California faces a moral crossroads as AI-driven wealth concentration mirrors the industrial revolution's excesses, prompting debates over a billionaire tax and Pope Leo XIV's call for ethical AI guar…
President Trump used the Defense Production Act to send $75 million to an Oakland coal terminal, forcing taxpayers to bail out a fuel that cannot compete with cheaper natural gas, wind, and solar, acc…
A 22-year-old Oakland woman has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the November 2025 death of a good Samaritan on Interstate 880. Gianni Destiny Robinson allegedly str…
Oakland voters rejected Measure E, a parcel tax expected to generate $34 million annually, with only 44% approval after new election results released Friday. The measure, which would have added $192 t…
President Donald Trump allocated $700 million in public money for the coal industry on Thursday, invoking a Cold War-era law to bolster energy production amid rising demand from AI data centers and co…
The Fay apartment tower in downtown San Jose opened two years ago with fewer than one parking spot for every three units, and the building now sits 60% vacant — a sign that California's 2022 law elimi…
Tesla Inc. settled several workers' claims alleging pervasive anti-Black racism at its Fremont, California plant, according to a court filing Wednesday, averting a series of trials set to begin this w…
Incumbent Rep. Lateefah Simon holds a commanding 80.9% lead over challenger Jamie Joyce, who has 18.9% of the vote, with 7.6% of registered voters reported as of Tuesday night in California's Congress…
Four Brentwood employee associations have called on the City Council to launch an independent third-party review of gender-based discrimination complaints against City Manager G. Harold Duffey, citing…