11+ hour, 17+ min 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…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago   (795+ words) Sometimes the people get what they want from unrestrained executive power. For a combined 16 years as governor, Jerry Brown spurned capital punishment, and we’re going on eight years of Gov. Gavin Newsom doing the same. Over those 24 years for better…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (678+ words) Dear Eric: I got married at 23, divorced at 30. I’m now in my 40s. I don’t have much association with my ex-husband, but I do hear about him from time to time because we’re in the same industry. Recently, my ex started…...

1+ week, 1+ 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…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago   (180+ words) EAST PALO ALTO — Authorities on Tuesday announced criminal charges in a fatal assault last week in East Palo Alto. Angel Lopez Ibarra Jr., 53, of East Palo Alto, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, assault with force likely to produce great bodily…...

10+ hour, 23+ min 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…...

10+ hour, 36+ min ago   (337+ words) ANGEL ISLAND – A prescribed burn at Angel Island State Park sent a plume of smoke into the skies above the Bay Area on Tuesday. The operation came amid soaring temperatures and a warning about deteriorating air quality conditions. California State…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago   (476+ words) MARTINEZ — An anti-ICE cooperation policy was adopted by supervisors Tuesday, bringing Contra Costa County in line with other Bay Area jurisdictions after more than a year of deliberation. The unanimously approved policy prohibits the use of county resources for assisting…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (590+ words) A federal judge voiced skepticism at a hearing Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s proposed facility near Gilroy doesn’t represent a significant change of use, signaling support for state and county officials seeking to block it on environmental grounds, but…...

12+ hour, 55+ min 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…...