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36+ min ago (100+ words) The Black Friday shopping bonanza was well underway Friday in Palo Alto. The Black Friday shopping bonanza was well underway Friday in Palo Alto, where shoppers said it feels less like a day of huge savings and more like a mixed bag. Downtown Palo Alto was a festive sight, with the Christmas tree, decorations and a steady stream of shoppers. At Stanford Shopping Center earlier Friday, people told NBC Bay Area they found some great sales but since prices were already higher than usual, those sales pretty much made it a wash. Laura Sambol has more in the video above....

38+ min ago (357+ words) Cold weather has been no match for the Oakland Ballers community. Ballers fans, neighbors and family members are coming together at Raimondi Park for the baseball team's "Town Flicks" series, in which Pixar films are shown on the video board and folks can take in the movie from the outfield grass. The first showing of "Coco" ran earlier this month, when the Ballers gave away 1,000 free tickets. Saturday, the Ballers will double the capacity with 2,000 free tickets as folks gather in the outfield to watch "Inside Out," Pixar's hit animated film featuring Amy Poehler. The Ballers' mission "has always been about more than baseball," said co-founder Paul Freedman. "Being able to host Little League games, high school tournaments and free community movie nights with this "Town Flicks' initiative is an integral part of the revitalization of our historic ballpark." The…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (236+ words) A great column by Torrey Snow (" What a federal shift on housing policy means for Maryland ," Nov. 26), and it coincidentally came on the heels of my reading of an article in the New York Times about ... A great column by Torrey Snow ("What a federal shift on housing policy means for Maryland," Nov. 26), and it coincidentally came on the heels of my reading of an article in the New York Times about how San Francisco is addressing the homelessness issue. One would have to applaud the initiative of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, in a city with a quarter of a million more people than Baltimore. I grew up in Baltimore City (Northeast), and my whole career has been city-based. Mayor Lurie's approach is a refreshing class study in organization and imagination. My beloved city used to have both " dollar…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago (1505+ words) Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham speaks with an oficial during the second half in the quarterfinals of a College Football Playoff against Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to [email protected] and include "mailbag" in the subject line. Or hit me n the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Do you find it ironic that Big 12 fans spent 10 years trashing the Pac-12, saying it was the weakest conference, and now former Pac-12 teams are carrying the Big 12? " @Haywire1120 The Hotline can"t quantify the duration or degree of "trashing" that took place from Big 12 fans pre-realignment, but in one respect, the criticism was justified: The Pac-12 sent just three teams to the College Football playoff from 2014-23: Oregon in 2014 and Washington in 2016 and 2023. Meanwhile, the…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago (419+ words) (Bloomberg/Sangmi Cha) " MediaTek Inc. shares posted their best week since 2002, as artificial intelligence advances at its client Google help reshape the growth outlook for the Taiwanese chipmaker. The stock rose for a fifth-straight day Friday in Taipei, taking its weekly gain to 22%, on investor enthusiasm over Google's latest Gemini model and AI chip deals. MediaTek has reportedly partnered with the Alphabet Inc. unit on design of tensor processing units, seen as a potential rival to Nvidia Corp. chips in AI applications. Known for its smartphone chips, MediaTek has suffered from a cloudy outlook for end-product demand as well as margin pressure due to competition and high development costs. The AI news has brought relief for the shares, which are still down 1% on the year. China business remains tough into 2026, yet "Google TPU upside should offset the smartphone headwind in…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago (652+ words) SANTA CLARA " The 49ers like to invoke the football axiom of "defending every blade of grass." Their defense is doing much more, however, when backed up to its own goal line. Imagine an'old man yammering, "GET OFF MY LAWN!" Ji'Ayir Brown's interception in the end zone Sunday, on first-and-goal from the 1-yard line, was the 49ers' latest score-saving takeaway. He would later come away with another interception, at the 49ers' 22-yard line, to springboard him to NFC Player of the Week honors on Wednesday. Such clutch plays could be required again on Sunday, when the 49ers (8-4) try to win in Cleveland for the first time since 1984, which would snap just a four-game skid. More than likely, the 49ers will have to pry the ball from two Browns rookies: quarterback Shedeur Sanders and running back Quinshon Judkins. Whereas Sanders got intercepted once in last Sunday's victorious…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago (248+ words) The spacious unit in the 300 block of Glasgow Circle in Danville was sold on Oct. 20, 2025 for $1,735,000 which works out to $617 per square foot. A 2,813-square-foot house built in 1996 has changed hands. The spacious unit in the 300 block of Glasgow Circle in Danville was sold on Oct. 20, 2025 for $1,735,000 which works out to $617 per square foot. This two-story house boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and three baths. The property is equipped with central A/C. In addition, the home features two parking spots, allowing for easy and secure parking for two cars. The lot of the property covers an area of 4,950 square feet. Other houses that have recently been purchased close by include: A 2,908-square-foot home on the 200 block of Glasgow Circle in Danville sold in June 2025 for $1,875,000, a price per square foot of $645. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms....

2+ hour, 36+ min ago (428+ words) A major Canadian grocery company specializing in Asian products and "viral treats" has announced a third planned Bay Area location. T&T Supermarket, the largest Asian grocery chain in Canada, recently revealed that it will open a 52,000-square foot store in Millbrae, just south of San Francisco International Airport. The supermarket will debut in Friendship Plaza at 95 Murchison Drive and 135-143 S. El Camino Real, with an opening date scheduled for winter 2026. This is now the third T&T Supermarket in the works in the region, with other spots planned for San Jose's Westgate Center in the first half of 2026 and San Francisco's City Center at the end of 2026. The San Mateo Daily Journal was among the first to break the news on Millbrae. "Finding large retail-format real estate in the Bay Area takes time," Tina Lee, the company's CEO, said in…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago (152+ words) Shoppers line up on Black Friday morning. (Nov. 28, 2025) The National Retail Federation expects holiday sales to top $1 trillion this year for the first time, but shoppers say they plan to spend less than last year, according to a Deloitte survey. Cost of living and concerns over the economy are two of the main reasons shoppers are holding back, the survey shows. No matter how much shoppers plan to spend, Nerdwallet has some cost-saving and time-saving tips: For those who need something practical, Black Friday may be their lucky day. "If you have anything on your list like washer, smaller appliances, it's a really good time to make those purchases on Black Friday," Nerdwallet's Kimberly Palmer says. Other advice includes skipping furniture and d'cor and find winter clothes by shopping online on Cyber Monday. Finally, make sure to check return policies…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago (227+ words) Significant damage to a Los Gatos coffee shop is seen after a vehicle plowed through the storefront Thursday night. (Nov. 27, 2025) A 90-year-old man driving Thursday night in downtown Los Gatos was injured after he plowed his vehicle into a coffee shop, according to the police department. At about 9 p.m. Thursday, crews with the Santa Clara County Fire Department responded to the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company on Main Street on reports of the crash, police said. When they arrived, firefighters extricated a 90-year-old Los Gatos man from the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital, where he was in serious but stable condition Friday, police said. The shop was closed at the time of the crash for the Thanksgiving holiday, and no one was inside. Thursday nights at the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company typically involve live music with standing-room only…...