Richmond (Contra Costa, California)

It may be doing so slowly, but the economy is picking up, says Claude Lilly, chairman of the Charlotte Branch of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank and dean of Clemson University’s College of Business & Behavioral Science. By virtue of Clemson...

Emma Frances Crowe Ginter, 87, of Winchester, widow of John Oliver Ginter Sr., passed away on Monday, June 6, at the Dover Manor Nursing Home in Georgetown. She was born in Clark County on June 12, 1923 to the late James Thomas and Allie White Crowe....

Preparing Meditarreanean and Dutch dishes red wine and citrus braised duck legs and Compote of fennel with onion, pancetta and currants with cooks Josiah Citrin, Paula Wolfert In the 1960s and '70s thrifty housewives cooked tough cuts of meat and a few...

Here we go again with Dee Hart. The Dr. Phillips running back said Thursday evening that he is currently not committed to any school. He's been committed to Michigan and Alabama for about four days and now, no one. Despite video to the contrary by...

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys say a teenage girl who was gang-raped outside a Northern California high school reached a $4 million settlement with the school district. The value of the deal in the civil claim against the West Contra Costa...

Find out about historic and scenic sites as well as programs, fees and directions to California's national parks, monuments and recreation areas: Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Mason, B201, San Francisco, CA 94123; (415) 561-...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KTLA) -- DNA has linked the 30-year old murders of Goleta couple to an unknown serial killer suspected in a series of rapes and killings in Sacramento, Ventura and Orange counties. Thirty-five-year-old Cheri Domingo and 27-year-old...

Janet Lee Staton, of DeLand, FL, is one of 18 finalists in Good Housekeeping's $125,000 Cook Your Heart Out competition. Staton will prepare her Jan’s Breakfast Muffins from the contest's Starters category Aug. 28 and 29 in the Good Housekeeping Test...

The San Mateo County coroner's office Wednesday confirmed the identities of three family members who were missing and presumed dead in the Sept. 9 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, officially bringing the death toll to seven. The three were identified.......

Are the big oil companies really backing Proposition 23? Maybe not. Among California's major oil refiners, Shell Oil opposes the November ballot initiative to suspend the state’s global warming law. Chevron Corp. is officially neutral. Exxon Mobil and...

It's one thing for Malibu and Newport Beach to ban those solid foam food cups and containers that pollute ocean and land. But what if Los Angeles County did so too, in restaurants and retail areas across its vast unincorporated......