A CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS PROGRAM that provides low-income and underserved residents free state park access was saved from the state budget chopping block, ...

University of California, Berkeley benefactors Ned and Carol Spieker have gifted $26 million to endow the university’s men’s aquatic programs, the largest ...

ASHLEY PASCHEN BELIEVED she had a strong case as she sought a restraining order against her ex-husband. She alleges she had proof he hurt her, and she had ...

IT IS NOT EVERY DAY you see charros spinning lassos inside an airport, but Volaris’s inaugural flight to Zacatecas was a cause for celebration at Oakland ...

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION APPEARS poised to withhold more $6.8 billion nationwide in funding for Title 3 – an educational funding stream used to support ...

PG&E customers in the Bay Area have fallen victim to a growing wave of utility scams, with over $190,000 in losses reported so far this year, the ...

THE SAN FRANCISCO Unified School District announced Monday that it will continue its ethnic studies program next school year, ...

Why it’s a good read: Yes, it’s used in high and college history classes. No, it doesn’t read like a textbook. You can’t open this book without learning something new. Zinn’s enthusiasm for his topic ...

FEDERAL FUNDING for counterterrorism operations in the Bay Area remains in limbo, but a portion of the disputed money was released last week as a lawsuit ...

We love the clues, we love the chase, and we love to read mysteries. Local News Matters is thrilled to kick off our ...

The city of San Jose will host a Fourth of July drone show instead of setting off fireworks, after the city’s supply was destroyed when a warehouse in ...

Homelessness in Contra Costa County showed some dramatic improvement earlier this year, decreasing 26% between 2024 and 2025, ...