Vallejo Fire Department firefighters work a trash fire started by a lithium-ion battery in Vallejo on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. The rising use of these batteries in everyday consumer products is ...

String & Shadow Puppet Theater presents a free show in Alameda on Friday. (String & Shadow Puppet Theater via Bay City News) Freebie of the week: Nothing says summer like a family-friendly puppet show ...

A firefighter assesses the Timber Fire in Los Padres National Forest, in Monterey County. The fire in the Big Sur area broke out on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. It grew to 3,150 acres as of Wednesday. (Cal ...

The Monterey County Government Center at 1441 Schilling Place in Salinas, Calif. (Google Maps) Monterey County’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a plan to strengthen data ...

A large colon polyp is shown during a colonoscopy. The screening method is considered the gold standard of early detection for colorectal cancer. Health experts are sounding the alarm over federal ...

Suisun City’s mayor and City Council convened for a last-minute meeting Tuesday to discuss options after declaring a state of emergency following a Suisun City declares a state of emergency after a ...

Visitors lay flowers, toys and candles at Ayden Everest Fang’s memorial in Burlingame, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Fang, 4, was killed and a 6-year-old girl was injured when a 19-year-old woman ...

The Timber Fire burning in the Big Sur area of Monterey County reached nearly 3,000 acres Tuesday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. The blaze was at 2,989 Timber Fire nears 3,000 acres in Big Sur, ...

FILE: Streaks of light from the Perseid meteor shower are captured using a long shutter speed over the Lybian sea near Greece on Sunday, Aug 13, 2023. The annual celestial show will be visible in the ...

Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir Artistic Director Eric Tuan’s experience collaborating with historian Jean Pfaelzer on his opera “Echoes of Eureka,” ...

As the ribbon announcing the start of a telehealth system for veterans is cut at the Veterans Memorial Building in Fort Bragg, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, cheers erupt from the crowd. From left ...

Over the weekend, two popular gay bars in San Francisco halted the use of ID verification technology after pushback. Badlands and Toad Hall, both in the Two popular San Francisco gay bars have paused ...