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Dieter Kurtenbach: This preseason will keep 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan busy for all the wrong reasons

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Let the games begin.

Tribune News Service · Aug 12, 2022

Is judge skeptical of Scott Peterson’s argument for a new trial?

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson’s lawyers made their final appeal in court Thursday to convince a judge that his conviction for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and unborn son two decades ago should be overturned because a “feisty” juror with a history of domestic violence was biased against him…

Tribune News Service · Aug 12, 2022

Giants mourn loss of Tim Lincecum’s wife to cancer

SAN JOSE, Calif. — While Tim Lincecum has largely disappeared from the public eye since retiring from baseball, the lovable and eccentric World Series champion has privately been dealing with personal tragedy.

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

Dak Prescott, Cowboys starters to practice vs. Broncos, sit out preseason game

OXNARD, Calif. — Quarterback Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys starters will practice Thursday against the Denver Broncos.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

Can 49ers’ Spencer Burford be a rookie starter at right guard? We’re about to find out.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — We’ll know more about the viability of Spencer Burford being a rookie starter at right guard for the 49ers once their preseason opener against the Green Bay Packers has concluded.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

After a career of cracking cold cases, investigator Paul Holes opens up

Holes spent more than 20 years investigating crimes in California and played a critical role in identifying Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. as the so-called Golden State Killer. His new book is Unmasked.

WEKU · Aug 10, 2022

Is COVID losing its fangs and becoming more like the flu?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Today’s hyper-transmissible strain of the COVID-19 virus has sent cases soaring across the country. But rising deaths — the grim marker of earlier dangerous surges — haven’t kept pace, and the average risk of dying from an infection is dropping to levels almost as low as…

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

Amid fight with oil industry, Newsom makes a last-minute pitch to harden California's climate goals

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom this week urged California lawmakers to harden the state's climate and energy goals, releasing a five-point legislative plan that promises to intensify the governor's clash with the state's powerful, billion-dollar oil industry.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 9, 2022

Sacramento teacher aligned with antifa received 3 years of pay to resign

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After facing a nationwide backlash, the Natomas Unified School District paid a teacher three years’ salary to resign after he was secretly recorded professing his allegiance to antifa and saying it was his goal to turn his students into “revolutionaries,” records show.

Tribune News Service · Aug 9, 2022

Dieter Kurtenbach: 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk’s breakout is real and it is spectacular

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brandon Aiyuk won’t stop catching passes at 49ers training camp.

Tribune News Service · Aug 9, 2022