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A San Jose Judge Just Called 500 License‑Plate Cameras 'Surveillance Cameras.' The EFF Says That's the Whole Problem.
A Santa Clara County judge has tentatively ruled that San Jose can keep searching its network of roughly 500 automated…
Police Arrest a Suspect in Foster City's Spinnaker Cove Fire — and Add an Obstruction Charge
Foster City police have arrested a suspect in the six-alarm fire that gutted the Spinnaker Cove condominium complex and…
Before Dawn on Oakport Street, Hundreds Line Up for an EDD Office Its Own Agency Admits Is Short‑Staffed
Disability and Paid Family Leave applicants are arriving in the dark with folding chairs outside California's Oakland…
SB 747 Would Let Californians Sue ICE Agents. First It Has to Survive the Suspense File.
Two months after headlines declared that California could soon let immigrants sue ICE agents, Scott Wiener's "No Kings…
A $25,000 Check and a Bay FC Sweatshirt: The Loophole Bankrolling Matt Dorsey
Crypto billionaire Chris Larsen can legally give Supervisor Matt Dorsey's reelection campaign no more than $500.
51 Charged, 76 Guns Seized in Oakland's 'Operation Disarm' — Yet the Nightclub Killing Officials Cite Draws Only a Firearms Charge
Federal prosecutors and Oakland police gathered inside the Dellums Federal Building Thursday to announce 51 people…
SF's Recovery Community Rallied to Demand the City Enforce Drug Laws — and Turned on the $14M RESET Center
The people at the microphone on Wednesday weren't neighbors complaining about a drug market from a safe distance.
Stanford Ditches Flock — But Palo Alto's Audit Shows Its Police Were Still Searching Shared Plate Data in June
Stanford University has terminated its contract with Flock Safety, the license-plate surveillance firm facing a…
Oakland Police Sued for Withholding Records in a Fatal Shooting of a Homeless Man
Oakland police still won't say who they killed on July 13.
Bonta Tells Menlo Park It Broke Housing Law to Stall a 665‑Unit Tower — and Billed the Developer $302,938 to Fight It
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has told Menlo Park that it repeatedly broke state housing law to stall the…
Alameda County Supervisors Delay Nation's First $30 Minimum Wage — Despite 100,000 Signatures
A certified ballot initiative to make Alameda County the first place in the country with a $30 minimum wage won't reach…
Lurie Says a Former Nordstrom Rack Will Become 136 Homes. The City Won't Say How Many Are Affordable.
Mayor Daniel Lurie's newest housing showpiece is a shuttered discount department store at 901 Market St.
SF Is Spending $18 Million to Defend Detained Immigrants. Former Federal Informants Aren't in the Plan.
When ICE arrested Alberto at a scheduled immigration appointment in Fresno last fall, he had spent years working…
SF Foreclosure Tax Clears Committee, Awaits Full Board Vote for November Ballot
A controversial proposal to tax foreclosure sales of commercial and multifamily properties in San Francisco has…
The Burrito Boys Are a Dynasty Now: El Farolito Wins Second NPSL Title in Three Years
El Farolito, the soccer team run out of a Mission District taqueria and staffed by cooks, construction workers and…
A Database Is Coming for California's School Janitors. Its Teachers Just Dodged One Again.
A California bill that would have let school districts check whether a teaching applicant had been reported to the…
A Cannabis Café on Valencia, and the Ordinance That Rescued a 10‑Year Bet
San Francisco could be home to the Bay Area's first Amsterdam-style cannabis café by next summer — the payoff of a…
Native or Invasive? The California Gull Boom Reshaping South Bay's Salt Ponds
A gull species that didn't nest anywhere near San Francisco Bay a few decades ago now numbers in the tens of thousands…
A Hayward Man Was Killed in a Philippine Military Operation. Now California Lawmakers Want Answers
Lyle Prijoles, a 40-year-old Hayward resident, was one of 19 people killed in an April military operation in the…
California's Largest Urban Bat Colony Puts on a Nightly Show Near Sacramento — but 2026 Tours Are Already Sold Out
If watching a quarter-million bats spiral into the dusk was on your summer list, you're too late for this year: the…
Musk's AI Company Wants a San José Deepfake Case Moved to a Texas Judge It Prefers
Elon Musk's AI company is asking a federal judge in San José to freeze a proposed class action accusing its Grok…
Roblox's Safety Overhaul Comes With a Wall Street Bill: San Mateo Firm Loses a Quarter of Its Value in a Day
Roblox, the San Mateo game platform that spent 2026 rebuilding itself around child safety, watched Wall Street punish…
California's Nation‑Leading $17.40 Minimum Wage Is a Floor Most Bay Area Cities Already Cleared
When California's statewide minimum wage climbs to a nation-leading $17.40 an hour on January 1, 2027, it will still…
A San Francisco Court Just Reopened Bond Hearings for Immigrants Detained Across California
A federal appeals court headquartered in San Francisco ruled Thursday that the Trump administration cannot jail…