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DEAR HARRIETTE: I accidentally revealed to my best friend’s boyfriend that she has been talking to her ex. I thought that he knew they were still friends because he is in our friend group, but she had been lying to him about the extent of their friendship. Harriette Cole  He broke up with her, and […]

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am known as an exceptional cook and baker. I take great pleasure in entertaining, and pride myself on offering delicious, beautiful fare. Invitations are enthusiastically accepted, and even sought, which is certainly flattering. I would consider myself otherwise to be a fairly average person: neither homely nor beautiful, rather quiet and […]

DEAR ABBY: I moved to town not long before the pandemic and don’t have many close friends here. One of my best friends is a co-worker, “Ronna,” whom I love dearly. Jeanne Phillips  Ronna has had an extremely rough past, including an extensive history of parental abuse that has left her thin-skinned and suspicious of […]

The Bay Area will start Thanksgiving off cold, according to the National Weather Service. In a briefing Monday, the weather service said a weak cold front will arrive Wednesday, bringing a chance of isolated rain showers and an influx of colder air. Overnight temperatures across the region are expected to dip into the 30s and […]

By DEEPTI HAJELA | Associated Press NEW YORK — David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a race riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93. Dinkins died Monday, the New York […]

FREMONT — A teenager was in stable condition at a hospital and another was receiving treatment after a double stabbing in the city’s Ardenwood neighborhood, police said Monday. Around 6:10 p.m., police received a report of a possible stabbing in the 5000 block of Amberwood Drive, according to a statement. When officers and Fremont Fire […]

PACIFICA – A 41-year-old San Francisco man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he crashed into the garage of a home in Pacifica late Sunday, police said. The crash was reported on the 400 block of Copeland Street about 10:10 p.m., the Pacifica Police Department said in a news […]

By ZEKE MILLER, DAVID EGGERT and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election on Monday, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. He relented after suffering yet more legal and […]

Q: How does California enforce annual vehicle license renewals and tags? During a walk around my neighborhood, I saw one vehicle with a 2018 tag, one with 2014 and one with 1992. If these people are not paying their annual license fee, will anyone ever catch them? David Stearns, Concord Like Mr. Roadshow’s Facebook page […]

MILLBRAE — Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a Wells Fargo bank branch in Millbrae on Monday morning. Just before 10 a.m., the suspect walked into the branch at 490 Broadway and handed a demand note to a teller, said Sgt. Andre Moniot of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office in a news […]

By ZEKE MILLER, DAVID EGGERT and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election on Monday, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. He relented after suffering yet more legal and […]

Before learning he was headed to the Warriors, Kelly Oubre Jr. was watching “The Last Dance,” the ESPN documentary chronicling Michael Jordan’s Bulls that Steve Kerr helped to three championships. The next day, Oubre got a text from Kerr, now the head coach of the Warriors. “Mutual excitement,” Oubre said of their first conversation. “He’s […]