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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 4m

Woman who allegedly killed San Francisco woman in head-on collision takes plea deal trib.al/T3CWB9A

Woman who allegedly killed San Francisco woman in head-on collision takes plea deal

The 2023 crash killed 54-year-old Eden Palmer and injured her son.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 18m

What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the US government shutdown trib.al/kLUbw3X

What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the US government shutdown

Each airline’s policies can differ on refunds can differ.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 38m

Review: New ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ tries hard but falls a little flat trib.al/1EYALBz

Review: New ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ tries hard but falls a little flat

Despite strong performances from Tonatiuh, Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez, the latest adaptation of this classic tale doesn’t always work.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 45m

Latest on 49ers’ Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall before Sunday’s visit to Bucs trib.al/3f8cfWc

Latest on 49ers’ Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall before Sunday’s visit to Bucs

The 49ers resumed practicing Wednesday without Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall and many more ahead of Sunday’s visit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 54m

South San Francisco: Man charged with pimping for allegedly providing girlfriend to sex traffickers trib.al/jwLmuD5

South San Francisco: Man charged with pimping for allegedly providing girlfriend to sex traffickers

The man’s girlfriend arrived in the county illegally from China on the promise of making money giving massages but was allegedly forced into sex work at a South San Francisco hotel.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 58m

Newest Warrior already having an influence on Jonathan Kuminga: “It’s just making my life easier” trib.al/ej5BBee

Newest Warrior already having an influence on Jonathan Kuminga: “It’s just making my life easier”

Jonathan Kuminga on his passing against the Lakers: “I was just letting the game come to me”

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 1h

Claire Kittle, Kristin Juszczyk’s new YouTube show follows 49ers season trib.al/oL2ZusY

Claire Kittle, Kristin Juszczyk’s new YouTube show follows 49ers season

With their new show, the wives of George Kittle and Kyle Juszczyk offer ‘an unfiltered look,’ behind-the-scenes look into their lives as they go to 49ers games at home and away.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 1h

Cielo Supermarket to open in Pittsburg in summer 2026 with help from city trib.al/ZtMmjGG

Cielo Supermarket to open in Pittsburg in summer 2026 with help from city

PITTSBURG – With financial assistance provided by the city, Cielo Supermarket will come to Highland Square Shopping Center next summer in an effort to provide relief to nearby residents who have be…

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 1h

New California law makes Diwali a state holiday starting in 2026 trib.al/iXMXN0L

New California law makes Diwali a state holiday starting in 2026

Starting next year, California schools can close and state employees can take the day off for Diwali.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 1h

Endangered albatross spotted off Marin County coast marks first-ever documented sighting north of Costa Rica trib.al/rwQLHwA

Endangered albatross spotted off Marin County coast marks first-ever documented sighting north of Costa Rica

A seabird tour off the coast of Sonoma and Marin counties over the weekend included the sighting of a species of albatross that normally lives near the Galapagos Islands.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 1h

Holy Score: The Big 12 was smart to schedule the Utah-BYU rivalry game in the middle of October trib.al/oyJVFsS

Holy Score: The Big 12 was smart to schedule the Utah-BYU rivalry game in the middle of October

The heated rivalry is too valuable to the conference for a broadcast slot on the crowded Saturday at the end of the season.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 2h

Valkyries guard Veronica Burton named to WNBA all-defensive second team trib.al/rrRLU37

Valkyries guard Veronica Burton named to WNBA all-defensive second team

Golden State Valkyries: Veronica Burton named to all-defensive second team

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 2h

Pumpkinpalooza: Our Trader Joe’s autumn taste test trib.al/99xsJw7

Pumpkinpalooza: Our Trader Joe’s autumn taste test

Which items are great? Which had us divided? And which one needs to RIP when Halloween is over?

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 2h

San Jose Sharks to go without a captain as leadership group is unveiled trib.al/cc3nOZg

San Jose Sharks to go without a captain as leadership group is unveiled

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks will go without a captain this season, announcing Wednesday that they will instead have five alternate captains for this year. The Sharks will have Tyler Toffoli, Ale…

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 3h

Woman dies after being struck by freight train in Antioch trib.al/LbGk8vo

Woman dies after being struck by freight train in Antioch

Authorities are trying to identify a woman struck and killed by a freight train in Antioch Tuesday night.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 3h

Disneyland offers 50% off 3-day tickets for California residents trib.al/vZ69zII

Disneyland offers 50% off 3-day tickets for California residents

The 3-day parkhopper discount tickets are good from Jan. 1 through May 21.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 3h

MacArthur ‘genius award’ list includes Oakland writer, Berkeley and Stanford scientists trib.al/Al8XZas

MacArthur ‘genius award’ list includes Oakland writer, Berkeley and Stanford scientists

Twenty-two people were given the honor, which comes with a no-strings-attached $800,000 prize.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 3h

Watch: First live performance of ‘Golden’ from KPop Demon Hunters trib.al/xBIABTd

Watch: First live performance of ‘Golden’ from KPop Demon Hunters

Stars from Netflix’s most-watched show “KPop Demon Hunters” sang their smash hit “Golden” for the first time on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show” Tuesday.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 3h

How Colorado’s new buffalo mascot is tied to a classic rock one-hit wonder trib.al/9mMNiif

How Colorado’s new buffalo mascot is tied to a classic rock one-hit wonder

The University of Colorado’s new mascot has received her official nickname — one attributed to her unexpected fanship for 1970s pop.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 4h

San Jose: High-rise anchor restaurant Poppy & Claro sets opening date trib.al/OuQmqoI

San Jose: High-rise anchor restaurant Poppy & Claro sets opening date

Breakfast hours will start at 7:30 a.m., followed by an all-day menu

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 4h

California doesn’t observe Columbus Day, but there will still be Oct. 13 closures trib.al/qWf4m4g

California doesn’t observe Columbus Day, but there will still be Oct. 13 closures

Here are some of the agencies that will be closed for the holiday.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 4h

OpenAI wants to build the next era of the web, and it’s shelling out billions to do it trib.al/1lQhjXC

OpenAI wants to build the next era of the web, and it’s shelling out billions to do it

OpenAI was an artificial intelligence research lab little known outside of Silicon Valley before ChatGPT debuted in November 2022.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 4h

XAI to Raise $20 Billion After Nvidia and Others Boost Round trib.al/k6dRYq7

XAI to Raise $20 Billion After Nvidia and Others Boost Round

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, tapping backers including Nvidia Corp. to lift its ongoing funding round to $20 billion, acco…

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 4h

Authorities make an arrest related to deadly January wildfire that leveled California neighborhood trib.al/0wg9sUp

Authorities make an arrest related to deadly January wildfire that leveled California neighborhood

The blaze, which erupted on Jan. 7, killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 homes and buildings in the Pacific Palisades.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 4h

Oakland chief of police to leave city post trib.al/qVvpfhL

Oakland chief of police to leave city post

In a news release, officials did not give a reason for Mitchell’s resignation or specify if a search had already begun for a successor.

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