FOUR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES in San Jose will soon be able to purchase a home of their own. Habitat for Humanity has been renovating the historic Pallesen ...

SUPPORTERS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS took to the steps of Oakland City Hall this week, asking city officials to restore $440,000 in budget cuts for day laborer ...

AS SAN JOSE TURNS UP the heat on abolishing homeless encampments, advocates have organized to prevent unhoused residents from losing what little they ...

AS A PHYSICIAN, I never imagined that Medicaid — our nation’s cornerstone public health insurance program — could turn into a tool for immigration ...

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE in San Rafael’s poorest community are at a growing risk of being islanded by flood waters, with no drivable escape route. Central exit ...

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has approved a $4.9 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, maintaining funding for key public services ...

The San Mateo County Superior Court is warning residents about a recent surge in scams involving false claims of missed jury duty, in which scammers pose ...

THE WHIR AND THUNKS of heavy equipment hauling clay and soil from underground could be heard throughout the Newhall Maintenance Yard on Monday, as VTA ...

FOR A LONG TIME, my emergency preparedness consisted of having three gallon bottles of water stashed in the back of a cupboard and a bunch of smashed ...

FEDERAL JUDGES HANDED California researchers temporary victories in their quest to retrieve what’s likely tens of millions of dollars in federal grants ...

CAL FIRE IS PREPARING its aerial units and crews for rapid deployments as wildfire season is expected to ramp up over the summer. On Monday, three ...

Two more former correctional officers at the former Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin have been charged with sexual abusing female prisoners, ...