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14+ min ago (592+ words) CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Emily Browning, 37; C. Thomas Howell, 59; Tom Waits, 76; Ellen Burstyn, 93. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Say no to temptation and yes to learning, personal growth and romance. Do your research and get the lowdown before you pursue something new. Sticking to guidelines, rules and regulations is necessary if you want to avoid intervention. You are overdue for a change, but the choices presented to you will be misleading. Do your due diligence. 2 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be open to suggestions, but rely on yourself and your intuition to guide you in a direction that's best for you. Relationships will be exciting but not necessarily honest or as they appear. Ask questions, be on guard and refuse to pay for others' mistakes or sob stories. Choose common sense over someone's ego-boosting rhetoric. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are in a…...

15+ min ago (105+ words) TODAY'S WORD " KEYBOARD (KEE-bord: A bank of keys on a musical instrument such as a piano.) Average mark 50 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find 66 or more words in KEYBOARD? TODAY'S WORD " KEYBOARD: kayo yard yare year yoke yore bade bake baker bakery bard bare bark barked bayed bead beady beak bear beard boar board bode body bora bore brad brake bray brayed bread break bred broad broke byroad oared obey okay okayed okra orbed abed abode adobe adore aero aery rake read ready redo road robe rode dare dark dear debar derby doer dory drab drake dray dyer...

51+ min ago (834+ words) Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married for 15 years. He has children from his first wife, as I have boys from my first marriage. Recently we were at a birthday party at my stepson's home for one of our grandchildren. The kids, aged 5 through 9, were punching Uncle Rick in the stomach as hard as they could. The gentleman sitting next to me said, "I do not like the hitting." I said I agreed: "I think it is disrespectful." My daughter-in-law just about jumped over the table and said, "It is not disrespectful, they are playing." They now no longer speak to me, and I have been banished from their house. My stepson said I disrespected my daughter-in-law. I stand by my statement. I do not think kids should be allowed to punch a grown man in the stomach…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago (267+ words) Today is Sunday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2025. There are 24 days left in the year. On Dec. 7,1972, America's last crewed moon mission to date was launched as Apollo 17 blasted off from Cape Canaveral. In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The United States declared war against Japan the following day. In 1982, convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Jr. became the first U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. In 1988, a major earthquake in the Soviet Union devastated northern Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people. In 1993, six people were killed and 19 wounded in a mass shooting aboard a Long Island Rail Road train in New York. In 2004, Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) was…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago (504+ words) DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there's something I need to get off my chest. At the end of every school year, many parents ask me to write a personal note to their student as an inscription in a certain children's book. They request this of all of their kids' teachers, then give the book as a graduation gift. It's a cute idea, but what it amounts to is a large stack of paperwork at a time of the school year when I'm already drowning in paperwork. I'm writing this to say publicly: Please stop! Parents, I love your kids, and I did my best to teach them and make sure they had a wonderful year. I tried to instill…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago (664+ words) McClymonds head coach Michael Peters holds up the winner's trophy following his team's 42-35 victory over Roseville in a CIF NorCal Division 3-A high school football championship game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 in Oakland, Calif. (D. Ross Cameron for the Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND " Coach MIchael Peters wanted their hype song. So he yelled to the music man to play it this brisk Saturday night. Moments later, the sound of "Keep It on Me" by Oakland rapper YID blasted throughout the field at McClymonds High. After beating Roseville 42-34 to win their first CIF regional championship since 2022, the Warriors earned the right to turn up. They bounced with the first four lines of the song, waiting for their moment to declare their mantra. When it came, they became a choir of hyphy energy. "We go to war with anybody!" [McClymonds players celebrate their 42-35 victory…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago (40+ words) Piedmont Hills' Diego Arias (5) scores a touchdown against Ann Sobrato in overtime during the Central Coast Section Division V championship at MacDonald High School in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)...

5+ hour, 9+ min ago (586+ words) El Cerrito celebrates after winning against Menlo-Atherton during the NorCal Division 4-A championship at Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) ATHERTON " A moment 15 months in the making came to fruition on Saturday night at Menlo-Atherton High. El Cerrito, which just over a year ago was banned from the North Coast Section playoffs for playing ineligible players, beat M-A 20-16 in the NorCal 4-A championship game. The dramatic fourth-quarter victory sent the Gauchos through to the 4-A state title matchup next week in Southern California, marking the first time in school history El Cerrito will play for a state championship. "It means a lot," said sophomore wide receiver/cornerback Cannon Jenkins, who scored the game-winning touchdown and snatched a fourth-quarter interception. "We worked hard over the offseason. We had ups and downs over…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago (371+ words) De La Salle (12-0) vs. Santa Margarita (10-3) at Saddleback College, Saturday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m. North: Folsom 42, Archbishop Riordan 38 South: Cathedral Catholic 42, Los Alamitos 21 State championship game: Folsom (13-1) vs. Cathedral Catholic (11-2), TBA North: Central East 55, Pittsburg 36 South: Pacifica-Oxnard (14-0) at Granite Hills (10-3), Saturday, 7 p.m. State championship game: Central East (13-1) vs. Pacifica-Oxnard (14-0) or Granite Hills (10-3), TBA North: St. Mary's-Stockton 31, Serra 24 South: Bakersfield Christian 24, La Habra 21 North: Woodcreek-Roseville (12-1) at Sonora (13-0), Saturday, 6 p.m. South: Rio Hondo Prep 26, Santa Fe Christian 21 State championship game: Woodcreek-Roseville (12-1) or Sonora (13-0) vs. Rio Hondo Prep (15-0), TBA North: St. Ignatius 17, Monte Vista 13 South: Ventura 35, Arroyo Grande 28 State championship game: St. Ignatius (8-6) vs. Ventura (13-2), TBA North: McClymonds 42, Roseville 34 South: Kennedy-Delano 35, Carson 33 North: Sutter 21, Ferndale 7 South: Barstow 13, Immanuel-Reedley 12 State championship game: Sutter (13-1) vs. Barstow (11-3), TBA North: El Cerrito 20, Menlo-Atherton 16 South: Beckman 46, Hillcrest 40 State championship game: El Cerrito (12-2) or Menlo-Atherton (7-6) vs. Beckman (12-3), TBA North: Bishop O'Dowd 23, Chico 20 State championship…...

6+ hour, 48+ min ago (40+ words) Miramonte High quarterback Lane Dalton (17) passes in the second quarter of their NCS Division IV football game against Hayward High at Moreau Catholic High school in Hayward, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)...