At Alpha School in the Marina, freshmen wear heart-rate monitors while classmates hear recordings of parents criticizing them.

Supervisors unanimously back a new plan tackling costs, waitlists, and a South County childcare desert.

Three people tied to Hummingbird Day Spa face felony charges after a months-long trafficking probe. Prosecutors say about 30 men visited daily.

Council members cited privacy concerns as the city's 16 license plate readers head toward a program wind-down by late October.

Jerry Reyes was last seen near W. Alma Avenue and Mastic Street.

A 20-minute hold shut down Casa Grande and two other Petaluma campuses after students flagged a classmate carrying a gun.

Gizela Ho and Peony Seafood Restaurant will serve a 10-course fusion menu on Sept. 18, from suckling pig with caviar to a Droo the Baker mooncake.

The West Oakland blues landmark says a lost back patio wiped out 60 percent of its business overnight.

The blaze was first spotted at 12:57 p.m. on private land, with no containment update yet.

New renderings show a 1900 cottage at 70 Laidley Street giving way to studios, a penthouse, and a four-car garage, with a separate studio planned at 74 Laidley Street.

Matt Mullenweg is making an offer for Mirene, the 1912 tugboat Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan spent decades restoring in Sausalito.

Body-camera footage shows the man lunging before he was tased and fell face-first, fracturing his vertebra.

Benjamin Solis, 35, is out on $25,000 bail as NVUSD says a review of bus camera footage turned up nothing concerning.