Blaze strips tenants of their apartments
Walls charred by a Friday morning fire in a Pacifica apartment building were a bitter reminder to six residents that they no longer had a home.

Brisbane to gauge baylands wind flow
The empty, sprawling 660 acres of mostly landfill near Brisbane will soon have its first occupant.

Public works vehicle hits, kills woman
An early-morning trip to deliver tools to city workers Friday turned deadly when a Department of Public Works driver hit and killed a 66-year-old woman on Bayshore Boulevard.

Threat brings one year in jail
A Redwood City man convicted of brandishing a knife and threatening to kill a San Mateo County social worker was sentenced Friday to one year in jail by a judge who called him a dangerous man with a troubling history of violence.

Home Depot drops South City proposal
Home Depot, which recently shelved plans to construct its first store in San Francisco, has also canceled plans for a new location in South San Francisco after more than two years of negotiations with city officials.The store, planned at the former Levitz furniture store site on Dubuque Avenue, east of U.S. Highway 101, was approved by South City in 2006 and would have brought the city $400,000 in sales-tax revenue.

Peninsula Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log
These are excerpts from Peninsula police departmentsâ?? daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by city.

New round begins in open-space fight
The long-brewing battle over the future of Redwood Cityâ??s open space is spilling into the streets.

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Sect's Children Raised On Fear

The more than 400 kids who were removed from a Texas polygamous enclave had been told the world was immoral and hostile.

Soup Kitchen Loses Bread, Butter

Faced with dwindling grants and donation money, a 25-year-old San Francisco food program closes.

Furor Over Obama Comments

Presidential candidate tries to defuse possible damage caused by remarks he made about working class voters at an S.F. event.

Adding Leads To Subtraction

An audit found S.F. received millions of dollars in federal money without justification -- a fiasco that will hit the city's budget hard.

Sideshow Crash Starts Blaze

Two cars crash into each other, sparking a fire that damages an Oakland home early today, authorities say.

American Gloom 'A Red Flag'

Survey shows pessimism up amid higher cost of food and gas, and rising unemployment rate.

Google hires Quattrone's Qatalyst Group as adviser: report
San Francisco's Qatalyst Group, recently established by investment banker Frank Quattrone, is now advising Google, the New York Times reported Friday. (GOOG) (YHOO) (MSFT)

Napo Pharmaceuticals diarrhea drug does well in test
A Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc. drug to treat acute adult infectious diarrhea did well in a mid-stage clinical trial of 98 patients.

Cost of acquisition increases Iridex Corp.'s loss
The costs of a "very challenging" acquisition increased Iridex Corp.'s loss in the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 29. (IRIX) (AMMD)

Wachovia adjusts mortgage underwriting guidelines
Wachovia Corp. is adjusting its underwriting guidelines for the mortgages it keeps on its balance sheet. (WB)

Richmond planners push Chevron refinery decision to June
The city of Richmond's Planning Commission further postponed a decision on Chevron Corp.'s nearly $1 billion upgrade and renewal project, pending revisions to the project's environmental impact report. (CVX)

Sutter Health reports stable $623M in 2007 profits, solid boost in revenue
Sutter Health, one of Northern California's largest hospital systems, said Friday that total 2007 profits equaled 2006's total of $623 million, due to a reclassification of how it reports investment-related income. Its net profit on operations, in contrast, jumped 4.2 percent to $471 million.

SF Woman Killed In Crosswalk By Public Works Truck
A city of San Francisco Department of Public Works truck struck and killed a 66-year-old woman in a crosswalk at an intersection in the Bayview neighborhood on Friday, according to police.

Med. Examiner ID's SF Man Killed In Bayview
A 40-year-old man who died at a hospital early Saturday morning after being shot just before midnight Friday in San Francisco's Bayview District has been identified by the medical examiner's office as city resident Fred Bishop.

1 Dead, 1 Hurt In Late Night SF, Oakland Shootings
A 40-year-old man died at a hospital Saturday after being critically injured in a shooting just before midnight Friday in San Francisco's Bayview District. Meanwhile in Oakland, police were investigating a shooting around 10:30 p.m. Friday that left one person injured.

Smoky Sherman Island Brush Fire Dies Down
A smoky grass and brush fire burning on Sherman Island in the Suisan Delta died down dramatically on Saturday, according to officials with the Rio Vista Fire Department.

Saturday Fires Destroy Homes In Oakland, San Jose
An Oakland house was destroyed Saturday morning after two vehicles smashed into the structure around 4:20 a.m. and caused the residence to catch fire. Elsewhere in San Jose, firefighters said a "stubborn" two-alam blaze left a home at 1710 Castlewood Drive uninhabitable.

Slow Lifeguards Cited In Great America Drowning
Slow reaction by lifeguards may have hampered saving a 4-year old drowning victim at the Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, a state investigation has concluded.