Serabeth Mullaney says a nondisclosure agreement and San Francisco's brutal rental market are giving her pause on a $35,000 buyout.

A gift shop's growth to 11 locations triggered a formula retail fight, with merchants split over what counts as a chain.

District 3 Councilmember Karen Hardy called empty nitrous tanks near a Santa Clara high school “very disturbing.” The city council is now weighing fines up to $1,000.

State officials cite Fremont's role in a 1846 massacre of Wintu people as they weigh renaming the San Benito County park.

Measure X would let the Sausalito City Council, not voters, approve future waterfront zoning changes.

District 2 incumbent Jennifer Brouhard touts fewer closures and stable budgets; challenger Arielle Fleisher calls it a leadership crisis.

Van Le's campaign says voters deserve to know about Bien Doan's decades-old theft convictions. He calls the mailer defamatory.

An Alameda County judge weighs whether Heartbeat International and RealOptions Obria broke false-advertising law after six weeks of arguments.

Trustees could bar future extensions of the Casa Grande tower lease Oct. 6 as one board member calls the science shaky and another calls it a no-brainer.

The 1858-founded Sonoma Valley winery says its decision to seek court-supervised restructuring was not made lightly.

Ho Yin Mo, a former KTSF news anchor turned Cantonese outreach staffer, has been held in Pahrump since September 17.

Rob Newsom Jr. and Seema Patel face off for San Mateo's District 3 council seat as the city eyes a quarter-cent sales tax hike.

Supervisor Matt Dorsey accused PG&E of stalling San Francisco's public-power bid using environmental review tactics.