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(This content was created with the help of AI.) California typically logs a handful of serious mushroom poisonings a year, but it's currently in the midst of what health authorities call an "unprecedented outbreak" of illnesses and deaths. Since November, the California Department of Public Health has documented 47 mus

The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Coroner’s Division is requesting the public’s assistance in trying to identify an unknown person. On February 16, 2026, a woman was struck by a train in Port Costa. The incident was investigated by Amtrak Police and Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office. The person was pronounced d

SANTA CLARA — An office campus in Santa Clara has been bought for $87.2 million in a deal that suggests the Bay Area office market continues to wobble as a rough stretch for the sector persists. Although office leasing has picked up throughout the South Bay, the region continues...

Bay Area gas prices are mostly down a few cents this week compared to last, according to the latest numbers. The lowest average price can be found in Solano County ($6.10), while the highest is in neighboring Napa County ($6.38). The average in Santa Clara County is sitting at $6.13. San Francisco's average is $6.36.

After missing a screening of Mad Max: The Road Warrior earlier this month because I didn’t know it was happening, I scoured the local listings at Oakland theaters over the next few weeks. What I found astounded me: an embarrassment of cinematic riches is heading our way!. From a...

LAFAYETTE, CA — Long before BART reached San Francisco International Airport, and long before anyone was talking seriously about electric air taxis, Lafayette had a more dramatic way to get to SFO. You could take a helicopter. For a few years in the 1960s, SFO Helicopters operated scheduled passenger...

Her last name means “symbol” in Hebrew, and for as long as almost anyone can remember, she was one. An icon in the Bay Area, Rita Semel was a pioneer of interfaith relations, a leader of multiple Jewish community institutions and an indefatigable social justice activist across decades. She died May 13 in San Francisco

A new interactive dinosaur attraction is opening in Oakland, featuring life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, virtual reality experiences and hands-on educational exhibits.

Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff, the producer behind pop music’s biggest hits, singled out artists who use artificial intelligence to make music in his latest journal entry posted to Instagram.

Federal prosecutors say a San Joaquin County man suspected of engaging in a deadly shootout inside an Oakland nightclub in March is in custody and that they’ve filed firearms-related charges against him. In a criminal complaint filed last Friday and unsealed today, U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian and ATF Special...