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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...

OAKLAND – Three people were arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a business in Oakland on Sunday, police said.Related Articles...

The Bay Area did not claim a single award at this year’s James Beard Awards, held Monday, June 16, in Chicago, despite entering the final ro...

Cannabis use has experienced a dramatic shift in public perception over the last few decades. Once seen as a taboo subject and largely illeg...

840 Sutter Avenue – Google Street ViewA 2,247-square-foot house built in 1953 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 800 b...

A Bay Area man who advises a “brain emulation” non-profit has revealed a proposal for the federal government to take back a large swath of t...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Military serves thepeople, not the presidentAs a vetera...

More than 140,000 protesters gathered in cities across the Bay Area as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests that brought young and old...

Two Bay Area lawmakers announced legislation Monday that would require all law enforcement doing public-facing work in California to be read...

The clarity of Lake Tahoe — the famed alpine lake on California’s border with Nevada whose spectacular scenery draws millions of visitors a...

Stretching from Richmond to Castro Valley, the nearly 60-year-old East Bay Skyline Trail covers over 30 miles of some of the most gorgeous l...

Firefighters were working Monday afternoon to contain a 50-acre blaze that ignited in the remote area just east of Fremont, according to Cal...

6167 Ocean View Drive – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 6100 block of Ocean View Drive in Oakland was sold on April...

Justin Verlander’s next chance for his first win with the Giants is slated for Wednesday night.The three-time Cy Young Award winner is list...

Metallica is coming our way.And, as usual, that means that the top-selling Bay Area band of all time is planning to do something to help ou...

An article published June 15 incorrectly reported that all of the June 14 No Kings protests were put together by the organization Indivisibl...

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNNShe’d spent most of her life focusing on other people’s needs, so when Carole Carson’s husband passed away fo...

Full-size pickups and SUVs once defined basic automotive utility. Trucks were ranch hands on wheels. Early sport utility vehicles carried ca...

Devo and The B-52s are ready to rock in 2025.The two iconic modern-rock acts are teaming up for the 2025 Cosmic De-Evolution Tour, a co-hea...

“Pokemon Go” players are always hunting a perfect pocket monster. These are the ones with maxed out stats that are great to have for braggin...

When the World Beer Cup awards were announced last month, one winner stood out for an unusual reason. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. won a gold m...