Small Fire On Grounds Of California Governor's Mansion Deemed Suspicious
State fire officials are investigating a small-but-suspicious fire that broke out on the grounds of the California governor's mansion.
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State fire officials are investigating a small-but-suspicious fire that broke out on the grounds of the California governor's mansion.
Bay Area air quality officials are considering a crackdown on smoke from barbecues and meat smokers.
Oracle Corp. said Monday it named former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta as one of their directors, effective immediately.
Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf's home early Monday morning .
The richest 1 percent of the population will own more than half the world's wealth by 2016, Oxfam International said in a report released as the World Economic Forum begins in Davos, Switzerland.
Demonstrators gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza around 7 p.m. and have been marching through the streets since around 7:30 p.m., according to Oakland police.
The tentative agreement averts multiple strikes scheduled to begin 7 a.m. Wednesday at Kaiser medical centers throughout the Bay Area including Antioch, Daly City, San Francisco, Oakland, Petaluma, Vacaville, San Rafael and Santa Clara.
About a hundred protesters were on the move in East Oakland Saturday evening after a day of planned and spontaneous demonstrations around the city for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
A resident distressed about the state of crime in Antioch plans to launch his second attempt on Tuesday to recall Mayor Wade Harper.
Before it unraveled, a plan to use Duke University's chapel tower in a call to prayer for the school's Muslim community was meant to promote religious unity, but things changed course after mounting criticism and the threats against security.
The city of San Jose has lost its antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball on Thursday.
A Washington Post journalist from Marin County detained in Iran for months has been indicted and will stand trial, Iran's state news agency reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what charges he faced.
California farmers now must abide by the nation's strictest rules for a widely used pesticide in a change designed to protect farmworkers and people who live and work near agricultural fields but is likely to raise prices on produce.
Actor Tom Hanks penned an op-ed on his experiences at Hayward's Chabot College, and voiced his support for the President's plan to make two years of free community college available to millions of Americans.
Legislation is moving forward at the Board of Supervisors that would require a lot more work for wireless companies that want to install antennas on utility poles, street lights and other public right of way.
