The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District will get $2 million in state funding that was recently earmarked to fund fire reduction efforts in and around Mount Diablo State Park. Fire Protection ...

The Contra Costa Commission for Women and Girls is seeking applicants to fill vacant at-large member seats and a District IV seat, county officials announced Wednesday. Applicants must live or work in ...

California Symphony is kicking off its 40th season this weekend with “American Connections,” a concert featuring Jennifer Higdon’s new Cello Concerto to ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday to help local governments better crack down on illegal dumping, legislation championed by Oakland’s ...

A former undersheriff in Santa Clara County pleaded guilty to felony bribery, the District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Rick Sung was second in Former Santa Clara County undersheriff Rick Sung ...

THE DAY AFTER Berkeley Fire Department inspectors identified seven wildfire safety violations at Staeppan Snyder’s property, he began clearing vegetation ...

The U.S. House voted last week to order the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up its study of raising Coyote Valley Dam at Lake Mendocino — a study the Corps stopped last October for lack of federal ...

A 34-foot La Catrina sculpture is set to arrive Tuesday in Oakland’s Fruitvale district, where it will be installed ahead of the Unity Council’s 31st annual Día de los Muertos celebration.

The city of Richmond celebrated the completion of about $2.3 million in upgrades at Wendell Park this past week, including a new restroom, ballfields and Richmond completed about $2.3 million in ...

CALIFORNIA IS SUING two Christian anti-abortion nonprofits over a disputed treatment the groups call “abortion pill reversal” in a case that could reshape ...

The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area calls for warmer weather Tuesday, as the region shakes off several cooler ...

Felony conspiracy and vandalism charges against five pro-Palestinian Stanford University protesters will be dismissed under a pretrial diversion agreement ...