 ( ) Disabled would bear brunt of another transit strike BART shutdowns highlighted lack of options, resources for the transit-dependent during a work stoppage |
 (Ray Chavez/Staff file) Richmond leaders' China, Cuba trips under scrutiny Councilmen Nat Bates and Corky Boozé spent $36,120 of Richmond taxpayer funds on a trade trip to China, while Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Councilman Tom Butt took a trip to Cuba for $13,000. |
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) Review: Vampire Weekend, Queen of Stone the Age highlight Not So Silent Night Radio station Live 105's two-night holiday shindig also offered up AFI, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon. |
 (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) MLB deals setback to San Jose bid to lure Oakland A's League notified Oakland A's in June that it at least temporarily rejected plan to relocate to San Jose, according to court documents in San Jose antitrust case |
BUSINESS  (Connie Zhou) Google, Facebook, Twitter bolster digital defenses in wake of NSA revelations Quietly at first, but more vocally in recent months, Google, Facebook and other leading Internet companies have been beefing up their digital defenses in response to reports that the National Security Agency has tracked online communications without the companies' knowledge or cooperation. |
SPORTS  (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff file) Thompson: Did MLB ruling inject life into movement to keep A's in Oakland? Reports suggest that MLB and Bud Selig, in court documents, put kibosh on the A's move to San Jose -- but should Oakland Mayor Jean Quan be celebrating? |
LOCAL NEWS  ( ) Pleasanton: Siren call for last civil defense siren in town  A long-inactive siren created to summon volunteer firefighters and to warn of air raids is removed from a pole and fixed up. The future of the city-owned historic device is unknown. |
 (China Photos/Getty Images) Study suggests fear can be passed on through genes A newborn mouse pup, seemingly innocent to the workings of the world, may actually harbor generations' worth of information passed down by its ancestors. Full Story |
 (Gina Halferty/San Joaquin Herald) Season of giving the perfect time to teach children about charity Even simple acts of charity can touch children and teenagers who participate in giving. Readers share their stories. |
 (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Evangeline Lilly upset with magazine's 'butt' reference Women’s Health surprised “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” actress with her cover shot. |
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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. |
 (HERALD FILE) 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. |
