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Joe DeMartino, ESPN EditorJun 4, 2023, 09:20 AM ET

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Taylor Swift is at the height of her powers -- and when you're a music demigoddess, sometimes mere mortals find it difficult to function in your presence.

A Korean short rib "burger."A burger encased in pastry.And two highly rated burgers from chain restaurants.Those Bay Area burgers scored spots on the just-released Yelp Top 100 Burgers - an eclectic lineup that runs the gamut from classic burgers to vegan versions to beef-filled sushi creations.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has put their stamp of approval on a 30-unit interim housing complex for families in Santa Clara, pledging to sponsor an application for critical Project HomeKey funding after the city declined to take on that responsibility last month.The development, which will serve homeless families for three to six months until they find more permanent housing, will built on county-owned land on the corner of Lawrence Expressway and Benton Street.

That burning smell wafting in from the west (at least in the DC area) may have been from my homemade stat-based NBA draft analysis tool dubbed Ye Olde Draft Analyzer (YODA for short).I will neither confirm nor deny whether YODA is powered by Kyber Crystal.YODA operates under the theory that a prospect's on-court production is a reasonable way to assess how he applies his skills, size, athleticism, basketball IQ, etc. to competitive games.

This is my first attempt at a draft board based on the players I've watched enough to have a fairly reasonable assessment of.On yesterday's Bleav in Wizards podcast, Osman Baig and I discussed his recent article on Michael Winger's track record with the Clippers.But we also went through my very rough first-round draft big board.

EAGAN, Minn.-- The Super Bowl will return to the Bay Area in 2026 at the home of the San Francisco 49ers, following a vote of approval by NFL owners on Monday at their spring meetings.This will be the third time for the big game in the Bay Area.Levi's Stadium, which opened in Santa Clara, California, in 2014, hosted Super Bowl 50 when Denver beat Carolina.

Benfica won their first Portuguese league title in four years after beating Santa Clara 3-0 on Saturday on the final day of the season.FC Porto finished two points behind in second after beating Guimaraes 3-0.Last year's champions needed last-place Santa Clara to pull off a surprising win at Benfica to have a realistic shot at defending their title.

Santa Clara appears poised to host another Super Bowl.This time, it should actually host the whole week of festivities.Per multiple reports, the South Bay will be the home of Super Bowl LX (60) in 2026.An announcement is expected this week.It's a bit of a surprise that the Big Game is returning to the Bay, as Super Bowl 50, held back in 2016, left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

When assembling a picnic spread for your next outdoor-eating excursion, it's important to keep a few basic principles in mind: Foods should be reasonably portable and easy to share with a crowd.(Bonus points if you can eat it with your hands.)It should taste good at room temperature or hold up well in a cooler full of ice.

(Vera Nieuwenhuis / Associated Press)

SOUTHERN SECTION SOFTBALL
DIVISION 1
First round, Thursday unless noted
Norco 9, Gahr 5 (Friday)
Riverside Poly at Esperanza, MONDAY, 3:15 p.m.
Murrieta Mesa 9, South Hills 2 (Friday)
Huntington Beach 12, Torrance 1
Orange Lutheran 10, Eastvale Roosevelt 0 (Wednesday)
Oaks Christian 5, Chino Hills 1
Garden Grove Pacifica 6, La Mirada 5
Mission Viejo at #2 Los Alamitos, MONDAY, 3:15 p.m.
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.
#1 Norco at Esperanza/Riverside Poly winner
Murrieta Mesa at #4 Huntington Beach
#3 Orange Lutheran at Oaks Christian
#2 Los Alamitos/Mission Viejo winner at Garden Grove Pacifica
DIVISION 2
First round, Thursday unless noted
Moorpark 6, El Segundo 0 (Friday)
Saugus 8, Redondo 5 (Friday)
Anaheim Canyon 4, Agoura 3 (Friday)
JSerra 8, Warren 0
Marina 14, Segerstrom 2 (Wednesday)
California 7, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 3 (Wednesday)
Great Oak 5, Arcadia 0 (Wednesday)
Ayala 6, St. Anthony 2
North Torrance 8, Hart 7
Vista Murrieta 11, Don Lugo 0 (Friday)
Tesoro 3, Valencia 1 (9) (Friday)
Glendora 1, Millikan 0
Valley View 4, Temple City 0 (Wednesday)
Grand Terrace 16, Yucaipa 14
Whittier Christian 8, West Torrance 4 (Wednesday)
Rio Mesa 5, Royal 2 (Wednesday)
Second round, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.
#1 Moorpark at Saugus
JSerra at Anaheim Canyon
Marina at California
#4 Ayala at Great Oak
#3 North Torrance at Vista Murrieta
Tesoro at Glendora
Grand Terrace at Valley View
#2 Rio Mesa at Whittier Christian
DIVISION 3
First round, Thursday unless noted
Cypress 14, Hemet 13 (Friday)
Aquinas 10, Charter Oak 6 (Friday)
Etiwanda 3, La Quinta 2
Capistrano Valley 9, Louisville 8
Ramona 3, Sultana 0 (Wednesday)
La Palma Kennedy 10, Quartz Hill 2
Cerritos at Los Altos, SATURDAY, 1 p.m.

