A big hurdle for a proposed mixed-use residential and retail development was cleared in early February, when an affiliate controlled by two San Jose-based developers bought a site at the southeast corner of South Market and Balbach streets.
The Kings are looking to make the postseason for the first time in more than a decade, while the champs hope to maintain its solid play for the final stretch of the season.
Suit claims that the cable network broke a non-disparagement agreement
Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins explains his issues with the NCAA
Freshly relocated from Mountain View, Bierhaus restaurant and beer hall remains a great place to enjoy hearty German food and delicious beers in its new Oakland setting.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got to show his 'personal side' in the first of a series of friendly interviews Sean Spicer is doing with Trump officials as a 'correspondent' for 'Extra.'
Free agent reliever Nick Vincent has signed a minor league deal with the Giants after a challenging offseason.
George Shinn's visit to Candlestick Park in August 1992, when it seemed the Giants might move to Florida, was met with chants, signs and a plane towing a banner.
Antibalas performs a jazz-fueled blend of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti's stirring music; with several SF Bay Area gigs coming up.
Beware of euphemisms -- radical changes in terms usually mean that reality is unwelcome or indefensible.
As early as today, or as late as who-knows-when, Oakland-based U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken will rule on the latest momentous challenge to the NCAA's economic model: The Alston case.
Pope Francis said the assembled Catholic leaders at a landmark summit at the Vatican were obliged to discuss, frankly and in depth, "how to confront this evil afflicting the Church and humanity."
San Francisco-based PG&E issued the warning of rising rates as part of a wide-ranging examination by the state Public Utilities Commission of the utility's much-criticized safety culture.
Micheal Haley will skate on the Sharks fourth line in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
A front page article on Thursday, February 21 about high rent prices displacing Bay Area nonprofits incorrectly reported that Northern California Grantmakers is working to buy buildings to house nonprofits. The organization is working to establish a real estate holding entity that would support nonprofits to purchase and lease space. Setting the record straight: The Mercury News […]
Downtown location will be the Bay Area's third
The Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center has tracked an increase in white nationalist and black nationalist groups.
Consider yourselves warned: With a super bloom expected in the coming weeks, many campsites at prime wildflower spots already are booked.
With a shortened spring schedule due to their upcoming trip to Japan, the A's will attempt to play Thursday's Cactus League opener despite bad weather in the forecast.
After blogger detailed how comments on YouTube videos were being used to facilitate a "soft-core pedophilia ring," YouTube has taken down videos and channels.
After a dominant rookie season, Dereck Rodríguez isn't guaranteed a spot in the Giants' starting rotation.
"American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind," the president tweeted Thursday.
Our gardens are starting to show signs of spring renewal, but we're not there yet.
Six days after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, signing a spending bill that would provide $1.375 billion for a border wall, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi asked members of Congress to sign a resolution terminating the order.
The CHP said the chemical containers opened but that any spill was contained fully within the van and that the danger to the public was minimal.