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At Big Basin, Six Years On: 17 Miles of Trails Open, 68 Still Closed
PublishedSix years after the CZU Lightning Complex fire burned through 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, the park is open…
Troubadour in Healdsburg Earns a Michelin Star for Its Bakery-Turned-Tasting-Room
PublishedSean McGaughey's Healdsburg bakery operates a seasonal prix fixe dinner service called Le Diner that picked up a first…
A Willow Glen Restaurant Owner Sends Money Home After Venezuela's Twin Earthquakes
PublishedJoanna Torres, who owns Arepas Restaurant in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood and San Francisco, is pledging 30…
Berkeley This Weekend: Free RPG Day at Games of Berkeley, $5 Circus Science at the Lawrence, and The Marsh Turns 21
PublishedA three-day Berkeley run that's mostly free: national Free RPG Day lands at Games of Berkeley on Saturday with a bonus…
At 2121 Harrison, Oakland's Free Clinic Had Its Busiest Year on Record
PublishedThe Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California recorded nearly 6,000 patient visits in 2025 — its highest since…
Dog Park and Miyawaki Forest Open at the South Berkeley Corner Where 'Here There' Once Stood
PublishedThe city of Berkeley has opened an 8,000-square-foot dog park and a pocket forest at Adeline and MLK, spending $650,000…
Cheese Board Collective Reunion Draws 100 to Hear 60 Years of Lore
PublishedAlumni of the Berkeley worker-owned institution gathered at the Hillside Club in June to trade oral histories ahead of…
The Most Expensive Real Estate in Basketball Is Two Inches of Jersey, and a Bitcoin Miner Just Bought It
PublishedOn June 25 the Warriors announced the richest jersey-patch deal in North American team-sports history — north of $50…
CARECEN Leaves Its Mission Home of Nearly 20 Years; Capp Street Bollards Get 18 More Months
PublishedThe Central American Resource Center of Northern California has moved downtown for the first time since 1986, vacating…
California State Parks Lifeguard Runs Over Beachgoer at Half Moon Bay, Investigation Underway
PublishedA 20-year-old woman lying in the sand at Francis Beach in Half Moon Bay was struck by a California State Parks…
SF Mayor's Cousin Loses New York Seat by 30 Points in a Race Shaped by AIPAC
PublishedSan Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is riding high in approval polls, but Tuesday night dealt a stinging blow to his…
Oakland's Traffic Deaths Are Down — But Black and Latino Residents Keep Dying at Disproportionate Rates
PublishedOakland recorded 23 traffic fatalities in 2025, the lowest total in at least five years, according to new data from the…
Blue Shield Cited Federal Privacy Law to Silence Questions About a Dead Firefighter. The Feds Say It Was Wrong.
PublishedBlue Shield of California told reporters investigating the death of San Francisco firefighter Ken Jones that it was…
Jury Convicts SF Man of Beating Taxi Driver Who Tried to Collect an Unpaid Fare
PublishedA San Francisco jury convicted Antonio Jones, 29, of battery, theft by false pretenses, and resisting arrest after he…
Oakland Attorney Who Challenged ICE in Court Says TSA Put Him on a Watchlist
PublishedNikolas De Bremaeker, a managing attorney at Oakland's Centro Legal de la Raza who has fought ICE authority in federal…
As FBI Excavates Mass Graves at Miranda's Rescue, the Owner Says She Did Nothing Wrong
PublishedFederal agents are digging up mass gravesites at a Humboldt County animal rescue where 730 of 900 transferred dogs…
Hayward's Largest Data Center Bypassed City Council Through a Zoning Loophole. By the Time Elected Officials Noticed, It Was Already Being Built.
PublishedA 300,000-square-foot data center is rising in Hayward that will consume as much electricity as one-fifth of all the…
California State Parks Boss Secretly Filmed 23 Lifeguards — Then the State He Worked For Faces a Civil Suit
PublishedA former California State Parks superintendent who allegedly placed a hidden camera in a Bolsa Chica locker room to…
Berkeley Closes Its $30M Budget Gap With Layoffs, Shelter Closures — and a November Gamble
PublishedBerkeley's City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a $917 million two-year budget that closes most of a $30…
Bay Area Lawsuit Wins Nationwide Ban on ICE Courthouse Arrests
PublishedA federal judge in San Francisco has extended a nationwide ban on ICE arrests at courthouses and multi-day detention in…
California Wins Federal Block on Trump's Voter ID Order — But a State Ballot Measure Brings the Fight Back Home
PublishedA federal district court permanently blocked every provision of President Trump's voter ID executive order on…
Three Accounts for the AI Build-Out: Labor, the Environment, and Public Contracts
PublishedOracle charged 21,000 jobs. OpenAI wants 9.2 GW of natural gas. An SF official steered $10M to friends. The week's…
Hyphy Holiday at Crybaby Oakland Benefits Immigrant Justice on the 4th
PublishedCrybaby Oakland's late-night July 4th party sends a portion of proceeds to the California Collaborative for Immigrant…
Cat Town Oakland Brings Kitten Pairs to Rockridge Pet Food Express This Saturday
PublishedCat Town Oakland runs a Saturday drop-in kitten adoption at Pet Food Express in Rockridge — 2:30 to 5pm, no appointment…