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A collaborative of Bay Area hospitals estimates it saved nearly 200 lives over a 21-month period by reducing hospital-acquired infections, according to a recently released report.  

Bay Area Rapid Transit trains will operate longer hours Saturday to provide service to attendees of the KFOG Kaboom celebration and the San Francisco Giants game.  

It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, more than 50 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread by touching dirty surfaces.  

A second suspect has been charged in connection with a series of takeover robberies of Oakland restaurants.  

OAKLAND - A fire of suspicious origin did considerable damage to an art classroom portable building at Sobrante Park Elementary School in Oakland Thursday night.  

Contra Costa health department temporarily shut down an El Sobrante private school Friday after 16 students were confirmed to have whooping cough.  

A knife-wielding homeless man was arrested at Berkeley High School Thursday after chasing a student from a nearby downtown street during lunch break.  

The city and county of San Francisco has rejected a negligence and defamation claim filed by two San Jose brothers injured in the Christmas Day tiger attack.