A McDonald's in San Jose was allegedly a well-known hot spot for customers wanting something other than Big Macs or Quarter Pounders.

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NEW YORK - Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the United States, according to comScore Inc.

To John Woolard, chief executive officer of BrightSource Energy, the Oakland builder of solar-thermal utility plants, the who is more important than the how much.

Traffic delays last year in the Bay Area reached their highest level since the peak of the dot-com boom and Santa Clara County ranked second among the nine counties with the most hours spent idling on state highways.

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Jon S. Whitmore, president of the large public research-focused Texas Tech University, has been named to succeed Don Kassing to lead San Jose State University.

Military helicopters dropped food and medicine to Chinese earthquake survivors who remained cut off today in remote mountain villages behind roads clogged by landslides.

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Robbers steal $6,000 in takeover holdup at a credit union, but a glimpsed license plate leads to chase, four arrests.

Board committee approves 10-percent increase to help make up for expected state cuts. U.C. to consider increases today.

Gas Spill Not Nearly That Bad

Only a few gallons, not the 1,500 originally feared, spill when a tug crashes into a pipeline off Martinez. A least one of the crew had been drinking.

Big boost comes on the heels of Obama's failure to win over "Hillary Democrats" in West Virginia.

Arctic bruin becomes the first animal protected under the Endangered Species Act because of global warming.

Victim, 14, was struck in Oakland's Fruitvale district by a pickup, police say.