New legislation proposes smartphone ban in all California school
A statewide ban on students using cellphones in school could come as early as next summer under newly…
Rookie Marta Suarez embraces Valkyries at rookie introduction
OAKLAND — The moment wasn’t supposed to belong to Marta Suarez. Not yet, anyway. Draft night has a…
Bay Area and California job markets are far stronger than first thought
The Bay Area didn’t lose jobs in 2025 after all. While the Bay Area job market may have…
Moving fast, breaking the world. AI risks shattering our shared reality.
Artificial intelligence is here: writing paragraphs, generating images, mimicking voices, shaping what billions of people see each day,…
Kaiser Permanente strike to end
The largest open-ended strike of health care professionals in U.S. history will end Tuesday, without workers winning on…
Valkyries’ Natalie Nakase named WNBA coach of the year
SAN JOSE — Natalie Nakase’s debut season got more special Wednesday afternoon when the Valkyries coach was awarded…
California has one of the nation’s weakest job markets
California’s booming economy is one of the world’s largest, but a peek behind the curtain exposes the forbidding…
Mapping Unequal Climate Risks in a Northern California County
The Bay Area Air District kicked off the new year with a warning for residents of the nine…
Who can get money from Kaiser Permanente data breach settlement? – The Mercury News
The window has been opened for millions of Kaiser Permanente customers to claim a share of a $46…
California job-based health insurance costs outpace wages, inflation
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance in California rose at twice the pace of inflation over the past…
Kaiser labor talks stall, raising fears of another strike
Talks between Kaiser and a labor union representing health care workers ground to a halt late last week,…
Cluster of earthquakes strike San Ramon on Saturday night
article SAN RAMON, Calif. – A trio of earthquakes with an epicenter in San Ramon rumbled the Bay…