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By Paolo Santalucia and Silvia Stellacci | Associated PressAJACCIO, Corsica — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French isla...

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESSAfter weeks of fear and bewilderment about the drones buzzing over parts of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Senator C...

The Warriors officially acquired Dennis Schroder in a low-risk package of second-rounders and salary filler, making the first splash as trad...

General Motors has used the Chevrolet Blazer nameplate for more than 50 years. The versatile moniker has worked — at least for marketing pur...

What is an Enclave? An Enclave is a midsize SUV built in the General Motors Lansing, Michigan assembly plant and sold in North America by Bu...

That’s a wrap for the 16th and final week of the high school football season.It included De La Salle’s loss to Mater Dei-Santa Ana, Pittsbu...

‘Bridging Generational Currents’Saratoga High School sophomore Athena Zhang won a Cupertino-based nonprofit’s art contest for a design that...

A divorce battle that spanned 15 years between a Woodland Hills doctor and his ex-wife included financial and custody disputes as well as a...

Resolution solutionStop by the Los Gatos Library on Monday, Jan. 6 to learn how to make a 52-week scratch-off card to keep track of your Ne...

Funding tech educationThe Metropolitan Education District (MetroED) has been awarded a grant of almost $1 million from a state program that...

Carmen Montano began her second term as Milpitas mayor at a Dec. 10 swearing-in ceremony by appointing city councilmember Garry Barbadillo a...

Famous fruitDecember is National Pear Month, not just because we hear about them in a famous Christmas carol, but because most of the varie...

“People kept calling me to come back. Richmond will always be my home and Richmond High will always be my school. I take a great deal of pri...

PALISADES TAHOE SKI RESORT — At midnight, a slender moon hangs above the snowy Sierra Nevada, casting only a faint glow on a sheer cliff and...

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For nine straight months, overdose deaths in California have been on a rapid decline, a remarkable reversal following an explosion of drug f...

With a bit more poise and good fortune, the San Jose Sharks could be riding a modest winning streak going into their game with the Winnipeg...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Michelle Dockery, 43; Adam Brody, 45; Julie Taymor, 72; Don Johnson, 75.Happy Birthday: Pay attention to fina...

Dear Eric: I have a sister “Beth” who has treatment-resistant depression. I have another sister “Jo” who is physically and mentally healthy...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married less than a year, and I’m pregnant with my first child. Our baby was planned, and we were thri...

MISSION VIEJO – De La Salle was never supposed to stand a chance against Mater Dei-Santa Ana in Saturday’s CIF Open Division state champions...

SAN JOSE — Clayton Keller scored with 43.8 seconds left in regulation time to lift the Utah Hockey Club to a feisty 4-3 win over San Jose Sh...

By Michael R. Sisak | Associated PressNEW YORK — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settl...

No. 2 Archbishop Riordan 52, No. 1 Salesian 51In a rematch of last year’s NorCal Open Division title game, Riordan got its revenge. Texas...

By Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb | Associated PressBEIRUT — A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian...