Contra Costa Times

He had a job in the NFL. He got paid for doing little more than standing around. Three guys stood between him and his lifelong goal. So, New England Patriots...

Not in my back yard. Bay Area neighborhoods sound the cry more forcefully than any region in California to block proposed housing packed tightly together or rising to multiple stories....

While high rents and futile apartment searches have become as much a part of the Bay Area lifestyle as Palm Pilots and the Internet, a slowing economy and a sagging...

Gil and Michelle Castuera want what thousands of families in the Bay Area near San Francisco want -- a new house near a good school at a price they can...

They're not cultists, and they don't consider themselves hippies, either. They're just a bunch of people who want to live together, share responsibilities and get to know each other. More...

Five games, five missed field-goal attempts and enough armchair psychologists to fill 63,142-seat Network Associates Coliseum. Is it any wonder Raiders rookie kicker Sebastian Janikowski slipped out of the visiting...

Internet grocer Webvan Group Inc. said it will delay moving into two new cities to focus on profitability and integrate HomeGrocer.com, a recent acquisition. Webvan will not start delivering groceries...

The way he speaks on occasion, it's almost as if Kevin Appier never pitched for the Kansas City Royals. Appier returned to Kauffman Stadium last month for the first time...

Tim Hudson made the mistake of throwing one too many high-and-inside pitches to Barry Bonds during last week's Oakland-San Francisco game. Bonds hit a second-deck homer in his fifth-inning at-bat,...

Ikea has canceled a popular on-line marketing campaign because consumers said they were worried it would put people on an Ikea mailing list without their permission. The hip Swedish home...