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A new restaurant in Oakland is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, co-owned by Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias...

BERKELEY – Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 27-year-old Emeryville man in connection with a violent assault earlier this m...

Milpitas’s newly elected leaders are taking steps to double their monthly paycheck after more than a decade of stagnant wages, joining a gro...

The son of Audrey Hepburn tried to strike a measured tone as he responded to fierce backlash against Ivanka Trump, who attended her father’s...

It’s been a while since we went to the mailbag, so let’s not delay any further because it was filled to the brink after another calamitous w...

PLEASANT Hill — Some World War II era hand grenades found at a home here Wednesday were subsequently removed and disposed of by explosives p...

Bay Area Home Report3615 Fieldview Court – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 3600 block of Fieldview Court in Pleasan...

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SAN JOSE — Developers hope to gallop to the finish line to complete a San Jose hotel in time for a big Nvidia conference that packed the cit...

FanDuel waited all of three days from the end of the 2024 season to release updated odds for the 2025 Heisman Trophy race. Naturally, quarte...

As much as Mark Zuckerberg complained that the acclaimed 2010 film “The Social Network” was “hurtful” and manipulated facts about his life s...

Jeannie Piersol was a key player on the now-legendary San Francisco music scene of the mid-’60s.The singer, who was known for her cool mix...

“Assassin’s Creed” fans have clamored for a chapter set in Japan for years. The concepts mesh well enough. Ubisoft’s assassins lurk in the s...

OAKLAND — A 40-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday night in East Oakland, authorities said.The man’s name was not immediately released...

PITTSBURG — A vehicle crashed off Highway 4 onto tracks at the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station early Thursday, leaving the driver dead and...

EMERYVILLE — It’s not often that a cheese pizza causes a life-or-death situation, but that’s what a convenience store clerk reportedly encou...

Here’s the California home insurance debacle made simple: No more bargains.Property owners are keenly aware of the state’s numerous risks t...

This weekend has it all, from stirring sports movies to amazing empanadas to a star-studded benefit concert, so let’s get to it, shall we?(...

SAN JOSE — South Bay residents interested in serving as public watchdogs with an eye on government efficiency, transparency and corruption a...

SAN JOSE — Authorities on Wednesday announced a joint law-enforcement operation that netted the arrests of three suspects who together alleg...

The Palo Alto City Council took steps this week to address a housing shortage in one of Silicon Valley’s key cities, advancing two major ini...

CAMPBELL — There were more than a few ebbs and flows in this one. Christopher trailed by six at halftime and by five in overtime before pull...

As Donald Trump this week assumed the presidency for the second time, he rekindled his personal and political feud with California and its g...

As U.S. TikTok users rejoice at the site’s return from its 14-hour hiatus, curmudgeonly critics — me included — wonder whether President Don...

Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling for a third-party investigation into the county’s emergency alert system in light of the disc...