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What is a Sequoia? A Sequoia is a full size SUV built in the San Antonio, Texas assembly plant and sold in North America by Toyota. The 1794...

Globetrotting? Our readers have positively sprinted around the world these last few months. They’ve hiked England’s Lake District, experienc...

When students at Homestead High School launched Project Preserve through their school’s Future Business Leaders of America club last August,...

Feb. 27JUVENILE DISTURBANCE: 4:41 p.m. at Vasona Lake County Park on Garden Hill Drive. A juvenile on a skateboard reportedly attempted to...

The Saratoga City Council on March 5 gave its final stamp of approval to a controversial new policy that eliminates automatic notification o...

Shop for a CauseLos Gatos businesses are teaming up to donate a portion of their sales to the Butter Paddle, a nonprofit home goods store t...

The battle lines between creative artists and the companies on the frontier of artificial intelligence have been drawn. The Hollywood writer...

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DANVILLE — In a battle between two East Bay powerhouses, 32 minutes wasn’t enough to decide a victor. With a NorCal Open Division title gam...

DEAR ABBY: We lost our 16-year-old daughter two years ago to leukemia. It’s been a difficult two years.Related ArticlesAdvice |...

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Earthquakes were attempting to win their first three MLS games for the first time in their 28 seasons in the league....

CONCORD – The Open Division of the California high school basketball playoffs is reserved for the creme of the crop, the best of the best. T...

SAN JOSE — The Archbishop Mitty girls basketball team is learning how to survive and succeed minus their star player.It was reasonable to q...

SAN FRANCISCO – Jasir Rencher had the ball on perimeter, facing just one Salesian defender but with thousands of eyes fixed upon the 6-foot-...

MOUNTAIN VIEW — It’s almost as if it was scripted.St. Francis, the No. 2 seed in the CIF NorCal Division I bracket, had faced No. 5 Archbis...

NorCal basketball regionalsBoysOpen DivisionSaturday’s semifinalsNo. 1 Archbishop Riordan 64, No. 4 Salesian 57No. 2 De La Salle 47, No...

CIF NorCal soccer regionalsBoysDivision ISaturday’s finalNo. 4 Everett Alvarez 2, No. 6 De La Salle 1Division IISaturday’s finalNo. 2...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors endured quite the unique path Saturday night to open a season-long, seven-game homestand with a 115-110 win ove...

Two women who were arrested in late February for their alleged roles in abusing a small dog have now been charged with animal cruelty, the C...

Women have taken to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands...

San Jose Camera & Video, a Campbell business with nearly a 100-year history of serving the South Bay community, was broken into and looted e...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Left-hander Erik Miller made his first appearance of Cactus League play on Saturday at Scottsdale Stadium after dealing...

Eight years ago, 49ers CEO Jed York stood at the lectern in Levi’s Stadium and declared “I own this football team. You don’t dismiss owners....

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks went through their normal pregame routine Saturday morning as they started to get ready for that night’s home...

LAFAYETTE – The Acalanes football program reached new heights during Floyd Burnsed’s nine-year run as head coach. He led the Lafayette publ...