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Kyle Shanahan may move tight ends into backfield-blocking roles until regular fullback can return

Facebook has agreed to pay $40 million to advertisers who said it inflated the amount of time its users watched videos.

Nick Bosa says he and his teammates want to make an impression Monday night that the 49ers are a legitimate contender

California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers shut down Monday and laid off 750 employees.

California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers shut down Monday and laid off 750 employees. Laura Sambol reports.

All along, the Giants have been viewed as a short-term solution for Bryce Harper. That’s not actually the case. 

Police in San Jose are accused of using excessive force in the shooting of a naked man who ran after a mother and child in 2017, according to a lawsuit filed this week.

Sharks forward Joe Thornton reportedly left the team’s five-game road trip Saturday and has been placed on injured reserve.

Chaotic police body-camera footage from last year’s deadly wildfires in Northern California’s wine country shows officers running door-to-door urging people to flee and rescuing elderly residents of a retirement community as flames bear down, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

A Yosemite National Park landmark is set to get a $13 million upgrade. Park officials are putting the final touches on a restoration plan for the base of Bridalveil Fall, the first waterfall that many visitors see when entering Yosemite Valley.

A federal appeals court is weighing in on an unusual lawsuit by a group of young people who say the Trump administration is violating their constitutional rights by failing to address climate change.

A former Tesla worker is suing the car company, alleging he was called the N-word and describing the Northern California factory as a “hotbed for racist behavior.”

A student revolt is building after San Jose State University reinstated a professor who had been on leave after being found to have sexually harassed a student.

Classes will begin soon at San Jose State University and a professor who was punished by the school for sexually harassing a student is scheduled to return to teach.

Police are investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins in Brentwood and Livermore. Pete Suratos reports.

A portion of Big Sur which has been cut off since February by a collapsed bridge and a massive landslide is accessible again.

Hillsborough’s most recognizable piece of real estate has finally been sold, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Many South Bay students and parents are up in arms after school officials canceled a field trip to Yosemite.

A South Bay high school football team is celebrating its first concussion-free season in years, and the coaching staff names a new tackling method as the reason.

A South Bay high school football team is celebrating its first concussion-free season in years, and the coaching staff names a new tackling method as the reason.