Heed these 2026 laws: The government has new rules everyone should know in California, most of which take effect on Jan. 1.

The California Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear arguments challenging the constitutionality of Prop. 8, but refused to let gay people wed while the case is pending, the Chron reports. At issue: ...

To Oakland’s fire inspectors, the Ghost Ship warehouse really was invisible: The extremely dangerous building sailed unseen for years, evading fire-safety inspectors until it burned on Friday night.

The fun usually slinks away to die in places like San Francisco City Hall Room 416 — its grave demarcated by bland fluorescent lighting, cheap wood paneling, and expensive three-piece suits. But on ...

While the Probation Department is choosing to detain only the highest-risk offenders, budget pressures in Oakland are preventing the city’s juvenile offenders — who make up half the population of ...

What is it with Oakland City Council candidates who can’t manage their own money, but are convinced they should manage ours? Last month, we told you about the checkered financial and legal past of ...

Richard Poe, a wealthy and politically active developer, walked up to the podium at a recent Richmond City Council meeting with his wife and three-year-old son in tow. While Poe’s son did his best to ...

The first time Alan Lucchesi ever heard the sound of a stray bullet was in 2002, when one came whizzing up the street about five feet from his head. It was sometime in the middle of the night, and ...

Oakland’s top lobbyist, Carlos Plazola, is under investigation by the city’s Public Ethics Commission for allegedly lobbying public officials repeatedly over the past year and not reporting it as ...

Oakland is once again in an uproar over a fatal police shooting of an African-American man. In 2007, it was Gary King Jr. In 2009, it was Oscar Grant. In 2010, it was Derrick Jones. In 2011, it was ...

Oakland chef and restaurateur Michele McQueen and restaurant co-owner Matt Strum went over 51 name iterations before arriving at Lucy Blue. McQueen recounted the brainstorm she had on the phone with ...

I got kicked out of a public, federal immigration court hearing yesterday because I’m a newspaper reporter. And it wasn’t the judge who wanted me to leave. It was the Immigration and Customs ...