139-yr-old house rolls through San Francisco to new address

A 139-year-old Victorian house was moved in one piece through the streets of San Francisco to its new home Sunday. The 5,170-square-foot house, known as the Englander House, was relocated from its......

NRIs to sue San Francisco zoo

Two Indian-origin brothers, who survived the deadly Christmas day tiger attack at a San Francisco zoo, plan to sue its publicists for suggesting that they had "provoked" the big cat. After a......

Kamala Harris elected DA of San Francisco

Kamala Devi Harris on Wednesday morning was elected district attorney of San Francisco, CA. She got over 56 per cent of the votes in the run off held on Tuesday. She beat two-time DA and her former......

US election: 'Ro' Khanna hopes he is second-time lucky

Backed by top IT companies of the Silicon Valley, Indian-American Rohit "Ro" Khanna hopes to get second-time lucky in his effort to enter the US House of Representatives against Democratic Party's......

Apple wants to buy electric car company Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors Inc has had "conversations" with Apple Inc, Chief Executive Elon Musk confirmed to Bloomberg TV on Thursday, responding to speculation that the iPhone and iPad maker had shown interest......

How to automate money to get rich

Within days of publication last month, Ramit Sethi's book I will Teach You to be Rich became a bestseller. That is a feat, given that books on personal finance are a dime a dozen. But the......

Silicon Valley pushes for H-1B visas

Reflecting the mood of the Silicon Valley, prominent media outlets from California have come out openly in support of the H-1B work visas and opposed increasing the "hire Americans" call in the......

Google's clean energy plan for US

America will have to shell out $4.4 trillion if it needs clean energy, according to a plan drawn by Google Inc that calls for a big push in wind, solar and geothermal power to replace fossil fuels.......

The Indian connection in Devotion

Indian music has always fascinated the West. And the latest to fall under its spell isAlgerian-born San Francisco DJ Cheb i Sabbah. The practicing Jew, who discovered Vedic culture in India in the......

SRK can't beat John Abraham

Holding onto the steadiest run anywhere, Om Shanti Om, reached $3.5 million by November 27, making it the highest grossing Bollywood film in the lucrative territory North American territory. The......

Pride & Prejudice ends differently in America

Added to the many charms of Pride & Prejudice, the movie version of the Jane Austen classic, was the long drawn, charming and extremely romantic ending created specially for the North American......

Shrek 2 topples Troy, earns record

The sweet-natured fable Shrek 2 easily torpedoed the anti-war epic Troy on Wednesday. DreamWorks, the makers of the computer-animated Shrek 2, announced that the film, which expertly uses the......

FBI searches BALCO head's home

Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted a new search of the home of Victor Conte, the head of the BALCO lab at the center of a global steroid scandal, a spokeswoman said on......

Jones allegedly used drugs in Sydney

Olympic champion Marion Jones was using drugs at the Sydney Games according to her ex-husband C.J. Hunter, a report in the San Francisco Chronicle has alleged. The newspaper said that former shot......

Montgomery wants arbitration

World 100 metres record holder Tim Montgomery's lawyers said on Monday they will press for arbitration of doping charges against the sprinter by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency."We are contesting the......

BALCO lab denies drug test link

The California laboratory at the center of a doping scandal threatening track and field athletes said on Friday that no "positive test" results for steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs......

McCarron accuses Mickelson of cheating

Emotions ran high at the San Diego Open on Friday when Phil Mickelson was accused of cheating by fellow American Scott McCarron and double major winner John Daly said he was quitting the game.......