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[ad_1] Dear Eric: Nine years ago, we moved into our dream retirement home. We’ve been incredibly happy with our choice except for one thing. Our next-door neighbors moved in about a year after we did. The previous owners of their home had installed a large homemade sandbox with railroad ties and a plywood covering. We…

[ad_1] DUBLIN — A narcotics sales investigation into a convicted felon culminated Thursday in the 49-year-old woman’s arrest in Dublin, as well as the seizure of three kilograms of cocaine and $15,900 in cash, authorities said. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency served a warrant on behalf of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at a residence…

Exercising its power to censure members, the East Palo Alto City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday to sanction Councilmember Carlos Romero and remove him from regional board seats after it was determined he insulted a colleague last week, allegedly violating the city’s code of ethics. The disciplinary action, rarely used by the council, strips Romero of…

[ad_1] For Divine Celiane, who goes by “Celiane The Voice,” music is more than sound — it’s “audible art.” Born in Berkeley, raised in Richmond and living now on Bethel Island, the 49-year-old singer, actress and self-described “technohuman” has built her own genre, “Electronica Hip Opera,” to showcase a voice that refuses to be confined….

[ad_1] The United States is known for its lovely national parks. But Canada – that place is like one big park. Nearly half of that huge country is covered by forest, most of it publicly owned and lots available for exploring. Folks who want to experience Canada’s wild should beeline to one of its famed…

[ad_1] DEAR HARRIETTE: I started going to therapy because I feel like my life has become a vicious cycle of negativity. My new therapist challenged me to create some distance between the life that I want and the life that I’ve had. That means hanging out with old friends less, making more of an effort…

[ad_1] SAN JOSE — Police arrested a man on suspicion of downloading and distributing images of child sexual abuse material, authorities said. Kaiwen Du, a 19-year-old resident of San Jose who was employed as an after-school program instructor at an elementary school in Sunnyvale, was booked on suspicion of crimes related to the possession and…

[ad_1] Santa Rosa police are investigating a homicide after a woman and a dog were found shot to death inside a home early Tuesday, authorities said. Officers responded to a house on Cecilia Drive near Third Street, west of Highway 101, around 4:30 a.m. after neighbors reported hearing gunfire. When they arrived, they found an…

[ad_1] COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alejandro Zendejas scored in the 30th minute, Folarin Balogun added a goal in the 64th and the United States stopped a seven-game winless streak against top 25 opponents by beating a Japan team of mostly second-string players 2-0 in a friendly on Tuesday night. The 15th-ranked U.S. was coming off…

[ad_1] As more cities and states prepare for the next wave of immigration crackdowns from the Trump administration, a cadre of San Jose councilmembers has joined the fight, calling on the city to prohibit law enforcement officers from concealing their identities. San Jose Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Rosemary Kamei, David Cohen and Pamela Campos have authored…