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Mercury News Letters to the Editor for Dec. 10, 2023

The $3.1 billion federal grant is a big help, the largest for the project yet from Uncle Sam, but it's still less than a tenth of the total project cost which will require billions of dollars more to complete.

Frank Correa fired several volleys of shots at Oakley officers before one of them shot and killed him after gaining approval from his sergeant to discharge his gun.

His other notable roles included "Paper Moon," “Barry Lyndon” and “A Bridge Too Far.” But he also made headlines for his longtime relationship with Farrah Fawcett and his tumultuous family life.

Stephen Kiesle, the former Oakland priest implicated in a massive sex abuse scandal in the early 2000s, is headed back to prison, this time for killing a man in a drunk driving crash last year. 

A spacious house located in the first block of Bertero Square in Alameda has new owners. The 2,805-square-foot property, built in 2007, was sold on Oct. 16, 2023, for $1,604,000, or $572 per square foot.

Running back Christian McCaffrey is thriving as an all-around dynamo for the 49ers, who'll be without his top backup, Elijah Mitchell, on Sunday against the Seahawks.

Life sentences for teenagers are rare in Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court and the state's highest court said the violent acts of minors must be viewed differently than the crimes of adults.

When entering a garden center or grocery store this time of year, there's more green, white and red staring you in the face than at an Italian flag factory.