A man was struck and killed by a passing car this morning after stopping to help another motorist who had crashed on Marsh Creek Road near Brentwood, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

Four misdemeanor charges have been filed and an arrest warrant issued for a 19-year-old Newark man believed to be responsible for a July accident that killed a 14-year-old boy riding his skateboard.

Cleared for testing: Two Bay Area direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies that had been ordered two months ago to stop doing business in California have obtained licenses to resume their operations in the state.

Mineta San Jose International Airport is losing three more daily cross-country flights, leaving travelers with only one transcontinental non-stop.

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Whether motivated by high gas prices, global warming or physical fitness, thousands of Caltrain's regular passengers are lugging their bicycles aboard.

Two Bay Area direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies that had been ordered two months ago to stop doing business in California have obtained licenses to resume their operations in the state.

A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. Some 153 were believed dead _ Spains worst air...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger moved to end the stalemate over a state budget Wednesday by offering a compromise spending plan that calls for a temporary 1 percent sales tax increase and additional cuts. In the past, the governor has said he is against raising...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, had a brain hemorrhage and was in critical condition with limited brain function, a doctor said Wednesday. Tubbs Jones, 58, suffered the hemorrhage while driving...

Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised. Georgian soldiers suggested the Russians were trying to provoke them and justify a resumption of the...

A senior U.S. military official says the U.S. government has approved a draft agreement on reducing the American military presence in Iraq. The official said the deal is not final and is subject to acceptance by Iraqi leaders. The official said that barring...

A man convicted of causing a deadly commuter rail crash that he blamed on an attempt to commit suicide was sentenced Wednesday to 11 consecutive life terms by a judge who denounced him as a remorseless killer. Superior Court Judge William Pounders said he...