Why Bay Area schools are cutting jobs and closing campuses despite record state funding – The Mercury News
Dozens of Bay Area school districts have announced layoffs, budget cuts or school closures this year to repair…
‘Candlelight of hope’: Persian festival brings joy and resilience despite war in Iran | Communities
Hundreds across the Bay Area traveled to Downtown Berkeley in celebration of the Persian festival Chaharshanbeh Souri, filling…
Teen shot multiple times at Oakland gas station – East Bay Times
OAKLAND — A 15-year-old boy was shot multiple times Wednesday morning at an Allendale district gas station, authorities…
Grocery Outlet signs lease for store in Oakland at empty retail site
OAKLAND — Grocery Outlet has signed a lease to open a supermarket at a shuttered store site in…
List: Bay Area schools, streets, libraries named after César Chávez
SAN FRANCISCO – As several decades-old sexual abuse allegations against Latino civil rights activist César Chávez surface, some…
Bay Area blues music artists unite for benefit concert in Oakland
Some of the biggest and brightest talents on the Bay Area blues/R&B music scene are joining together for…
Empty Oakland lot set to become a $16.9 million waterfront park
A rendering of the future Tidewater Day Use Area on the shore of San Leandro Bay in Oakland.…
Bay Area blues music artists unite for benefit concert in Oakland
Some of the biggest and brightest talents on the Bay Area blues/R&B music scene are joining together for…
Lawsuit claims mentally ill East Bay man’s death at hands of police was ‘a preventable tragedy’
Richmond police officers ignored their training, trapped an unarmed, mentally ill man like an “animal” and unleashed “a…
Teen shot multiple times at Oakland gas station – The Mercury News
OAKLAND — A 15-year-old boy was shot multiple times Wednesday morning at an Allendale district gas station, authorities…
Billionaire tax spotlights UC Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez, a professor of economics and director of the Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at…
Weather service issues Bay Area’s first-ever heat advisory for March
A looming heat wave that is gearing up to overtake the Bay Area has prompted the unprecedented: The…