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Anyone seeking a breath of fresh air from the normal restaurant scene — air that’s breezing down out of the Caucasus Mountains — might want...

The creators of World Famous Hotboys and LITA Walnut Creek are opening Stereo 41, a hi-fi lounge in Walnut Creek.Stereo 41 will serve conte...

A federal judge Monday threw out a couple’s lawsuit claiming the posh Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay was responsible for serving them water c...

San Francisco-born actor Eric Dane is becoming the new face of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig disease, turnin...

By Mary Schlangenstein, BloombergJetBlue Airways Corp. plans to hasten cost cuts by eliminating some flights, ending service to a number of...

(Bloomberg/Chris Welch) — Adobe Inc. on Tuesday released a standalone Firefly mobile application for Android and iOS in an attempt to put a...

Waymo began rolling out expanded driverless vehicle service across more parts of the Peninsula on Tuesday, marking the latest phase in the c...

The federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19, which this year is Thursday. Here’s the holiday plan for offices in the Bay Area:B...

In some areas of the Bay Area, the weather temperature will begin to dial up a few ticks on Tuesday and then several more again on Wednesday...

By Rachel Metz, BloombergOpenAI has won a $200 million contract for a pilot program aimed at helping the US Defense Department determine ho...

June 13PROWLER: 7:55 a.m. on Bancroft Avenue. Someone was walking through the backyard of a woman’s house before going to the front. She to...

OAKLAND — A loud and rowdy group of a dozen or so family and friends, decked out in orange, barely let Anand Rajamaran get a word in from th...

June 2Grand theft: Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., someone stole a copper water tray from the front porch of a residence in the 20000 block of...

San Rafael police officers arrested a Northgate mall security guard for allegedly hitting a 16-year-old bicyclist with his patrol vehicle.T...

Michael Royce Sparks had myriad disputes with his elderly next-door neighbors at the Olive Dell Ranch nudist resort in Redlands before, pros...

The worlds of cannabis culture and LGBTQ+ pride have long intersected in vibrant, complex ways. From underground gatherings to celebrated fe...

LOS ANGELES — The Giants have already done the hard part, acquiring three-time All-Star Rafael Devers in a shocking, blockbuster trade. They...

Child care advocates shouted “Measure C, victory!” outside the Susan S. Muranishi County of Alameda Administration Building this week, celeb...

Just as a hidden and exceptionally costly Oakland property tax to pay for city employee pensions winds down after 45 years, officials are pl...

At a minimum, schools should teach children to read. But for years California’s elementary schools have been failing many of them.The resul...

TODAY’S WORD — WIDGEON (WIDGEON: WIH-jin: Any of several freshwater ducks.)Average mark 15 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 22 or m...

Dear Eric: I’m a middle-aged adult and, by choice, single with no kids.Related ArticlesAsking Eric: She chose a hurtful way...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My sister is trying to become a content creator. While I want to support her dreams, it’s starting to take a toll on our rel...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My brother and his wife were visiting me for a week. During that week, I was invited to a barbecue at the home of some ol...

Today is Tuesday, June 17, the 168th day of 2025. There are 197 days left in the year.Today in history:On June 17, 1994, after leading pol...