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49ers spend first-round draft pick on defensive end Mykel Williams

The 49ers' biggest step yet in their recovery from last season's 6-11 woes began with Thursday's first-round selection of Mykel Williams in the NFL Draft.

FILE - Georgia defensive lineman Mykel Williams (13) sets up for a play against Florida during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

BART train hits, kills person at Warm Springs station

Four arrested in connection with Oakland crime spree

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San Jose

Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at McClellan Airfield, Thursday, April 24, 2025, as Cal Fire introduces the latest addition to its aerial firefighting force, a C130H aircraft. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Cal Fire adds huge new firefighting tool as summer fire season approaches

Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft

Santa Clara County

Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd walks off the floor after losing to Duke in a Sweet 16 round NCAA college basketball tournament game, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

NCAA transfer portal winners (BYU, Utah) and losers (Arizona, USC)

The basketball portal is closed, and the football portal will shut on Friday. We broke down all the winners and losers for both sports.

San Mateo County

Light rain showers are expected in the Bay Area beginning Friday night and lasting through Sunday, with Santa Cruz County and the areas south of it expected to receive the most, according to the National Weather Service.

For most of Bay Area, light April showers will mark month’s final weekend

The cooler temperatures that started Wednesday are likely to continue through the weekend.

Oakland

Oakland corruption case: Attorneys push for more oversight of data seized by feds

Prosecutors have produced over 400 gigabytes of evidence so far.

Alameda County

Sheep move around the McCormick Ranch in Rio Vista, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Al Medvitz and his wife Jeannie McCormack, not pictured, raise sheep for wool and lamb, grow alfalfa, and lease out tracts for wheat, barley and other crops in their 3700-acre farm. A group of Silicon Valley billionaires are planning a utopian city in Solano County, which includes their parcel; however, They are not willing to sell. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Mysterious sheep deaths: Fremont mayor pushes for investigation of ‘vile’ decapitation

“I don’t want this to happen again,” the Fremont mayor said.

San Francisco County

Guitarist and vocalist Trey Anastasio performs with Phish at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Review: Phish accomplishes something so impressive in San Francisco

Phish was on top of its game on Night 2 at the Bill Graham Civic,...

Contra Costa County

Lucky supermarket at 5190 Clayton Road in Concord, seen in Dec. 2024.

East Bay supermarket property is bagged by Canadian tycoon’s company

A Canada-based tycoon has added an East Bay supermarket property to his holdings in a...

California

Georgia defensive lineman Mykel Williams (13) sets up for a play against Florida during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

49ers’ brass relieved top pick Mykel Williams fell out of top 10

John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan were relieved that 49ers' top pick Mykel Williams escaped the...

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