Jackie Speier, who spent more than three decades as a state legislator and member of Congress, has joined the board of the San Mateo County Transportation ...

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A coalition of Oakland municipal unions are calling on city officials to reverse a decision to help balance a massive budget shortfall by, in part, laying ...

People are being advised to keep warm coats and umbrellas on hand as the Bay Area’s frigid temperatures will merge with a ...

With the NBA All-Star game and the Chinese New Year Parade happening in San Francisco this coming weekend, public transit and roadways will be affected by ...

Renovations including an off-leash dog play area, a dog-free lawn and other amenities were recently unveiled in San Francisco’s Esprit Park in the city’s ...

A wayward coyote was rescued from a water retention pond south of Salinas last week.  The SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Center was contacted about the ...

A TOP SILICON VALLEY education leader had five highly-paid admins and assistants working for her — with some making nearly $200,000 each a year in public ...

Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the return of the San Francisco Fire Commission’s president and the appointment of a new member of the panel. Marcy Fraser, a ...

A CHURCH-GOING AGRICULTURAL WORKER. An Echo Park man taking his son to school. A 16-year-old kid searching for work to support his family in Mexico.

A Napa County man has been sentenced to about a year in jail for causing the death of two bicyclists in 2023. Porfirio Sanchez, 57, pleaded no contest to ...

A federal has judge ruled this week that California and 21 other states will be spared for now from crippling cuts to key funding that universities rely ...