7+ hour, 50+ min ago   (502+ words) Volunteers hit the streets in Redwood City on Saturday to get out the vote in favor of a new rent control measure. If passed in November, Measure E would roll some rents back to 2025 rates and add caps on rent…...

1+ day, 32+ min ago   (831+ words) When he talks about San Francisco's worsening affordability problems, Mayor Daniel Lurie often emphasizes that building more housing is an important part of tackling the crisis. But some advocates with the "Yes in my backyard" movement, which champions aggressive measures…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (305+ words) As an AI boom pushes median rents higher, Mayor Daniel Lurie is proposing $30 million in investments and reforms to curb rising evictions and “sudden rent spikes.” As rents have increased in San Francisco, so have eviction proceedings. The city is…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (314+ words) Empty storefronts along Park and Webster Streets could be affected by a zoning overhaul heading to Alameda's Planning Board on Monday. The proposed changes concern how the city approves commercial uses, according to a post from the City of Alameda's…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (382+ words) Federal investigators say UC Berkeley's law school discriminated against white and Asian applicants for years, using essay prompts and internal identity tracking to tilt admissions decisions by race. The joint findings, released Wednesday, land at a public law school and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (345+ words) San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has struck an early agreement with 10 city unions representing 24,000 municipal employees, offering a 12% wage increase between 2027 and 2031 along with a guarantee against layoffs through June 30, 2029. The four-year deal, still pending ratification by union members, arrives…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (250+ words) The city plans to reissue more than $500 million in annual grants and contracts, with an emphasis on outcomes. From 2019 to 2024, the San Francisco homeless population grew 3.5% even as the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s budget more than…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1254+ words) Main Street in Alturas, Calif., which doubles as Highway 395, from inside the 118-year-old Niles hotel on June 2, 2026. In a distant corner of California, the beating red heart of Modoc County is a set of traffic signals where two major highways…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1184+ words) San Francisco's Democratic Party refused to endorse a one-time wealth tax on billionaires, creating a rare public split with the state party and exposing tensions between the party's moderate and DSA-aligned wings. SAN FRANCISCO—The dominant party in America's most…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (220+ words) Marin County Superintendent of Schools John Carroll said districts across the county have adopted a range of responses to the Supreme Court ruling, and that San Rafael falls in the middle of that range. Carroll noted that school districts are…...