Google reported a 30 percent increase in net income and 42 percent increase in revenue for the first-quarter of 2008 today, trouncing analysts' estimates.

The mother of an abused toddler was sentenced today to one year in Santa Clara County Jail and four years of probation.

NEW YORK - A passenger who left his seat to pray in the back of a plane before it took off, ignoring flight attendants' orders to return, was removed by an airport security guard, a witness and the airline said.

It's official: Dr. Charles "Chuck" Weis is Santa Clara County's new Superintendent of Schools.

The Oakland A's still plan to come to Fremont, but team officials no longer expect to arrive in 2011.

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The Sudden Oak Death epidemic that has killed more than a million trees throughout coastal California started in two sites. Through genetic sleuthing, scientists found that pathogens in Scotts Valley and Mount Tamalpais share identical DNA footprints.

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Defense who likened his client to a platypus said Hans is being railroaded by Nina and the prosecutor.

Orthodox Jewish man ignores flight attendants' orders to return to his seat on SFO-bound plane.

E.Bay Restaurant Heists Continue

Last night's robbery of Emeryville's Restaurant Furenzu is the eighth such stickup in recent weeks. Police wonder if they're linked.

Hayward police arrest four suspects and are searching for a fifth who allegedly pulled a gun on the victim during a test drive.

Another record low for Bay Area in March: Sales off 41 percent from last year; prices tumble 16 percent.

S.F. 12-year-old who disappeared Monday, and was feared kidnapped, turns up with teenage friend in Oakland.