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Chances are if you have any interest in wine, you can drop into any wine tasting room or wine bar and start chatting with the owner, server or another patron and quickly discover you know someone in common. It’s what …

Oct. 24 GRAND THEFT: 3:30 p.m. at Laser Away on Los Gatos Boulevard. A man took products and left to his vehicle. Oct. 25 Related Articles Minor injuries reported in two collisions in Los Gatos Numerous burglaries reported in Los …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor. The announcement made on …

There are many good reasons for Saratogans to be proud of their namesake high school. Saratoga High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in the nation in several categories. One testament to its significance is the Class of …

Tim Jamieson took the chance. Following Tony Vitello’s freshman season at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, a former NAIA program that transitioned to Division II, his father, Greg, reached out to Jamieson. Greg Vitello and Jamieson had known each …

Bay Area News Group girls volleyball Top 15 (Mercury News & East Bay Times) No. 1 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (27-3) Previous ranking: 1 Last week: Beat Presentation 3-0, Valley Christian 3-0    Up next: No games listed No. 2 ST. IGNATIUS (22-9) …

There are many good reasons for Saratogans to be proud of their namesake high school. Saratoga High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in the nation in several categories. One testament to its significance is the Class of …

Tim Jamieson took the chance. Following Tony Vitello’s freshman season at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, a former NAIA program that transitioned to Division II, his father, Greg, reached out to Jamieson. Greg Vitello and Jamieson had known each …

Bay Area News Group girls volleyball Top 15 (Mercury News & East Bay Times) No. 1 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (27-3) Previous ranking: 1 Last week: Beat Presentation 3-0, Valley Christian 3-0    Up next: No games listed No. 2 ST. IGNATIUS (22-9) …

Chances are if you have any interest in wine, you can drop into any wine tasting room or wine bar and start chatting with the owner, server or another patron and quickly discover you know someone in common. It’s what …

Oct. 24 GRAND THEFT: 3:30 p.m. at Laser Away on Los Gatos Boulevard. A man took products and left to his vehicle. Oct. 25 BATTERY: 12:52 a.m. at Carry Nations on North Santa Cruz Avenue. A man refused to leave …

WASHINGTON  — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor. Related Articles California-based helicopter flying …

Two lanes of northbound Interstate 25 were closed Tuesday morning in Lone Tree for a fatal crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. As of 7:30 a.m., the lanes were closed at exit 192 for RidgeGate Parkway, causing roughly …

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer United Parcel Service posted third-quarter results that handily beat Wall Street’s expectations and gave details about its turnaround efforts, including approximately 34,000 job cuts. Related Articles Checkr, Chevron decisions push downtown vacancy up …

By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is gaining new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers …

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere. Related Articles Checkr, Chevron decisions push downtown vacancy up again in …

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) amplified a news report about a U.S. measles outbreak spreading beyond its Utah-Arizona epicenter this week. The Senator took aim at the vaccine skepticism of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allegedly contributing to …

PEORIA — A white ex-cop charged with murdering an unarmed Black woman in her Springfield-area home last year testified Monday that he fired his gun in self-defense and that his actions “matched the threat level.” Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy …

A Chicago Public Schools special education teaching assistant remains behind bars Monday after he was accused of grooming a 13-year-old student at Gresham Elementary School on the South Side. Mycale R. Ford, 41, was charged with felony grooming after allegedly …

By JOHN MYERS JR. and DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. …