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The San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors today unanimously rejected a staff proposal to cut weekend service at the South San Francisco and San Bruno Bay Area Rapid Transit stations.

The California Supreme Court said Wednesday it would not immediately decide whether a state ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, keeping gay marriage off-limits while leaving the issue in legal limbo.

Chertoff said there is too much worry over a plan by the Transportation Security Administration to collect passengers' full names and birth dates before they board.

THE LEGEND of Frankenstein's monster serves as our key precautionary tale against the presumption of science.2.9

At first they were called SAVE OUR SONS, five mothers from east San Jose protesting the legal justice system that put 21-year-old JOSE LUIS ALVINA in prison for what they claimed was a murder committed in ...2

THIS WEEK marks my first anniversary as Metro's food editor and restaurant critic.2.1

SPECIAL FOR T+L READERS Experience San Francisco's museum scene with a 20-percent-off special through October 1 from the Argent Hotel , near Union Square.2

As KCBS' Bob Melrose reports, the idea is to prevent a terrorist attacks, but environmentalists worry how the plan would effect wildlife.

Last Saturday, a tribute to western writer Gino Sky in honor of his 70th birthday and the 25th year of his most famous and influential work, Appaloosa Rising: The Legend of the Cowboy Buddha, was held at the ...2.7

Iconic folksinger Joan Baez is shaping up her fall tour schedule as she prepares to support her forthcoming album, "Bowery Songs," due in stores Sept.2.9

"Both," I answered. "Countless people were actually living their ideals, personally and in communal situations, but there was lots of rhetoric too." With the baby boomer generation coming of middle age and ...2

Ridership on ferries out of Marin has increased for the second straight year, but the total number of people riding boats and buses and crossing the Golden Gate Bridge has declined since the beginning of the ...2.7

The Rolling Stones , who officially launch their "A Bigger Bang!" tour later this month in Boston, will hone their stage chops with a Wednesday night club gig in Toronto, where the band has been rehearsing.2.9

Two firefighting brothers have pleaded no contest to stealing a machine gun, equipment and historic uniforms from Bay Area police and fire stations.

SAN FRANCISCO - One of the icons of modern American culture now resides in a nondescript warehouse about 30 miles north of here, in a windowless, climate-controlled, heavily alarmed room built like a bomb ...

The prettily decorated Newroz has made the most of its tight space with mirrors and a banquette.

Walnut Creek's Moving Arts Dance heads to Scotland next week to perform in the choreographers showcase as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.2

The new Lori's Diner in Cupertino is designed to evoke old memories. Radios from the days before FM are perched on ledges and countertops, while '50s era album and magazine covers decorate the walls.2.7

The Piers family operation that shaped or marked much of the 20th century in Palo Alto began with the immigration of Manuel Ignatius Piers -- known as "M.I." -- from his native town of Pico, Azores, to the Palo ...2.7

A new unfair labor practices task force closed 98 garment businesses last week during a statewide sweep of the garment industry.2.7

Sometime soon, the divorce of Mayor Gavin Newsom and Kimberly Guilfoyle -- postponed recently due to unspecified "legal issues" -- will at last be finalized, and thus will end the saga of San Francisco's ...2.7

BART and the San Mateo County transit district will face off Wednesday and Thursday over plans to cut service and raise some fares.4.5

No matter how many times she sits in front of Harvey Milk's old camera shop and tells the story of his assassination, Trevor Hailey feels the tale's power.2.7

Come to think of it, a pulp-noir holler is the only reasonable response to an absurd breach of the public trust in which the accounting mastermind behind a sleazy fund-diversion scheme at San Francisco ...2.7

A 50-year-old Santa Cruz woman suffered minor injuries after the car she was driving flipped over an embankment Tuesday morning while she was traveling south on Highway 1. The woman was taken to Watsonville ...2.9

The Miami muralist who misspelled Shakespeare, Michelangelo and nine other famous names on a mosaic outside the library slipped into town to correct her errors -- at a cost of $6,000 to the city.2

John Devitt still thinks about Vietnam and, like many combat veterans, wherever he goes he carries with him memories of the buddies he lost.2.9

The managers of the new waterfront arena and Bob Hope Theatre have invited about 100 entertainment promoters to Stockton next week in an effort to encourage them to hold events in the city.2.7

Linux is on the move -- and under attack. At a major San Francisco technology conference that sometimes has the feel of a geek squad pep rally, complete with mascots dressed as penguins and companies preaching ...2.7

STANFORD , Six Stanford University students have won $10,000 for designing a new way to treat cerebral aneurysms.2.7

Q: We live in a Mediterranean stucco house from the 1930s. The living room has a high, wooden, tongue-and-groove beamed ceiling, plastered walls, large arched passageways between rooms, a large fireplace with a ...2.7

Forget the fall collection -- seamstress Victoria Ridenour models her clothes on fashions that are several centuries old.2.7

Fresh lychees are in stock at the local supermarket, and on a 25+ degree day in the Bay Area there's nothing nicer than sitting on a shaded balcony sipping on chilled pineapple juice with a dash of white ...

Nagasaki, Japan -- The physical devastation is mostly gone or covered over, and the rolling mountains that open into a wide seaport are lush again with greenery.2.7