Organizers of Windsors annual American Cancer Society fundraiser might have been apprehensive when a high school senior offered to organize their event. But as it turns out, 18-year-old Emily Brandeburg is busting any and all preconceptions they might have had.

For employees at Sebastopols Mobile Fidelity, its 1977 and everyone is still grooving to LPs turning on their dads hi-fis. In an age when most people download their music, this small company continues to reissue the classics on vinyl or CD.

San Francisco Giants outfielder Eugenio Velez has a concussion, but is expected to travel home with the team after being struck in the head by a foul ball in the dugout Saturday night.

Housing crisis leaves six Santa Rosa subdivisions unfinished, but with out-of-state builders stepping in, will there be a turnaround?

Alberto Contador won his third Tour de France in four years on Sunday, heralding the arrival of a new cycling superstar, and seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finished the race for the last time.

Gaffe-prone BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward _ who incensed many on the Gulf Coast by saying he wanted his life back as they struggled with the fallout from the companys massive oil spill _ will be replaced, a senior U.S. government official said Sunday. The...

An 8-year-old girl is dead and 10 others injured after a fire in a San Jose apartment complex. The girl, identified by the coroners office, as Adileni Gomez Macedo, died after a three-alarm fire broke out around 1:42 a.m. Sunday. A San Jose fire official...

A pit bull terrier bit a 7-year-old Oakland girl on the face today, just two days after several pit bulls fatally mauled a 2-year-old Concord boy in a separate attack, police said. The girl suffered significant but not life-threatening injuries when a...

The overstuffed mattress forms resting on tables in an airy Potrero Hill factory look like they might burst at any moment, spewing cotton clouds over a handful of workers administering the finishing touches to one of San Franciscos signature products:...

Long summer days may not be the only reason you might be sleeping less. New synthetic bedding materials such as memory foam that make comfortable mattresses more affordable have a drawback: They dont breathe and are not absorbent. Heat trapped in solid-foam...

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...