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2nd compliance report since 2019 Kincade Fire shows PG&E addressing deficiencies
PG&E is mostly keeping up with maintenance and repairs of its utility lines and infrastructure in Sonoma County but has discrepancies between its inspection results and a court-appointed monitor,...
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San Joaquin County supes consider reducing ballot drop boxes for increased...
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors this week heard recommendations on election security, including to reduce the number of ballot drop boxes throughout the county. The recommendations came...
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‘In God We Trust’: San Joaquin supervisors vote to display national motto in...
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed a resolution in support of displaying “In God We Trust” in the board chambers. Board chair Miguel Villapudua said the county seal...
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The Swan Song of Latenight Liz: North Coast DJ’s radio romance survives whims...
The Swan Songof Latenight Liz north coast dj’s eclectic radio romance survives the whims of change By Paul McHugh • Bay City News PRELUDE The most creative, durable and pleasant voice ever to...
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American Red Cross facing blood donation shortage, supply of type O in high...
The American Red Cross is urgently asking for blood donations amid an emergency nationwide shortage of its blood supply. The organization provides disaster relief and emergency assistance, including...
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California is giving schools more homework: Build affordable housing for...
In a flurry of recent legislation and initiatives, California officials are pushing school districts to convert their surplus property into housing for teachers, school staff and even students and...
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Raised by the Bay: How SF’s political machine led to Kamala Harris’...
THE POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE that has made Kamala Harris the Democratic Party’s nominee for president is a San Francisco story that began more than 60 years ago. The cast of characters includes a...
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$43M in Project Homekey grants secured for Bay Area housing to ‘alleviate...
Over $130 million dollars in new housing grants were awarded to public entities around the state, including $43 million in total for three Bay Area cities and San Mateo County. The cities of...
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Mosquitoes face eviction: Santa Clara County vector workers to spray for West...
Pesticide will be sprayed in a portion of San Jose next week after mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile virus were found there, the Santa Clara County Vector Control District announced. The...
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‘This is the real deal’: Newsom signs raft of legislation targeting organized...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a stack of bills Friday aimed at curtailing organized retail, property and auto theft in California. Newsom appeared at a Home Depot in San Jose with state, business and law...
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MTA brings back bus service for Mendocino College; students ride free...
The Mendocino Transit Authority in partnership with Mendocino College announced that it will re-launch evening bus service in Ukiah for the college starting Monday. “It’s been a long time coming, and...
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Californians will vote on a $18 minimum wage. Workers already want $25 and more
California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers would earn at least $15 an hour by 2022. Then-Gov. Jerry...
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Happy trails: Improvements at Coyote Valley preserve offer new amenities,...
WITH A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR funding infusion, Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve will become more accessible to those with disabilities through enhanced amenities. As part of a $1.4 million public...
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‘The evidence is clear’: Newsom asks school leaders to restrict cellphones...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sent a letter to school district leaders today calling on them to immediately restrict the use of cellphones on campus. “Excessive smartphone use among youth is linked...
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Pass the Remote: ‘The Conversation’ among great SF-set movies
Hollywood is deeply in love with San Francisco and it’s easy to see why: the rolling fog, the majestic Golden Gate Bridge, the vibrant Castro and Mission districts, Fisherman’s Wharf, Alcatraz, and...
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The show must go on: Its champions chosen, DNC’s drama may lie away from the...
Every four years LIKE LEAP YEAR or the Olympics, conventions to nominate the presidential candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties only roll around every four years. But while the role of...
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Santa Clara health officials warn of increased presence of ‘tranq’ sedative...
Public health officials in Santa Cruz County are warning clinicians and residents who use street drugs of an increase of xylazine in local supplies, a dangerous sedative also known as “tranq.”...
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Ex-events director for Santa Clara County Fairgrounds charged with extortion,...
The marketing and events director for the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds who has worked there for nearly six years has been accused of extorting a security company that contracted with the venue, the...
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San Jose mayor sees safe sleeping sites as ‘very viable’ option for homeless...
As San Jose develops plans for sanctioned homeless encampments, Mayor Matt Mahan traveled to San Diego to see what he could glean. San Diego, at the forefront of safe sleeping sites for unhoused...
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Review: A bright, ambitious 2024 Merola Opera finale fills the War Memorial
Every year about this time, the grand medallion at the top of San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House lights up, the gold curtain rises and the young artists in the Merola Opera Program show off what...
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