 (Laura A. Oda/Staff) 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. |
 (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) North Korea frees Palo Alto resident Merrill Newman; U.S. has 'in hand in Beijing' North Korea says it has released Merrill Newman, the 85-year-old Palo Alto man and war veteran who had been detained since late October. |
 ( ) Roadshow: Has the speed limit on Highway 4 changed? Plus: What is happening with Interstate 80 at Pinole? |
 ((AP Photo/Brandon Wade) ) Raiders' next task: learning how to finish The Oakland Raiders are more competitive than they were last season, but they've been unable to duplicate their first-quarter success in crunchtime |
BUSINESS  (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo) Apple asks Samsung to pay $22 million in legal fees and costs Already awarded $930 million in patent feud, Apple asks federal judge to order Samsung to pay close to $16 million for legal fees and another $6 million in costs incurred in battle over copying iPhone and iPad |
SPORTS  Shayne Skov will have last word before Stanford defends title Stanford Cardinal linebacker will give the pre-game address before team takes field against Arizona State in Pac-12 championship game. |
LOCAL NEWS  Michael Mina opening gourmet 49ers stadium restaurant in Santa Clara The new restaurant is part of a larger cultural -- and financial -- shift for the 49ers and its fans as the team moves into the $1.3 billion Levi's Stadium next summer. |
 Congress is now allowed to wish you a Merry Christmas The rules about what members and staffers can and can't do are loosened. Full Story |
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) Office holiday parties breeding ground for drunks Work parties also often lend a different meaning to the season of 'giving,' according to condom-maker Trojan. |
 (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. |
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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. |
