It has been a hard, confusing summer for this city on the far side of the bay, a season defined by racial conflict, provocation and the brazen slaying of a young black woman in a most public place.
Russia's Kalashnikov, the maker of the AK-47 assault rifle, shows off a very retro-style electric car it says will compete with whatever Tesla has on the road.
To ask whether forest fires are caused indirectly by climate change or directly by human activity presents a false choice.
Interstate 880 in Hayward was shut down Friday afternoon while the CHP and firefighters dealt with an acid leak that could be as much as 300 gallons..
Interstate 880 in Hayward was shut down Friday afternoon while the CHP and firefighters dealt with a hazardous material spill.
With candidate endorsements, you've started down the path of 'me and against you,' aka 'the enemy.'
City Notes ROSE GARDEN/WILLOW GLEN – Jim Carter, Rose Garden and Willow Glen’s representative on the neighborhoods commission, was elected vice chair for the 2018-19 year at the group’s Aug. 8 meeting. The neighborhoods commission is charged with ensuring the safety and quality of life within individual neighborhoods in San Jose. ALMADEN VALLEY – San […]
Like her biographies of Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen and Nelly Ternan (the young actress with whom Dickens had a secret 14-year affair), Tomalin's memoir addresses the particular challenges of navigating life as an independent woman. As a literary editor she championed not just great books but also great writing about books, and she strove to hire female reviewers.
As an Oakland warehouse owner-occupier, here are my two cents.
Given how well the Ducks have recruited in the past 18 months, it’s easy to project their recovery reaching its peak in two or three seasons. But breakthroughs, by their nature, come earlier than expected. In Oregon’s case, the ascent to the top of the North could come this fall, fueled by the combination of […]
Warriors president Rick Welts told Bay Area News Group that Chase Center will open on Sept. 2019. Welts admitted the arena is over budget and there could be some traffic hiccups.
Women surfers fighting for equal pay at Mavericks get support from the State Lands Commission but agenda item for permit approval was withdrawn by contest owners.
The central conundrum is this: Why on earth would anyone try to improve on - let alone equal - the rousingly entertaining, if melodramatic, original? It starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, earning McQueen a Golden Globe nomination for his gritty performance as a long-suffering French prisoner (and multiple escapee).
Man uses the animated bears to keep creatures away from his tomatoes, and it's working.
Reporters, TV anchors need to clarify when content is news and when it is interpretation
“Where will you park?’’ Of all the questions I get about living in my van when I retire, that’s understandably the one I hear the most. I get it: Most people don’t want vans, high- or low-end, parking in their neighborhoods.
There's more than meets the eye at San Francisco's new techie transit center.
California state Sen. Scott Wiener's legislation would require equal treatment for all internet traffic
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Monterey said the haze and smoke in the air will "likely persist through at least Friday afternoon and evening, but conditions are "likely" to improve as onshore flow pushes smoke/haze into interior California by late in the day.
Super fresh: a salad bar where the vegetables are grown behind the counter and harvested on the spot. An ancient Egyptian pregnancy test involved grains. The New York Public Library is bringing the books to where they hang out by using Insta Novels to get people to read “Alice in Wonderland.” And more Instagram, of an […]
Plus: I thought we had a great marriage, but my wife's a drunk.
The 49ers and Indianapolis Colts meet Saturday in their third game of the NFL's exhibition season, a matchup pitting quarterbacks Jimmy Garoppolo and Andrew Luck.
Former Giants announcer Sherry Davis made history as the first woman to announce for a Major League Baseball team. Now she's struggling through the Bay Area housing crisis.
Plus: Strangers harass me because I have a pit bull.
September reinforcements, playoff rotation, and playing time in the outfield are some of the topics in this week's A's Mailbag.