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SANTA CLARA — For the last few months, we’ve discussed the 2025 San Francisco 49ers in the abstract.They’re names on a roster, money on a s...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement this week that the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese university students stud...

Twelve people charged with felony vandalism and other crimes after a June 5, 2024, protest at Stanford University’s executive offices were a...

OAKLAND — One hundred days into her first term as Alameda County’s top prosecutor, Ursula Jones Dickson wants to leave little doubt about th...

A house in Monte Sereno that sold for $6.7 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Los Gatos in the pas...

SANTA CLARA – Christian McCaffrey, sporting a backward ballcap, sprang through traffic at the line of scrimmage and raced through the 49ers’...

While Redwood City’s slogan, “Climate Best by Government Test,” may be little more than a 1920s marketing ploy, the city of 86,000 still has...

43 Castille Court – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the first block of Castille Court in Danville was sold on April 14,...

IONE — A convicted killer from Alameda County currently serving a term at Mule Creek State Prison for forcible rape of a mentally disabled w...

BRENTWOOD — After 34 years in law enforcement, Brentwood Police Chief Tim Herbert will retire in September. The city will begin looking for...

All lanes of westbound traffic on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge were blocked Thursday after a multi-vehicle crash, according to the Califor...

As the Bay Area’s first heat wave of 2025 began to crank up the thermometer on Thursday, the Bay Area Air District responded in a familiar w...

OAKLAND — A pedestrian was killed Wednesday night in East Oakland when he was struck by a vehicle that California Highway Patrol ground unit...

18132 Bayview Drive – Google Street ViewA house located in the 18100 block of Bayview Drive in Los Gatos has a new owner. The 1,177-square-...

By Andrew DeMillo, Jeff Martin and Safiyah Riddle | Associated PressArkansas authorities are looking at whether a job in the prison kitchen...

By Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss | Associated PressIsrael has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White H...

Cynde Soto, a quadriplegic who requires around-the-clock care, has been on Medi-Cal for most of her life. Recently, she came into a modest i...

By Julia Frankel and Natalie Melzer | Associated PressJERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 more Jewish settlements in the...

The transfer portal has complicated many aspects of college sports, including a seemingly unrelated event: the deadline for college players...

SAN FRANCISCO — Five gray whales have died in and around the San Francisco Bay over the past week, bringing the total number of whales that...

Boy bands will never go out of style because they just change with the times. What was once Osmonds, Jacksons and Monkees evolved into New K...

One of the provisions in the “big, beautiful” budget bill would ban states from regulating AI for the next 10 years.Related Articles...

By John Fritze, CNNThe Supreme Court on Thursday limited the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a decision...

Budget-conscious home seekers who need any whiff of hope may cheer the latest Case-Schiller national price index.The good news is that this...

SAN JOSE — A tech hub is being pitched on the site of a failed housing development in San Jose, a project that could tie into Silicon Valley...