National Dance Week was founded in the U.S. in 1981 to increase Americans’ understanding and appreciation of the diverse, ...

Enthusiasts of the French game petanque will descend upon the wine country town of Sonoma this weekend for one of the country’s largest petanque ...

Permits to collect firewood from Mendocino National Forest for personal use went on sale this week, the U.S. Forest Service said.   Every year the USFS ...

DAYS AFTER HER closest opponent conceded and she declared victory in the race to become Oakland’s next leader, Mayor-elect Barbara Lee outlined her vision ...

Backers of a campaign to remove Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton said their recall petition has been approved by election officials, ...

THREE OF VTA’s four unions ratified new contracts for the next four years, leaving the transit agency’s frontline workers hanging. Service Employees ...

A dead gray whale that washed ashore in Alameda over the weekend will be towed to Angel Island to be examined by scientists, officials with The Marine ...

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY residents already bracing for possible federal cuts to Medicaid could be hit with a one-two punch as Congressional Republicans plan to ...

FasTrak is warning of text messages being sent to customers claiming they have outstanding account balances and must pay in full or risk penalties or ...

THE WASHINGTON D.C. BUDGET is hitting hungry people 3,000 miles away particularly hard.  That also goes for those who feed them. Food recovery ...

Moore Creek Park in northern Napa Valley is expanding after the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District acquired additional acreage expanding ...

SANTA CLARA COUNTY officials aren’t killing the idea of ranked-choice voting — they just need to sort out an “existential crisis” before seismically ...