SAN JOSE MAYOR MATT MAHAN opened up the floor to critics of his initiatives to address homelessness this week for the first time since the 2025-26 ...

THE BAY AREA has always been a laboratory for community. We’ve written the playbooks for co-ops, eco-villages and bold experiments in alternative living.

WITH THE OPENING of its second location, San Jose restaurant Jackie’s Place brings the taste of soul food and Texas barbecue to the SoFA District. It’s ...

THE MAN CONVICTED of shooting and killing a former Oakland city councilmember’s son six years ago in Los Angeles was sentenced this week to 35 years to ...

Santa Clara County’s largest water agency can’t cite or arrest homeless people creating pollution or trespassing on its property — but the police unit it ...

LAST WEEK the Cardinals picked an American to lead the Catholic Church, but there are no Americans in the annual Eurovision Song Contest — and that’s a ...

THIS MEMORIAL DAY will see far fewer living veterans of World War II, with just over 60,000 still alive in the U.S. today. An article in ...

CALIFORNIA IS FACING a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for ...

Oakland kids will be able to eat for free this summer thanks to programs run by the city and the Oakland Unified School District. City officials this week ...

San Francsico’s iconic Bay to Breakers has a new look, thanks in large part to San Francisco artist and runner Zachary “Zach” ...

It began 46 years ago as the Prune Festival, but don’t let that scare you. This annual event in downtown Campbell has nothing ...

At the start of Oakland Theater Project's riveting production of "Ironbound," a couple is in the middle of an intense ...