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Allowing 'data science' as a substitute for Algebra 2 would teach students almost no practical or conceptual skills.

A Notice of Trustee’s Sale was nailed to his front door.

Celebrities born on this day, today's birthday horoscope and numbers and the daily horoscope for each zodiac sign.

TODAY’S WORD — SCROUNGE (SCROUNGE: SKROWN’j: To get, as if by foraging, scavenging or borrowing.) Average mark 47 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find 55 or more words in SCROUNGE? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S WORD — RECRUITS recruit recur rest rice ricer rise riser rite ruse rust rustic rustier ecru […]

“Simple Saturday” columns focus on improving basic technique and logical thinking. As declarer, you will often face stressful guessing situations. Not even a world-class expert will guess right every time, but clues from the bidding and play may help. Moreover, the correct “guess” may be logically indicated. In today’s deal West, who has overcalled in […]

Surprise, there are family members on the doorstep.

We thought it was the right way to teach her about money.

Plus: Short men's delusions make things uncomfortable.

We're both teachers, but she says that isn't exciting enough.

Photos: Stanford, Berkeley join nation wide college demonstrations over war in Gaza

Police said the suspects forced employees to hand over cash at gunpoint.

The Oakland A's opened a three-game series at A.L. East-leading Baltimore with a comeback win that saw Mason Miller earn another save and Shea Langeliers homer.

The 49ers drafted defensive back Rendardo Green to close out the second round, after trading down one spot with two-time Super Bowl nemesis Kansas City.

Judge Mark Warner said evidence showed Jeremy Cooper did not purposely give McClain a ketamine overdose, rejecting claims by prosecutors that the paramedic had acted with indifference.

Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people.

Mercury News Letters to the Editor for April 28, 2024

As his Ricky Pearsall Jr. arrived at Levi's Stadium after being drafted by the 49ers, his father recalled how he used to throw Skittles at him to groom his catching skills.

Berkeley residents living in District 7 have a new city council representative in Cecilia Lunaparra, whose victory in an election of fewer than 500 votes was certified Friday.

The family has filed a legal claim stemming from the incident.

Seven men who went unconscious and died while Bay Area police were arresting them were injected with a tranquilizer, according to an AP report that uncovered a nationwide trend in similar incidents.

The first Bay Area location of Handel's Homemade Ice Cream, a nearly 80-year-old national ice cream brand, has just opened in Walnut Creek.

Morgan Hill is received $2 million in federal dollars to expand highway lanes and prepare for increased train traffic.

A valedictorian of Oakland's police academy, Jordan Wingate was a young cadet whose career was cut short right out the gate.