20+ hour, 7+ min ago   (457+ words) The 97-79 victory extended the Americans’ streak to 36 straight World Cup wins, dating to the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup, where they lost to Russia. The U.S. improved to 9-0 in gold-medal games since finishing second in 1983 to the Soviet Union. Despite…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (82+ words) The Mercury News “To not include a cross-section of our demographic into the script is insensitive.” — Cupertino City Council Member R “Ray” Wang, after seeing a trailer for the new CBS legal drama “Cupertino,” which some residents say bears little…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (423+ words) Inflation cooled slightly in the Bay Area in August, but gasoline prices skyrocketed in the region, a government report released Friday shows. The Bay Area inflation rate rose 3.4% over the one-year period that ended in August, less than the 3.8% annual…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (531+ words) Fremont and Union City quietly ended their use of a $2.6 million police dispatch system after the newly acquired software “experienced unexpected instability” during service calls. Fremont, which contracts with Union City to provide dispatch services, used computer-aided dispatch software (CAD)…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (610+ words) Q: My wife and I recently reserved a Jeep Compass from Dollar Car Rental to be picked up in Phoenix and returned to the Albuquerque airport. When we arrived in Phoenix, we verbally declined the extra insurance and roadside assistance because…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (444+ words) By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting records related to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial strategy of monitoring — yet not…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (426+ words) The 49ers’ 2026 season is starting unlike any other in franchise history, with an opening game nearer to the South Pole than Candlestick Park. While the setting — the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia’s second-most populous city — is new, the opponent is quite…...

4+ day, 46+ min ago   (589+ words) MELBOURNE, Australia – An American flag is displayed deep inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It flew in 1943 with the U.S. Marines during a successful World War II defense of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Back then, the MCG hosted Marines and…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (258+ words) The Mercury News Amateur comedian busted after police link San Ramon theft footage to video of his standup routine SAN RAMON — If a local comic had taken the stage at Tommy T’s in a shirt with long sleeves instead of…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (505+ words) An Alameda County Superior Court judge has suspended the criminal case against the man accused of stabbing five people — one fatally — in Oakland’s Fruitvale district last month, after concerns arose about the man’s mental fitness to stand trial. Judge Rozlynn…...