Alameda County Superior Court operations are being disrupted by striking clerks and other employees Wednesday in a labor ...

Let’s face it, we need comedy now like never before, whether to escape or to bore into the existential truth of our utterly ...

Pixar, in its first time at bat for an original Disney+ series, knocks it out of the park. The Emeryville studio’s “Win or ...

Former Alameda County Superior Court judge Ursula Jones Dickson was sworn in as the Alameda County District Attorney this week.  Jones Dickson was named ...

IN ANCIENT ROME “bird seers” were priests, or augurs, who delivered prophecies based on their observations of birds. The right combination of bird ...

Former Alameda County Superior Court judge Ursula Jones Dickson was sworn in as the Alameda County District Attorney this week. Jones Dickson was named to the role by the Alameda County Board of ...

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The Bay Area Air District began getting complaints about odor coming from Martinez Refinery Company hours before a fire ...

It’s my passion—homelessness is what I’ve cared most about for decades,” says Kevin Fagan, whose new book, “The Lost and the ...

In a different kind of heart donation, a Hearts in San Francisco sculpture has been given to the city of Vacaville, city officials said. The bright red ...

SAN PABLO MOM Gabriella Garcia said her fourth-grade son sometimes comes home in tears after being bullied about his speech impediment. Her son receives ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Mark McCannon as a judge in San Mateo County Superior Court. He will fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Judge Marie ...