Backing a controversial decision by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office, the Attorney General's office announced this afternoon that it won't push for prosecution against former De Anza College baseball players accused of gang raping a drunken high school student.

LOS ANGELES - It's safe to say Jeremy Snyder gets a charge out of the two-seat Tesla Roadster whenever he pulls one off the lot - and not because it's equipped with an all-electric engine.

Los Gatos elementary school trustees today will interview five candidates for superintendent of the high-scoring district that still is struggling to overcome financial and management scandals.

Five men accused of playing parts in killing a popular Los Gatos businessman in broad daylight delayed entering pleas today because their defense attorneys said they haven't yet received all the documents they need to review.

Yahoo shares jumped more than 7 percent today on expectations that the Sunnyvale Internet company was nearing a deal to sell itself to Microsoft.

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About 150 people who used their bank debit cards at a Lunardi's Supermarket in Los Gatos have become victims of an identity theft scam. And that number is expected to grow.

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A small sum was apparently at the heart of a dispute in which a man, 36, is suspected of fatally beating a homeless person.

Firms discuss a merger as the software giant's deadline for deciding whether to take its bid hostile or withdraw nears.

Chevron Nets $5.1B Profit

Motorists may be sad, but stockholders are celebrating as the local oil giant posts the second highest quarterly gain in its history.

State prosecutors say evidence is lacking in sexual assault case involving a 17-year-old girl and local college baseball players.

A 94-year-old tenant accused of killing a man at his home is one of the oldest Bay Area homicide suspects ever, say police.

No one was injured in two-alarm fire that raced through a four-story apartment building yesterday afternoon.