Two Sonoma women turned survival into a support network that helped deliver courtroom testimony as Nathan Chasing Horse heads to sentencing on March 11.

Carbon Health will close three South Bay clinics on Feb. 20 as it executes a Chapter 11 restructuring. Patients and most staff can transfer appointments or use virtual care.

Cold morning in San Francisco; advisories through 9 a.m. Rain returns Saturday night and grows heavier Monday–Tuesday.

A 22-year-old Ukiah man was arrested after police say he held a woman at an East Oakland motel and forced her to have sex for money. He faces multiple felony charges and is jailed pending a March 3 hearing.

Copper theft knocked out streetlights across San José on Feb. 19, forcing emergency repairs and highlighting a months-long repair backlog. City crews and police are responding.

The SF Ballet Orchestra celebrates 50 years with a gala at Herbst Theatre, a free Feb. 26 concert at SFCM and a new composition prize that drew 173 entries.

Gallo will shutter its St. Helena Ranch Winery and eliminate 93 positions across Napa and Sonoma, according to WARN filings and local reporting.

Uber says it will tighten driver background checks to bar people with violent or sexual‑offense convictions regardless of when they occurred, after reporting and a key trial. Local regulators in San Francisco are watching.

A 59-year-old woman died after being struck by a vehicle on Mission Boulevard in Hayward Tuesday night. Police say the driver remained at the scene and are investigating.

A Watsonville woman was sentenced to 13 years after DNA tied her to the 1994 death of a newborn found off Garin Road. The DA credited cold‑case work for the result.

Origin Materials is cutting more than half of staff at its West Sacramento plant as the company refocuses on commercializing recyclable PET bottle caps.

Genova Delicatessen is closing its last Walnut Creek retail counter on Wednesday after 58 years. The ravioli factory will remain in operation and products will still be sold locally.

City Hall wants to let builders pay an in‑lieu fee instead of planting street trees and make some city removals non‑appealable. Supporters call it a permitting fix; critics say it could shrink the canopy.