Oakland firefighters spent Independence Day racing from blaze to blaze, putting out an exhausting 64 fires - up from the usual dozen.

In the past week, an evacuation warning was issued for 150 homes threatened by wildfire in Antioch, and PG&E proactively shut off power to hundreds of Bay Area ...

The year was 1925. The new “skyscraper” getting all the buzz was the planned Bank of Italy tower, which became an enduring ...

July Fourth Family Festival — South Shore Concert: This festival includes face painting, glitter tattoos, a stilts performer, ...

Supporters of immigrant workers took to the steps of Oakland City Hall on Thursday asking city officials to restore $440,000 in budget cuts for day laborer programs.

Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee: A classic quintet of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass, the band has a deeply rooted traditional sound. 7 p.m., Fifth Street Farms, 1517 Fifth St., Berkeley.

While the Stanford Theatre is recognized as a landmark by the Art Deco Society of California, some purists may have a nit to ...

The San Francisco Giants are showing their confidence in manager Bob Melvin, exercising his contract option for the 2026 ...

When novelist Rachel Kushner — her latest book, Creation Lake, is in paperback this week — cooks at home, her meals draw on ...

House hunting in California? These 9 cities may seem tempting, but real estate experts say they’re better left off your list ...

Some areas of Berkeley will be closed for 24 hours starting at 5 a.m. on July 4 to reduce fire risk. Grizzly Peak Boulevard, from Centennial Drive to ...