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California Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, announced Friday he has introduced new legislation that would ensure that all hate crimes are handled by law enforcement in a consistent manner across the state.
Local governments would be required to permanently offer the option of virtual participation in public meetings under a bill introduced this week in the state legislature.
A seemingly endless amount of drama, name-calling, lawsuits and outrage from parents and city officials made the saga of San Francisco's school board a riveting pandemic sideshow that is about to play out at the ballot box.
California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under legislation announced Friday by Democratic state lawmakers that was immediately criticized by Republicans as government overreach.
Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, introduced Assembly Bill 1912, which doesn't stop the closure and consolidation plan Oakland school board members voted on Wednesday, but could pave the way for avoiding it.
Officials in Sausalito declared a state of emergency Thursday in regard to the city's homeless population, one day after an explosion and fire at an encampment Wednesday night led to an arrest.
To fill the District 3 seat vacated by Jack Tibbetts late last year, the Santa Rosa City Council announced Thursday that it chose Dianna MacDonald to replace him.
The Sunnyvale City Council appointed a former mayor Tuesday to fill a vacant seat until next January.
A judge in the Bay Area restored federal protections for gray wolves across much of the U.S. on Thursday after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump administration.
Top health officials say an update on school masking requirements is on the way. But with a growing number of states rolling back mandates, including in schools, many are wondering what is California waiting for and why.
Officials in San Jose are beginning work on a tiny home neighborhood providing supportive housing for the homeless, amid efforts to clear out the city's largest encampment located nearby.
California's full-time workers will have access to up to 80 hours of COVID-specific paid sick leave through the end of September under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday.
The city of San Francisco will pay a Black man brutally beaten by a police officer in 2019 $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit after the Board of Supervisors approved the move Tuesday.
Modeled after a similar law in Vancouver, San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston has launched efforts to place a measure on the November 2022 ballot to tax owners of certain vacant residential units.
Joining a growing number of states, California is dropping its indoor mask mandate starting next Tuesday for those who are vaccinated, but the measure, for now, will stay in place for schools K-12.
