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SAN FRANCISCO — Wilmer Flores hit a go-ahead home run, Jung Hoo Lee tripled home an insurance run, and same cast of characters that has powe...

By Anthony Washington, The Fresh ToastAnother star studded space trip, but what marijuana strains will take you to outer space?Katy...

1085 Merle Avenue – Google Street ViewA 1,675-square-foot house built in 1936 has changed hands. The property located in the 1000 block of...

LIVERMORE – Two drivers died in a crash Monday morning in Livermore, police said.Related ArticlesWoman dies in San Jose’s n...

BERKELEY — New Cal football general manager Ron Rivera met with reporters for 35 minutes via a Zoom call on Monday, addressing two issues on...

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OAKLAND — Barbara Lee opened her first news conference as Oakland’s mayor-elect with a nod to her Catholic upbringing and education in El Pa...

OAKLAND — He was charged with two high crimes; not just embezzling $150,000 from the nonprofit he directed, but pocketing a $50,000 donation...

It’s Earth Day on Tuesday. But for the first time in four years, California’s environmental groups and state agencies are playing defense.A...

The Golden State Valkyries have signed French guard Migna Touré to a training camp contract, the team announced on Monday. The 6-foot shoot...

Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a worker in its Fremont electric car factory who claimed she was harassed and discriminated against because s...

Remember when Melania Trump and her fans liked to claim that she could speak at least five languages, including Italian in addition to Engli...

As authorities continue to investigate a crash that killed four teenage girls in Woodacre, the family of a survivor has offered the first pu...

BRENTWOOD – Brentwood will soon start city council and planning commission meetings with a land acknowledgement that recognizes Indigenous c...

ALAMEDA — A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the Calif...

Light pollution is the bane of a stargazer’s existence. The glow emanating from cities tends to wash out everything interesting happening ab...

An acclaimed British children’s author has become the latest person to go public with a claim that Meghan Markle used another person’s work...

NEWARK — A young man with a pending gun case has been charged with shooting members of local Norteño subsets, court records show.Xavier Med...

Pope Francis, who made history as the first pontiff from Latin America, died Monday at age 88.The beloved pope suffered a string of health...

To be sure, Elizabeth Hurley hasn’t had the most conventional love life, most famously staying with Hugh Grant for several years after he wa...

(Bloomberg / Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen) — The US government hasn’t broken up a company since AT&T in 1982. Now it’s trying to persuade a jud...

731 Montrose Avenue – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 700 block of Montrose Avenue in Palo Alto was sold on March 19...

You may be tempted to cry into your beer over all of the recent problems with the economy and the rising prices of … well, everything.Unfor...

It has been a period of time (just 2.5 weeks, if you can believe it!) since President Donald Trump displayed his posterboard tariff plan in...

By Rob Picheta | CNNThe death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old pr...