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BALTIMORE — Oakland A’s manager Mark Kotsay has already seen these impressive performances from left-handed starter Cole Irvin. Irvin, who won a combined 19 games in 2021 and 2022 with Oakland, was at his best again Saturday. He allowed just four hits over seven scoreless innings to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-0 win […]

Piedmont police arrested 42-year-old Willie Gomer on Friday afternoon after he allegedly attacked an elderly customer inside Ace Hardware and then the city’s chief of police, before attempting to flee. Witnesses said that Gomer, who is homeless and on parole for auto theft, robbery, kidnapping and multiple parole violations, struck an elderly man from behind […]

Halle Berry, Pierce Brosnan, and Rosamund Pike | ADRIAN DENNIS/Getty Images Berry etched herself in Bond mythology by playing the Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day. She wasn’t in the film just to be a love interest, however, and found herself being just as physical as Brosnan’s Bond. Although she held her own on-screen, behind the scenes there were two moments that didn’t go the way she might’ve wanted. In one […]

Cal Poly Humboldt officials are closing the campus for the remainder of the semester with classwork continuing remotely, as pro-Palestinian student activists refuse to end their occupation of two academic buildings. This closure means that anyone on campus without authorization by University Police is subject to citation or arrest, the university wrote in a statement […]

STANFORD – When Stanford opened last season at Hawai’i, traveling a day earlier than usual to adjust to the time change and the long flight, little did it know that it would be good preparation for the years to follow. Starting this season, Stanford will replace annual trips to the Pacific Northwest and Southern with […]

Mark Madsen won’t be the only former Stanford player in the Cal men’s basketball program next season. Andrej Stojaković, the son of former NBA All-Star Peja Stojaković and a former top-25 recruit, told ESPN that he will transfer to Cal after spending his freshman year across the bay with the Cardinal. Stojaković averaged 7.8 points […]

Video posted online Tuesday by California Highway Patrol Golden Gate’s Air Division captures Bay Area cops chasing a suspect driving a car stolen in San Bruno until its tires rolled off in Solano County and the car immolated in Sacramento on Saturday night. Related Articles California News | Three arrested in connection with 11 East […]

By Kirsten Grieshaber | Associated Press BERLIN — Several German parties on Saturday kicked off their campaigns for the election of the European Parliament in June with a focus on issues such as the war in Ukraine and support by many European voters for far-right nationalist parties across the continent. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ’s […]

SANTA CLARA — Safety Malik Mustapha is not just the 49ers’ first pick on Day 3 of the NFL Draft. Historically, he’ll be entered in team lore as the player they drafted with the fourth-round selection they acquired last August from the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for 2021 draft bust Trey Lance. Mustapha, selected 124th […]

By The Associated Press SAN JOSE — A plan by federal agencies to rebuild the sardine population in the Pacific was not properly implemented and failed to prevent overfishing, a judge in California ruled this week. Monday’s decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi was a victory for environmentalists who said officials did not ensure […]

We live in a ranking age with lists of “best” and “worst” and “in-between” touching every slice of life, industry and geography. Some of these scorecards are based on polling. Others are data-based, trying to decipher government or business stats. And some are simply opinions – individual or consensus. Yes, these rankings can be discussion […]

Like many baseball teams in the Bay Area, Los Gatos spent a week away from home playing non-league teams.  But instead of taking on other opponents from the West Coast, the Wildcats traveled down to middle Tennessee, playing unfamiliar programs like Friendship Christian and Overton in a small town called Lebanon. Located around 45 minutes […]