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More than a dozen people at the site of the SCE transmission lines along Eaton Canyon on Monday March 17, 2025. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los...

  Bay Area News Group boys basketball Top 20(Mercury News & East Bay Times)(Records through Monday)No. 1 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (29-2)Final...

By Anthony Washington, The Fresh ToastSince the last downturn, more states have legal marijuana – with its strong revenue streamIt is Marc...

Many years ago, I asked a friend who had been hired as a senior foreign policy official what he’d learned in government that he didn’t know...

What is the best driver?Every round of golf begins the same way: the golfer stands on the first tee with a driver in hand. Drivers are the...

Which laundry balls are best?As consumers move to more sustainable products, laundry balls are sweeping the laundry world. These felted bal...

Which disc golf set is best?A quality disc golf set includes everything you need to start playing and will likely serve you well for years...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Lily Collins, 36; Adam Levine, 46; Queen Latifah, 55; Vanessa Williams, 62.Happy Birthday: Take more interest...

Dear Eric: My husband is in his mid-80s and I’m in my late 70s. My husband has always suffered from anxiety, whereas I am calmer.Related Ar...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve made some questionable decisions over the years that had a negative impact on my credit.Related ArticlesAdvice |...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.”Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manne...

In the ongoing undertaking to reshape the future elections of Gilroy, the city has moved to open up the process, creating public workshops f...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors suffered their worst loss of the Jimmy Butler Era.Against the Nuggets team without Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray...

OAKLAND – A person was killed in a shooting Monday afternoon in East Oakland, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety |...

Israeli forces launched a large-scale strike across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, in what appeared to be the first major attack on the terri...

PALO ALTO – The Palo Alto flood basin is set to be sprayed later this week for an aggressive species of mosquito known to travel up to 20 mi...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors will have to wait to see how they truly stack up against the Denver Nuggets.Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic, point...

435 Willow Glen Court – Google Street ViewA condominium located in the 400 block of Willow Glen Court in San Jose has a new owner. The 1,67...

If you’re a foodie attending the Nvidia conference this week, you’re in luck. San Jose, with its population of nearly a million, is home to...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The first handful of starts that Justin Verlander has made this spring have been, in a way, a bit of a mystery.Verlander’...

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Loren Taylor is bestqualified for mayorI am writing to ur...

ANTIOCH — A former Antioch police officer whose criminal conspiracy trial recently came to an abrupt and inconsequential end is suing his fo...

Two heavyweight arch rivals in the world of Bay Area workforce-management startups are locked in a legal battle with one accusing the other...

The fate of two national monuments in California that stretch across roughly 850,000 acres of scenic lands — an area 28 times larger than of...

OAKLAND — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office recently filed charges in a 2024 shooting outside the house of a likely FBI informan...