Why is Rams (and former Cal) QB shouting Halle Berry’s name at the line of...
The classics never go out of style: “Blue 80!” “Razor!” “Omaha!” On Sunday, Los Angeles Rams (and former Cal) quarterback Jared Goff introduced an instant classic into the coded gobbledygook that...
View ArticleOne week after election, many Bay Area races still too close
One week after the polls closed on Election Day, more than 20 races in the Bay Area are too close to call with candidates hanging on to razor-thin leads, according to unofficial voter results in...
View ArticleBowling: Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl results
Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl Nov. 12 Monday Night Trip: John Cancel had a 277 game and a 674 set, 122 pins over average. Melting Pot: Pat Lanzarin had a 234 game and a 593 set, 125 pins over average....
View ArticleFlood closes East Bay water district office, displaces staff
DUBLIN — A weekend water leak caused by an underground fire-line break has left the Dublin San Ramon Services District’s headquarters flooded with an inch of water and mud, authorities said. Around 2...
View Article‘The Voice’: Oakland’s Lynnea Moorer makes a bold comeback
When Oakland-born singer Lynnea Moorer first appeared on this season of “The Voice,” no one was buying what she was selling. Her cover of Khalid’s “Location” failed to prompt any of the four coaches...
View ArticleWashington Hospital debuts new, three-story critical care facility on Tuesday
After three-plus years of construction, Washington Hospital in Fremont will open its new $350 million, three-story emergency and critical care facility on Tuesday. The Morris Hyman Critical Care...
View Article‘Dracula’ ready to take a bite out of Hayward theatergoers
Everybody loves Dracula. That fact is surely somewhere among the vampire’s long list of powers, along with undead immortality and turning into bats or mist. Bram Stoker’s 1897 horror novel “Dracula”...
View ArticleDuo charged with stealing a quarter million dollars with ATM card skimmers in...
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors have charged two Hungarian nationals with spending a good chunk of the summer traversing the Bay Area, installing credit card skimmers in ATMs and making off with...
View ArticleMap: How the smoke is impacting Bay Area communities
Shuttered swimming pools. Students sent home from school. Flights delayed. Drugstore mask sales booming. You have entered the San Francisco Bay Area’s Fall of Doom. With officials warning residents...
View ArticleEx-Raiders punter hints Broncos may have caused his season-ending injury
OK, so maybe not all of Jon Gruden’s castoffs found a soft spot to land. Khalil Mack, Amari Cooper and Bruce Irvin, yes. Punter Marquette King, not so much. King, a flamboyant, expressive sort — he...
View ArticleIncumbent Baker holds thin lead over Bauer-Kahan in 16th Assembly District race
Assemblywoman Catharine Baker is leading by less than 1 percent over her Democratic opponent in the 16th Assembly District race, according to preliminary election returns from both Alameda and Contra...
View ArticleUnhealthy, smoky air still blanketing Bay Area
With the Camp Fire still raging in Butte County, air in the Bay Area continues to be unhealthy for residents to breathe. “We’re expecting unhealthy air quality through Friday at the very least,”...
View ArticleWoman killed by train last week in Fremont identified
FREMONT — A woman killed when she was hit by a train last week in Fremont was identified by the coroner’s office Tuesday as Cesilia Ortega, 35. Ortega, who had no listed address according to the...
View ArticleThe end of cash tolls — even toll plazas — in the Bay Area?
SAN FRANCISCO — Cash tolls — and the long lines they create as people stop to pay them — may soon be a thing of the past in the Bay Area. That could be good news for the 137 million toll-paying...
View ArticleCamp Fire: CIF moves football championships back a week
In another unprecedented decision as a result of the deadliest wildfire in state history, the California Interscholastic Federation announced Tuesday that it will push back its NorCal regional and...
View ArticleWhen will it rain, clearing out smoke, cutting California fire risk?
For the past week, California has been locked in a tense, daily mix of choking thick smoke and dangerously dry, windy fire-weather conditions. But an end might be around the corner. Meteorologists said...
View ArticleSupergroup Alma Matters ready to dig deep into the East Bay sound in Oakland
More an extended clan than a band, the 11-piece soulapalooza known as Alma Matters taps into decades of East Bay musical history, drawing on a welcoming array of African-diaspora musical traditions....
View Article‘I thought I was going to die’: Man accused of trying to kill three East Bay...
OAKLAND — A Newark police officer had just returned from maternity leave, when she made peace with the idea in a split second that she was likely going to die when a suspect shot at her. Prosecutor...
View ArticleRoadshow live chat, Nov. 14 at noon
Gary Richards, Mr. Roadshow, takes questions on Bay Area roads and traffic during a live online chat most Wednesdays. Click here for the Roadshow Q&A columns. OK, you all. Must run.Have a good...
View ArticleNorCal volleyball: Bishop O’Dowd, Los Altos, Presentation advance to state
Bishop O’Dowd won the Northern California Division I title and is headed down to Santiago Canyon College in Orange County for this weekend’s CIF state championship match, where they will face Temecula...
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