Bleday homers, Boyle pitches six innings as A’s beat Rays 3-0
By Emily OhmanThe Associated Press OAKLAND — JJ Bleday hit a two-run homer, Joe Boyle pitched six effective innings and the Oakland A’s beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on …
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Table tennis helps Parkinson’s, brain tumor patients
BURLINGAME — Eleven years after doctors told his family they weren’t sure if he would survive an inoperable brain tumor, 16-year-old Bosman Botha maneuvers around a ping pong table like …
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe demands return of artifacts, federal recognition
BERKELEY — More than a dozen members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe rallied at UC Berkeley in traditional regalia Tuesday, dancing, chanting and praying on a patch of grass outside …
Port Chicago disaster, civil rights role to be memorialized
CONCORD — During World War II, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine was a bustling hub where hundreds of African American sailors — segregated from their white counterparts — toiled as …
How an 80-year-old Judy Garland song became a Pride anthem
By Scottie Andrew and Sydney Bishop | CNN It was 1944 when the trolley first started to clang. “The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet …
Nonprofit’s $500 ‘defensible space’ grants help cut residents’ insurance costs
PARADISE — The letter from the insurance company arrived just before Brian and Morgan Gobba finally finished construction on their new house: Their homeowner’s policy was being canceled. The Gobbas …
23 Bay Area towns have become ‘$2 million’ cities
The list of Bay Area cities where the typical home value tops $1 million is no longer remarkable — most towns qualify. The real badge of honor these days? Joining …
Silicon Valley guys make their point by wearing heels for the YWCA
There’s something inherently silly about seeing a parade of men — suited professionals, healthcare workers and union laborers among them — strolling around the fashion mecca of Santana Row in …
Bay FC loses expansion showdown on late Utah goal
SAN JOSE – If Bay FC fails to make the playoffs in its inaugural season, it will look back at games like Sunday’s against the Utah Royals as the reason …
Ukrainian winemakers visit Napa Valley to learn how to heal war-ravaged vineyards
By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press RUTHERFORD — As the head of an association of winemakers in southern Ukraine, Georgiy Molchanov knows a lot about how …