MCCLA in San Francisco has closed indefinitely due to financial insolvency, with almost all staff terminated and seeking emergency funding for survival. Local leaders and SFAC are assessing options for its future.

The MTC in the Bay Area has adopted a new Transit Priority Policy to help streamline public transit by giving preference to buses and rail on roadways.

Hundreds of East Bay high school students marched onto Hesperian Boulevard in San Leandro Wednesday to protest ICE and briefly blocked traffic near Bayfair.

A Fresno baker was sentenced to three years and ordered to repay about $3.5 million after prosecutors said he traded SNAP benefits for cash.

A Sacramento-backed bill would automatically place any federally sold land in California under conservation zoning, aiming to block speculative development. Sponsors call it a state backstop.

Premise and Crossover announced a definitive merger that would combine onsite, nearsite and virtual services into a roughly 900-clinic network serving hundreds of employers. The combined company would approach $2 billion in revenue and keep leadership roles from both sides.

A former Hastings law student was sentenced to seven years after being convicted of striking a man with her car outside a Lake Merritt bar. The victim sustained serious brain injuries and supporters attended the hearing.

A federal suit says the Giants hid mandatory convenience and order fees in online ticket checkouts, turning cheap headline prices into much higher totals. The complaint seeks restitution for affected buyers.

A City of San Rafael feasibility study lays out three expensive paths to shield the Canal — walls, a tidal gate or land‑raising — and urges quick fixes to buy time.

California’s attorney general has launched a statewide sweep into “surveillance pricing,” asking retailers, grocers and hotels to explain whether they use personal data to set individual prices. The inquiry will examine disclosures and pricing experiments under the CCPA.

AB 376 lets Nevada insurers separate wildfire coverage from homeowners policies, pushing fire protection into a separate, potentially pricey product for Tahoe homeowners.

Three active tuberculosis cases connected to Archbishop Riordan have prompted mandatory testing, masking and contact tracing at the Westwood Park campus.

Westlands approved a plan to repurpose roughly 136,000 acres for solar and storage, promising jobs and revenue for drought-hit farmers while raising community and environmental concerns.