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HOUSTON — If the Warriors want to win the franchise’s fifth championship of the Steph Curry era, they will have to do so without home-court...

Waving American flags and calling for an end to “fascism,” herds of protesters across the Bay Area rallied against President Donald Trump’s...

Hundreds of kids lined up to search for Easter eggs for the 45th annual Easter Eggstravaganza at the Campbell Community Center, while famili...

The Giants made their first roster move Saturday, putting infielder Casey Schmitt on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain.Sch...

Xiaofeng Wan, a former admissions officer at Amherst College, now works as a private consultant to international students who want to come t...

More than 400,000 Casely wireless phone chargers were recalled Thursday over concerns that they could pose a fire hazard, officials said.Ca...

HOUSTON – Weaknesses will be difficult to find in the Warriors’ first-round Western Conference playoff series against the second-seeded Hous...

NEW YORK (AP / By PHILIP MARCELO) — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small...

The first week of the offseason — the first week with no football or basketball competition since the middle of August —  was anything but q...

A 33-year-old Oakland man is dead following a shooting early Saturday morning in the uptown district of Oakland.The incident happened aroun...

An Oakland bicyclist is dead following a Friday night hit-and-run incident.Around 11:21 p.m., a 44-year-old man was riding a bicycle on 78t...

(Bloomberg / Greg Stohr and David Voreacos) — The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venez...

Leigh’s baseball team has had a strong season thus far.The Longhorns have rarely lost, and before April 11, they hadn’t dropped a game sinc...

PLEASANTON — Facing a full count with the bases loaded and the game tied, Foothill’s Grant Hoenninger stood at the plate cool and collected...

OAKLAND — Prosecutors have dismissed the child sex abuse case against a former teacher at Oakland School of the Arts, ending a saga that spa...

San Jose is set to officially recognize its small but pivotal part in the history of the Grateful Dead, the legendary 1960s band that’s more...

ANTIOCH — The Antioch Unified School District Board will soon have student representation in an effort to strengthen the connection between...

Less than two weeks after Microsoft got the greenlight to build its data center in North San Jose, the city will begin clearing a large enca...

WALNUT CREEK — The Contra Costa School of Performing Arts will take its last curtain call in June, after administrators said rising facility...

Nearly 30 years ago California legislators faced a test of their integrity in voting for an electricity deregulation scheme that ratepayers...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories chronicling Archbishop Mitty basketball player McKenna Woliczko’s road back from a...

The new Bloomberg Originals documentary “Can’t Look Away,” which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their children, is...

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Hayden Christensen, 44; Kate Hudson, 46; James Franco, 47; Ashley Judd, 57.Happy Birthday: Participation will...

Dear Readers: On March 16, I shared a letter from “Mother of Three,” who lost her daughter five years ago and felt unsure about how to respo...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A close friend of mine likes to play the role of Cupid. Her interest in other people’s love lives might be well-meaning, but...