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'Epic day for our franchise': Golden State Valkyries pick 11 players in expansion draft

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Earthquake researchers race to Humboldt for clues to the next big temblor

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Tsunami warning: Was it a false alarm?

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Borenstein: $73 million of Bay Area toll money for transit diverted to bridges

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California's Dungeness crab season delayed again - until Dec. 31 at the earliest

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San Jose approves permits for Caltrain's downtown towers project

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Golden State Valkyries select Iliana Rupert with first pick in WNBA expansion draft

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San Jose: One injured in pair of residential fires Friday

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Steph Curry, Draymond Green back for Warriors against Timberwolves

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Oakland braces for possible layoffs to clear nearly $130 million deficit

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Letters: New Gilded Age | Endangering consumers | Positive message | Vaccine stance | Early campaigning | Student workload

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Letters: Few donations | Tone deaf | Gun violence | Biden pardon | Column's nonsense | Depoliticize vaccines | Global resource

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Oakland: Defendant pleads to 11 years in 2021 fatal shooting

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Dear Abby: I'm asking for a friend whose husband is so cheap he goes to the hospital to eat

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Miss Manners: I came up with a scheme to thwart the guests who take our leftovers

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Watch: Live webcams survey Northern California waters after tsunami alert

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Asking Eric: My mom keeps saying this like it's cute rather than hurtful

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Tsunami warning lifted for Bay Area coast after magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocks California's northwest coast

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Asking Eric: Our 6-week separation has been so nice. Now she wants to hang out.

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Miss Manners: My husband said there's no rule against pointing. Was I wrong all my life?

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Asking Eric: Maybe there's something she doesn't know about her fiance's ex

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Harriette Cole: We didn't listen to my boyfriend's mom, and now we're in trouble

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Hugh Jackman's ex-wife not ready for 'blended' family with Sutton Foster

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Crime and Public Safety

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Unprecedented class-action settlement reached in FCI Dublin women's prison lawsuit alleging years of abuse and retaliation by guards

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Ceasefire raids targeted violent Oakland gang known as the 'Fein Team'

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Alameda DA files contempt charges against Santa Rita Jail's healthcare provider in Maurice Monk's death

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Fremont police find no evidence of explosives following bomb threat to schools

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Kurtenbach: Do the 49ers have any pride? We're about to find out

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Six things that helped make the 49ers the NFL's most disappointing team

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49ers vs. Bears injury report: Bosa doubtful, Williams out; Chicago stars in question

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Stanford women's soccer's 'revenge tour' halted in College Cup semifinals with more frustration against Wake Forest

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From California to New York, cities cut red tape to turn unused office buildings into housing

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How this California home was retrofitted top to bottom to protect against wildfires — for free

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After public ire, Morgan Hill city council approves review, zoning for 320-home development

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300-plus unit San Jose housing tower could help fuel downtown revival

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Wish Book 2024: Staying active in the South Bay with the help of transport vans

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Kristin Juszczyk named one of New York Times' most stylish people

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DA alleges Santa Clara County hospitals are mishandling medical waste, narcotics

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The Associated Press' top photos of 2024 from the US

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What to watch: 'Flow' and 'The Order' are both worth your attention

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Leaping humpbacks, unseasonal blue whales, dolphin super pods offering action on California coast

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Wish Book: How can foster kids prepare for life after they leave the system? A new South Bay nonprofit has a plan

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Good Samaritans rescue injured driver in Santa Cruz cliff crash

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Photos of the week: Playoff celebrations, a community in mourning, turkeys and turkey trotters

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Take a look behind the scenes of Cyber Monday at a Bay Area Amazon warehouse

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Photos: San Francisco 49ers blown out by Buffalo Bills in snowy Sunday night football game

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Wish Book: Loaves & Fishes serves meals - and hope - to thousands in Silicon Valley

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Prince Harry responds to Meghan Markle divorce rumors

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Dolly Parton launches search for star of new Broadway bio-musical

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Carrie Underwood to headline 2025 'New Year's Rockin' Eve'

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Amber Heard is expecting her second baby

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Avian flu: USDA to begin expanded testing of milk supply in 6 states, including California

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Chi-Chi's plans new restaurants, 20 years after its bankruptcy

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7 amazing Bay Area things to do this weekend

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California halts the sales of raw milk due to bird flu virus contamination

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Dowd: The last time alcohol poisoned a defense secretary nomination

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Opinion: A world designed for men hits a wrong note

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Douthat: Three possible theories about Trump's new Cabinet

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Letters: Traumatizing families | Not the plan | False testimony | Peace Corps | 2nd Amendment

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US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November in bounce-back from October slowdown

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Federal appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in the U.S.

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ICE is looking for a new detention center in Northern California. The state probably can't stop it

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Mau House Cat Hotel gives your feline companion a temporary Bay Area home

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Princess of Wales takes another step in return to public life after chemotherapy with carol service

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Miho Nakayama, J-pop singer and 'Love Letter' star, found dead at 54

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'America's Got Talent' comedian Kabir 'Kabeezy' Singh dead at 39

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Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson engaged to bandmate

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Sale closed in Palo Alto: $3.9 million for a three-bedroom home

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Keep little ears warm with the best kids' earmuffs

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The best back braces for support and stability

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Best fireplace screens for warmth without worry

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Keep little hands warm with the best kids' mittens

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Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass

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MAGA influencer Nick Fuentes charged with battery of woman he maced: report

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'America's Got Talent' comedian Kabir 'Kabeezy' Singh dead at 39

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Police may search a vehicle based on the smell of raw cannabis, Illinois Supreme Court rules

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'Oppenheimer' actor Emma Dumont comes out as transmasculine, changes name

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