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April 20th, commonly known as 4/20, has evolved from an underground counterculture reference to a significant day of activism, public demons...

NEW ORLEANS — Steph Curry returned after missing two games with a pelvic contusion, dropping 23 points to lift the Warriors in a sluggish ga...

Ashley Hatch flirted with a hat trick for the Washington Spirit, while Bay FC had a pair of goals waved off and fell Friday night, 2-0.Hatc...

GILROY — The Gilroy Garlic Festival is returning six years after a mass shooting brought the annual tradition to an abrupt end.Related Arti...

SAN FRANCISCO — Two days after overcoming a 16-point deficit to stun Arkansas in the Sweet 16, Texas Tech will face its biggest challenge of...

MARTINEZ — Citing “insufficient evidence,” the Contra Costa District Attorney’s office has declined to charge an East Bay tennis coach arres...

Why won’t Brooklinen refund Tracy Brom’s “hot and scratchy” sheets? After all, it promised her a refund.Q: I bought sheets from Brooklinen....

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Bay Area owes Codythanks for swift actionRe: “Public heal...

SAO PAULO (AP / By MAURICIO SAVARESE) — Brazil coach Dorival Júnior was fired on Friday after 14 months amid poor results and disappointing...

BLACKHAWK — She wore a “Love Pink” tank top as she browsed around the CVS on Camino Tassajara, loading tequila, paper towels, and Reese’s ca...

136 Wheeler Avenue – Google Street ViewA historic house located in the 100 block of Wheeler Avenue in Los Gatos has a new owner. The 1,502-...

SAN JOSE – Defenseman Vincent Desharnais is questionable to play Saturday when the San Jose Sharks face the New York Rangers in the first ga...

By Dave Collins | Associated PressDavid Childs, the lead architect of the One World Trade Center skyscraper that rose from the site where t...

New York bagel lovers rejoice: Boichik Bagels is preparing to open a store in Concord at the end of April.“I’ve had people asking for a Wal...

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SAN QUENTIN — The first officer convicted of a crime from an on-duty shooting in Contra Costa is set to be released from prison, authorities...

3851 Silvera Ranch Drive – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 3800 block of Silvera Ranch Drive in Dublin was sold on J...

A bill designed to limit foreign influence in U.S. universities divided Orange County’s congressional delegation.The House passed the bill...

SAN LEANDRO — An unlicensed motorcyclist struck by an Amtrak train last month, leaving him critically injured and his passenger dead after o...

Book clubs and bookshops around the Bay Area buzzed with excitement recently as two authors who happen to be best friends — Tommy Orange and...

Amid Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest, headline-making “press dump,” the actor/lifestyle guru didn’t just talk up her hot sex scenes with Timothée C...

Mumford & Sons is back in action.The U.K folk-pop band just released its fifth studio album, “Rushmere,” today and will support the effort...

Housing advocates and San Jose neighborhood groups are pushing back against a proposed Chick-fil-A at the corner of Race and West San Carlos...

SAN JOSE — Matthew Muller was sentenced to two lifetime prison terms Friday for holding women captive during two Santa Clara County home inv...

A historic military landmark in the Marin Headlands was vandalized with hate speech and hazardous chemicals, according to the National Park...