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Commissioner John Stein said at a proposal meeting, "I really don't want to see downtown become a ghetto of affordable housing." Just two minutes later, he doubled down on his position saying, "I'm concerned that we not create a ghetto."

Researchers found that on average Black, Hispanic and Asian people were exposed to higher than average levels of fine particle pollution, while white people were subjected to lower than average levels.

Antioch police say a 52-year-old man is dead following a shooting that resulted from a landlord-tenant dispute. 

An attorney for three Alameda police officers on leave in the wake of the in-custody death of Mario Gonzalez said Wednesday that they used the "lowest degree of force possible" as he struggled with them.

The Polo Field in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is relatively quiet right now, but in October that will change. Organizers hope to bring the field alive as it has in years past with the Outside Lands festival.

Dublin police arrested Angel Butler and Jovante Williams for their roles in the 26-year-old's death.

On Thursday, Chipotle will begin doling out 250,000 burritos, mimicking its earlier efforts to "fuel" health care workers over the past year.

Former President Barack Obama’s health law let parents keep their adult children on their health plans until at least age 26, a change that helped millions of young people transition to adulthood as jobs were scarce after the Great Recession.

Body camera video released on Tuesday by Alameda police shows several officers kneeling on top of a man prone on the ground struggling to breathe before he died -- a contradiction of the original narrative of a "medical emergency" first put forth by the department. 

Several water agencies are making moves to assure customers that as California moves into its second year of drought, they'll be able to get through without major lifestyle changes. 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has extended its full enforcement of Real ID-compliant driver's licenses from Oct. 1, 2021 to 2023 due to the pandemic, DHS officials announced Tuesday.

Piedmont school district officials have responded to a now-viral post on social media for a "White student support circle" in the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict, as officials called it a "poor choice of words."

Ronald Gardner, 63, of San Jose, was arrested April 15 after an investigation that began Feb. 2 when someone reported that his teacher, Gardner, had molested him while attending Sierramont Middle School.