The West Contra Costa Unified School District has appointed Cheryl Cotton as its next superintendent after its Board of Education meeting this week, ...

STRUGGLING California community colleges will stop getting yearly cost-of-living increases to their budgets. These increases have kept many ...

The Bay Area Air District Board of Directors has approved sending $4 million to communities around the region to support home and school air filtration ...

The Solano County land acquisition firm California Forever made an unsolicited offer to purchase up to $1.5 million worth of property owned by Suisun City ...

Last week, 375 of 390 students enrolled in a federally funded Job Corps program were living on a job training campus at San Francisco’s Treasure Island.

DANVILLE HAS ITS FIRST new town manager since the United States was still getting used to its new president, Bill Clinton.  The United States was still ...

Alameda County Superior Court jurors will no longer get $100 a day for their efforts thanks to state budget cuts, court officials announced.  The pilot ...

With Pride celebrations happening all around the Bay Area this month, there is no better time to read these books centering ...

Memorial Day 2025 has passed, but books about battlefield bravery are great reads all year. Some of the world’s great literature concerns war because it ...

MY FATHER ALWAYS CLAIMED that he had “built three tall buildings.” Though looked down upon by society for having no sons, he cared the most about his ...

A CONTROVERSIAL LOS GATOS housing project next to the town high school is moving forward, despite residents raising safety concerns. The Los Gatos Town ...

If there is ever a sports hall of fame for cities that have lost professional teams, Oakland will be in it.   In recent years ...