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Elected officials arrested as May Day protests disrupt Bay Area airports, streets

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Arrest made in double fatal shooting at San Jose gambling den

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Trump admin. investigates Stanford University for racial discrimination

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Two arrested on suspicion of promoting Oakland sideshow

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Crime and Public Safety

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Missing Republican state senate candidate found dead in truck

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SF Giants' extend losing streak by getting shut out to open Tampa visit

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Mailbag: CFP stalemate as proxy for the sport's Cold War, how the Big Ten shifted its leverage, NCAA Tournament expansion and more

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Exorbitantly expensive tickets for early World Cup games still on general sale

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700 acres of Monterey County farmland to be preserved

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Bay Area builder buys site of failed Los Gatos housing project

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Apple promised Cupertino growth. It got that, and a pricier, more pressured city

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Robots take up ice skating at San Jose event

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Upscale Turkish cuisine and a live jazz club come to San Ramon

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'We could not be more honored': Locally made Chardonnay served to King Charles III and Queen Camilla at state dinner

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Letters: The CBS gubernatorial debate was a shameful display

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Letters: County's foster kids deserve better than theater

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Editorial: Don't get fooled again with latest Contra Costa sales tax increase

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Walters: Can L.A. Mayor Karen Bass survive her mistakes and climb the political ladder?

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Flipped script: Bay Area loses jobs in March, California posts gains

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Workers at Martinez refinery continue strike

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Trump says he'll place 25% tariff on autos from the EU, accusing it of not complying with trade deal

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Tesla made $573 million in sales from SpaceX and xAI last year

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Alex Jones bids farewell to InfoWars, launches new show and network

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Britney Spears leaves rehab early; loved ones hoped for longer stay: report

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Fox's Jesse Watters escorted from King and Queen after crass comment

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D4vd dismembered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez with chainsaw: prosecutors

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Single-family home in Milpitas goes for $1.6 million

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Condominium sells for $1.4 million in Los Gatos

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