A driver was arrested in an Oakland road rage incident Thursday where a gun was allegedly pointed at another vehicle ...

California switched to a top-two system in 2010 through a ballot measure backed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hundreds of teachers in Dublin will hit the picket lines Monday morning to protest budget cuts and layoffs proposed ...

The San Jose Sharks have traded defenseman Timothy Liljegren to the Washington Capitals for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick ...

Metallica — the biggest Bay Area music act of all time — is adding even more dates to its Life Burns Faster residency at ...

Midway through Ramadan, Muslims across the United States are striving to maintain the holy month’s traditional mix of prayers ...

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A Bay Area child who attended a school for the deaf was summarily detained and deported, alongside his mother and brother, this week during an immigration office visit, prompting the state’s ...

TORREY, Utah (AP) — Two men whose wives did not return from a hike in Utah’s south-central desert arrived at the trailhead Wednesday to find both women dead and a car missing, spurring a multistate ...

Tracey Kaplan is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group based at The Mercury News. A former courts reporter, she is now reporting primarily on consumer issues, and welcomes any tips/suggestions, ...

Troubled pop star, 44, reportedly fired sober coaches and security after returning from Mexico where she sold her music ...

From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate ...