This year, for the first time since it was established in 1988, the U.S. did not commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1. That’s despite more than 630,000 deaths from HIV-related illnesses in 2024, ...

San Francisco’s teachers union plans to take a significant step toward a strike next week, after eight months of bargaining with the San Francisco Unified School District have failed to yield a ...

A congressional committee on Monday launched a new investigation into reports of antisemitism into Berkeley’s school district, raising concerns that the schools failed to protect Jewish students’ ...

Advocates are calling for an investigation into reports that more than a dozen women incarcerated at a San Francisco jail were strip-searched in front of male deputies and recorded on body-worn ...

In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Geoffrea Morris pitched a bold idea: a free grocery store where low-income families would have the agency to plan meals of their choice. “It was all about ...

Early on a Tuesday morning in September, eight men and women lined up against a bright blue and yellow wall in a back room of the Oakland Police Department’s downtown headquarters. Wearing gray ...

This week, we’re looking back on the best art, music, food, movies and more from the year. See our entire Best of 2025 guide here. In 2025, Bay Area theater was loaded with innovative artists ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

After six months of gender-affirming care and a first puberty blocker shot for her 10-year-old son in September, Julie noticed him carrying himself differently. His back was straight, he was no longer ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

The nonprofit app Watch Duty is revolutionizing how people get information about wildfires and evacuations. And it’s not just residents in vulnerable areas downloading the app — firefighters are using ...

When Jody Weintraub turned the key in the ignition of the family car on his way to the prom on May 6, 1988, he was surprised to hear his father's voice. Rather than give his son a lecture about taking ...