| 1 | Jan 27, '17 | Malia Obama joins Dakota Access pipeline protest at Sundance | 154× | 0 | 26k | 11k | 2 |
| 2 | Mar 14, '18 | Mt. Diablo High students break through locked gates to participate in gun violence walkout | 87.7× | 0 | 18k | 4.2k | 38 |
| 3 | May 12, '18 | Review: Taylor Swift delivers near-perfect pop show in Bay Area | 85.8× | 0 | 22k | 2.7k | 37 |
| 4 | Jun 13, '18 | California woman ‘in shock’ after ICE agents detain father, a legal resident, outside home | 20.4× | 0 | 1.6k | 1.5k | 41 |
| 5 | Jan 18, '25 | Meghan Markle’s alleged ‘Mean Girl’ behavior to employees examined in new report | 17.8× | 154k | 719 | 66 | 16 |
| 6 | Apr 18, '22 | Taco Bell fans get their way; Mexican Pizza returns May 19 | 14.7× | 0 | 1.8k | 471 | 72 |
| 7 | Jun 21, '23 | Oakland A’s fan-created ‘SELL’ shirt is on its way to Baseball Hall of Fame | 13.8× | 120k | 284 | 79 | 6 |
| 8 | Jun 27, '22 | Great America land in Santa Clara is bought by developer for $310 million, park to shut | 12× | 0 | 830 | 365 | 94 |
| 9 | Aug 12, '16 | We apologize for an insensitive headline earlier on a story about Simone Manuel and Michael Phelps' medal wins. | 11.5× | 0 | 776 | 676 | 0 |
| 10 | Oct 8, '19 | Passengers on flight out of San Francisco may have been exposed to Hepatitis A | 11.3× | 0 | 605 | 892 | 32 |
| 11 | Nov 9, '23 | Elon Musk almost needed SFPD wellness check after ‘breakdown,’ getting booed at Dave Chappelle show | 10.2× | 89k | 216 | 42 | 96 |
| 12 | Sep 26, '17 | EXCLUSIVE: Sharks’ Ward, one of NHL’s few black players, may kneel for anthem | 10.0× | 0 | 1.4k | 474 | 0 |
| 13 | Sep 4, '18 | BTS, the band that bested Taylor Swift, launches tour in California | 9.6× | 0 | 1.8k | 680 | 7 |
| 14 | Dec 31, '20 | Earthquake rattles just off coast of San Francisco, Marin County | 9.5× | 0 | 915 | 507 | 28 |
| 15 | Jan 13, '19 | Landlord rents $1,500 studio to two cats, hits ‘peak Silicon Valley’ | 8.8× | 0 | 1.1k | 466 | 25 |
| 16 | Jul 22, '17 | Actor John Heard found dead in Palo Alto hotel room | 8.7× | 0 | 679 | 746 | 0 |
| 17 | Mar 29, '23 | Meghan Markle has ‘warped sense of reality,’ isn’t ‘on the level,’ Vanity Fair writer says | 7.6× | 66k | 1k | 122 | 14 |
| 18 | Jun 11, '22 | Steph Curry’s legendary effort helps the Warriors take Game 4 in Boston to even NBA Finals | 7.6× | 0 | 2k | 210 | 11 |
| 19 | Feb 4, '25 | 2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of two Central California reservoirs because of Trump’s order to open dams | ⚡ 6.8× | 2.2M | 892 | 197 | 273 |
| 20 | Aug 1, '22 | Ivanka, Don Jr. and Eric Trump ‘disgrace’ themselves with mom’s ‘sad’ golf course grave, expert says | 6.2× | 0 | 1k | 298 | 17 |
| 21 | Apr 17, '23 | Coachella 2023: Blackpink’s success has K-pop fans hoping for more Asian music and representation | 6.2× | 53k | 1.9k | 560 | 19 |
| 22 | May 27, '21 | BREAKING: Family members said that Taptejdeep Singh, 36, a light rail operator married with two small children was gunned down in a stairwell. Coworkers told them that Singh had le | 6.1× | 0 | 876 | 454 | 19 |
| 23 | Jun 28, '18 | Rep. Barbara Lee considers bid for House leadership in wake of Ocasio-Cortez win | 5.6× | 0 | 958 | 270 | 1 |
| 24 | Nov 1, '23 | Former A’s executive asks MLB owners to reject Las Vegas move | 5.6× | 49k | 346 | 74 | 5 |
| 25 | Aug 16, '21 | Barbra Streisand has the nerve to criticize Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star is Born’ | 5.2× | 0 | 925 | 134 | 27 |
| 26 | Jul 8, '20 | BREAKING: Stanford, home to the most successful intercollegiate athletic program in the country, has eliminated varsity 11 teams because of coronavirus-related financial constraint | 5.1× | 0 | 457 | 331 | 18 |
