San Bruno residents and nonprofit groups clashed at a City Council meeting as officials consider a ballot measure to ban safe-and-sane fireworks amid rising enforcement costs.

Salesforce agreed to buy Fin for about $3.6 billion to fold a leading AI customer agent into its Agentforce platform. The deal sharpens San Francisco’s role in enterprise AI consolidation.

Rising fees have turned youth sports into a high‑cost gamble for Bay Area families, pushing many kids out of play and into stretched nonprofits. Local groups and cities are fighting back with free programs and new fields.

Late-night high tides set a summer record around the Bay while inland San Jose warms into the mid‑80s today.

A national ABCD study finds early heavy social media use tied to much higher odds that teens will try alcohol, nicotine and cannabis.

Late-night high tides and sneaker waves put San Francisco's shoreline at risk through Thursday. Expect cool mornings, sunny afternoons and possible bayside flooding at peak tides.

A San Luis Obispo judge found sufficient evidence to send former priest Theodore Gabrielli to trial on 24 felony counts after victims testified. Arraignment is set for July 14, 2026.

Oliver Tree, the Santa Cruz-raised musician behind "Miss You," was killed Sunday when two helicopters collided midair over Rio de Janeiro. He was 32.

San Francisco health inspectors shut down the Slanted Door Group's Mission commissary on June 11 after finding rodent droppings in more than a dozen locations — including on food contact surfaces and vacuum-sealed bags. It's a repeat violation at the facility keeping Charles Phan's legacy alive, and not everything got resolved on the same day it was closed.

A Lake Fire was reported in Monterey County on June 13; initial reports say it is burning on private land with cause and containment still unknown.

A $3M state grant that helped Sonoma’s PEARLS outreach ends this month, and nonprofits are racing to plug gaps as senior loneliness climbs.

Novato’s council approved a 28‑pump Costco fuel center at Vintage Oaks after years of lawsuits and an expanded environmental review. Opponents warn of traffic, wetlands risk and climate contradictions.

Lawrence and Stephanie Bondulich are opening Owl & The Vine at 3535 Guerneville Road, converting the former Walter Hansel bistro into a wine bar and taproom late this summer.