A California bill would shift state demonstration forests from a logging-first mission toward restoration and invite tribes into co-management of ancestral redwood lands.

A State Department cable tells consulates to deny visas to applicants who say they fear returning home, a change that could ensnare H‑1B holders, students and travelers.

Oakland's typical home value slipped to roughly $716,000 in March, leaving many sellers well below the 2022 peak and splitting neighborhoods between bidding wars and price cuts.

A Vallejo man died after running onto I‑80 and being struck in the No. 3 lane early Saturday. CHP says he had allegedly assaulted his Lyft driver before the confrontation spilled onto the freeway.

Santa Rosa CHP says a driver was arrested after allegedly brandishing a handgun on US‑101 near Petaluma Blvd N; officers recovered a loaded, unregistered firearm.

Low clouds this morning give way to sun. Monday, May 11 will be the warmest stretch with a moderate heat risk inland.

Mongol Cafe, one of the Bay Area's only authentic Mongolian restaurants, was ordered closed by SF health inspectors after they found live cockroaches in the flour, throughout the kitchen, and evidence that the operator had been trying to fight them with consumer RAID spray. The closure came on a reinspection — four days after the initial routine visit — even after the restaurant scrambled to bring in a licensed pest control company the very morning inspectors returned.

Alberto Tamez Jr., convicted in the 1974 Nipomo killing, became eligible for immediate release after Gov. Newsom declined to act on a December parole grant.

A 51-year-old woman was ejected and killed in a single-vehicle crash at G Street and Drake Street in Antioch; police say speed and possible impairment may be factors.

BEA county data and a San Diego Union-Tribune analysis show 16 California counties tripled in size from 2001–2024, led by Bay Area growth and small-county percentage spikes.

Councilmembers will consider roughly $17 million for two affordable projects, a downtown library‑lot housing study and new rules to implement tenant protections.

A proposed Health Code change would ban smoking on outdoor bar patios; health advocates back it while small-business commissioners and bar owners warn of sidewalk spillover and lost customers.

A Santa Rosa man was arrested after Rohnert Park police say he struck an In‑N‑Out manager and later refused to exit his car during a Cotati standoff.