Oakland

The ambient rock band Sigur Ros, on a world tour from their home country of Iceland, played this past Tuesday at the Fox Theater in Oakland. I left Sacramento by bus in time to see the sun set over the bay.

Nicholas Petris, who served in the California Legislature for 37 years, representing Oakland and other East Bay communities, died Wednesday morning. He was 90. Daniel Visinich, who worked for Petris in the Legislature, said that Petris died at Piedmon...

SAN JOSE -- Gov. Jerry Brown, the former mayor of Oakland, said today that his home city "has to solve its own problems," after a surge in crime has prompted

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Joe Davis

Does the compact San Francisco Bay Area have a denser population than the sprawling Los Angeles Basin? Most would say San Francisco does, but it turns out, according to a

With nearly a month left in the regular season of Major League Baseball, there is something special going on in the Bay Area: Oakland and San Francisco both making strong playoff runs.

It is a sad state of affairs for attendance numbers at the Oakland Athletic's games. The team just surpasses Cleveland for having the second worst attendance record in the MLB this year. Granted the... (This is a brief excerpt of this post. Please cli...

(:)(:)(:) for The Artist (:)(:)(:)(:) for My Week with Marilyn   This weekend I saw The Artist and My Week With Marilyn.   I was eager to see one of the films.  The other I was willing to see but had zero expectations--guess ...

We've been having the best time being hosts & playing tour guide to guests visiting from Shanghai, China. I think Gil is the best tour guide because he know where to go, where to park & doesn't get lost (just ask Eileen & Nance!) My ho...