The Piedmont City Council has selected Oakland Deputy Chief of Police Frederick Shavies to replace retiring Chief Jeremy ...

The Trump administration launched an investigation into the state’s education department over its policies on transgender ...

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Substantial work is still needed to analyze each issue, develop figures and draft appropriate ballot measures, City Manager ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is issuing sanctions against an independent ...

The convicted killer of California college freshman Kristin Smart is arguing that errors in the trial warrant the reversal or ...

In the South Bay, Morgan Hill is forecast to reach 95 on Thursday and 91 on Friday. In San Jose, the thermometer is expected ...

The daughter of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon hopes that the pets she buried in the backyard of her childhood home ...

OAKLAND — A 55-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday morning from injuries suffered when he collided with an SUV in the ...

SAN MATEO COUNTY — The family of an Atherton teacher and football coach who died after being hit by a garbage truck while riding his bike to work has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck’s ...

It’s looking increasingly likely that any sale of TikTok will mean US users have to download a new app. And that could mean an almost entirely different experience.

Due to a copy editor’s error, a headline on a story that ran July 7 on Page A1 was incorrect. Oakland police Det. Phong Tran has been accused of paying off and coercing witnesses, ...