Santa Clara

A charismatic quarterback in his third season in San Francisco emerging as a leader and a face of the franchise.

A Santa Clara retiree is losing out on thousands of dollars a month in rental income because of a sink hole beneath his townhome. The problem stems from a water well, but it's not clear who should be responsible for the damages.

Ticket broker StubHub says ticket prices jumped 365% Sunday after the opponents were set, compared to a 92% spike when the New England Patriots match up was set with the Los Angeles Rams last year.

About 40 people were waiting in line just to get into the team store at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara Monday to buy NFC Championship gear.

The team that was so bad a year ago that the coaching staff got rewarded with a week coaching the Senior Bowl in Alabama is now playing for the championship in the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 in Miami against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Aaron Rodgers’ latest failure in the NFC championship game kept him out of the Super Bowl once again, the Packers’ season ending just short with an another forgettable playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers, 37-20 on Sunday.

The excitement has been building all weekend.

In addition to its regular weekend service, Caltrain will add a southbound express train before the game to the Mountain View Station. That express train departs from the San Francisco Station at 1:40 p.m. 

For the Blue Chip Sports Lounge in San Jose, the NFC Championship Game is already a big win.

The Niners (14-3) first playoff game in six seasons and first ever at Levi's Stadium turned into a lopsided one as top-seeded San Francisco turned a pair of second-half turnovers by Minnesota (11-7) into 10 points.

In all, the good outshone the bad moments. Garoppolo posted three games with four TD passes and ranked third in the league with 8.4 yards per attempt.