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With a Japantown family-run business on the brink, a debate over historic preservation has San Jose in a headlock — preserve the past at a cost, or chase the future at a loss.

SAN JOSE — A Bay Area investor has bought an empty former Safeway store in a deal that could breathe new life into a downtown ...

Farmers are divided over a bill that would loosen rules protecting farmland in an effort to seed more solar on fallowed ...

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke to reporters following the Longhorns' 38-7 win over San Jose State on Saturday at ...

Seeking to serve Oakland’s urban Indigenous population, Native American Health Center is building a community facility with ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. CalMatters is welcoming the newest group of fellows to the College Journalism Network. The program was started in 2019 ...

As the fall term begins at San Jose State, university officials say enrollment is 40,000, up 8% compared to last year. That’s a record for the South Bay campus. The news comes as most other California ...

Tensions in Syria's Daraa province have forced Bedouin families to live in school classrooms. They fled sectarian fighting in ...

What is happening in Gaza is undeniable and unconscionable,” said Salem Ajluni, a board member of Human Agenda.

In a pointed show of solidarity against President Donald Trump, state and local leaders walked through one of Baltimore’s ...

What SEC teams and players will take home the hardware for their performances in Week 2 of the 2025 College Football Season?