When Montrail Brackens was finally allowed outside, guards at San Francisco County Jail No. 3 led him and several other inmates into small enclosures that reminded Brackens of dog kennels. It was late ...

If a fight breaks out in a baseball clubhouse, outsiders don’t need to know about it. That’s the players’ private sanctuary, and confrontations happen more often than one might think. If two people ...

The Great American bandwagon rolls into Santa Clara’s Great America parking lot next week and even if you don’t have three grand to spend for one of the few remaining tickets for the game at Levi’s ...

For Cristina Wu Feng, the back-to-back earthquakes that tore through Venezuela on Wednesday were not a distant disaster: It was a family emergency she could do nothing about. Like many of the roughly ...

AVENAL, Kings County — Carrying signs that read “Exit!” and “Get out, not wanted,” dozens of Avenal residents flooded the first City Council meeting since three elected leaders voted to defy a ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mendocino County in Northern California on Wednesday morning, cracking walls, knocking items from shelves, temporarily closing at least one business and leaving ...

The dish I look forward to most every summer is a BLT sandwich. There are only a few months out of the year when tomatoes are at their peak — meaning they’re ready to pair with bacon. (If you’ve ever ...

Last week’s announcement that Bay Area grocer Mollie Stone’s acquired United Markets and its two locations in San Anselmo and San Rafael has kindled anxiety among some shoppers that the beloved Marin ...

Nearly two weeks into the San Francisco Giants’ Pride Night public-relations nightmare, team president and CEO Larry Baer at last said something. Fans, especially those in the LGBTQ community, had ...

Whatever the San Francisco Giants’ plans for Tyler Mahle, Wednesday night’s clinic was an excellent start. The finish, for the Giants, was even better: all their offense came on two swings in the ...

A man was shot and killed in downtown Oakland on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The shooting happened just before 3 p.m. in the 550 block of 17th Street, near Clay Street. When officers arrived, ...

After decades of efforts to open public access to Mossbrae Falls, a spectacular water feature in California’s far north, the pieces appear to be in place for a legitimate trail to be installed. On ...