As temperatures climbed to the high 90s, firefighters rescued multiple people in Los Angeles, Orange County and Riverside County.
A bill to provide disaster relief to hundreds of thousands of farm workers was introduced by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla.If signed into law, the Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act will provide compensation to farm workers who lose wages due …
DON’T TELL NATALIE NAKASE she doesn’t have what it takes to do something. The coach of the San Francisco Bay Area’s first WNBA team got to where she is by learning to block out those who underestimated her.“If I hear …
Flowers are now blooming along the river's edge where reservoirs once sat.
A NEW $37.5 MILLION FUND started by a consortium of nonprofit organizations is partnering with the city and county of San Francisco to build more transitional housing. Dubbed the “Breaking the Cycle Fund,” to finance projects under a mayoral plan …
Two children were present in the car but were uninjured.
"Growing financial strain" was cited as the reason for the festival's cancellation.
A surprise May heat wave is expected to break Saturday night, with cooler temperatures arriving for Mother's Day and fog and drizzle arriving next week, according to weather forecasters.
FOR THE LAST 54 YEARS, The Happy Hound in Los Gatos has served a menu of classic American diner fare: assorted hamburgers, hot dogs and milkshakes, with fries and onion rings as sides.It’s a formula that works, as attested by …
The Oakland City Council voted this week to settle a lawsuit over alleged improprieties in the lead-up to the 2022 mayoral election, but did so without admitting to any wrongdoing.The suit, filed in 2023 by the Alameda County Taxpayers Association …
One city faces whiplash between dueling disasters.
President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a National Warrior Independence Center.
Robert Francis Prevost is an American leader who can remind the world what the United States represents at its best.
In Monterey County, growers are building lodging for thousands of guest workers coming in on H-2A visas. Some advocates say it is an injustice for the farmworkers who've lived here for years, many in substandard housing.
A rural California town lost its post office amid a dispute between USPS and the landlord. After a two-year fight, it's coming back.
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Department announced this week that a set of remains were identified through forensic DNA testing as belonging to Kay Josephine Medin, who had been missing since the summer of 1987.
In a four-sentence order issued Thursday afternoon, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously denied a petition by former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes seeking further hearings on her appeal. Holmes was convicted of four counts of wire fraud against investors …
The shooting was reported shortly after 4 p.m. in the 2100 block of Oris Street where a male juvenile was struck by gunfire, according to a statement. The shooter remains at large.
The Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder’s office is about to start looking for official prejudice in county property records. The county announced Wednesday the launch of its initiative “Mapping Prejudice in Contra Costa County,” a community-driven initiative to identify and map …
A pair of Bay Area state lawmakers along with various transit advocates are calling for more investment in public transportation systems after BART suffered a regionwide service meltdown Friday.In a joint statement, Democratic state Sens. Scott Wiener of San Francisco …