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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...

A day after a West Marin crash killed four teenage girls and injured two others, more than 300 people joined a vigil in a display of collect...

SAN JOSE — Well over 400 affordable homes could sprout on a San Jose site now occupied by small retail buildings that would be bulldozed to...

Pope Francis never visited California or his holy namesake’s city by the bay, but in many ways, the heart of his message made a tremendous i...

BERKELEY — The fate of a historic Berkeley theater proposed for redevelopment into a downtown housing complex may soon be decided by the cit...

If they hadn’t see him with their own eyes, the folks who live in the upper forests of Boulder Creek would have been skeptical he really exi...

A motorcyclist shot and killed by Newport Beach police last week during a traffic stop is the brother of former “Real Housewives of Orange C...

Elite Bay Area universities are carefully watching as the fight between Harvard University and the Trump administration plays out — and brac...

April 25Jesse Loren Strickman: The singer-songwriter and instrumentalist will perform a free set. 8 a.m., Creekside Farmers’ Market, 10455...

Change is coming hard for Wayne Wolff, whose left leg was amputated last year after what was supposed to be a routine knee surgery at UCI Me...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Tony Romo, 45; Rob Riggle, 55; Andie MacDowell, 67; Iggy Pop, 78.Happy Birthday: Participate with kindness, n...

Dear Eric: My husband is 72 and I am 68. He is still working, and I am retired and work part time. We have been married for six years.Relat...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband recently came home from a business trip, and as I was doing the laundry, I found a condom in his pants pocket.Re...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Between my husband and me, each of us married previously to other people, we have four children, 11 grandchildren and fiv...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 58 and five years into my second marriage.Related ArticlesDear Abby: Do I have to change my eating habits wh...

Steve Kerr’s simple gameplan boils down to one point of faith.“If it’s a halfcourt game, I really think our defense can get it done this se...

WALNUT CREEK — Police are investigating the death of a man whose vehicle struck a tree on Ygnacio Valley Road early Saturday morning.Walnut...

HOUSTON – In the week leading up to Sunday’s first-round Western Conference playoff series opener between the Warriors and host Houston, muc...

HOUSTON – Warriors big man Draymond Green is a finalist for the 2024-25 Defensive Player of the Year award.The NBA announced Sunday before...