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[ad_1] RICHMOND — Contra Costa prosecutors have filed human trafficking and pimping charges against a man who was the subject of two separate 2024 investigations that began within weeks of one another, court records show. Jamon Ward, 33, was arrested last month on charges of human trafficking, pimping, trafficking a minor, and pandering, court records…

[ad_1] Only a week removed from summer’s last unofficial weekend, the Bay Area’s weather pattern appeared Monday as if it was just going to skip autumn. “This is a typical winter-time pattern,” National Weather Service meteorologist Dalton Behringer said early Monday of conditions that are expected to bring at least some rain to most areas…

DEAR JOAN: I’m used to the squawking of Steller’s jays, but one regular visitor to our yard mimics the cry of hawks in our area. Have you ever heard of this? Any explanation? — Gary Summers, Walnut Creek DEAR GARY: Steller’s jays are more than a little bit devious, using their ability to mimic hawk calls to…

[ad_1] 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…

[ad_1] 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…

[ad_1] 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…

[ad_1] 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…

[ad_1] 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…

[ad_1] 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…

[ad_1] 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…