A packed Yountville study session turned contentious after French Laundry chef Thomas Keller and local employers urged the town to slow the Commons housing plan. Officials laid out costs, unit mixes and funding gaps as the council moves toward votes in March.

A Santa Clara judge tentatively denied TikTok's bid to dismiss California's claims that the app's features addict children, keeping the state's case alive for further hearings.

Oakland’s Measure Z–funded school violence‑interruption teams face a June funding cliff as OUSD contends with a $100M budget shortfall. Evaluators call the pilot promising but limited by scale.

City Hall wants to let builders pay an in‑lieu fee instead of planting street trees and make some city removals non‑appealable. Supporters call it a permitting fix; critics say it could shrink the canopy.

A weekly 'Overpass Visibility' dance party has turned the University Avenue overpass into a glow‑stick, inflatable‑animal visibility action that draws families and teens.

Teamsters Local 2010 called a Feb. 17–20 unfair labor practice strike across CSU campuses; Sac State says classes will continue while pickets may slow campus access.

Just Equations names California among five states that have tightened the bridge between high‑school math and college expectations and outlines practical steps to cut remediation. The report points to dual enrollment, senior‑year readiness and clearer university expectations.

Palo Alto Unified agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit from a tenured P.E. teacher after criminal charges were dropped and an outside probe found the allegation unsubstantiated.

A sold‑out BART train turned into a speed‑dating car on Feb. 14, with more than 200 riders swapping four‑minute conversations between 16th St. Mission and Millbrae.

Preliminary city data show 53 suspected overdose deaths in San Francisco in January; the health department posted treatment contacts and BHAC hours.

San Mateo supervisors approved $831,829 for eight positions to staff a Family Justice Center, add two criminalists and expand anti-trafficking work.

Jay and Kristen Ruskey, founders of Good Land Organics and Frinj Coffee, were found dead in Cambria. Autopsies are complete and toxicology results are pending as the community rallies around their three children.

BAAQMD’s Clean HEET grants will pay homeowners up to $10,500 to replace wood or pellet stoves with electric heat pumps; applications are open through July 14, 2026.