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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. California – Low gray fog drifts across the Golden Gate and curls through downtown streets early this morning. Visibility drops in pockets across San Francisco as damp air settles along the bay shoreline....

South Highway 9 at Lorenzo Avenue in San Lorenzo Valley has one-way traffic because of emergency work. This closure will last until April 1 at 3:59 p.m. A lane is closed on westbound SR-152 at Clifford Drive/Ohlone Parkway in Watsonville/Pajaro for asphalt paving. The closure will last until July 3, ending at 5:59 a.m.

As the Palo Alto Unified School District searches for a permanent superintendent, Acting Superintendent Trent Bahadursingh is prioritizing consistency during the leadership transition. The transition follows the Board of Education’s Feb. 20 decision to separate from former Superintendent Don Austin. The Board did not...

TurnOnGreen, Inc. completed an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure project for Foster City in San Mateo County, California. The company provides scalable EV charging solutions for residential, commercial, and fleet applications across North America. The California project includes multiple EVP1100 48-amp/11...

The district said it was ready to accept a compromise, but the union came to the table with a counterproposal.

A popup bakery favorite is settling down in the East Bay.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Gas prices jumped again as unrest in Iran continues to rattle energy markets. AAA announced the national average for a gallon of regular gas rose 4 cents on Sunday to $3.45. California felt the pinch even harder, with prices jumping 8 cents to an average of $5.15 a gallon.

BERKELEY, Calif. - Country Joe McDonald, a legendary Bay Area voice in counter-culture and protest music, has died. McDonald co-founded Country Joe and the Fish in Berkeley in the 1960s. The band became widely known for performing what would become an anti-war anthem at Woodstock in the summer of 1969.

Some California cities have experienced minor earthquakes over the past few weeks. On March 8, 2026, a 2.7-magnitude earthquake shook San Ramon at 1:19 p.m. PT, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was about 5 kilometers southeast of San Ramon at a depth of about 7.7 kilometers.

Here’s a fun fact: you can experience authentic Japanese garden design without enduring a fourteen-hour flight or figuring out how to use a Japanese toilet. The Hayward Japanese Gardens offers a direct portal to the kind of tranquility that usually requires international travel, and all you have to do is drive to the...