MORAGA – Saint Mary’s College’s difficult offseason got even worse on Tuesday night when highly-touted three-star recruit Zion Sensley decommitted from men’s basketball program. He joins a growing list of high-profile losses the Moraga school has endured since losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament as a No. 5 seed.  Aiden Mahaney, who went to high school down the road at nearby Campolindo High, entered the transfer portal after two seasons in Moraga. Forward Joshua Jefferson transferred to Iowa State.  Sensley, a 6-foot-8 shot-making wing who will graduate from San Francisc ..read more

SAN JOSE – A man was arrested on suspicion of attacking a plainclothes police officer assigned to protect San Jose Mayor Mahan early Tuesday evening, police said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Gilroy: Suspect sought in grocery store parking lot shooting Crime and Public Safety | Caregiver arrested in $10,000 theft from Los Altos Hills couple Crime and Public Safety | Thieves shoot at man after stealing his truck Crime and Public Safety | Los Gatos resident says upstairs neighbors being too loud pending eviction Crime and Public Safety | Threats prompt school closures in Palo ..read more

NEWARK – Danger was all around James Logan pitcher Anastasia Marquez in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday. Baserunners ready to spring into action crouched to the right, left and directly behind the senior with two outs. But in front of her was a familiar face in catcher Makayla Villapando, who had a simple message for her childhood friend. “Take your time and take control of the game,’” Villapando told the senior pitcher. “You control the tempo, so slow it down and go at your own pace.” In a situation where one hit could turn a five-run lead into a close game, Marquez took her catcher’s ..read more

NEW YORK — Right-hander Paul Blackburn and the Athletics could not overcome a tough first inning on Tuesday in a 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees. Blackburn struggled early on as he gave up a two-run home run to Anthony Rizzo that capped a four-run first inning for the Yankees, who held on and handed the A’s their fourth loss in the last five games. Seth Brown hit an RBI double in the first off Marcus Stroman (2-1) to give the A’s a 1-0 lead. Giancarlo Stanton had a go-ahead double against Blackburn (2-1) in the bottom half before Rizzo hit his second homer of the season and his first since Ap ..read more

PLEASANT HILL — Five months after he was surprisingly let go by Miramonte, the school he led to its first North Coast Section title since 2013 last fall, Jack Schram has a new job. Schram has been hired as the head coach at College Park, he confirmed to the Bay Area News Group on Tuesday night. The 61-year-old Schram will be College Park’s fourth head coach in five years. He replaces Casey Moreno, who led the Pleasant Hill school to a 4-6 record in his only season with the program. Moreno was recently hired to be the head coach at St. Mary’s-Berkeley, which had a vacancy after John Trotman lef ..read more

BASEBALL Benicia 8, No. 1 Acalanes 1 Benicia did everything right while everything seemed to go wrong for Acalanes in a dominant victory for the visiting Panthers in a Diablo Athletic League game.  The top four hitters in the Benicia lineup – Peyton Rowles, Stevie Todd, Myles Cooper and Wyatt Miyamoto – combined for seven RBIs, with the other scoring hit contributed by No. 9 hitter Abdi Maas.  Pitcher Dominic Louro got the win after he pitched 5.1 innings and allowed just one earned run on four hits for Benicia (12-6, 4-1). Acalanes (17-2, 3-2) lost for the second time all year after ..read more

RICHMOND – A former accountant for a Richmond-based paving company is facing allegations she embezzled more than $800,000 from the firm, according to prosecutors. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Threats prompt school closures in Palo Alto, Orinda Crime and Public Safety | Federal judge finds ‘strong evidence’ Alameda County prosecutors deliberately kept Black and Jewish people off juries Crime and Public Safety | DUI driver accused of two East Bay hit-and-run crashes, including one killing 6-year-old Little Leaguer Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man gets 13 years, 8 months ..read more

GILROY – Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a shooting last month in Gilroy. The Gilroy Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the person pictured here. The person is a suspect in a shooting that happened March 31, 2024, outside Nob Hill Foods at 777 First St. in Gilroy. (Gilroy Police Department)  The injury shooting happened just before 5 p.m. on March 31 in the parking lot of Nob Hill Foods at 777 First St., the Gilroy Police Department said in a news release. The victim and the suspect were involved in a verbal confrontat ..read more

When the Rev. Cecil Williams took over leadership of Glide Memorial Church in the 1960s and began transforming it into a national powerhouse for social justice and nonprofit services, he became an early ally of Tenderloin residents who were then among the city’s most marginalized: gay men, lesbians and transgender youth. In the 1960s, San Francisco was still “a pretty conservative town” and police, supported by City Hall, regularly targeted gathering spots for LGBTQ men and women, arresting them for merely being social. As part of Williams’ mission to welcome the poor and disenfranchised into ..read more

A year after San Mateo County’s state-mandated housing plan was returned for revisions, the Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted changes, which they hope regulators will certify as compliant with housing laws. Supervisor Noelia Corzo, who represents the city of San Mateo, Foster City, and parts of Belmont, said the additions to the plan, officially known as the “housing element,” are “very forward-thinking.” In a letter dated April 2023 from the state Department of Housing and Community Development, San Mateo County was informed it needed to improve its plans to address housing access amon ..read more