AN OPEN GOVERNMENT advocacy group is threatening to sue a California county that is preparing to discuss firing its elected sheriff behind closed doors.

SONOMA COUNTY’S REGIONAL AIRPORT will see the departure of Avelo Airlines, which announced it faces operational headwinds, but the airport’s leadership ...

STUDENTS DON’T HAVE THE SAME incentives to talk to their professors — or even their classmates — anymore. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude have ...

FEDERAL CUTS TO mental health and public housing, the emergence of vulnerable populations, rising housing costs, economic shifts to new industries — those ...

Two dozen arts and culture organizations serving Oaklanders are getting access to $600,000 in “emergency” grants via a partnership between the city and ...

A SAN DIEGO MAN accused of murder went on trial for four weeks earlier this year. After closing arguments, the jurors — myself included — re-examined ...

THE MARTINEZ CITY COUNCIL pushed ahead with an ambitious plan to revitalize the city’s waterfront that could include multiple hotels, an amphitheater, a ...

THE STATE HAS STEPPED IN to help fund the initial phases of a bicycle superhighway that will make commuting between Santa Clara and East San Jose easier.

THE BRIDGE BOUNCED and car horns blared. Between the street corners below and the pedestrian bridge above, the spot where Treat Boulevard meets Jones Road ...

Unionized garbage workers will be back on the job Saturday, ending a strike that left garbage piling up across Bay Area municipalities. Republic Services, ...

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has selected the county’s first stand-alone registrar of voters, after voting to split the position from the ...

A FORMER BISHOP with an African-American Christian denomination pleaded guilty to wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy charges related to a widespread ...