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Four years ago, when San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan joined the City Council — then as a representative of District 10, an empty grass lot near the railroad tracks at Branham Lane and Monterey Road was the chief culprit for …

PIEDMONT — Three Piedmont teenagers who died in the fatal Cybertruck crash last November were found to have alcohol and cocaine in their system, according to Alameda County Coroner’s Office toxicology reports released Thursday. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | …

OAKLAND — A big highrise hotel in downtown Oakland has tumbled into default on a delinquent loan, fresh evidence of a feeble lodging market in the Bay Area.0 The Oakland Marriott City Center hotel next to the East Bay city’s …

BRENTWOOD — A resident died in a two-alarm fire at their home Wednesday night, officials said. Authorities have not released the person’s name yet or said if they are a man or woman. The fire was reported just after 11 …

ANTIOCH — A 23-year-old man was fatally shot here Wednesday night, police said. His name has not yet been released pending notification of his family.  Police have not said where the man lived. The shooting happened about 10:24 p.m. Wednesday …

In his two decades at the helm of Brigham Young’s athletic department, Tom Holmoe steered the football program from the Mountain West to Independence and from Independence into the Big 12. He parked the basketball team in the West Coast …

If you look at places in California with the fattest pay raises, you’ll see one reason why groceries are so pricey. The most significant jumps in weekly pay since 2019 were concentrated in the state’s agricultural hubs, according to a …

There are many robotic vacuum cleaners on the market, including several that are well rated, but I wanted to try one from the best-known maker, so I bought an iRobot Roomba Combo j5+ Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum & Mop from Target …

SAN JOSE — The conclusion of a court case is poised to propel a quest by a powerful transit agency to grab a prime property needed for a proposed BART station in downtown San Jose. Transit officials went to court, …

By Dana Hull | Bloomberg The State Department’s procurement forecast removed the mention of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. in relation to a planned $400 million armored EV purchase after reports emerged about it on Wednesday. The December version of the …

We know he can rain down 3-pointers better than anyone who has ever lived. We know he can lead an organization back from the dead and put title banners in the rafters. We know that his star power is strong …

OAKLAND — PG&E profits hopped higher in 2024 — but drooped in the final three months of the year — although the utility titan predicted 2025 profits are poised to outpace last year’s results, a new report shows. Related Articles …

By Mark Gurman | Bloomberg Apple Inc. expanded the TV+ video service to Android phones for the first time, a move aimed at boosting its streaming subscribers. On Wednesday, the TV+ app became available via the Google Play Store as …

By Kevin Crowley | Bloomberg Chevron Corp. plans to cut its global workforce by 15% to 20% by next year, as part of efforts to reduce costs and raise profits. The US oil giant employed 46,500 people globally at the …

Shawna Lucey, the general director of Opera San Jose, loves a thrilling night at the opera, and she clearly recalls the first time she saw “Bluebeard’s Castle.” It was a few years back, in a New York production by the …

Washington  — President Donald Trump keeps making false claims about not only the 2020 election he lost but the 2024 election he won. When a Fox News anchor noted to Trump, in an interview segment that aired Monday, that Vice …

By Laura Paddison | CNN From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, each taller …

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SALT LAKE CITY — Before Luka Doncic even made his Lakers debut, which came in Monday night’s home win against the Utah Jazz, he and Coach JJ Redick already went viral for an interaction between the two. Redick cleared the …

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge was publicly admonished this week for repeatedly entering the private chambers of other jurists after hours to rifle through their confidential papers and try to access their personal computers. The California Commission on …

About five years after Jonathan LaRoche resigned from the El Cajon Police Department over multiple uses of excessive force against intoxicated individuals — and about a year after he lied about that misconduct on his application to become a Navy …

During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities during the destructive Eaton and Palisades fires last month. At a meeting of the …

San Diego State University’s fast and focused effort to become classified as a Research 1 school has paid off with its addition to an elite list of science-heavy institutions that includes Harvard, MIT, Caltech and UC San Diego. Related Articles …

The state of California should be leading the world in environmental protection and the transition to clean energy. We should not be exporting dirty pollution. Period. That, however, is exactly what Caltrain is doing by donating its decommissioned, diesel locomotives, …

Today is Thursday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2025. There are 321 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 13, 1945, Allied forces in World War II began a three-day bombing raid on Dresden, Germany, killing …

DEAR HARRIETTE: Another view on “Unclear Role,” the woman whose boyfriend does not want her to act in a motherly fashion to his kids. Related Articles Advice | Harriette Cole: Is it tough love when my friends unload on me …

Dear Eric: My wife and I had a good friendship with a single woman, “Barb,” for about 20 years. We enjoyed her company, and she went with us on trips, sometimes with her boyfriend of the moment. Related Articles Advice …

DEAR ABBY: My wife of 47 years passed away 16 months ago after living with a disability for many years. I took care of her until the end and loved her with all my heart. Related Articles Advice | Dear …

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My dear neighbor regularly walks their dog on our fairly remote suburban streets, which don’t have sidewalks, counter to the recommended method: They walk with traffic rather than facing it. Related Articles Advice | Miss Manners: Our …

OAKLAND – Bishop O’Dowd has a storied hoops history, with NBA players such as Brian Shaw and Ivan Rabb among those to have worn the Dragons jersey for the boys basketball team. Among that decorated list of names, senior guard …

OAKLAND – When Oakland Tech stepped onto the Oakland High floor, it was greeted by large photos of Wildcat legend Damian Lillard on each wall, and his jersey hung above the main doorway.  Instead of attempting to channel the Oakland …

By Bob Sutton The Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — Cooper Flagg scored 27 points and No. 3 Duke extended its home winning streak to 14 games with a 78-57 victory over Cal on Wednesday night. Tyrese Proctor scored 18 points …

Jimmy Butler didn’t solve all the Warriors’ problems, after all. After winning the first two games of the Butler era, the Warriors dropped one of their worst losses of the season. In Dallas, in front of a crowd still reeling …

A man suspected of killing his girlfriend in Oakland in 2023 was arrested in Michigan on Jan. 31, the Oakland Police Department announced in a press release. Jeronimo Pablo Carrillo allegedly shot Yolanda Calmo-Lorenzo, 26, while she lay in bed …

ATLANTA (AP) — Naithan George had 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists, Baye Ndongo added 15 points and 16 rebounds, and Georgia Tech beat Stanford 60-52 on Wednesday night. George gave the Yellow Jackets their largest lead of the …

Matt Horn, the James Beard award-nominated barbecue pitmaster, has announced the closure of his West Oakland restaurant Kowbird. Recent reviews on Google say the restaurant went dark in January, with people showing up during normal hours to find it closed. …

The U.S. Department of Education is launching a Title IX investigation into the governing body of high school sports in two states, including California. In a release on Wednesday, the Department of Education said the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) “publicly …

MARTINEZ — A Pittsburg man was sentenced to 30 years to life for stabbing his significant other and leaving her to die on a Bay Point roadway, court records show. Richard Ortiz Jr., 50, was sentenced after being convicted of …

OAKLAND — Two suspects have been charged in the murder of a man who was wounded in a shootout that erupted during a sideshow taking place a few blocks from Franklin Elementary School in East Oakland. Police announced Wednesday that …

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Police here made a bombshell discovery on Wednesday morning: more than 5,000 pounds of fireworks found in a storage unit, authorities said. Police responded to a call at 10 a.m. that there was “a large amount …