Brentwood officers paired local kids with police for breakfast, gift-wrapping and a Target shopping trip supported by Brentwood PAL’s Tamale Festival.

At Sather Gate, Berkeley’s Chabad lit the first Hanukkah candle and honored victims of the Bondi Beach attack as students and administrators stood together.

EBMUD has raised rates to fund a decade-long capital plan and a major ultraviolet overhaul at Orinda, leading to modest monthly increases for many East Bay households.

Supporters marched through the Mission to demand Gov. Newsom pardon Zoe Rosenberg after she was ordered to serve 90 days in a high‑profile 'chicken rescue' case.

Livermore police, students and local partners wrapped gifts and distributed Walmart and Safeway gift cards to dozens of local students in the annual Shop With A Cop event.

A Compton regular says a routine $10 scratcher turned into a $1 million payday the day before her birthday.

UCSF Benioff has added an Oakland‑based neonatal transport team to shorten emergency transfers for critically ill newborns across the Bay Area and Northern California.

Donors funneled roughly $1.5 billion this year, but only a sliver stayed in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties as homelessness and housing needs rise.

Two Bay Area residents who matched five numbers in the Aug. 30 Powerball have claimed seven‑figure prizes; the tickets were sold in Milpitas and Pleasant Hill.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is awarding San Francisco $7M over three years to expand the Mayor’s Office of Innovation and fund nine new data and design positions.

Hundreds of performers packed Stanford's Paul Brest Hall to press lawmakers to pass AB 412, a California bill that would force AI companies to disclose copyrighted training data. The crowd included SAG‑AFTRA leaders and digital artists.

A laminated window sign at Oceanview Diner on Fourth Street set off a neighborhood flap; worker-owners say it was meant to protect immigrant staff and have clarified the wording.

After a May fire left their Mission building uninhabitable, three tenants allege years of ignored code violations and are suing the landlord for $750,000.