IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE a more “homegrown” school superintendent than Cheryl Cotton, who in June assumed the top post in the West Contra Costa Unified ...

Cases of a lung infection known as Valley fever are on the rise in the northern Central Valley and Central Coast regions of the state, the California ...

I THOUGHT I HAD PNEUMONIA. It was October 2009, and I had recently returned from a weekend visit to San Francisco with my wife and son. Fall is a great ...

Framed photos of 4-year-old Ayden Fang appear along with flowers and stuffed animals in a memorial shrine. Ayden was struck and killed by a vehicle in Burlingame on Aug. 8, 2025. A GoFundMe account in ...

Burnt batteries are going to be removed from the Vistra Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility starting in September, and cleanup will likely continue for a ...

OAKLAND MAYOR BARBARA LEE and a handful of other local leaders denounced President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of the city and his insinuation that he ...

The California Coastal Commission has voted in favor of limiting the number of vacation rentals along the coast of Monterey County and banning commercial ...

ON AN EARLY AUGUST MORNING, it didn’t take long to spot the first pair of huge white swans with orange and black bills and graceful, curving necks as they ...

San Bruno is perhaps best known for sights on its outskirts, like Golden Gate National Cemetery to the west or San Francisco ...

Bay Area singer Carly Ozard is cementing a lifelong interest in musical theater in all its wild variety with a new recording ...

Knowing how to properly administer basic First Aid to an individual in a medical emergency can make the difference between life and death, which is why ...

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has died after an illness, court officials announced this week. Judge Andrew Y.S. Cheng, 58, died last Friday and had ...