I’m going to turn this office into an empathy engine!” promises cheerily upbeat, newly hired empathy coach Sofia early on in ...

THE UNION REPRESENTING 25,000 California prison guards struck a deal for a new contract that gives Gov. Gavin Newsom some financial relief in the short ...

The Mendocino Environmental Center will hold a Juneteenth celebration Thursday at its offices in downtown Ukiah. Juneteenth, now a federally ...

The 27th Healdsburg Jazz Festival is well under way, and if several of the 10-day event’s first offerings with pianist Kenny ...

A new cannabis industry-led program has launched to control sediment and restore watersheds across Northern California, ...

SAN JOSE’S INDEPENDENT police auditor wants to review every use-of-force case — a level of oversight the county sheriff already accepts. But city ...

Police in Petaluma are investigating an altercation between protesters and a pickup truck during Saturday’s “No Kings” demonstration in town, the ...

A former California prison K-9 sergeant pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge for orchestrating a years-long scheme in which he smuggled and ...

FOR DECADES, Monterey County has been haunted by more than 600 unsolved homicides — each one a silent wound for families still waiting for answers, and a ...

Two Bay Area state senators have introduced legislation that would prohibit law enforcement officers from covering their faces during operations in ...

THE UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION held a meeting to discuss the city’s recently proposed annexation and voted to continue the conversation at its next ...

Agriculture officials in Marin County are alerting property owners and arborists to be on the lookout for a tiny invasive beetle that attacks oak trees, ...