Bay Area congressmembers want the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association to investigate why gray whale deaths in the region are at their highest in ...

The Lafayette City Council has appointed longtime community volunteer Stella Wotherspoon to fill the seat left vacant by Councilmember Gina Dawson, who ...

Operations and public access to the historic East Brother Light Station are at risk if repairs to the Richmond island’s only access point are not funded, ...

As Bay Area transit agencies continue to face budget deficits, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission discussed new strategies to stabilize and expand ...

GROCERY STORES ARE BRACING for how federal cuts to food stamps will affect their businesses. Grocers who accept food assistance payments through the ...

SANTA ROSA’S SAFARI WEST wildlife preserve this week delivered a healthy Southern white rhinoceros calf into the world.  His namesake: Ozzy Osbourne, ...

THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS transformed into a cultural explosion of rhythm, heritage, and resistance with Perreoland, a vibrant new addition to ...

Romantasy is in the air—and on TikTok, book blogs and booksellers near you. While the portmanteau—combining the words romance ...

ART INSTALLATIONS, a beer garden, music and events are breathing life into downtown San Jose’s Creekside neighborhood, helping to revitalize the local ...

Oakland port officials have finalized a decision to change the name of the city’s airport for the second time in little over a year, but San Francisco ...

A BIPARTISAN EFFORT to honor San Jose’s Vietnamese American community at the state level has passed a key milestone. The state Assembly has unanimously ...

A PROPOSAL FRAUGHT WITH DELAYS that would cut the understaffed Vallejo Police Department’s response times in half has now made “significant progress,” ...