Many Napa Wineries, Shops Suffer Little Or No Damage; Urge Tourists To Visit
The Napa Valley tourism industry is hoping to make a quick recovery after Sunday's earthquake as shops and restaurants urge people to visit.
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The Napa Valley tourism industry is hoping to make a quick recovery after Sunday's earthquake as shops and restaurants urge people to visit.
The region produces 17% of the nation's wine, including some of the most prized vintages bottled just north of Napa in Calistoga, Yountville and St. Helena. For owners of those labels, there is no way to replace the loss of a product bottled years ago.
A bill requiring new smartphones sold in California to have the so-called 'kill switch' anti-theft technology was signed into law Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The strongest quake in 25 years plunges the Bay Area into a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Web-fueled frenzy of sharing, commenting, laughing and lamenting as an entire community was joined by wireless communication and the Internet.
The most powerful earthquake to strike the Bay Area in nearly 25 years will likely take a toll on wine industry after rocking the Napa area.
Health insurance companies in California may not refuse to cover the cost of abortions, state insurance officials have ruled in a reversal of policy stemming from the decision by two Catholic universities to drop elective abortions from their employee health plans.
Oakland officials Friday released a draft plan and environmental impact report for their ambitious ideas for developments at the Coliseum complex and on a large tract of land near the Oakland International Airport over the next 20 years.
A federal judge in San Francisco declined Friday to issue an immediate order blocking a new city law that sharply increases the relocation payments landlords must give tenants evicted under the state's Ellis Act.
The Santa Clara Valley Wine Trail officially opened Friday. The route directs tourists and residents through local wineries, vineyards farms and orchards around Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
Users of the popular anonymous social media app Secret have been offering random confessions to their friends with the understanding that they won't know who it is, a premise that was shattered by hackers who demonstrated that Secret is not secret.
A man and woman caught near Half Moon Bay hiding extra Dungeness crab in secret compartments of their speedboat were sentenced to jail time and hefty fines Wednesday afternoon, San Mateo County prosecutors said.
Residents of a San Francisco apartment building said they are being forced out, after a small fortune in rent checks goes missing.
Two brothers who squatted on a Bay Area woman's Airbnb condo have finally left the premises.
SoundCloud will start paying artists and record companies whose music appears on the popular streaming site.
