By Scott Duke Harrissdharris@mercurynews.com When Sunnyvale-based BARRX Medical was courting investors earlier this year to advance its endoscopic treatments to eliminate pre-cancerous lesions in the esophagus, Dr.

The remains were sent to the Marin County Coroner's Office, and U.S. Park Police are treating the area as a crime scene.

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A truck driver -- and his rig -- got tipsy en route to Santa Cruz, but the driver says it wasn't because he'd been drinking

Benito 'Benny' Honorio is now sitting in a Yuba County jail while his attorney races against the clock to win a court hearing from the federal Board of Immigration Appeals.

A German court ruled Friday that Google's subsidiary YouTube must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.

MIAMI -- A senior law enforcement official says the scientist detained at Miami International Airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The family at the center of the balloon boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado for Florida.

CAPITOLA -- After struggling for weeks to pull together the money necessary to host a stop on the Amgen Tour of California, Capitola leaders have decided to bow out of contention.

A group of boaters -- including three children -- was rescued safely after being stranded overnight when their motorboat ran aground in the Suisun Bay, the Coast Guard said.

The search for a missing Hercules man took a grim turn today, as police shifted their attention to a Pittsburg landfill and 3,000 tons of garbage in searching for his body. Frederick Sales, 35, a nursing aide at Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, has not...

After Efren Valdemoro met Cindy Tran during a flirty encounter more than two years ago at a Vallejo beauty salon where she cut his hair, he struck her co-workers as kind and giving. He used to bring us coffee and Filipino desserts. He was very generous,...

Alameda County sheriffs investigators are asking for the publics help in locating two men charged with murdering a man they apparently suspected of plotting to steal their marijuana. Mohammed Kahn, 47, and Manuel Trujillo, 62, know they are being sought in...

The suspect in the shooting of a Fremont police officer in East Oakland has been returned to Alameda County after his arrest near the Mexican border over the weekend, records show. Andrew Barrientos, 20, an alleged gang member from Union City, is scheduled...

A human skull and other bones have been found in a cove in the Marin Headlands, and efforts are under way to recover additional remains, authorities said today. The skull was first spotted by a kayaker at 7:30 p.m. Monday in a cove below Battery Spencer, near...

Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumns leaves begin to drop. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. Thats...