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San Francisco mayor names civil service, Golden Gate highway district appointees
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced new appointments las week to the Civil Service Commission and the Golden Gate Bridge Highway Transportation District.Lurie named Adam Wood to join the Civil...
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El Cerrito elementary school on alert after suspicious person touches hair of...
An El Cerrito elementary school is taking extra safety precautions following an incident last week during which a man touched one of its students through a fence.According to police, they were alerted...
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Forensics lab ID’s woman in Marin County cold case; Dorothy Vaillancourt...
A woman whose body was found near a cliffside in Tiburon in 1966 has been identified through advanced DNA testing, according to a nonprofit organization funding forensic research.Project Justice said...
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Former top federal prosecutor for Virginia, Walnut Creek native Jessica Aber,...
A Walnut Creek native died over the weekend in Virginia just months after she resigned as the top federal prosecutor representing part of that state.Jessica Aber, 43, who resigned as U.S. Attorney for...
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Santa Rosa seeks public input to shape future of mental health crisis team
The City of Santa Rosa is seeking public feedback to shape the future of inRESPONSE: Mental Health Support Team, officials said. The inRESPONSE: Mental Health Support Team is a specialized crisis...
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Defending the rule of law: Bay Area attorneys pressed to sign letter pushing...
MORE THAN A THOUSAND associate lawyers at the nation’s most powerful and prestigious law firms are telling their bosses that it is time to stand up and be counted.As of Monday morning, 1,390 lawyers...
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Santa Clara County health workers strike as officials race to reopen East San...
Scores of Santa Clara County hospital and health lab workers are on strike as the county scrambles to relaunch lifesaving care at a long-depleted East San Jose hospital.Nearly 200 clinical lab...
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Santa Clara County scoffs at San Jose mayor’s plan to arrest people for...
SAN JOSE MAYOR Matt Mahan wants Santa Clara County to scale up shelter and health treatment options in response to the city’s renewed crackdown on homelessness.During the City Council’s March 18...
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SF flamenco artists honor tradition, promote innovation with inaugural...
With their inaugural show “Songs from a Sinking Ship,” founders of the San Francisco nonprofit Flamenco Arts International aim to showcase the historic Spanish art form for both longtime fans and...
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Mendocino County to hold cannabis meeting to address grower, community concerns
Mendocino County’s Economic Development Division will hold a meeting next week to discuss how small cannabis growers can compete in a market overwhelmed by large-scale growers and falling prices....
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Lineup released for Outside Lands festival set for August in Golden Gate Park
The lineup has been released for this summer’s Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco, with Tyler, The Creator, Hozier, and Doja Cat among the headliners, festival organizers announced...
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Now hear this: Portions of Sonoma and Napa counties to take part in emergency...
The counties of Sonoma and Napa will be conducting a targeted emergency alert and warning test this Thursday, according to officials.The exercise will take place along with local law enforcement and...
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Mendocino Coast tsunami drill Wednesday helps prepare region for next major...
Nearly four months after a series of offshore earthquakes jolted Northern California, a tsunami drill will be held along the Mendocino Coast on Wednesday, the Mendocino County Office of Emergency...
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Opinion: Ethnic studies, not budget cuts, the solution to what’s ailing...
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION cuts half its staff as President Donald Trump vows to wind the agency down, a move that will lead to higher student dropout rates, and California already has the highest...
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San Mateo County launches tsunami hazard tool to prevent future evacuation chaos
San Mateo County has launched its new Tsunami Hazard Area Dashboard as part of a broader effort to better prepare for future tsunamis following last December’s chaotic response to a regional tsunami...
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Marin County supervisors take initial steps to throttle e-bike usage for...
The Marin County Board of Supervisors is one step closer to banning youth under the age of 16 from riding certain electric bikes after approving the first reading of an ordinance Tuesday.Public safety...
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Fighting the ‘Trump Effect’: San Mateo vows to combat LGBTQ+, immigrant youth...
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has approved a resolution affirming the county’s commitment to preventing bullying among youth, amid actions at the federal level targeting undocumented...
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Best Bests: Latina storytelling, ‘The Mousetrap,’‘Swan Lake Suite,’ Symphony...
Rosanna Alvarez, author and co-founder of Eastside Magazine, is among the Bay Area Latina authors reading on March 27 at the San Jose Museum of Art. (Courtesy of Rosanna Alvarez)Freebie of the week:...
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Five years after COVID shuttered schools, parent empowerment still going strong
FIVE YEARS AGO, when Esti Iturralde’s daughter was in the first grade, the little girl struggled with learning to read. The teacher told her mother not to worry, Winnie just wasn’t ready yet, but...
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Stanford University’s football team parts ways with head coach Troy Taylor
Stanford University’s football team has parted ways with its head coach Troy Taylor, the team announced.Taylor was hired in December 2022 after serving as head coach for Sacramento State and finished...
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