Americans in the second quarter tapped the smallest amount of home equity in a decade, showing households are focused on repairing tattered finances.

Sarah Nelson, likely the winningest animal currently racing in North America, was denied victory No. 53 on Thursday at the Sonoma County Fair, but it took a track record effort to beat the 11-year-old mule.

Sonoma County technology companies raised nearly $110 million in venture capital during the second quarter, as the sector continued its rebound from last years slump. U.S. startups had their best funding quarter since mid-2008.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Michael Young scored his first three times up and light-hitting Taylor Teagarden hit a two-run home run, sending the Texas Rangers to a 7-4 victory over the As on Thursday night.

The parents of a 2-year-old Vacaville girl who was accidentally shot to death by her 8-year-old brother were sentenced Friday to less than a year in jail and probation. Michael Shanahan, 28, and Daniela Shanahan, 26, were given credit for 185 days served, so...

A homeless man armed with a gun burst into the emergency room of Childrens Hospital Oakland early today and briefly took an employee hostage before surrendering to police, authorities said. The 49-year-old transient, Cottrell Broadnax, ran into the hospital...

Suspect bashes sprinkler, soaks police station Modesto police are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler. Police say 33-year-old Joseph McHenry was in a second-floor interrogation room Wednesday...

This has been the summer of our discontent. Not only has the economy been lousy, but the summer fog has also hung around day and night, like a houseguest that wont leave. Everybodys noticed it. This has to be the coldest July ever, noted Latitude 38, the...

Foreclosure filings climbed in three-fourths of metropolitan areas in the first six months of the year as high unemployment left many homeowners unable to pay their mortgages, according to RealtyTrac Inc. The number of properties in some stage of foreclosure...

The Obama administration on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents, as the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the massive security breach by bringing a soldier under scrutiny back to the U.S. for trial...