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Some Bay Area colleges are among the top 500 institutions in the U.S., according to new report
The usual suspects, Stanford and UC Berkeley, remained among the top colleges in the region, taking the No. 1 and No. 4 spots, respectively.
Here’s what it was like in 1968 when the Athletics came to Oakland
A lower box season ticket to see the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum in 1968 cost $269.50 for 77 home dates.
Sharks injuries might create opening for Tampa Bay Lightning draft pick
NHL: Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Shakir Mukhamadullin missed first five days of San Jose Sharks camp
How to stream the A’s final game in Oakland from work
After 57 years, the A’s will play their final game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Thursday, Sept. 26, against the Texas Rangers.
Bay Area residents use board game as disaster preparedness tool
The game is about getting people to think about how they would behave in a high-stress situation, and what tough decisions could arise. The simulation allows them to explore these emergency scenarios in a safe, judgment-free and low-risk space.
Webeck: How Oracle Park stacks up around MLB after visiting all 30 ballparks
A tour of baseball’s cathedrals, from the palatial to the pitiful, is an experience unique unto itself in sports — and in America.
Feds sues Visa, saying company is driving up card costs for businesses, consumers
The complaint says Visa penalizes merchants and banks who don’t use Visa’s payment processing technology to process debit transactions, even though alternatives exist.
Loan for proposed San Jose housing site gets buyer, foreclosure looms
The loan for a San Jose site where a two huge housing towers were proposed — but never broke ground — has been bought by a Texas-based group.
Opinion: Minimum wage hikes are driving surge in youth unemployment
Employers who may have used entry-level labor will move toward older, longer-term workers to justify higher costs.
Gov. Newsom signs bill limiting homebuyer sales contracts to 3 months
The National Association of Realtors settlement made such agreements mandatory for virtually all buyers.