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A motorist was killed in a solo-vehicle collision on Airport Boulevard east of Coleman Avenue in San Jose about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, San Jose police said. SAN JOSE – A motorist was killed in a crash near San Jose International Airport on Thursday evening, police said. The collision was reported on Airport […]

The Nintendo Switch is getting another “Monster Hunter” game, but this one looks to be an entirely original endeavour. “Monster Hunter Rise” was the headliner of Thursday’s Nintendo Direct Mini, and it looks like Capcom went all out with this entry. From first glance, it looks like this chapter is built on the gameplay of […]

Q: I drive a Tesla. Do I need to pay a toll on the express lane with 3+ requirement when we have two people in the car? How many people to set on the FasTrak Flex toll tag? Eric Chieh, Cupertino Like Mr. Roadshow’s Facebook page for more questions and answers about Bay Area roads, […]

OAKLAND — A Bay Point man was charged with meth distribution last May, a year after he was allegedly stopped in Bay Point with a pound of meth hidden under the seat of his car, according to a recently-unsealed criminal complaint. Luis Sanchez, who is identified in court records only as a resident of “Southern […]

A Disney employee runs a line to get in to the virtual queue for World of Disney on the reopening day of the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Shirley Wong, left, and her husband, Gary Lam, head toward the exit after a […]

A Disney employee runs a line to get in to the virtual queue for World of Disney on the reopening day of the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Shirley Wong, left, and her husband, Gary Lam, head toward the exit after a […]

By Jay Reeves, Angie Wang and Bobby Caina Calvan | Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. — Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding took shape along rivers and creeks swollen by the storm’s heavy […]

SAN FRANCISCO — In the last seven days, the San Francisco Giants have faced more adversity than they expected to see over the entirety of a condensed 60-game season. They endured a COVID-19 scare in San Diego, escaped smoky air in Seattle and sat dormant in hotel rooms along the west coast waiting to be […]

By Gene Johnson | Associated Press SEATTLE — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought […]

After three-plus seasons without an NFL contract, you may think Colin Kaepernick’s popularity would have diminished. Based on how quickly his new Nike jersey was snapped up, that is not the case. Nike released its Kaepernick Icon Jersey 2.0 Thursday to commemorate four years since the former 49ers quarterback began kneeling during the national anthem […]

OAKLAND — In court records for the sentencing for a pot trafficker supposedly known as “Hitler,” federal authorities formally connected the dots between two 2016 homicides that occurred 2,000 miles apart, but which federal authorities allege were ordered by the same man. Marcus Etienne, 38, of Parish, New Orleans, is awaiting what will be a […]

The former deputy athletic director at San Jose State University is accusing the school’s athletic director and president, as well as other school officials, of covering up wrongdoing and retaliating against those who’ve reported it, according to a bombshell report published Thursday. Steve O’Brien, the No. 2 person in the SJSU athletic department when he […]