 (Kristopher Skinner) Hometown Heroes: Bob Kopp of Pinole chronicles community events  The longtime electrical contractor "never made a dime filming," doing it for the enjoyment of meeting people and serving his Pinole community. |
 Firearms in the family: The role of guns in American lives These are stories of young people and families across America, many of whom share little in common, except that their lives have been changed, for better or worse, by guns. |
 ( ) Is Jerry Brown's Delta tunnels plan repeating the errors of high-speed rail? Delta plan would be one of the largest public works projects in U.S. history. It's supported by cities and farms but opposed by environmentalists and fishing groups who say the numbers don't add up. |
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Nhat V. Meyer
) Legal pot supported by California majority for first time, Field Poll shows  Clear majorities of California voters support marijuana legalization in general and a specific legalization measure at next November's ballot, the Field Poll finds. |
BUSINESS  (
Connie Zhou
) Tech giants urge reining in Internet spy programs Apple, Google, Facebook and others have been beefing up encryption and waging individual public relations efforts, but now they've launched a joint campaign to pressure Washington to restrict Internet surveillance. |
SPORTS  49ers at Candlestick Park: The Gigantic Comeback In the wildest playoff game in NFC history, the San Francisco 49ers rallied from a 24-point deficit to defeat the New York Giants 39-38. |
LOCAL NEWS  (Anda Chu/Staff) Share the Spirit: Hope 4 the Heart provides food for thousands of families Hope 4 the Heart in Hayward continues family's tradition of generosity. |
 (Frantzesco Kangaris/The Guardian) Will your next phone have no screen? Google's head of voice recognition technology sees a future with hands free control of the supercomputers around us. Full Story |
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Chris Pizzello
) How Miley Cyrus landed MTV's Best Artist of 2013 honors Cyrus twerked her way to the top of the music scene this year with the most watched videos of 2013. |
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) Bay Area residents live longer; here's why Bay Area residents are among the nation's longest-lived people, surviving on average more than a decade longer than residents of rural Kentucky, West Virginia or Mississippi. |
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Jeff Vendsel
) Mi Pueblo files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Mi Pueblo, the festive Bay Area supermarket chain and icon of family-grown Hispanic businesses, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, citing a dispute with its primary lender, Wells Fargo. |
