Caltrain deaths a fact of engineers' lives
Sean Morgan heard the hollow thump as the Caltrain rumbled through a narrow San Francisco tunnel. The 12-year engineer didn't have to see what he hit to know he wouldn't sleep for weeks.
Fires disrupt BART service
A substation fire at the South Hayward train yard early this morning disrupted BART service between Hayward and Fremont, authorities said.
Teachers to rally down Peninsula
Educators and families plan to form a 40-mile picket line Wednesday from the Peninsula to Silicon Valley, protesting proposed statewide school budget cuts.
Former Crestmoor has sat badly underused
The San Mateo Union High School District has a money problem. A new administration has been trying to get its fiscal house in order for more than a year. It's been a rough road.
Mentally disabled man missing since Thursday
A mentally disabled man has been missing since Thursday after he went to the bathroom on a Japantown field trip in San Francisco and never returned to his group home members, his brother told the Mercury News today.