Cisco Systems, the giant San Jose maker of networking equipment, intends to buy Arch Rock, a San Francisco developer of smart-grid software.

The U.S. Senator delivered a mixed bag of news about the economy for nearly 450 political and business leaders.

Authorities pulled the body of a 40-year-old woman from water near a submerged twin-engine Beechcraft plane that plunged into a Redwood Shores lagoon this morning, officials said.

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Daryl Myers shared the most intimate moments of his life with Frederick Sales the past two months.The 35-year-old nursing assistant bathed Myers, tended to his comfort, fetched his favorite snacks, talked to him and supplied most of the scarce smiles during a dark time in his life.

Authorities pulled the body of a 40-year-old woman from water near a submerged twin-engine Beechcraft plane that plunged into a Redwood Shores lagoon this morning, officials said.

David Newman is an artist armed with an iPad. He finds inspiration in the developers and designers of Silicon Valley who build the tools that allow him to do his art — and allow the rest of us to do much more.

On the fifth floor of Santa Clara County's Hall of Justice in San Jose, one of the most sensational local murder cases in recent memory is under way.

Restriping and installation of equipment begins on new express lane, which will be open to solo drivers for a fee.

Crews are working to fix the line. Meanwhile, the odor has not reappeared for the last week.

A small plane crashed just before noon in a lagoon in the Redwood Shores area of Redwood City, officials said. A spokesman for the city said one body had been pulled from the water. The spokesman, Malcolm Smith, told reporters that the victim was a woman,...

The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in the second such disaster in the Gulf in less than five months. The...

U.S. immigration officials said Wednesday they will consider San Franciscos request to opt out of the controversial Secure Communities program that makes it easier for federal authorities to track down and deport undocumented immigrants. Until now, the...

As Dianne Huntsberry was losing her home last year, the result of a financing scam, she also wound up in the hospital - twice - for what seemed like heart problems. I thought I was having a heart attack - I didnt know what was going on, said Huntsberry,...

The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolinas dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storms...

Muni operators are trying to halt plans to restore 61 percent of the service that was cut in May. The restorations are set to go into effect Saturday and would add more runs late at night, on community routes and the busiest lines. Transport Workers Union...