With Pride celebrations happening all around the Bay Area this month, there is no better time to read these books centering ...

Alameda County Superior Court jurors will no longer get $100 a day for their efforts thanks to state budget cuts, court officials announced.  The pilot ...

Memorial Day 2025 has passed, but books about battlefield bravery are great reads all year. Some of the world’s great literature concerns war because it ...

MY FATHER ALWAYS CLAIMED that he had “built three tall buildings.” Though looked down upon by society for having no sons, he cared the most about his ...

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION this week weighed in on the escalating controversy over transgender athletes in school sports, advising schools to ...

A Fairfield man was arrested by Benicia officers on suspicion of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of high-value alcoholic beverages, ...

THE CITY OF UKIAH this week held a workshop to inform residents about the process of annexing unincorporated land in the Willow area south of the city and ...

MAGALY LAVADENZ WAS EXCITED about what she felt could be a game-changer for students who are learning English as a second language. The Center for Equity ...

If there is ever a sports hall of fame for cities that have lost professional teams, Oakland will be in it.   In recent years ...

Contra Costa Animal Services is opening its doors Saturday for a day of free pet adoptions, activities, and community fun as part of the second-annual ...

THERE’S AN OLDER GUY at my gym who, to be honest, looks like he fought in World War I. He’s a little hunched over, is mighty lean, and his body sort of ...

IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES SAID they are troubled by federal immigration agents’ latest tactics in San Francisco after at least 15 people, including four ...