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SANTA CRUZ – Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain...

Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well...

TODAY’S WORD — UNCONSCIOUS (UNCONSCIOUS: un-KON-shuss: Not knowing or perceiving; not aware.)Average mark 17 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCa...

Dear Eric: I have a lovely hairstylist who has colored and cut my hair for many years.Related ArticlesAdvice | Asking Eric:...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A couple of months ago, I got back into the dating scene after focusing on myself for a while.Related ArticlesAdvice |...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been married to the same man for 40 years. He has recently decided that opening doors for me, serving me first at...

DEAR ABBY: My son-in-law is never on time for anything.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: We can’t find one good thing abo...

SAN FRANCISCO — Any hope Milpitas had to make history again was crushed by St. Ignatius on Monday night. The San Francisco school dominated...

MOUNTAIN VIEW – A small airplane made an emergency landing at a Mountain View golf course over the weekend, police said.Related ArticlesC...

ANTIOCH – A suspect was arrested last week in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month in Antioch, according to authorities.Rela...

The year 2024 has marked a profound transformation in the global perception of cannabis, driven largely by the intertwining forces of media,...

Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well...

SAN JOSE – A former Stanford University employee was convicted last week of tampering with a breast cancer research study database after bei...

CCS boys basketballOpen DivisionPool AFriday’s gamesNo. 1 Archbishop Riordan 59, No. 8 Archbishop Mitty 45No. 4 Valley Christian 65, No...

OAKLAND – Officers exchanged gunfire with an armed man Monday afternoon in Oakland, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety |...

Federal cannabis rescheduling is a hot topic right now, and it’s got everyone asking: what would a Trump administration do about it? Cannabi...

The Sharks know that wins could be hard to come by for the rest of the regular season, particularly after they traded their leading scorer a...

SAN FRANCISCO — Preeminent sports sociologist Harry Edwards, basketball coach Mike Montgomery, soccer star Alex Morgan, ex-A’s outfielder Jo...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined appeals to overturn a ruling that upheld an excessive force finding in a 2017 fatal police shootin...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is again threatening to withhold state money to address homelessness from local governments that are failing to make progr...

SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green might have been onto something.Perhaps the Warriors forward and the NBA’s most outspoken player was playing...

SAN FRANCISCO — Things the Warriors have learned in their short time with Jimmy Butler: He likes coffee, he lights candles and he seemingly...

Crews have begun work on the first step of a long process in cleaning up the wreckage of the Moss Landing battery storage plant after a huge...

For four decades, the man who stabbed 15-year-old Karen Stitt 59 times and left her for dead behind a cinderblock wall near the old Woolwort...

A story published Feb. 24 on page A1 incorrectly reported that there had been no case reversals at the trial court level in Santa Clara Coun...