The Earthquakes’ biggest rivalry game of the year has been pushed back three months. San Jose’s match with the LA Galaxy scheduled for Saturday night at Stanford Stadium has been rescheduled for Sept. 24 due to a power outage on the school’s campus. The team said tickets purchased for the match will automatically carry over…
A doctors’ group on Thursday filed a lawsuit claiming BART is infringing on their constitutional free speech rights by refusing to allow ads targeting technology executive Elon Musk in trains and stations. The suit against the transit agency by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine alleged BART is violating the 1st Amendment by refusing to…
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OAKLAND — In an effort to generate leads, police Thursday released video surveillance images of a vehicle that fled after causing fatal injuries June 16 to a 42-year-old father bicycling near City Hall with his 6 and 8-year-old sons. Dmitry Putilov, of Oakland, was killed in the collision. His sons, who were riding separate bicycles, were…
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OAKLAND – A’s starting pitcher Frankie Montas came within four outs of his first career no-hitter Thursday. Montas had allowed just two walks in seven sterling innings for Oakland against the Seattle Mariners, but an opposite-field single by Adam Frazier with two outs broke up the bid for the 16th no-hitter in A’s franchise history….
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A University of California Berkeley team doctor has been on leave since December while a law firm hired by the school conducts an investigation into allegations of misconduct against the physician, the Southern California News Group has learned. Dr. Kent Scheff, an associate team physician for Cal’s athletic teams, was placed on “investigatory leave” on…
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Critics of plans to build a huge new reservoir in Santa Clara County near Pacheco Pass have filed a lawsuit against the proposed $2.5 billion project, presenting a new hurdle for what would be the largest reservoir constructed anywhere in the Bay Area in more than 20 years. The group, called the Stop the Pacheco…
Q: I’m happy to hear that BART is upgrading its parking systems at six stations. But for those of us in San Jose, that brings little relief from BART parking hell. Judith Hurley, San Jose A: Tell me more, so I understand what might be causing the frustration. Q: I found out the hard way…
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OAKLAND – A’s left-hander Jared Koenig got the kind of run support Sunday that some of his fellow starting pitchers have only sparingly enjoyed. Seth Brown and Sean Murphy both homered to help lead the A’s to a 4-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Father’s Day, giving Oakland an all-too-rare win at the…
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The Golden State Warriors are bringing the Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy back to the Bay Area, and they’re inviting everyone to join the party. The team plans to parade through the streets of downtown San Francisco on Monday, just days after vanquishing the Boston Celtics in game six at TD Garden for their fourth…
An overnight fire near Oakland’s Sheffield Village neighborhood torched 2.5 acres of grass and trees before firefighters were able to bring it under control early Sunday morning. The blaze began shortly before 10:15 p.m. Saturday, near Covington Street and Marlow Drive and quickly spread through steep terrain near the neighborhood, just east of Interstate 580….
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