The Milken Institute’s annual report gauges the best cities based on metrics including job and wage growth, affordability and other economic factors.

California, the Golden State, is synonymous with stunning beaches, innovative tech hubs and Hollywood glamour. As the most populous state in the U.S., California is home to some of the nation's largest and most influential cities.

Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn from this latest disaster?

SAN JOSE — Hotel development nosedived in California and the Bay Area in 2024, fresh evidence the statewide lodging market still suffers from an array of post-coronavirus economic maladies, a new report shows.

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a driver in East San Jose late Monday night, in the city's first traffic death of the year.

From cringe-inducing surgical procedures to strange proto-technology and cultural museums, this free park is definitely worth a visit.

The multiple wildfires burning in Los Angeles County are too large for one fire department to battle alone. Fire agencies from around the state and Bay Area are sending help.

Development pipeline dries up as 75% fewer properties opened last year in region, with outlook it will get worse.

A year-end survey released this week from lodging consultancy Atlas Hospitality counted just four new hotels across the nine-county Bay Area opening in 2024, down from 12 new hotels in 2023. Statewide, California in 2024 had the fewest new hotels and rooms deliver to market since 2014, and about 34% fewer new hotels than in 2023.

As many as 174 new law firms are included in the Silicon Valley Business Journal's expanded industry list this year. See who tops them all and which names are new to the top 50.

The Tony-winning musical — which ranks as one of the most popular Broadway productions in recent years — returns to the Bay Area for stands in both San Francisco and San Jose. “Six” plays the Curran Theatre in San Francisco April 8-20 and San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts April 22–27.

A GOP bill banning transgender girls from playing high school sports could cause conflicts around California even if it fails in the state Capitol.