Los Altos History Museum will host its 15th annual Train Day on Sunday, Aug. 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring steam and electric model trains, robotics activities, and family-friendly events. Adm…
Sunnyvale Beam, the city's new on-demand rideshare service, will launch Sept. 1 at Sunnyvale City Hall North Plaza, operating daily with nine electric vehicles, three of which are wheelchair accessibl…
A UC Davis study published in the American Psychological Association journal Neuropsychology found that older adults' real-time self-ratings of mental sharpness correlate with their objective cognitiv…
Toyota Motor Corporation has made the RAV4 hybrid-only starting with the 2026 model year, ending gas-only options for the best-selling SUV in history after nearly 480,000 U.S. sales in 2025. The sixth…
The U.S. Postal Service finalized a rule adding hurdles to mail-in voting, advancing President Donald Trump's election integrity push despite court orders keeping it on hold. The rule requires states …
The U.S. is on track to add nearly 85 gigawatts of electrical generating capacity in the next 12 months, with about 90% from solar, wind, and batteries, according to preliminary Energy Information Age…
TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children’s privacy laws. The DOJ said Friday that TikTok w…
Foreign student applications to US colleges fell about 10% this year, the biggest decline in at least a decade, according to data released Thursday by Common App, the country's most widely used colleg…
Federal courts have struck down more than half of the Trump administration's recent environmental rollbacks, including a June ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that reaffirmed Biden…
California's Senate Bill 994, authored by Sen. Christopher Cabaldon, passed the Legislature unanimously and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, prohibiting local elected officials from signing nond…
University of California student body president argues that the UC system's dismantling of diversity support programs and consideration of reinstating SAT/ACT requirements, in compliance with the Trum…
San Diego biotech firm Craif raised $33 million in a series D funding round to advance development of its at-home urine test for early pancreatic cancer detection. The company's miSignal kit, already …
Oakley's City Council voted 4-0 on Aug. 11 to introduce a pilot program allowing up to 10 short-term rental units in the Downtown Specific Plan area along Main Street, reducing the initial proposal of…
Meta is on trial in an Oakland courtroom, accused by California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey of knowingly designing addictive social media products that contribute to a youth mental health cris…
Oakland Department of Transportation Director Josh Rowan said red-light cameras are 'in the pipeline for us to start analyzing' after early data from the city's speed camera program showed motorists s…
California's Board of Forestry and Fire Protection unanimously passed regulations requiring homeowners in high-risk fire areas, including parts of the Berkeley and Oakland hills, to remove flammable m…
Former Meta engineering director Arturo Béjar testified Wednesday at a landmark federal trial in Oakland, California, that Instagram took a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach to children under 13, prior…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $95.2 million in funding on Aug. 18 to expand electric-vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling stations across the state, following a rebound in zero-emission ve…
Flock Safety, which has installed 120,000 automatic license plate recognition cameras across the U.S., faces backlash as dozens of jurisdictions canceled contracts since 2025, and Amazon canceled a pl…
California accused Meta on Tuesday of studying 'vulnerabilities in teens' brains' to hook children on Facebook and Instagram, then concealing the harm, in opening statements of a federal trial in Oakl…