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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a text message argument with my best friend’s husband. None of our statements was offensive.Related ArticlesAdvi...

Today is Thursday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2025. There are 342 days left in the year.Today in history:On Jan. 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwe...

SACRAMENTO — The Warriors are a .500 team, and they played a .500 game.As excellent as the Warriors played in the first half, when the 3s w...

Sonoma State University announced Wednesday that its intercollegiate athletics programs are being discontinued in addition to other severe c...

The Hughes Fire, reported shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Castaic Lake, prompted evacuation of a 280-square-mile area north of Los Ang...

SAN JOSE – A three-alarm fire ripped through an apartment complex Wednesday afternoon in San Jose, according to officials.Related Articles...

Bay Area Home Report201 Bacigalupi Drive – Google Street ViewA 2,448-square-foot house built in 1964 has changed hands. The spacious prope...

VALLEJO — DeMarcus Nelson barely had time to catch his breath after all the hellos, high-fives and hugs moments before his jersey retirement...

By Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul | Associated PressBANGKOK — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status...

In his first days in office, President Donald Trump signed executive orders that sent many federal employees reeling: looming layoffs, a fre...

Stanford University officials have decided not to pursue disciplinary action against student journalist Dilan Gohill, one of 13 individuals...

Bay Area Home Report1627 North Terracina Drive – Google Street ViewA 3,640-square-foot house built in 2014 has changed hands. The spacious...

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued this week hours after taking office, President Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest...

In an 11th-hour decision on Tuesday night, the Albany City Council voted against ending its Racial Inclusivity and Social Equity commission...

ALBANY — A woman escaped an attempt to sexually assault her Tuesday night in the University Village in Albany, University of California poli...

By Christopher Weber | Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a huge and fast-movi...

SAN JOSE — A tech company that had been in expansion mode in the Bay Area has disclosed plans for dozens of South Bay layoffs — and warned t...

Welcome to a new weekly feature on the Hotline. We’ll break down Big 12 basketball using key metrics (NET rankings, KenPom ratings, etc.), o...

Acclaimed blues-rock musician Barry Goldberg, who was part of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band when it backed Bob Dylan during his legendary...

OAKLAND — A local resident has been arrested and charged with sending videos depicting child sexual abuse to a woman who told police she’d n...

More than 20 Bay Area and NorCal restaurants, chefs, bakers and wine/cocktail specialists have been named semifinalists in the 2025 James Be...

Travelers looking for a cheesy, carb-loaded snack at the Oakland Airport have a fresh option: Forge Pizza, which opened a location this Janu...

SUNNYVALE — The family of a young man shot to death by Sunnyvale police at a mobile home park last year contends in a new lawsuit that the o...

While Lauren Sanchez always seems eager to get attention for her figure-hugging, cleavage-forward outfits, the fiancée of Jeff Bezos may not...

UNION CITY — A local resident has been charged with possessing more than 20,000 Adderall pills for sale, after a drug bust that started with...