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Around 40% of students of experienced food insecurity between 2023 and 2024. A South Bay nonprofit is trying to make sure that number drops...

Apricot harvestSaratoga residents are invited to sign up for city’s annual apricot harvest.Related ArticlesA reinvented SF...

By Akayla Gardner, Stephanie Lai and Hadriana Lowenkron, BloombergUS Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Tuesday the Trump administratio...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The only bright side for the U.S. soccer team is that the World Cup starts in a year, not this week.The Americans c...

SAN JOSE — One person died and two people were seriously injured when their car hit a tree off Tully Road early Wednesday, police said.Rela...

Unscheduled track maintenance early Wednesday caused BART commuters to experience major delays and officials to close portions on two of its...

Town budget approvedThe town unanimously passed the budget for the upcoming fiscal year on June 3.Several measures to increase revenue and...

The social worker seemed legitimate. Sheila — at least that’s what she called herself — was pitching assistance to financially struggling fa...

The Frito-Lay manufacturing facility that gave birth to Flamin’ Hot Cheetos nearly 35 years ago in Rancho Cucamonga is no longer churning ou...

REDWOOD CITY – No criminal charges will be filed in the overdose death of a 25-year-old inmate at a jail in Redwood City earlier this year,...

Father’s Day is all about celebrating the amazing dads in our lives, and if your dad happens to be a fan of cannabis, why not elevate the ce...

BERKELEY — Mykolas Alekna has pretty much exceeded all expectations since arriving at Cal as the son of a former two-time Olympic discus cha...

Amid escalating federal immigration enforcement in California, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved $1....

CONCORD — The Mt. Diablo Unified School District is dismissing the majority of an oversight committee appointed to supervise the spending of...

As the Trump administration threatens to revoke federal funding for programs that support trans people and the larger LGBTQ+ community, Sant...

Don’t expect many donkey drops at the Coliseum the next week and a half. But there will be plenty of sloggers, dibbly dobblies and, if you l...

There’s an old saying that a perfect marriage would unite a sadist and masochist who could be mutually supportive of each other’s neuroses....

TODAY’S WORD — DEFICITS (DEFICITS: DEF-ih-sits: Deficiencies; disadvantages.)Average mark 21 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 28 or...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, over the objection of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, represents a s...

Dear Eric: A couple of years ago I reconnected with a high school friend. We are in our 60s.Related ArticlesAsking Eric: I s...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I love your column, but I do want to comment on your letter to “Off-Limits,” whose boyfriend of two months wouldn’t show her...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My boss let me know that my co-workers have often “told on me,” reporting when I arrive back to work three minutes late f...

Today is Wednesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2025. There are 203 days left in the year.Today in history:On June 11, 1963, the University...

OAKLAND – Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday night in East Oakland to protest escalating immigration enforcement efforts across the state a...

Pity poor Dakota Johnson. In Celine Song’s romantic dramedy “Materialists,” she must choose between Pedro Pascal or Chris Evans. What an imp...