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January 30, 2026

A’s land Ramirez – baggage and all

PHOENIX –The Oakland A's agreed to terms with free-agent designated hitter Manny Ramirez on a minor league contract Monday, tying themselves to one of baseball's most productive–and controversial–sluggers of all time.

Bullet for the bullet train and arts center quagmire

Shoot the bullet train. Period. End of story. Conceptually, a wonderful idea. That’s what the voters bought – the vision and the promise, a train speeding from San Francisco to Los Angeles with few stops and no airline hassles. The reality is a financial sink hole with a train stuck in the mud. The Gilroy City Council should have stuck to its guns and stayed on the no-confidence vote track. They should backtrack and quit spending time on a project that will be forever frozen in time.

The benefits of walking

As a proud resident of the Silicon Valley, I’m often tempted to laud the technical and digital health-improvement initiatives of the innovation hub that we live in. Recently, however, I’ve been struck by the simplest of messages promoted by the Office of the Surgeon General of the United States: The easiest thing we can do to make both ourselves and our communities healthier is to … take a walk.

Park City, Utah: A destination full of surprises

If you’re ready for adventure, for serendipity and are ready to be entertained, fly, drive or run to Park City, Utah. It has everything rolled up in one fine, classy package with something for everyone, summer or winter. For those of you who might say, “Park City where/who?” Think 2002 Winter Olympics, which some consider one of the most successful Winter Olympics in history.

Could we see a nationwide sales tax?

How do you pay down an $8 trillion debt? The Obama

NFL: Goodell upholds suspensions against Saints personnel

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday upheld the original suspensions he slapped on New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, General Manager Mickey Loomis and linebackers coach Joe Vitt for their roles in the team's three-season-long bounty program.

GETTING OUT: Visit this Ruby anytime

The Basin and Range country beyond the Sierra Nevada is Mother Earth bare bones and naked. There are no elegant forests or misty skies to soften the landscape. Instead, the dry desert air and the high-contrast light of a relentless sun sharpen every crease and ridgeline. It is bleak, almost lifeless terrain with few temptations to linger.

YOUNG: New columnist on a mission to run

What do 1,086 athletic feet, the San Andreas Fault, a historical

Red Phone: What’s with the school calendar?

I know what the school district can do with the $800,000

Need for touch heightens as we grow older

Author Janet Belsky says that sensory losses are among our

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