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Hazy skies continue across the Bay Area today as smoke from a nearby wildfire creates reduced air quality, especially across the North Bay. A Spare the Air Alert is in place for the entire Bay Area. The weather pattern is turning hotter and drier this weekend as high pressure strengthens over California. Inland communi

Fans dressed as Charli xcx packed downtown San Francisco for Fridays on Front Street, reviving Brat Summer ahead of the British pop singer’s Outside Lands headlining set.

One of the Bay Area's most fun events is back and ready to make a splash. On Saturday, Pacifica will host the tenth annual World Dog Surfing Championship. The event draws people from around the world.

A public rideshare program will now provide more connectivity throughout Santa Clara. SV Hopper, an electric-shuttle program that runs through Santa Clara and Cupertino, launched its expanded service, which now includes Santa Clara’s north side, on July 1. The two cities held a ribbon-cutting July 16 at Great America S

The Bay Area Air District lifted an air quality advisory Saturday after improved conditions were recorded amid what it said were favorable winds and increased fire containment in the region. The Mines Fire in eastern Santa Clara County was 80% contained as of Saturday, according to Cal Fire. Article continues...

A new Queex store is preparing to open at 190 S Main St, Milpitas, according to a license filing with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The filing identifies Queex Inc. as the licensee and shows a request for an Off-Sale General license, which allows the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits

The Woodside Fire burning on the Sonoma County coast north of Fort Ross grew to 143 acres overnight, but is now 30% contained. An update note from Cal Fire Friday morning said containment efforts were continuing, and no further evacuation orders have been issued. [Cal Fire]. A powerful marine event...

Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. Under a Sacramento Bridge, California’s Largest Urban Bat Colony Takes Flight. Thousands of drivers cross a bridge to Sacramento every day, with no idea what lurks beneath them: a quarter-million Mexican free-tailed

Cheann Vuong has learned a lot these past few months about the recycling business. But the most important lesson she has learned has had very little to do with cans and bottles. It has been about community, kindness and the power of making people feel welcome. “It was very overwhelming,”...

The Bay Area Latin music community is mourning the loss of master percussionist Louie Romero, founder and leader of the San Francisco salsa orchestra Mazacote and a musician whose career spanned the golden era of Fania Records through more than five decades of performing, recording and mentoring younger artists. Romero