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About 2,000 homicides were committed in Santa Clara County since 1978, but only 15 killers — the worst of the worst — are under sentence of death for the murders they committed over that period. District Attorney Jeff Rosen wants …

LAFAYETTE J. Lynn Jackson’s “Lucía Fuentes” will run June 14-22 at Lafayette’s Town Hall Theatre. The play is the seventh and final installment of the theater’s “New Voices” series and will feature Jackson’s adventurous crime piece. Katja Rivera will direct. …

Celebrate Free Comic Book Days this year from May 6 through May 11 in the Contra Costa County Library system. Visit your local library to pick up free comics and fun take-home activities. Stay a while and enjoy in-person activities …

WALNUT CREEK The city of Walnut Creek is hosting its annual Memorial Day ceremony from 11 a.m. to noon May 27 at Civic Park. Everyone is welcome to attend and pay respects to those who served our country and paid …

Entering the playoffs with a goalie problem is like taking a road trip in the family truckster. Think you hate it now, wait ’til you drive it. The Avs head to Winnipeg on Sunday. Buckle your seat belts. The Avs …

In hindsight, one ejection means more to Michael Malone than all the others. It was Dec. 7, 2016, in Brooklyn. Malone was in the second month of the second season of his second head coaching job in the NBA. Most …

Motorists whizzing along Interstate 70 between Rifle and Grand Junction are unlikely to notice tiny De Beque, a tumbleweed town of fewer than 500 souls with only four students in the high school’s graduating class. A CHSAA official measures out …

Caitlin Clark is not a moment. She’s a movement. Talk show host Colin Cowherd said this a few weeks ago, and it remains true. It also means it must be reflected in the coverage of Clark specifically and women’s sports …

By COLLEEN SLEVIN (Associated Press) DENVER — Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted …

On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.” A monotone voice responded that the bagel was unhealthy because it was high in carbohydrates, which could contribute …

Becoming unable to possibly once again hoist that sweet, soup contest trophy was a tough swallow for this Aspen restaurant. A cozy concoction of tomato soup and cheese sticks nabbed Pepperjack’s Cafe — The Gant’s on-property eatery — Wintersköl’s 2023 …

WASHINGTON — Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion energy. He reads books about geometry for fun. …

With everything a smartphone can do these days, it is often easy to overlook one of the device’s most basic functions: voice calls. Communicating by telephone has become more complicated in a world of robocalls and automated voice trees, but …

A bill in the Colorado legislature, filed in response to reports that patients were confused when a company they’d never heard of sued them over medical debts, would limit how collection agencies can pursue payment. HB-1380, which passed the state …

THIS baffling brainteaser has left even the most avid of puzzle fans scratching their heads in confusion. Everyone can see the man, test your IQ and observation skills by trying to find the eight bunnies in this picture. PlaybuzzCan you …