Black History and Black Futurism

The current mayor of Lathrop, a Stockton business owner, and a former dairy farmer who also served on the Manteca City Council are competing for the District 3 seat on Board of Supervisors.

The Galt City Council will consider appointing Chris Erias as interim city manager during its Feb. 20 meeting, the city announced.

In 2022, Rep. Josh Harder faced seven challengers heading into the June 7 primary election.

The ex-professor pleaded guilty to multiple arson charges in court.

The All of Us mobile tour heads to the San Joaquin Valley this spring, with the aim of finding people from a wide range of communities to enroll in the study.

Three familiar faces will be battling to fill the California State Senate District 5 seat up for grabs on March 5.

Volunteers gathered before sunrise for the biennial Point In Time Count, an effort to collect data on how many unsheltered homeless people live in and around the city.

In the last three primary elections, Assemblyman Heath Flora has faced just one challenger for his seat, winning by more than 20% each time.

Monarch butterflies have a long way to go before reaching stable population numbers.

San Francisco is coping with a “doom loop” of declining employment and business activity in its downtown core, but a new study suggests Sacramento may be in worse shape.

Some 45 volunteers canvassed 18 areas of Lodi to record the number of unsheltered individuals living in or near the city as part of the biannual Point in Time count.

Sen. Mike McGuire of Healdsburg takes over as Democratic leader in the state Senate from Sen. Toni Atkins. He terms out in 2026, so has limited time to push his agenda.

States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans.

The storm fed off of unusually warm waters as it grew. It also reached “bomb cyclone” status as it neared California.

Downtown Sacramento faces many challenges, but the growing number of small businesses, hotels, homes and other major developments signal its transformation, says the city’s mayor.

The Grateful Dead have broken the record for the most Top 40 albums to chart on the Billboard 200.

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.

One year after California became the first state to require its public universities to provide the abortion pill to students, basic information on where or how students can obtain the medication is lacking.

An extinct species of walrus was unearthed in Santa Cruz County, evoking a time when California was teeming with odd creatures that feel closer to fantasy than reality, researchers said.

As Californians increasingly feel the health effects of climate change, state leaders are adopting sweeping policies they hope will fend off the worst impacts.

Lawmakers introduced a package of bills designed to tackle some forms of reparations. The measures may face budget constraints and opposition.

Chinook and other salmon runs are collapsing. Conservation groups call it too little, too late. Plan includes dam removals and restoring river flows.

Five former California superintendents shared potential solutions for reducing the increasing turnover rate in their profession.

State Sen. Scott Wiener wants to allow California cities and counties to designate “entertainment zones” where bars and restaurants could serve alcoholic drinks that people can consume on public streets and sidewalks.

The “pop, pop, pop” that’s become synonymous with Pickleball may soon be a racket of the past. That’s the goal promised by a new generation of equipment developed to lessen the overall acoustic burden of the sport.