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Monday is National 811 Day, the number to call when beginning a digging project, large or small. Before undertaking any digging project, PG&E ...

A manager of a South Bay horse riding ranch was charged for alleged negligence after a horse died from malnutrition and heat stroke, according to the ...

GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM recently announced the appointment of seven new Superior Court judges in three Bay Area counties, including Alameda, San Mateo and Santa ...

CALIFORNIA SPENT DECADES building one of the greenest power grids on Earth. It ditched coal, cut fossil fuels, and built so much solar it now runs the ...

Martinez Animal Hospital agreed to pay a former employee $20,000 after an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded the ...

EASIER TRANSFERS AND CHANGES to schedules beginning Sunday is music to the ears of Bay Area travelers after a coordinated effort between bus and rail ...

SINCE PELL GRANTS HAVE BECOME available to people pursuing degrees from prison, every state and the Federal Bureau of Prisons has tried to expand access ...

Oakland police said Thursday that crime data for the first six months of 2025 shows that violent crime in the city is down compared to the same period ...

If you love something, why not write about it? Leah Wolf Hearst found herself asking and answering that question. She’s the ...

TWO BAY AREA CITIES have landed on a list of sanctuary jurisdictions that “impede enforcement of federal immigration laws,” according to a statement ...

IT’S BEEN OVER A YEAR since the state ordered San Jose to improve the way it collects and displays data on its homeless services, but the city still has ...