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On March 10, nonprofits, veterinarians, rescue groups, conservationists and pet guardians will recognize International Parrot Crisis Awarene...

DUBLIN — A man has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing his cellmate at Santa Rita Jail during a fight that a neighboring inmat...

High interest rates and increasing construction costs had already put a strain on efforts to increase the Bay Area’s inadequate housing supp...

EL CERRITO — BART shut down its El Cerrito Plaza station and closed service between North Berkeley and Richmond on Tuesday after a train app...

St. Francis’ Penelope Correa Mason hits the ground underneath Archbishop Mitty’s Murphy Walsh in the second half of the CCS Division I girls...

WALNUT CREEK — Police are looking for witnesses after they said a suspected hit-and-run driver hit and injured a person riding a bike last w...

By Eliyahu Kamisher | BloombergCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom ordered almost 100,000 state workers to return to their offices four days a...

A February weather pattern marked by high pressure, sun and mostly pleasant days has given way in March to one that has brought a lowering o...

A man was fatally shot early Sunday in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety...

Alexander Wennberg knew he would have to assume a bit more responsibility with the San Jose Sharks after do-everything forward Mikael Granlu...

A revealing line in the musical “The Prom” hits powerfully in today’s perilous, anti-artistic zeitgeist. When told of an Indiana small town...

Amid Blake Lively’s sordid legal battle with Justin Baldoni, the embattled “It Ends With Us” star has opened herself to yet more criticism a...

Along with news bites from local restaurants, we’re taking a look at burgers by the beach.The Tasting House Los Gatos has some tasty new it...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST | Associated PressWASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed a...

Faced with the prospect of losing local control over its budget, the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education agreed to...

On a recent quiet afternoon, the aroma of freshly baked empanadas filled Zeni Mallari’s Peninsula home, where they were being served for mer...

SANTA CLARA – The NFL’s franchise tag deadline should pass at 1 p.m. today without the cost-conscious 49ers’ impeding any player’s path to u...

A Los Angeles County grand jury indictment unsealed Monday revealed 30 Probation Department employees, ranging from detention service office...

President Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass rarely are unanimous on anything, but all three have taken steps toward...

Donald Trump, Henry Kissinger remarked in 2018, “may be one of those figures in history who appears from time to time to mark the end of an...

It was a sickening spectacle: the man who tried to upend democracy bullying the man who is fighting for democracy.The air seemed to turn fl...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Chaz Bono, 56; Patricia Heaton, 67; Mykelti Williamson, 68; Catherine O’Hara, 71.Happy Birthday: Put your bes...

Which golf club travel case is best?When you plan to play golf on a trip, you could rent clubs at the course. But if you want the best chan...

Dear Eric: I’m in my 70s and have a friend who’s been part of our group of friends for many years. I’ve always had an issue with how she tre...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My family has never taken my acting career seriously, and it’s starting to wear on me.Related ArticlesAdvice |...