Residents in parts of central and southern Marin County could soon see their trash collection fees rise under a proposal being considered by the county ...

A new policy research center was announced this week by University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.  The Climate ...

Environmentalists scored a major victory this week when the National Park Service agreed to revise its land management plan at Point Reyes National ...

There are among the new titles released by Bay Area and Northern California writers, listed in alphabetical order by author ...

An animal rights group lauded Oakland Zoo for freeing its last elephant and sending it to a sanctuary in October. In the “10 Worst Zoos for Elephants ...

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors officially swore in two new members on Tuesday, making it a female majority on the board. Former congresswoman ...

Retired congresswoman Barbara Lee announced her intention to run for Oakland mayor Wednesday, two days after filing initial paperwork with the city ...

Thousands of dollars’ worth of tools were stolen from a University of California, Berkeley satellite campus in Richmond over the weekend, days after the ...

Law enforcement officials said that Matthew Muller — the man at the center of the Vallejo kidnapping case that was outlined in the Netflix documentary ...

DANIEL LURIE WAS officially sworn in as San Francisco’s 46th mayor on Wednesday during a star-studded celebration packed with thousands of attendees at ...

FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER left a strong impression on the people, including Silicon Valley leaders who spent time with him during his decades of ...

Californians accused of certain drug and retail theft crimes may already be facing stiffer penalties under an initiative ...