The Brentwood City Council approved a ban on short-term rentals and the development of new car washes, but decided to table a conversation on banning new ...

A Bay Area school district has settled a lawsuit claiming that Black students and English learners were denied a proper education and were ...

Note: This story was updated to note that the full board of regents voted to approve the tuition increase. The University of California will increase ...

A STATE TRANSPARENCY law is shedding light on the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s cache of semi-automatic weapons — and publicizing the lesser ...

The California Coastal Commission approved a long-planned update to Sonoma County’s coastal land use and zoning regulations at the commission’s meeting in ...

The autonomous vehicle company Cruise has agreed to pay a fine for filing a false report about one of its driverless cars dragging a pedestrian following ...

Santa Clara County has made strides to house homeless veterans, but the work isn’t over. The county reached a milestone of “functional zero” among ...

Benicia police are advising the public to remain vigilant against scams after several reports from local residents who received phone calls from someone ...

New books, from Bay Area and Northern California authors, listed by release date. Portrait in Red: A Paris Obsession By L.

Pittsburg City Councilmember Shanelle Scales-Preston increased her lead over Antioch City Councilmember Mike Barbanica to ...

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The gentle, sassy PG-style humor of the beloved 1990s sitcom “The Nanny” transforms into an R-rated riot in the “The Nanny ...