The state has made an offer to San Carlos to provide it fire services that is up to $2 million lower than it currently pays for funding its share of the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Department. While b...

A 20-year-old man was arrested in Richmond Wednesday in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man in Daly City in February, a police lieutenant said Thursday. Matthew Sean Mouton was arrested...

The District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting a Redwood City father who they say spit on his two young sons, rubbed one’s hair in urine and offered them $1,000 and toys to tell police it...

Millbrae and San Bruno took an important step toward sharing police services Tuesday when both city councils voted to hire a consultant to analyze what such a partnership would look like. On Tue...

Two men accused of holding a South San Francisco couple hostage in their home for a five-hour ordeal in which the man was beaten and his wife sexually assaulted withheld pleas again yesterday to 23 ...

WASHINGTON — Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain...

SACRAMENTO — Responding to voter anger, Democrats in the California Legislature and an independent group are proposing major reforms to the way state government operates. Lawmakers are creati...

Station wagons have been passe in the United States for years, but this didn’t stop Cadillac from launching its first U.S.-built wagon. The 2010 CTS Wagon is a nicely sized, comfortable, fi...

MIAMI — Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon said he owed it all to the pastrami Thursday after his “Fat Doug” hamburger was named top burger at the South Beach Wine and Food Festi...

Playing pro ball has always been Chris Ramirez’s dream. Last week, the 17-year-old Capuchino High School senior found himself one step closer to making that a reality while taking advice f...

LOS ALTOS HILLS — The Serra Padres didn’t know what hit them. Playing against North Coast Section semifinalist San Ramon Valley-Danville in a CIF Northern California Division I playoff quarterfinal o...

It’s still early and it would take a lot of factors to make this happen, but the CSM and Cañada College baseball teams both have legitimate shots to advance to the State Final Four in late May. Both ...

NEW YORK — A rally in financial stocks Thursday helped the market extend its grind higher to a third day. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index cleared an important hurdle watched by trad...

WASHINGTON — U.S. exports dipped in January, the government said Thursday, but economists weren’t fazed. They predict export growth will be a bright spot for American manufacturers throu...