News
Featured
Oakland inks deal to sell Coliseum to private development group
![By selling its share of the site, the city hopes to resolve a $177 million budget shortfall without layoffs. By selling its share of the site, the city hopes to resolve a $177 million budget shortfall without layoffs.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SJM-L-GENERICS-0000-915.jpg?w=573)
By selling its share of the site, the city hopes to resolve a $177 million budget shortfall without layoffs.
Crime and Public Safety
![Police said the victim was in his 60s and appeared to be unhoused. An autopsy performed on Friday confirmed that the man was killed by blunt force trauma to his head. Police said the victim was in his 60s and appeared to be unhoused. An autopsy performed on Friday confirmed that the man was killed by blunt force trauma to his head.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/generic-body-found-police-crime-scene-02-3-2-1-1-2-2-3-1-1-2.jpg?w=525)
Man found in downtown Palo Alto parking structure was killed, authorities say
Police said the victim was in his 60s and appeared to be unhoused. An autopsy performed on Friday confirmed that the man was killed by blunt force trauma to his head.
Bay Area
![East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 30, 2024 East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 30, 2024](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SJM-L-SVCHAT-05-11.jpg?w=525)
Letters: Housing bond | Resolving ambiguities | Harris critique | Get serious | Cruel order | Best hope
East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 30, 2024
-
-
-
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
More than 1,000 job cuts jolt workers in Bay Area
-
National News
![Activist groups see it as a massive leap for inclusion during a competition that organizers have pushed to center around inclusion and diversity. Activist groups see it as a massive leap for inclusion during a competition that organizers have pushed to center around inclusion and diversity.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24209758545229.jpg?w=526)
A record 191 openly LGBTQ+ athletes are competing in the 2024 Olympics
Activist groups see it as a massive leap for inclusion during a competition that organizers have pushed to center around inclusion and diversity.
Transportation
![CHP investigators were probing what caused a truck driver to veer off Highway 92 in Hayward Sunday night and crash into a tree causing a fire that killed the man. CHP investigators were probing what caused a truck driver to veer off Highway 92 in Hayward Sunday night and crash into a tree causing a fire that killed the man.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MIJ-L-CHP-0729-02-1.jpg?w=507)
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Truck driver dies in fiery East Bay freeway crash
CHP investigators were probing what caused a truck driver to veer off Highway 92 in...
-
-
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Two killed when car plunges over cliff at Devil’s Slide
-
-
Environment
![Researchers tracked health records from 1.2 million older adults in Southern California between 2009 and 2019. They used air quality monitoring and other data to estimate residential exposure to PM2.5 over three years from wildfire smoke or other causes. Researchers tracked health records from 1.2 million older adults in Southern California between 2009 and 2019. They used air quality monitoring and other data to estimate residential exposure to PM2.5 over three years from wildfire smoke or other causes.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/APTOPIX_California_Wildfires_94230_b7aee0.jpg?w=525)
Wildfire smoke may be worse for your brain than other air pollution, study says
Researchers tracked health records from 1.2 million older adults in Southern California between 2009 and...
Education
![Program is the first of its kind in the country. Program is the first of its kind in the country.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-07-31-at-9.10.02-AM.png?w=233)
West Valley College to partner with Black Honors College in Sacramento
Program is the first of its kind in the country.
Politics
![By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday proposed major changes for the U.S. Supreme Court: an enforceable code of ethics, term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment that would limit the justices’ recent decision on presidential immunity. There’s almost no chance of the proposal passing a closely divided Congress with […] By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday proposed major changes for the U.S. Supreme Court: an enforceable code of ethics, term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment that would limit the justices’ recent decision on presidential immunity. There’s almost no chance of the proposal passing a closely divided Congress with […]](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Biden_Supreme_Court_Explainer_63275.jpg?w=525)
Biden proposed enforceable ethics code and term limits for Supreme Court. How might they work?
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday proposed major changes for...
News Obituaries
![The Houston-area congresswoman, a Democrat, helped establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday and spoke out about police brutality. The Houston-area congresswoman, a Democrat, helped establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday and spoke out about police brutality.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-OBLEE-0724.jpg?w=525)
Sheila Jackson Lee dies at 74; longtime Texas congresswoman was ‘a fierce champion of the people’
The Houston-area congresswoman, a Democrat, helped establish Juneteenth as a federal holiday and spoke out...
Health
![Studies show, on average, women require about 11 minutes more sleep per night than men do. Studies show, on average, women require about 11 minutes more sleep per night than men do.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LIFE-HEALTH-WOMEN-SLEEP-DMT.jpg?w=525)
Women need more sleep than men do, studies say
Studies show, on average, women require about 11 minutes more sleep per night than men...
Jobs
![CWA says Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft’s publisher, has recognized the union. CWA says Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft’s publisher, has recognized the union.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OCR-Z-WOW-UNION-0727.jpg?w=525)
World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing
CWA says Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft’s publisher, has recognized the union.