Story »

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Disgruntled Oakland Raiders fans are making a high-profile plea for owner Al Davis to step down as the team's general manager. A billboard was posted on the freeway near the Oakland Coliseum this week, saying "MR. DAVIS, DO THE RIGHT THING, PLEASE HIRE A GM." Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is continuing outreach efforts to notify customers of widespread changes to the Muni system that will take effect this weekend. Full Story »

RENO, Nev. -- Four-fifths of the ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area rated favorably in a new environmental review of efforts to protect sensitive watersheds and habitats, but several in the Sierra drew criticism for a lack of response to climate change. Full Story »