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The Supreme Court is considering whether to give a new sentencing hearing to a man who confessed to kidnapping, raping and killing a 16-year-old girl in Kentucky.

Despite a year of setbacks, the parents of children lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre insist they won't lose the fight to reduce gun violence.

The mysterious high-tipper who has left $1,000 tips in restaurants in San Francisco and other cities has been identified , according to reports in the New York Post and Gawker's Valleywag.

The Asiana Airlines captain who crashed a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport in July told investigators he was stressed out and "very concerned" about attempting a visual approach because the runway's automatic warning systems were out of service due to construction, according to an investigative report released Wednesday.

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The first officer aboard Asiana Flight 214 told investigators that he called out the plane's excessive sink rate -- its rate of descent -- "more than four times" in the two minutes before the plane crashed, according to information released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday as it began a marathon 11-hour hearing into the July ... (more)

In the wake of some high-profile cases of motorists running over cyclists in San Francisco this year, including the Aug. 14 death of Amelie Le Moullac at the intersection of Folsom and 6th Streets, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has taken a lane from drivers to create safer cycling along seven key blocks of fast-moving Folsom ... (more)

A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Richmond on Monday after police officers spotted him carrying an Uzi submachine gun, according to police sergeant.

A fire at a San Francisco recycling warehouse was extinguished after burning for more than nine hours overnight, an acting fire captain said Tuesday.

A Google commuter bus that shuttles employees to and from work was blocked for some 30 minutes by residents who oppose the use of the buses for traffic and economic reasons.

A man accused of fatally shooting another man over a PlayStation 4 game console in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood last week pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of murder and attempted robbery, according to the district attorney's office.

By The Associated Press Another round of snow is in the forecast for the mid-Atlantic region, just in time for the morning commute.

One of Exploratorium's new exhibits is located on the pedestrian bridge between Piers 15 and 17. It is an installation of creative and technical acheivement that is astounding.

Five months after a deadly Boeing 777 crash landed at San Francisco International Airport, the National Safety Transportation Board plans a two-day hearing examining whether the pilots were overly reliant on computer systems when they approached too low and slow before striking a seawall and tumbling across the runway.

SAN FRANCISCO - The 85-year-old U.S. Korean War veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped confession in which he apologized for killing North Koreans during the war was given involuntarily and under duress.

Susan Shargel, an insurance broker in San Francisco, says she's seeing health insurance plans offering fewer options for doctors and hospitals.

Kitty Morgan, an editor with deep experience in developing lifestyle content, is joining the San Francisco Chronicle as Assistant Managing Editor - Lifestyle Content Director.

Demand for T-shirts made by the San Francisco police chief's son in honor of "Batkid" and his historic day fighting crime in San Francisco last month have reached epic proportions, the chief said today.

How a quirky, best-selling Northwest restaurant guide had a 34-year run, spawned a leading book publishing company, and quietly faded away.

KCBS radio "Foodie Chap" and KPIX 5 television "Eye On The Bay" host Liam Mayclem introduces us to the culinary stars behind the food and wine loved by so many in the Bay Area.