A warm weekend after a big spring rain is the optimal time for a hike to one of the Bay Area’s waterfalls. The map above shows nine of them; more details in the stories linked at the end. 1/ Coal Creek. Round-trip hike of about 3 miles, starting from Skyline Boulevard. Heads up: The vista … Read more
CARONDELET: COUGARS READY FOR SRV RUBBER MATCH Third-seeded Carondelet’s junior point guard Sophia Ross did not mince words after her Cougars routed host No. 6 Salesian 83-55 in the first round of the North Coast Section Open Division playoffs. The matchup at rival and second-seeded San Ramon Valley was set, and there is no opponent … Read more
Bay Area News Group boys soccer Top 10 (Mercury News & East Bay Times) No. 1 BELLARMINE (13-1-3) Previous ranking: 1 Since last ranking: Beat Riordan 2-0, Valley Christian 7-1 Up next: Wednesday vs. Mitty, 7 p.m. No. 2 MENLO-ATHERTON (15-0-4) Previous ranking: 3 Since last ranking: Beat Aragon 1-0, South San Francisco 2-1 Up … Read more
The Bay Area is in for a stretch of pleasant and mild weather this week with a gradual warm-up in temperatures and mostly clear skies. According to the National Weather Service, the temperature is expected to dip slightly below normal on early Tuesday morning, ranging in the mid-30s and low 40s, particularly in inland areas … Read more
Anger at the Trump administration bubbled over across the Bay Area as hundreds gathered for “Not My President’s Day” to protest alleged anti-democratic actions by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The Monday protests — with large groups in San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco — were part of a series … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Rebound, Durant. Outlet pass to Curry. Pull up. Clank. OK, so it wasn’t quite the Team USA reunion we were promised. LeBron James watched in street clothes. But Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, winners of two NBA championships and Olympic gold together, proved to be a winning combo once again Sunday night … Read more
North Bay Interior Valleys, Eastern Santa Clara Hills, Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio, Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest and Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park are the focus of an updated frost advisory issued at 9:17 p.m. on Friday by the National … Read more
Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Northern Monterey Bay and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast as well as San Francisco County are under an updated high surf warning which was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 9:16 p.m. The warning is in effect until … Read more
An influential state senator in the South Bay wants an auditor to dig into the finances of a Bay Area commission that’s facing scrutiny for its manner of spending billions of dollars in tolls across seven bridges. State Sen. Dave Cortese, a Santa Clara County Democrat, sent a letter to the state Legislature’s Joint Committee … Read more