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President Biden unveiled his first attempts to curb gun violence on Thursday, announcing a set of modest moves designed to begin revamping federal gun policy by tweaking the government's definition of a firearm and more aggressively responding to urban gun violence.
Nearly 40 years ago, scientists documented stranded sea turtles on California's beaches and noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea turtles that date to the time of the dinosaurs — were among those washing up on shore.
The Martinez City Council plans to discuss forming an anti-racism and anti-discrimination, pro-inclusion and equity task force on Wednesday night, and will likely appoint two of its own members to help direct the process from an ad hoc subcommittee.
The San Francisco school board will likely rescind their controversial decision to rename dozens of schools in the district during their meeting Tuesday evening.
A massive new Google urban village is coming to San Jose and promises to transform the downtown core.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed a work ordinance Tuesday that requires businesses to re-hire rather than replace the thousands of workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors plan to vote Tuesday on waiving the Weights and Measures annual fee for 2020/2021, possibly saving small businesses that use scanners and scales between $120 and $500 in fees.
After the pandemic cancelled many events last year, the city plans to host the return of Sunday Streets this weekend.
For the first time since her election, Vice President Kamala Harris was in her hometown of Oakland Monday, returning to the Bay Area to promote the Biden administration's American Jobs Plan and the need to rebuild the country's water delivery infrastructure .
The fight between critics and supporters of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is heating up as those spearheading a recall movement are now facing off against supporters of Boudin who have launched a new political action committee.
President Biden's proposed infrastructure plan sketches out a new vision of activist government measures intended to improve high-speed internet service, following decades in which the government has largely left the job to private companies.
Violent crime has gotten so bad in Oakland, police are creating a new investigative unit to stop it.
California will allow indoor concerts, theater performances and other private gatherings starting April 15 as the rate of people testing positive for the coronavirus nears a record low.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined six other Democratic governors on Friday in calling on Pres. Joe Biden to lift the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions that was a part of former Pres. Donald Trump's massive 2017 tax law.
Despite promises from Gov. Gavin Newsom to build an "army" of contact tracers to contain the coronavirus pandemic, a new audit says California mustered less than half of the number promised.
