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Alessandro Baccari, North Beach historian The morning mist lifts off the water as the church bells toll 10 times, a signal to Baccari to spread his arms and commence this annual ceremony to honor fishermen … More »Alessandro Baccari, North Beach historian

Man fatally shot near Jack London Square (12-08) 19:59 PST OAKLAND -- Oakland police were looking for a suspect Saturday afternoon who fatally shot a man near Jack London Square. The shooting occurred … More »Man fatally shot near Jack London Square

Prop. 13 reform will take clever moves That break is one of the most unfair parts of the state's tax code. After voters approved Prop. 13 in 1978, capping property taxes for landowners, we had to sit down … More »Prop. 13 reform will take clever moves

Authorities say three people are dead and four others are wounded after a shooting Saturday night on a Tulare County Indian reservation. More »3 Shot Dead, 4 Wounded On Central Valley Indian Reservation

Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested in northern California on a felony warrant related to a police chase. More »Comedian Katt Williams Arrested Near Sacramento

President Jimmy Carter, his wife and a team of volunteers traveled to Haiti recently to build homes in Léogâne the epicenter of the January 2010 earthquake. More »Community Corner: Bay Area Man Helps Rebuild Haiti

Beth LaBerge/Special to the Examiner An all new San Francisco history museum is in the works at 449 Powell St above the Golden Gate Grill restaurant, planned by Man J. Kim the President and CEO of Lori's … More »New San Francisco History Museum to open - SLIDESHOW

San Francisco health officials are advising some gay men to consider vaccination against meningitis if they have recently traveled or plan to travel to New York City. New York City has reported at least … More »City issues meningitis health advisory to gay men traveling to New York

Wire report The bitter rivals in California's gay marriage debate were in complete agreement Friday: The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to take up the state's gay marriage ban was a good thing. Of course, … More »High Court to review Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says his team is grieving over the death of linebacker Jerry Brown as it gets ready to play the Bengals. More »Cowboys' Jones says team is grieving

Authorities say three people are dead and four others are injured after a shooting on an Indian reservation in Central California. More »3 dead in Calif. Indian reservation shooting

Police are investigating the death of a man who was shot and killed in Antioch Saturday night. More »Man shot, killed in Antioch

City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Deputy City Attorney Theresa Stewart, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, and other officials who held a press conference at City Hall today admitted they were disappointed … More »Herrera and other officials disappointed but hopeful as Supreme Court takes marriage equality case

Lots of statements getting issued on the Supreme Court's decision, reflecting both the desire of many elected officials to weigh in on this momentus event and some interesting differences in tone. More »Same-sex marriage: What they're saying

Keep in mind that I'm not a lawyer and the news just broke. But it seems unlikely to me that the US Supreme Court would have taken up two key cases involving same-sex marraige just to rule narrowly on … More »The Supreme Court and same-sex marriage

A Minor Cycle: Five Little Plays in One Starry Night.: A collaboration between playwright Greg Giovanni and Theater of Yugen presenting five short plays influenced by classical Japanese dramatic forms. … More »Now Playing

Artists' Television Access. OpenScreening: The only monthly open submissions screening in the Bay Area. Thu., Dec. 6, 8 p.m. $5. A Non Sequitur Dog From Hell: Works by SFAI Film Class Projects. Refreshments … More »Arthouse Movie Listings December 5-11, 2012

It's not an insult to the work of Swiss novelist/memoirist/archaeologist Annemarie Schwarzenbach that readers, in the decades since her death in 1942, have found her writing not quite as interesting as … More »Travel Channeling: December Books Search for the Self

What does it take to get a San Jose cop on a burglary case these days? The SJPD is woefully short-handed, its burglary unit fanned out to patrol while the city scrambles for new recruits as officers flee … More »Internal Affairs: Neighbors can't get San Jose police to respond to break-ins

One reader complains about gaps in traffic, the other about the lack of them. Plus: How does one driver tell another she's sorry for a stupid move? More »Roadshow: Road boulders and tailgaters, please explain yourselves

A 14-year-old was transported to the hospital after being stabbed at the annual holiday celebration. More »Youth stabbed at Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose

Suspect shot, hostages freed unharmed at Sacramento Jack in the Box More »Jack in the Box Hostage Standoff Over

Last minute Christmas shoppers have a new go to. Macy's will be open for a straight 48 hours the weekend before Christmas. Photo Credit: Getty Images More »Macy's Open 48 Hours Weekend Before Christmas

She saw a friend in need of a service animal and knew she could help him More »Gilroy Woman Named National "Hero"

If, as expected, this week, U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson signs off on an agreement between the city and two civil rights attorneys who represented victims in the Riders lawsuit, Oakland … More »Day of reckoning near for Oakland Police Department

OUSD is creating a so-called score card for student achievement, attendance, discipline rates, effective teaching, teacher satisfaction, teacher retention, and a balanced budget with an equitable funding … More »Education Report: Oakland Unified to score ... everyone

The other day I was walking on the edge of East Oakland and I heard what I am pretty sure was the sound of a gun being fired. It was the middle of the day. I looked around. More »Oakland Effect: The hard facts of stray bullets