California Population Drops By 182,000 In First Ever Yearly Decline
California's population fell by more than 182,000 people in 2020, marking the first year-over-year loss ever recorded for the nation's most populous state.
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California's population fell by more than 182,000 people in 2020, marking the first year-over-year loss ever recorded for the nation's most populous state.
Drought conditions are contributing to a battle brewing in the South Bay over a proposed water storage project that has the Santa Clara Valley Water District pushing for a series rate hikes to fund a new dam near Highway 152.
Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the appointment of five people -- including two Bay Area members -- to serve on the newly formed task force to study and develop reparation proposals for Black Americans.
PG&E set up a trust to compensate victims of recent wildfires started by the utility's faulty equipment. After its first year, the trust paid $7 million to eligible survivors but racked up $51 million in costs.
The City of Vacaville hired Joseph Allio, Fairfield's former police chief, to take over as Vacaville's interim police chief starting next week.
Daly City police officers and their vehicles will be equipped with cameras, following a City Council vote Wednesday night.
The number of tents housing homeless residents on San Francisco streets dropped by 65 percent over the last year, marking the lowest tent count seen in the city over the last two years, city officials said Wednesday.
The hilltop cottage belonging to a lesbian couple who were the first same-sex partners to legally marry in San Francisco has become a city landmark.
The Oakland City Council approved $480,000 in grants to 17 Oakland-based non-profit organizations and 20 individual artists through the city's Cultural Funding Program, Neighborhood Voices.
Santa Clara County health leaders said Tuesday more than 70 percent of eligible residents have now received their first dose of the COVID vaccine, but demand for the vaccine is now decreasing.
Resistance to the planned closure and redefined mission of Mills College in Oakland escalated this week when the voting faculty of the institution overwhelmingly approved a resolution of no confidence in the school's administration.
The Marin Municipal Water District Board voted unanimously to impose further restrictions on water use in the county.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's office helped release a man from prison who they themselves had put behind bars, not because he was innocent, but because they believe he didn't deserve to be in prison any longer.
At the start of the pandemic, there were empty storefronts and deserted streets in San Francisco's Chinatown. A year later, it isn't much better. Now business leaders are brainstorming on ways to bring people back.
Dozens of advocates and residents on Tuesday urged San Mateo County supervisors to extend renter protections after the statewide eviction moratorium expires at the end of June.
