The longtime progressive icon touted the city’s declining crime levels, noting her efforts to streamline permit approvals.

Twenty-nine California cities are listed in a new study ranking the safest towns in the U.S., with two appearing in the top ...

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty’s first State of the City address focused on housing. He proposed a 2026 ballot measure to ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee delivered her first State of the City address Tuesday night, just 140 days after taking office.

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed multiple bills aimed at accelerating construction and improving affordability, including ...

OAKLAND — An affordable housing development has been proposed for the site of a peace center and former church just north of ...

Governor Gavin Newsom opposed Prop. 36 and vigorously campaigned against it. Now that California voters have rejected his ...

ReloShare is a technology company working to provide emergency housing for families in crisis in California, with the goal of making the process of finding emergency housing as simple as booking a ...

This drug, marketed for other uses, is drawing young adults into devastating addictions -and sometimes fatal consequences.

Blazes that firefighters thought had died but then later came roaring back to life have become increasingly common, ...

Three years before an alleged plot to bribe Oakland’s mayor surfaced, Mario Juarez applied for city funds to invest in properties — alarming at least one city staffer.

Families of 15 public school students sued California on Monday, claiming the state has failed to provide equal education to poor and minority children during the pandemic.