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The Mercury News - Top Stories

Oakland Unified school board divided on state report's warning of fiscal insolvency

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Preliminary Oakland Unified election results point to rebuke of incumbents

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Newsom's commutations request invokes victims' praise, anguish as prosecutors vow to sue

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San Jose Sharks shake up power play units amid extended slump

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'It was a bit scary': Hours-long national flight grounding lifted, Bay Area passengers stranded

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Trump administration blames 'overloaded' systems for ground stop after FAA lets flights resume

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Photos: Chaos at airports amid nationwide ground stop

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FAA ground stop: Sharks finally depart, but San Jose State football changes plans

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A birthday bonfire at Panther Beach. A friend swept away. Survivors tell their story.

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Election results: California voters approve Sergey Brin-backed proposition that makes it harder to enact future wealth taxes

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Public defender attorneys, immigrant-rights activists pepper sprayed by ICE agents while observing detainment near San Jose courthouse

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Santa Cruz city beaches, wharf close due to dangerously high surf

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Where does a littered plastic bottle go? Scientists tracked hundreds with GPS tags and found out

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Fisher sells San Jose Earthquakes to media mogul Freeman

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Letters: US needs billionaire tax on a national level

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Three charged in gang-related fatal Oakland stabbing

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Letters: State must prioritize healthcare spending after Prop. 40 loss

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In Case You Missed It

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Beached fin whale dies at Santa Cruz beach

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What Jensen Huang's departure means for the Bay Area

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Why Bellarmine football player had to move for CCS eligibility

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El Niño: Record ocean temperatures and big waves have arrived, with winter's first storms coming this week

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Rep. Lauren Boebert officially loses to Democrat Eileen Laubacher

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California GOP chair declines reelection bid following statewide election losses

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A quarter of California voters unsure they will respond to the next census, poll finds

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California voted for a $25 billion mortgage assistance program. Will it help Bay Area renters become homeowners?

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'They don't belong here': Immigrant rights advocates decry recent ICE activity in Peninsula

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Abuse of autistic girl by San Jose therapist leads to $3.8 million settlement

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Kiefer Sutherland argues self-defense in California Uber assault lawsuit

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Bay Area News Group girls Athlete of the Week: Valentina Gomez Palacio

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Bellarmine lawsuit: Judge rules in Bells' favor; football team can play

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Bay Area high school football 2026: Week 12 preview, schedule

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CCS, NCS football playoffs 2026: Who will win each division?

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How 'Being Heumann' tells Bay Area story of courage and defiance

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What to watch: Terrific 'Club Kid,' 'Rocky' will restore your faith in humanity

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The sudden demise of Tesla's Cybertruck, a culture war on wheels

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Highway 50: 'The Loneliest Road in America'

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'I'd do it again': San Jose veterans reflect on lives changed by service

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Heartwarming 'Club Kid' fueled by tight bonds, on-screen and off

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How Gen X is reshaping 55-plus living

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Red-hot Warriors smoke Pelicans by 51 to win eighth in a row

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Local punk phenoms joined by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer at Mabuhay Gardens album release show

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Photos: San Francisco 49ers rout the Raiders 38-17 at Levi's Stadium

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PHOTOS: Monterey Bay Half Marathon, a sunny run by the shore

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Santa Teresa finishes dominant league run, sets sights on CCS playoffs

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Late mortgage payments hit 9-year high in California

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Tech company signs lease for space in north San Jose office building

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Berkeley Marina hotel suffers loan delinquency as foreclosure looms

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North Bay city council passes ambitious and controversial 605-unit housing and resort plan in 4-0 vote

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New cocktail book explores Chartreuse, the mysterious liqueur of French monks

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SingleThread cookbook offers rare look inside Healdsburg's three-Michelin-starred restaurant

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Babka, challah! Braid Bakery makes its Berkeley debut

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Francis Ford Coppola Winery's Rustic restaurant to close for $2 million makeover

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Asking Eric: If I point out my co-worker's ethical lapse, she'll get angry

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Harriette Cole: All those times my husband said he was visiting Grandma … he wasn't

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Miss Manners: My son's Thanksgiving dish was rejected as too picnic, and he's hurt

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Dear Abby: She's no widow, and I don't know why she's lying about it

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FAA grounds flights nationwide, disrupting NBA, NHL and college football travel for the weekend

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Kurtenbach: Peak Christian McCaffrey is back. Thank 49ers rookie Kaelon Black

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'What's not to like?': Why James Rowson joined SF Giants, picked as offensive coordinator title

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Avril Lavigne welcomes baby girl with mystery partner

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Influential Bay Area rapper, mentored by Too Short, reportedly dies at 39

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Newest 'Bachelor' beat Stanford last time he played in a football game

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'Kindergarten Cop' child star Christian Cousins dead at 43

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US probes if Alice Huang helped smuggle Super Micro products

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Family Dollar to pay $63 million to settle allegations that it routinely overcharged customers

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Why Silicon Valley's knives came out for Anthropic

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will soon celebrate its 100th edition: Which stars are in the lineup?

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Barry Bonds, Metallica, Nancy Pelosi to be inducted into California Hall of Fame

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Russell Brand accused of sexual misconduct by 6 more women, including after a San Francisco concert

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Patrick Stewart's wife breaks silence two weeks after his death

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Three-bedroom house in San Jose sells for $2.1 million

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Rubio acknowledges in wake of GOP midterm losses that 'people are struggling' economically

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Trump administration cancels mandatory pay hike for Head Start teachers

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Trump, Xi and Putin plan an unprecedented joint meeting on the sidelines of APEC, officials say

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Photos: Stormy weather brings big waves to the coast

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Saratoga: Five-bedroom house sells for $5 million

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How CFP expansion impacts Group of Six champ games, bowls and schedules

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San Mateo County Superior Court Workers announce strike

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Will fallout from the Nvidia scandal dampen the exuberance around the AI boom?

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Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Ian Herndon, Menlo School

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Live rain map: Where it's raining in the Bay Area

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How to prep your home for winter

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