San Lorenzo News

For Steve Revetria, it was an easy decision to leave his warm, dry home in San Ramon early Saturday to trek along the blustery San Francisco waterfront to raise money for breast cancer research.

High and middle school students from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered recently to spruce up Valley Churches United Missions, which provides emergency aid in the form of food, gas, ...

The Bible has been a target for banning, as have such American classics as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Catcher in the Rye" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." Saturday ends Banned Books Week, a yearly ...

The troubled economy has given rise to a cruel new scam. Some Bay Area property owners facing foreclosure are renting out their homes and ripping off their tenants.Renetta Gremillion was scrambling to get ...

Stretching before tests? Breathing exercises after recess? For happy evidence of yoga's increasing mainstream influence, consider that yogic techniques are beginning to pop up in after-school programs, gym ...

DON'T LOOK now, but the holiday season is just around the corner. This year, early shoppers will head to the 37th annual Home Craft Fair in San Lorenzo.

Their names appear on street signs Hayward-area commuters see every day. Hardly anyone other than the most learned East Bay historians, however, know who the Meek and Lewelling families are, let alone their ...

Two high-profile land issues were expected to come up. The extent of San Lorenzo residents' concerns about crime and access to health care were a surprise.

Planning to head to the 8-mile-long Hayward shoreline on Saturday? Be prepared for lots of company.

East Bay residents who hear gunfire and other alarming noises this weekend shouldn't panic - it's only part of a test.

Faced with the possibility of not receiving a diploma, more California sophomores are passing a state-mandated high school exit exam, according to preliminary data released this week by the state Department of ...

Add the Oro Loma Sanitary District to the growing list of agencies hopping on the "green" bandwagon.

Talks aimed at clearing the way for a proposed San Lorenzo BMX track hit a wall on Wednesday.

Area school districts continue to show improvements on state standardized testing, but many still fail to meet federal expectations, according to Accountability Progress Reports, or APRs, released Thursday.. ...

Earlier this year, Sangeetha Lakshminarayanan completed her master's degree in education at Stanford, where her classmates were among the nation's best and brightest, aspiring for plum jobs in corner offices ...

Millard Billings was born to teach. "Since I was a little kid," he said. "I never veered from that." Billings' drive to educate others carried him from the age of Elvis to the era of Britney Spears.

An investigation into the circumstances surrounding a fatal hit-and-run earlier this month has produced more questions than answers, according to the Sheriff's Department.

Seals and sea lions in the Monterey Bay may be in for quite a shock. A county advisory group is toying with the idea of putting an electric barrier across the mouth of the San Lorenzo River to deter the ...

Teenager Ismael Munoz says this summer was the best of his life. The 16-year-old said he had fun, learned new skills and acquired a new hobby.

ABOUT 75,000 people turned out over the weekend for a peaceful, family-friendly street festival that has become an institution in Oakland's Chinatown.