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Holiday happenings The 26th annual Holiday Tree Lighting in downtown Sunnyvale is set for Dec. 6, 5-8:30 p.m., on Murphy Avenue. The event features performances by local schools, games and crafts, and a visit from Old St. Nick. There will …

Play pickleball! After a brief closure for renovations, the Hall Memorial Park pickleball and tennis courts have officially reopened. The upgraded facility now has two dedicated tennis courts and six dedicated pickleball courts, all of which have been resurfaced. Visitors …

With the opening of the new Campbell Library pushed out until next winter, the Friends of the Campbell Library have more time to fundraise. While the major funding from Measure O and several grants will cover the rebuilding costs, additional …

Holiday happenings The 26th annual Holiday Tree Lighting in downtown Sunnyvale is set for Dec. 6, 5-8:30 p.m., on Murphy Avenue. The event features performances by local schools, games and crafts, and a visit from Old St. Nick. There will …

Play pickleball! After a brief closure for renovations, the Hall Memorial Park pickleball and tennis courts have officially reopened. The upgraded facility now has two dedicated tennis courts and six dedicated pickleball courts, all of which have been resurfaced. Visitors …

“What do you think about this necklace?” I asked Mr. Moon when he visited my garden window on the first night after the recent rains stopped. Of course, we both knew it was not a necklace but an emergency alert …

The tragedy of the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack includes what might have been. For Ryan Reyes of Rialto, it’s wedding talk that will forever be just that. Ten years ago, on the morning of Dec. 2, Reyes and Daniel …

A year ago, to the day, I wrote a column (“Americans really need to relax and stop taking national politics so seriously”) in which I argued that modern Americans are far too concerned with politics and too emotionally invested in …

The annual general education meeting started off normally. In a rented conference room, San Bernardino County Division of Environmental Health Services employees ate from a breakfast buffet and competed for gift cards in a trivia game. Supervisors gave out awards …

By ALBERT STUMM, Associated Press With a runway of smoking-hot coals laid out before them, residents in San Pedro Manrique, Spain, steel themselves as thousands of onlookers cheer them on. The crowd roars when they walk across the fire, sometimes …

Gary Schuelke looked in the mirror. What looked like a pimple stared back. He squeezed. To his surprise, a tiny piece of bullet fell out. Another half inch higher and he might have lost an eyeball. The fragment struck Schuelke, …

Memorials to those killed Dec. 2, 2015, can be found across the Inland Empire. The nonprofit Incredible Edible Community Garden planned to create 15 gardens: one for each person killed and one for survivors. Seven were completed in memory of …

By Samantha Kelly, Bloomberg News Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc., is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like “Uptown Funk.” But beyond its playful antics, Spot’s ability to climb stairs and open doors …