Pleasanton (Alameda, California)

First of two parts At first, the experimental shampoo looked like a putrid salad dressing. Its oil and its water just couldn't get along. They separated in the bottle and, over time, the shampoo took on an ugly brown hue. The team at Avalon Organics,...

If you need help with your passport, do not e-mail your congressional representative's office. Call. This list of California House members (with their district number) was compiled using the contact information on each representative's website. --------...

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Ever write a check while shopping and sweat over whether the check would clear? A growing number of banks are offering a new and fairly painless way to eliminate the guesswork. The solution fits in your pocket. Eight of the 10 biggest U.S. banks now...

SHERMAN OAKS -- Move over Tina Fey. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has another look-alike and she's right here in Southern California. Sherman Oaks beauty salon owner, Marlene Nordberg, says her customers first noted her strong resemblance to the Republican...

Business software maker PeopleSoft today agreed to a sweetened $10.3 billion takeover offer from rival Oracle, ending one of the longest and most bitter corporate feuds on record. The announcement was a major victory for Oracle chief executive Larry...

SAN FRANCISCO — In a rare defeat for U.S. antitrust enforcers, a federal judge cleared the way Thursday for software giant Oracle Corp. to press ahead with its hostile bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. Oracle still faces major obstacles to completing...

In the moments before United Airlines Flight 93 plunged nose-first into a scrubby field in western Pennsylvania, several passengers on the doomed airplane plotted a counterattack against the hijackers, an astounding act of heroism that may have averted...

For 15 million Americans, it is a daily ritual: gulping down a pill to reduce cholesterol. They do it because their doctors tell them to. Their doctors, in turn, rely on recommendations from the National Institutes of Health and its scientists, such as...

The following is a list of confirmed dead as of Monday. List compiled from sources including Pentagon websites, New York Coroner's Office, and Times wire services, by Times researchers Cary Schneider and Kent Coloma and Times staff writer Myrna Oliver....