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From the Country Summer Music Fest in Sonoma to S.F. Symphony playing a David Bowie album to a new exhibit at the Museum of the Eye, there i...

SAN FRANCISCO — With a chance to send Wednesday’s game against the defending champions into overtime, Kate Martin’s 25-foot heave fell short...

The Associated Press“Jaws,” which just turned 50 years old, remains one of the most beloved and rewatched movies of all time, and remains t...

REDWOOD CITY – A travel agency with offices in Menlo Park is expected to pay more than $1 million to settle claims it violated state laws by...

A federal judge in Seattle has ordered the Trump administration to roll back an executive order freezing billions of dollars earmarked for e...

ANTIOCH — Facing a deficit, the Antioch City Council unanimously approved the city’s 2025-26 fiscal year budget as officials acknowledged th...

RICHMOND — Filling vacancies and hiring more staff who provide direct services to residents was a top priority for Richmond councilmembers w...

OAKLAND — Complaining about potholes is a time-honored tradition in a city notorious for its road defects, but a new investigation has found...

California’s self-designated deadline for achieving net zero emissions of greenhouse gases is 20 years away. But what is happening — or not...

Israel may have astonished much of the world with its tactical skill in its recent war against Iran, but at least for now, it’s lost.With t...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ariana Grande, 32; Ryan Tedder, 46; Derek Jeter, 51; Chris O’Donnell, 55.Happy Birthday: Take your time, coll...

On Sunday at approximately 2 a.m. Tehran time, seven B-2 stealth aircraft attacked the Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfah...

Dear Eric: A 20-something neighbor we have known since the age of 3 has recently come out to my husband and me as transgender.Related Artic...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A manager within my firm told me a few weeks ago that she wants me to come work for her full-time.Related Articles...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I hosted a longtime friend of mine for 10 days at our home.Related ArticlesMiss Manners: M...

DEAR ABBY: My son was conceived using donor sperm. I never told him because his deceased father didn’t want him to know he wasn’t his biolog...

FRISCO, Texas — Beau Leroux scored in the 76th minute to put San Jose ahead and the Earthquakes used four second-half goals to beat nine-man...

SAN FRANCISCO — For the second time this season, the Valkyries put up a valiant effort against the defending champion New York Liberty but c...

The Bay Area isn’t getting any younger.In fact, new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday shows that the region’s population...

SAN FRANCISCO – Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper and VG Edgecombe flew off the board at the top of the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednes...

OAKLAND – An 18-year-old man died Wednesday from injuries he suffered in a shooting earlier this week in Oakland, police said.Related Artic...

By Christopher Elliott | Travel TroubleshooterQ:  My husband and I reserved a room in the Layla Guesthouse in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, earli...

By Christopher Elliott | Travel TroubleshooterQ: My wife and I were scheduled to fly from Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare on American Airlines a...

25 Hernandez Avenue – Google Street ViewThe historic property located in the first block of Hernandez Avenue in Los Gatos was sold on May 8...

MORGAN HILL — A veteran San Jose police officer who has been charged with two instances of reckless gunfire inside a home, both while allege...