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The dim, yellow bulbs that have lit up the city's streets for years are being replaced with cheaper, brighter LED lights. Astronomers say that change is making their work harder.
The car service, formerly known as InstaCab, is the first to comply with a list of regulations from the California Public Utilities Commission.
Three third-grade students in a Sonora elementary school were busted for smoking pot in the school's bathroom.
A recent study pinpoints the best time to buy the cheapest airline tickets. Read on for tips on booking your next vacation on a budget.
Service between Fremont and South Hayward Bay Area Rapid Transit stations remains shut down Wednesday morning due to an investigation of a fatal incident from late Tuesday night, BART officials said Wednesday.
Today's word is of Latin origin and means "the act of burying someone alive." It was spelled correctly by Wendy Guey to win the 1996 final. Do you know it?
Facebook has agreed to pay the City of Menlo Park more than $200,000 a year over the next three years for a community safety police officer. The officer will work out of a new substation near the social networking giant's headquarters and serve the surrounding neighborhood.
A San Francisco South of Market bar frequented by a high-tech crowd has banned patrons from wearing Google Glass while inside the establishment.
A transgender student at Hercules High School who reported being sexually assaulted in a school bathroom has admitted to making the story up, according to police.
Some brazen thieves thought they could play the numbers and get lucky by stealing an entire Lotto Scratchers vending machine from a Lucky grocery store in Fremont over the weekend, lottery officials said.
A Republican candidate for California governor is comparing President Barack Obama's gun control policies with those of dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and North Korea's Kim Jong Il.
The origin of a treasure trove of gold coins found on private property in Northern California remains a mystery after U.S. Mint officials said Tuesday that the coins have no apparent link to thefts at their facilities.
Police were trying to identify a suspect who attempted to burglarize a home and a car in Fremont on Friday afternoon.
At least 14 customers of a group of Bay Area travel agencies have filed complaints, alleging they were sold worthless plane tickets to China, Hong Kong and other places in Asia.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the sale of bottled water on public property.
