Healy shines as A’s walk off against Rangers
Behind a powerful performance from Ryon Healy, and a walk-off double from Max Schrock, the Oakland Athletics out-slugged the Texas Rangers for an 8-7 Cactus League win Saturday. With the bullpen unable...
View ArticleUnsafe lead levels found in drinking water at high school
Oakland Unified School District officials said Wednesday that unsafe levels of lead have been found at a water fountain and kitchen faucets at McClymonds High School in West Oakland but they’re making...
View ArticleMarin veterinarian named TED2018 fellow
A Bay Area scientist is the first veterinarian to be chosen as a TED Fellow, officials with her employer the Marine Mammal Center in Marin County said. A TED Fellow is a young innovator who displays...
View ArticleBalboa Park welcomes $1.6M community garden
A new community garden has opened in San Francisco’s Balboa Park neighborhood, the Recreation and Park Department said. The $1.6 million Geneva Community Garden project converted an undeveloped,...
View ArticleChicken owners can have eggs tested for free
Bay Area residents who raise chickens outdoors can take their eggs to a University of California office in Santa Rosa to see if they contain contaminants, UC officials said. The free egg testing by the...
View ArticlePelicans flip script on Warriors, take Game 3 119-100
Ball movement, smothering defense and efficient shooting is typically the recipe for playoff success for the Golden State Warriors. The New Orleans Pelicans stole a chapter out of the Warriors cookbook...
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A’s keep momentum, roll past Angels toward Wild Card
With the AL Wild Card Game locked up, the A’s attention is on beating the Yankees on Wednesday, though they still have a regular season series to wrap up in Anaheim. Embed from Getty Images In a 5-2...
View ArticleMore rain, wind rolls in Wednesday night, Thursday morning
Wet weather, strong winds and big surf are expected across the Bay Area this week, according to the National Weather Service. National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Canepa said, “The next storm is...
View ArticleSan Jose approves new police auditor
The San Jose City Council approved a new independent police auditor Tuesday to replace Aaron Zisser, who resigned from his role in August amid strong opposition from the San Jose Police Officers’...
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Sharks surge past Avalanche, grab 1-0 series lead
An explosion in the second period propelled the San Jose Sharks to a 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Scot Tucker/SFBay San Jose Sharks...
View ArticleMomentum slips away from Sharks as Colorado ties series
The San Jose Sharks let their first period momentum slip away Sunday, dropping Game 2 to the Colorado Avalanche 4-3. Brent Burns, who has recorded nine points in the last three games, attempted to...
View ArticleSharks stung by Avalanche in overtime to force Game 7
The Colorado Avalanche never trailed in their 4-3 overtime Game 6 win over the San Jose Sharks Monday night inside the Pepsi Center. Embed from Getty Images As the Avalanche faced elimination and...
View ArticleJulie Kirschbaum picked to lead SF Muni operations
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced Thursday that Julie Kirschbaum will lead the day-to-day operations of Muni as the transit agency’s first female director of transit....
View ArticleAngels get to Montas early, Soria late; A’s winning streak ends at 10
Held scoreless for six innings following a four-run second, the Angels pieced together a two-out rally in the ninth to halt what had been a 10-game winning streak for the Athletics. Offensively,...
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Streaking A’s stay hot, pummel Seattle 9-2 to open series
Back-to-back home runs from Matt Chapman and Matt Olson powered the A’s to their fifth consecutive win, 9-2 over the Seattle Mariners Tuesday night. http://gty.im/1156007357 This story has been...
View ArticleA night of fireworks ends in 5-4 A’s win
The A’s long-ball game has finally returned to the Oakland Coliseum. A four-homer performance led Oakland to a 5-4 victory over the Rangers Saturday night. Manager Bob Melvin was not surprised to see...
View ArticleA’s take series split on KD WALKoff
After a hard-fought four-game set, the A’s and Rangers finished the weekend having given and taken nothing. Oakland (60-47) rallied back from a late-surrendered lead, swiping a 6-5 walk-off victory to...
View ArticleGrossman walkoff caps dominant performance by Trivino, A’s bullpen
After 13 innings and more than four hours of tooth-and-nail battle between the AL West’s top two clubs, the A’s gained ground on Houston for the second day in a row on a Robbie Grossman walk-off...
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A’s sweep away Yankees, lock into Wild Card tussle
The Athletics (74-53) continued to shut down the league’s top teams by completing a sweep of the Yankees (83-46) with a 5-3 win Thursday night. Embed from Getty Images The A’s, who won six of their...
View ArticleCity worker nearly crushed by falling tree
The condition of a San Francisco Recreation and Parks manager who was injured by a falling tree in the city’s Bayview District Tuesday morning has been upgraded to fair, a San Francisco General...
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