Jim Oswald is a marketing and communications executive at Joybound People & Pets in Walnut Creek. He lives in San Francisco.

San Francisco and Santa Clara joined six other counties in suing the Trump administration over these new conditions. Earlier ...

A dozen more protesters have joined the Stanford hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians at risk of starving in Gaza.

Increased enrollment in transitional kindergarten, which will be available to all 4-year-olds this year, helped slow the ...

The Solano County city’s leaders voted to form task forces to address the fallout from the potential Valero refinery closure.

The Trump administration wants blue cities and counties to renounce DEI and immigration policies or lose crucial homelessness ...

Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, May 20, 2025… California legislators are considering a bill that would allow ...

The former congresswoman faces no shortage of challenges as Oakland’s mayor, including a budget crisis, stubbornly high rates ...

Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, May 19, 2025… Federal authorities are seeking help to piece together the ...

Neighbors in East Richmond Heights say they’ve found about 50 dead birds in recent weeks. Some blame PG&E’s power lines, but ...

Local officials ruled the death of Darryl Mefferd an accident. But new evidence shows that's likely not the case.

Valero’s Benicia refinery accounts for nearly 20% of the city’s tax base, and its expected shutdown could have a catastrophic ...