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OAKLAND — A day after he murdered a teen boy amid a feud between two warring gangs, Jacobi Gaines got on social media as he’d done frequentl...

OAKLAND — Police here have identified two young men who were shot and killed shortly after showing up to a birthday party at a local communi...

San Francisco Giants players, including Willy Adames, Hayden Birdsong, Pat Burrell, Marco Luciano, J.P. Martinez and Landen Roupp, made an a...

SAN JOSE — The San Francisco Giants’ previous offseasons were defined by their shortcomings. The failed pursuit of Aaron Judge. The failed p...

By Thomas Hughes | Bay City NewsA long-running legal dispute over the fate of a small island in San Francisco Bay ended Wednesday when Poin...

SAN JOSE – Count Aleksander Barkov as a member of Macklin Celebrini’s growing fan club.Related ArticlesSan Jose Sharks | Wa...

By Tony Hicks | Bay City NewsDeputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people Thursday on allegations of having sever...

By Bay City NewsA Napa resident is facing a felony charge of possession of materials with intent to make a destructive or explosive device,...

By Bay City NewsThe Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) Governing Board reviewed options for school closures and consolidations du...

By Bay City NewsTwo individuals were arrested after a late-night encounter in a business parking lot in the 500 block of Lakeville Street,...

By Bay City News A retail theft operation by San Francisco police officers from Ingleside Station resulted in six arrests on Monday, San Fr...

After weeks of basking in warm daytime weather and clear skies, Bay Area residents can expect to experience periods of brisk temperatures an...

When ESPN cannot enthusiastically promote itself, there’s a problem. That was precisely the case this week in the aftermath of the national...

By ZEKE MILLER, ERIC TUCKER and WILL WEISSERTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired more than a dozen independent inspectors...

Boys basketballNo. 1 Archbishop Riordan 73, No. 15 Valley Christian 46Four-star Texas A&M commit Jasir Rencher showed off his SEC-caliber...

When I wrote about the closing of a Barnes & Noble bookstore in San Jose, I didn’t realize how many other people were feeling a sense of los...

BRENTWOOD — Military veterans in Brentwood are pushing back on a plan to construct a new downtown fire station, claiming that the site, whic...

President Trump’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration threatens deportation for millions of immigrants living in the U.S. without perm...

SAN FRANCISCO — Like at a cafeteria table in “Mean Girls,” the NBA is trying to make “Rivals Week” a thing.Regardless of whether the market...

For years, plastic turf was seen as an environmentally friendly and water-saving alternative to natural grass during California’s persistent...

In October, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed Executive Directive #9 to establish a citywide capital infrastructure plan.The directive wa...

With radical policy shifts looming in Donald Trump’s new administration, many federal employees are surely debating a difficult question: Re...

President Donald Trump said in his inaugural address that he had “no higher responsibility than to defend our country.”So what did Trump do...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Alicia Keys, 44; Mia Kirshner, 50; Ana Ortiz, 54; Jenifer Lewis, 68;Mia Kirshner Happy Birthday: Head in a di...

Dear Eric: My 65-year-old brother Greg is dying. Lately, he has wanted to talk about how he has no regrets about the “wonderful” life he has...