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Effort has become county-wide since it began in 2012.

Part of ongoing effort by Saratoga-based FireSafe Council, other local agencies.

Weekend highlights include victories by Pittsburg, De La Salle, McClymonds, Willow Glen and more.

Fines on all overdue materials eliminated as of July 1.

Ceremony set for Sept. 28 in Blaney Plaza.

Bay Area VP notches important win in presidential debate, as beloved East Bay baseball team heads for the exits

Quote of the week.

The San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport plans to release the final environmental impact report for its plan to expand and modern...

"This place is a blessing. I'd still be sleeping in the dirt right now," said Dameon Wright, the man 7-year-old Dimmi calls Dad.

As preparations for the winter respiratory virus season begin, California is only just recovering from this summer's stubborn COVID surge.

Plus an unfortunate Warriors-Giants comp.

The owner takes his second-generation convertible weekly to car shows and has driven it in local parades.

TODAY’S WORD — SORPTION (SORPTION: SORP-zhun: The state of being either absorbed or absorbing.)Average mark 53 wordsTime limit 60 minutes...

Celebrities born on this day, today's birthday horoscope and numbers and the daily horoscope for each zodiac sign.

Plus: My sister blames me for her miserable marriage.

She has suggested counseling for something I can't believe is an issue.

Four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku...

Fernando Mendoza throws for two touchdowns as Cal Golden Bears beat San Diego State, improve to 3-0

Rivalry games in the Pacific Northwest took different paths: The Apple Cup was close; the Civil War was not.

Patton Kizzire overcame erratic play to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Procore Championship at Silverado.

Nearly 240,000 people have been displaced, according to the reports. There were already 3.4 million displaced people in Myanmar at the begin...

Andrew Benintendi hit a leadoff homer in the ninth inning and the Chicago White Sox stopped a 16-game home losing streak by edging the Oakla...

Authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko derides his native language, saying "nothing great can be expressed in Belarusian."

Emmett Brown threw for a career-high four touchdowns and 355 yards as San Jose State improved to 3-0

So far, it's been Donald Trump who has brought up race in the campaign, falsely claiming that Kamala Harris belatedly "turned Black." During...