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Our ridiculously early rankings for the 2025-26 season were initially published after the national championship game two months ago. Then ca...

250 Cerro Chico – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 200 block of Cerro Chico in Los Gatos was sold on April 23, 2025 f...

Rick & Ann’s Restaurant, a beloved Berkeley spot for comfort food that opened in 1989, is closing down. The final day will be Aug. 3, owner...

SAN JOSE — A family member’s recent confession has definitively linked a long-former Branham High School student to the fatal stabbing of a...

If the goal of a baseball season is genuinely as simple as winning more series than you lose, the San Francisco Giants just capped a strong...

A two-car head-on crash in eastern Contra Costa County last month killed a Stockton woman and a two-car freeway crash in the western part of...

After only hours of being available, tickets to the Gilroy Garlic Festival sold out this weekend.The Gilroy Garlic Festival is coming back...

The second annual Festival La Onda by BottleRock is in the books, drawing tens of thousands of fans to the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa...

A heat wave that rolled through through the Bay Area for a couple of days and fouled up the air was history by Sunday. But the air quality M...

CLOVIS —After Clara Adams appeared to have become a state track champion Saturday night, controversy erupted to mar what was thought to be a...

SAN JOSE — A big San Jose hotel has been put up for sale by a real estate company that had halted payments on the loan for two San Francisco...

The Republican-led House of Representatives has passed its “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” but before you dig into the more than 1,000-word tomb...

May 19Battery: At 12:33 a.m., deputies responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 13000 block of Shadow Oaks Way. An investigation re...

SAN FRANCISCO — Through the Golden State Valkyries’ first five games of the season, second-year guard Kate Martin struggled to find her role...

DEAR JOAN: It’s 10 p.m. and my always indoor cat, Butter, is growling at the screen door in my bedroom. I turn on the outside light and see...

In a few days, three environmental groups — including one from San Diego — get their chance to try to persuade the California Supreme Court...

As the sun shines bright and the temperatures rise, there’s no better way to cool off than with a delicious, refreshing popsicle. But why st...

ANTIOCH — Residents of East Contra Costa County no longer need to travel outside the county for advanced surgical care, thanks to an advance...

Rep. Ro Khanna and local labor union representatives are denouncing the Trump’s administration’s recent efforts to downsize the federal work...

Home to wealthy Silicon Valley executives, the quiet “bedroom community” of Portola Valley is grappling with a financial crisis so deep that...

Powerful Democrats in the state Senate disappointed advocates of psychedelic-assisted therapy by killing a bipartisan bill that would have a...

After turning 66 in January, Oakland preschool teacher Rosa Carranza applied for Social Security benefits, receiving $1,126 a month in Febru...

The NBA Finals are set: It’s the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Indiana Pacers.The Pacers clinched their trip with a win over the New York K...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Justin Long, 47; Zachary Quinto, 48; Dana Carvey, 70; Dennis Haysbert, 71.Happy Birthday: This year, consider...

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