The state Supreme Court has been missing a justice for 3½ months, stretching chambers and complicating death‑penalty and racial‑justice cases.

A temporary cover now protects the historic 36‑inch telescope at Lick Observatory after Christmas dome damage. Repairs will take months and the visitor center remains closed.

A parole panel refused Marjorie Knoller's release for the third time and set her next eligibility for February 2029.

Hundreds rallied in Oakland and Concord on Valentine’s Day to protest ICE and local surveillance; organizers vowed legal and community support as courts and funding fights loom.

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.

TRAC data show San Francisco immigration judges approve asylum far more often than judges in Los Angeles; local reporting ties the gap to judge turnover, backlogs and representation.

A man was shot early Feb. 14 on the 1200 block of Polk Street and taken to a hospital. SFPD is investigating and asks witnesses to call the tip line.

Belmont’s City Council unanimously approved a two‑phase campus expansion for the Charles Armstrong School, adding classrooms and an athletics building while drawing neighborhood concerns.

San Mateo County sent an urgent alert telling coast residents near Bean Hollow and Highway 1 to shelter in place amid police activity. Officials asked people to go indoors and await further instructions.

A private nonprofit tied to Gov. Gavin Newsom has underwritten tens of thousands in travel and event costs, raising questions about transparency and donor access.

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.