Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or none at all.

Jonathan Sanchez pitched seven crisp innings and Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer for the second straight game, leading the Giants to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night that put the Giants within one game of first place in the NL West.

Sonoma Countys visitor industry saw a modest summer rebound from last years dismal season, when families cut back sharply on vacation spending. "We dont ever want to go through what we did last year," a tourism official said.

OAKLAND — Bobby Abreu and Mike Napoli helped the Los Angeles Angels find the power thats been missing from their lineup. Abreu and Napoli each hit two-run home runs, leading the Angels to a 7-4 victory over the As on Sunday, avoiding their first sweep by the As in six years.

The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of...

Three police officers and more than a dozen volunteers spent a third day combing through a Pittsburg landfill on Sunday, looking for the body of a man who may be the fifth victim in a killing spree last week. No body had been found when the 17 or so searchers...

Labor Day usually signals the beginning of the traditional election season - but this year, when it comes to Californias four big races, its more like the final furious stretch. All four races are close, and all for different reasons, says Field pollster...

If its true that sex is one of the best forms of free entertainment in a recession, the folks taking it to heart must be using protection - the nations birthrate has dropped to what may be the lowest level ever. Many Bay Area hospitals reported fewer births...

A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans hard economic times...

The Justice Department wont say if the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BPs undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico is on its way to shore. Spokeswoman Hannah August declined comment Monday. The 50-foot, 300-ton device, which was...