Dear Abby: I found out my neighbor has been raiding my garden
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Sunnyvale’s new city manager is a familiar face
After appointing Tim Kirby as interim city manager in June, the Sunnyvale City Council on Aug. 27 unanimously voted to make the position permanent. Kirby was set to officially become city manager on ...
Saratoga teams with San Jose nonprofit to subsidize residential tree planting
The city of Saratoga has teamed with the San Jose nonprofit Our City Forest to help subsidize the cost of residential tree planting.
Bay Area high school football 2024: Week 1 preview, schedule
Top matchups in Week 1 include Riordan-McClymonds, Grant-De La Salle, Serra-Folsom, Valley Christian-Wilcox.
Wrecks force East Bay power outage, key road closures
Police closed Buskirk Avenue in Pleasant Hill “indefinitely” between Mayhew Drive and the Crossroads Shopping Center off Monument Boulevard after what they said was an “accident.” Pleasant Hill police ...
The Walnut Creek bar at the center of controversy is for sale — but there’s a catch
Owners of the Spoontonic Lounge in Walnut Creek said business took a nosedive after the bar’s hours were slashed last year.
7 terrific Bay Area things to do over Labor Day weekend
Got your holiday weekend plans? We have some terrific ideas, from great shows and festivals to tasty tacos and cocktails.
Two runaway teens met in foster care near Los Angeles. They ended up in Oakland under control of the same pimp, police say
It started last year as a human trafficking case against a 19-year-old woman, but now authorities say they’ve identified the ...
Questions growing about safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system
A reviewer’s experiences, along with a Seattle-area Tesla crash involving Full Self-Driving that killed a motorcyclist, have drawn the attention of federal regulators.
California prisoner reportedly injured by corrections officers days after filing retaliation lawsuit over Aryan Brotherhood prosecution
The lawsuit accused a prison investigator and a DEA agent of conspiring to retaliate against Ronald Dean Yandell for his work leading a hunger strike and crafting a peace treaty between rival ...
Expired COVID-19 test kits may still be effective
Before buying a new test, check to see whether the expiration dates on any of your test kits have been extended by the Food and Drug Administration.
Search party finds rare bee on Mount Tamalpais
The San Francisco leaf-cutter bee, which is endemic to the area, has been documented less than 100 times — the last being 1980.