Stockton school board member’s misconduct probe alleged much, but charges...
ALMOST A YEAR and a half ago, a San Joaquin County sheriff’s investigator presented a judge with a document that helped launch a criminal case against Stockton school board member AngelAnn Flores....
View ArticleBarbara Lee, Loren Taylor spar in debate for Oakland mayoral race to replace...
Two candidates running to be Oakland’s next mayor in April’s special election went head-to-head in a debate about how they would address the city’s most pressing issues.Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee and...
View ArticleMarin County declares shelter crisis, clearing the way to provide more...
Ranch workers in Point Reyes National Seashore, who are destined to lose their jobs and homes within a year following a new land management plan by the National Park Service, received some hope for...
View ArticleAlameda County approves millions to fund immigrant and refugee legal aid,...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors earmarked $2.2 million this week for a suite of services designed to protect the region’s immigrant and refugee communities.In a unanimous vote at their regular...
View ArticleCalifornia landlords allowed to evict tenants for nonpayment — even if...
CROUCHING ON THE SIDEWALK in front of his apartment building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood last Monday, Bradford Berger shuffled through legal papers in a wrinkled manila folder. It was a...
View ArticleReview: ACT’s dazzling ‘Nobody Loves You’ irresistibly spoofs reality TV
How can you resist the snarky title? As it happens, “Nobody Loves You,” American Conservatory Theater’s latest mainstage production, refers to the play’s central conceit: a TV reality dating show in...
View ArticleMonterey launches website to report on recovery for Moss Landing battery...
Monterey County launched a new website this week to provide more information about the recovery from two recent fires at the Moss Landing Vistra Energy battery storage facility. The recovery process is...
View ArticleSnow reported in some higher elevations of Bay Area Thursday amid scattered...
Some higher elevations in the Bay Area saw a dusting of snow on Thursday amid scattered showers that were reported around the region, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said.Snow was...
View ArticleDivided CoCo supervisors deny assistance to refugees as upcoming budget...
Citing next month’s county budget process and unpredictable federal funding, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has declined to send $375,000 to three groups asking for refugee relocation...
View ArticleDOGE targets Bureau of Land Management field office in Ukiah with closure by...
A Bureau of Land Management field office responsible for overseeing hundreds of thousands of public acres in Northern California is scheduled to close by this summer, a casualty of federal government...
View ArticleBill aimed at preventing dental insurance companies from denying care introduced
Dozens of dentists and dental students stood behind Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, during a press conference this week in Sacramento to show their support for a bill intended to enhance...
View ArticleMedia watchdog’s suit accuses Elon Musk of waging ‘vendetta-driven campaign’...
THAT ELON MUSK thinks poorly of the media is no surprise; for months after his 2022 takeover of the social media platform X, then known as Twitter, the company’s auto-reply to inquiries from reporters...
View ArticleFuture innovators will share their creations during annual Mendocino County...
Young chemists, kid computer coders and curious science students of all ages are invited to one of Mendocino County’s favorite traditions: the 39th annual Science and Engineering Fair and STEAM Expo on...
View ArticleHicks: When it’s time to take the T-bird away — confronting the inevitable...
MY GREAT-GRANDPA LEONARD had one leg and drove a big American car with a manual transmission well into his 80s.How’s that for a “You kids have it so easy these days” tale? It’s true. Leonard drove my...
View ArticleReview: ‘Doomers’ realistically recreates drama when Sam Altman was ousted...
Ten minutes into a post-performance talk with the opening night audience for his boardroom drama “Doomers,” playwright Matthew Gasda revealed his “incredibly classical idea” for the play. It would be...
View ArticleSan Jose wants to renew restraining order on cop watcher that was ruled...
AN APPELLATE COURT last year found San Jose leaders violated a person’s First Amendment rights with a rare restraining order that hindered him from filming police officers in public. The city is...
View ArticleSnowy drifts to give way to rolling rainstorms as seasonal weather extends...
The Bay Area’s windy, rainy conditions mixed with frigid air in a few high-elevation areas to produce a noticeable, if thin, blanket of snow over the past couple of days.As on-again, off-again rain...
View ArticlePolice beating of homeless man sparks outrage amid SJ mayor’s push to arrest...
Less than a week after Mayor Matt Mahan announced a bold push to arrest homeless people who refuse help, disturbing videos show San Jose police officers beating and verbally taunting an elderly...
View ArticleSonoma Valley school trustee resigns after telling Trump voters to burn in...
AN OUTSPOKEN Sonoma Valley Unified School District trustee resigned Thursday following incendiary comments she made about supporters of President Donald Trump on her personal Facebook page.Area 2...
View Article‘No safe harbor’: Lurie defends use of police actions to crack down on...
A walk down 16th Street in San Francisco revealed alleyways strewn with trash and open-air drug use. Near Caledonia Street, the strong stench of urine pervaded. Multiple people were scattered along the...
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