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Looking to escape? Here are two recent trips local readers took to the Vienna and Ireland. Check them out, then find more reader travel insp...

SAN FRANCISCO – Unlike a Steph Curry jump shot, there is nothing glamorous about offensive rebounding. It is one, two, three or 10 players...

By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the me...

TODAY’S WORD — MISLAYING (MISLAYING: mis-LAY-ing: Putting in an unremembered place; losing.)Average mark 34 wordsTime limit 60 minutesCan...

Dear Eric: I am in a predicament with my older sister.Related ArticlesAsking Eric: My husband’s one-night fling is now with...

DEAR ABBY: I have a disagreement with my fiancee. “Fran” has been a widow for nearly six years, and we have been dating for four years.Rela...

San Jose Sharks forward William Eklund said everything was ‘fine’ late Saturday after he appeared to sustain a serious cut on or near his le...

San Jose police officers arrested two men on Saturday, seizing 22 pounds of meth and cocaine and $25,000 in cash in the process.“A long-ter...

SAN JOSE — They kept waiting and waiting for some offense to show up. That’s the way it’s been this season in the pitching-dominated West Ca...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops...

PORTOLA VALLEY — Searchers continued to scour the Peninsula hills near Portola Valley on Saturday in an attempt to find a missing 79-year-ol...

SAN FRANCISCO — On the afternoon of May 4, 2024, Kendrick Lamar, to the shock of the music industry, released the diss track “Not Like Us,”...

SAN FRANCISCO – With the season on the line, Warriors coach Steve Kerr is open to exploring all possibilities for Game 7 in Houston on Sunda...

By Giovanna Dell’Orto | Associated PressROME — Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking the same spirit to his first conclave that’s guided his...

After being up 3-1, the Golden State Warriors now face a winner-take-all Game 7 against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center Sunday. Tip...

Another week without college football or basketball games nonetheless featured plenty of news impacting both sports.Here are four developme...

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Barracuda trailed by three goals by the 7:19 mark of the second period and never fully recovered in a 6-3 loss to th...

OAKLAND — Two people were wounded by gunfire while they dined at a restaurant in downtown Oakland, an incident that left a window riddled wi...

The Warriors know all about blowing a 3-1 series lead.They can tell you about coming back from one, too.During their record 73-win regular...

Shortly after the Golden State Warriors dropped Game 6 to the Houston Rockets at the Chase Center in the best-of-seven first-round series,...

SAN FRANCISCO – If Steph Curry, after six physically draining games against the Rockets, was nervous about the prospect of a win-or-go-home...

For the second straight game, St. Ignatius found a way to come up clutch in extra innings. After beating Bellarmine in eight innings on Tue...

Bert George helped work the barbecue pits with dozens of San Jose Rotarians on Thursday evening as they prepared to feed some 500 students a...

Oakland leaders may soon settle a lawsuit claiming ex-Mayor Sheng Thao — who was recalled in November and now faces federal bribery charges ...

HAYWARD — Cynthia Fernandez has had plenty of time over the past month to reflect on the 16 years she knew her ex-husband and father of her...