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Santa Clara County wraps up ‘depressing’ budget cycle in anticipation of...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERVISORS took their first step toward adopting a $14 billion budget that weighs the region’s critical services against federal funding losses under President Donald Trump. After...
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Cops unmasked: Bay Area lawmakers’ bill would bar police from wearing face...
Two Bay Area state senators have introduced legislation that would prohibit law enforcement officers from covering their faces during operations in California. Dubbed the No Secret Police Act, it...
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Ukiah Planning Commission votes to continue annexation discussion at next...
THE UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION held a meeting to discuss the city’s recently proposed annexation and voted to continue the conversation at its next meeting. The proposal involves unincorporated land in...
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Cannabis growers, conservationists partner to restore more than 40 NorCal...
A new cannabis industry-led program has launched to control sediment and restore watersheds across Northern California, according to a nonprofit. The Arcata-based Cannabis for Conservation...
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Police investigate after pickup truck drives into protesters at Petaluma ‘No...
Police in Petaluma are investigating an altercation between protesters and a pickup truck during Saturday’s “No Kings” demonstration in town, the department said. According to police, at one point...
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Former San Quentin officer who planted drugs to boost career pleads guilty
A former California prison K-9 sergeant pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge for orchestrating a years-long scheme in which he smuggled and planted contraband inside correctional facilities,...
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Monterey County turns to private donations to help solve dozens of cold-case...
FOR DECADES, Monterey County has been haunted by more than 600 unsolved homicides — each one a silent wound for families still waiting for answers, and a stark reminder of how easily justice can slip...
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Healdsburg Jazz Festival swings with Barron, Shimabukuro, Muhammad and more...
The 27th Healdsburg Jazz Festival is well under way, and if several of the 10-day event’s first offerings with pianist Kenny Barron, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro and harpist Destiny Muhammad are...
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Best Bets: Free Circus Bella shows, ‘Come Back to the 5 & Dime,’ W. Kamau...
Freebie of the week: The Bay Area has long been home to a wide variety of circus acts, going back to the days of the Pickle Family Circus in the 1970s. It’s in full bloom today, too, with The 7...
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SJ leaders reject stronger police oversight despite independent auditor’s...
SAN JOSE’S INDEPENDENT police auditor wants to review every use-of-force case — a level of oversight the county sheriff already accepts. But city officials unanimously rejected the idea at Police...
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Review: Wince-inducing humor in Marin Theatre’s ‘Do You Feel Anger?’
“I’m going to turn this office into an empathy engine!” promises cheerily upbeat, newly hired empathy coach Sofia early on in Mara Nelson-Greenberg’s quasi-old-school theater-of-the-absurd comedy “Do...
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Cal Fire ends burn permits in several NorCal counties amid dangerously dry...
Cal Fire announced it will suspend residential burn permits in the North Bay for the remainder of the dry season starting Monday. The annual curtailment of residential burning coincides with the...
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‘Loud and proud’: Stockton Pride gears up for Saturday event, undeterred by...
WHEN MARCUS MAC went to the Modesto Pride event in 2010, he was inspired. He wondered how he could bring something similar to Stockton to unite the LGBTQ+ community. “I enjoyed it so much. … I always...
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New fire standards require some Berkeley homeowners to maintain...
TREES AND SHRUBS were the topic of a hot debate this week as the Berkeley City Council adopted new fire code amendments. The adoptions included new state and local maps that designate Fire Hazard...
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Walnut Creek selects contractor for massive overhaul of Heather Farm Park...
Walnut Creek has hired a contractor for phase one of building a new aquatic center and community center at Heather Farm Park. The City Council on Tuesday approved setting aside $2.292 million for the...
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Leila Mottley shares distinctive lives of young mothers in ‘Girls Who Grew...
When Leila Mottley was writing her new novel, she admits she was often surprised by the characters she created. “They’re all different,” she says, although the book brings them together in profound...
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Fire danger, overcrowding prompt San Jose to cancel July 4 celebration at...
SAN JOSE RESIDENT Cathie Bacosa woke up around midnight last year to a fire ravaging her backyard in the neighborhood she’s lived in for 28 years. She thinks it was likely from fireworks. It was July...
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‘Midnight at the Cinema Palace’ celebrates 1990s San Francisco in all its...
Christopher Tradowsky’s debut novel is a story of friendship, cinephilia and norm-defying ways of loving set in the intoxicating world of 1990s San Francisco. “A book about joy,” is how Tradowsky,...
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Making waves on Highway 17: Can additional lanes end Los Gatos’ beach traffic...
A LONG-AWAITED PROJECT to alleviate Los Gatos beach traffic has received funding — but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the money needed to address bumper-to-bumper gridlock on summer weekends....
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SF’s Punch Line gives trans comics the stage in ‘Transformative Laughter’
Andy Iwancio and Natasha Muse both have been doing standup comedy for over a decade, live on the West Coast (Seattle and San Francisco, respectively), and have a penchant for puns. Oh, and they’re...
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