High school football 2023: Five storylines as Bay Area teams begin practice
The long off-season of conditioning, camps, and endless drills is over for thousands of high school football players across the Bay Area. It is now time to put the planning into action. Practice for the new season begins on Friday for schools in the Central Coast Section, which spans from San Francisco to King City.…
Pac-12 survival: Oregon, UW reportedly to depart for Big Ten, pushing conference to the brink
The Pac-12 was on the verge of extinction on Friday, as Oregon and Washington reportedly prepared to accept Big Ten membership invitations. According to Yahoo, the Big Ten is in “the final stages of negotiating an expansion to 18 teams,” with the Ducks and Huskies set to join USC and UCLA next summer to form…
Steadier Silicon Valley helps drum up tenants for new San Jose offices
SAN JOSE, Calif. — According to a top real estate CEO, a more stable Silicon Valley job market and economy have helped to attract potential tenants to a new, empty office building next to Santana Row in San Jose. According to executives with Federal Realty Investment Trust, the principal owner and developer of Santana Row…
Pac-12 survival: Oregon, Washington deliver death blow, leave for Big Ten; Arizona, ASU, Utah defect to Big 12
The Pac-12 Conference, home to hundreds of NCAA titles and dozens of iconic athletes and coaches, hurtled toward extinction on a momentous Friday as Oregon and Washington formally accepted invitations to join the Big Ten next summer, reducing the conference to seven schools and triggering more defections. The list of official departures also includes Arizona,…
San Jose: Federal excessive force lawsuit from George Floyd protests is greenlit for trial
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit filed against the San Jose Police Department and the city for using excessive force to disperse crowds protesting the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, which drew national attention and condemnation, will go to trial. Michael Acosta, a man who lived…
Pac-12 survival: What’s next for Oregon State, Washington State, Stanford and Cal after mass exodus to Big Ten, Big 12
Nuclear winter is on the way for a handful of Pac-12 schools left out of the brutal realignment game in the dead of summer. USC, UCLA, and Colorado have already expressed interest. Oregon and Washington are departing for the Big Ten Conference. Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah will compete in the Big 12. Stanford, California,…
Cal Bears open training camp: The questions to answer before opener at North Texas
BERKELEY, CA — Cal football kicks off its seventh season under coach Justin Wilcox with low expectations but increasing pressure to win. In the annual preseason media poll, the Bears were projected to finish ninth in the Pac-12 Conference, and few people outside of Memorial Stadium expect much more. However, after three straight losing seasons…
Pac-12 survival: Are Oregon, UW, Stanford and Cal worth the investment? Breaking down the Big Ten expansion math
The Pac-12’s existence appears to be in jeopardy as the Big Ten considers whether to admit Oregon, Washington, and possibly Stanford and Cal as well. Is the conference planning to establish a West Coast division? Will it remain silent and give the Pac-12 a chance to survive? This extremely complicated issue could be resolved quickly,…
A college diploma can open doors. Now California’s foster youth are getting extra dollars to help
Elizabeth Clews felt she had reached a breaking point less than a year into community college. The 20-year-old felt completely on her own after five years in the foster care system, juggling a full course load, her 6-month-old son Ezra, and the retail job at Levi’s that kept them both afloat. She would fail her…
