A motorist who died when his car was hit by an Amtrak train in Oakland had driven around the crossing gates, police said. Oscar Jones, 60, of Oakland was killed about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Fruitvale Avenue and East 10th Street. Jones was... Full Story »
The owner of an Alamo jewelry store and a would-be robber shot each other Thursday night, authorities said today. The incident happened about 7:15 p.m. at the Alamo Jewelry Mart at 3189 Danville Blvd. in the Alamo Plaza Shopping Center, said Jimmy Lee,... Full Story »
It nearly killed him and robbed him of the use of his legs. But when Joshua Poole looks back at his drug-fueled car wreck in December 2000, he thinks of it as "the best thing that ever happened to me." That's how low the Fairfax resident was at the time - an... Full Story »
Big waves are on their way to the Bay Area, raising the possibility that the Mavericks Surf Contest could be held next week - possibly Tuesday morning. Organizers, who have had to scrap the contest two out of the past three years because of stubbornly calm... Full Story »
A group of children found a loaded pistol in a sandbox in a playground in Visitacion Valley, police said Thursday. The children found the gun at the Visitacion Valley Playground on the 200 block of Leland Avenue about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, said Officer Samson... Full Story »
Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposed bike-sharing program needs a new operator. The city learned Thursday that Clear Channel Outdoor was pulling out. The mayor said he was furious and disappointed that negotiations broke down, and said the city now will seek another... Full Story »
An endangered giant sea turtle rarely found north of Mexico washed up alive on Stinson Beach after drifting possibly thousands of miles. The rare olive ridley turtle was first spotted Nov. 25 in the Sea Drift area of the beach. The 60-pound female with a 2-... Full Story »
A man was shot and killed Thursday night as he arrived home in his car in Hercules, authorities said today. Timothy Cook, 43, was pulling his Lincoln into a parking lot at his condominium complex on the 700 block of Devonwood (links.sfgate.com/ZIWA), east of... Full Story »
Oakland police killed an armed suspect and wounded another Thursday at an East Oakland apartment complex. The armed men were believed to be linked to a shooting earlier in the day at 35th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard, police said. Officers confronted the... Full Story »
When Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis told the New York Times in a recent interview that gay people don't get to heaven, he broke not one, but two cardinal rules of politics in a single sentence. With a simple phrase, Davis breached the separation between church and... Full Story »
A federal judge probably violated the Constitution when he ordered backers of Proposition 8, the initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California, to give their campaign strategy documents to opponents trying to overturn the measure, an appeals court... Full Story »
Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors pushed forward legislation Thursday that would require city officials to pay back security costs when campaigning. "This measure is not about one elected official. It's about a practice that has gone unchecked... Full Story »
Efforts to link the Bay Area and the Central Valley by high-speed rail pulled onto a bureaucratic siding Thursday as the High Speed Rail Authority rescinded its approval of an environmental study for that section of the bullet train. The unanimous rescission... Full Story »
Kaiser health care companies in California have agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle claims that they falsely billed the government for teaching physicians' services. Federal authorities said that from 1996 to 2002, Kaiser charged the Medicare and Medi-Cal... Full Story »
California State University wasted more than $150,000 in taxpayer funds by reimbursing a former high-level employee for expenses that should not have been allowed, a state auditor found - including tens of thousands of dollars on plane tickets, costly hotel... Full Story »
A suspect was killed after two Oakland police officers and two suspects were involved in a shooting at 5:40 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Bancroft and 64th avenues, Oakland police said. One suspect died at the scene, the other was taken to a local... Full Story »
A man was found shot and killed inside his Alameda home in what appears to be a homicide, police said Thursday. The victim's name wasn't released pending an investigation. He was found inside a home on the 100 block of Parfait Lane on Bay Farm Island... Full Story »
Three students at Daly City's Skyline Elementary School were injured Thursday when a 75-year-old Daly City man lost control of his car in the school's parking lot. The man, whose name has not been released, was trying to park his car at the school, located at... Full Story »
The man accused of burglarizing the Sonoma home of a family killed in a weekend car crash didn't know the house's occupants were dead, the suspect's former girlfriend said Thursday. Michael Vincent Gutierrez, 26, of Redwood City said he had been given the... Full Story »
Big waves are on their way to the Bay Area, raising the possibility that the Mavericks Surf Contest could be held next week - possibly Tuesday morning. Organizers, who have had to scrap the contest two out of the last three years because of stubbornly calm... Full Story »
A group of children found a loaded pistol in a sandbox in a playground in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley, police said today. The children found the gun at the Visitacion Valley Playground on the 200 block of Leland Avenue about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, said... Full Story »
Google Inc. launched a new feature in its Google Earth Web site Wednesday designed to let Californians see the risks of climate change. Google unveiled the new interactive tool in San Francisco as part of a climate change press conference by Gov. Arnold... Full Story »
California has set an ambitious agenda to combat climate change, but on Wednesday Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the state needs to prepare for the worst if human action cannot stop global warming and the rise of sea levels. In an announcement on San... Full Story »
Big changes are coming this weekend to Muni that will affect most riders. Come Saturday, and continuing Sunday and Monday, the San Francisco Municipal Railway will make major service changes to its network of bus and light-rail lines. About 60 percent of the... Full Story »
After John and Susan Maloney and their two young children died in a crash on Highway 37, news crews flocked to their street in Sonoma. A memorial of flowers sprung up on their doorstep, and pictures of their three-bedroom home were featured on TV. Among those... Full Story »
A young girl looks at a piece by artist Jorge Pineda at the opening of "The Global Caribbean" exhibit in Miami. AP/Alan Diaz
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