If the current pace continues through the end of the decade, the 2020s could be the slowest-growing decade in U.S. history, yielding a growth rate of less than 4% over the 10-year-period from 2020 to 2030, said William Frey, a demographer at The Brookings Institution.

Scenes of angry, towering waves hitting streets in Northern California coastal towns flooded social media Thursday.

Venezuela and Guyana are currently involved in a border dispute over the Essequibo, a sparsely populated region the size of Florida with vast oil deposits off its shores.

Kai Rossberg, 19, was charged with involuntary manslaughter nearly seven months after he was arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of 19-year-old Jesus Gallegos.

Police arrested a 21-year-old Fairfield man.

East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for Dec. 29, 2023

The spacious property located in the 18600 block of Cox Avenue in Saratoga was sold on Dec. 8, 2023. The $3,000,000 purchase price works out to $1,453 per square foot. The house, built in 1950, has an interior space of 2,064 square feet.

The one-time James Bond is accused of twice entering restricted areas near one of Yellowstone National Park's dangerous hot springs.

The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a December ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Mercury News Letters to the Editor for Dec. 29, 2023