Hayward CA

LAFAYETTE, Calf. - A popular clothing store, with locations around the Bay Area, has slashed prices to sell off its goods as the more than 25-year-old chain prepares to permanently close. Francesca’s currently has eight stores remaining in the Bay Area. Nationwide, the women’s boutique chain has a presence...

MARTINEZ — Contra Costa County taxpayers may soon be on the hook for a settlement of a lawsuit accusing Assessor Gus Kramer of improperly slashing a property’s value by millions of dollars — then retaliating against the employee who raised alarms about it. The potential payout under...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. California wakes up under a calm winter sky, where cool air brushes the Bay and early light reflects off quiet streets. California’s Weather Alert highlights a mild, mostly dry start for the San Francisco...

A large strike by Kaiser Permanente employees is set to begin Monday morning, with union leaders calling it an open-ended "unfair labor practice strike." Union leaders say the strike is driven by what they describe as a growing crisis caused by Kaiser’s failure to invest in safe staffing levels, timely access to...

Park or a road? Barring unforeseen lunacy, we’ll be voting on it again. But this is how San Francisco rolls. The Great Highway is poised to become San Francisco’s kidney dialysis

"Just the latest in a year of horrors. Is all the crypto and AI money in the world really worth this?"

Governor Janet Mills was reportedly in California fundraising when ICE agents launched “Operation Catch of the Day.” last Tuesday in Maine. Axios reports Mills attended three fundraisers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her staff confirmed to the Portland Press Herald that she was in California for a...

If you've ever walked past San Francisco City Hall or along Market Street on a chilly morning, you've probably seen it -- white clouds puffing up from grates and manholes like the street is exhaling.

On Thursday, I broke the story that Angela’s will be opening in a new location on Webster Street (1427) and indicated that I would follow up in my regular Sunday report. Judging by the comments and reactions I received, it appears the Alameda community is as excited about this opening as my human companion (HC) is.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony held by Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee marked the grand reopening of Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts in Oakland. Legendary storyteller and Oakland native, Don Reed, kicked off the opening night performance along with Scott Silven's illusion show "The Lost Things."