RATS SHUTTING DOWN a grocery store are never a good thing — unless regulars from that market end up boosting businesses in the surrounding area. The Santa ...

The final remnants of a large homeless encampment on East 12th Street in Oakland are being removed and most of the former residents have accepted spots at ...

IS THE TIME for travel, but if you’re a visa- or a green card-holder, the slew of immigration-related news over the past few months might have put ...

CITY OFFICIALS WANT SAN JOSE to reap the economic benefits from the World Cup and Super Bowl when they come to the region next year, and large-scale ...

AFTER COMPLETION of a months-long investigation into complaints made by embattled San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus against a top county official, ...

It would be hard to imagine a more tuneful and lush history lesson than what comprises “Parade,” the musical on tour at San ...

THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT this week voted to reverse course on a decision to potentially gut afterschool and summer programs that roiled the ...

THE MARIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS unanimously approved a nearly $866 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year that includes adding firefighters to ...

A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM to help prevent wildfires and restore forests in Mendocino County has been eliminated under proposed cuts by President Donald Trump’s ...

The East Bay Regional Park District will spend millions over the next three years cutting down and removing dead and dying trees in order to reduce the ...

CALIFORNIA’S LOCAL NEWSROOMS got attention at the state Capitol this week, when the Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz, ...

Alameda County has launched a three-year, $5.8 million Diaper Bank program to provide monthly access to diapers and baby wipes for families with young ...