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It’s been a fantastic spring for jazz music in the Bay Area, with such massive talents as Brad Mehldau, Kenny Barron and Terence Blanchard p...

SAN JOSE — One week after returning to work at the orders of a Santa Clara County judge, the union representing Valley Transportation Author...

EMERYVILLE — A 100% affordable housing development in Emeryville has hit a series of roadblocks for years now. City officials just granted t...

(Bloomberg / Sarah McGregor) — Governor Gavin Newsom said he’s seeking exemptions for California-made products from retaliatory tariffs and...

Blake Lively’s attempt to appear down-to-earth amid her bitter legal battle with Justin Baldoni, by working in the kitchen of a friend’s Con...

Welcome to Prep Spotlight, our feature that sheds more light on the Bay Area’s high school sports scene. For tips and story ideas, email hig...

OAKLAND — One person was killed and another wounded during a shooting in West Oakland on Friday morning, police said.The gunfire happened i...

APTOS — After remaining unsolved for nearly 50 years, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has identified 25-year-old Karen Percifield’s k...

LONDON (AP) — British police on Friday charged Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault following an 18-month investigation sparked when f...

March 22Petty theft: Between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., someone entered an unsecured medication storage room at Our Lady of Fatima on Saratoga-Lo...

BERKELEY — Queer joy will be the theme of Berkeley’s inaugural Pride Festival in August, an event organizers said will be both a “powerful c...

Two Riverside police officers — one who smashed a resident’s skateboard and another who photographed the damaged board in a crime recorded b...

Piedmont Hills softball player Isabella Paskert is the Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week for March 24-29.In online voting that...

Great gallantryApril 5th is known as Go for Broke Day. The term was the slogan for an Army unit comprised of Japanese Americans from Hawaii...

SAN JOSE – It’ll soon get to a point where the San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks will both be assured of a top-four pick in this June’s...

I’ll let others describe the economic carnage President Donald Trump’s tariffs have already begun to wreak. I want to describe the damage th...

The world should remember the name of Odai Al-Rubai. The 22-year-old Palestinian man joined protests in the Gaza Strip last week to demand a...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Robert Downey Jr., 60; David Cross, 61; Christine Lahti, 75; Craig T. Nelson, 81.Happy Birthday: Expand your...

Dear Eric: I am a 75-year-old professional woman married to a great 74-year-old Ph.D. who works in pharma, is in good health and has no desi...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently went to see a musical that I had been looking forward to for months. The theater was packed, and the performance...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I go out to dinner twice a month with a group of five friends. We always ask for separate checks, so there is never any q...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my husband for 19 years, and we have established a loving, stable relationship despite some very tumultuous times....

SAN JOSE – Getting some point production from their defense corps will no doubt help the San Jose Sharks as they try to finish what’s left o...

The term “4/20” has long been associated with cannabis culture, but over the years, several myths have clouded its true origins. Despite its...

LOS ANGELES – Floyd Mayweather, Trinity Rodman, Young Thug and beloved hometown hooper Pau Gasol were among the celebrities dotting the Cryp...