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CREST winners As part of the city’s 70th anniversary celebration, Cupertino will recognize the winners of the 2025 CREST Awards (Cupertino Recognizes Extra Steps Taken) during the Cupertino Community Service Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the Quinlan Community Center. These annual awards honor outstanding community members and organizations whose volunteer service has made…
It remained unclear going into the preseason whether wingers Pavol Regenda and Ethan Cardwell would make the San Jose Sharks roster out of training camp. Certainly, with the veteran additions the Sharks made to their forward group this offseason, their chances seemed remote. Perhaps, though, Regenda and Cardwell gave the Sharks’ front office and coaching…
The fan base is already choosing up sides and wondering if maybe Brock Purdy could end up holding a clipboard when healthy. Mac Jones knows better, even after a 26-23 overtime win for the 49ers over the Rams Thursday night, during which he elevated himself to sainted status — at least for now — among…
The Santa Clara County FireSafe Council is waiting on approval of a state $400,000 grant to set up a South Bay Prescribed Burn Association. Prescribed fire is the intentional and conditional use of fire on a landscape, according to a definition provided by a Stanford University report published in August on prescribed fires on the…
In July, the Trump administration unveiled two policies: the “Making Health Technology Great Again” initiative and the executive order “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” At first glance, one seems aimed at health care modernization and the other at public safety. But beneath their branding lies a shared infrastructure (and agenda) that poses a…
Instant reaction to Week 5 developments … 1. An epic Saturday The most anticipated Saturday of the season was better than the hype, with marquee games across all broadcast windows decided near the wire, at the wire or beyond the wire. The drama actually began Friday night, with back-to-back-to-back thrillers: Virginia upset No. 8 Florida…
SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks will be wearing jerseys from a generation ago for four games this season. The Sharks unveiled their ‘Heritage 2.0’ jersey on Friday, the same style of jersey they wore from 1998 to 2007. The jerseys will be worn for Sharks home games against the New Jersey Devils on…
Carquinez Strait and Delta, Southern Sacramento Valley, Northern San Joaquin Valley and Motherlode are under a weather alert for strong thunderstorms by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 12:27 a.m. The alert is in effect until 1:15 a.m. The storms are anticipated to bring pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) and wind gusts of up to…
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show on Tuesday night after a suspension amid pressure by the Trump administration and a furor over Kimmel’s remarks about the killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel delivered an opening monologue – occasionally choking up – that ranged across everything from jokes to the importance of the…
SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants, for reasons they themselves cannot explain, have operated in extremes. Waves of winning; tsunamis of losing. Awful, then unstoppable. They lost 13 of 20 after the trade deadline, shipping away Tyler Rogers, Camilo Doval, Mike Yastrzemski as their playoff ambitions slipped. They followed by winning 14 of their next 18,…
