Term-limited off Mountain View's City Council, Ellen Kamei is so far the lone filer for MVLA's brand-new Area 2 board seat.

Yountville punted on mobile home rent caps, but seniors warn Bella Vista and Rancho de Napa residents could be priced out.

Crankstart's Michael Moritz will hand up to $50 million each to three groups with the best ideas for San Francisco.

Outside Alameda County's Oakland offices, youth described pepper spray causing burning faces and lost bodily control.

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

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 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.

Petaluma’s infamous 140% trash-rate warning dates to 2005, not a new 2026 contract vote. The city’s hauling system has since changed hands, but the rate debate remains familiar.

San Anselmo voted to leave Marin County’s flood district, but homeowners are still paying the fee. Now advocates want refunds for money collected since the exit.

California lawmakers are weighing 30-day retention limits, tighter access rules and audits for automated license plate reader data already used across the Bay Area.

Mountain View-Los Altos trustees may ban AI-enabled smart glasses across campuses, citing privacy, distraction and cheating concerns.

A Martinez assemblymember’s long-settled family property fight is back under scrutiny after doctors rejected claims that her mother had dementia.

UC Davis' transportation research center is still operating, but a $12 million federal grant cut has reshaped projects, staffing and student funding.