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Noralea Gipner was building a camp for unhoused people in Martinez to receive basic services, food and a semblance of shelter when a homeles...

Linda Carnivale wants her $250 cruise deposit refunded. But now her bank and cruise line are arguing over who is responsible for the money....

Writer Maxim Loskutoff talks about the shadow of the killer, who lived not too far from him in Montana.

About 80 percent of the overdose deaths involved opioids.

Many of us have given in to the temptation to buy something we don’t need.

If you’re like many people, the stuff you put off doing until tomorrow got the same treatment yesterday. But it may be best to wait to draw...

Celebrities born on this day, today's birthday horoscope and numbers and the daily horoscope for each zodiac sign.

Plus: The boss knows about our lazy co-worker but she won't take action.

Her cousin looked right at her in the coffee shop and walked away.

Plus: Is it callous not to inquire when someone looks unwell?

On her fifth attempt, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cag...

Mom was killed by an elderly driver. Now Dad refuses to give up the keys.

The sides did not agree to extend their deal by the Sept. 1 deadline and won't revise talks anytime soon.

Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many o...

A last-minute protest failed to win two Senate-approved bills a chance to be voted on in the Assembly. The chair of the Black Caucus promise...

One of the injured individuals sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound to the head.

Josh Jung hit a three-run homer off Mason Miller in the 10th inning to lead the Texas Rangers past the A's 6-4 on Sunday.

"We're not fighting our managers; we're fighting the corporations -- they're the ones making the decisions," said Ana Rodriguez, a hotel hou...

Community members did the samba just steps away from Oakland City Hall on Thursday during a recent dance class by MasFX Carnival Dance Exper...

The mass outpouring appeared to be the largest such demonstration in 11 months of war, and protesters said it felt like a possible turning p...

22 years after being scooped up by J.T. Snow during the 2002 World Series, Darren Baker was called up to the majors for the first time in hi...

Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was discharged from a San Francisco hospital Sunday, a day after being shot in the chest during an attempted ro...

The Giants added Tristan Beck and Blake Sabol to the team as rosters expanded from 26 to 28 players, but opted to keep Marco Luciano, Luis M...

San Francisco Chief of Police William Scott said Saturday night that both Pearsall, 23, and the 17-year-old male suspect who attempted to ro...

What is a UX300h? An UX300h is a compact crossover hybrid SUV built in the Miyawaka, Fukuoka, Japan assembly plant and sold worldwide by Lex...