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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...

SAN FRANCISCO — The tears that flooded the Coliseum last Sept. 26 have given way to grim resignation as the Athletics return to the Bay Area...

RICHMOND — Strapped for cash, the West Contra Costa Unified School District is preparing to pursue the renewal of a parcel tax that official...

San Jose calls itself the “Capital of Silicon Valley” and was ranked by WalletHub this year as the second happiest city in the United States...

The Golden State Valkyries are set to play their very first WNBA regular season game against the Los Angeles Sparks Friday at the Chase Cent...

America’s dangerous maritime decline threatens our security as international competition for trade, commerce and military power in the Pacif...

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The Tijuana River stinks.So what could be more fitting than renaming it for Donald Trump?Turning the sewage-filled Tijuana into the River...

Dear Eric: My wife and I uprooted from our rural community and bought a home to be nearer our grown children who had both settled near the c...

One of President Donald Trump’s most egregious acts has been his debasement of the Justice Department, transforming an agency designed to pr...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m currently caught in a battle between my sister and my wife.Related ArticlesHarriette Cole: I want our va...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter was married this past weekend.Related ArticlesMiss Manners: My wife’s habit makes me cringe....

Today is Friday, May 16, the 136th day of 2025. There are 229 days left in the year.Today in history:On May 16, 1966, the Chinese Communis...