PG&E says its new policy to automatically cut power at the first sign of trouble in high fire risk areas has sparked “significant” customer concern, but could help explain a 50% drop on average of fires on its system this year – according to a recent federal court filing by the utility.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors decided not to extend its temporary prohibition on certain evictions of residential and small-business commercial tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
While catalytic converters may be easy for thieves to steal, there are also easy steps you can take to avoid becoming a target of this crime.
Patrons of restaurants, gyms and other indoor businesses in Contra Costa County will need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test starting Wednesday.
Californians failed to significantly cut back on their water consumption in July.
Healthcare experts are warning that people seeking booster COVID shots, vaccines for kids and the flu shot may overwhelm an already stressed healthcare system.
The first patient to take the stand in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes testified that Theranos blood-tests inaccurately showed she was suffering a miscarriage.
Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce mega-conference, is back in San Francisco after a pandemic hiatus.
San Jose State University has agreed to pay $1.6 million to 13 female student-athletes whose complaints about being sexually assaulted by an athletic trainer were mishandled by the university, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
A fire in the Petaluma area has triggered an evacuation order Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an air quality advisory Wednesday due to wildfire smoke.
As a new wave of Afghan refugees begin settling in the Bay Area, local school districts are quickly making plans for integrating refugee children into the classrooms.
Removing burned trees after a wildfire has been standard practice for the U.S. Forest Service for the past century, but an NBC Bay Area Investigation reveals an increasing number of scientists now blame post-fire logging for leaving communities even more vulnerable to hotter, faster fires.
All workers at San Francisco International Airport must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 effective immediately, airport officials and San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Tuesday.
Some of the larger Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts will be easing coronavirus-related restrictions this upcoming season.
Search teams on Tuesday continued to look for a 17-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in the ocean north of Santa Cruz, officials said.
In the South Bay, it was a group of women during what was called the Chicano Movement that created a template for political and social activism. Some of those women are still fighting for justice today.
