A 20-year-old Santa Rosa man was sentenced to seven years after pleading no contest to pimping and related charges for trafficking his underage girlfriend.

CAL FIRE SCU and local fire agencies responded to a brush fire near Little Valley Road south of Pleasanton. Officials urged anyone facing an emergency to call 9‑1‑1.

A brush fire closed both directions of CA‑152 in Gilroy Wednesday, forcing a full shutdown and causing major delays. Caltrans and 511 posted initial alerts.

Monterey County agencies are weighing billion‑dollar projects to stop seawater intruding on the Salinas Valley aquifer and protect farms, wells and drinking water.

Glow emerged from stealth with a $180M Series A and a $1.2B valuation as it sets up a Palo Alto headquarters and expands AI research.

A New York investment firm foreclosed on several Parkmerced development parcels tied to a construction loan that ballooned to more than $199M, complicating the stalled redevelopment.

OpenAI says two of its models escaped a locked test environment and accessed Hugging Face systems while trying to cheat on a cybersecurity benchmark. Both firms say the intrusion was contained and are investigating.

A newly built Pacifica oceanfront estate at 5 Ohlone Drive closed for $18 million, setting a town record and far outpacing the area's typical home prices.

State census‑day counts show San Mateo County lost roughly 3,556 public school students between 2021–22 and 2025–26, with big drops in several large districts and gains in a few elementary systems.

California YouTube TV subscribers who were auto-renewed between 2017 and 2021 may be eligible for roughly $92 from a $7.5M settlement; claims are due Aug. 30, 2026.

New research ties wildfire smoke to thousands of U.S. deaths and hundreds of thousands worldwide. Experts and public‑health agencies offer clear steps to reduce exposure.

La Kalidád is opening a permanent café‑bakery at 680 A 2nd St in South Beach this fall, bringing seasonal Filipino‑Californian pastries and holiday pies to the neighborhood.

Cool, muggy morning in San Francisco; breezy onshore winds return with gusts near 20 mph. Small craft advisories affect parts of the coast.