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Flight or fight: SF asks court to halt Oakland from adding ‘San Francisco’ to...

After Oakland changed the name of its airport earlier this year, San Francisco’s city attorney on Tuesday asked a federal judge to block the change as part of a trademark infringement lawsuit.The...

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Stockton’s new illegal dumping ordinance will pay people who report trash...

THE STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL has approved a new illegal dumping ordinance that encourages members of the public to report illegal dumping.Stockton Police Department Lieutenant Chuck Harris presented the...

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San Mateo sheriff’s office unions call out Corpus, her chief of staff as...

Dozens of San Mateo County deputies and their supporters gathered outside the County Center in Redwood City to air their grievances against Sheriff Christina Corpus and her Chief of Staff Victor...

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California Coastal Cleanup Day to celebrate 40 years of giving ecosystem a...

Every September, thousands of Californians gather on a single Saturday along beaches, shorelines and inland waterways with one simple task: pick up trash before it becomes part of the fragile coastal...

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Queer comic DeAnne Smith headlines for the first time in SF  

Standup comic DeAnne Smith opened for Hannah Gadsby at the Fox Theater in Oakland in June. But it’s been years since they’ve performed in San Francisco.Smith’s shows Sept. 21-22 at The Lost Church,...

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Candidates for 2 Pleasant Hill City Council seats to square off at Wednesday...

Pleasant Hill City Council candidates will get a chance to be heard at a forum on Wednesday.The forum is set to begin at 7 p.m. at the City Council chambers at 100 Gregory Lane. District 1 candidates...

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Best Bets: Portugal. The Man, GoldFish, ‘Black Men Everywhere!,’ California...

Freebie of the week: Portugal. The Man is playing a special concert on Friday that won’t cost you a penny. The band is best known for the 2017 single “Feel It Still,” a catchy, quirky pop-rock number...

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‘Something went wrong’: State rethinks who will get $470M for college and...

IN JUNE 2022, the California Legislature decided to invest a half billion dollars into the Golden State Pathways Program, a career and college preparation program that Gov. Gavin Newsom called a...

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California’s maternity care crisis is worsening as Newsom decides on bills to...

Since CalMatters reported a year ago on the spread of maternity care deserts, Californians have continued to lose access to labor and delivery services. This year, four hospitals have shut down their...

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‘Out of this World’: Sausalito’s 45th Annual Chili Cook-Off heating up this...

Foodies will flock to the Sausalito waterfront on Saturday for the city’s 45th Annual Chili Cook-Off.  During the event, food enthusiasts can enjoy an all-they-can-eat bounty of chili, ranging from...

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Antioch police search for suspects connected with wave of shootings since...

It has been a violent month for the city of Antioch, which has been rocked by nearly a dozen shootings since Labor Day weekend. Police believe the cases are related and are asking for the community’s...

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San Francisco protesters push back against SF Unified’s ‘rushed’ plan to...

A crowd of parents, teachers and students from the San Francisco Unified School District rallied outside the SFUSD headquarters in opposition to the superintendent’s proposal to close several schools....

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Passion for the planet: Jane Goodall delivers climate message for San...

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PRIMATOLOGIST Jane Goodall is 90 years old, and she wants us to vote for nature.“How absurd is it that climate change has become a political thing?” Goodall said, followed by a...

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Pandemic recovery in schools will be a ‘long slog,’ says recent sobering...

Nearly five years after Covid-19 began, a national report released Tuesday shows that recovery from the pandemic for students will be a “long slog.”    “The State of the American Student,” a report by...

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Will rise of Harris to top of presidential ticket reverse Indian Americans’...

WHEN AN EXTREMELY unpopular (no 50% or better approval rating since August 2021) president and Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Joe Biden, was unceremoniously forced off the ticket by party...

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Chef Tu David Phu’s first cookbook lovingly reflects his Vietnamese heritage  

Acclaimed Oakland-bred chef Tu David Phu pays tribute to people and places in his new cookbook.“I’m a citizen of the earth with responsibilities to enact. To do that, I have to lead with human...

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Review: ACT’s Argentina-set ‘Private Lives’ dances with passion, laughter 

The tangled “private lives” of divorced but ultimately reunited couple Amanda and Elyot, in Noël Coward’s “Private Lives,” are almost shockingly physical in director KJ Sanchez’s production. This...

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Power of Black men’s votes comes to the fore in Jinho ‘Piper’ Ferreira’s...

Jinho “Piper” Ferreira had no plans to make a play about Black male voters. The Oakland-born rapper-turned-police-officer-turned-playwright simply wanted to take his family on a Black History road...

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West San Jose housing project scraps 150 affordable homes as developer...

A proposed West San Jose housing project that would have added more than 100 affordable homes has been scrapped.Sand Hill Property Company had a previously approved redesign for nearly 1,000 apartments...

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Man charged with hate crime in Alameda for allegedly threatening person with...

Prosecutors in Alameda County have charged a man with a hate crime for allegedly threatening someone whose vehicle was adorned with an Israeli flag, the District Attorney’s Office said.  Jesus...

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