- Letters: Get the lead out
- Grateful Dead's long, strange career comes alive at UC Santa Cruz
- William C. Stacey dies at 23; Marine sergeant from Seattle
- San Pedro reinventing itself as coastal destination
- Letters: A Travel section he could sink his teeth into
- The Sunday Conversation: Melanie Griffith returns to the stage
- Letters: The wrong kind of pension reform
- Group home offers troubled youths skills, confidence to succeed
- Hurdler Angelo Taylor stumbles, recovers to earn fourth Olympic trip
- New Releases: Julie Delpy returns for '2 Days in New York'
- Steve McCann captures gold in BMX Freestyle Big Air with final run
- Association board withholds documents, fails to maintain property
- Mendocino County pier: Point Arena Pier
- San Mateo County piers
- Pomona library, home to Laura Ingalls Wilder books, may close
- The Five: With 'puppy lemon law,' buyers don't just roll over
- California's piers: Enjoy their primal allure
- Syria transition plan has support, but may not be the answer
- Rodney King remembered as a man, not a symbol
- Lakers inquire about small forwards Nick Young, Brandon Rush
- DemiDec Dan is a legend in Academic Decathlon's rarefied world
- Not Just For Kids: Lauren Tarshis' 'I Survived' series tackles 9/11
- Conservatives still control high court despite healthcare ruling
- Pier delights in Orange County
- Contra Costa County pier: Point Pinole Pier enjoys solitude
- China hires tens of thousands of North Korea guest workers
- Presidential campaigns missing the mark in advertising to Latinos
- Tiger Woods earns 74th career victory
- Underrated and Overrated in pop culture
- 'Wilhelm Furtwängler: The Legacy' is 107 CDs of musical hypnotism
- California's 1940 census can now be searched by name
- Firefighters control burners
- Letters: Unions and political spending
- Mexico's presidential challenge
- Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister
- 2012 campaign's missing ingredient: vision
- Thomas Kinkade's wife, girlfriend battle over his estate
- 76-mile mark ends grandmother's attempt at Cuba-to-Florida swim
- Perspective: Look beyond the facade in Wes Anderson's films
- Beverly Hills hotel to have $12,000 minimum extended stay
- Rent Watch: Tenant complains of neighbors' cooking odors
- Review: 'Alif the Unseen' by G. Willow Wilson values stories
- McConnell highlights GOP's awkward position on healthcare
- Michael Phelps has chance to cement his place in Olympic history
- 'True Blood' recap: Shining a light on the truth
- Could Pakistan beer take edge off relations with India?
- Free speech, even for liars
- Star power at 2012 BET Awards
- Western wildfires destroy nearly 1,000 homes so far this year
- Kings play it cool regarding free agent Zach Parise
- East Coast swelters without power amid heat, storm recovery
- For the record - July 1, 2012