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 ...

West Contra Costa Unified School District has unveiled its newest science building for middle and high schoolers. The building is for Hercules middle and ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...