Lafayette Hillside Memorial could be saved from development
While the display has been threatened in the past by developers, it now looks like it may be saved by a developer.
San Francisco kicks off St. Patrick's Day with annual parade down Market Street
Monday is St. Patrick's Day around the world, but San Francisco kicked it off a wee bit early on Saturday with its annual parade down Market Street to City Hall.
San Ramon business complex shifts to mixed-use residential model
A business complex in San Ramon is learning to adapt to the changing environment of a post-COVID world, pivoting to providing residential space.
Marin County supes pass shelter crisis declaration to help Point Reyes ranchers
Ranch workers in Point Reyes National Seashore, who are destined to lose their jobs and homes within a year following a new land management plan by the National Park Service, received some hope for relief from the Marin County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
East Bay food banks hit hard by slashed government funding
In Contra Costa and Solano counties, food bank officials are sounding the alarm about how cuts in funding from both federal and state governments are going to hurt an increasing number of families in need.
Healdsburg passes ordinance to extend downtown areas where chain stores are banned
But in the North Bay, the city of Healdsburg likes its small-town feel and is working to protect it, even if it means keeping some pretty familiar names from coming into town.
San Francisco Women's Day protestors express concerns with Trump administration
As women and their supporters marched around Union Square, the issues being forwarded this year had a broader feel than usual.
Veterans at Santa Rosa clinic protest Trump's plans to cut jobs at VA
Amid ongoing federal employee layoffs ordered by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, one protest in the North Bay featured people who might traditionally be supportive of a conservative Republican president.
Oakland city officials continue struggle with budget shortfall as tensions rise
As the Oakland City Council considered whether to reopen two temporarily shuttered fire stations, the looming issues of the city's larger budget problem is now starting to pit one group of city workers against another.
Safe-parking site for RVs opens in San Jose with eased entry restrictions
Like a number of Bay Area communities, San Jose is experimenting with safe RV parking sites as a way to get homeless residents off city streets.
South Bay mountain community creates secondary evacuation route, saying county hasn't helped
People living in a South Bay mountain community came up with a secondary evacuation route out of a neighborhood, saying they have not received help from Santa Clara County.
Protestors voice opposition to possible reopening of former Dublin prison as ICE detention site
On Saturday, protestors gathered in Dublin to voice opposition to the Trump administration's apparent interest in reopening the infamous federal women's prison in Dublin as an ICE detention site.
Egg shortage caused by bird flu impacting Petaluma poultry farmers
The current egg supply shortage from the bird flu is causing difficulties for those farmers who produce eggs in the North Bay.
San Jose's "Homeward Bound" program aims to reunite homeless with family
With more than 5,000 people estimated to be living on the streets of San Jose and not nearly enough places to house them all, city officials are hoping a new program will reduce the homeless population by sending some individuals off to live with family.
Students mourn after suspected fentanyl overdoses claim lives of Santa Rosa teens
Drug overdoses took a deadly toll in Santa Rosa over the weekend. Police are investigating the deaths of four young people, and the hospitalization of two more, to see if they are connected to a man arrested for selling narcotics, possibly laced with fentanyl.