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SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks goalie Vitek Vanecek is out indefinitely after he was struck in the face by a puck that was unexpectedly redirected into the team’s bench in the second period of Tuesday night’s game with the …

PITTSBURG — Pittsburg may welcome a newly appointed member of the council on Jan. 13 to replace Councilmember Shanelle Scales-Preston, who was recently elected as a supervisor for Contra Costa County. The Pittsburg City Council unanimously passed a motion Monday …

SACRAMENTO — In a spirited Wednesday court hearing, a commissioner of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang defiantly called the case against him an act of political retaliation and predicted the courts have not seen the last of him. “I’m still …

I hear the conversations: Fire Kyle. Trade or low-ball Brock. It’s all ridiculous. But conversations like that are also why the NFL is the premier entertainment product in America and soon, if the league gets its way, the world. Nothing …

SAN JOSE — A former Valley Christian High School manager accused of paying students to create child pornography was arraigned in federal court Tuesday, a day after a reported victim sued the school for not protecting him despite glaring signs …

SANTA CLARA — Dre Greenlaw disproved one of the oldest cliches in professional sports. There are no moral victories. What Greenlaw did last week in the 49ers’ 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams should have been national news, coming …

San Jose International Airport and Oakland International Airport both might have to depend on robust passenger flight activity during the holidays to help ward off a malaise in air travel for both travel hubs. So far in 2024, passengers are …

MILPITAS — Two adults and two minors were found deceased in an apartment on Tuesday, police said in a press release. Officers from the Milpitas Police Department were sent to conduct a wellness check at the Turing Apartments located at …

By Sarah El Deeb | Associated Press NAJHA, Syria — Bones are visible here and there among the mounds of earth in a field south of Damascus, one of the mass graves around Syria believed to hold the bodies of …

Sophie Aknin is currently living out her dream. The aspiring young actor, who graduated from Valley Christian High School in San Jose before earning a BFA in musical theatre from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2019, has scored …

By Stan Choe | Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. stocks sank to their second-worst loss of the year after the Federal Reserve signaled that it may deliver fewer interest rates cuts in 2025 than earlier thought. The S&P 500 …

With holiday entertainment in full swing there are a lot of great shows and concerts to catch this weekend in the Bay Area. Here is a partial rundown. Holiday ‘Cinderella’ is back The centuries-old Cinderella tale of an overlooked and …

DUBLIN — A dozen different cases against Patelco Credit Union have been consolidated in Alameda County Superior Court following the massive ransomware attack on the company earlier this year. A dozen plaintiffs are suing the Dublin-based company alleged negligence, breach …

Two men who were allegedly sexually abused by a Santa Cruz teacher in the 1980s and 90s were awarded a combined $4.5 million in a settlement with Santa Cruz City Schools, according to a press release. The two 49-year-old men …

After spending a trove of money and seeing mixed results in combatting the homelessness crisis over the past few years, San Jose wants more accountability from its nonprofit homelessness providers. To make sure the city gets the greatest bang for …

Online video giant YouTube has published its year-end top U.S. trends lists for 2024 and in includes Bay Area content creators. Original content creators continued to ascend on YouTube in 2024, especially video podcasts, as users search for alternatives to …

Holiday tunes have been merrily sung by carolers, crooners and shoppers rushing out for last-minute gifts. But have you ever paused while singing a line to your favorite jingle and thought, “Wait, what exactly have I been singing all these …

Farhan Zaidi, the Giants’ former president of baseball operations, spoke publicly for the first time since parting ways with San Francisco, joining former Giant A.J. Pierzynski, Erik Kratz and Scott Braun on Foul Territory. Zaidi did not confirm reports that …

From Asilomar State Beach to Mount Diablo, more than 70 California State Parks will be offering special guided hikes on New Year’s Day. It’s part of the state’s First Day Hikes program, which encourage people to start the new year …

A synthetic opioid more powerful than fentanyl is at the center of a Los Angeles County case that is the first-of-its-kind in the nation. The prosecution, involving a 22-year-old victim, is the first to focus on a death caused by …

