A federal jury took only 20 minutes to reject claims by a graduate of UCSF Medical School who filed a $1 million civil rights suit accusing San Francisco police of roughing him up in 2006, city officials said today. Edward Yamoah, 35, who is now a resident... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add ...

Two men face charges in connection with a street race in San Jose that killed a 20-year-old woman. Twenty-one-year-old Emmanuel Pourmand and 18-year-old Joseph Anthony Inocencio were each charged Friday with gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add ...

Michele Warner lives in physical and mental pain and coped, for a while, with the help of a mixed Labrador retriever-German shepherd named Nellie. That lasted until her Orange County landlords informed her that the 48-pound animal exceeded the apartment... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to ...

A winter storm packing wind gusts more than 80 mph knocked out power to thousands of northern Nevadans, grounded flights and contributed to a fatal pile-up that shut down a stretch of U.S. Interstate 80. The storm had dumped several inches of snow on the... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add ...

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has set a box-office record for midnight screenings. Summit Entertainment estimated Friday that it earned $26.3 million after opening early in the morning. That would topple the previous midnight record, held by "Harry Potter and... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us ...

A 16-year-old boy was shot dead in his East Oakland home by an assailant who fired through the front door, police said today. Philip Wright, a student at Oakland High School, was shot at 5:10 p.m. Thursday as he went to answer a knock at his door on the 9400... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us ...

Another vehicle was set ablaze early today in west Contra Costa County, the latest in a spate of car fires that may be the work of a serial arsonist, authorities said. A pickup truck was found on fire at an apartment complex on the 2000 block of Vale Road in... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us ...

California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says California was one of 29 states reporting unemployment rate increases. Only three states _ Michigan, Nevada and Rhode Island... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us ...

Oprah Winfrey says her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey said Friday that her decision to end "The Oprah Winfrey Show" came "after much prayer and careful thought." Winfrey held back tears as she... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us ...

Actor Wesley Snipes is set to ask a federal appeals panel to overturn his three federal tax convictions. The actor was sentenced last year to three years in prison on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file his income tax returns. A judge allowed... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us ...