Homelessness in Contra Costa County showed some dramatic improvement earlier this year, decreasing 26% between 2024 and 2025, ...

The Fillmore Jazz Festival—always a good time for music lovers, with bands scheduled throughout the day and vendor booths ...

AS OF MONDAY, developers will have an easier time building in California.  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law that will provide permit exceptions ...

Veteran East Bay reporter Tony Hicks didn’t have a specific goal when he started jotting down stories about his wild past and ...

SAN JOSE RESIDENT Adilene Alvarez never expected her husband to be grabbed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while driving their two young ...

The San Rafael City Council has approved up to $500,000 to help purchase a 1.65-acre property at 620 Canal St., officials said. The purchase advances ...

OAKLAND LEADERS SAID they’re all geared up to tackle the fire dangers associated with the Fourth of July holiday, the proliferation of illegal fireworks ...

AFTER THE CITY OF UKIAH last week announced it had paused plans to annex nearby unincorporated areas of Mendocino County, the county Board of Supervisors ...

THE BAY AREA AIR DISTRICT is now offering $2,000 to buy back gas-powered vehicles that are model year 2000 and older.   That’s a bump from the $1,500 it ...

A perfect storm of bureaucratic dysfunction is threatening a plan two years in the making to bolster the badly understaffed Vallejo Police Department with ...

SANTA CLARA COUNTY NONPROFITS serving the region’s vulnerable residents are facing funding cuts coming down from the Trump administration. Among proposed ...

Every year, roughly 15 million bikes are thrown away in the U.S while 4,000 bikes get trashed in the Bay Area. The steel ...