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In the fallout of a tragic death of a dog earlier this week, a San Jose union has raised concerns that management at the city’s animal shelt...

A condo in Milpitas that sold for $695,000 tops the list of the most affordable real estate sales in Milpitas in the past week.For comparis...

Felipe Lopez fought back and screamed for help in vain for 30 minutes while he was being murdered by his estranged wife’s new boyfriend, pro...

The 49ers have spent the last few months trying to put their house in order.There was the roster purge, a fundamental restructuring of the...

SAN FRANCISCO – Steve Kerr is taking things one season at a time as the Warriors enter another pivotal offseason. The Warriors’ longtime co...

A bus full of children temporarily caught on fire on Highway 17 in Los Gatos on Friday morning, according to a California Highway Patrol soc...

Donald Trump doesn’t care that Bruce Springsteen was “Born in the USA.”The president let it be known on Truth Social Friday that he didn’t...

In the wake of Prince Harry’s bitter BBC interview two weeks ago, and a “devastating” appeals court ruling that denied him automatic, top-le...

4445 George Oaks Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 4400 block of George Oaks Drive in San Jose has a new owner. The...

The Pac-12’s last federal tax filing from its prior existence offers myriad clues to its demise. From plunging revenue and gaudy executive p...

Last fall, James Chowning set his sights on booking a campsite at San Onofre State Beach, one of the most visited state parks in California,...

The Cruel World onslaught on the Bay Area keeps right on rolling along, with so many acts playing the big ’80s music festival in Pasadena al...

The Bay Area bounced back in April from prior job losses with sturdy employment gains, adding thousands of jobs in an upswing that was power...

CONCORD — Two brothers sought by police following stabbings that injured two others were arrested last week and have been charged with two c...

The South Bay’s popular Aqui Cal-Mex group — known for its affordable organic fare and icy cocktails — plans to close one San Jose location...

SACRAMENTO — A California man who tried to evade arrest by jumping into a lake with an underwater scooter pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud,...

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated PressMAYVILLE, N.Y. — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, lea...

Several hundred job cuts menace the wobbly Bay Area economy in fresh waves of layoffs for workers in the tech, biotech, energy and school se...

Livermore was not the best softball team in the East Bay Athletic League this year. The No. 18 Cowboys navigated an up-and-down campaign th...

WALNUT CREEK — No team has been more dominant in the North Coast Section this season than Northgate. The Walnut Creek school has already am...

Point Buckler lies in an area where the fresh water of the Sacramento River and its tributaries surrender to the salty water of the Bay and...

The effort by two California lawmakers to exempt most urban housing developments from the state’s premier environmental regulation — an idea...

Mills softball player Jazzy Maske is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for May 5-10.In online voting that end...

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase has made a career of proving doubters wrong.When recruiters said she was too sh...

By Terry Hacienda, The Fresh ToastTurkey has been in the news lately – so what about the country and marijuana?Turkey is in news for being...