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By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé has won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter” at the 2025 Grammys, delivering her — at last — the show’s elusive top award. T Related Articles Music | …

Today is Monday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2025. There are 331 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as “the day the music died,” rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie …

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve been feeling conflicted about whether I should move forward with therapy. Related Articles Advice | Harriette Cole: My work situation has thrown me into emotional chaos Advice | Harriette Cole: He jokingly asked why I don’t like …

Dear Eric: Valentine’s Day is approaching and members of my family and friends send me “Happy Valentine’s Day” texts, knowing that I am a widow. Related Articles Advice | Asking Eric: My friend’s reaction to my writing was dismaying. Maybe …

DEAR ABBY: We share a vacation home with another family. My husband and I are neat people. The other family is the opposite. Related Articles Advice | Dear Abby: My mother copies how I dress and, believe me, no one …

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have been trying to conceive a child for some time. Related Articles Advice | Miss Manners: Do I need to wear more than a housecoat? Advice | Miss Manners: They insist on calling …

BERKELEY (AP) — Lulu Twidale scored 17 points, Ioanna Krimili added 16 points and No. 19 California routed Pittsburgh 84-53 on Sunday. The Golden Bears dominated the first half, particularly in the second quarter when they outscored Pittsburgh 28-9. After …

Victor Wembanyama has a new point guard: De’Aaron Fox is on his way out of Sacramento and headed to San Antonio. Fox is one of the centerpieces of a trade agreed to by three teams, one that sends Zach LaVine …

One potential Warriors trade option to respond to the Lakers adding Luka Doncic appears to have fizzled Sunday night. Jimmy Butler, the disgruntled Miami star, has told the Warriors he is not interested in joining them, according to ESPN’s Brian …

Chappell Roan was named best new artist at the 2025 Grammys. She directed her attention to major labels and the music industry, instructing them to “offer a living wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists.” Then she described getting signed as …

SAN JOSE — Protesters have continued demonstrations throughout San Jose’s east side through the weekend, voicing opposition to recent ICE activity in the South Bay and greater Bay Area last week. At least 100 protesters gathered along King and Story …

PEBBLE BEACH – What began Thursday with an opening-round hole-in-one ended Sunday with Rory McIlroy’s first AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am championship. A crystal trophy, a $3.6 million paycheck, and the 18th hole’s flag certainly suffice as McIlroy’s keepsakes for a …

CAMPBELL — An armed suspect was arrested and booked in the Santa Clara County Main Jail after a standoff with Campbell police officers Sunday morning. Officers responded to the 200 block of Union Avenue at 4:53 a.m. Sunday on reports …

By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labor confrontation with …

SAN JOSE – One day after seeing Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci get traded to the Dallas Stars, an already thinned-out San Jose Sharks team was forced to pick up the pieces Sunday and figure out the best way forward …

By Eric Martin | Bloomberg News Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian leaders that the U.S. would protect its rights under the Panama Canal Treaty if the Central American nation didn’t move to oust Chinese-connected companies near the critical …

MARTINEZ — A day after plumes of smoke and towering flames took over a portion of the Martinez Refinery, officials said the fire is contained and community events are moving forward as planned, but investigations into the event are ongoing. …

You shouldn’t need a reminder of Steph Curry’s greatness, but you received one late Saturday night. The biggest and most shocking NBA trade in recent memory will have ramifications that will be felt for decades. It makes a statement when …

By Josh Boak | Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. — With a trio of executive orders, President Donald Trump has almost instantly thrown the world economy and his own goal of cutting inflation into turmoil. His tariffs against Canada and …

By Ellen Knickmeyer | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s …

From Seattle to Salt Lake City, Boulder to Eugene and all points in between, the legacy Pac-12 schools have revealed one final act of self-inflicted budgetary pain. Financial reports were due to the NCAA in the middle of January and …

MORAGA — While making the short drive from home to campus on Saturday afternoon, Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett was tickled by a sense of anticipation for the Gaels’ matchup against Gonzaga. “I was excited for this game because I …

The first basketball version of the Territorial Cup since Arizona State and Arizona joined the Big 12 unfolded in similar fashion to so many matchups when the schools were members of the Pac-12, with the Wildcats on top and tempers …

OAKLAND — A man was found fatally shot in East Oakland early Sunday morning, authorities said. Officers arrived to 50th Avenue and Coliseum Way around 5:39 a.m., to find the man, believed to be in his 30s, dead at the …

SANTA CRUZ — While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with an alphabetic script whose meaning still remains a mystery. “I’m an Egyptologist and I was …

Kwynn Perry described it as “ick,” the cringy feeling she got when approached in line at the post office by a guy from a law firm trying to sign her up for litigation less than a week after her rental …

Beneath the Municipal Wharf in the coastal community of Monterey, a fascinating experiment in ocean farming has played out for more than three decades. That’s where the Monterey Abalone Company grows its namesake variety of seafood: red abalone, a gastropod …

Her family knew something wasn’t right when Joanna Lewis’ Oct. 6, 2011, death was quickly ruled a suicide after a brief investigation by Solano County law enforcement. They noted her husband, former pastor Mark Wayne Lewis, had a history of …

By DEMETRIS NELLAS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A series of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini have led authorities to shut down schools, dispatch rescue teams with sniffer dogs and send instructions to residents including a request to drain …

A twin-propeller airplane ran out of runway when landing at Palo Alto Airport around 3 p..m. on Saturday, leaving it partially submerged in the Baylands Nature Preserve marshland, according to the city of Palo Alto. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters …

WEST SACRAMENTO — Buster Posey made an unannounced appearance Saturday afternoon on the third stop of the Giants’ FanFest tour, but the catcher-turned-chief baseball officer wasn’t the highest-profile guest to visit the home of their Triple-A affiliate this week. Taking …

The Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District will promote their interim superintendent to the permanent post after the former superintendent’s sudden departure rocked the community. Heath Rocha has served the district as assistant superintendent of student services for nearly a decade, …

Local congressional leaders are speaking out against a flurry of controversial executive orders from President Trump related to a crackdown on immigration and a potential federal funding freeze, saying such decisions will harm the well-being of people both at home …

Before President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term signed an executive order rescinding DEI policies in the federal government, Los Gatos community members were working to protect diversity, equity and inclusion. Los Gatos’s recently formed Diversity, …

LOS GATOS — When Hudson Vye saw the ball in the air, time slowed down. “I saw the ball pop in the air, and I immediately went to catch it,” Leland’s senior linebacker said. “I had to hop over a …

OAKLAND — Renia Webb has a story to tell, but its most twisted, off-putting elements would’ve probably dampened the vibes at her fledgling mayoral campaign’s Dec. 10 kickoff. So instead, Webb told the crowd of supporters only how the tale …

“You have a pattern of inattention to human subjects protection requirements.” — Kaiser Permanente’s Institutional Review Board, an independent committee required by law to ensure patient safety in clinical studies, to two Kaiser researchers whose test of a fish-oil derived …

Mason Minchen doesn’t speak much. But he communicates volumes. In the late afternoon light, Minchen sits in the living room spending time with his roommates and taking questions. Does he want to go on a walk? He sticks out his …

Matt Mahan San Jose mayor secures a 6-vote majority on the 10-member city council after it picks engineering executive Carl Salas for District 3, following the arrest of former incumbent Omar Torres on child sex charges.         …

OAKLAND – Facing California’s eventual all-time leading scorer, Fremont-Oakland boys basketball coach Scott Alexander tried every tactic in the book to slow down St. Joseph-Santa Maria wing Tounde Yessoufou in a mid-December matchup. He had his Tigers play zone and …