No water rate increase for calendar year 2011 is the recommendation of Zone 7 Water Agency's finance committee.

Anger and frustration produced what could only be described as a confrontational meeting last week over questions about the impacts of a BART extension on property along the identified preferred route.

Police are investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 580 Saturday morning as a possible hit-and-run, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The Shiva-Vishnu Temple Hindu Community and Cultural Center human services will present a health fair on Sat., Sept.

Last weekend, Teza Malmirchegini pulled off the I-5 freeway near Lathrop to check on his car's weather stripping.

Sept. 12, 1-3 p.m. artist's reception. Meet artist Diane Rodriguez, who will show her collection of train art while her husband, Stephen, will display his toy train collection.

Wente Vineyards hosts the Day of Discovery music festival on Saturday; Harvest Wine Celebration showcases top wineries on Sunday and Monday Chelsea Fryhoff There's all kinds of fun to be had in the Livermore Valley this weekend, starting with a spectacular live music event - the Day of Discovery Music Festival at Wente Vineyards in Livermore .

As we told you back in June, Livermore's proposed upscale outlet center was *thisclose* to having the same owner as Stoneridge Mall, because Stoneridge Mall owner Simon Property Group Inc. was set to purchase Prime Outlets Acquisition Company.

Rancho Las Positas Elementary School students and family members run on the school's new all-weather track after a ribbon cutting ceremony in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Sept.

A 42-year-old Livermore mother has pleaded not guilty to more than five dozen sex crime charges involving two teenage boys.

A 42-year-old Livermore mother has pleaded not guilty to more than five dozen sex crime charges involving two teenage boys.

Livermore police have released a sketch of a teenage boy who hit an 89-year-old woman in the head several times as she walked along a trail Tuesday afternoon.

With technology M&A all the rage and its valuation near all-time lows, the chances of chip production equipment maker FormFactor ending up in play may have gotten a slight boost, but they still don't look very good.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that two consortia - one led by the University of Michigan and one led by the West Virginia University - will receive a total of $25 million over the next five years under the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center .

Jose Martinez, 28, pleaded no contest Thursday morning to felony arson for starting a fire at an East Angela Street home.

"Different" is the only word John Kontrabecki can think of to describe this year's grapes.

Dr. Michael Coffman, president of Environmental Perspectives, Inc., and a noted authority on private property rights said, "Many "comprehensive planning" proposals contain provisions that significantly erode private property rights while forcing residents to adopt major lifestyle changes whether they want to or not." Dr.