 (Laura A. Oda/Staff) Concord: Strong-smelling smoke from massive blaze  The spectacular four-alarm blaze started early Wednesday at a warehouse building close to Buchanan Field Airport. |
 Witness to Richmond gang rape 'couldn't believe this was happening' A Richmond gang member testified Tuesday that he was shocked when a senior gang member directed him and two teenagers to sexually assault a woman he kidnapped off the street in 2008. |
 (NTSB) Asiana pilot turned off autopilot despite concerns about SFO landing The National Transportation Safety Board began its investigative hearing into the crash landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Wednesday morning to learn the cause of the crash and ensure "the circumstances are not repeated," the head of the NTSB said at the opening of a nearly 12-hour hearing. |
 Missing Richmond sisters on the run Xiomara Zelaya, 13, and her sister Heidi Moreno, 9, were last seen leaving their home in the 300 block of Maine Avenue in Richmond. Police consider them at risk because of the cold weather and are asking for help in finding them. |
BUSINESS  (Damian Dovarganes/AP File Photo) NSA uses Google's online 'cookies' to find targets The National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on the tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers, using 'cookies' and location data to pinpoint targets for government hacking and to bolster surveillance. |
SPORTS  Cal's Mike Montgomery equals John Wooden's wins total Cal men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery got his 664th win with a 92-84 victory over Nevada, equaling the legendary John Wooden for 27th place in NCAA Division I history |
LOCAL NEWS  ( ) East Oakland: Crews cap gas line leak that sparked fire  Crews have capped a 4-inch gas line that ruptured Tuesday morning in East Oakland and sparked an underground fire that burned for nearly four hours and prompted the evacuation of nearby homes. |
 (Cathleen Allison/AP) This family survived 2 days of below-freezing cold in an overturned Jeep A desperate search for a couple and four children missing for two days in the below-zero cold of Nevada turned jubilant Tuesday when rescuers found them alive near their overturned Jeep. Full Story |
 (Fran ois Duhamel) Review: 'Saving Mr. Banks' predictably magical Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks shine in a film that depicts how Walt Disney struggled to convince persnickety 'Mary Poppins' author P.L. Travers to sell him the film rights to her beloved story. |
 (Mike Windle/Getty Images for NYLON Magazine) Demi Lovato says she couldn't go 30 minutes without cocaine Former Disney actress and current 'X Factor’ judge says she hit rock bottom at age 19. |
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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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) 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. |
