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CONCORD — Two people died early Sunday following a head-on crash on a rural bypass road, the California Highway Patrol said.Related Article...

Real estate has frustrated would-be buyers since it exploded during the pandemic. After years of chasing a red-hot housing market, is there...

SAN JOSE — The Earthquakes soccer club is proposing a plan that would enable PayPal Park to host more than a dozen concerts a year in a push...

DEAR JOAN: A loved one has an active adult cat, and she allows him to jump up and walk all over the kitchen counters and dining table.She i...

SANTA CLARA — It’s been nearly seven years since water began accumulating in the crawlspace of Doug Ridley and Sherry Shen’s condo — an alar...

More than 1,100 fires in San Diego last year may have begun in homeless encampments, amounting to almost a fifth of all blazes in the city....

The Bay Area tech sector soared for three years in the wake of a global pandemic, but the industry’s jobs boom has since nosedived into a bu...

March Madness is upon us, and basketball fans nationwide are gearing up for the excitement. This annual NCAA basketball tournament isn’t jus...

Which wedding vests are best?The vest is the fundamental element of the three-piece suit, and it can help you appear classically elegant. T...

TODAY’S WORD — SCIOLIST (SCIOLIST: SYE-oh-list: One who exhibits a superficial show of learning.)Average mark 14 wordsTime limit 20 minute...

Dear Eric: One of my BFFs has high blood pressure and always seems to be catastrophizing about everything.Related ArticlesAdvice |...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m at a crossroads with my girlfriend.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: He’s a grown man without mo...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was hospitalized for 17 days due to complications from a cancer-related surgery. During that time, my sister drove 80 m...

DEAR ABBY: I have a 7-year-old great-granddaughter, “Emma.” She’s beautiful, smart, happy and just wonderful.Related ArticlesAdvice |...

Yosemite is included in an updated winter storm watch issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 8:47 p.m. The watch is valid from...

Fabian Zetterlund was surprised late last week when the San Jose Sharks abruptly sent him to the Ottawa Senators shortly before the NHL trad...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A bit of Sunday frustration aside, right-hander Jordan Hicks likes where he’s at this spring. Especially when he can tap...

TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney to become Canada’s next prime minister after governing Liberals elect him party leader.

By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press“Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s original science fiction film “Mickey 17” opened in first place on th...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants entered spring training with three Carsons in camp: Carson Whisenhunt, Carson Ragsdale and Carson Seymour. Sa...

By Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda | Associated PressBUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s electoral body on Sunday rejected Calin Georgescu’s ca...

By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy | Associated PressTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Su...

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Heavy rains that flooded a city on Argentina’s east coast in recent days have killed at least 15 people, officials said...

By Bay City NewsThe Marin County Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed a resolution authorizing a $500,000 investment toward safeguar...

By Bay City NewsThe BART Pittsburg Center station will be closed all day Sunday to accommodate installation of “next-generation” fare gates...