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Sonoma County supervisors boost budget 10 percent to $2.5 billion, add 43...
Sonoma County’s Board of Supervisors has adopted a budget that increases spending 10 percent to $2.5 billion and adds 43 full-time jobs for a total of 4,502 employees. The increases included $923,000...
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Baseball community mourns as San Francisco Giants legend Willie Mays passes...
San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball legend Willie Mays died on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 93, according to a statement from his son released by the Giants. “My father has passed away...
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Adobe sued over subscription termination fees, allegedly misleading customers
The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Monday against San Jose-based software manufacturer Adobe and two of its executives, alleging that the company was “thwarting” customers’ attempts to cancel their...
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Task force makes impact on nighttime drug trafficking in San Francisco’s...
Enforcement of nighttime fentanyl trafficking recently surged in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District under a joint law enforcement operation called “All Hands on Deck,” U.S. District Attorney Ismail...
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San Jose named one of the top US cities to raise family but faces ‘enormous...
San Jose ranks as one of the top cities in the country to raise a family, but lack of affordability is also pushing some people out the region. WalletHub ranked San Jose seventh as the best place to...
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Expanded summer fun at picturesque Filoli estate in Woodside
Filoli, the impressive historic estate and garden on the Peninsula, is bursting with new sights and activities that will make visitors want to return. And for those who haven’t yet been there, summer...
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Santa Clara County addresses outbreak of contagious Shigella at two homeless...
A BACTERIAL OUTBREAK has emerged among homeless individuals living at San Jose encampments in Columbus and Roosevelt parks, but health officials say the risk to the general public is low. Three...
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San Francisco school district weighs merging or closing schools as enrollment...
San Francisco’s school board will begin weighing criteria for which of its 121 public schools to close, merge or co-locate in the face of a steady decline in enrollment. The board of the San Francisco...
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Sites Fire prompts air advisory extension as temps warm up over next couple...
Smoke drifting south from the Sites Fire in Colusa County has prompted Bay Area regulators to extend an air quality advisory through Thursday. The fire started Monday, has burned nearly 16,000 acres...
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New subscription service lets you know when air quality incidents happen in...
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has launched a new subscription service that can notify residents via text and email of incidents impacting county-level and regional air quality....
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Review: The beat goes on to excellent effect in entertaining ‘Cher Show’
It’s not a surprise that the Bob Mackie costumes in “The Cher Show”— notably, the skimpy beaded ensemble and huge headdress the actress wore to the 1986 Oscars — earned a Tony Award for the designer...
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San Francisco Giants to open Oracle Park Thursday to honor baseball icon...
The San Francisco Giants will open Oracle Park to the public for free on Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. for a free program paying tribute to honor Willie Mays and the Negro Leagues. Mays, who died in...
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Candidates jostle with each other, audience during second San Francisco...
Five major San Francisco mayoral candidates sparred on Monday during their second debate ahead of November’s election. Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safai joined Mayor London Breed,...
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Sedimental journey: Work begins to remove 115,000 cubic yards of silt from...
Contra Costa County Public Works crews this week began a long-term project to remove accumulated sediment and other material from an area of the Walnut Creek channel in Concord. The project aims to...
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Elementary school garden built by Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s foundation...
This weekend, someone vandalized Global Family Elementary School’s garden, which was built two years ago by a foundation run by Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha, according...
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Britney Coleman is welcome company for a summer in San Francisco
Tipping a little past the mid-point of a year-long national tour, Britney Coleman, playing the leading role of Bobbie in the gender-swapped “Company” now in its final weeks at the Orpheum Theatre, is...
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Decades in the making, SJ war monument marks milestone for Vietnamese community
A LONG DELAYED monument to fallen Vietnam War fighters will finally be unveiled at San Jose’s Vietnamese Heritage Garden, a planned cultural gathering space waylaid by community divide. The life-size...
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San Francisco employees avert strike after local labor union ratifies...
San Francisco workers represented by the labor union Service Employees International Union Local 1021 voted to ratify three labor contracts with the city, averting a potential strike involving...
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Oakland Juneteenth shooting: 16 hospitalized, 1 arrested after celebration...
Sixteen people ended up in the hospital following an outbreak of violence at a Juneteenth celebration near Oakland’s Lake Merritt on Wednesday night, Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell said. At...
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Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter event gives reduced fees on pet adoptions...
Until the end of this month, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter will cut its normal adoption fees by at least half to find homes for its animals. Much of shelter’s available cage and kennel space is...
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