Oakland (Alameda, California)

Less than an hour before the scheduled first pitch for Tuesday's series finale between the Angels and Oakland Athletics the tarp was still on the field. And the rain, which had stayed away most of the afternoon, began falling more......

The Center for Environmental Health on Tuesday announced impending legal action against more than 40 suppliers of aviation fuel containing lead, often used in piston-powered aircraft engines, at California airports. The Oakland-based group blames...

Apple refuted Amazon.com's stance that "app store" is a generic term in its latest filing related to its trademark infringement suit against the Amazon Appstore. "Apple denies that the mark APP STORE is generic and, on that basis, denies that the Amazon...

If it's not one thing, it's another…. Bad enough that Americans already were consumed with tying up loose ends and blowing their retirement nest eggs after Harold Camping, leader of Family Radio, an Oakland, Calif.-based Christian radio network...

The California State Athletic Commission’s decision Thursday to cut Chael Sonnen’s one-year suspension in half for banned-substance use will have an immediate effect on the polarizing UFC middleweight’s career, but the case itself will probably have...

All right, folks ... you know that on these shows where people vote (at least eventually), I tend to stay pretty neutral. I mean, I always give my opinions on performances, but I wouldn't say I exactly root for people.......

LOS ANGELES -- A bill requiring California schools to provide free drinking water to students during lunch time is a signature away from becoming law. San Francisco state Sen. Mark Leno proposed the free water on school menus. Leno says despite a...

TOURNAMENTS ATASCADERO Atascadero 72, Pioneer Valley 50 Santa Maria 35, Templeton 27 CATHEDRAL CITY Invitational Division Fairmont 69, Cathedral City 64 Miller 62, Colton 58 Harvard-Westlake 63, Corona Santiago 62 Las Vegas Silverado 57, El Camino Real 54...

California’s exporters showed another impressive year-over-year gain in performance in November, shipping $12.49 billion in goods for sale to customers overseas. That represented an increase of more than 14% compared with the $10.95 billion sent to...

Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik said he wouldn't have much to say at the press conference regarding the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) and 17 others. Then the 30-year sheriff for the Tucson area unloaded. Dupnik said......

Famous names, many of them Asian, show up for the third state dinner hosted at the White House by the Obamas....

The summer-like Super Bowl Sunday –- which brought temperatures into the 80s in some parts of Southern California -- will give way to cooler temperatures this week, forecasters say. Temperatures are expected to be five to 15 degrees cooler by......