10+ hour, 21+ min ago (202+ words) Pittsburg head coach Charlie Ramirez raises the first place plaque after defeating Cardinal Newman during their NCS Division I football championship game at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. Pittsburg defeats Cardinal Newman 42-17. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Here is our complete Week 14 coverage: Roundup: Best of Week 14 Results: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 fared Pittsburg: Pirates rout Cardinal Newman for NCS D1 crown Serra: Taufoou's two picks, two TDs lift Padres over Los Gatos in CCS D1 final St. Ignatius: McKeon's walk-off FG beats SHC in CCS D2 final Monte Vista: Mustangs beat Clayton Valley for NCS D2 championship Menlo-Atherton: Late-season surge continues as Bears beat San Mateo for CCS D3 title Lincoln-SJ: Phillips scores six TDs as Lions rout Branham for CCS D4 crown Miramonte: Matadors edge top seed Hayward for NCS D4 crown Piedmont Hills: Pirates stop 2-point play…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago (177+ words) The Los Gatos High football team celebrates with the cheerleaders after winning their Central Coast Section Open Division I playoff game 14-7 against Saint Francis High in Los Gatos, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Here is our complete Week 12 coverage: Roundup: Best of Week 12 NCS, CCS: Best of Saturday's first round Results: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 fared Dycus: Why legendary coach John Beam meant so much to Oakland Serra: Padres take control in second half, beat Mitty Antioch: Season ends under dark cloud amid hazing video backlash De La Salle: Jaden Jefferson, Spartans too explosive for SRV Pittsburg: Defense, special teams lead way in win over Liberty Los Gatos: Goal-line stand stonewalls St. Francis San Mateo: Bearcats spoil Woodside's perfect season Trailblazer: California High QB aims to break new ground for Indian-Americans Woodside: Team bringing back…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago (168+ words) Acalanes quarterback Tyler Winkles (6) runs in for a touchdown against Clayton Valley Charter in the second quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Here is our complete Week 10 coverage: Roundup: Best of Week 10 Results: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 fared Riordan: Michael Mitchell Jr. leads Crusaders over Mitty Acalanes: Dons wrap up DAL Foothill with commanding win over Clayton Valley Christopher: After six lead changes, Cougars hold off Lincoln Amador Valley: Dons defeat Monte Vista behind barrage of big plays De La Salle: Another game, another Spartans blowout of a good EBAL team Los Gatos: Wildcats score TDs on their first two plays, rout M-A James Logan: Colts shake off loss, blank O'Dowd to seize WACC Foothill lead Antioch forfeits: Panthers disciplined for "violations of district code…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago (210+ words) Archbishop Riordan's Michael Mitchell Jr. (9) holds the trophy up after Archbishop Riordan won against Serra during the CCS Open Division championship at San Jose City College in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Here is our complete Week 13 coverage: Roundup: Best of Week 13 NCS, CCS: Best of Saturday's second round Results: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 fared SI-SHC: SF Assembly member pressures CCS to move D-III final to City Silver Bowl: McClymonds dedicates win to late John Beam De La Salle: Spartans hold off Pittsburg " barely " for NCS Open title Riordan: Crusaders' talent too much for Serra in CCS Open final Los Gatos: Wildcats roll past Palma, reach CCS D-I final Acalanes: Wheels fall off in second half as Cardinal Newman rolls Clayton Valley: Uglies edge Campo again, this time in NCS D-II semifinal Lincoln:…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago (173+ words) Archbishop Riordan's Michael Mitchell Jr. (9) runs with the ball against Serra in the second quarter at Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Here is our complete Week 11 coverage: Roundup: Best of Week 11 Results: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 fared Menlo School flag football: Knights win CCS Open championship St. Francis flag football: Lancers top Branham for CCS D-I title Pittsburg: Pirates rout Antioch in 107th Big Little Game De La Salle: Spartans overpower Clayton Valley, improve to 10-0 Riordan: Crusaders make final punch, beat Serra for WCAL crown McClymonds: Warriors pick off five passes, rout Oakland St. Ignatius: Tempers flare at midfield after Wildcats top rival SHC Willow Glen: Team effort leads Rams to league title Half Moon Bay: Paxton Holden leads Cougars to Skull Game win SRV flag football: Young Wolves capture…...

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3+ week, 5+ day ago (321+ words) The ocean takes center stage during the king tides, predicted to arrive in Santa Cruz Wednesday through Friday, and then again Dec. 4-6 and Jan. 1-3. Tides are familiar to anyone who spends time by the sea. Simply put, "Tides are bulges of water that the Earth rotates under," says Serena B. Lee, a physical oceanographer at California Polytechnic State University. King tides are the extreme version, occurring only a few times a year when the sun, moon and earth align, intensifying gravitational pull and driving water higher than usual. For researchers like Lee, these events are golden opportunities. Although tides are predictable, they remain under-monitored along much of the California coast, including Santa Cruz. Lee and her team are developing low-cost tidal gauges to track water levels in these gaps, especially during king tides, when extreme highs mirror the levels scientists expect…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (556+ words) Los Gatos' Hudson Schrader (5), Los Gatos' Devonte Troutt (22), and Los Gatos' Gavin Jordan (12) celebrate against Menlo School during the second quarter at Menlo School in Atherton, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) It's football playoff time in the Bay Area. After 11 weekends of regular season action, the page has turned to the postseason. The Bay Area News Group crew has picked 15 games for the opening weekend of the playoffs, a list that includes Open/Division I matchups between St. Francis and Los Gatos and Liberty and Pittsburg, Division II clashes between Wilcox and Sacred Heart Cathedral and Amador Valley and Monte Vista and more. Christian Babcock leads our all-in-fun picks competition by two games over Darren Sabedra. Babcock and Glenn Reeves " filling in for Mike Lefkow " each went 13-2 last week. The Reeves/Lefkow team is six…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (181+ words) San Jose State's Steve Chavez-Soto (15) runs for a touchdown against Air Force in the fourth quarter of their game at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Air Force defeated San Jose State 26-16. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN JOSE STATE AT NEVADA Records: San Jose State (3-6, 2-3 Mountain West); Nevada (1-8, 0-5 MW) TV: CBS Sports Network Radio: 860 AM KTRB Series History: Nevada leads series 19-8; SJSU is 1-12 all-time in Reno [Mailbag: Grading the Pac-12s media rights deals, Big Ten expansion, UCLA and SoFi, Sagapoluteles future and more] [Coach John Beam, beloved staple of Oakland sports, dies from gunshot wound] [Recruiting roundup: West Coast exodus, Washington State stays hot, ASUs big visits and UW raids Oregon] Recruiting roundup: West Coast exodus, WSU stays hot, ASUs big weekend [Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of legendary Oakland, "Last Chance…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (132+ words) What's expected to be the last rain of the recent wet stretch reached the Bay Area on Thursday morning What's expected to be the last rain of the recent wet stretch was falling in the Bay Area on Thursday morning. [For Bay Area, one final rain system expected before a clearing] [Into the fog: Researching the California coastal staple] [How to beat the winter blues " aka Seasonal Affective Disorder] [Officer suffers injuries after tree crushes CHP vehicle traveling Highway 17 during storm] [As Monday's storm leaves Bay Area, skies are set to briefly clear] The updating radar map above shows current areas of precipitation in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange. Showers were expected to end in the Bay Area by Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service said....