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19+ min ago (807+ words) The 2026 Integra delivers an unforgettable driving experience. It's equipped with a 200 horsepower (HP) VTEC Turbo 4 cylinder gas engine with steering column mounted paddle shifters for power that you can feel and control. Available with a 6 speed manual transmission, paired with a sophisticated Rev Match Control system, it pushes the boundaries of driving to the redline. New colors: Solar Silver Metallic, Urban Gray Pearl, and Double Apex Blue Pearl are new paint options. Color matched grille: Available on Double Apex Blue Pearl and Performance Red Pearl models or as an accessory on other colors. A-Spec upgrades: New 18" alloy wheels, and a new aggressive aero body kit are now standard. Gloss black grille: This new gloss black front grill is on the A-Spec model exterior and is available as an accessory on other colors and trims. Touchscreen: The digital screen is now…...

50+ min ago (568+ words) Boise State running back Malik Sherrod (8) celebrates with tight end Matt Wagner (88) and offensive lineman Jason Steele (67) after a 39-yard touchdown reception in the first half of the Mountain West championship NCAA college football game, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. Boise State won 38-21.(AP Photo/Steve Conner) Welcome to the Hotline's final weekly assessment of the eight teams in the rebuilt Pac-12. We will publish a men's basketball version beginning next week that will appear throughout the remainder of the regular season. (Here are last week's rankings.) What better way to end our season-long assessment of a conference that doesn't exist than by handing out very real hypothetical awards? The eight teams that make up the future Pac-12 produced standout performances across three months but a hefty number of clunkers, as well. Put another way: The conference will start the…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago (475+ words) In this year's mayoral rotation in Saratoga, Vice Mayor Chuck Page was promoted to mayor and Councilmember Tina Walia was elected vice mayor after dozens of residents spoke in support of her on Dec. 3. Page takes the gavel from Councilmember'Belal Aftab, who served as mayor in 2025. During the Dec. 3 council meeting, Page received unanimous support from the council to become mayor, marking his 12th year in public service in Saratoga. He's been mayor twice before, in 2008-09 and 2011-2012. As for occupying Saratoga's top spot, Page said, "This city is not like other cities where you've got a strong mayor that controls everything; we're not like that. We're a city of loving, caring people who want to do more for our city. "Get to know the people in your neighborhood," Page advised residents. "Bond together. Learn how to like your neighbors." Kaur-Freedland criticized…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago (267+ words) Conductor Barbara Day Turner, second from right, leads pianist Jon Nakamatsu, second from left, and clarinetists Jon Manasse, left, and Alec Manasse along with the San Jos" Chamber Orchestra in "Celebration" on Dec. 31 at St. Francis Episcopal Church in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood. (Courtesy photo) Check out these reads Taking the crown as the most checked-out adult title this year at San Jose Public Library branches is Kristin Hannah's "The Women," a compelling coming of age story. The prequel to "The Hunger Games," "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins, remains the top pick for teen readers for the second consecutive year. And once again, a Dav Pilkey title comes out on top among children's books: "Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder" was the most checked-out title for that age group. [Assemblymember Ahrens hosting inaugural Holiday Open House]…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago (279+ words) Hillcrest Park opens at dawn and closes at 10 p.m., but for me, it has never been just a set of hours on a sign. For 25 years'since the day I bought my Hillcrest home just four houses down the lane'this half-a-mile loop has been my constant companion. I have walked this park in every light and season. Morning walks before the neighborhood stirs. Afternoon strolls when working from home. Evening circuits after dinner on weekdays. Weekend doubles, morning and evening both. And those in-between moments when restlessness or boredom sends me out the door once more. I know this place intimately. Familiarity, they say, breeds contempt. But with Hillcrest Park, it has bred something else entirely: comfort, curiosity and joy. I have walked this loop while talking on the phone to friends and family scattered across California, the East Coast, Texas, Canada…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago (127+ words) Jim Brulte, chairman of the California Republican Party and a former GOP leader in the state Senate and Assembly at his home in Fontana on Thursday, February 14, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) "I asked all the questions that I asked and based on the answers we got, the mailer was done and it was approved by legal and if legal got it wrong, shame on them That portion should be repealed." " Jim Brulte, former California Republican Party chair, on regrets for endorsing Proposition 19, which narrowly passed in 2020 It allowed property tax reassessment on inherited home values over $1 million, causing those whose late parents left them homes in high-priced markets like the Bay Area to face massive tax increases....

3+ hour, 23+ min ago (426+ words) What makes Martina Lozano a survivor? Her life only got worse after her first boyfriend, a parolee and the father of three of her children, was murdered in Oakland in 2022. Several months later, another boyfriend shot her in the face with a flare gun, with the flare barely missing her carotid artery. These days, Lozano can almost laugh with disbelief at how dark things got. "Something's weird about when you live past an age that you think you're not going to reach," she said. More than two years sober, Lozano has regained custody of her four children, who live with her at the rescue mission's shelter for women and children, which housed 151 women and children in 2024. Lozano also works there as a residential assistant. As she goes about her job, she wears a smile, likes to hug people and exudes…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago (892+ words) Thu Buu Vien didn't know just what to do. "My days consisted of tears," Vien said through a translator. "I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't understand what to do or where to start. I didn't believe that anyone could help me at that point." Then she got a referral to Parents Helping Parents, a San Jose-based nonprofit that aids families raising loved ones with disabilities through advocacy, education and various means of support. And her story changed. "I came to the support meeting and I really felt that PHP could help me," said the San Jose resident, whose son Hien is now 9. "I was in awe." Just like that, she didn't feel so hopeless or alone anymore, as she worked with the PHP staff members " most of whom are parents of children with disabilities themselves. "I was able to…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago (744+ words) Under the Trump administration, the Bay Area's two immigration courts are rejecting asylum claims at double the rate as under the previous administration, as federal officials fire immigration judges, push to clear case backlogs and vow deeper vetting of asylum seekers. From President Donald Trump's first full month returning to office in February through August, federal immigration judges in San Francisco and Concord denied 54% of the 4,019 asylum cases they decided, according to the latest data from University of Syracuse's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan research center that collects and analyzes immigration court data. During the previous seven months, when Joe Biden was president, the courts rejected 26% of 3,355 cases. Immigration experts attribute the sharp rise to new restrictions on asylum eligibility imposed by the Trump administration as part of its sweeping immigration crackdown. They also cite administration pressure on courts…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago (422+ words) Bay Area laboratories are set to play a central role in the Genesis Mission, a multibillion-dollar effort by the Trump administration to accelerate the nation's artificial intelligence push in the face of technological advances in China. The involvement of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the SLAC National Accelerator Lab in Menlo Park could help ensure the region's positioning in the AI boom as the project seeks to "double the productivity and impact of American science and engineering within a decade," according to the Department of Energy. "Throughout history, from the Manhattan Project to the Apollo mission, our nation's brightest minds and industries have answered the call when their nation needed them," U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a DOE news release. "Today, the United States is calling on them once again." The current competition to…...