Sentencing for a 26-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting another man in 2006 after an argument at an East Palo Alto birthday party was continued in San Mateo County Superior Court today and may be further delayed when a newly hired defense attorney seeks a new trial.

Robert L. Sain, the executive director of Saratoga's Montalvo Arts Center, announced today that he is stepping down effective Sept.

Along Selborn Place in the tranquil Rose Garden neighborhood, the blood that once stained the asphalt has long been washed away, replaced by freshly painted crosswalks. Only the faded orange police markings remain.

• Guest book for Breanna Slaughter-Eck
• Safety stessed at Hoover Middle School

Once a month, parents turn their autistic children loose in a Sunnyvale play room where they hurl themselves against the playground equipment.

• Kids bounce off walls at Pump It Up

Jamie Foxx, Fran Drescher, Lucy Liu and Isaiah Washington were among the stars who proclaimed their love for Barack Obama Thursday night at a swanky soiree

• Photos: A Black and White Gala for Barack Obama

Former Empire Academy teacher Forest Cascade Miles pleaded not guilty Friday morning to charges that he had sexual relations with at least two teenage students.

Columns of hulking, smoke-belching Russian tanks rolled out of key positions deep inside Georgia Friday as Moscow declared it had pulled its forces out following the worst confrontation between the Kremlin and the West since the Soviet collapse. But the...

A man shot to death inside a video-game store in Hayward was killed by someone whose jewelry he had tried to steal, police said today. Deandre Tyre Demisse, 21, of San Francisco was shot and killed at about 4 p.m. Thursday inside a Game Stop store, moments...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Friday the economy continues to be in a recession, by his definition, and will continue to be for at least several more months. During a live appearance on CNBC, Buffett said ripples of the credit crunch are continuing...

The college presidents said they wanted a national debate on the 21-year-old drinking age. They got it. For years, former Middlebury College President John McCardell has been criticizing the law, saying it only encourages binge drinking and pushes alcohol...

Little Lance was one of two dogs shot, thrown out of a car and left for dead at an East Oakland street corner earlier this month. Bullets tore through his spinal cord and leg and shattered a tooth, leaving the animal helpless and racked with pain. The other...

The secret holding, Barack Obama on Friday readied announcement by text message of his vice presidential running mate from a list suddenly spiced by a dark horse from Texas. Hillary Rodham Clintons prospects remained a mystery on a day full of them, although...