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STANFORD — Cal is suddenly the new standard in Bay Area women’s basketball.There’s no better way to put it after the No. 22 Golden Bears wr...

Jan. 13Identity theft: A Saratoga resident reported that someone used their personal information to open a credit account and then accrued...

MOSS LANDING — Assemblywoman Dawn Addis is championing the Battery Energy Safety & Accountability Act, a bill introduced Wednesday to help p...

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted Wednesday to include the Redwood City Ferry Terminal and Service Project in Plan Bay Area 2...

This month is the 40th anniversary of the San Francisco 49ers’ victory in Super Bowl XIX at Stanford Stadium. It capped off a 17-1 season by...

Mountain View basketball player Jayden Minor is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Jan. 13-18.In online vot...

Archbishop Riordan basketball player Tallyah Nasol is the Bay Area News Group girls high school athlete of the week for Jan. 13-18.In onlin...

By ROB MAADDIFamiliar foes are facing off in the conference championship games in the NFL playoffs.Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defend...

TODAY’S WORD — CONDESCEND (CONDESCEND: kon-dih-SEND: To assume an air of superiority.)Average mark 30 wordsTime limit 45 minutesCan you f...

Dear Eric: This is a small problem, but I’m not sure how to handle it.Related ArticlesAdvice | Asking Eric: My wife thinks...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A couple of months ago, a close friend and I decided to move in together.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I were hosting a casual dinner party in our home for two couples we like very much.Related ArticlesAdvi...

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, we were invited to my cousin’s eldest daughter’s wedding. Although my cousin and I are close, I barely know the...

SAN JOSE – Fights, scrums, a stirring comeback and tons of goals.Thursday night’s game between the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators...

MARTINEZ — The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office will not file an accessory after the fact charge against the mother of a man s...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors allowed just 42 points in the second half, pulling away from the Bulls by applying tenacious ball pressure and...

STANFORD — It’s Cal women’s basketball’s world now, and Stanford is just living in it.It’s a statement that would have seemed unbelievable...

SAN JOSE – Frustrations boiled over for the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night in the early going of their game with the Nashville Predators...

MORAGA – Bruising forward Paulius Murauskas took charge of Saint Mary’s scoring Thursday night. The University of San Francisco’s shooters r...

By Terry Hacienda, The Fresh ToastIn the news today regarding the famous canal – but what about Panama and marijuana?more bird species t...

SAN MATEO — One person was arrested and another was hospitalized following a stabbing Wednesday in San Mateo, according to authorities.Rela...

Bay Area Home Report59 Yorkshire Drive – Google Street ViewA 4,811-square-foot house built in 1998 has changed hands. The spacious propert...

OAKLAND — A Grass Valley man was freed from jail and given probation after pleading no contest to statutory rape of a teenager he met online...

OAKLAND — Nearly nine years after they avoided murder charges in a Richmond triple shooting, a Bay Area man and woman have been charged with...

When longtime Symphony San Jose patron Ann Brown died last year, she left the company a $1 million bequest — the symphony’s largest donation...