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The Giants optioned Bryce Eldridge to Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday evening mercurynews.com/2026/03/19/sf-…

Thursday’s unprecedented cancellation of the already filmed season comes days before it was to premiere. mercurynews.com/2026/03/19/tv-…

Will Smith looks to end four-game point drought Thursday when the San Jose Sharks face the Buffalo Sabres mercurynews.com/2026/03/19/san…

Judge is set to rule on records request and possible DA recusal by March 26 mercurynews.com/2026/03/19/sta…

Research increasingly shows that a variety of habits and hobbies are like a cognitive workout. mercurynews.com/2026/03/18/how…

San Jose has to remove the disgraced labor leaders name from its most popular park, but it shouldn’t rush to decide what replaces it. mercurynews.com/2026/03/19/yes…

Other tenants hadn’t seen the man, who typically had a consistent routine, for about a week before he was found dead. mercurynews.com/2026/03/18/man…

San Jose bet its future on a Google megacampus downtown. Now the land sits mostly empty. mrf.lu/rmrS

The $19 billion Downtown West project promised jobs, housing and a new skyline. A decade later, San Jose has little power to make it happen.

What to watch: ‘Ready or Not 2’ is as bloody funny as original trib.al/JmA9vbk

SF Giants’ Birdsong to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery trib.al/wpnr8W0

The labor rights activist said she stayed silent for 60 years out of concern that her words would hurt the farmworker movement. mercurynews.com/2026/03/18/csa…

UC Berkeley settles lawsuit over accusations of antisemetic policy trib.al/7lWNHRE

Sharks goalie relishes NHL return after partly thinking his ‘career was done’ trib.al/XkqZJD4

‘He’s really struggling’: Advocates voice concern about deported 6-year-old deaf Hayward boy trib.al/jhXJ3FC

Pac-12 basketball: Projecting the number of NCAA Men’s Tournament bids in 2027 as the landscape tilts toward the Power Four trib.al/so9GD6s

3 Bay Area cities called great for careers, if you can accept some bustle trib.al/aDEBs0J

MLS will play a 2027 ‘sprint season’ before resetting its calendar for the global game trib.al/K3BVn8u

California, Santa Clara County, SF sue EPA over repeal of ‘endangerment’ finding central to climate fight trib.al/FEGmQxh

FIFA wants Iran to fulfill World Cup schedule and won’t act on a Palestinian complaint about Israel trib.al/HoGG1VD