Sportico pegs the Golden State Valkyries at $850M after a sold‑out inaugural season and record revenue, a rapid re‑rating for the Bay Area expansion club.

A female gray whale washed ashore near Virgin Creek in Fort Bragg; scientists are performing a necropsy as researchers track a spike in gray whale deaths across the Bay Area.

About two dozen bronze memorial bench plaques were stolen from Alameda parks, leaving donors and officials scrambling for answers.

Oakland's rebuilt Mosswood Recreation Center reopens Saturday with tours and remarks from city leaders. The two‑story mass‑timber building restores classrooms, a kitchen and a maker space.

A viral video from the Tenderloin shows dozens slumped near 7th and Market, reviving debate over San Francisco's overdose crisis.

Vallejo police unveiled a draft overhaul to its personnel-complaint policy at a town hall, including a new public portal, multilingual forms and anti‑retaliation protections.

A new retro diner lands on Burlingame's Broadway with smashburgers, shakes and throwback booths.

VTA plans to turn its River Oaks headquarters into a transit‑oriented neighborhood of roughly 1,095 homes, with a first phase of about 328 affordable units. The agency bought a downtown tower to make the move possible.

San José police executed a citywide sweep targeting illegal gambling dens, seizing 45 machines and arresting 13 people. The department says code enforcement and criminal probes will continue.

A West Health–Gallup poll finds many Americans consult AI for health questions — and roughly 14 million say AI advice led them to skip care. Stanford’s chief data scientist weighs in.

The U.S. Department of Education opened a Title VI probe into Stanford’s BIPOC National Board cohort; Stanford says the cohort is being sunsetted.

Sonoma supervisors voted 3-2 to zero out county cultivation and manufacturing taxes for qualifying cannabis operators and to create a $531 annual business license.

Judge Laura Passaglia gave a Santa Rosa man the maximum five-year state prison term after prosecutors said he attacked the same woman twice and violated a no‑contact order.