 ( ) 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 tells of Richmond gang rape 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. |
 Popular Antioch restaurant to shut its doors Owners of the downtown lunch spot to close Dec. 20 because of family circumstances. |
 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  (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Kawakami: Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis preaching patience If Raiders owner Mark Davis practices what he preaches, it's likely GM Reggie McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen will return in 2014. |
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. |
 (Matilde Campodonico/AP) This country just became the first to legalize pot In a bold bid to control addiction and drug violence, Uruguay has become the first country to legalize marijuana. 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. |
