 ( ) Urban living, in the suburbs Housing experts say younger buyers in the Bay Area are favoring urban infill projects and transit villages that are close to shopping and where they can abandon their cars and use public transit. |
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) Poll: Bay Area residents support ban on public transit strikes In the liberal Bay Area, long in labor's corner, support for unions is waning, and a majority of voters believe public transit workers should lose the right to strike, according to a Field Poll released Friday. This comes following this summer's BART work stoppages and labor strife. |
 FBI: Accused East Bay bomber may have Santa Cruz ties FBI agents said Thursday that a 35-year-old San Francisco Bay Area man accused of three animal-rights motivated bombings in 2003 may have ties to Santa Cruz. |
 (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) Beyonce drops secret album on iTunes overnight CD features Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Drake, Frank Ocean, and others. |
BUSINESS  Nimble Storage flashes higher, gains nearly 50% after IPO Wall Street's heavy demand for new Silicon Valley companies has not waned as 2013 draws to a close: Nimble Storage shares flashed higher Friday morning in their debut, following a similar path as Twitter. |
SPORTS  ( ) 49ers at Candlestick: The Catch III In one of the wildest playoff games in NFL history, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the New Orleans Saints on a touchdown pass from Alex Smith to Vernon Davis. |
LOCAL NEWS  ( ) Young couples seek townhouses and condos with an urban feel Buying instead of renting is a decision that’s being made by increasing numbers of young couples, according to experts, and it’s one that has Bay Area builders scrambling to meet the demand |
 (Yarruta/iStock) Ex-CIA agent helps sleuth kids' wish lists What does it take to get your children the perfect holiday gift? A professional sleuth, apparently. Full Story |
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) Tonight's TV picks: 'Hawaii Five-0' explores shameful part of American past WATCH THIS: "Hawaii Five-0" (9 p.m., CBS): In an unusually powerful episode, a murder attempt is made on a Pearl Harbor veteran and the case leads the team to focus on a shameful piece of American history: The imprisonment of residents of Japanese ancestry during World War II. |
 (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) Beyonce drops secret album on iTunes overnight CD features Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Drake, Frank Ocean, and others. |
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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. |
