Newsom’s optimistic state budget is already outdated, since fires will heavily impact both income and spending.

SAN JOSE – A man was killed in a shooting Monday night on Interstate 280 in Santa Clara County, according to authorities. Just before 10 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a crash in the center divide north of De Anza Boulevard, the California Highway Patrol said in a news release.

MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a major fire at the Vistra battery storage plant in Moss Landing.

After Bakersfield farmworkers Francisco and Santiago woke up well before dawn last week and worked an entire day picking the Central Valley’s mandarin crop, they were stopped as they went home by unmarked U.S. Customs and Border Control cars and detained for residing in the United States without documentation.

Downieville, on Highway 49 about 40 miles northwest of Truckee, made headlines as the site of California’s first documented fatal black bear attack on a person. Patrice Miller, 71, was killed in 2023 by a bear in her home.

A smattering of protests and demonstrations are planned throughout the Bay Area this weekend ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Trump will start his second term

From bake sales to speciality pizzas, Bay Area institutions are stepping up for those affected by the wildfires.

At age 95, there was no other way to describe Dalyce Curry, or “Momma Dee” to her large extended family, other than “fabulous.”

SAN JOSE — Hotel development nosedived in California and the Bay Area in 2024, fresh evidence the statewide lodging market may still be affected by economic conditions following a global pandemic, a new report shows.

Piggie dumplings, cutting-edge art, a fortune-cookie factory with a modern mission — Chinatown is where it’s at.

In California, homelessness rose 3% to more than 187,000, while the U.S. homeless population spiked...

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