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Expansion of the College Football Playoff is arguably the greatest competitive change in the sport’s history –more significant than the move...

Event hosted by San Jose and San Francisco opera guilds.

The map shows the approximate perimeter as a black line and the mandatory evacuation area in red.

Today we leave our everyday life behind and travel into Marin’s wildest, rawest, least touched land to hike in the area I call the “Big Empt...

Notre Dame jumped into the top five after the impressive win at Texas A&M.

Left tackle Trent Williams' contract holdout is nearing its end with hours to spare before the 49ers' first Week 1 practice for Monday night...

Prices are rising; how much higher wages are to blame and how operations have changed are up for debate.

The Giants are set to miss the postseason for the fifth time in the past six seasons, but there will still be storylines to monitor in Septe...

The campaigns for and against the state's fall anti-crime ballot measure will be expensive and unnecessary.

Protests rage against Gaza and Ukraine while some of the world’s worst abusers proceed largely unnoticed and unhindered.

I doubt if J. Robert Oppenheimer ever visited Rice, California, but he was almost linked with that desert ghost town in the annals of Americ...

A last-minute protest failed to win two Senate-approved bills a chance to be voted on in the Assembly. The chair of the Black Caucus promise...

Technology offers an efficient, low-risk way to confirm passengers' identities, making everyone safer.

Unlucky Louie asked me if a defender’s signal can affect the odds on whether a finesse will win.In a penny game, Louie had played at today’...

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

The groom's father is my Texan brother, and I worry there will be friction.

This is a big shift from the activities we've always encouraged, such as volunteering and community events.

I'm expected to talk about my body parts with virtual strangers.

Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile more than 300 miles-per-hour, speeding across the Bonneville Salt Flats...

Why is my husband refusing to make a fix I think is necessary for my security?

The driver was arrested after the single-car crash in the southbound lanes early Sunday, according to the CHP.

Authorities say the rider lost control while taking a curve near the Ward Road trailhead.

Former Kennedy-Richmond and Pinole Valley football coach Steve Alameda dies at 70 after battle with colon cancer.

Evacuations have been ordered and the U.S. Forest Service is responding to the fire that broke out Sunday afternoon about 25 miles north of...

SB 94 would have offered convicted killers serving life in prison without the possibility of parole petition for for re-sentencing.