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Masks make a comeback for Sonoma County health workers as viral infection...
Starting Monday, health care personnel in Sonoma County are required to mask up in patient care facilities due to the expected respiratory virus season.Dr. Karen Smith, Sonoma County’s interim health...
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UC approves hefty tuition hike for non-Californians, sparking student opposition
Note: This story was updated to note that the full board of regents voted to approve the tuition increase.The University of California will increase annual tuition by $3,402 for out-of-state...
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Bay Area district settles suit over alleged inequitable practices, agrees to...
A Bay Area school district has settled a lawsuit claiming that Black students and English learners were denied a proper education and were disproportionately suspended, expelled or funneled into...
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Populist podcasters love RFK Jr., and he took the same left-right turn to...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the new administration. The idea of Trump, a Republican, appointing Kennedy to his cabinet would have...
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San Jose’s prefab homeless housing delayed again by mounting flaws, faces...
A troubled San Jose modular housing project for homeless residents has hit another snag.The opening of a temporary housing site on Branham Lane has been delayed over difficulties ensuring the homes are...
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Brentwood bans short-term vacation rentals, but decision on gas stations runs...
The Brentwood City Council approved a ban on short-term rentals and the development of new car washes, but decided to table a conversation on banning new gas stations for a later date.The Brentwood...
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Why the AI-ification of workplaces may move slower than we think, despite...
For the last 1.5 years since ChatGPT launched, workers and business leaders have been singing two different tunes about the advent of generative artificial intelligence.From the C-suites, there is...
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With financial aid fraud growing, California’s community colleges turn to...
SINCE THE COVID-19 pandemic, California’s community colleges have been plagued by scammers who pose as students and enroll to steal financial aid — and now it’s getting even worse. The state’s...
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Shanelle Scales-Preston still leads Mike Barbanica in Contra Costa supervisor...
Shanelle Scales-Preston increased her lead over Mike Barbanica to 3,219 votes in the runoff race to succeed Federal Glover on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors. In the latest count released...
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New vote tallies show tight race for Marin D2 supe, stronger leads for...
Brian Colbert appears to leads Heather McPhail Sridharan by just 617 votes as of Friday in the runoff election for the District 2 seat on the Marin County Board of Supervisors.According to the new...
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Oakland councilmember Bas takes narrow lead in Alameda District 5 supervisor...
Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas is narrowly ahead in the race for the District 5 seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, according to the latest results released by the...
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Adena Ishii emerges as new leader in Berkeley mayoral race after latest...
Berkeley’s mayoral race in last week’s election has a new leader after the latest results released by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.Adena Ishii had 24,265 votes after four rounds of ranked...
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Belle La has 25-vote lead over Marshall Lewis in Pleasant Hill’s District 1...
Belle La still has a slim lead in the race for the District 1 City Council seat in Pleasant Hill, according to the latest vote tally released by Contra Costa County election officials. La’s lead over...
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Robert Jweinat still has edge over Vasanth Shetty in San Ramon District 1...
Robert Jweinat led Vasanth Shetty by 142 votes in their race for San Ramon’s District 1 City Council seat., according to the latest tally released by the Contra Costa County Elections Office. Jweinat...
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Pablo Benavente still holds slim over Edi Birsan in Concord District 4 City...
Pablo Benavente still led Mayor Edi Birsan in Concord’s District 4 City Council race, according to the latest tally released by the Contra Costa County Elections Office on Friday afternoon. Benavente...
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Benicia voters pass Measure F, raising local sales tax a half-cent to fund...
Benicia voters appear to have passed a measure to increase the city’s sales tax to fund road infrastructure needs.Measure F was approved by 61 percent of voters, according to unofficial results on the...
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First US case of clade I mpox variant diagnosed in San Mateo County, patient...
A San Mateo County resident was diagnosed with the first known case in the United States of a certain variation of mpox, known as clade I mpox, the county’s health department and California Department...
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Seven AlCo sheriff’s deputies implicated in death of Santa Rita inmate placed...
Seven active Alameda County sheriff’s deputies charged in the death of Santa Rita Jail inmate Maurice Monk have been placed on administrative leave, according to Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez.The seven...
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Review: Word for Word sets an impressive stage for ‘Strange Library’
Before even descending the staircase to the lobby of Z Below in San Francisco for Word for Word’s latest production, a verbatim staging of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami’s children’s story “The...
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California Coastal Commission notes conflict in approving buried wall at SF’s...
A contested plan to build an underground seawall to protect a critical stormwater tunnel along the coast of South Ocean Beach in San Francisco was given conditional approval by the California Coastal...
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