San Mateo police have arrested Eric Rangel, 18, and a 15-year-old girl for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and participating in a criminal street gang. The girl allegedly stabbed a...

The tuberculosis patient who prosecutors say knowingly left a specialized isolation room at a Redwood City hospital several times in violation of a public health order settled his misdemeanor case...

A San Mateo man who lives with his mother sent an undercover police detective a 28-minute video of a man and young girl engaged in a sexual act, according to prosecutors who charged him with possess...

A teenage boy threw lit fireworks into the garage of his Richmond home Thursday afternoon, sparking a two-alarm fire that destroyed the duplex and displaced 12 people, a fire battalion chief said. ...

The Chevron refinery in Richmond released 100 workers Thursday following a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge’s ruling Wednesday ordering the refinery to stop construction of its Energy ...

WASHINGTON — Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks: They’re making less money. Employers cut 467,000 jobs in June, far more t...

SACRAMENTO — California’s Democratic-led Legislature is putting union interests over taxpayers’ well-being, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday as the state started printing...

Luxury sport utility owners looking to downsize and reduce their gasoline bills will find the move appealing in the new Audi Q5. Built on a modified platform of the Audi A4 compact sedan, the cro...

Vegetarian cooking outgrew its Birkenstocks long ago, but as Americans combat obesity and even financial strain, meatless meals are becoming mainstream. Several excellent new cookbooks explore the...

When San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer joined the department in April 2000, her dressing room was a converted closet. That was at the old police headquarters on Delaware Street. Five weeks a...

WIMBLEDON, England — The purple “W” logo at Wimbledon might as well stand for the siblings who have made the women’s championship their own playground. Yes, the Williams sisters are back in the Wimbl...

The action will be fast and furious on the basketball court at Skyline College Monday and Tuesday. Trojans coach Justin Piergrossi and the school is hosting the Northern California Junior College Jam...

NEW YORK — The stock market found little to celebrate heading into the long holiday weekend. Major stock indexes fell more than 2.6 percent Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to th...

NEW YORK — Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, inc...