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With all of Solano County now in Assembly District 11, two of the county’s residents will battle it out for the seat, including current Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City, and newcomer Jenny Callison, an independent from Vacaville. Running unopposed …

SAN FRANCISCO — For a head coach, picking a favorite player has to be like picking a favorite child. There might be an answer, but it will never be publicly spoken. But push Warriors coach Steve Kerr — I mean, really …

One of the coldest places in the universe is in Menlo Park. Thirty feet below the Peninsula’s graceful foothills, a new superconducting particle accelerator at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has been cooled to 456 degrees below zero Fahrenheit — just …

Caroline Mills now goes into her San Jose office at accounting giant Ernst & Young whenever her team agrees they want to — and sometimes when the company puts on the Wednesday happy hour featuring beer, wine and Asian-fusion food-truck …

There was some room for doubt back in February, when gasoline prices rose precipitously: Until the oil companies who refine most California gas unveiled their first-quarter profits, it would be impossible to be sure the spike stemmed from price gouging. …

Dear Critter Corner:  My senior cat Titan was diagnosed with kidney disease last year that has progressed into hospice care. How can I help him live out the rest of his days in the best way possible? I’m really sorry …

Q: Thank you for printing Stan Taylor’s letter in last Friday’s paper. The situation he describes happens all the time. Robert Cronin, Menlo Park A: And… Q: I just wanted to strongly agree and support Stan Taylor’s comment regarding cyclists and four-way …

By The Associated Press MOSCOW — The Kremlin says it will be up to residents of areas in Ukraine controlled by Russian troops to determine their future status. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that people living in such places …

Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against the disease, promising fast, convenient and dramatic protection from severe illness in older adults and others at higher risk from the virus. But in recent …

An upcoming auction featuring hundreds of Disneyland items expected to fetch as much as $600,000 apiece will give Disneyana enthusiasts a chance to add a bit of the Anaheim theme park’s history to their personal memorabilia collections. Heritage Auctions in …

This is the revenge, the opportunity for Max Strus to settle the score, to prove the Boston Celtics wrong, to make Brad Stevens wish he never issued that pink slip. Right? “No,” Strus said to the Sun Sentinel during a …

Seven volumes of handwritten notes apparently sent by a man accused of fatally shooting a doctor and injuring five people at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods landed in the mail of a Chinese-language newspaper office in Los Angeles this …

By Tom Krisher | The Associated Press The U.S. government’s road safety agency has dispatched a team to investigate the possibility that a Tesla involved in a Newport Beach crash that killed three people was operating on a partially automated …

In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a Primary Caregiver Diversion law. It created a pathway for parents and caregivers accused of certain crimes to have their charges dismissed if they complete rehabilitative programs such as parenting, anger management and financial …

By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the start of the war in Ukraine has testified that he shot a Ukrainian civilian on an officer’s orders. Vadim Shishimarin could get …

Police are seeking three suspects in a smash-and-grab robbery at an El Monte jewelry store Tuesday afternoon. At about 1:15 p.m., three men armed with hammers entered the store on the 10900 block of Main Street and began smashing the …

By Brian Chappatta | Bloomberg Elon Musk spent Wednesday on Twitter, announcing his political switch from Democrat to Republican, trashing ESG and replying to several users of the social-media website he’s agreed to buy. Tesla, meanwhile, sank to the lowest …

A 16-year-old girl was recovering in the hospital Wednesday after being repeatedly stabbed by a teen boy in Montclair, authorities said. Around 3:30 p.m., the victim was walking home from school in the 4700 block of San Bernardino Street when …

“Nothing changed after moviegoers were slaughtered in Aurora. Nothing changed after children were massacred in Newtown, after worshipers were killed inside a church in Charleston, after office workers were mowed down at a holiday party in San Bernardino.” I wrote …

The climate-change clock continues to tick away as time draws nearer to when the most disastrous consequences of global temperature increases are unavoidable. A team of meteorologists from the World Meteorological Organization recently predicted that within the next five years …