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By KOSTYA MANENKOV, STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTINA LARSON, Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their development of metal–organic frameworks that could eventually help reduce pollution and combat climate change. A member …

By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK  — Taylor Swift says she did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, which will be headlined by Bad Bunny. “The Life of a Showgirl” singer paid a visit to “The …

As anyone who’s seen “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” knows, John C. Reilly has got serious pipes. And on one Monday in October, at Livermore’s Bankhead Theater, he’ll show them off in a heartfelt way for his world-traveling musical, …

By Malena Carollo, CalMatters The state’s two largest utilities routinely drag their feet connecting solar panels to the electric grid, missing state-mandated deadlines as much as 73% of the time, according to a complaint filed to regulators by solar advocates. …

OAKLAND — A  20-year-old Fairfield woman was shot Tuesday night while she was a passenger in a vehicle driving in the Eastlake district, authorities said. The woman was in stable condition at a hospital where she was being treated for …

Stanford’s football program announced a massive cash infusion Wednesday as college sports enter a new era of revenue sharing. Former Cardinal player Bradford M. Freeman has donated $50 million to the program, the school said in a release. Freeman is …

LOS GATOS — Some memories don’t fade away. So it was that Los Gatos High School, on Friday night against Pittsburg, rechristened its traditional “Pink Out” game as the Allan McGurk Memorial Cancer Awareness Game. Because to those at Los …

By KOSTYA MANENKOV, STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTINA LARSON, Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their development of metal–organic frameworks that could eventually help reduce pollution and combat climate change. A member …

By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK  — Taylor Swift says she did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, which will be headlined by Bad Bunny. “The Life of a Showgirl” singer paid a visit to “The …

As anyone who’s seen “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” knows, John C. Reilly has got serious pipes. And on one Monday in October, at Livermore’s Bankhead Theater, he’ll show them off in a heartfelt way for his world-traveling musical, …

By Malena Carollo, CalMatters The state’s two largest utilities routinely drag their feet connecting solar panels to the electric grid, missing state-mandated deadlines as much as 73% of the time, according to a complaint filed to regulators by solar advocates. …

OAKLAND — A  20-year-old Fairfield woman was shot Tuesday night while she was a passenger in a vehicle driving in the Eastlake district, authorities said. The woman was in stable condition at a hospital where she was being treated for …

Stanford’s football program announced a massive cash infusion Wednesday as college sports enter a new era of revenue sharing. Former Cardinal player Bradford M. Freeman has donated $50 million to the program, the school said in a release. Freeman is …

LOS GATOS — Some memories don’t fade away. So it was that Los Gatos High School, on Friday night against Pittsburg, rechristened its traditional “Pink Out” game as the Allan McGurk Memorial Cancer Awareness Game. Because to those at Los …

As the federal government shutdown enters day 8, Democrats and Republicans have yet to find a compromise that would reopen the government. With Republicans asking Democrats to agree to their “clean” continuing resolution (CR) and President Trump threatening to block …