The San Jose Mercury News Wish Book has been granting the dreams of ambitious and needy Bay Area residents for 27 years. The series told 25 stories th...
Posted 11.23.2009 | Home
Transit police in California are facing questions over use-of-force after another controversial video surfaced on YouTube. The latest clip was titled ...
San Jose Mercury News | Posted 11.07.2009 | Home
A maintenance worker found the body of Gabriel Contreras, 21, of Palo Alto after lifting part of the cover from the swimming pool at Hoover Park. The ...
Greg Archer | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Like most people living in the Bay Area at the time, I can vividly recall the day the Loma Prieta Earthquake hit back in October, 1989.
The New York Times | MARIA NEWMAN and JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home
Law enforcement authorities were in Phillip Garrido's house at least twice in the last three years, but never discovered that a young woman he had all...
Posted 09.27.2009 | Home
By JULIET WILLIAMS and SAMANTHA YOUNG, Associated Press UPDATE PLACERVILLE, Calif. - The father of a man suspected of kidnapping a girl 18 years ag...
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living
A study this summer reports 1 in 7 teenagers in the U.S. thinks he or she only has a 50-50 shot of making it past 35. What stands out are the consequences of low life-expectancy.
Bob MacDonald | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green
Resolving the worst financial crisis in history and attempting to wean the American economy off of fossil fuels: These efforts are actually more synergistic than most people realize.
Aaron Keyak | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics
Even when it was not politically popular, Bert Coffey held fast to his ideal of a society in which equal opportunity truly existed.
David Lewis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green
Plastic bag pollution is growing, and its impact on our rivers, bays and oceans is well documented. The answer to "paper or plastic?" is "neither -- here's my reusable bag!"
Natasha Chen | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
The nationwide canvassing event to obtain pledge signatures in support of Obama's plans lasted only a few hours, but a group of Bay Area volunteers pledged to do much more.
AP | Posted 04.23.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has named a San Diego clergyman to be bishop of Oakland, California. A brief statement by the...
Gavin Newsom | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green
Yesterday, joined by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, I announced a nine-step policy plan for transforming the Bay Area into the "Electric Vehicle (EV) Capital of the U.S."
Esther Wojcicki | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living
The last time a Zeppelin had come to the US was in 1937 when the ill-fated Hindenberg caught fire and exploded as it landed in New Jersey after a trans-Atlantic flight.
Washington Post | Zachary A. Goldfarb, Kendra Marr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Barry Schuler moved to Washington from Silicon Valley to join AOL during its golden days, one of the many top technology professionals the Internet gi...
Posted 12.28.2009 | Impact