Latino students' test scores fall short of federal achievement targets

n In Music for Kids, high schoolers lead younger students in an after school program born from budget cuts

A Sacramento-area man is facing dozens of charges for allegedly making hoax 911 calls to agencies all over Northern California, including the East Bay and San Joaquin County.

Danville Police Chief Chris Wenzel was to leave Dec. 31, but will stay at least a little longer as the town decides on its future law enforcement

n Rapid increase in nearsightedness puzzles eye doctors

SAN ANTONIO — Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported recently.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is endorsing a proposal that would make his the first city in the country to require radiation labels for cell phones.

CONCORD — A 28-year-old Oakland man was killed early this morning when his car veered off the roadway and struck a freeway pole on Highway 242, the California Highway Patrol said.

Investigators are now interviewing friends and others who knew Tonya Avery Foti, 47, whose body was found Friday on Corpus Christi Road at Alameda Point.

These female musicians are giving a whole new meaning to the words squeeze play. It's quirky, it's sexy, it's cute and as calendar producer Renee de la Prade says "it's full of bellows-squeezing goodness." The 2010 West Coast Accordion Babes Pin-Up Calendar is out in all its glory. Twelve months of somewhat naughty photos, it's not Playboy magazine or the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated. But you have to hand it to a woman who can make a picture with an accordion look sexy.

A judge is scheduled to rule Jan. 12 whether civil rights groups can combine their cases in a dispute with the city's Police Department.

RICHMOND — A 19-year-old North Richmond man shot Monday while walking with his girlfriend later died at the hospital, authorities said Tuesday.Kyle Bratton had family in the area of South 17th Street and Maine Avenue and was walking there about 10:30 a.

Carrying two Christmas packages bound for her nephews in Texas and Switzerland, Carolyn Tsai took her place at the end of a line that spilled outside the post office in San Franciscos Noe Valley onto the sidewalk Monday afternoon. Tsai didnt know she was...

West Contra Costa teachers narrowly approved a new contract Tuesday night, seemingly ending what has been an emotional 18-month process that included a strike vote and a controversial recount. The three-year tentative agreement, which included no pay raises,...

Drought, curtailed water exports from the delta and overzealous well pumping during the past six years have depleted Central Valley aquifers by enough to fill Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the nation, according to new satellite data from NASA. The...

San Francisco voters may soon have the opportunity to decide major changes to the citys pension and retiree health care systems - both of which have seen their costs skyrocket as the city grapples with consecutive years of major budget deficits. Supervisor...

Advocates of legalizing marijuana say theyve collected more than enough signatures to have California voters decide next year whether to tax and regulate the drug. The signatures in support of the Tax and Regulate Initiative, which would give local...

A 14-year-old boy was charged Monday with raping a 12-year-old girl in the stairwell of an El Cerrito middle school, and the principal and vice principal have been placed on administrative leave while police and school officials investigate the alleged crime...