INTERIM OAKLAND MAYOR KEVIN JENKINS delivered a nearly $4.4 billion, two-year budget proposal to the City Council Monday, emphasizing the need to protect ...

For those who have seen later works by lauded playwright Lynn Nottage—such as her devastating Pulitzer Prize-winner “Ruin” ...

Bay Area firefighters are preparing for a difficult fire season this summer. The latest seasonal outlook report from the National Interagency Fire Center ...

THE COUNTIES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND SANTA CLARA have signed onto yet another lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump for placing new ...

FOR JOSE, THE SLOUGH beneath Stockton’s Airport Way Bridge is more than just a patch of ground. It’s home.  “This is the only place I’ve got,” he ...

The City of East Palo Alto has received $581,060 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Climate Program Implementation Grant to install 24 new ...

A STUDY RELEASED last week on Black homeownership in the Bay Area shows the region lost thousands of African American households after 2010. The report, ...

SANTA CLARA COUNTY’S top executive is recommending layoffs to keep core social safety net services alive in the face of two threats: a steep budget ...

IN THE TIME BEFORE CELLPHONE, local news outlets relied heavily on advertising for most of their income. In recent decades, much of that advertising has ...

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP announced Sunday he is directing federal authorities to reopen the famous prison at Alcatraz Island ...

SRIDHAR KOLLAREDDY WALKS between thousands of imported marbled granite slabs, slated to become countertops or gravestones. His business, Silicon Valley ...

California is observing Wildfire Preparedness Week from May 4 to May 10, urging residents to take proactive steps to protect their homes and communities ...