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The Mercury News - Top Stories

Obituaries: These Bay Area residents left us in 2025

5 days ago

'They treated us like animals': ICE arrests at Bay Area courthouses left immigrants in fear, but judge's order gives reprieve

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The Bay Area's week of stormy weather is nearly over. Here's when the skies should fully clear

20 hours ago

Upcoming Pandora Mission is Bay Area's latest contribution to the search for life on other planets

1 day ago

7-story apartment building approved in San Jose, adding 118 homes near Cupertino border

16 hours ago

49ers-Bears injury report: Tight end George Kittle could miss sixth game of year

17 hours ago

1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at San Jose business, police say

14 hours ago

While out on bail in kidnapping case, Oakland man charged with child trafficking

1 hour ago

Judge dismisses man's murder charge over deadly Emeryville confrontation

2 hours ago

Why California workers, businesses are paying more for health insurance

2 hours ago

49ers' 5 keys to beating Chicago Bears on 'Sunday Night Football'

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How to watch 49ers vs. Bears on Sunday Night Football

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Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape

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Crime and Public Safety

1 year ago

Pittsburg man guilty of murder in Brentwood 24 Hour Fitness shooting

18 hours ago

Oakland man gets 40-years-to-life for murder during routine marijuana deal

18 hours ago

Getaway driver in 'Ghost Town' robbery spree sentenced to prison

19 hours ago

Caldecott Tunnel bores reopen Friday night

4 hours ago

Kurtenbach: The Warriors think they're back. We'll see how long that lasts

23 hours ago

49ERS HEAD FOR PLAYOFFS WITH INEXPERIENCED DEFENSIVE STARTERS

1 day ago

Why Horford, Melton are primed to give Warriors midseason boost

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49ers' John Lynch updates availability of George Kittle, Fred Warner

21 hours ago

How a group of investors wronged by Bay Area real estate mogul became 'God's answer to our own prayers'

1 day ago

Bankruptcy lawyers allege Bay Area real estate firm transferred millions of dollars to co-founder's mother-in-law

2 days ago

Cisco sells San Jose office buildings but has option to buy them back

4 days ago

Oakland tower deal shows that East Bay office market weakness persists

5 days ago

The 'surfer's paradox' is that their boards can harm the oceans they cherish. A new process is helping to change that.

1 day ago

Virtual reality opens doors for older people in South Bay retirement community to build closer connections in real life

1 day ago

Hawaii travelers, don't sleep on Kauai

2 days ago

South Bay nonprofit helps families endure the impossible when their child has cancer

2 days ago

What to watch: 'Is This Thing On?', 'Anaconda' worth holiday trip to theater

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Omakase: The Bay Area experience in four restaurants

2 days ago

An aerial comparison of Palisades fire aftermath nearly 1 year later

3 days ago

An aerial comparison of Eaton fire aftermath nearly 1 year later

3 days ago

South Bay's Furry Friends brings fuzzy love to South Bay kids, seniors, patients, families, veterans, inmates

3 days ago

End of an era: Famous people who died in 2025

4 days ago

A whimsical last-minute design change, and other inside stories of the Bay Bridge

4 days ago

Word Game: Dec. 27, 2025

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Why abridged version of 'It's a Wonderful Life' cuts out movie's pivotal scene

18 hours ago

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, dies at 65

18 hours ago

Ube matcha, Indian cuisine, fibermaxxing and other delicious dining trends for 2026

21 hours ago

Sweet Hawaiian Roll Sliders, as seen on TikTok

22 hours ago

Taste-Off: Sparkling ciders to toast the new year with — and those to toss

22 hours ago

A new California law requires tortillas to include an extra ingredient. Here's why

23 hours ago

Cult Pinot Noir producer opens first tasting room in Healdsburg

1 day ago

Greene: New National Park fees show Trump's contempt for Blacks and foreigners

4 hours ago

Olson: AI is getting dangerously good at political persuasion

4 hours ago

Goldberg: Candace Owens is the conservative movement's Frankenstein monster

4 hours ago

Granderson: What Epstein 'hoax'? The facts are bad enough

5 hours ago

What is Boxing Day and how did it get its name?

21 hours ago

New California laws rewrite car-buying rules with return policy and pricing reforms

22 hours ago

Nvidia reaches technology licensing deal with startup Groq

22 hours ago

Larry Ellison, not Elon Musk, was the tech titan who defined 2025

22 hours ago

Ex-pornstar Jenna Haze hospitalized following alarming, bloody videos

1 day ago

TikTok star Tea Tyme, accused of running down pedestrian on livestream, arrested

1 day ago

Nicki Minaj deactivates Instagram after 'assassin' exchange with Erika Kirk

1 day ago

Jillian Lauren teases new book after California cop shooting, split from Weezer bassist

2 days ago

Trump says 'Housing First' failed the homeless. Here's what the evidence says.

1 day ago

Judge halts Trump administration plan to divert billions of dollars from homeless housing

4 days ago

South County Community Services helps those in need move from homelessness and hunger to hope

6 days ago

Inside the $1.7 million sale of a Santa Clara County home

7 days ago

Best BenQ projector

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Which wine opener should I buy?

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The best nonslip bath mats to keep you safe

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