BART will raise fares by 6.2 percent on New Year’s Day, citing inflation and long-term financial pressures, even as ridership ...

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RESIDENTS love their trees — that’s probably why the county has an ordinance in place to protect and ...

The U.S. Air Force safely disposed of a World War II-era practice bomb found on private property in southwestern ...

SILICON VALLEY’S WEALTHIEST RESIDENTS are steering billions of dollars to national and global causes instead of investing in ...

A San Jose family was charged with operating a network of brothels that trafficked dozens of women and generated about $1 million a year, according to the ...

AS EARLY AS 1868, Mendocino boasted around five saloons and bars for a population of 400-500 men. The men, mostly loggers, craved entertainment and ...

Members of the Marin County Planning Commission have rejected an appeal from a development corporation that plans to build a subdivision on a grassy glen ...

Fairfield officials are bracing for the loss of local jobs and revenue expected to follow the closure of Anheuser-Busch’s longtime Budweiser facility in ...

San Jose has taken the first step in a likely lengthy process to revamp the city’s approach to historic preservation. Councilmembers have outlined reform ...

As historian Dot Brovarney says, many people who’ve lived their entire lives in Ukiah have never heard of Lake Leonard, an 18 ...

The Concord City Council has selected a new mayor and vice mayor among the council members to serve for the upcoming year.

THIS HAS BEEN an especially challenging year for Rosalba Ortega’s family.  It’s been a cold, soggy winter in Bakersfield, and ...