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DEAR HARRIETTE: I come from a big family. I have six siblings, and I’ve tried to stay close to them despite our differences.Related Article...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you do if you say something pleasant to someone, or ask them a question, and they totally ignore you?Related Art...

Today is Thursday, July 3, the 184th day of 2024. There are 181 days left in the year.Today in history:On July 3, 1863, the pivotal three-...

PHOENIX — It was not the most sustainable formula for a win, but the Giants will take anything they can get amidst their worst stretch of th...

SAN JOSE – A major explosion at a pyrotechnics facility in Yolo County has forced the cancelation of a Fourth of July fireworks display at L...

Associated PressST. LOUIS — Diego Luna scored twice in the first 15 minutes, and the United States hung on to beat Guatemala 2-1 on Wednesd...

Associated PressJAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 43 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry carrying...

PHOENIX — Bob Melvin found himself using the backup plan to the backup plan’s backup plan.Wilmer Flores hasn’t regularly played third base...

MORGAN HILL – South Bay authorities are searching for an 18-year-old Morgan Hill woman who vanished earlier this week, as well as person of...

By Charles Swanson | Santa Rosa Press DemocratPress Democrat photographer Kent Porter is accustomed to being the first journalist on the sc...

By RIO YAMAT, Associated PressLAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is awaiting trial in the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, h...

WALNUT CREEK — Del Monte Foods, a legendary provider of canned fruits and vegetables, has filed for bankruptcy and will scout for a buyer in...

Contra Costa County reported a 26% decline in homelessness from 2024, a remarkable drop, especially as most other parts of the Bay Area have...

By Christopher Elliott | Travel TroubleshooterQ: I reserved a villa in Alicante, Spain, through Booking.com and paid in full. Three days be...

A key — and previously unreleased — report at the center of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors’ bid to remove Sheriff Christina Corpu...

If you’re interested in staying at home or going to the movies, you have some great options this 4th of July weekend, including an exception...

OAKLAND — On Monday, the Golden State Valkyries made the surprising move to waive point guard Julie Vanloo. The decision came as a shock to...

Commissioner Brett Yormark is expected to address all the hottest topics in college sports next Tuesday during his state-of-the-conference r...

Jason Schreier(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s gaming division began cutting hundreds of employees on Wednesday, part of a broader culling a...

A house that sold for $3.7 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Oakland in the past week.In total,...

CONCORD — An electrical power outage on Wednesday caused BART to shut down service on the line that serves central and eastern Contra Costa...

As with Meghan Markle’s apricot and raspberry spreads, bottles of her special new As Ever rosé sold out in under an hour Wednesday upon thei...

SAN JOSE — “Stagnation” in commercial real estate has hobbled growth in assessed values for Santa Clara County real estate, producing the sm...

OAKLAND — A woman was rescued by firefighters Tuesday night from her burning East Oakland apartment, officials said.She was treated at the...

PITTSBURG – Residents in Antioch, Pittsburg and Bay Point are now paying more for sewer services after the Delta Diablo Board of Directors a...