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49ers reward Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch with contract extensions
SANTA CLARA — Off to a 3-0 start in their seventh season together, coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch are also the proud owners of contract extensions. The 49ers announced Friday they’ve extended that harmonious hierarchy yet again, first doing so in the summer of 2020 after reaching the previous season’s Super Bowl.…
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SF Giants’ Arizona Fall League participants headlined by 2 first-round picks
The San Francisco Giants are sending eight prospects to the Arizona Fall League, baseball’s annual six-week molding ground for young players, with the group headlined by a pair of recent first-round draft picks. The most notable name, and one of the most intriguing prospects across the AFL, is Reggie Crawford, the two-way player San Francisco…
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Beach bounce back? California’s largest volunteer event seeks to restore former glory after COVID downturn
It is the largest annual volunteer event in California: Every September since 1985, tens of thousands of people have flocked to beaches, rivers and lakes across the state to pick up tons of trash, beautify the environment and help protect wildlife. But like downtown office buildings and public transit, Coastal Cleanup Day — which takes…
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Tropical Storm Ophelia forms off the US mid-Atlantic coast
A storm moving closer to the U.S. East Coast will deliver tropical storm conditions to North Carolina on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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LIVE: Biden and Harris announce new White House office of gun violence prevention
President Joe Biden is expected to make an announcement about the new office during a Rose Garden event on Friday.
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Kurtenbach: My boldest prediction yet — these 49ers will go 17-0
SANTA CLARA — I don’t think Christian McCaffrey heard himself say it. The line was a toss-away, a quick cliche amid a post-game press conference the 49ers’ running back wanted to end: “We expect to win every game.” That statement struck me, and it has stuck with me since I walked out of Levi’s Stadium…
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Step back in time with these 4 crime fiction novels
Moira Macdonald | (TNS) The Seattle Times For this month’s edition of The Plot Thickens, I decided to take a little meander into crime fiction set in the past. (Because the present, i.e. the endless late summer, was just too hot. Reading cools one down, I think.) First up: Amy Chua’s fiction debut “The Golden…
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‘He saved my baby’: Father dies trying to save son at Massachusetts beach
A 44-year-old man who was pulled from a rip current after trying to rescue his son off the coast of Massachusetts has died.
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Parents concerned for their students’ safety after a mother and child were hit by a car during morning drop off
The crash happened Thursday morning during morning drop-off. The mother and child are expected to recover.
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Warming temps as Fall begins
Warming temps as Fall begins
