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Alhambra basketball player Samuel Gillaspy is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Dec. 9-14. In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Gillaspy finished with 41.94% of the vote. Mountain View basketball …

In the wake of Sheng Thao’s recall, at least seven people are now running to be Oakland’s next mayor. Each promises to turn the city around, but it’s unlikely that the new mayor — whoever it is — will be …

Today is Friday, Dec. 20, the 355th day of 2024. There are 11 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 20, 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, sending troops into Panama to topple the government …

James Logan basketball player Iwa Lealao is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Dec. 9-14. In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Lealao finished with 45.05% of the vote. Leigh basketball …

DEAR HARRIETTE: My sister and I have not spoken for a few months, and I’m really heartbroken over it. Related Articles Advice | Harriette Cole: He called me privileged, and it really struck a nerve Advice | Harriette Cole: Bringing …

Dear Eric: My husband and I, both happily retired with good pensions and Social Security, make our weekly grocery trips together. We take turns paying with our flight-points credit cards. Related Articles Advice | Asking Eric: I’m in an awkward …

DEAR ABBY: My fiance and I have been together for many years. I have never really liked his mother — for valid reasons. She belittles and is disrespectful to her son. Related Articles Advice | Dear Abby: My friends are …

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Like so many others, I have a mother-in-law whom I can only tolerate for short periods of time. Related Articles Advice | Miss Manners: I’m grateful that an adult once taught me how to eat tomatoes Advice …

SAN JOSE — Mackenzie Blackwood faced Macklin Celebrini plenty of times in practice when they were both playing for the San Jose Sharks. But it’s a little different when the puck drops and the 18-year-old wunderkind is skating toward you …

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks had chances in the third period to take control of their game with the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night at SAP Center. But a handful of missed power play opportunities opened the door …

MILPITAS — An inmate at the Elmwood Correctional Facility died Tuesday night, according to authorities. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Inmate from Contra Costa County fatally stabbed at state prison Crime and Public Safety | California’s new jail-death …

HAYWARD — A 34-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection with a double stabbing four months ago in Hayward that left one person dead and another injured, police said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Oakland: Man found guilty …

Let’s start with the good news: The Dennis Schröder era — if you can call it an era — can only get better from here. That’s because Schröder’s first game with the Warriors went as poorly as any game the …

OAKLAND — A 23-year-old man is facing decades behind bars for shooting and seriously injuring another man more than four years ago in Oakland, according to prosecutors. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Inmate from Contra Costa County fatally …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dennis Schroder got traded from a team that’s trying to lose to one failing to put the winning ways of their early-season halcyon days back in the bottle. If they play like they did on Thursday, the …

OAKLAND — PG&E customers face higher bills following state approval Thursday night for money to operate California’s only nuclear plant — after a meeting punctuated by angry audience comments and heckling. The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, an aging facility …

By Carlos Valdez | Associated Press EL ALTO, Bolivia — The view is dizzying from the row of small huts that dot one of the mountainsides surrounding Bolivia’s capital. Inside the precarious structures, Aymara shamans pray to the Andean gods …

By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan Thursday to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, as Democrats refused to accommodate …

A coalition of environmental groups has sued the state’s air pollution regulator over its recent, contentious changes to a core climate program — the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard — that they say is exacerbating climate change. Just a month …

PITTSBURG — Pittsburg running back Jamar Searcy has opened his recruitment, he announced in an X post on Thursday.  Searcy was committed to play at Washington State next year and signed his National Letter of Intent last week, but after …

DUBLIN — A Bay Area man has been convicted of murder for killing two best friends nearly 39 years ago. David Misch, a Santa Clara native, was convicted of two first-degree murder counts in the February 1986 deaths of Michelle …

Even as regulators phase in new reforms to stabilize California’s faltering home insurance market, Liberty Mutual plans to drop all its condo and rental policies statewide starting in 2026. Ahead of the move, Safeco, a Liberty subsidiary, is preparing to …

OAKLAND — Over the past six years, no one in the East Bay has been hit with more pimping and human trafficking allegations than Vernon “Vezzy” Lougin. At 36, Lougin has convictions of human trafficking of a minor, statutory rape, …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. For-profit health care promises more rage Re: “Brian Thompson, not his killer, is the real working-class hero” (Page A8, Dec. 15). In his column, using …

MILPITAS — The four people found dead in a Milpitas apartment Tuesday were a family killed in an apparent murder-suicide, according to police notes posted online through the county coroner-medical examiner’s website. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Warning …

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Lack of accountability makes drivers a danger Re: “Bay Area cyclists demand safer streets” (Page A1, Dec. 16). Related Articles Letters to the Editor | …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Warriors got an early Christmas present and aren’t waiting to unwrap it. The Warriors inserted Dennis Schroder into their starting lineup days after acquiring him from the Brooklyn Nets. They could have brought the lead guard …

The Sharks have brought in a familiar face to represent them. Brodie Brazil, the former longtime San Jose Sharks and Oakland A’s pre- and postgame host on NBC Sports California, announced on Wednesday that he has been hired by the …

By John Leicester, Tom Nouvian and Marine Lesprit | Associated Press AVIGNON, France — Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ordeal” after 51 men were convicted Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that riveted France and turned her into an …

SAN LORENZO — A house fire Thursday afternoon left six residents displaced and two dogs dead, officials said. The fire was reported about 12:22 p.m. in the 1600 block of Brandoni Avenue. When Alameda County Fire Department firefighters got on …

With San Jose struggling to build homes and already behind in meeting the state’s expectations for production, the City Council is making it easier to construct housing on unused or underutilized urban areas. Under a new streamlined review policy, planning …

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks do not have the luxury of facing a handful of fellow rebuilding teams before they begin their Christmas break. The Sharks play the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night to close a three-game homestand, …

As we close the calendar on 2024, we come to my year-end ritual, the one where we look back at the past 50 columns, at the trials, tribulations, tips and takeaways, and pull one bit of advice from each month that …

At $9.1 billion, the Warriors are the most valuable NBA franchise and the second-highest valued organization in all of U.S. professional sports, according to an annual valuation from Sportico. Only the Dallas Cowboys are worth more than Golden State, according …

SANTA CLARA – Of all the 49ers experiencing a twisted tale of two seasons, Brock Purdy is under the brightest spotlight, and it’s one that’s illuminated something within him. “I need to get better and get back to playing with …

OAKLAND — During the early stages of her burgeoning rap career, Alliana Green spread a false rumor that she’d killed an abusive ex and been cleared by police. The tragic, bitter irony is that prosecutors now say Green — known …

SAN JOSE — Mackenzie Blackwood didn’t have much time to say goodbye. Fortunately for him, he didn’t have to wait long to come back. The former Sharks goaltender found out on Dec. 9 — his 28th birthday — that he …

By Brenda Goodman | CNN As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus. Bird flu infections …

SAN JOSE — A jury this week convicted a man of kidnapping an Oakridge Mall employee more than three decades ago, after a cold-case investigation implicated him through DNA evidence obtained while he was in state prison for an unrelated …

“Is there anything better than sinking your teeth into a crispy fried potato pancake with sour cream?” says blogger and author Jessie-Sierra Ross in her new cookbook. “Maybe only if it’s topped with a delicious cooked-fruit compote.” Ross, the food …