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Point Buckler lies in an area where the fresh water of the Sacramento River and its tributaries surrender to the salty water of the Bay and the Pacific Ocean. This mostly flat, mostly barren dollop of marshland perched on the …

Tom Cruise made a triumphant return to the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday to premiere his latest action blockbuster, “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning,” which opens next week. Exuberant fans lined the Croisette promenade to shout, “Tom, Tom,” as the still-popular …

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON  — House Republicans are advancing President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to pass the package over unified Democratic …

WALNUT CREEK — No boys volleyball team has been more dominant than Northgate in the North Coast Section this season.  Thursday, the superiority was on full display once again. Northgate defeated Amador Valley 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-15 to capture its second …

Livermore was not the best softball team in the East Bay Athletic League this year.  The No. 18 Cowboys navigated an up-and-down campaign that included five losses in league play and a fourth-place finish in the EBAL. Solid, to be …

LOS ANGELES  — Fans and VIPs can fly their way to venues at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with the first air taxis ever to be used at a games. Archer Aviation’s piloted electric air taxi known as Midnight will …

Construction on a new robotics facility for the Fremont Union High School District got underway May 12 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Cupertino High School. Students from all five high schools in the district will be able to use the …

Several hundred job cuts menace the wobbly Bay Area economy in fresh waves of layoffs for workers in the tech, biotech, energy and school sectors, according to official state filings. Related Articles San Jose State University beats Stanford, Cal in …

The Presidio Theatre has been around now for more than 85 years, having been originally been built as a Works Project Administration (WPA) project by the U.S. Army in 1939. Back in its original heyday, the San Francisco venue on …

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison. …

A Denver-based gig app has changed its policies and agreed to return tens of thousands of dollars in suspected withheld wages plus interest to workers after a city auditor investigation. The outcome is expected to benefit more than 700 workers …

It’s Day 2 of the Colorado high school state track and field meet at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood. The Denver Post is there throughout the weekend providing live coverage. Refresh this page for the latest updates and results. Day 1 …

Denver is set to join Chicago in a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration over decisions not to pay the cities millions in promised grant dollars to help cover the cost of sheltering migrants, city officials confirmed ahead of the …

Joseph Peters (Weld County Sheriff’s Office) The Weld County Sheriff’s Office is again asking for the public’s help solving the shooting death of a man whose body was found dumped in an irrigation ditch in 2012. Joseph Peters, 41, had …

An $89 million apartment tower at more than 20 stories will soon rise northeast of Goose Island, after the Chicago Plan Commission approved the project Thursday. If given a final approval by City Council, the tower would be the latest …

A woman was shot to death while sitting in a car Thursday afternoon in North Lawndale. The 33-year-old was inside a car parked on the street about 2:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of South Ridgeway Avenue when three people …

After years of working to clear their names, a former principal and assistant principal at Lincoln Park High School have been removed from Chicago Public Schools “Do Not Hire” list. Former Principal John Thuet and Assistant Principal Michelle Brumfield were …

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s moving to set up direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as he can, after Putin opted …

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing to push their hard-fought package of tax breaks and spending cuts through its next hurdle Friday in the Budget Committee, but conservatives are warning they …

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI, Associated Press New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike, leaving train terminals quiet for Friday’s rush hour and an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their …