Darnise Williams says she was labeled angry and unprofessional before being placed on leave amid a budget crisis.

A union-backed measure would offer eligible UC support staff no-interest downpayment loans, expanding a benefit UC currently offers to faculty and managers.

Six candidates are chasing two Antioch council seats as the city wrestles with a $15 million deficit and a rejected $34.9 million housing grant.

A judge found a plausible conspiracy to share confidential rent data. California AG Rob Bonta vows to keep pressing the case.

District 6 voters weigh housing plans, budget cuts, and campus safety as three candidates vie for the OUSD seat.

AB 1457 forces cities and counties to bring disadvantaged communities into local land-use decisions by mid-2031.

A Kentucky judge ruled the billion-dollar fight belongs in California courts, sparing Oakland a possible $654 million hit.

Hayward voters will also decide Measure CC, a business tax overhaul meant to help close a $26 million deficit.

At least $237 million is headed back to misclassified Lyft drivers, California officials say, though Lyft denies any wrongdoing.

An Oakland judge halted the fee for a second time as DHS pushes a $103,265 permanent rule instead.

A three-way race is shaping up in Oakland's Montclair, Dimond and Glenview area over school finances and closures.

Corteva will face limits on its loyalty rebate program for a decade, with purchase thresholds capped at 50%, under a deal California joined with the FTC and other states.

TechEquity Action plans a statewide campaign spanning the Bay Area to Orange County.