A CALMATTERS INVESTIGATION has found that poor people accused of crimes, who account for at least 80% of criminal defendants, are routinely convicted in ...

The private company responsible for medical care at Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement in a federal civil rights ...

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

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

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 ...

More than 100 beautiful, fascinating quilts of widely varied styles made primarily by African American women with Bay Area ...

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 ...

DESPITE THE NEED for every household and business to hire an electrician, plumber, welder, or other skilled trade, these ...

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has two free offerings this week. Let’s start with Free First Thursdays: From noon to ...

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