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The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff began with a lopsided victory by Notre Dame (over Indiana) and concluded with the Irish losin...

I’ve spent the last couple of years exploring the Bay Area’s vibrant brewery scene, dropping in on taprooms from Santa Cruz to Walnut Creek....

Even if Ivanka Trump has insisted that she doesn’t plan to move back to Washington, D.C., and take a prominent role in her father’s White Ho...

 Bay Area News Group boys basketball Top 20(Mercury News & East Bay Times)(Records through Monday)No. 1 ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN (13-1) Previo...

WASHINGTON D.C. — There was the aquaponics farmer from Half Moon Bay, the Sacramento Republican Assembly president who talked online about “...

Ohio State won the national championship, but access was the greatest beneficiary of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff.Triplin...

New wave icon Billy Idol is hitting the road with Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.They will be performing at arena...

When the weather gets chilly, sure, you could just turn up the thermostat. But there’s something even better about tracking down a handheld,...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMANWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rho...

Bay FC defender Jen Beattie is retiring from professional soccer, the NWSL club announced on Tuesday morning.A native of Glasgow, Scotland,...

SAN JOSE — No one was injured after an unknown gunman opened fire on a group of police officers sitting in a parked car Monday night, accord...

OAKLAND — A 28-year-old man was fatally shot in East Oakland Saturday night, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety |...

Once again—and this makes a three-peat—Las Positas winemaker Brent Amos has taken Best White at the San Francisco Chronicle Competition, the...

Fire is on top of the news and our minds. Our local Saratoga fire engine, part of the Santa Clara Fire Department, was sent to help fight th...

The 2025 season begins in seven months and two days, with a modest lineup of Week Zero games.The Hotline’s preview starts now, with the 18t...

By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)Paul Theroux had it right when he pronounced January “the season of recovery and preparatio...

Spanish music blares, crowds bustle and the aroma of savory and sweet treats wafts into every corner of Oakland’s Fruitvale Public Market, a...

British guitarist John Sykes, best known for his work with rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65 “after a hard fought battl...

The wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles County communities have destroyed at least 10,000 homes so far and more are in the path of still-...

A state appeals court has affirmed the conviction of a laborer who killed a coworker at a San Rafael job site.Miguel Jimenez Alejandre (Mar...

California is growing again, news that comes as a relief, vindication or vexation, depending on where you stand in regard to the Golden Stat...

Best running beltsOne of the trickiest things about going for a run is figuring out how to carry your phone, keys and ID without your belon...

Between 2010 and 2020, the number of Americans over the age of 65 grew faster than it has in more than 100 years. The American population is...

Bob Melvin was in his second year as manager of the Seattle Mariners when he realized the brilliance of Ichiro Suzuki was borne of a meticul...