With the 2024-25 school year underway, many people have refocused their attention on the safety of schools. And for good reason. Another tragic school ...

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With the November election looming and her term ending, state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, will appear at a public forum ...

With the November election looming and her term ending, state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, will appear at a public forum Monday for a conversation about her 14 years in the California Assembly and ...

Two relative political newcomers are vying to oust longtime Oakland City Councilmember Noel Gallo in the Nov. 5 election. Erin Armstrong, a policy advisor ...

Heat records were matched or broken Sunday across the Bay Area and beyond, surpassing temperatures from a heat wave that hit nearly 100 years ago, ...

San Jose is moving forward with establishing its sixth business improvement district, giving East Side leaders hope for a thriving economic sector and ...