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More than 150 new words and definitions were added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 2014 edition. Among the notable pop-culture terms officially added to the language are dubstep, which will inevitably infuriate those who can't stand the genre, Auto-Tune, fangirl and, possibly the country's most widely used new term, selfie.
San Francisco will temporarily close a popular tourist spot that's known as the "Crookedest Street in The World."
The family of an 18-year-old aspiring doctor is trying to raise money for her funeral after she was hit and killed by an Amtrak train in San Leandro on Monday. Meanwhile, her peers remember her drive and spirit.
The bird was taken to WildCare in San Rafael where he was treated for a small scrape above his beak.
There were no classes Tuesday at a Bryman College in San Jose after the medical school was served with an eviction notice. Students who paid hefty tuition appear to have been left in the lurch by the sudden development.
A Northern California man who authorities say orchestrated a woman's rape in part because she was a lesbian has been sentenced to more than 400 years to life in prison.
After being criticized for wearing an offensive costume onstage in Seattle last Friday (May 16), Macklemore has apologized in a lengthy letter via his website, stating he never meant to dress like a "Jewish stereotype."
Over 800 Students from San Francisco and Marin counties came to Ocean Beach's rescue Tuesday as part of a mass-statewide cleanup effort.
A study from home mortgage tracker HSH.com indicates the average worker in the San Francisco Bay Area needs to earn $137,129 a year to buy the median-priced home in the region, more than four times the salary required in the five cheapest metropolitan areas: Cleveland ($29k), Pittsburgh ($30k), St. Louis ($31), Cincinnati ($31) and Detroit ($32k).
Bay Area kids have a better chance than most American kids to grow up healthy, according to a recent survey.
A proposal to build two residential towers on the Oakland waterfront at Jack London Square is drawing the ire of some Oakland residents.
A truck plows into a power pole at the Port of Oakland near 7th and Maritime Streets.
Eleven-year-old Lucy Li from Redwood Shores, has become the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open by winning the sectional qualifier at Half Moon Bay in California.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory in effect until 2 p.m Tuesday as a winter storm dusts light to moderate snow across the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Former 49ers Pro Bowl center Jeremy Newberry joined hundreds of former players in a class-action lawsuit filed today in San Francisco Federal Court. Ex-NFL stars Richard Dent, Jim McMahon, Roy Green, and Ron Stone are also among those listed as Plaintiffs.
