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San Quentin program targeting root causes of gun addiction celebrates first...
THE EVOLUTION OF Arms Down, a self-help program at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center that addresses firearm addiction, culminated in the October graduation of its first cohort of men.In recent months,...
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Aftershocks continue to rattle North Coast as residents assess damage from...
Aftershocks continued to rattle the North Coast on Friday morning, more than a day after a 7.0 earthquake briefly resulted in a tsunami warning that prompted thousands of people to seek higher...
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Rev. Cummins dies at 96, rose from priest at Mission Dolores to become...
The Rev. John Cummins, who rose from a priest at Mission Dolores in San Francisco to bishop of Oakland, has died, the Diocese of Oakland said. He was 96.Cummins led Roman Catholics in Alameda and...
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Audit finds SJ tenant protections fall short because city lacks plan to...
A CITY POLICY aimed at protecting renters from unjust evictions doesn’t have a clear roadmap for taking action against San Jose property owners who break the law.The City Auditor’s Office previously...
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Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter offers $50 adoptions amid national effort to...
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is offering $50 adoption fees for dogs and cats of all ages and breeds through Dec. 17 at the 1001 Rodriguez St. location.BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal...
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Price recall backers tell AlCo supervisors to choose a district attorney they...
Pamela Price officially left office Thursday evening following her loss in the Nov. 5 recall election and has left the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in the hands of her chief assistant,...
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Power companies’ wildfire prevention efforts are costing state billions, but...
DIANE MOSS LOST her home in the Santa Monica Mountains after power lines ignited the apocalyptic Woolsey Fire in 2018. Since then, she’s pressed for a safer electric grid in California.“It’s so easy to...
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What the tsunami alert revealed about how Bay Area governments respond in...
A tsunami warning from the National Weather Service revealed an uneven response by Bay Area cities, counties and emergency services on Thursday, after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of...
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Little-known museum inside San Quentin’s walls documents prison’s unsettling...
A SMALL, UNASSUMING building within the harsh concrete gates and extensive security of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center is open to the public, filled with often unsettling artifacts from the history...
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San Jose follows state’s lead on tougher gun laws; critics say policy...
SAN JOSE LEADERS are tightening local gun buying laws to pair with California firearms regulations and through recommendations from the city’s watchdog group.A 10-day waiting period for buying handguns...
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Joining the fast lane: Sonoma County to offer free internet service for...
Sonoma County will provide free internet service for a year to 556 low-income households, supervisors decided last week.The program will use up to $200,000 in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds to pay for...
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Bay commission adopts regional plan to gird coastal communities for impact of...
A master strategy for adapting Bay Area cities for sea level rise has received approval from the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, also known as BCDC.The process will work...
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‘Big win’: San Francisco supervisors eliminate annual license fees for...
San Francisco supervisors has approved Mayor London Breed’s plan to eliminate annual license fees for 91% of restaurants and 87% of bars and nightclubs, aides said last week.The change is intended to...
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Tentative settlement reached in class action suit by inmates of notorious...
A day after it was announced that the federal women’s prison in Dublin would be permanently shuttered, attorneys for former inmates at the facility said they have reached a tentative settlement with...
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SF judge tosses some claims in homeless encampment suit, limits standing in...
A federal judge in San Francisco drastically limited the scope of a lawsuit last week filed by a San Francisco nonprofit and several individuals against the city and county, seeking to prevent the...
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Pass the Remote: BAMPFA series serve up G.W. Pabst, Marcello Mastroianni,...
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s winter program provides a treasure chest of movie gems, from well-known features such as John Ford’s tarnished Western “The Searchers” to Cheryl Dunye’s...
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Looking for love? Or learning about it? Mill Valley Monday panel focuses on...
Bay Area folks interested in the vagaries of love — or maybe even finding it — might want to check out “Writing for Relationships,” a free event at the Mill Valley Library Monday evening.Three authors...
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Old acquaintance be forgot: SJ’s Capital Club to close its doors for good on...
THE LEGENDARY CAPITAL CLUB is saying adieu to Silicon Valley.The exclusive club that drew the who’s who of San Jose to network, party and plan the city’s future will close its doors on New Year’s Eve....
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AG Bonta updates guidelines for public institutions to protect immigrant...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is considered a potential candidate in the 2026 governor’s race, held a press conference in San Francisco last week announcing his plan to safeguard the...
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Suspect in health care CEO killing spent summer 2019 as AI teaching assistant...
A 26-year-old man arrested in connection with the shooting death last week of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City has connections to California, including a brief stint as teaching...
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