 (Dean Coppola/Staff file) Good news for homeowners: Property taxes will barely go up in 2014 Housing prices in many Bay Area neighborhoods have skyrocketed in the last year, but a quirk in Proposition 13 means even more good news for local homeowners: Their property taxes next year will barely go up. |
 (D. Ross Cameron/Staff) Cold weather and frost to sit a while over Bay Area Cold weather and frost will sit over the Bay Area until Friday. |
 (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) Barnidge: Covered California has fared better with health reform than Obama Covered California, one of 16 state-run health insurance exchanges that administer the Affordable Care Act independent of the federal government, has quietly gone about finding coverage for thousands of uninsured clients. From its first week (28,699 applications) to its seventh (71,188), the state exchange has attracted growing interest each day. By Nov. 23, total applicants exceeded 385,000. |
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LOCAL NEWS  ( ) 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 |
 (Amber Arnold/AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal) For $60 you can hire a 'professional snuggler' Wisconsin's ultra-liberal capital city is a place where just about anything goes, from street parties to naked bike rides. But city officials say a business is pushing even Madison's boundaries by offering, of all things, hugs. Full Story |
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) Travel top 10: World's best cities for winter vacations Some of the world's cities shine brightly in winter. And they aren't likely to be overrun with tourists between now and February. If you're looking to get away soon, check out this list from CNN Travel of the 10 best cities for a winter vacation. |
 (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. |
