Car collectors switch roles; tour Bay Area automobile shops as a prelude for Good Guys car show

Board agrees district needs a coordinator for its 20 food workers

Three-year-old stand shut down for operating in a Clayton residential zone.

PITTSBURG — Police will be holding a DUI checkpoint Saturday to fight drunken driving in the city and surrounding area, police said.The checkpoint will be staged on Railroad Avenue near the intersection of Leland Road, Pittsburg police Lt.

DISCOVERY BAY — A 36-year-old Brentwood woman was airlifted to an area hospital this morning after a three-vehicle crash that sent one car into an irrigation ditch and prompted the summoning of state authorities to assess any water contamination, the Cailfornia Highway Patrol said.

MARTINEZ — More than 4,000 customers are still without electricity this morning after a squirrel fiddled with power lines, PG&E said.The outage was reported about 8 a.

Police say French native, 19, attacked woman in Santa Cruz last weekend

A judge denied a request for bail Thursday for a Tracy man accused of killing a co-worker during a fight at their Livermore workplace in July.

Three children of Gayle Moore sue two alarm companies, claim a botched response

Alamo residents who claimed their homeowners association's requirements on roofing materials posed a costly, potential fire danger have failed in their attempt to change that.

Columns of hulking, smoke-belching Russian tanks rolled out of key positions deep inside Georgia Friday as Moscow declared it had pulled its forces out following the worst confrontation between the Kremlin and the West since the Soviet collapse. But the...

A man shot to death inside a video-game store in Hayward was killed by someone whose jewelry he had tried to steal, police said today. Deandre Tyre Demisse, 21, of San Francisco was shot and killed at about 4 p.m. Thursday inside a Game Stop store, moments...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Friday the economy continues to be in a recession, by his definition, and will continue to be for at least several more months. During a live appearance on CNBC, Buffett said ripples of the credit crunch are continuing...

The college presidents said they wanted a national debate on the 21-year-old drinking age. They got it. For years, former Middlebury College President John McCardell has been criticizing the law, saying it only encourages binge drinking and pushes alcohol...

Little Lance was one of two dogs shot, thrown out of a car and left for dead at an East Oakland street corner earlier this month. Bullets tore through his spinal cord and leg and shattered a tooth, leaving the animal helpless and racked with pain. The other...

The secret holding, Barack Obama on Friday readied announcement by text message of his vice presidential running mate from a list suddenly spiced by a dark horse from Texas. Hillary Rodham Clintons prospects remained a mystery on a day full of them, although...