Sobrato can now advance 316 Menlo Park apartments before building 116 planned townhomes. The phased strategy arrives as Silicon Valley rents climb and housing supply stays tight.

The Marina spot's new pop-up serves martinis in a mini bathtub, paired with a 10-layer devil's food cake.

A new California resolution could rename the Bay Bridge’s Yerba Buena Tunnel after Emperor Norton, the city’s beloved 19th-century eccentric.

San Francisco gets a foggy start Wednesday before clearing into the low 70s. Breezy afternoons and a hotter, drier inland outlook are ahead.

San Jose will see sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s before temperatures climb into the mid-90s this weekend. Dry conditions are also raising fire-weather concerns in nearby hills.

Oakland police are seeking help identifying a man wanted in connection with a July 20 burglary and assault. Investigators released a detailed description of his clothing and appearance.

An Oakland SambaFunk drummer has spent more than eight months in ICE detention after attending a San Francisco check-in. A policy reversal may offer a new path in his asylum case, but his next hearing remains uncertain.

A Tuesday morning shooting shut down part of Alameda del Prado and prompted a shelter-in-place order as authorities searched for a suspect.

A Tuesday vote in East San Jose puts a proposed RealOptions Obria contract under a bright local spotlight. Critics are questioning the provider’s record and the district’s consent-calendar process.

A 30-townhome plan near Caltrain is testing California’s new housing law in ultrawealthy Atherton. Six units are designated affordable.

Two teens were arrested in Ceres after shots rang out across from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, sending crowds rushing away.

A Coastside Fire engine is headed to Washington as part of a San Mateo County strike team supporting wildfire suppression.

OpenAI and Statsig will pay $3.2 million after federal investigators accused them of making PERM jobs harder for U.S. workers to access.