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The last COVID surge ended eight months ago. Is a summer spike coming?
Experts warn a new COVID variant is very transmissible.
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Crime and Public Safety
Pleasanton man to serve 11-year sentence in Oakland homicide
The shooting was over an argument about a woman, which involved a few other people besides the suspect and the victim.
Sports
49ers mailbag: Is veteran help needed at wide receiver, safety amid injuries?
While top draft pick Mykel Williams adapts to the 49ers, their offseason program has left a lot of other questions to be answered in this week's mailbag.
Real Estate
Old San Jose store site’s makeover into tech campus gets key city OK
A big building that would be the start of a massive tech campus in San Jose has won city approval.
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![College dual enrollment leader Dionne Embry is comforted by her daughter Daijha Teague during a vigil for Castlemont High School teacher Marvin Boomer at the corner of East 21st Street and 12th Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, May 30, 2025. Boomer died at the scene Wednesday after a car that had been chased by California Highway Patrol officers sped through an intersection while he and his partner were walking nearby. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)]( "Marvin Boomer Vigil")
Beloved Oakland teacher killed by driver after CHP terminated pursuit, officials say
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Photos: Festival La Onda returns to Napa for second year
The biggest Latin music festival in Northern California featured the likes of Marco Antonio Solis,...
Restaurants, Food and Drink
First-ever Sunnyvale Restaurant Week features May 31-June 7 deals
Diverse lineup of 20-plus restaurants participating in the promotion
Opinion
Farmworker victory ending use of “El Cortito” 50 years ago provides empowering lesson
Landmark legal case banning short-handled hoe improved the health and safety of so many across...
Business
10 sources of emergency cash, ranked from best to worst
Where to go if unanticipated expenses exceed your emergency fund.
Celebrities
Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Houlihan on pioneering TV series ‘M.A.S.H.,’ has died at 87
Publicist Harlan Boll says Swit died Friday at her home in New York City, likely...
Housing
Oakland’s iconic California Hotel, vital housing for the formerly homeless, is in turmoil
About 10 years since the renovation and grand reopening of the historic California Hotel in...
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Slam balls have become foundational pieces of workout equipment for people both at the gym...