Time online teaches kids important skills, study finds By socializing, tinkering with technology and intensely delving into media, teens and children on the Internet "are picking up basic social and technical skills they need to fully participate in contemporary society," according to a three-year national study released today.
A dramatic move toward change began late Tuesday night after dozens of people complained to San Jose City Council members of being falsely charged with public drunkenness by police who, they contended, were improperly using the law against Hispanic people downtown.
Beginning at noon Wednesday, it became illegal for the residents of nine Bay Area counties to start a fire in their fireplaces or outdoor fire pits. And those who flout the new law, which is in effect on Spare the Air days, could face fines of several thousand dollars.
Butch the 150-year-old desert tortoise is down for the count '” until spring at least, when he will come out of hibernation '” but he made quite a name for himself before he went to sleep.
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.
US says American troops attacked in Philippines MANILA, Philippines—The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines says American troops traveling in a Philippine army convoy came under fire earlier this week from suspected Muslim militants, but there were no casualties. Full Story
Wanderlust: Finding the past in local parks In the once-agricultural Santa Clara County, the holidays were a busy time at ranches, vineyards and orchards. Local parks still hold clues to the region's rural and hardworking past.
Thomas L. Friedman: Clinton as secretary of state presents special concerns The important question, the answer of which is not at all clear to me, is about the only relationship that matters for a secretary of state '” the kind of relationship he or she would have with the new president. Is Barack Obama considering Hillary Clinton for this job in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back?
Strike threat hangs over La Scala gala opening MILAN, Italy—In dramatic costumes dripping with fake blood, La Scala workers took to the stage to vent their frustration after the last three performances of "The Merry Widow" were canceled by a strike. Full Story
