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A light-skin orca dubbed Frosty was spotted Monday, April 29, off Newport Beach frolicking alongside a pod of killer whales that always brings a buzz when it makes a surprise appearance off of the Southern California coast. “It’s incredible just …

A Costa Mesa woman whose boyfriend shot and killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos during a 2021 road rage confrontation on a busy Orange County freeway pleaded guilty Friday, April 26 to being an accessory after the fact, but due to credit …

After months living out of an RV at a sprawling homeless camp north of downtown San Jose, Heidi White was relieved to move her 1995 Ford motorhome into the city’s first managed 24/7 safe parking lot. She no longer needed …

When it comes to nurturing extraordinary, unmistakable voices, the Bay Area’s track record is enduring and unimpeachable. There’s no single explanation for the glorious profusion of singers who’ve grown up here or gravitated to the region, though it’s been a …

A 68-year-old man convicted of murdering an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department detective in 1985 was found dead inside his cell Monday, April 29, while incarcerated at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, officials said. Los Angeles Police Detective Thomas Williams, …

Two of the four men convicted in the deadly firebombing attack on a South El Monte tire shop that left three teenagers dead nearly a decade ago, over what investigators said was a slight at a party involving a stolen …

By BETH HARRIS | AP Racing Writer Memories are made at the Kentucky Derby, most of them good. Whether cashing a winning ticket, sipping mint juleps or marveling at the horses, crowds pack Churchill Downs to experience a bucket list …

Long Beach police on Tuesday, April 30, released video of a person they believe shot and killed a teenage girl as she walked home from work last month and again asked for help from the public in identifying the suspect. …

A clinical psychologist and recognized expert in child sexual abuse testified Tuesday in the Solano County Superior Court trial of James Glenn Haskell that “a very small minority” of victimized children lie about being sexually abused or assaulted. The statement …

SANTA CLARA — Here is a look at how the 49ers’ depth chart sets up after the NFL Draft (*indicates starter): QUARTERBACK *Brock Purdy Josh Dobbs Brandon Allen Tanner Mordecai Purdy’s record-setting season (4,280 yards) after his elbow liagement repair …

California’s population grew for the first time in three years as legal immigration rebounded and the great California exodus during the COVID pandemic dramatically slowed as remote workers returned to the office, according to a state report released Tuesday. The …

SAN JOSE — A troubled tower in San Jose is mired in a fresh lawsuit, a filing that claims the building has suffered poor maintenance, financing woes, water damage, and a lack of heating and cooling in many units. The …

SAN FRANCISCO – A gray whale found floating off the coast of Alameda on April 20 likely died due to blunt force trauma from a vessel strike, according to a necropsy. Related Articles Environment | Season’s first blue whale does …

Pro-Israel counter-protesters clashed Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning with demonstrators in the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, with violence breaking out just hours after UCLA had declared the  “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” unlawful. As sporadic violence in the quad continued for …

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve recently noticed the stark contrast in how people treat you based on how much you weigh. Related Articles Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m running out of money because of someone else’s kid Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m …

Dear Amy: My good friends want to downsize for retirement, but unless they make major repairs to their house they won’t get enough from the sale to pay for their next place. Related Articles Advice | Ask Amy: She got …

DEAR ABBY: I am a lesbian who recently experienced heartbreak by falling in love with my mentor and boss. I didn’t want it to happen, but it did. Related Articles Advice | Dear Abby: This episode makes me wonder what’s …

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I belong to a Pilates studio, and I like to acknowledge and express appreciation for the hard work of my instructors after each class. Related Articles Advice | Miss Manners: The audience started chanting at the man …

Baseball With one game left in the West Catholic Athletic League regular season, Serra has pulled even with Valley Christian atop the standings after results went the Padres’ way on Tuesday. Serra won on the road at Archbishop Mitty, Valley …

OAKLAND — JJ Bleday hit a pair of home runs and the Athletics bullpen did what it’s done all season Tuesday night in a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bleday hit a solo home run in the fifth and …

SAN JOSE – A thick cloud of dust enveloped home plate, but it was still clear to all that Cara Edwards had justified her coach’s trust in the catcher’s athleticism.  A few seconds before, she stood on third base with …

Giants ace Logan Webb entered Fenway Park with an MLB-best streak of 19 scoreless innings. That stretch quickly ended Tuesday night, and another began: the Red Sox scored a single run in each of the first four innings to chase …

OAKLAND — The Alameda County Board of Supervisors opened the door Wednesday for the recall bid targeting District Attorney Pamela Price to fall to the November ballot. To the chagrin of Price’s opponents, the Board of Supervisors opted to wait …

By Lolita C. Baldor | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Nearly two months after President Joe Biden gave …

By Cedar Attanasio, Jake Offenhartz and Jonathan Mattise | Associated Press NEW YORK — Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus. Demonstrators had …

SAN JOSE – A 53-year-old San Jose man has been arrested on suspicion of running a brothel out of a home in the city’s Julian-St. James neighborhood, police said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Man shot to death …

SAN JOSE – Former Branham athletic director Landon Jacobs is running out of options to get his job back. Jacobs, whose dismissal in March sparked outrage at the San Jose school, revealed on Tuesday that the district’s human resources department …

SUNNYVALE – A man was shot to death early Tuesday morning in Sunnyvale, authorities said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | San Jose: Berryessa district pays $10.3 million to settle teacher sex abuse lawsuit Crime and Public Safety | …

DUBLIN — A local resident has been arrested and charged with raping and sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl that police say he met through his job at a Walmart, court records show. Parminder Pawar, 32, of Dublin, was charged in …

Fraudsters exploiting a change in the application process for the controversial H-1B visa have been shut down by a new rule, federal authorities say. After U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2020 imposed a new, two-stage application process for the …

Student homelessness has risen to pre-pandemic levels, after years of decline. Now, a San Jose legislator has introduced a California bill to provide unhoused high school seniors with a guaranteed income to help them enroll in college or enter the …

By Alanna Durkin Richer | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released Tuesday that shows a rise in losses through increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics to trick …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Let’s bring balance to 2nd Amendment Re: “Newsom is hawking gun reform, but is anybody listening?” (Page A1, April 21). I applaud Gov. Newsom’s leadership …

By Riazat Butt | Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run institute training tourism and hospitality professionals. It’s a motley crew. One student is …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Keep DA Price to preserve reform Re: “DA Price to face recall election” (Page A1, April 17). We need to call the recall fanaticism what …

By Brian Melley | Associated Press LONDON — Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree that toppled over on Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday. Daniel Graham, 38, and …

It’s been a while since we went to the KurtenBag. So, let’s fix that. If you want in on the next edition (or if you just want to yell at me about this one), you can email me, text me, …

When I was growing up in San Jose in the 1970s and ‘80s, Cinco de Mayo meant parades and festivals, with mariachis, charros on horseback and lots of Mexican food. It looks like San Jose is going back to those …

The more than 182,000 ballots in the Congressional District 16 race have been recounted and Assemblymember Evan Low is ahead of Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian by four votes — but the final results are still unknown as more …

BRENTWOOD — A 37-year-old motorcyclist was killed and his passenger badly injured in a collision with a vehicle Saturday night, police said Tuesday. The name of the man killed, a Brentwood resident, was not immediately released. The collision happened about …