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OAKLAND — Police here have identified the city’s second homicide victim of 2025 as a Delaware native killed during a dispute outside his gir...

The massive initial lineup for the blockbuster FireAid concerts has been announced.Billie Eilish and Finneas, Lady Gaga, Earth, Wind & Fire...

OAKLAND — A federal grand jury has indicted Oakland’s recalled mayor Sheng Thao, a source with knowledge of the investigation told this news...

By ROB MAADDIThe road to the NFL’s final four features seven of the eight division winners.Patrick Mahomes and the two-time defending Supe...

By Terry Hacienda, The Fresh ToastThere is a big buzz about the dropping of fact checking and opening the door to increased online harassme...

GILROY — The three people killed in a crash Tuesday night near Gilroy have been identified as teenagers from Hollister.The three teens were...

OAKLAND – An Oakland Unified School District teacher “created a hostile environment” for Jewish students by hanging anti-Semitic posters nea...

Toughness?Competitiveness?That’s what the Warriors showed in Wednesday’s hold-on-for-dear-life win over the Timberwolves — a contest they...

OAKLAND — Two Oakland men have been sentenced for their roles in killing a man to settle a score over a car break-in, according to court rec...

LOS ANGELES — Two men convicted of lesser crimes connected to the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor were sentenced to...

Marc-Edouard Vlasic will become just the 19th defenseman in NHL history to play in at least 1,300 games Thursday when the San Jose Sharks fa...

After breathless speculation and much digital ink spilled, Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to its hugely successful c...

A person at an East Bay Regional Park in Contra Costa County discovered the decomposing remains of a human body Tuesday, officials said.Rel...

Talented acts from around the Bay Area are uniting to help support Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts.Fantastic Negrito, The Brothers Coma...

New York (CNN) — TikTok is still three days away from a likely ban in the United States, but many users are already bidding the app farewell...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who was educated at UC Berkeley has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography, authorit...

OAKLAND — Police here say they’ve busted a local smoke shop for “criminal profiteering” after finding evidence it was selling banned or ille...

Kenny Chesney is the latest megawatt music star to ink a deal with the Sphere in Las Vegas.The multiplatinum-selling artist will perform a...

A former Benicia Unified teacher was sentenced Monday in Solano County Superior Court in Vallejo to probation for misdemeanor annoying or mo...

CAMPBELL — Westmont’s boys soccer team came out Wednesday night intent on making a statement against Mt. Pleasant in a clash of league leade...

My wife is a much better cook than I am, but that hasn’t stopped me from tinkering in the kitchen. I’m quite good at making pasta with store...

TODAY’S WORD — ENGRAM(EN-gram: A change in neural tissue thought to account for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.)Average mark 21...

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated PressTRACY, Calif. (AP) — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before...

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on nomination of Doug Burgum to be secretary of the interior.Burgum served as gove...

From a world-class comedy festival to the return of “Severance” to the mushrooming world of mocktails, there is a lot to see and do and savo...