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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN to repeal a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests would strip protection ...

AMID A WAVE OF REAL ESTATE fraud schemes targeting older adults, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office hosted a workshop this week aimed at ...

Some areas of Berkeley will be closed for 24 hours starting at 5 a.m. on July 4 to reduce fire risk. Grizzly Peak Boulevard, from Centennial Drive to ...

IT HAS BEEN MORE than two years since the release of ChatGPT created widespread dismay over generative AI’s threat to academic integrity. Why would ...

After vowing to make future budgetary processes more transparent and open to public input, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously ...

FOUR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES in San Jose will soon be able to purchase a home of their own. Habitat for Humanity has been renovating the historic Pallesen ...

SUPPORTERS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS took to the steps of Oakland City Hall this week, asking city officials to restore $440,000 in budget cuts for day laborer ...

Rideshare drivers have been targeted in three robberies and attempted carjackings, Oakland police warned. The incidents have occurred after 9 p.m. in the ...

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE in San Rafael’s poorest community are at a growing risk of being islanded by flood waters, with no drivable escape route. Central exit ...

CAL FIRE IS PREPARING its aerial units and crews for rapid deployments as wildfire season is expected to ramp up over the summer. On Monday, three ...

The San Mateo County Superior Court is warning residents about a recent surge in scams involving false claims of missed jury duty, in which scammers pose ...