| 27 | Mar 14, '18 | WATCH: Here's a look at student walkouts across the Bay Area. #NationalWalkoutDay | 4.8× | 0 | 904 | 309 | 6 |
| 28 | Dec 23, '17 | Report: Bay Area hip-hop star Pam the Funkstress, who was Prince’s DJ, has died | 4.8× | 0 | 531 | 423 | 0 |
| 29 | Jul 16, '22 | Fact-checking Meghan Markle: Vanity Fair couldn’t verify activism claims, new book says | 4.7× | 0 | 1.1k | 128 | 12 |
| 30 | Jul 9, '21 | Trump’s getting ‘annoyed’ with Kimberly Guilfoyle, MAGA world’s ‘Eva Perón,” report says | 4.6× | 0 | 605 | 152 | 47 |
| 31 | Jan 23, '25 | Follow us on Bluesky @mercurynews.com | | 3.9× | 34k | 26 | 5 | 4 |
| 32 | May 26, '21 | UPDATE Multiple people dead in mass shooting near San Jose VTA light rail yard: sources | 3.9× | 0 | 249 | 318 | 7 |
| 33 | May 8, '25 | Prince Harry’s African charity admits abuses of Indigenous people | 3.8× | 33k | 475 | 102 | 17 |
| 34 | Mar 14, '18 | Mt. Diablo HS principal Lorne Barbosa said he was not opposed to students participating in protests, but after the student government decided not to do a walkout, the school was no | 3.8× | 0 | 780 | 151 | 6 |
| 35 | Mar 28, '24 | Ex-Caltrain employee, contractor charged with building secret homes at train stations | ⚡ 3.7× | 1.3M | 478 | 58 | 151 |
| 36 | Jul 15, '19 | Review: Queen + Adam Lambert celebrate Freddie Mercury with tour | 3.6× | 0 | 933 | 112 | 7 |
| 37 | Mar 9, '22 | Search is on for missing trans woman last seen in San Francisco | 3.6× | 0 | 435 | 323 | 7 |
| 38 | Jan 22, '20 | BTS is coming to the Bay Area! The band announced the upcoming tour includes two dates at @49ers @LevisStadium. #BTSTOUR2020 Here are details 👇 | 3.5× | 0 | 548 | 284 | 6 |
| 39 | Jan 3, '22 | Keanu Reeves donated 70% of ‘Matrix’ earnings to cancer research, report says | 3.5× | 0 | 779 | 124 | 5 |
| 40 | Sep 7, '19 | Metallica, S.F. Symphony deliver magical opening night at Chase Center | 3.3× | 0 | 891 | 90 | 4 |
| 41 | Sep 28, '18 | Bay Area music icon Marty Balin, co-founder of Jefferson Airplane, has died | 3.2× | 0 | 360 | 255 | 1 |
| 42 | May 27, '21 | THREAD: The nine victims of the San Jose VTA shooting were husbands, fathers, brothers and sons. They ranged in age from 29 to 63. One was a "tinkerer" who could fix anything. Anot | 3.1× | 0 | 464 | 252 | 8 |
| 43 | Mar 14, '18 | Los Gatos and Saratoga students join national protest on school gun violence | 3.1× | 0 | 762 | 127 | 0 |
| 44 | Feb 1, '22 | Whoopi Goldberg seemed to double down on race, Holocaust comments in Stephen Colbert interview | 3.1× | 0 | 514 | 135 | 6 |
| 45 | Apr 15, '21 | Opinion: Biden’s lifting of Trump’s Muslim Ban was only partial | 3.0× | 0 | 271 | 209 | 0 |
| 46 | Jan 27, '21 | Tenants and housing advocates protesting evictions during the coronavirus pandemic blocked the entrance to the Santa Clara County Superior Court in downtown San Jose this morning. | 3.0× | 0 | 369 | 222 | 5 |
| 47 | Oct 26, '19 | @NSavidge @karlmondon @NWS @distressline @CountyofSonoma @AirDistrict Our staff photographer @karlmondon took this time-lapse video of the #KincadeFire burning in Sonoma County, Ca | 3.0× | 0 | 411 | 237 | 13 |
| 48 | Oct 24, '25 | Trump’s DOJ prepares to send election monitors to California, New Jersey following requests from state GOPs | ⚡ 3.0× | 1.4M | 368 | 102 | 57 |
| 49 | Jun 8, '20 | BREAKING: San Jose police will no longer use rubber bullets to disperse crowds at protests, according to a new policy memo sent to officers today. | 3.0× | 0 | 495 | 202 | 2 |
