3+ week, 5+ day ago (206+ words) NFL fans, mark your calendars. The official lineup of Super Bowl LX events and venues has been announced. Super Bowl LX will be played on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, but there will be plenty of related events taking place across the Bay Area before the big game. Check out the list below. For detailed descriptions of each event and more information, visit NFL.com. When: Monday, Feb. 2Where: San Jose Convention Center When: Tuesday, Feb. 3Where: Moscone Center South Building, San Francisco When: Tuesday, Feb. 3 " Saturday, Feb. 7Where: Moscone Center North and South Buildings, San Francisco When: Tuesday, Feb. 3 " Saturday, Feb. 7Where: Yerba Buena Gardens and YBCA Forum, San Francisco When: Wednesday, Feb. 4 " Saturday, Feb. 7Where: The Pearl, San Francisco When: Thursday, Feb. 5Where: Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco When: Thursday, Feb. 5 " Saturday Feb. 7Where: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco When:…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (222+ words) San Jose will be the center of the professional women's soccer universe on Saturday with the National Women's Soccer League Championship at PayPal Park. The match at 5 p.m. is between Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit to determine the champion of the 14-team league. The championship is being hosted at the San Jose home stadium of Bay Football Club, the team better known as Bay FC that joined the league as an expansion team last year. PayPal Park, also home to the San Jose Earthquakes men's Major League Soccer team, will host tailgate festivities that start at 2:30 p.m. and will include food trucks and other activities. Before that, soccer fans in the South Bay on Saturday can go to the league's fifth-annual NWSL Fan Fest taking place at The Lot at Creekside at 140 S. Montgomery St., where there will be interactive games, music…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago (267+ words) It was a big night for soccer fans as people from all over the world attended the National Women's Soccer League Championship at PayPal Park. Marianne Favro reports. Gotham FC may have clinched the championship one to nothing, but San Jose was also a big winner. With fiery fanfare, the National Women's Soccer League Championship got underway with 18,000 people cheering players at PayPal Park as the Washington spirit battled Gotham FC on the field. The skill and strength demonstrated at the game inspiring hundreds of young players. "I've been playing soccer for 11 years and I love the energy around women's games. It's really exciting. It's really empowering," said Adelynn Hazel from Reno. The match also inspired a family rivalry as Hazel rooted for Washington Spirit while her brother Gavin was rooting for Gotham FC. And with big crowds heading to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (488+ words) As of Wednesday evening, the ice skating rink is now open at San Francisco's Union Square, which for many signals the start of the holiday season in the city. The annual tradition is coming on the heels of some welcome news for Union Square: the Macy's store anchoring the square will be sticking around. Wednesday evening, elected officials, business leaders, and community members gathered at Union Square to celebrate the annual opening of the Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square. The annual event brought in visitors, some of whom are now making their own tradition of welcoming the rink on opening day each year. "I love it, this is my third time coming to the rink for opening day," said Dana Gillis of Oakland, who works in San Francisco. This year, families joining in on this holiday tradition have some…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago (129+ words) A lucky lottery player in San Jose hit the $14 million jackpot on a SuperLotto Plus ticket in Saturday's draw, according to the California Lottery. The jackpot ticket was bought at Maple Leaf Liquors at 1146 Saratoga Ave., the lottery said. The winning numbers in Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus draw were: 12-26-30-38-42 and the Mega ball 4. The business that sold the jackpot ticket is eligible for a bonus, according to the lottery. After the jackpot win, the pot for the next SuperLotto draw on Wednesday now sits at an estimated $7 million. Meanwhile, there were no jackpot winners in Saturday's $467 million Powerball draw nor in Friday's $843 million Mega Millions draw, bringing those pots to an estimated $490 million and $900 million, respectively....

1+ week, 2+ day ago (85+ words) Another sign that the holidays are arriving in the South Bay. Robert Handa reports. San Jose is about to take the wraps off this year's Christmas in the Park event downtown. The first part is a spectacular drive through light display that opens Friday, with the big downtown spectacular starting on the day after Thanksgiving. San Jose "s Christmas in the Park started in the 1950s - then moved to a downtown location in the 80s. Robert Handa has the details in the video above....

1+ week, 6+ day ago (199+ words) SAN ANSELMO, CA " JANUARY 03: Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets are displayed on January 3, 2018 in San Anselmo, California. The Powerball jackpot and Mega Millions jackpots are both over $400 million at the same time for the first time. The Mega Millions $418 million jackpot would be the fourth largest and the $460 million Powerball jackpot would be the seventh largest in the game's history. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Two lottery players in the Bay Area just missed hitting the jackpot in Saturday's Powerball draw but still came away with $609,000 each, according to the California Lottery. The tickets matching the first five numbers Saturday were sold at the Rotten Robbie gas station at 1655 Foxworthy Ave. in San Jose and at One Stop Liquor & Food at 5206 Pacheco Blvd. in Pacheco, a community in Contra Costa County near Concord, the lottery said. The winning…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago (181+ words) Bay Area shoppers are balancing budgets against shopping lists and Black Friday deals this year. Thom Jensen reports. Some folks even found them with in-person shopping on Thanksgiving in the East Bay. Shoppers were on the hunt inside a Concord Dollar Tree store on Thanksgiving Day. "This is the best place to come if you're on a tight budget," said Kyla Rinon, a Concord resident. Whether it's wrapping paper, greeting cards or little stocking stuffers, bargain hunters say this is a "go to" store for holiday shopping. One recent National Deloitte Survey shows shoppers plan to "pull back on spending" this year. Some families as much as 18% compared to last year. A University of Michigan poll suggests consumer confidence is near a record low for November and that Americans believe prices will continue to climb. Best Buy and a few…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (331+ words) Last holiday season, many San Francisco residents were convinced they'd seen the last Christmas celebration outside the iconic Union Square Macy's. Now, the company has announced there has been a change of plans. Union Square and its longtime anchor Macy's are prepping for revelers and shoppers. "I'm really excited. I really like seeing the tree in Union Square and all of the reefs in the windows," said Emily Garcia, a San Francisco resident. "It's really fun and it's like a staple to my Christmas experience in the city."" It's essentially a holiday tradition at this point, but last year, it looked like that tradition was about to come to an end. The Union Square store was on the company's list of underperforming locations and had been designated for closure within three years - but all that changed. "Macy's is staying. It's…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago (126+ words) Heavy traffic is expected around Levi's Stadium on Monday when the San Francisco 49ers play the Carolina Panthers in Monday Night Football. Kickoff is at 5:15 p.m. Tasman Drive will be closed from 9:30 a.m. until at least three hours after the game, the 49ers said. Traffic will be congested on Highway 101, Highway 237, Interstate 880, Lawrence Expressway, San Tomas Expressway, and Great America Parkway, Santa Clara police said. Some freeway off-ramps and portions of Great America Parkway will also close. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will run additional services for those attending the game. Its schedule can be found at vta.org. Parking lots open at 1:45 p.m. Stadium gates open at 3:15 p.m....