SANTA CRUZ — A judge found a 20-year-old man charged with killing his UC Santa Cruz student girlfriend competent to stand trial during a hearing Wednesday. Samuel Brannigan Stone  Samuel Brannigan Stone, who also had attended UCSC through last semester, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge after the court received a psychiatric evaluation eliminating doubt of his mental capacity. For Mansoor Naseem, news that his daughter’s alleged killer would continue through the legal process was a relief, he said in an interview after the hearing. Naseem’s daughter, Zainab Mansoor, 21, was found unco ..read more

A house in Monte Sereno that sold for $5.8 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past week. In total, 15 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $3 million, $1,473 per square foot. The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of April 8 even if the property may have been sold earlier. 10. $1.9 million, condominium in the 16200 block of Gellatt Court A 2,040 square-foot condominium in the 16200 block of Gellatt Court in Los ..read more

SAN JOSE — A big manufacturing and industrial complex proposed for empty land in San Jose that could accommodate hundreds of jobs is taking a key step forward. The project would be built at 865 Embedded Way in San Jose, a site that consists of 10.2 acres of land, city planning documents show. The development plans envision an “industrial manufacturing building” totaling about 121,400 square feet, according to the records on file at San Jose City Hall. The project site is east of U.S. Highway 101 between that freeway’s interchanges with Hellyer Avenue and Silver Creek Valley Road. It wasn’t cle ..read more

Few companies have been as success in the mobile market as Supercell. The makers of “Clash of Clans,” “Boom Beach” and “Brawl Stars” know how to make accessible games that hook players with a simple premise and turn them into obsessions. For its 10th anniversary, Supercell wanted to do a mashup game. One that brings all their varied properties together in the same way Nintendo’s “Smash Bros.” has become a de facto crossover celebration for video games. The team had it all planned out for this ambitious game, but the only problem was that the sixth planned Supercell game “wasn’t fun enough, so ..read more

By Khari Johnson | CalMatters If you visited a Planned Parenthood in the continental United States in the past few years then the company Near Intelligence, a data broker, probably knew it — and may have sold that information to anti-abortion activists. If you attended certain houses of worship or patronized particular pharmacies, the data broker known as Outlogic allegedly sold that information. Near Intelligence filed for bankruptcy in December. Outlogic agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commision to stop selling user location data, while insisting regulators had found “no misuse ..read more

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jason Lee, 54; Renee Zellweger, 55; Hank Azaria, 60; Al Pacino, 84. Happy Birthday: Don’t hesitate to make a move. Be aggressive, ask questions and discover what’s available. Your curiosity will pay off, and the chance to embrace the life you want looks promising. Take the initiative, implement changes that display what you have to offer and set up opportunities that lead you in the direction you want. A passionate approach will attract interest in every facet of life. Your numbers are 5, 13, 25, 27, 32, 38, 49. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t apply pressure to g ..read more

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer one pitch after Joe Boyle was called for a balk in the first inning the A’s never got within a run from there, losing to the Yankees 7-3 on Wednesday night. Anthony Rizzo and Juan Soto later homered off A’s relievers as Oakland fell to 1-11 in its last 11 games in the Bronx. Boyle (1-4) appeared to have thrown a fastball for a called third strike on the outside corner but was charged with a balk as Judge began walking to the Yankees’ dugout. Judge then hit an outside fastball to the short porch in right field for his 261st homer, passing former c ..read more

Baseball No. 5 De La Salle 8, Monte Vista 5 The Spartans bounced back after a tough loss to Jesuit on Saturday by rallying from three runs down to beat league foe Monte Vista 8-5. After De La Salle took a 2-0 in the first inning, Monte Vista put up a five-spot in the third.  Matteo Congdon’s RBI double to left field scored Luke Claussen and Brad Ballard to cap off the Mustangs’ five-run inning and gave Monte Vista a three-run advantage.  But it was all De La Salle after that.  Alec Blair’s three-run homer in the fourth inning made the score 6-5. Then in the fifth, senior Joe McG ..read more

PIEDMONT – Bishop O’Dowd shortstop Rashad Hayes Jr. makes fielding look easy, plucking ground balls from the dirt and whipping a pinpoint throw to second or first base for an out.  In a 9-5 victory on Wednesday over Piedmont, he threw out three runners and caught two pop-ups for the Oakland private school. That defensive skillset is coveted by MLB and top college teams. Hayes is rated by multiple sites among the Top 100 amateur prospects in the class of 2025.  Baseball America recently listed him as the second-best defensive infielder in his class.  “Before the play happens, I a ..read more

DAVIS – Delaine Eastin, the first woman to serve as California’s superintendent of public instruction, has died. She was 76. Related Articles Obituaries | Glide Memorial Church co-founder Cecil Williams dead at 94 Obituaries | Oakland police officer dies of injuries suffered in 2018 on-call crash Obituaries | Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80 Obituaries | Carl Erskine dies at 97; Brooklyn Dodgers star was the last surviving member of ‘Boys of Summer’ Obituaries | Yankees pitcher best known for swapping wives with teammate dies at 81 Eastin w ..read more