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Health officials in Contra Costa County issued a shelter-in-place warning for a couple hours Wednesday for residents in Avon, Clyde and North Concord after Tesoro's Golden Eagle refinery in nearby Martinez spewed black smoke into the sky.
Global smart phone sales nearly doubled in the third quarter, and Cupertino-based Apple Inc. is now one of the top five bestselling manufacturers, according to a new study released Wednesday.
Google is reminding its 23,300 employees how much they are appreciated by giving them all 10 percent raises next year.
The 50,000 square foot Whole Foods store at Blossom Hill and Almaden Expressway is expected to give the city a much needed economic boost.
Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday that its earnings for the latest quarter climbed 8 percent from last year. But new downbeat comments from the company's CEO on the pace of its customers' spending helped push shares lower in extended trading.
The Santa Clara City Council on Tuesday night approved a plan to lay off about 82 workers to help close a projected $5 million budget shortfall.
A Pacific Gas & Electric Co. executive admits he secretly snooped on SmartMeter critics by posing online as a utility foe.
San Francisco is the first major American city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children's meals that don't meet nutritional guidelines.
Up until now, people who have bought e-readers have had to make a compromise: either read in color on a highly reflective screen, or read in shades of gray on a display that's easy to make out even outdoors.
The future of e-Books is looking rosy. That according to a new five-year forecast by Forrester Research.
Yet another cash strapped Bay Area city has indicated that layoffs were imminent unless unions agreed to pay reductions. Dozens of city workers in Santa Clara stood to lose their jobs.
The future of a proposed $1 billion Indian casino on Richmond's waterfront was thrown into doubt after last Tuesday's election, when voters rejected Measure U.
The mobile food cart movement in San Francisco is expected to continue to grow with legislation approved by the Board of Supervisors.
The browser, available for the first time Monday, is built on the premise that most online activity today revolves around socializing on Facebook, searching on Google, tweeting on Twitter and monitoring a handful of favorite websites.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said he was deeply worried about bleeding customers because of what seemed like a masterstroke of an acquisition by archenemy SAP in 2005.
