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FREMONT — A Fremont apartment complex has been bought for more than $30 million in a deal that shows investors still seek to own multifamily housing in the Bay Area despite a tricky real estate market. The residential complex, called …

SANTA CLARA – And now for the 49ers’ 2025 mock draft … just kidding. It’s mailbag time to review your 10 best social media questions, in the wake of last weekend’s eight-is-enough draft class that comes packed with experience and …

MARINA – Joby Aviation is expanding in the city of Marina, more than doubling its working space, adding hundreds of more jobs, and making the spot “one of the most important sites in the world as it relates to development …

Lakers head coach Darvin Ham directs his team from the sidelines during the first half of Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets on Monday night in Denver. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Denver Nuggets guard …

A Texas real estate developer and reality TV personality pleaded guilty Monday, April 29, to misdemeanor sexual battery for assaulting an unconscious 16-year-old girl at his vacation home in Laguna Beach in 2021. Four additional counts of sexual battery and …

An Arizona man was convicted Monday, April 29 of the 2015 slayings of three men killed and burned in an SUV in a suburban Orange neighborhood and the slaying of a fourth man shot to death on a drive to …

Dozens of UCLA faculty members walked out of class and marched to the “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” on Monday, April 29, to rally with student protesters who have occupied Royce Quad for the last five days. The protesting teachers declared themselves …

DEAR HARRIETTE: My “nephew” — my cousin’s son — is very dear to me. Related Articles Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m pregnant with triplets and I’m freaking out Advice | Harriette Cole: Our parenting decision upset our daughter. What can …

Dear Amy: My girlfriend of three years recently revealed a very deep and personal issue about me to a group of people. Related Articles Advice | Ask Amy: My boyfriend’s dad won’t pay me for the mistakes he made Advice …

DEAR ABBY: My husband rarely says “thank you” and almost never apologizes for anything. Related Articles Advice | Dear Abby: It’s not fair that this became a ‘girl thing’ Advice | Dear Abby: My husband doesn’t know I have a …

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do you have any advice on how to manage questions from audience members post-lecture? Related Articles Advice | Miss Manners: Can I announce my son’s graduation but not his screw-up? Advice | Miss Manners: There’s cat hair …

OAKLAND — Joe Boyle and two relievers shut down the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Athletics played a fundamentally efficient game on offense Monday night in a 5-1 win at the Coliseum to kick off a 10-game homestand. The paid attendance …

CASTRO VALLEY – At least one person was killed in a traffic collision Monday afternoon in Castro Valley, authorities said. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Father, two children identified as victims in fiery fatal Pleasanton car crash Crashes and …

MILLBRAE – A 36-year-old woman was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of robbing a Millbrae convenience store and attacking a clerk, according to authorities. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested on suspicion of abducting daughter in …

CUPERTINO – Four young children were injured – two of them seriously – in a suspected DUI collision over the weekend in Cupertino, authorities said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Four hurt when Santa Clara County deputy’s cruiser …

By Erik Verduzco and Peter Smith | Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and five other officers were wounded in …

By Jim Vertuno, Cedar Attanasio, Jake Offenhartz and Jonathan Mattise | Associated Press NEW YORK — Protesters and police clashed Monday at the University of Texas in a confrontation that resulted in dozens of arrests, and Columbia University began issuing …

OAKLAND — Pitcher T.J. McFarland almost felt sorry for the Baltimore Orioles. Mason Miller, the Athletics’ right-hander who has become a phenomenon with his ability to throw anywhere from 101 to 104 miles per hour with the greatest of ease, …

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Flash floods and a landslide swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. Police official Stephen Kirui …

NORTH FAIR OAKS – A 25-year-old Southern California man was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of kidnapping his 4-year-old daughter and leading San Mateo County authorities in a vehicle pursuit. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Pacifica police …

By Oleg Cetinic and Barbara Surk | Associated Press PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film, prosecutors announced …

By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot | CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed to pass a major foreign aid package over the objections of hardline conservatives. Now, the Louisiana Republican will have to face the fallout. The House returned to …

Sonja Christopher, the friendly, banjo-playing contestant in the first season of “Survivor,” who was the first person ever to be voted off the reality show, has died at age 87. News about the death of Christopher, a Walnut Creek resident, …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Cities must retain right to limit homeless Re: “We should help, not punish, the homeless” (Page A6, April 26). Amrit Bassi’s letter to the editor …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Solar’s decline argues against private utilities Re: “No, the rooftop solar market isn’t dying” (Page A9, April 28). The author of this article, a board …

By Samy Magdy and Lee Keath | Associated Press CAIRO — The United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire deal in Gaza on Monday as the secretary of state said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose …

PLEASANTON — A 41-year-old man and his two sons were identified by the coroner’s office as three of the people killed in a fiery electric vehicle crash last week. The identification of a woman who also died in the crash, …

California struck up a new deal with Amneal Pharmaceuticals on Monday to bolster the state’s supply of the opioid overdose-reversing medication naloxone at a much lower price for schools, police departments and others trying to ease the toll of fentanyl. …

San Leandro is expected to pay $3.9 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming the city’s police officers brutally beat a mentally disabled man in 2019, causing his brain to bleed so badly that he suffered repeated strokes. …

By Hannah Fingerhut | Associated Press The family of a Black teenager who was shot by a white homeowner when he mistakenly went to the wrong Kansas City, Missouri, address filed a lawsuit Monday, described by the family’s attorney as …

BERKELEY — The number of tents pitched at a pro-Palestine encampment at UC Berkeley more than doubled over the weekend, but university officials say they’re not changing their approach. Up to 60 tents were estimated to be at the site …

By Graham Brewer | Associated Press SULPHUR, Okla. — Powerful tornadoes that ripped through several Oklahoma communities over the weekend were particularly dangerous because they dropped from the sky after dark, catching residents off guard as the twisters tore through …

By Marshall Cohen | Associated Press The far-right cable network One America News retracted a story and apologized Monday after it falsely claimed former President Donald Trump’s ex lawyer Michael Cohen was the one who had an affair with adult …

Welcome to the Hotline’s umpteenth annual ridiculously early outlook for the next NFL Draft, an exercise in semi-futility that nonetheless serves a quasi-important purpose: It provides clarity on the distribution of high-end talent across the West, which helps establish reasonable …

The soap opera surrounding Oahu’s Haiku Stairs — also known as the Stairway to Heaven —  continues even as the famed landmark is being dismantled. Related Articles Travel | Airbnb rentals could be harder to come by in Hawaii. Here’s …

BRENTWOOD — A local couple made headlines late last month when police allegedly found a drug lab operating inside their suburban home, but it was a liquor store burglary investigation that first brought the cops to their doorstep. Danielle Kumerow, …

Tom Johnston still sounds great on the microphone after more than a half century of rocking with San Jose’s legendary Doobie Brothers. “Practice,” Johnston says from his home in Marin County. “To me, that’s the key to it. I don’t …

Jorge Hernández was just 14 when he and his younger brothers left their hometown of Rosa Morada in Sinaloa, Mexico, to pursue a music career in the United States. They hoped to settle in California, earn money to help support …

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It’s been 58 years since “Funny Girl” last came to San Francisco. Loosely based on the life of legendary comedian and singer Fanny Brice, the musical’s first national tour came to San Francisco’s Curran Theater in April 1966. It’s been …