| 50 | Nov 10, '16 | Woman wearing hijab attacked at San Jose State | 2.9× | 0 | 249 | 322 | 0 |
| 51 | Jul 3, '17 | Warriors’ Kevin Durant is taking even less money than we all thought | 2.9× | 0 | 305 | 178 | 0 |
| 52 | Oct 19, '20 | Eight months in, California is containing COVID-19 as other states spike. Here’s why. | 2.8× | 0 | 526 | 114 | 13 |
| 53 | Mar 30, '20 | Meet the doctor who ordered the Bay Area’s coronavirus lockdown, the first in the U.S. | 2.8× | 0 | 563 | 142 | 15 |
| 54 | Aug 18, '17 | Zoe Lofgren calls for Trump to get mental exam to determine if he should be removed from office | 2.8× | 0 | 254 | 147 | 0 |
| 55 | Nov 19, '20 | Which California counties will have a coronavirus curfew? Here’s a map | 2.6× | 0 | 277 | 166 | 24 |
| 56 | Dec 4, '20 | Ivanka Trump gets some respite on Parler from #IvankaForPrison campaign | 2.6× | 0 | 427 | 100 | 5 |
| 57 | May 10, '18 | Donald Trump Jr.’s new love interest? Kimberly Guilfoyle, report says | 2.5× | 0 | 259 | 74 | 2 |
| 58 | Apr 18, '18 | Half of Californians support deportations, Muslim travel ban, survey finds | 2.3× | 0 | 415 | 130 | 1 |
| 59 | Dec 24, '20 | The Lakers hid Kobe Bryant tributes in their championship ring | 2.3× | 0 | 531 | 82 | 19 |
| 60 | May 20, '22 | Why Steph Curry has already lobbied for Warriors to keep Gary Payton II | 2.2× | 0 | 606 | 33 | 12 |
| 61 | Nov 5, '18 | Interview: Metallica on giving back, feeling grateful and being surprised | 2.2× | 0 | 514 | 85 | 2 |
| 62 | Apr 10, '19 | Coachella 2019: Set times and schedule announced, here’s when Ariana Grande, Blackpink, Childish Gambino are playing | 2.1× | 0 | 459 | 122 | 0 |
| 63 | Oct 22, '19 | BREAKING: Lori Loughlin and three Bay Area parents are hit with new charges in the college admissions scandal. The charge, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, is punisha | 2.1× | 0 | 289 | 133 | 7 |
| 64 | Mar 11, '17 | California debates daylight-saving time — again | 2.1× | 0 | 499 | 79 | 0 |
| 65 | Sep 23, '20 | JUST IN: Newsom says California will prohibit the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars starting in 2035. California is the first state in the U.S. to take such a step. | 2.0× | 0 | 328 | 95 | 4 |
| 66 | Feb 4, '17 | Ivanka Trump boycott: now Neiman Marcus has dropped her jewelry line | 1.9× | 0 | 311 | 126 | 0 |
| 67 | Mar 23, '23 | K-pop superstars Mamamoo bring debut U.S. tour to Bay Area, Los Angeles | 1.9× | 17k | 737 | 495 | 3 |
| 68 | Jun 19, '22 | Snow flurries hit Lake Tahoe — in June! — the third time this month | 1.9× | 0 | 352 | 94 | 13 |
| 69 | May 10, '21 | Two-thirds of Californians to recieve $600 stimulus checks under Gov. Newsom’s new proposal | 1.9× | 0 | 319 | 49 | 11 |
| 70 | Jun 27, '20 | COVID-19 has not surged in cities with big protests, but it has in states that reopened early. Here are possible reasons | 1.8× | 0 | 245 | 111 | 14 |
| 71 | Nov 16, '19 | Bernie Sanders makes big investment in California ground game, leading his presidential rivals | 1.8× | 0 | 371 | 87 | 3 |
| 72 | Apr 30, '17 | Hometown hugger Bayley returns to San Jose as WWE champ @ItsBayleyWWE | 1.7× | 0 | 390 | 82 | 0 |
| 73 | Feb 10, '17 | Cupertino church says its ‘Welcome refugees and immigrants’ sign was stolen, vandalized | 1.7× | 0 | 261 | 119 | 0 |
| 74 | Jan 26, '22 | San Jose is first U.S. city to mandate gun owners carry insurance and pay a fee | 1.7× | 0 | 290 | 70 | 7 |
| 75 | Jan 17, '20 | Andrew Yang tells San Francisco supporters he can make it through early state ‘dogfight’ | 1.7× | 0 | 352 | 87 | 3 |
