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Pass the Remote: 44th SF Jewish Film Festival committed to varied...
No doubt the 44th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival arrives during a particularly unnerving time in part due to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its fallout. But festival presenters...
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‘It hurts my spirit’: After fatal BART shove in SF, Asian elders face...
A 74-year-old Filipina woman was shoved to her death in front of an oncoming BART train in San Francisco last week, rekindling fear in a community of Bay Area Asian seniors who have been spat upon,...
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Silicon Valley mayors want fair share of $20B housing bond ahead of November...
A group of Silicon Valley mayors want to know how funds will be divided if voters pass a measure to build and preserve affordable housing across the region. A letter signed by 12 mayors of Santa Clara...
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Meet the real-life married couple appearing in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ the musical
When the stage musical “Mrs. Doubtfire” opened in 2019, it gave Rob McClure the challenge of transforming himself into a beloved character firmly identified with the late Robin Williams. McClure is...
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SF mayoral candidates address Parkside Sunset residents on Great Highway park...
San Francisco mayoral candidates Aaron Peskin and Daniel Lurie spoke to residents of the city’s Sunset District last week to appeal to voters ahead of the November election with a focus on plans to...
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Soak the city: Stockton’s water balloon fight promotes nonviolence, youth and...
They didn’t break the Guinness World Record, but thousands of people enjoyed a world-class water balloon fight at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. The Operation Soak the City event unleashed...
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Vandals hijack electronic highway sign, beam racist message at Mendocino...
Saoirse Byrne was on her way home to Boonville at about 9 p.m. Saturday when she saw a horrifying message just after entering Mendocino County on state Highway 128. The flashing road sign, which...
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Angel Island ferry line will go electric under new deal with New Zealand...
The ferries connecting Angel Island State Park and downtown Tiburon will be electrified under an agreement between the ferry’s owners and a New Zealand technology company. Angel Island Tiburon Ferry...
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Day 1: Getting down to business in Milwaukee — check out the merch, stay for...
THE THEME OF the first day of the Republican National Convention was to “Make America Wealthy Again,” to be followed immediately by days in which America would again be made Safe, Strong and Great....
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Richmond council plans to sell Point Molate property to East Bay park...
The Richmond City Council has approved a letter of intent to sell its Point Molate property to the East Bay Regional Park District, likely ending years of contention over what to do with the 80-acre...
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Public comment sought on draft environmental impact for proposed Sonoma casino
The public can weigh in on potential environmental impacts of a casino and resort southeast of the town of Windsor in unincorporated Sonoma County proposed by the Koi Nation of Northern California,...
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Governments can gatekeep information. A veteran journalist explains why and...
In a talk with San Francisco Public Press publisher Lila LaHood last week, veteran journalist Miranda Spivack discussed government secrecy, a practice for which many local authorities have a growing...
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State boosts spending to help community college students earn math, science...
Alina Kralya tinkers with a microcontroller for one of her computer science projects at American River College. Nearby, a group of other first-generation college students sit in green and blue chairs,...
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Monterey allows pass holders to access alternate lake amid closure due to...
Officials in Monterey County are allowing people with annual day passes to the currently closed Lake San Antonio to use their passes at Lake Nacimiento instead, the county announced Saturday. Lake...
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Pilot program gives access to mental health, trauma services for Sonoma Co....
Sonoma County has launched a pilot program to increase access to critical mental health and trauma services for foster youths in the county. The three-year pilot at Valley of the Moon Children’s...
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Members of Bay FC soccer team coming to Santa Clara library for special story...
Players from Bay FC, the new women’s professional soccer franchise representing the Bay Area in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), will take part in a special story time Wednesday at Central...
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Day 2: A hardy party is ready to party hardy — GOP aligns the enthusiasm with...
AT THE REPUBLICAN Convention in 2016, I had one overriding question and I asked it to everyone who would speak to me. Over and over I asked the same thing, “Why are you supporting Donald Trump?” The...
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Former office building in San Pablo finds new career as supportive housing...
Contra Costa County has transformed a vacant office building in San Pablo into 54 micro-unit apartments for homeless adults with disabilities. El Portal Place, at 2555 El Portal Drive, will serve some...
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Outside purported home of OpenAI’s CEO, protesters decry AI risks, urge...
To caution against the potential risks of artificial intelligence, five protesters took to the gates of a San Francisco home tied to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman earlier this week. Altman and executives of...
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Norovirus outbreak at San Quentin results in medical quarantine for hundreds...
According to state officials, a gastrointestinal illness sickened multiple incarcerated people this month at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Warden Chance Andes, CEO Rhonda Litt and chief...
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