San Francisco Chronicle

Hey you, the guy with the Al Davis mural green-inked across your back: Jarrod Cooper wants to see your tats. "Tattoo contest!" Cooper announced in the Raiders' locker room Tuesday....

With the arena lights twinkling and sure-to-be adoring fans in the audience, the Warriors will make what they hope is a franchise-altering announcement Wednesday night: Nellie is back. Golden State...

Stephen Carter of Hayward, Calif., had to scrap plans to refinance his home with a 15-year loan. Jawahar Swaminathan of Richmond, Calif., had to dip into savings to pay off...

San Francisco Bay Area home prices are slowing and rents are going up, an indication that the housing market has entered a post-boom era in which buying a home no...

Wondering why many Wimbledon officials are so reluctant to bend over to check a line call? We thought you were. Well, for the first time since Ferdinand and Isabella played...

There's no question that California's housing market is cooling, with sales volume dropping. But the good news, according to an influential forecasting group, is that the state will manage a...

When Laura and Patrick Melendy bought their turn-of-the-century cottage in Point Richmond, Calif., last year, they hoped it would hold its value if the market cooled. So far, so good....

The Hercules City Council voted unanimously last month to take the unprecedented step of using eminent domain to prevent Wal-Mart from building a big-box store on a 17-acre lot near...

He was a psychedelic cowboy who rode the bus with Ken Kesey and took virtually every step of the long, strange trip with the Grateful Dead. Known solely as Ramrod,...

He was a psychedelic cowboy who rode the bus with Ken Kesey and took virtually every step of the long, strange trip with the Grateful Dead. Known solely as Ramrod,...