Jenkins was born and raised in East Oakland. He is the son of two Oakland Unified School District employees, a graduate of ...

Residents in Vallejo, California, are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to give them the same kind of police presence he provided for Oakland when the city was struggling to beat ...

Lee’s foray into the contest, after the November recall of Mayor Sheng Thao, would be a seismic political shift for the embattled East Bay city, which is hurtling toward bankruptcy and whose voters ...

The Bay Area's homeless population grew 6% to an estimated 38,891 people in 2024, according to new federal data, extending a decade-long surge fueled by the housing affordability crisis, and drug and ...

Do you feel safe taking the bus around town or into other cities? In November 2024, AC Transit conducted a Transit Safety ...

BALLOT BOXING — A progressive political group with roots in Oakland has found surprising success exporting California ...

California Legislative Black Caucus members appointed to leadership roles in State Senate and Assembly. Nine out of 12 members are Black women.

The $250 million deal tabled the California Journalism Preservation Act, a bill that would have forced large tech platforms ...

Homelessness grew just 3% in California last year, compared to 18% nationwide.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday proposed a $322 billion budget that he said would be “balanced” and without ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $322 billion budget without a deficit, a welcome change after two years of significant budget shortfalls in the nation’s most populous state.

Reparations advocates are campaigning for two proposals that failed in the final hours of last year’s legislative session.