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DRAG PERFORMANCES, an albino alligator, and a celebration of inclusivity took center stage at PRIDE NightLife, an event at the California Academy of ...

The Oakland Unified School District is looking better for the 2024-25 fiscal year than it did last fall, but its use of one-time strategies isn’t solving ...

THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB WORLD AFFAIRS hosted its third-annual Human Rights Summit at its San Francisco office, featuring many panels including “Addressing ...

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PORT OF OAKLAND OFFICIALS are taking another swing at renaming the city’s airport, announcing that they are now considering Oakland San Francisco Bay ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FALL, Ray Woodfork found himself being challenged to a fight by a fellow inmate half his age on the grounds of Solano State Prison in ...

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