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HALF MOON BAY — As a teenager growing up near Buffalo, N.Y., Jim Horvath was fascinated by the Jaguar XK-E driven by his best friend’s guard...

What is an X5? The X5 is a midsize luxury crossover SUV built in the Spartanburg, South Carolina assembly plant and sold in North America by...

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — DeJuan Jones scored his first goal of the season, Chicho Arango also scored for San Jose and the Earthquakes bea...

OAKLAND – Three people were shot in an exchange of gunfire at 1:15 a.m. on Sunday in the 1900 block of Telegraph Avenue, sending all three p...

Open StudiosCampbell artist Lorraine Lawson’s is among the more than 340 visual artists from San Francisco Bay Area and coastal communities...

Open StudiosSunnyvale artists Barbara Pease and Pragati Sharma Mohanty are among the more than 340 visual artists from San Francisco Bay Ar...

Art that transportsStudents from Fremont schools were among the winners of state Assemblymember Alex Lee’s 2025 Youth Art Contest. Students...

By WILL GRAVES, AP National WriterPITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hasn’t had the conversation with 7-year-old son Steel yet, but the Pit...

Carl DeMaioRepublican San Diego Assemblyman gains momentum for his 2026 voter ID ballot measure after a new UC Berkeley poll shows 71% of...

Six months after a scathing audit rebuked the San Jose Animal Care and Services Center for squalid conditions and overcrowding, animal advoc...

Baby Lady, as she’s known on the street in San Jose, has been homeless for nearly eight years. She has little desire to move indoors.The 39...

A theory that oil companies should be held legally responsible for the effects of climate change has been circulating among California’s lef...

In picking a new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the Vatican had a chance to honor the late Pope Francis’ legacy as the greenes...

Dear President Donald Trump,There are very few initiatives that you’ve undertaken since coming to office that I agree with — except in the...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Holly Valance, 42; Amanda Freitag, 53; Frances Fisher, 73; Eric Burdon, 84.Happy Birthday: Hold on to your be...

TODAY’S WORD — LUXURIATE (LUXURIATE: luk-SHUR-ee-ate: To indulge oneself.)Average mark 42 wordsTime limit 60 minutesCan you find 53 or mo...

Dear Eric: I am the oldest of three siblings, all in our 50s. I am very close to my middle brother. Both of us have spouses and young adult...

Today is Sunday, May 11, the 131st day of 2025. There are 234 days left in the year.Today in history:On May 11, 1997, the IBM supercompute...

SAN FRANCISCO – Facing a 2-1 deficit after dropping Game 3 of their second-round series against the Timberwolves on Saturday night, the Warr...

Palo Alto has long been a powerhouse at the Central Coast Section swimming and diving championships. The Vikings are a perennial contender...

SAN FRANCISCO – The present-day Golden State Warriors emulated their ‘We Believe’ predecessors in at least one respect during Game 3 of thei...

SAN FRANCISCO – Everything was in place for a gritty, improbable Warriors playoff win over visiting Minnesota at Chase Center on Saturday ni...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Giants expect to win more often than not when Logan Webb steps on the mound. Especially when he goes deep into a game. Esp...

San Jose firefighters responded to a call on Saturday afternoon at mobile home park in North San Jose.Three mobile homes were involved in t...

CONCORD — Foothill swimmer Luka Mijatovic made it look easy. The sophomore took first place in the 500-yard freestyle in record-breaking fa...