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Concerts, other holiday events scheduled in the city.

The first reports of the crash came about 8:45 a.m.

How will the selection committee treat the three SEC teams that lost last weekend when the rankings are released Tuesday evening?

From ice tubing slides in Walnut Creek to tootling trains, holiday putt-putt and giant animal lanterns, here's an entire month of holiday-ce...

A Los Altos couple reports back from a hiking trek in the Dolomite mountains of northeastern Italy.

Las Positas Community College opened a new Viticulture and Winery Facility to build on its program and support the next generation of winema...

The sober living homes has its defenders who say those who are critical 'didn’t do what they were supposed to do or didn’t want to accept th...

The $5.1 billion that VTA is expected to get comes from the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grants program, which is all...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that a treatment empire keeps going, even as state regulators accuse operators of endangering patients. The ope...

In 2023, of the vehicle thefts in the Bay Area, 53.8 percent occurred in Alameda County.

Officials with the County of Santa Clara Public Health Laboratory identified bird flu in one sample of raw milk purchased from a retail stor...

The 49ers (5-6) ruined any shot at an upset Sunday with an assortment of defensive blunders, offensive turnovers and coaching chaos in Green...

A 24-year-old Antonio Pascual Mateo died when he threw Christmas lights over a high-voltage power line in an unincorporated area near Escond...

A winter storm warning was in effect until 4 a.m. Wednesday in the Lake Tahoe area.

A battle may be brewing in Washington D.C.

A portion of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit came ashore at Red Beach in big, billowy landing craft

When Portola Valley resident Donna Wells-Boyle's expensive luggage was "destroyed" by Air Canada, why did the airline refuse to replace or r...

TODAY’S WORD — HEBDOMADHEBDOMAD: HEB-doh-mad: A group of seven or a period of seven days.Average mark 14 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan y...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Katie Cassidy, 38; Jerry Ferrara, 45; Christina Applegate, 53; Bruno Tonioli, 69. Happy Birthday: Take the ini...

Plus: My cruelty to my husband after his car wreck may doom our marriage.

I feel like it isn't safe to be in my own house.

Plus: It can get awkward when our two sets of guests talk to each other.

The body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral procession through Washington; an esti...

Plus: I'm hurt that my friend compares her pet's death to my child's.

The 49ers needed to be better than they've been all season without Purdy, Bosa and Williams. Instead, they were worse.