| 76 | Feb 14, '20 | The Mercury News and @EastBayTimes editorial boards have endorsed @amyklobuchar : "The U.S. senator from Minnesota provides best opportunity for California Democrats who want to wi | 1.6× | 0 | 234 | 102 | 0 |
| 77 | Aug 21, '21 | Barack Obama Boulevard dedicated in San Jose | 1.6× | 0 | 373 | 53 | 3 |
| 78 | May 22, '18 | San Jose principal becomes a U.S. citizen in front of her students | 1.6× | 0 | 277 | 97 | 0 |
| 79 | Oct 30, '21 | Rare white dolphin -- 'Casper' -- spotted days before Halloween in Monterey Bay | 1.6× | 0 | 358 | 68 | 3 |
| 80 | May 22, '18 | You won’t believe Brandi Chastain’s Hall of Fame plaque | 1.5× | 0 | 318 | 30 | 1 |
| 81 | Jan 25, '22 | Netflix and Spotify finally address Harry and Meghan’s lack of output | 1.5× | 0 | 298 | 36 | 4 |
| 82 | Jun 8, '18 | Photos: NFL players Marshawn Lynch, Josh Johnson and Marcus Peters take part in Oakland anti-violence summit | 1.4× | 0 | 238 | 98 | 4 |
| 83 | May 29, '20 | After marching through downtown San Jose, demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd stopped traffic on Highway 101. The protestors have been peaceful and have moved on tow | 1.4× | 0 | 239 | 80 | 4 |
| 84 | May 27, '21 | Adrian Balleza, 29, was the youngest of the victims. He was a light rail operator who had been with VTA since 2014 when he started as a bus operator trainee. A coworker called him | 1.4× | 0 | 253 | 83 | 2 |
| 85 | Dec 16, '20 | Streaming movies: ‘Greenland’ & Chadwick Boseman’s last movie are best bets | 1.3× | 0 | 342 | 34 | 15 |
| 86 | Aug 8, '20 | Oakland ready for Trump attacks if ‘proud daughter’ Kamala Harris joins Democratic ticket | 1.3× | 0 | 263 | 68 | 5 |
| 87 | Jun 2, '21 | Buckingham Palace’s racist history revealed in new report | 1.3× | 0 | 229 | 85 | 5 |
| 88 | Aug 17, '22 | Jenna Ellis ordered to appear before election scheme grand jury | 1.3× | 0 | 267 | 43 | 2 |
| 89 | Dec 23, '20 | Curry greets Durant with hug before Warriors-Nets season opener | 1.3× | 0 | 339 | 27 | 3 |
| 90 | Nov 6, '20 | Ivanka Trump condemned for joining dad’s election ‘disinformation push’ | 1.3× | 0 | 234 | 31 | 7 |
| 91 | Dec 20, '20 | Champions! San Jose State beats Boise State, wins first Mountain West football title | 1.2× | 0 | 296 | 48 | 0 |
| 92 | Dec 15, '21 | Kurtenbach: Klay Thompson’s return couldn’t come at a better time for the lulling Warriors | 1.2× | 0 | 320 | 20 | 3 |
| 93 | Jul 26, '21 | BREAKING: 300 San Francisco bars will require vaccine proof from patrons | 1.2× | 0 | 219 | 45 | 2 |
| 94 | Jan 24, '17 | We STILL heart the ‘80s: New Kids on the Block, Rick Astley, more head to San Jose | 1.2× | 0 | 279 | 55 | 0 |
| 95 | Feb 4, '21 | Warriors’ Klay Thompson somehow 10th in NBA All-Star Game voting | 1.2× | 0 | 297 | 32 | 6 |
| 96 | Dec 14, '19 | Letter: Pete Buttigieg, a Midwest vet of faith, really does resonate | 1.1× | 0 | 221 | 59 | 3 |
| 97 | Mar 6, '22 | Warriors lose fourth straight, crushed by LeBron James 56-point game | 1.0× | 0 | 266 | 24 | 1 |
| 98 | Jul 16, '24 | Senate race: Steve Garvey outraised Adam Schiff from April through June | 1.0× | 8.7k | 284 | 34 | 1 |
| 99 | Mar 15, '22 | Sparked by Draymond Green’s return, Warriors’ Steph Curry drops 47 points in birthday win | 1.0× | 0 | 267 | 27 | 3 |
| 100 | Feb 13, '22 | Klay Thompson goes ballistic in fourth quarter, Warriors beat Lakers in wild finish | 1.0× | 0 | 251 | 28 | 1 |
| 101 | Jul 10, '22 | Athletics option Kelly Logue to Triple-A the day after beating Astros | 0.9× | 0 | 255 | 17 | 0 |
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