San Jose Mercury News

Your rent's going up 30 percent a month and you can't afford it. But you don't want to move and take your kids out of their schools. What do you...

Elvis Grbac's interception Sunday tore at the hearts of critics who questioned his ability and wondered if he has what it takes to lead the team. We expect athletes to...

It's only a sidewalk--15 feet wide--but it represents the foundation of a renaissance for the little town where Charlie Chaplin filmed movies and where a bustling train junction, mill and...

Palo Alto panhandler Victor Frost doesn't have a residential address, but he and other street people may soon have a home -- a home page, that is. Carrying a bright...

You've heard the telecommunications revolution is poised to change your life. What you may not realize is how much it could change your neighborhood. San Francisco Bay area communities, from...

After weeks of rumors, Bill Walsh resigned as Stanford's football coach Nov. 30. The announcement didn't come as a surprise, and Walsh described the move as a natural "evolution," but...

Mortgage lenders are rolling out the red carpet for minorities. Once the target of discriminatory lending tactics, such as redlining-excluding whole neighborhoods from access to mortgages-minorities have become prime marketing...

Wayne Doran looks across a shimmering sea of freshly striped asphalt to the 210-store Great Mall of the Bay Area, its green industrial siding glinting like a sea serpent's scales...

Californians are learning the hard way that natural disasters can cause financial headaches long after the house is repaired. With the state's biggest insurance companies shying away from writing new...

A new home mortgage tied to a tax-deferred, interest-bearing life insurance policy promises both homeownership and a fat nest egg. Known as "endowment mortgages" in England, where they've been popular...