Hello Kitty received a celebrity’s welcome Friday as the Sanrio character’s first branded namesake cafe in Northern ...

The area’s council member said placing a shelter near the neighborhood’s “vulnerable residents” would amount to ...

The development is planned to be built on parts of the vast parking lot that Palisades visitors encounter when they drive ...

The Mad Mouse roller coaster at J’s Amusement Park in Guerneville before it was torn down.

A new basketball court was unveiled Friday in West Oakland thanks to a partnership with the Jordan Brand and a group of NFL ...

Bay Area sanitation workers this week joined what a union leader called a nationwide garbage "war" between the Teamsters and Republic Services — which provides trash and recycling pickups for hundreds ...

Major League Cricket’s week-long stop in the Bay Area last month had top officials in the sport thrilled with how the old ...

Esther Sun is a Bay Area News Group news reporting intern covering Cupertino, Sunnyvale, and Milpitas. She has previously reported for the Sacramento Bee and TODAY's digital platform at NBC. A South ...

An air quality advisory is in effect for the Bay Area on Friday, as smoke from wildfires burning in far Northern California ...

ANTIOCH — A Fourth of July fireworks explosion injured Antioch native and NFL running back Najee Harris, multiple sources ...

Nate Gartrell covers crime and corruption in Contra Costa County. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014 after a year spent working at a beer supply warehouse. Outside of journalism, he doesn't do ...

Darren Sabedra is a Bay Area News Group sports reporter and the high school sports editor for The Mercury News and East Bay Times, overseeing prep coverage throughout the Bay Area. He's been with the ...