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With COVID cases surging across California at levels not seen since a year ago, and the fall respiratory virus season approaching, access to vaccines may be more limited. The virus is no longer the menace that five years ago unleashed a pandemic, caused a million U.S. deaths and spurred government mask mandates and gathering restrictions….
DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband is extremely passive-aggressive. He refuses to speak up for basic things at his work, yet he snipes at me about every little thing at home. He constantly curses under his breath about how somebody did him wrong, but when it’s time to speak up and defend himself, he’s quiet as a…
SEATTLE – Brock Purdy bought time in the pocket, rolled right and threw up a Hail Mary-esque pass, even if it was only a 4-yard desperation lob. Jake Tonges, subbing for the injured George Kittle, somehow used all 6-foot-4 of his frame to pull down his first-ever touchdown catch. The 49ers had a four-point lead…
The 49ers won their season opener 17-13 over the Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday, overcoming injuries and some ugly play for a divisional victory. Brock Purdy’s deep ball to Ricky Pearsall Jr. and touchdown pass to Jake Tonges were the key plays on the Niners’ game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter. Purdy was 26-of-35…
Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong for the 49ers in their season-opening game Sunday in Seattle. You had a special teams unit that looked like the players had never met each other before and a kicker who missed another easy field goal. You had star players going down faster than the stock…
San Francisco 49ers third-string tight end Jake Tonges didn’t have a catch and was targeted only once through the first 20 games – and three years — of his NFL career. Nevertheless, when starter George Kittle went down with a hamstring injury in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, Tonges was…
How’s that for a season opener? The 49ers and Seahawks played a down-to-the-wire game that was anything but a classic. But it’s not a game that will be forgotten anytime soon. The 49ers beat the Seahawks 17-13 in their season debuts, with the team’s biggest players coming up in a huge way in the most…
By ITZEL LUNA LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year’s domestic box office. The horror sequel raked in $83 million domestically in 3,802 theaters, making it the third-highest domestic opening for…
ST. LOUIS — In a vacuum, the Giants had an acceptable road trip. They dropped the rubber match to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday at Busch Stadium, but with a sweep of the Colorado Rockies, they’ll fly home with four wins to two losses. The Giants do not exist in a vacuum. With 19…
Follow along with live updates from the 49ers-Seahawks game at the bottom of this story. SEATTLE — Christian McCaffrey insisted Thursday’s calf issue was “nothing serious,” and the 49ers agree to the point they’ll play him in today’s season opener at Seattle. Brian Robinson Jr. and Isaac Guerendo are McCaffrey’s backups. Rookie Jordan James’s finger…
