UC San Francisco performs kidney transplant for illegal immigrant after...
The hospital became embroiled in controversy nine months ago after Jesus Navarro came to believe -- despite having private health insurance, despite his wife's pledge to donate her own kidney -- that...
View ArticleSkyrocketing Bay Area gas prices hit all-time high
Gas prices in the Bay Area broke records Saturday, rising as much as 11 cents a gallon overnight for the average price of regular gas.
View ArticleBarbara Lee's challenger toils on against long odds
Conservative independent Marilyn Singleton takes on liberal Congresswoman Barbara Lee in one of the nation's most liberal House districts.
View ArticleMary Hayashi tops list of Assembly's late votes
Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward, cast more votes after bills' fates already had been decided than any other Assembly member this year.
View ArticleBay Area observatories, colleges host 'star parties' Friday
Telescopes and astronomers will be available from Santa Cruz to Santa Rosa, to guide viewing of the moon’s craters, bright stars, galaxies and the rising of Jupiter as part of the Bay Area Science...
View ArticleIn $1.3 billion deal, South Bay developer Carl Berg sells about 100...
A group led by realty developer Divco West is buying the bulk of the portfolio, according to a regulatory filing Monday.
View ArticlePete Stark loses his seat to Eric Swalwell in 15th Congressional District
Pete Stark, dean of California's congressional delegation, lost his seat to fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell facing the toughest challenge of his 40-year House career.
View ArticleFirefighters douse blaze in Newark house
NEWARK -- A two-alarm fire that was reported just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday on the 35000 block of Severn Drive in Newark caused damage estimated at between $135,000 and $200,000, according to fire...
View ArticleGiving for the holidays: A list of Bay Area organizations needing help
Here's the Mercury News' annual list of area food banks and social service agencies that are collecting donations to help the needy through the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
View ArticleHuman trafficking's global impact
Children disappear from villages across the world every year and are thrown into the sex trade.
View ArticleIs your city a science superstar?
Livermore isn't the only city with a seat at the periodic table: A list of cities and countries with elements named after them
View ArticleThree San Jose residents killed, San Leandro man injured in Central...
Authorities say three San Francisco Bay area residents are dead and a fourth hospitalized after a head-on crash on a Central California highway.
View ArticleBullet train chief, critic have dueling views at San Jose forum
The chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority and the leader of a watchdog group critical of the state's bullet-train plan joined a Caltrain official at a San Jose State forum discussing the...
View ArticleBART @SFBART outage hits Bay Area riders
Here's a look at social media reaction to Sunday morning's transit standstill and how it inconvenienced residents around the region who tried to use the transit system during the storm.
View ArticleCal reportedly talking with Kent State football coach Darrell Hazell
Kent State's Darrell Hazell, who guided the Golden Flashes to their first winning season in 11 years, was scheduled to interview Sunday for the Cal football coaching job, re ESPN reported.
View ArticleSkyrocketing Bay Area gas prices hit all-time high
Gas prices in the Bay Area broke records Saturday, rising as much as 11 cents a gallon overnight for the average price of regular gas.
View ArticleBarbara Lee's challenger toils on against long odds
Conservative independent Marilyn Singleton takes on liberal Congresswoman Barbara Lee in one of the nation's most liberal House districts.
View ArticleMary Hayashi tops list of Assembly's late votes
Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward, cast more votes after bills' fates already had been decided than any other Assembly member this year.
View ArticleBay Area observatories, colleges host 'star parties' Friday
Telescopes and astronomers will be available from Santa Cruz to Santa Rosa, to guide viewing of the moon’s craters, bright stars, galaxies and the rising of Jupiter as part of the Bay Area Science...
View ArticleIn $1.3 billion deal, South Bay developer Carl Berg sells about 100...
A group led by realty developer Divco West is buying the bulk of the portfolio, according to a regulatory filing Monday.
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