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Gold Rush-era home thought to be oldest in San Ramon nearly destroyed in blaze
A Gold Rush-era house, called the oldest in San Ramon, has been badly damaged after catching fire Wednesday morning. The ...
The first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound dies in crash in Italy, city's mayor says
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound more than a decade ago, died in ...
8 bands divided by lawsuits: It's not just Jane's Addiction
Bands behaving badly? It’s only rock ’n’ roll. Members of alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction made headlines this week ...
Trump doubles down on Alcatraz reopening with officials' SF visit
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is dismissing renewed efforts to reopen Alcatraz Island as a federal prison after U.S.
Bay Area residents are grappling with overflowing trash as strike continues
Rows of black, green and blue trash bins, some overflowing with rubbish, are lining streets in some Bay Area cities as a ...
Beef prices have soared in the US — and not just during grilling season
Anyone firing up the grill this summer already knows hamburgers and steaks are expensive, but the latest numbers show prices ...
Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children
Legal advocates have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore deportation protection for migrant children ...
Alert: Steelers and T.J. Watt agree on a contract making the linebacker the NFL's highest paid defensive player
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers and T.J. Watt agree on a contract making the linebacker the NFL's highest paid defensive player.
Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism
Both NPR and PBS receive money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an independent nonprofit corporation Congress created in 1967 to receive and distribute federal money to public ...