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The cause of Michelle Trachtenberg’s death, which shocked and saddened so many fans of her performances in “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vamp...

Cupertino is welcoming a slew of new housing developments, but might lose the heart of the city along the way. That was a message Mayor Lia...

OAKLAND — Royl Roberts, the newly-minted attorney who led the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office for about two months after his boss...

SAN JOSE — A 15-year-old boy fatally stabbed at Santana Row on Valentine’s Day was initially confronted by a group of gang-affiliated teens...

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are teaming up again. And Bay Area fans are going to love it.The two Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are set to pe...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The San Francisco Giants have been a below-average offense over the last three seasons, even when factoring in Oracle Pa...

VALLEJO — A Vallejo man who was recently arrested on suspicion of possessing thousands of hours worth of child sexual abuse material is on p...

The San Francisco Jazz Festival is changing things up for 2025.Instead of its usual multi-week run, where only a limited number of shows ar...

Bay Area Home Report141 Sobrante Court – Google Street ViewA 2,190-square-foot house built in 1976 has changed hands. The spacious propert...

By Marisa Kendall | CalMattersWickey Twohands woke up early on the day he was scheduled to go on trial for sleeping outside.First, he drop...

DUBLIN — A man has been sentenced to a year of house arrest, but will likely only serve about half of that, for killing a bicyclist in a Fre...

OAKLAND — Shootings about 16 hours apart in West and East Oakland hospitalized two people, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrime and Pub...

Like nearly everyone, my wife and I both have smartphones, but for more than a decade, we’ve also had what looks and acts like a “landline”...

Daniel Cormier doesn’t have to do any of this.He doesn’t have to wake up at 6 a.m., drive to San Jose International Airport, fly to Las Veg...

A Rohnert Park man pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing a sexual assault in the Marin Headlands.Esbin Ramirez-Garcia, 28, could face up to...

ALBANY — In a battle of two East Bay heavyweights, it wasn’t hard to spot the best player on the floor. Salesian junior Carlton Perrilliat...

From cool tunes to coastal recipes, we have some great ideas for a killer weekend. So let’s get to it, shall we?(As always, be sure to doub...

The absence of a peregrine falcon couple from UC Berkeley’s famous Campanile this January has alarmed a group of observers who fear the avia...

On the day Gabby Chavez-Lopez came home from the hospital with her newborn son, one of the first questions that ran through her mind was whe...

SAN JOSE — The site of a proposed downtown San Jose housing highrise that could have produced hundreds of residential units has staggered in...

In the spring of 2007, I interviewed Václav Havel on a bench in the garden of Prague’s Czernin Palace. The playwright and former Czech presi...

LOS ANGELES  — Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar-winning actor, has been found dead in his New Mexico home.Related ArticlesMovies |...

TODAY’S WORD — IMPROMPTU(IMPROMPTU: im-PROM-too: Made, done or formed on the spur of the moment.)Average mark 22 wordsTime limit 35 minut...

Dear Eric: I am two months pregnant, or so I thought.Related ArticlesAdvice | Asking Eric: What do I do with these letters...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My long-term partner and I have built a wonderful life together, but there’s one major issue we can’t seem to resolve, which...