I’m going to turn this office into an empathy engine!” promises cheerily upbeat, newly hired empathy coach Sofia early on in ...

A new cannabis industry-led program has launched to control sediment and restore watersheds across Northern California, ...

The 27th Healdsburg Jazz Festival is well under way, and if several of the 10-day event’s first offerings with pianist Kenny ...

PG&E is warning customers in 13 California counties, including some in the Bay Area, that power shutoffs are likely Thursday because of dry and windy ...

The Mendocino Environmental Center will hold a Juneteenth celebration Thursday at its offices in downtown Ukiah. Juneteenth, now a federally ...

THE UNION REPRESENTING 25,000 California prison guards struck a deal for a new contract that gives Gov. Gavin Newsom some financial relief in the short ...

SAN JOSE’S INDEPENDENT police auditor wants to review every use-of-force case — a level of oversight the county sheriff already accepts. But city ...

Police in Petaluma are investigating an altercation between protesters and a pickup truck during Saturday’s “No Kings” demonstration in town, the ...

A former California prison K-9 sergeant pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge for orchestrating a years-long scheme in which he smuggled and ...

FOR DECADES, Monterey County has been haunted by more than 600 unsolved homicides — each one a silent wound for families still waiting for answers, and a ...

Two Bay Area state senators have introduced legislation that would prohibit law enforcement officers from covering their faces during operations in ...

Michigan screenwriter-producer Roger Rapoport will be at Berkeley's Hillside Club on Tuesday for the California premiere of ...