Opinion

SAN FRANCISCO — A 12-year-old Chinese girl missing for two days was found safe with relatives on the East Coast early Saturday after disappearing from her youth tour group, authorities said. -more-

It is said, “good fences make for good neighbors.” And good fences provide a margin of safety and security, as well. -more-

Ballistic tests performed by the Berkeley Police Department last week showed that the handgun used in a June robbery in Albany was the same weapon used in three earlier Berkeley shootings. -more-

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OAKLAND – A spokesman for the Oakland Fire Department says that a second-alarm fire displaced 17 children and five adults from a Victorian home this afternoon. -more-