A man armed with pepper spray entered Santa Rosas DMV office Monday and sprayed at least one customer, sending six people to area hospitals.

Today is the busiest day for the Postal Service, which expects to double the volume of mail and packages that it handles.

Nearly six weeks after Washington again extended unemployment benefits, about 119,000 Californians struggling to keep food on the table have yet to see a penny of that promised relief.

Mark Belvedere bought a two-bedroom condominium in Santa Rosa in early 2004 and refinanced it in 2005. He now owes $235,000 on a property that would sell for barely half that today.

The Redskins blew open a close game with a 17-point fourth quarter, and the Raiders were turned away in their quest to win two games in a row.

High school students throughout Sonoma County are preparing for final exams this week in the last days before the two-week winter break. Shortened days mark the testing season as most students are released around 12:30 p.m. during final exams.

Robert Sean Boylan was a thoughtful man with a huge love of family, life and fun. Boylan, 44, of Middletown, died Nov. 28, while flying, which was one of the biggest passions of his life.

It used to be that computer viruses attacked only your hard drive. Now they attack your dignity.

Shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, 12,000 FedEx employees in Memphis, Tenn., will stretch and flex in concert and gulp holiday-colored sports drinks in preparation for processing 7,000 packages a minute.

What saddens me - and I mean this seriously - is the Raiders game was blacked out on television and you never got to see their terrific second-half comeback against the Redskins.

Democratic Assemblyman John Pérez emerged as the winner last week after a bruising battle for leadership of the state Assembly, a fight that had no shortage of contestants. But as the state heads into another year of staggering budget deficits and difficult...

There is one consolation for Mayor Gavin Newsom now that hes dropped out of the governors race - he wont have to take a $72,477-a-year pay cut. Newsom, who earns $246,464 as mayor of San Francisco, would have seen his pay drop to $173,987 if he had won the...

A car filled with the personal possessions of a woman who was moving was found ablaze in Richmond early today, in what could be the latest in a series of vehicle arsons in west Contra Costa County. The Toyota Camry was found on fire on the 200 block of South...

Luis Osorio was very good this year. The 6-year-old San Francisco boy was nice to his little sister, never complained when his family lived in a van for seven months, and even learned to write - a valuable skill at this time of year. I love you Santa because...

Fewer college graduates are becoming teachers in California, and those who do often lack the increasingly demanding skills needed when they get to the classroom, according to the newest research out of the Center on the Future of Teaching and Learning. About...

Oakland has become the latest city to allow residents to finance solar panels, insulation, new refrigerators and other efficiency improvements through their property tax bills. This is a dream way to do solar, City Council President Jane Brunner said. The...