Next-door neighbors lost their near-identical homes in a California wildfire, but how they are navigating rebuilding is a ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Contractors test soil samples for contaminants like lead or mercury and remove tainted soil. If a section still tests high, ...

Amazon has agreed to block sales of skin-lightening creams containing dangerous amounts of mercury.

Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Fourteen years ago, after the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the popular blanket primary system, Californians voted to replace the deeply unpopular closed primary that replaced it with a top-two ...

The acquisition of Sun Plastics Inc. allows for a "well-structured succession plan for ownership," an adviser said.

Krieger is a Bay Area News Group science writer for The Mercury News and East Bay Times ... the University of California, NASA-Ames, U.S. Geological Survey and other Bay Area-based research ...

Monday, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced its watchlist of 50 women’s college basketball stars for its ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

Grammys telecast was the best so far this decade, between performers like Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter and the ...

John Shumate, the Phoenix Suns 1974 first-round pick and All-NBA Rookie Team selection, died at age 72 on Monday.