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Trees, not asphalt: The $1 billion effort to build 'cooler' California school playgrounds

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Capitola Wharf, wrecked in huge winter storms, set to reopen after $10 million upgrade

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$7 million project begins to rebuild historic Northern California wharf wrecked in huge winter storms

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Capitola Village and wharf: Storm-smashed then, storm-smashed now

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Branham athletics saga: Board votes against hearing complaint supporting dismissed AD

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Interstate 680 to partially close this weekend for repairs

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Review: Dead & Company opens Sphere Las Vegas residency in epic fashion

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Santa Clara County: Man found dead at Elmwood jail

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7 incredible Bay Area things to do this weekend

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Travelers gearing up for Memorial Day road trips will have plenty of company

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SF Giants' Jung Hoo Lee to undergo season-ending surgery

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How Filipina American DJ Umami brings Bay Area 'flavor' to SF Giants games at Oracle Park

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Editorial: About 1,000 passengers could have died at SFO. Finally, Congress has acted

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Walters: How California's budget morphed into a $45 billion deficit in two years

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Dear Abby: These single women with their dogs are unbalanced

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Harriette Cole: Being a supportive wife has backfired on me

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Miss Manners: We told our friends the truth, and now they've cut us off

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Dear Abby: His wife thinks no one knows what she has been doing

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Dear Abby: I think it's disgusting what they're doing, but I can't say that

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Ask Amy: It was a lovely wedding. And then we got the email from the bride.

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Ask Amy: I fled the gym and left her with the creepy man

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Miss Manners: They ditched our high-drama friend, and now they pretend to care about her shattered life

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Dear Abby: I'm 18, and my dad says I'm partly to blame for the divorce

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Mail carrier robbed of postal keys in Palo Alto

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Antioch man's death being investigated as a homicide

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Richmond cops cleared in fatal shooting last summer

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Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather

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SF Giants snap Rockies' 7-game win streak, get Blake Snell back next

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Athletics' downward spiral continues with loss to Royals

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Reggie Crawford could be in SF Giants' bullpen by end of this season

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Keaton Winn becomes SF Giants' latest injury victim with forearm strain

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Horoscopes May 18, 2024: Tina Fey, focus on self-worth

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Word Game: May 18, 2024

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Bridge: May 18, 2024

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Ask Amy: These annoying men are ruining my favorite hangout

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Photos: Mass Casualty Exercise at Valley Medical Center

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Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied UC Berkeley building

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Photos: Piedmont mansion designed by SF Neiman Marcus rotunda architect listed for $6.5 million

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First commercial hydrogen fueling station in US for big rigs set to open in Bay Area

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Photos: Estate of Hollywood silent movie star Francis Lederer hits the market

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Oakland's homeless population rises 9%, Alameda County population dips 3%

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Pro-Palestinian protesters take over abandoned UC Berkeley building

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NASA researchers bid farewell to 'flying laboratory' at Ames Research Center

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Family of Angelo Quinto, who died at hands of Antioch cops, agrees to $7.5 million settlement with city

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Photos: Sports stars, celebrities rep new Golden State Valkyries merch

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Sponsored: How can buyers score a victory when old home features electrical, insurance woes

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'Experience economy' may bolster post-COVID downtown San Jose recovery

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Santa Cruz County a case study on pandemic Project Roomkey

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Cupertino adopts housing plan for 4,588 homes, seeks to allow zoning for high-density projects

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Danville: New California-style restaurant and bar opens Friday

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Gourmet hot dogs, frosé and beer on tap await at this new Martinez restaurant

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Mountain View: Pizza champ TonyG will debut new restaurant, plus 'Apricot Fields' slices

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30+ festivals, fairs and things to do in the Bay Area this summer

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Ron Gonzales: It's time to finish what we started with San Jose BART extension

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Opinion: Menstrual health isn't part of California sex education. Why that needs to change

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Kristof: From the embers of an old genocide, a new one may be emerging

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Letters: Keep Price | Name change | Help homeless | Farcical debates

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FDA said it never inspected dental lab that made controversial AGGA device

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Undergrads are unionizing, in a sign of labor's resurgence

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Their first baby came with medical debt. These parents won't have another

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Three arrested in San Mateo roofing scheme

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Cambridge couple stranded in Brazil with premature newborn say they are stuck in 'bureaucratic morass'

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Scottie Scheffler arrested at PGA Championship for traffic violation, returns to course hours later

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ABC's 'Golden Bachelorette' is 61-year-old Maryland grandmother

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