After weeks of public outcry and pressure from local officials, Caltrans announced this week that it is developing plans to address a slippery section of ...

THE BAY AREA has always been a laboratory for community. We’ve written the playbooks for co-ops, eco-villages and bold experiments in alternative living.

SAN JOSE MAYOR MATT MAHAN opened up the floor to critics of his initiatives to address homelessness this week for the first time since the 2025-26 ...

WITH THE OPENING of its second location, San Jose restaurant Jackie’s Place brings the taste of soul food and Texas barbecue to the SoFA District. It’s ...

THE MAN CONVICTED of shooting and killing a former Oakland city councilmember’s son six years ago in Los Angeles was sentenced this week to 35 years to ...

The San Joaquin County Human Services Agency will be hosting a series of community meetings throughout May to request feedback on a regional approach to ...

Santa Clara County’s largest water agency can’t cite or arrest homeless people creating pollution or trespassing on its property — but the police unit it ...

A SAN JOSE BUSINESS OWNER won’t have to scramble to make way for a transit project and lose millions of dollars in inventory after entering discussions ...

LAST WEEK the Cardinals picked an American to lead the Catholic Church, but there are no Americans in the annual Eurovision Song Contest — and that’s a ...

PG&E informed Monterey County that it wants to reactivate its Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage Facility by June 1, but the ...

CALIFORNIA IS FACING a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for ...

At the start of Oakland Theater Project's riveting production of "Ironbound," a couple is in the middle of an intense ...