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The work that earned the Point Reyes Light the Pulitzer gold medal for public service in 1979, for its “pioneering exposé of this quasi-reli...

Since winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2016, San Jose-reared novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen has become one of the leading voices of the Vietnamese...

The challenge for the scientists in the BioHub, which eventually will be a brick-and-mortar center in Manhattan, is how to use the immune ce...

Ivanka Trump has been ordered to testify next Wednesday in the $250 million civil fraud trial in New York against her father, brothers and t...

For several months now, the US labor market has been on a cooling trajectory, and Friday’s jobs report made that even more apparent.

The decision leaves Mayor Matt Mahan without an obvious opponent going into the 2024 race

Colorado coach Deion Sanders made no secret of his desire to bolster CU's offensive line.

African-American Shakespeare cancels production after actor Richard D. May, who was marking his first paid acting performance, died in an ac...

Having wowed fans in Santa Cruz, Devo now has plans to perform two shows at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco.

The Western Flyer will be escorted to Monterey and begin a new life offering science education programs for local students and marine resear...

Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial and his parents' entanglement with FTX has 'marred their reputation at the end of their lives,' says a write...

Plenty of cross-country trips await the West Coast quartet as the Pac-12 schools move into their new conference.

Monday is the deadline for Giants' club option on Alex Cobb, player options for Michael Conforto, Sean Manaea and Ross Stripling.

Eisa Davis' fanciful 'Bulrusher' at Berkeley Rep transports viewers to a mystical land in Northern California, but the story doesn't always...

Ciarán left at least seven people dead as it swept across Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany on Thursday.

California's explosive cataclysms, says author of National Book Award-nominated Fire Weather, are showing the future to the world.

Erin Patterson was also charged with four counts of attempting to murder her ex-husband.

Los Gatos advances to play top-seeded Salinas in title match Saturday. Monte Vista girls, Las Lomas boys among water polo teams to reach NC...

Stanford has allowed more than 40 points in each of its last four games, but the Cardinal did win one of those games. WSU, after a 4-0 start...

While admitting there is a problem and getting into treatment such as a rehabilitation center is an important first step, it isn’t the end o...

Jaydn Ott scored three times against USC and leads the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game, but Oregon's defense is stingy and getting better.

The attack was reported at 7:18 p.m. in the 300 block of Leavenworth Street.

The third regional outpost of Fogo de Chão opens next week in the Bay Street Emeryville shopping mall.

San Jose developers are downsizing housing proposals; officials say they're caught in 'loophole'

As the Alameda County Board of Supervisors considers changing their recall procedures, some residents have begun to question whether the mov...