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The 49ers’ biggest question coming into the 2024 season was whether they could avoid many of the same issues that befell them in the post-Super Bowl 2020 campaign. Luckily, the world hasn’t been stricken with a worldwide pandemic again. But the Niners sure seem to have caught the injury bug again. Two of the team’s […]

By now most royal watchers have heard the story about Meghan Markle‘s first meeting with Prince William and the Princess of Wales (formerly known as Kate Middleton) after she started dating Prince Harry. The Duchess of Sussex spoke about her first encounter with her future in-laws during the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. The duke then […]

OAKLAND — After a City Council vote ended in a rare tie, Mayor Sheng Thao was put in the uncomfortable position of having to break the stalemate on a lucrative security contract with a company whose CEO has close ties to a target of the FBI’s ongoing corruption probe. But the mayor, who has been […]

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Don’t believe green hype from Oakland airport Re: “Plans to expand Oakland airport draw criticism” (Page A1, Sept. 15). Kudos to 1,000 Grandmothers speaking at the Port of Oakland about the distressing signs of global heating. 2024 was the hottest […]

The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy haunted maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register) The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy haunted maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register) The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy haunted maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register) Chainsaw […]

Around 10 years ago, Dave Edlund — known colloquially as McCovey Cove Dave — printed out a paper that said, “1st Ever Right-Handed SPLASH” and laminated it. He has brought it to hundreds of Giants games since. Over the weekend, he finally got to show off the placard. Heliot Ramos, the Giants’ first homegrown All-Star […]

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. DA Rosen has lost touch with crime victims Re: “DA has no right to dismantle death sentences” (Page A9, April 21) and “DA Rosen’s flawed argument for reversing death sentences” (Page A6, Aug. 20). Senior Assistant Attorney General Ron Matthias’ […]

Nearly every soaking wet winter, Llagas Creek around Morgan Hill has flooded. Its rising, muddy waters poured over the banks in 2017 and in 2009, and many times before that over generations, damaging downtown businesses, homes and farm fields. The federal government authorized a flood control project to fix it in 1954, when Dwight Eisenhower […]

A Walnut Creek man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison last week for defrauding investors out of more than $8 million to back his child-oriented internet companies over the course of a decade, according to federal authorities. Alan Anderson, 61, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in January, according to […]

OAKLAND — A suspect has been arrested in connection with an Aug. 22 homicide where the victim attempted to seek refuge in a local liquor store, but instead fell dead in the threshold, court records show. Demond Finley, 49, was charged with murdering 43-year-old Larry Collins, and with being a felon in possession of a […]

SAN JOSE — A judge has appointed a receiver to take control of the cleanup of an empty lot in downtown San Jose after multiple fires destroyed two homes and scorched the blighted property. The court order granted the city of San Jose’s request to install a receiver to clean up and secure blighted downtown […]

The San Jose Sharks recovered from a slow start to score five unanswered goals and earn a chippy 6-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday to close out the Rookie Faceoff in El Segundo with a 3-0 record. The Sharks trailed 2-0 after the opening 8:58 of the first period, but defenseman Valtteri Pulli […]