SAN JOSE — Jurors are deliberating a murder charge against a defendant who killed an 81-year-old man two years ago in a chance encounter that ended with a vicious blindside assault, spurred by the brief shining of a flashlight while …

By Kate Krader | Bloomberg What’s the food forecast for 2025? If you like spice, there’s good news: A big cloud of peppercorns is on the horizon, happily rolling in. The formerly humble seasoning pepper has become a not-so-secret weapon …

The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that includes the Mountain West and the former Pac-12 schools now scattered across the ACC, Big …

The high school football season is officially behind us, but the memories are far from faded. From Half Moon Bay’s Adler Halterman rushing for a school-record seven touchdowns against Foothill to Pittsburg charging back from 21 points behind to beat …

Washington State coach Jake Dickert, who once said his employer would “have to pry my ass out of here,” left on his own terms Wednesday morning when he accepted the same post at Wake Forest. We don’t blame Dickert for …

Thirteen months after becoming Bay FC’s first-ever player, Alex Loera is leaving the club via trade. Bay FC sent Loera to Utah in a deal Wednesday for $25,000 in intra-league transfer fees and a 15% sell-on fee, the team announced. …

Steve Kerr and Draymond Green have each separately admonished Brandin Podziemski in public media sessions as the guard has struggled to start his second season. But the biggest statement the Warriors made on Podziemski’s season was their weekend trade for …

A raunchy Peacock rom-com series about a woman whose sex life proves to be a real killer and a tense holiday-time thriller about a TSA agent tangling with a mysterious caller and suspicious luggage serve up laughs and thrills, in …

By MATTHEW DALY | Associated Press WASHINGTON  — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state …

MORGAN HILL — A Safeway store here sold more than groceries Tuesday, becoming one of two sites statewide where someone bought a Mega Millions lottery game ticket worth $226,328, officials said. The Safeway store at 840 E. Dunne Ave. and …

CAMPBELL – A judge on Tuesday sentenced the head of a South Bay home care company to a year and a day in federal prison for not paying employment taxes to the IRS, prosecutors said. Related Articles Crime and Public …

SAN JOSE — One of the key movers and shakers who helped transform San Jose State University into an economic powerhouse will leave his post and take on a similar role at an East Bay college. Related Articles Education | …

By WILL GRAVES, Associated Press National Writer One of President-elect Donald Trump ‘s most popular talking points during his campaign centered on the future of transgender athletes. Trump revisited the topic multiple times in the months and weeks before the …

The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that includes the Mountain West and the former Pac-12 schools now scattered across the ACC, Big …

A Solano County man will never get out of prison for the 2016 fatal shooting of a Vallejo pawnbroker and store dog. During a Monday morning proceeding in the Justice Building in Vallejo, Kashius Brazeal-Nelson, 27, heard Solano County Superior …

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers have been all but removed from the playoff picture, which also means they’re all but removed from the postseason honors picture as well. The hardware is for winners, as evidenced by Christian McCaffrey capturing the …

ALBANY — A recent study found elevated levels of radiation at a former dump turned busy community space, but experts say the public has little to worry about. Similar to other public parks, the Albany Bulb was formed on top …

SANTA CRUZ — The prosecution has dropped all criminal charges alleging a prominent Aptos real estate broker raped an unconscious family friend after a 2021 party at his home. Santa Cruz County Assistant District Attorney Michael Mahan said Tuesday that …

Two defense attorneys withdrew Tuesday from the case of a Sacramento man charged with the January 2021 killing of two females, one of them a minor, and a new attorney was assigned to replace them. Raymond Michael Weber, 33 (Solano …

John Doe No. 3 is John Doe no more. Donald Gene Horecka, 25, of Las Vegas. (California Statewide Law Enforcement Association)  His name, according to a cold case breakthrough from the Solano County Sheriff’s Department, was Donald Horecka. Horecka’s body …