Fremont CA

Jackie’s Place in San Jose is the kind of soul food spot locals talk about like a friend, not just a restaurant. From the first bite of crispy fried chicken to fork-tender ribs, everything feels charged with family history and heart. It’s the rare place in Silicon Valley where...

Contractors working the tech campuses in and around Mountain View may finally catch a break. After months of work vans getting hit in parking lots, police say they arrested a suspect Tuesday in a string of auto burglaries that left tradespeople out several thousand dollars per job. Detectives with the...

Dublin Unified Schools started the week without teachers after a weekend of negotiations failed.

Last Thursday, an alert BART rider spotted someone peering into parked cars inside the Fruitvale station parking structure and decided it was worth a call. That tip ended with officers arresting Jobie Morton and recovering a loaded stolen handgun, suspected narcotics, and other stolen property. The arrest itself took...

"Seeing it in real time was a surprise to me." Stanford study reveals how 22 million Americans can quickly avoid exposure to air pollution: 'The No. 1 thing they could do' first appeared on The Cool Down .

These days, his "objective is not to charge you 300 bucks to sit down."

SAN FRANCISCO — As the sun peeked over the horizon on a recent Friday morning, only a few people stood on a platform in Pittsburg, California, to wait for a Bay Area Rapid Transit train that would whisk them nearly 40 miles southwest to San Francisco. The working-class town...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced that 408 public middle schools and high schools were selected as 2026 California Distinguished Schools. The annual award recognizes exceptional schools that distinguish themselves on the basis of exemplary student outcomes for...

Santa Clara County voters will be asked on June 2 to sign off on a new parcel tax that supporters say is key to protecting hillsides and creeks and keeping wildfire risk in check across the county. The citizen-sponsored measure is pitched as a steady revenue stream for buying open-space...

Rize Up Bakery’s (opens in new tab) sourdough has appeared on the menus of famed Bay Area restaurants and at farmers markets across the city. Soon, fans of these crusty, chewy, and occasionally colorful loaves will be able to get them straight from the oven. Founder Azikiwee “Z” Anderson’s...