1+ hour, 6+ 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…...

4+ hour, 14+ 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…...

4+ hour, 27+ 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…...

4+ hour, 44+ 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…...

5+ hour, 47+ 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…...

6+ hour, 46+ 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…...

8+ hour, 4+ min 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…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (389+ words) Aaron Baker, a 25-year veteran of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, on Tuesday was named CEO by the agency’s board, taking the helm of Silicon Valley’s largest water district after a year of political turmoil and as a winter…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (219+ words) CASTRO VALLEY — A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the fatal stabbing of his father inside their home Saturday, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said. The son is 20 and his father was 51, but their names have yet…...

8+ hour, 27+ min ago   (168+ words) FREMONT — A 60-year-old man died early Monday after he was struck by a vehicle while walking in the street, authorities said. On Tuesday, the coroner’s bureau identified the man killed as David Elliott. The bureau did not have a confirmed…...