More Santa Clara County homes changed hands last month than during ultra-slow October 2007, but median prices fell sharply compared to last year. Previously foreclosed properties accounted for more than one-third of sales in the county.
Justices agree to hear legal challenges to the state's latest ban on gay marriage, setting the stage for another historic courtroom showdown over gay rights.
Engineer formally charged with murders; slain CEO's family gathers Clad in a bright yellow smock indicating his confinement in the county jail's mental health ward, former SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu, 47, was formally charged Wednesday with three counts of murder in the gunshot slayings of colleagues who met with him after he was fired.
Ex-Cal star Chuck Muncie rushes to inspire others Despite his years living in nearby Emeryville, Chuck Muncie rarely ventured onto the Cal campus. But he'll be there Saturday, signing autographs before the 111th Big Game. Cal fans no doubt will want to reminisce about the 1975 Big Game in which Muncie rushed for 169 yards and accounted for four touchdowns — one passing — in a 48-15 rout.
Web video developing into cable alternative For consumers fed up with their cable companies, a new alternative is emerging. Call it Cable 2.0: You get many of the same TV shows and movies, often with fewer commercials.
US says American troops attacked in Philippines MANILA, Philippines—American troops traveling in a Philippine army convoy came under fire this week from suspected Muslim militants on southern Jolo island but there were no casualties, the U. Full Story
Wanderlust: Finding the past in South Bay parks In the once-agricultural Santa Clara County, the holidays were a busy time at ranches, vineyards and orchards. Local parks still hold clues to the region's rural and hardworking past.
Opinion: Hanson: In America, failure is not an option We all remember the advice about failure we received from our parents and teachers. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." "Learn from your mistakes." "Failure breeds success."
At S.F. Symphony, a gloriously cohesive Mahler 8 When the orchestra last performed the Eighth in 2006 '” Tilson Thomas didn't feel ready to record it then but is now '” I remember paying the closest attention to its specific, dramatic unfoldings, tracking the Latin as best I could. This time, I sat back, taking it in as absolute music, an all-out symphony of voices.
Ann Curry stops short of Kilimanjaro summit NEW YORK—The "Today" show's Ann Curry didn't make it to the top of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro. Altitude sickness and forbidding weather forced the NBC morning show's crew to stop about 3,000 feet short of the 19,000-foot summit. Full Story
