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Faculty members at California State University on Monday voted to authorize a strike, demanding a new deal with increased pay, lower class s...

According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart had seemed healthy for the first month but began showing signs of reje...

Renewable energy use is rising, but so is extreme weather, as 2023 has seen

The Highland Fire erupted as Southern California experienced its first significant Santa Ana wind conditions of the season. The witheringly...

Hawley’s new bill, called the Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act, is aimed at reversing the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United de...

Jevanni Knight argued at trial he shot an El Cerrito resident in self-defense as the victim and his friend had a fight.

In trading for defensive end Chase Young, the Niners are head-on attacking one of their biggest problems.

These secret getaways by remote workers while on the clock seem to be gaining in popularity and frequency, although many companies frown upo...

Tuesday’s testimony delivered some of the most potentially damning blows yet to Sam Bankman-Fried's defense, which has hinged on Bankman-Fri...

The plaintiffs presented testimony from an extremism expert who maintained that Trump had a clear relationship with far-right extremists and...

Quochuy “Tony” Tran was 16 when he shot and killed 15-year-old Ichinkhorloo “Iko” Bayarsaikhan while he and friends were out robbing trick o...

Police and fire crews were called to the 1900 block of Lakeshore Avenue about 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

Hercules has a new pho spot exploding with flavors, offering not just a bangin’ pho selection, but a build-your-own “bomb” noodle soup optio...

How much should an immunization that will possibly be given — maybe yearly — to millions of Americans cost to be truly valuable?

Google has revealed plans to trim dozens of jobs in the Bay Area in a fresh round of job cuts.

The 49ers have traded for defensive end Chase Young from the Washington Commanders, in exchange for a third-round draft pick.

From DocStories to special Berlin & Beyond screenings, there is a rich collection of movies playing in the Bay Area Nov. 2-8. Here are highl...

Massachusetts has already made efforts to come to terms with its history of witch trials — proceedings that allowed "spectral evidence" in w...

The Day of the Dead celebration is this week, so we look at death in the U.S.

General Motors, Ford and Tesla have all warned of an electric vehicle slowdown because they say demand might drop.

The showdown in the L.A. Coliseum on Saturday is a Heisman elimination game, but only for the reigning winner.

Tens of thousands of people may still experience lasting symptoms more than a year after being infected with COVID-19 —but the incidence rat...

Golden State is relying on both third-year players to contribute to a veteran-laden team this season and next.

Across the West, states are facing both housing shortages and shifting ideas about how to manage millions of acres of state-owned lands that...

The war has also threatened to ignite fighting on other fronts. Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group have traded fire daily along t...