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$165,489 lotto ticket sold at Hayward gas station
Someone who bought a lottery ticket at a Hayward Chevron station picked all Fantasy 5 numbers Monday night.
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Review: Most underrated ’80s new wave act wows during Bay Area show
ABC is the most underrated ’80s new wave pop band of all. Yet, that certainly didn’t appear to be the case on on Monday night (May 22) at Bimbo’s 365 Club, as hundreds of fans packed the snazzy San Francisco club to capacity to energetically cheer on vocalist Martin Fry and company and joyfully relive […]
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Study: Santa Clara County edges out Orange County in share of Vietnamese restaurants
Vietnamese food fans take note: Santa Clara County now has the highest share of Vietnamese restaurants in the nation.
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Falafel’s Drive-In co-owner explains origin of banana shake, restaurant’s name
“We got really busy after ‘Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives.; Don’t get me wrong – we were swamped before that – but it was like the next level.”
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A 4-year-old boy was dropped over a California border barrier. Agents who rushed to help came under fire
The incident happened around 9 p.m. on May 15, about half a mile east of the San Ysidro port of entry. Surveillance video captured the moment the child was dropped over the barrier by someone who was entering the country illegally, CPB said.
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Mother suspected in 10-year-old Oakland girl’s stabbing death
Authorities have confirmed that the suspect in the stabbing death Monday morning of a 10-year-old Oakland girl is the child’s mother.
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Man swept away in American River is found dead 3 weeks later
In the past month, four people have been found dead in rivers in California’s Sierra foothills, and three others are missing.
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Colorado River deal: What does it mean for California?
Southern California growers agreed to use less water through 2026 and receive federal funds in return. But it’s not a long-term solution to the Colorado River’s water woes.
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Four decades later, pain of Archbishop Mitty teacher being killed on Highway 17 lingers: Roadshow
The time has come to crack down on these lousy drivers on Highway 17 and get them off the road, reader says.
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Walgreens settles consumer claims it knew Elizabeth Holmes company Theranos was a fraud
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. reached a tentative settlement with consumers who received Theranos Inc. blood tests in Arizona and California and claimed that the drugstore giant was “willfully blind” to fraud at the blood-testing startup.
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Opinion: BART should adopt driverless trains, VTA should halt San Jose extension
Rather than planning for a sales tax increase, Bay Area transit agencies could first take steps to cut costs
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Energy company that’s raised billions buys key downtown San Jose site
A big energy company has bought a prime plot of empty downtown San Jose land that once was slated to become a mixed-use village.