16+ hour, 12+ min ago   (286+ words) ANTIOCH — Two people were killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle crash early Sunday morning. Antioch police officers responded to the scene near Deer Valley Road and Balfour Road at approximately 12:21 a.m. Two individuals were pronounced dead at the…...

22+ hour, 3+ min ago   (188+ words) PLEASANT HILL — A local resident in his 50s is facing 11 felony charges after police raided his home and seized guns, firearm parts, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, according to court records. The 56-year-old Pleasant Hill man faces 11 felony counts of…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (610+ words) Q: My wife and I recently reserved a Jeep Compass from Dollar Car Rental to be picked up in Phoenix and returned to the Albuquerque airport. When we arrived in Phoenix, we verbally declined the extra insurance and roadside assistance because…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (396+ words) SAN LEANDRO — What started as a routine traffic stop Thursday morning ended with two fleeing suspects being arrested after their vehicle crashed while going the wrong way on Interstate 580, authorities said. Both suspects suffered non-life threatening injuries, as did the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (856+ words) A sex worker pleaded guilty to murdering three men with fatal doses of fentanyl after luring them with sex and drugs during a 10-month robbery spree in Manhattan, officials said Tuesday. Tabitha Bundrick, 39, is expected to be sentenced to 27 years…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (923+ words) SAN JOSE — Ed Carpio is master of what he calls “punch, kick, elbow, knee therapy.” Inside his gym Condition and Competition Kickboxing along Old Bayshore Road in San Jose, six days a week, he and his team teach people how…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (542+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: Strolling through a state fair, a couple run into a national celebrity. Husband asks if he can take a picture of the celebrity and wife together. He clicks the shutter as the celebrity places a hand on…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (151+ words) The Mercury News Review: Deep Purple headlines but the 2 opening acts are so much better A new California law will ban watering decorative grass, even in non-drought years, starting Jan. 1 Dear Abby: My wife died on vacation, and this man…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (597+ words) San Francisco State University’s president Lynn Mahoney will retire next summer, she announced Tuesday — marking the latest leadership vacancy to plague the California State University system in the last year. Mahoney has served as San Francisco State’s president since 2019 and…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (207+ words) Peter Hook is enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of not just one but two legendary bands — Joy Division and New Order. Hook, one of the coolest bassists to ever rock a stage, is…...