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As workplaces adopt artificial intelligence at varying rates, Gen Z is ahead...
Artificial intelligence is transforming workplaces. After a year of rapid, innovative changes in AI technology, that’s now a given. However, for younger people—particularly those in Gen Z aged 12 to...
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Traffic study finds Sonoma Valley residents could face hours of traffic...
Sonoma Valley residents could face hours of gridlocked traffic jams in the event of an evacuation because of a wildfire, according to a new study commissioned by a local nonprofit organization. The...
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California homeowners will have to fund half of high-risk insurer’s $1...
AFTER SAYING IT would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on insurance companies — which will in turn pass the costs...
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Cupertino invests in solar panels for greener government buildings amid...
Three prominent Cupertino government buildings are set to switch to green energy as the city warms up to the idea of solar power.The Cupertino City Council voted 3-2 Feb. 4 to install solar panels at...
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Toxicology report finds 3 killed in November Piedmont crash had consumed...
The three people who died in a Nov. 27 crash in Piedmont all had alcohol and cocaine in their systems, according to toxicology reports released by the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau.The trio —...
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Santa Cruz County Civil Grand jury gears up to post consolidated final report...
The Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury, which investigates the operations of local government, will release its consolidated final report for 2023-2024 on Thursday.The report includes nine reports...
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Bay Area parks are at ground zero for deadly death caps and destroying angel...
IT’S THAT TIME of the year again when mushrooms sprout all over the East Bay’s wild landscape.It’s also that time of year for people to keep their hands — and their mouths — off the mushrooms.East Bay...
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Fortunato Bas on her first month as Alameda County supervisor: ‘Going fairly...
Nikko Fortunato Bas recently finished her first month in office as a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors after being elected in November to the seat representing District 5, which...
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Oakland expands safety camera network along Hegenberger Ave to improve security
The City of Oakland has expanded its safety camera network with new installations along the Hegenberger Avenue corridor, a key business district in East Oakland, officials announced last week. The...
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Planning commission backs 155-townhome project to replace historic Los Gatos...
More than 100 homes could displace a longstanding, landmark hotel in Los Gatos.The Los Gatos Planning Commission unanimously recommended a proposed 155-townhome development Wednesday that would replace...
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Chinese dresses, vivid paintings, personal histories in Oakland Museum’s...
Artist-in-residence Chelsea Ryoko Wong opened her year-long Oakland Museum of California installation “Ancestral Visions” during a Lunar New Year celebration in which she said wanted to make the...
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San Jose considers options to rid city streets of thousands of abandoned...
SAN JOSE WANTS to “piggyback” off a partnership with Milpitas and a private company to tackle thousands of abandoned shopping carts.The San Jose City Council earlier this month voted 10-1, with...
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SF reporter Kevin Fagan digs deep into homelessness crisis in ‘The Lost and...
“It’s my passion—homelessness is what I’ve cared most about for decades,” says Kevin Fagan, whose new book, “The Lost and the Found,” takes a deep look at people living on the street and shows what...
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Mayor Daniel Lurie appoints San Francisco Giants operations executive to...
Major Daniel Lurie has appointed the chief operations and experience officer for the San Francisco Giants to the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency board of directors. Alfonso Felder was...
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‘Not My President’: Thousands protest Trump, Musk across Bay Area on...
Thousands of demonstrators around the Bay Area marked President’s Day by joining a national day of action to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.Protests began at noon Monday in San Francisco,...
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Dodgy DOGE ‘inspectors’ demand access to SF City Hall digital docs before...
Three men posing as employees of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency demanded digital information at San Francisco City Hall on Friday, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department...
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Newsom appointment moves Alameda County judge Mark McCannon to San Mateo County
Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Mark McCannon as a judge in San Mateo County Superior Court.He will fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Judge Marie Weiner, according to a press release from Newsom’s...
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Complaints of ‘oily refinery smell’ preceded Martinez blast by hours, air...
The Bay Area Air District began getting complaints about odor coming from Martinez Refinery Company hours before a fire started earlier this month.In an incident report posted on its website, the...
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SF unveils expanded UN Skate Plaza to create ‘safer, more connected’ skating...
City leaders and skateboarders gathered last week to unveil the expanded United Nations Skate Plaza, adding 2,100 square feet of new skateable space in the heart of downtown. The expansion, designed by...
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UC Berkeley’s good newts: ‘Newtapalooza’ at Botanical Garden celebrates...
While some might say no newts is good newts, the folks at UC Berkeley’s Botanical Garden disagree, even going so far as to declare a Newtapalooza at the garden in February.Visitors to the 34-acre...
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