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Air Quality advisory effective through Sunday
![Smoke throughout Northern California can be seen from several ongoing fires, including the historic Park Fire near Chico, the Crozier Fire, which broke out Tuesday night near Placerville, and the Canyon Fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Smoke throughout Northern California can be seen from several ongoing fires, including the historic Park Fire near Chico, the Crozier Fire, which broke out Tuesday night near Placerville, and the Canyon Fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJM-L-THUWEATHER-1215-1.jpg?w=544)
Smoke throughout Northern California can be seen from several ongoing fires, including the historic Park Fire near Chico, the Crozier Fire, which broke out Tuesday night near Placerville, and the Canyon Fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Crime and Public Safety
!["It's not fair to any family who has had to sit through a trial just to re-live those memories all over again." "It's not fair to any family who has had to sit through a trial just to re-live those memories all over again."](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJM-L-DPIMPACT-08XX-3.jpg?w=525)
‘It’s right back in my face again’: Relatives of murder victims decry death penalty resentencings
"It's not fair to any family who has had to sit through a trial just to re-live those memories all over again."
Bay Area
![Photos: Paris Olympics Day 15 highlights Photos: Paris Olympics Day 15 highlights](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJM-OLY-02.jpg?w=525)
Photos: Paris Olympics Day 15 highlights
PARIS (AP) — The United States collected gold in men’s basketball and women’s soccer and earned three more golds in a huge night at the track at the Paris Olympics. Stephen Curry scored 24 points to lead Team USA over...
National News
![The St. Louis Fire Department placed a member of the department on leave after he made a social media post that the department described as insensitive. The St. Louis Fire Department placed a member of the department on leave after he made a social media post that the department described as insensitive.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Reckoning-Ferguson-10_Years_12992_8a626c.jpg?w=525)
Ferguson officer critically injured at protest on anniversary of Michael Brown’s death
The St. Louis Fire Department placed a member of the department on leave after he made a social media post that the department described as insensitive.
Transportation
![Member of district's own board says transit agency prefers to play victim rather than addressing its money problems. Member of district's own board says transit agency prefers to play victim rather than addressing its money problems.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SJM-L-BARTFRAUD-0206-1.jpg?w=525)
Opinion: BART’s manufactured ‘fiscal crisis’ affects entire Bay Area
Member of district's own board says transit agency prefers to play victim rather than addressing...
Environment
![The sweltering month "is, unfortunately, very consistent with expectations that we’re going to see hotter and hotter summers," one expert said. The sweltering month "is, unfortunately, very consistent with expectations that we’re going to see hotter and hotter summers," one expert said.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-HEATCOST-0706-1.jpg?w=525)
July was California’s hottest month on record
The sweltering month "is, unfortunately, very consistent with expectations that we’re going to see hotter...
Education
![Tickets are $50 each but reservations must be made before August 12. Tickets are $50 each but reservations must be made before August 12.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/BOA-L-LIBRARY-COL-0726-1-3.jpg?w=607)
Fundraising dinner aims to cover costs of new Oakley Library and Community Center
Tickets are $50 each but reservations must be made before August 12.
Politics
![Without adequate enforcement, shop owners worry the new program won't lead to change. Without adequate enforcement, shop owners worry the new program won't lead to change.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/EBT-L-STREETVEND-08XX-1.jpg?w=525)
Richmond is regulating street vending, but brick-and-mortar merchants aren’t convinced they’re being heard
Without adequate enforcement, shop owners worry the new program won't lead to change.
News Obituaries
![She was Google’s 16th employee and worked at the company for nearly 25 years. She was Google’s 16th employee and worked at the company for nearly 25 years.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sjm-googleio-0518-19.jpg?w=525)
Susan Wojcicki dies at 56; former YouTube CEO
She was Google’s 16th employee and worked at the company for nearly 25 years.
Health
![The U.S. national team trains at 888 Table Tennis in Burlingame, but top-tier training wasn't the only purpose of the facility, which opened in 2020. The owner's son is one of many people with brain tumors and other neurological impairments who have found ping pong helps their condition. The U.S. national team trains at 888 Table Tennis in Burlingame, but top-tier training wasn't the only purpose of the facility, which opened in 2020. The owner's son is one of many people with brain tumors and other neurological impairments who have found ping pong helps their condition.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BNG-L-TABLETENNIS-0630-23.jpg?w=511)
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How table tennis is helping Parkinson’s, brain tumor patients take back control
The U.S. national team trains at 888 Table Tennis in Burlingame, but top-tier training wasn't...
Jobs
![SunPower, a solar industry and one-time superstar in the green energy sector, has fizzled out and filed for bankruptcy SunPower, a solar industry and one-time superstar in the green energy sector, has fizzled out and filed for bankruptcy](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tom-petty-22.jpg?w=526)
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Solar energy pioneer SunPower flames out, files for bankruptcy
SunPower, a solar industry and one-time superstar in the green energy sector, has fizzled out...