Auto sales plunge; industry on the ropes Sales numbers released Tuesday confirm the U.S. auto industry has hit the roughest stretch of road in at least two decades, with the effects being felt from the Motor City to Mountain View.
A San Francisco judge Tuesday denied an electoral challenge to the contested Measure B, a ballot initiative that will tax Silicon Valley residents for a BART extension to the South Bay.
After three years of pumping iron, Michael Halpin finally got to play on the Los Gatos High School varsity football team. Tuesday, just days before the championship game, he collapsed at school and later died.
Police arrest Tracy couple after a 16-year-old Sacramento teen -- wearing only a pair of boxers and carrying a heavy chain that was padlocked to his ankle -- stumbled into a local gym asking employees to hide him. The teen was reported missing from a foster home in Sacramento in 2007.
Sharks overpower Maple Leafs Ron Wilson knew what he was getting into."I don't mean to knock my team, but there's a big difference in talent level here," the former Sharks coach said shortly before his new team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, faced off against his old one Tuesday night.
Cassidy: The economic ripples continue The demise of Santa Cruz Harley shows that sometimes when a small business closes, a community loses more than just the business. Sometimes it loses a little bit of itself, too.
Rice arrives in India in wake of Mumbai attacks MUMBAI, India—U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday in Washington's effort to ease tensions in the region after a three-day terrorist attack that left 171 people dead in Mumbai. Full Story
Blockbuster to sell Live Nation concert tickets In its quest to become an all-purpose entertainment store, Blockbuster will sell concert tickets and related merchandise next year as the exclusive retailer for Live Nation, the world's largest concert producer.
Opinion: Home foreclosure crisis demands action at all levels For the past two months, Americans have watched the federal government give nearly $350 billion of taxpayer money to the country's largest banks, while doing little to tackle the foreclosures that are driving down property values and destroying family wealth.
Purdy: Wilson gets respectful reception in his return Before the game, Ron Wilson stood outside the Toronto Maple Leafs' dressing room. He wondered what the reception might be in a couple of hours, when the puck dropped.
Longtime employees set to run Shubert Organization NEW YORK—The powerful Shubert Organization, Broadway's largest landlord, has looked to two of its longtime employees to run the company as well as its foundation, following the death of its chairman, Gerald Schoenfeld, last week. Full Story
