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Disneyland is celebrating its 70th birthday this year. The year-plus celebration started this month, in May, but this birthday feels a bit l...

It’s very rare for a giveaway program to more than double and nevertheless merit praise. That’s the case, though, with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s c...

Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna was a long way from his district this weekend.The Democrat trekked to Pennsylvania and answered unscripted qu...

Oakland International Airport added five zero-emission electric buses as part of its long-term plan to fully electrify its vehicle fleet in...

When Cindy Zbin learned she couldn’t donate part of her liver to her ailing husband, Dave, she was heartbroken. Luckily, he received a trans...

The 49ers learned their lesson.Last offseason, general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan left nearly all business until the l...

It is as if Proposition 36, the sentencing reform initiative overwhelmingly approved by voters in November, never happened.Gov. Gavin Newso...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Matt Czuchry, 48; Tony Stewart, 54; Tony Goldwyn, 65; Cher, 79.Happy Birthday: You need an outlet to calm you...

TODAY’S WORD — WOEFULLY (WOEFULLY: WOH-fuh-lee: With sadness or grievance.)Average mark 16 wordsTime limit 25 minutesCan you find 22 or m...

Dear Eric: We are retired and grandparents to 7-year-old twins who live close by.Related ArticlesAsking Eric: My friends say...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My parents have long been divorced, but over time they became friends.Related ArticlesHarriette Cole: Need-t...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son is graduating with honors from a very selective university.Related ArticlesMiss Manners: Our schoo...

DEAR ABBY: I lost my daughter to cancer five years ago. She was only 36. She left behind a husband and three children, ages 3, 5 and 7.Rela...

By Amy Hansen, The Fresh ToastIt is wicked popular right now, but very addictive…marijuana can help you take a step back.Zyn, a Swedish br...

SAN FRANCISCO — Southpaws have presented problems for the Giants all season. None as much as the kid from Cupertino who happened to be weari...

Central Coast Section baseball playoffsSaturday’s gamesDivision INo. 6 Bellarmine (17-13) at No. 3 Los Gatos (23-4), 1 p.m.No. 7 Soquel...

Victoria Day, celebrated on the last Monday before May 25th, marks the unofficial start of summer in Canada. It honors Queen Victoria’s birt...

SAN JOSE — Firefighters responded to a first-alarm fire at an apartment complex Monday evening, according to a social media post from the Sa...

MEET THE TOP TEAM: WILLOW GLENIn something of a surprise, it is Willow Glen, not St. Francis, who is the No. 1 seed in the Central Coast Se...

The San Jose Police Department cited three recycling centers for buying stolen copper wire and other scrap metal in April after an undercove...

The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences began their long-awaited mediation Monday in an attempt to settle the poaching penalty and exit fee...

SAN FRANCISCO — Once heralded as the Giants’ third baseman of the future, David Villar’s time with the organization is likely coming to an e...

With California short of nearly half a million affordable homes and a slew of projects stalled amid adverse market conditions, Sen. Dave Cor...

De La Salle captured its 11th North Coast Section golf championship, and seventh in Division I, on Monday as the Spartans finished with a te...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.With apartments empty,‘housing crisis’ a shamRe: “Apartme...