Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. tells Roosevelt Middle School kids about life without gravity  

Oakland conference discusses balancing the rising need for programs helping elders and the agencies' shrinking budgets.  

The death of an Oakland woman found on Foothill Road in Pleasanton is finally determined to have been accidental. The 34-year-old mystery of how Karen Rose Robinson died has been solved. Heroin, not a person, killed her.  

A lower potential cost to Alameda County weighs into a judge's selection of a new venue for the murder case.  

For many on the streets of Oakland, violence has become so commonplace, death so expected, there exists a sense of chilling resignation. An almost sinister acceptance of violence persists, leaving generations inflicted with symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder...

  Homicide Map (PDF)  

On the 20th anniversary of Loma Prieta, experts are taking measure of what might happen when the next large temblor strikes. The prognosis is sobering.

  Read transcripts from today's chat about Loma Prieta

  Map: Your quake memories | Loma Prieta section