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Palestinian poster’s ban at Sunnyvale festival draws cries of censorship,...
SUNNYVALE IS FACING CRITICISM after officials asked a Palestinian art booth to leave a city-run children’s event for refusing to remove a poster.City officials confronted the “Palestine Palette” art...
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Construction of long-awaited bike park in Vacaville’s Centennial Park begins
Construction has officially begun on a long-awaited bike park at Centennial Park, the City of Vacaville announced. Located on the park’s northeast corner near Allison Parkway, the project is part of...
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Mosquito species that can carry Zika virus, dengue and yellow fever found in...
An invasive mosquito has been found in Antioch, the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District said. The species, Aedes aegypti, is capable of transmitting pathogens that can cause Zika virus,...
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Bay Area health workers to join statewide rallies Tuesday against cuts to...
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS, caregivers and health care advocates will rally Tuesday at dozens of hospitals across the state, including several in the Bay Area, to protest a proposal made Sunday by...
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Tax preparer who exploited Sonoma County senior, leaving her destitute, sent...
A retired IRS agent has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison for “methodically” defrauding an older Sonoma County woman of her life savings, prosecutors said.Elana Cohen-Roth, a professional tax...
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Mendocino County eyes voluntary buyouts to save on budget, but services could...
Dozens of Mendocino County employees plan to resign this summer as part of a voluntary separation program the county is implementing as it faces a multi-million dollar budget deficit, the Board of...
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Monterey County officials not ready for PG&E to restart plant near site of...
Last week, PG&E informed Monterey County that it wants to reactivate its Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage Facility by June 1, but the county said that it is too soon.The PG&E facility sits...
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San Mateo County approves $2M loan fund to boost housing for local farmworkers
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $2 million to launch a loan fund supporting local farmers who provide low-cost housing to farmworkers, county officials said. The funding,...
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Newsom wants local governments to force homeless people to move camp every 3...
GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM has a new strategy to eliminate the large, long-standing homeless encampments that have been a thorn in his side throughout his administration: Push cities to make them illegal. The...
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Conceptual artist Kathy Aoki animates SF’s Salesforce Tower with ‘Koons Ruins’
Throughout May, an animation projected onto San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower with images of chipmunks and goldfish the size of dump trucks careening across the building’s top floors can be seen from 20...
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Catch Me Up: Daily news roundup for May 13, 2025
This Daily News Roundup is created once every day, based on news articles created by human reporters and editors at Bay City News. For this project, we prompted ChatGPT to analyze the articles produced...
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2025 Artichoke Festival canceled without plans to return amid financial strain
The annual Artichoke Festival held in Monterey County since 1959 was canceled indefinitely last week by the festival’s board of directors. The event was long held in Castroville but moved to the...
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Cal Water begins infrastructure work in Los Altos to improve supply, fire...
The city of Los Altos began a water infrastructure upgrade this week that will improve water supply reliability and fire protection for the area, California Water Service said. More than 7,060 feet of...
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19 Sonoma County organizations collectively awarded over $125,000 for public...
Over $125,000 in grants have been awarded to several projects in Sonoma County to create public art.The money was awarded last week through the county’s arts funder, Creative Sonoma, a division of the...
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Soccer star Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami CF team playing at PayPal Park Wednesday
International soccer star Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami CF team are in the Bay Area to play the San Jose Earthquakes in a match on Wednesday that is expected to bring big crowds out to the...
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Sonoma County website offers resources to help residents prepare for wildfire...
Supervisors in Sonoma County are urging residents to prepare for wildfire season.May is Wildfire Community Preparedness Month in the county, which means it’s time to be proactive, the county...
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Federal grant cuts threaten mental health support for Ukiah Unified district...
UKIAH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT has been notified that its federal School-Based Mental Health grant — totaling $1,182,896 — will be cut by the U.S. Department of Education, which could mean the loss of...
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National foundations step in to help Fort Bragg nonprofits after Trump cuts...
AFTER BEING INFORMED by the President Donald Trump administration that their National Endowment for the Arts grants were terminated earlier this month, two local nonprofits will still be able to...
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‘Something to celebrate’: WCCUSD progresses toward financial health; big...
THE WEST CONTRA COSTA Unified District has made substantial financial progress by balancing its budget and averting possible insolvency.This month, the Contra Costa County Office of Education notified...
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Best Bets: Boogie Festival, New Ballet, Diablo Ballet, Eliades Ochoa, Valley...
Another freebie: It began 46 years ago as the Prune Festival, but don’t let that scare you. This annual event in downtown Campbell has nothing to do with increasing your daily intake of fiber or...
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