Federal filings say a 15-year-old who fled Oregon foster care was trafficked on Vallejo streets and rescued from a Motel 6; the accused is now in federal custody.

The U.N. aviation agency has capped power banks at two per passenger and banned recharging during flights; airlines and travelers are already adjusting.

A Bloomberg Government investigation found only five lobbyist audits from 2019–2025. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has urged state leaders to fix the shortfall.

Milpitas is weighing whether to rename its César Chávez Plaza after California renamed César Chávez Day to Farmworkers Day this week. City leaders say any change will follow official naming policy.

A $9.3M rehab of the Clayton Hotel returned 82 SRO rooms to low‑income tenants and exposed how preservation funding lags behind the need.

OpenAI has leased the Portside Commerce Center at 1411 Harbour Way S in Richmond — a roughly 202,000‑sq‑ft waterfront warehouse that could support hundreds of workers.

Teachers in Palo Alto are pushing for a 9% raise and full family health coverage while the district offers smaller, multi-year increases and one-time bonuses amid tight budget forecasts.

A high-speed chase that began on U.S. 101 ended in Kenwood when an SUV rolled into a vineyard and the driver surrendered, authorities said.

Half Moon Bay and 14 other California jurisdictions received state Notices of Violation for missing required housing plans. The state has given them narrow windows to respond as enforcement ramps up.

The Bay Skyway would stitch new and existing paths into a shore‑to‑shore walking and biking route from Oakland to San Francisco, but it faces a roughly $700M price tag and technical hurdles. Agencies say interim pieces could open in 2028–2029, while the west‑span deck needs more funding and environmental review.

Billie Joe Armstrong surprised Berkeley with a last-minute Coverups pop-up at Cornerstone. The poster went up that afternoon and listed $25 admission.

MTC and ABAG approved Plan Bay Area 2050+, adding a first‑ever resilience project list and 35 strategies to guide housing, transit and climate resilience through 2050.

A meals nonprofit says rising costs and shrinking emergency funds are making it harder to deliver daily meals to San Francisco’s most vulnerable seniors.