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DEAR HARRIETTE: Before my boyfriend and I were an item, he and his childhood crush dated for almost 10 years and had two children together....

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother is a very sweet and kind grandmother to my 3-year-old girl. She always has gifts when we visit, asks for new pi...

Today is Saturday, May 24, the 144th day of 2025. There are 221 days left in the year.Today in history:On May 24,1883, New York’s Brooklyn...

LIVERMORE — All Kaci Norton could do was watch. “Very nerve-wracking in the dugout,” Livermore’s starting pitcher said. “Kind of sitting th...

PLEASANTON — Foothill broke the game open with a six-run fourth inning and went on to a 10-4 win Friday over Benicia in a North Coast Sectio...

There will be a new North Coast Section and NorCal Division I baseball champion this season.Defending champ Granada bowed out of the sectio...

The Golden State Valkyries finally found their groove. After struggling to get anything going offensively in their first two games, the Val...

Crews from the San Jose Fire Department and Cal Fire have mostly contained a brushfire near the Guadalupe Landfill that grew to approximatel...

North Coast Section baseball playoffsDivision IFriday’s quarterfinalsNo. 9 Casa Grande 3, No. 1 Granada 2No. 5 College Park 4, No. 13 Cl...

Memorial Day Weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for many, it’s a time to kick back, relax, and enjoy a long weekend away. Whe...

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Washington Nationals announced a paid attendance of 19,195 on Friday night at Nationals Park. It’s unclear how many of...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.State must changecoyote managementAs the saying goes, cra...

BY MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIMWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering a massive overhaul of the National Secu...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Without reform, countygrants look like favorsRe: “County...

Los Gatos introduced its first-ever emergency manager at the town council meeting on May 20.Chris Todd started his new job on May 12. He wa...

When faced with the prospect of replacing an irreplaceable member of the band, Kneebody found a singular solution to the conundrum.Over the...

OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot in East Oakland Friday afternoon in the city’s second killing within 11 hours, authorities said.No other i...

Chick-fil-A  has set Thursday, May 29, as the opening date for its first Morgan Hill restaurant, located a couple of blocks west of the Coch...

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WASHINGTON D.C. — The Giants announced on Friday afternoon that left-hander Kyle Harrison will start on Saturday in place of Justin Verlande...

OAKLAND — Jane Doe had grown up a lot since the last time she saw Jordan Townsend, but her life was in no better shape.On the day that Town...

PALO ALTO — Police are investigating a strong-armed robbery in which a man forcibly stole a woman’s purse and necklaces in a parking lot Thu...

RICHMOND — Still split over how to handle allegations of bias among Community Police Review Commissioners, a proposal to investigate the cit...

By DORANY PINEDA and BRITTANY PETERSON, Associated PressCABAZON  — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as th...

Gayle King’s time as the host of CBS Mornings may soon come to an end amid a “bloodbath” at the network, as its contends with “brutal” budge...