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ORINDA — Staring down millions of dollars in liability claims involving teachers accused of sexual abuse, school districts across California fear that a change in state law that revived hundreds of old cases could push them into bankruptcy. Now winding …

James Logan baseball player Amado Viray Santos is the Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week for March 24-29. In the boys poll, Santos had 58.86% to finish ahead of Christopher baseball player Matthew Anderson, who was second …

Two Riverside police officers — one who smashed a resident’s skateboard and another who photographed the damaged board in a crime recorded by a surveillance camera — were sentenced to community service on Thursday, April 3, after agreeing to a …

SAN JOSE – It’ll soon get to a point where the San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks will both be assured of a top-four pick in this June’s NHL Draft. With their 3-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, …

A San Fernando Valley man was arrested on Wednesday, April 3 on suspicion of sexually exploiting children during his participation in an online violent extremist network, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Related Articles Man who preyed on teen girls …

Were we able to transport ourselves back in time 50 years and into California’s Capitol, we would find a governor seeking and enjoying massive attention by national political media as he eyes some greater office. We’d also find a Legislature …

Great gallantry April 5th is known as Go for Broke Day. The term was the slogan for an Army unit comprised of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland U.S. The unit is recognized as the most decorated in the …

Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in San Diego are facing federal charges for allegedly accepting tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes to allow vehicles carrying undocumented migrants to pass unchecked through their inspection lanes at the …

SAN JOSE – A total of 24,766 goals have found Major League Soccer nets since the league launched in 1996. Remember the first? Eric Wynalda dribbled toward the goal box and curled a shot inside the far post for an …

Piedmont Hills softball player Isabella Paskert is the Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week for March 24-29. In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Paskert finished with 50.56% of the votes. Dublin lacrosse player Kailie …

ORINDA — Staring down millions of dollars in liability claims involving teachers accused of sexual abuse, school districts across California fear that a change in state law that revived hundreds of old cases could push them into bankruptcy. Now winding …

James Logan baseball player Amado Viray Santos is the Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week for March 24-29. In the boys poll, Santos had 58.86% to finish ahead of Christopher baseball player Matthew Anderson, who was second …

Two Riverside police officers — one who smashed a resident’s skateboard and another who photographed the damaged board in a crime recorded by a surveillance camera — were sentenced to community service on Thursday, April 3, after agreeing to a …

Bulls president Michael Reinsdorf accused Comcast of acting in “bad faith” during carriage negotiations for Chicago Sports Network, the new TV home of the Bulls, White Sox and Blackhawks. Reinsdorf appeared with Hawks CEO Danny Wirtz at a Crain’s Chicago …

The Bears signed free-agent wide receiver Miles Boykin and cornerback Shaun Wade to one-year contracts Thursday. Both will be with the team when it opens its offseason training program Monday. Boykin, 28, is from Tinley Park and played at Providence …

Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID-19’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own. The …

Spurred by the threat of rising car prices because of tariffs, Ricardo Rinconeño of Orland Park bought a 2025 Chevrolet Equinox last Friday. Rinconeño said he and his wife, Nicole, were considering replacing her 2015 car and the threat of …

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates said Thursday her failed attempt to have CTU-represented teachers’ assistants perform work done by SEIU Local 73 members was about improving outcomes for special education children — not a union power play. Davis …

Baby fever has spread throughout Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The zoo will have several new babies — many coming from an endangered species — available for zoo-goers to see this spring, the zoo announced in a statement. Some of the babies …

For more than 30 years, Edgewater’s Rivendell Theatre Ensemble has occupied a unique niche in Chicago’s theatrosphere. Since its founding, the company has focused on dramas about, or authored by, women. And in an industry where roles for older women …