A battle between Wal-Mart and its critics is set to resume next week in front of the Rohnert Park City Council. The worlds biggest retailer wants to add a 32,000-square-foot grocery to its store there and is appealing the city Planning Commissions denial of its application.

The benign nature of the action, thats what still leaves Rob Gingras speechless and bewildered, even five months after it happened. Gingras was driving an ATV in a harness and wearing a seat belt, just like his passenger, the young man who saved his life.

More than half of Sonoma Countys school districts will cut classroom days from the upcoming school year, and still more have dropped staff development days under financial pressure from Californias budget crisis.

Apple says the white version of the iPhone 4 will not be available until later this year.

Sonoma Valley Bank posted a $2.2 million profit, its first since large loan losses pushed it to the brink of ruin late last year.

Alberto Contador kept the yellow jersey Friday and closed in on another Tour de France title while Mark Cavendish of Britain again showed hes one of cyclings best sprinters.

A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans left 17 people dead and 80 injured at the famed Love Parade festival in western Germany on Saturday. Other revelers initially kept partying at the event in Duisburg, near Duesseldorf, unaware of the...

Love Parade 2010 The Love Parade is an annual celebration of techno music held in western...

A suspected carjacker is in custody and police are looking for a second suspect after a chase and an exchange of gunfire in the streets of San Francisco early Saturday. Police say around 5:30 a.m officers tried to stop a car that matched a description of a...

The anti-Congress fervor sweeping the nation may threaten Democrats majority in the House and Speaker Nancy Pelosis leadership position but it poses little threat to Californias representatives, nearly all of whom appear poised to win re-election. Three...

The judge who will decide whether Arizonas new immigration law is constitutional hasnt indicated whether shell put the statute on hold before it takes effect next week and had some pointed questions Thursday for challengers at two court hearings. U.S...