Justices agree to hear six legal challenges to Proposition 8, the state's latest ban on gay marriage, setting the stage for another historic courtroom showdown over gay rights.
Clad in a yellow jail jumpsuit indicating he's been confined to the mental health ward, former SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu was formally charged today with three counts of murder in the gunshot slayings last week of colleagues who'd agreed to meet with him after he was fired.
Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003 today, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging below the 8,000 mark as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers amid a slumping economy disheartened investors.
Soccer-loving 10-year-old boy dies in crash coming from tournament Jonathan Manzo Chavez, his mother, and two older siblings were on their way home to San Jose late Saturday afternoon when their minivan collided with a Toyota Corolla that had lost control and spun in front of them on Vallecitos Road in Livermore.
Kawakami: Where have the Big Game's big-time QBs gone? There was a jam-packed Big Game news conference in San Francisco this week, with Jeff Tedford and Jim Harbaugh, plenty of media and several amiable, interesting Cal and Stanford players.
Bloggers, analysts begin floating names to replace Yahoo CEO Yahoo had barely pressed the return key Monday evening on its search for a new chief executive before an army of bloggers and analysts began returning results with names of possible replacements for Jerry Yang.
Restaurant review: Douce France in Palo Alto There is something soothing about visiting Douce France on a rainy afternoon to sit at one of the little round bistro tables nibbling a chocolate croissant so flaky it showers you with tiny, buttery crumbs. Sip a cappuccino, read the newspaper, check your e-mail with the free Wi-Fi or just watch the people go by outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Opinion: Lincoln's 'team of rivals' no blueprint for success People love Doris Kearns Goodwin's book on the Lincoln presidency, 'Team of Rivals.' More important, for this moment in American history, Barack Obama loves it. The book is certainly fun to read, but its claim that Abraham Lincoln revealed his 'political genius' through the management of his wartime Cabinet deserves a harder look, especially now that it seems to be offering a template for the new administration.
Biz break: Dow closes below 8,000 Wall Street today hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three auto makers and the economy disheartened investors.
