A new ABC/Washington Post/Ipsos poll finds more than half of Americans call health care, vacations and new cars unaffordable while nearly half carry debt.

Longtime Oakland leader Wilson Riles Jr. is recovering at home after a massive stroke; friends and family have launched a fundraiser to help cover in‑home care.

Santa Clara County has begun a pilot sending mental-health teams into two San José tiny-home villages, connecting about 40 residents so far. Officials say the program will expand to other sites later this year.

Parents at several Turlock schools pressed officials after viral posts tied the district's photo vendor to documents in the DOJ's Epstein files. The district will meet Lifetouch and review privacy safeguards.

San José launched a 50‑day outreach to offer interim housing at Cerone and to clear debris from Coyote Meadows. The city says outreach will connect about 100 people to services.

A longtime Chappellet housekeeper says she was fired after reporting injuries and seeking accommodations, alleging disability and race discrimination. The case heads to trial in 2027.

A $1.7M 'other expenses' line in the stadium authority budget would cover the 49ers' new office rent — and Santa Clara officials are pushing back. The ask returns to the board for review in March.

iHeart and Glass launch a 10‑episode series that reopens the high‑profile paternity fight involving Laura Owens and former Bachelor Clayton Echard as criminal charges loom. The first episodes drop Thursday.

Berkeley’s council left approvals in place for two high‑rise projects that invoked the state density bonus to win exemptions from the city’s HARD HATS labor rules.

Berkeley's Black Student Union says racist graffiti at Clark Kerr and a social-media photo prompted multiple conduct reports and demands for accountability from campus officials.

San Francisco Superior Court clerks have given notice they plan an open‑ended strike on Thursday over staffing and training disputes, potentially delaying hearings and filings.

West Valley‑Mission is sponsoring AB 2121 to let community colleges backfill federal MSI and TRIO cuts without triggering California’s 50% spending rule. The bill includes reporting and safeguards.

Palo Alto has increased towing and street cleanups around RV clusters, but residents and council members say enforcement alone won’t solve sanitation or housing gaps. The ad hoc committee is weighing a permit pilot and a regional meeting in April.