A shooting Sunday afternoon into a car that started with "a dirty look" killed a father and son and left another son in critical condition, authorities and family members said Monday.

These are excerpts from the San Francisco Police Department's daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.

A new noise map points the way to the loudest neighborhood in The City - the South of Market area, which is rapidly growing with new high-rises packed with residents.

The massive grass fire that scorched the top of San Bruno Mountain sent smoke throughout the Peninsula and evacuated 200 residents was mostly contained Monday afternoon in what fire officials are calling the largest blaze in the area in a decade.

When a 31-year-old man delivered a body to Ingleside police station last year, police and prosecutors thought they had an open-and-shut case.

These are excerpts from Peninsula police departments' daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by city.

Ivy Leaguers and other top law students were rejected for plum Justice Department jobs two years ago because of their liberal leanings or objections to Bush administration politics, a government report concluded Tuesday. In one case, a Harvard Law student was...

About 320,000 Jardine cribs sold by Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores were recalled Tuesday after four children became trapped. The wooden slats and spindles on the crib frames can break, allowing children to get trapped in the remaining gap. The Consumer...

Even as the temperature cools, hundreds of wildfires continue to burn today in Northern California, including a large blaze in Lake County that is threatening 35 homes on rural ranches that are under voluntary evacuation orders, authorities said. The so-...

A bomb exploded inside Sadr Citys district council building Tuesday, killing 10 people, including four Americans working to restore local government and services in the former Shiite militia stronghold. Iraqi officials said it appeared to be an inside job,...

Myanmar said Tuesday that 84,500 people perished in last months cyclone, up from the last official announcement that 77,700 had died in the devastating storm. Meanwhile, a representative from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the regional bloc that...

An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself in the head at an airport farewell ceremony Tuesday for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, prompting bodyguards to whisk the visiting leader and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to safety, officials said. A...

Tercica founder Ross Clark dies
Tercica Inc. founder Ross Clark died Sunday at his home in Auckland, New Zealand, after a long battle with malignant melanoma. (TRCA) (DNA)

Visa teams up with Facebook on small business network
Visa Inc. debuted its Visa Business Network on Facebook Tuesday, to connect small business owners on the social networking site. (V)

Samuel Merritt College names new dean of podiatric medicine
Samuel Merritt College has named John Venson, DPM, as the new dean of its California School of Podiatric Medicine, effective Monday.

Tom Lantos' archive goes to Cal's Bancroft Library
The papers of Tom Lantos, a longtime California congressman and Holocaust survivor who died in February, have been given to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

CV Therapeutics earns $10 million milestone payment
CV Therapeutics Inc. will be paid $10 million because Astellas Pharma US Inc. has started selling Lexiscan, a drug used in heart tests. (CVTX)

Vegas PD Make Arrest In Beating Of Raiders' Walker
Las Vegas police on Tuesday said they made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving Oakland Raiders player Javon Walker.

UC Berkeley To House Rep. Lantos Archives
The University of California, Berkeley has acquired the papers of the late Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.

San Jose Tech Workers Earn Top Salaries
High-tech workers in the Bay Area's largest city earn the highest pay in the nation's private sector, according to a survey of the nation's 60 largest metropolitan areas.

'Unprecedented' 850 Smokey NorCal Fires Burn
Firefighters battled smokey wildfires throughout Northern California on Tuesday, from Mendocino County to the Napa Valley south to the Big Sur area in Monterey County, after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked nearly 850 wildfires.

Hayward Power Plant Plan Gets Initial Thumbs Down
Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward, says she applauds California Energy Commissioner Jeffrey Byron's proposed decision to deny the certification of a peaker power plant in Hayward.