A tentative $183 million contract ends the city's first teachers strike in nearly 50 years, delivering modest raises and phased-in family health care while tightening SFUSD's reserves.

Parents forced Petaluma trustees to pause approval of site safety plans after spotting "collect intelligence" language about student walkouts and social-media monitoring.

San Mateo County is placing newspaper-box-sized naloxone dispensers at community sites and planning clinic vending machines, with the first unit at Allcove San Mateo.

Clearlake handed management of its troubled city shelter to a local nonprofit, which says it's racing to treat animals and recruit volunteers.

Walnut Creek parents packed an Mt. Diablo school board meeting and presented a petition after the district announced a phased move of Bancroft’s Spanish immersion program to Woodside.

A 101‑unit West Oakland supportive housing building remains closed months after a November ribbon‑cutting, leaving approved tenants and advocates demanding answers.

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launched Garry’s List, a statewide nonprofit to publish voter guides, commission policy research and host events aimed at pro‑growth candidates.

Stanislaus Animal Services says about 30 dogs at its Modesto shelter face euthanasia as overcrowding overwhelms staff; adoptions and fosters are urgently needed.

San Francisco will extend tuition credits to many more families, but a slow provider‑approval process and mismatched openings threaten to delay the July expansion.

Recovered doorbell footage in the Nancy Guthrie case shows a masked figure and raises new questions about what Nest, Ring and other cloud cameras actually keep. This could matter for Bay Area homeowners.

San Mateo supervisors approved a $2M initiative to subsidize wages for new hires and support local job growth. The county will issue an RFP to pick a program administrator.

Homeward Bound reunited 42 people at roughly $750 each, but advocates say limited vetting and little post‑arrival follow‑up mean the pilot is not yet a scalable solution.

A national survey finds widespread wage pessimism, and San Francisco's high housing and living costs are prompting many women to delay homebuying, parenthood and career moves.