Gusts above 80 mph were recorded in the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon as a storm blew through.The highest speeds in the National Weather Service data as of 4 p.m. were 82 on Mount Umunhum and 81 on Mount Alison, in the Mission Peak preserve.Most of the peak gusts came between 1:30 and 2 p.m., although San Francisco International Airport's 62-mph reading was at 3:25.

Today, March 20, is the first day of spring and - bleak Bay Area weather or not - Dairy Queen and Rita's Italian Ice are celebrating with their traditional freebies.At DQs it's free vanilla cones - one small swirled soft-serve per person, while supplies last.At Rita's, it's a free cup of Italian ice.

Eataly, the three-story culinary emporium at Westfield Valley Fair, is holding its first Restaurant Fest for this location.The promotion, which runs through March 19, offers two-course menu deals, specials on regional wines and what they're calling "bites of indulgence" at special prices at both of its full service restaurants.

SVB Financial Group said on Tuesday the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) had taken "improper actions" to cut it off from cash held at its former subsidiary Silicon Valley Bank, which was seized by regulators to stem a national bank run.SVB Financial made the accusations in court filings ahead of its first bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan.

Thousands remained without power Thursday morning across the Bay Area, a day after Pacific Gas and Electric Company saw its most outages in a single day since 1995.The utility said about 367,000 of its Bay Area customers were without power at the outages peak yesterday, with most coming in the South Bay and on the Peninsula.

The mother of a Boy Scout who was out hiking with a troop in Santa Clara was killed Sunday when a tree fell on top of her, according to authorities.The woman, whom the medical examiner identified as Vidyut Nautiyal, 44, was on a planned hike at Rancho San Antonio park when she was struck by the tree, according to Eric Tarbox, Scout executive of the Boy Scouts' Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council.

The Silicon Valley Bank failure is impacting a Chicago restaurant chain.Fry the Coop, a fried chicken sandwich shop with seven locations, could not pay its 227 workers as scheduled on Friday, March 10, according to the chain's owner.While the restaurant does not bank with Santa Clara, California-based Silicon Valley, its payroll company - Ohio-based Patriot Software - does.

The bank's financial woes rattled Wall Street and left depositors scrambling to withdraw their money.Media staff report in front of the headquarters of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.Liu Guanguan / China News Service / VCG via Getty Images Santa Clara-based Silicon Valley Bank, a major lender to technology startups, collapsed on Friday after its emergency attempts to raise money and find a potential buyer failed, forcing regulators to step in and take over the institution.

Residential transactions in Santa Clara, The Peninsula and Santa Cruz areas.Click here to browse previous weeks' transactions.Occasional incorrectly reported, atypical home sales and special circumstances may be listed or alter the average cost per square foot.If the cost looks erroneous, please email content@bayareanewsgroup.com for more information.

During Women's History Month, the three women on the STEM Day panel at SAP Center on Tuesday all shared something they had in common with their audience of 150 eighth-graders from Hoover Middle School in San Jose: When they were in middle school, they weren't thinking too much about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics either.