Luis Melecio-Zambrano is a California Local News Fellow reporting for The Mercury News in south Santa Clara County. Luis previously wrote for Science News, Science, The Monterey Herald and the Santa ...

A student is suing UC Santa Cruz to challenge the unconstitutional search and seizure of her phone in retaliation for her ...

Students, faculty, staff and community members gathered by the hundreds in front of the Science and Engineering Library at UC ...

Sal Pizarro is a Bay Area News Group columnist who has written the Around Town column for The Mercury News since 2005. His column covers the people and events surrounding the cultural scene in ...

Jennifer Finney Boylan, a celebrated author, LGBTQ+ advocate, and prominent voice in the transgender rights movement, will invoke the spirit of American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart during her ...

Jim Harrington is the Bay Area News Group's pop music critic for The Mercury News and the East Bay Times. He began writing about the Bay Area music scene in 1992 and became the full-time pop music ...

Bay Area News Group reporter Ryan Macasero covers the San Francisco Peninsula for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. He previously worked as a multimedia reporter and the Visayas bureau chief ...

The fires, which claimed ... Investors need to pay close attention to Mercury General (MCY) stock based on the movements in the options market lately. Mercury General Corporation's ( NYSE ...

A man was shot by the US Secret Service near the White House on Sunday, while President Trump was in Florida. The shooting is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department. The man was ...

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Martha Ross is a Bay Area News Group features writer for The Mercury News and East Bay Times who covers everything and anything related to popular culture, society, health, women’s issues and ...

With their first regular season conference championship in 31 years in hand, Southern California will turn its attention to ...