Bayview and Portola are changing amid shifts in housing and local commerce.

Psychic Jenessa Wyatt leads a Halloween-weekend séance at the 1906 Petaluma museum, with tickets up to $100 at the séance table.

The picnic is set for Hellman Hollow, with pre-2001 vehicles eligible, free spectator admission and fees benefiting local programs for people with developmental disabilities.

Deputies used snacks to lure a runaway emu off the road, days after another one caused a similar scene nearby.

Thirteen Napa Valley winemakers bared their softer side for a cat calendar, with a signing party planned for Nov. 15 in downtown Napa.

The 1933 Oakland landmark's lease runs through 2029, but owner Patty Dingle is weighing a bid to buy the building herself.

Hundreds remain stuck on San Francisco's shelter waitlist as the city moves to cap most stays at 90 days starting next year.

A reverse hide-and-seek game at SFO ended with a stranger winning a four-day trip to Fiji picked by the group.

A black dachshund named Rigatoni took the final race while Portia stretched 36 inches to win longest dog at Napa Yard.

Walnut Creek's 75-year-old outdoor mall is throwing itself a storybook birthday bash with a princess parade, pet adoptions and more.

Jackson Galaxy makes a special appearance at a Halloween fundraiser for the Jackson Galaxy Project at Museion Wines in Calistoga.

Fire Station No. 4 hosts its 19th pancake breakfast Saturday, with rappelling demos and a Tahoe resort raffle prize.

The Capitol Park navigation center connects families to city, county and nonprofit help — and already stepped in for a man who had walked for 10 days.