A group of 50 volunteers scoured the East Bay on Saturday, looking for signs of Hasanni Campbell, the 6-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who was last seen outside a shoe store in Oakland's Rockridge District on Aug. 10. All they

The National Research Council has decided to wade into the controversial issues plaguing the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, appointing an expert committee Friday to study its water supply, fish protection, pollution and other issues. The...

A San Francisco judge sentenced a woman to six months of home detention and five years of probation Friday stemming from an attack that left a city parking control officer with a dislocated shoulder. Lina Magailalio, 33, apologized to the

In their latest bid to clean up harmful diesel emissions at the Port of Oakland, regional air quality regulators Friday awarded a $4.8 million grant to a major shipping company. The money, part of an overall $11 million project, will

AT&T cell phone service in Pacifica's Linda Mar neighborhood was restored this evening, six days after vandals cut wires at an antenna on a mountain that was inaccessible to repair crews because of a muddy road, a company spokesman said.

Two people were sickened Friday when tear gas used during a San Francisco police exercise near Fort Funston drifted into the popular open-space area, a spokeswoman said. "The wind blew the gas the wrong way" from the Lake Merced police

A Santa Rosa man was sane when he fatally stabbed the mother of his two young children and stuffed her body in a toy chest before driving to Ukiah and trying to shoot her mother, a jury decided Friday. The

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission endorsed a staff proposal Thursday to retain the city-owned 18-hole Sharp Park golf course in Pacifica. The plan would modify the design of the links to better protect the habitat of a federally

The owners of a seaside Pacifica apartment building that was evacuated Thursday had been applying for emergency permits to build a rock barrier at the base of an eroding bluff, but nature and high tides beat them to the punch.

In the heart of San Francisco's Nob Hill sits Huntington Park, an elegant town square and popular open space for residents of one of the city's swankiest neighborhoods. It is also the most recent site of the protracted battle over

If there is good news for East Bay residents in 2009, it's that the year is almost over. And if you are one of those poor souls who lost a home, a job - or both and then some -

A decade-old California law that bans possession of body armor by anyone with a violent felony conviction is unconstitutional because the average person wouldn't be able to decipher which types of bulletproof vests are prohibited, a state appeals court has...

A Sonoma County conservation group completed the long-sought purchase of 5,630 acres of coastal grasslands and redwood forest Thursday, permanently opening to the public a stunning landscape teeming with wildlife. The Sonoma Land Trust bought the sprawling...

California's population growth slowed over the past year as tens of thousands of residents moved away - many of them heading to other Western states, according to the state Department of Finance. The Golden State's population grew by 353,000 to

The mayor of Woodside was unharmed when the small plane in which he was a passenger crashed over the weekend in Truckee, officials said. Mayor Dave Burow, 57, and pilot Charles Simmons, 61, of Los Altos Hills escaped injury when

A father of four died early Thursday in a house fire in Oakland's Fruitvale district, despite his teenage sons' efforts to save him and his wife's attempt to put out the fire with a garden hose. Lyndon Balagot, 45, died

A father of four died early Thursday in a house fire in Oakland's Fruitvale district, despite his teenage sons' efforts to save him and his wife's attempt to put out the fire with a garden hose. Lyndon Balagot, 45, died

California's population grew less than 1 percent in 2009, one of the lowest rates on record, according to new state demographic figures released Thursday. The state Department of Finance found the state added 353,000 residents from July 2008 to July

City Attorney Dennis Herrera gave Major League Baseball a little chin music on Thursday, firing off a letter suggesting San Francisco would sue the league if it approves moving the Oakland Athletics to San Jose. The city has a financial