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DEAR HARRIETTE: My daughter is in middle school, and I allow her to have social media as long as her mom and I have access to her accounts....

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My fiance and I have chosen not to register for gifts.Related ArticlesMiss Manners: Can I stop feeding m...

Today is Thursday, May 8, the 128th day of 2025. There are 237 days left in the year.Today in history:On May 8, 1978, David R. Berkowitz p...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals have sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor t...

ANTIOCH – A 33-year-old man died last month in Antioch after he stepped off his bicycle, fell into the roadway and was hit by a passing moto...

By Sarah Johns, The Fresh ToastAnother Met Gala filled with celebrities and interesting fashion, but does marijuana help make the evening f...

39340 Drake Way – Google Street ViewA 1,358-square-foot house built in 1959 has changed hands. The property located in the 39300 block of D...

1312 Cowper Street – Google Street ViewA 2,025-square-foot house built in 1910 has changed hands. The spacious historic property located in...

Director James Madigan’s bone-crunching debut features a full-throttle performance from the underrated Josh Hartnett and irresistibly embrac...

By Christopher Elliot | Travel TroubleshooterSteve Eliason cancels a hotel booked through Hotels.com after the owner goes into labor and cl...

By Christopher Kimball | Milk StreetThe cooks at Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street make a crisp, colorful romaine and radicchio salad. They...

Seven years is a long time to wait for a fabulous fresh seafood meal.But it turns out that diners can bank on the Pleasanton promise made b...

A popular Sunnyvale See’s Candies store will officially seal its chocolate boxes and shutter its doors this weekend, leaving locals looking...

Finding something good to eat in Portugal and Northern Spain is ridiculously easy. Nearly every establishment serves its own specialties, of...

Say what you will about the awful and screeching, French fry-stealing seagulls that swarm above San Francisco — they have one of the best vi...

9564 Brockton Avenue – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 9500 block of Brockton Avenue in San Ramon has a new owner. The 2,...

SAN JOSE — As the deadline requiring a REAL ID to fly domestically arrived Wednesday, airport lines across the Bay Area largely remained at...

CONCORD — A stabbing near a freeway entrance Wednesday injured two men and left police looking for the people who did it.Related Articles...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower...

45564 Kiowa Court – Google Street ViewA 2,003-square-foot house built in 1975 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 45500...

By DEVI SHASTRI, AP Health WriterNorth Dakota is the 11th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak, logging its first cases since 2011.A...

Fed up with the thousands of abandoned shopping carts dumped on city streets and in its waterways, San Jose is moving ahead with new regulat...

Stanford Live will present more than 60 performances during the 2025–26 season at Stanford University.The recently announced season — which...

SANTA CRUZ — Cliona Ward, a green card holder and Santa Cruz County resident that has been held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

SAN JOSE — A man accused of stabbing a police officer is likely to face attempted murder charges following a Tuesday morning sequence in whi...