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No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) beat No. 2 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) 3-1 in a MaxPreps Top 25 showdown Saturday to win the Southern Section Division 1 title in California. Mater Dei responded from a 24-26 first-set loss in which it squandered a seven-point lead to take the next three sets 25-23, 25-21, 25-23 victory.
A community favorite bar and pizza joint in Oakland, Arthur Mac’s Tap and Snack, is preparing to close. The restaurant will pour its final drink in December. The owner also shared that the location is up for sale. Arthur Mac’s Tap and Snack Says Goodbye to Oakland. Well-known...
In her first official remarks after being reelected as Oakland mayor, Barbara Lee on Thursday hailed the likely passage of Measure EE and outlined some of her priorities at City Hall. As of the latest preliminary voting results from early Wednesday, the incumbent Lee had secured 84.3% of the vote,...
Concerns remain over school board races as ‘moderates’ lead progressives. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters has released the first round of election results, though many ballots remain uncounted and results are still incomplete. Nationally, Democrats, liberals and progressives celebrated Tuesday evening as President Donald Trump was dealt...
Communities across the Bay Area will mark Da de los Muertos on Saturday with cultural festivals, traditional music, dance performances, art and family activities. The celebrations begin at 10 a.m. at the Presidio Tunnel Tops and Crissy Field Center in San Francisco, where the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy will host a combined Da de los Muertos and Diwali festival. A planting activity in remembrance of loved ones will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The city of Livermore ended fiscal year 2025-26 with a general fund operating surplus of about $5.5 million, the majority of which the City Council will consider allocating to city reserves. The council is set to vote on the allocation, plus other budget adjustments...
The Oakland Diwali festival brought hundreds together for a colorful celebration of South Asian culture, featuring dance performances, music and free food. Produced by City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, the growing Festival of Lights aims to celebrate diversity and create a sense of belonging for people of all backgrounds.
Oakland is lining up a warm, mostly sunny Friday, with temperatures climbing from the low 50s into the upper 60s and near 70 by afternoon. The bigger concern for residents near the waterfront is not the sunshine but unusually high tides that could cause minor flooding along low-lying Bay shoreline areas.
The 2026 midterm elections were historic for Democrats, but those who kept the Golden State blue are adamant that now is not the time for party leaders to get complacent. Bay Area voters rallied in San Francisco and San José on Saturday to celebrate a “tsunami” of firsts and accomplishments for the Democratic Party – multiple flipped red-to-blue seats, the first-ever Black female governor in the country and the first Muslim member of the Senate, to name a few – in what many say is a repudiation of President Donald Trump and the issues that took priority in his Make America Great Again movement.
