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The Mercury News - Top Stories

New fire breaks out south of Timber Fire near Big Sur – evacuation orders

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Body cam footage shows 49ers owner Jed York's arrest in Ohio

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NFL reviewing 49ers owner Jed York's arrest in prostitution sting for potential discipline

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Facebook and Instagram must put kids on a clock under landmark $17 billion Meta deal

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San Jose landfill ordered to reduce air pollution and odors 'like rotten eggs and spoiled food'

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'Incredible heroism': Police, resident recount shootout that wounded officer, killed suspect inside his San Jose home

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Owners say downtown San Jose venue will close after council denies late-night permit

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Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo

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Sierra LaMar Retrial: New attempted kidnapping alleged as jury selection begins

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Dolly Parton's cause of death is revealed

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Mitty QB suffers season-ending injury

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Timberwolves agree to deal with Jonathan Kuminga to fill power forward void, AP source says

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Investigation underway into fatal crash in Santa Clara

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Student, 51, turned life around in prison, graduates East Bay college

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Miss Manners: If they're trying to brighten my workday, they're failing

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Asking Eric: I have glasses for reading. My husband wants me to wear them all the time.

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Asking Eric: I wonder if this bombshell came from my daughter's therapist

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Near-total lunar eclipse will turn the moon orangish-red Thursday. Here's how to watch from the Bay Area

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Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, dies at 80 of cancer

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Dear Abby: What I wish I had known when my ex said the kids wouldn't see me

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People can sense mental decline, says new research powered by smartwatches

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Harriette Cole: I learned of my husband's workplace swindle, and I'm appalled

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Asking Eric: We've run out of polite ways to say we can't go to her house

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In Case You Missed It

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A millionaire chemist recruited an East Bay man to find stolen LSD. Next came a 'campaign of terror' across CA

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Popular Mediterranean kebab shop coming to 2 Bay Area cities

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Girls flag football: How far the sport has come in a short period of time

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San Jose releases rankings for a new Plaza de Cesar Chavez name

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Suspect arrested in armed kidnapping of woman in Oakland

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Fatal Oakland stabbing victim loved helping others

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Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 1, 2026

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High school football 2026 preseason rankings: Bay Area News Group Top 25

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Monday Morning Lights: Who's the QB at Riordan, De La Salle, Clayton Valley?

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New football chapter for Keanaaina family. Brothers leave St. Francis for WCAL rivals in San Jose, San Mateo

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Deal is reached to sell Berkeley hotel facing loan foreclosure

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California lawmakers oppose insurance fire claims limits

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Saratoga Council approves hillside builder's remedy project

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San Jose schools' employee housing options: Buy a tower, build units

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Floods caused by a glacial collapse kill at least 160 people on Nepal-China border, hundreds missing

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Watch: Buckingham Palace royal guard plays '9 to 5' to honor Dolly Parton

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Photos: Mill Valley's Knights of Molino make their debut at 924 Gilman Street

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No grapes? No problem. North Bay winery replaces vineyard with 3,000 sunflowers

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Not again: Another SF Giants pitcher leaves game early in win over Reds

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East Bay girl who beat cancer runs a lemonade stand to raise funds

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Photos: Country music icon Dolly Parton through the years

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Mega-merger sparks $700 million apartment buyout spree across South Bay and East Bay

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Caltrans repaves Highway 17 in Santa Cruz Mountains

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Novato's landmark 'round house' listed for sale

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First look at Disneyland's new Star Wars food cart with hovering droids

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8 new and expanded wine bars around the Bay Area

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Yogurt-based Blueberry Biscuits are cake-like and delectable

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Where to find freebies for Fido on International Dog Day

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Recipe ideas for a summer dessert finale

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33 best dog-friendly wineries in Sonoma County

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Miss Manners: We accidentally trespassed and didn't know what to say to the person on the porch

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Dear Abby: I just found out my fiancee is seeing another man

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Valkyries instant analysis: Golden State sets franchise, season records in rout of Connecticut

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Earthquakes add German midfielder Löwen amid losing skid

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SF Giants meltdown in ninth, blow six-run lead and fail to complete season's first three-game sweep

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Kurtenbach: Preseason doesn't matter? Tell that to the 49ers fighting for jobs against the Raiders

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What to watch: A crazy concept becomes comedy gold in 'Coyote'

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Larry Magid: Settlement makes Meta Platforms safer for teens

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PokemonXP and Pokemon World Championships: Everything you need to know

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Opinion: California must protect West Oakland from Trump's toxic coal terminal

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Drucker: Democrats' greatest divide isn't race or money

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Math's AI crisis has a lesson for the rest of us

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Letters: State should pass bill to mitigate East Bay coal pollution

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California moves closer to approving plug-in solar

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Trump says the US doesn't need Canada. America's economy says otherwise.

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A longtime Learn4Life educator says she was fired for cancer treatment. She blames these 3 obscure companies.

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Meta joins a list of corporations that have settled cases for billions of dollars

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NBA star from Oakland giving away free backpacks

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Chicago Sky owner bans ex-NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom and criticizes his 'lies'

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'Coyote vs Acme' screenwriter Samy Burch on the film's Looney Tunes journey

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'Rocky Horror Picture Show' star Tim Curry dies at 80

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In a divided America, the left and right unite to oppose artificial intelligence data centers

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Judge removes one hurdle for Trump mail voting order as states file new challenge before midterms

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What the Supreme Court's mail voting decision means for California's midterm elections

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Here's all the ways that data center controversies have transformed the midterm elections

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Washington man convicted of murder for shooting Newark father. The DA says it was a vengeance for daughter's death

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Bill-payment troubles for Californians hits highest level since 2015

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Bay Area high school girls flag football: Players to watch

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Los Gatos approves police department's ongoing use of military weapons

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Meta reaches landmark $18 billion settlement with states in trial over teen social media addiction

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High school flag football preseason rankings: Bay Area News Group Top 15

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Letters: SAT won't bar diversity, just students unable to do the work

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Stay loud and clear with the best walkie-talkies

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