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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, an ongoing KQED series about Bay Area hip-hop history. “I’ll never lose that spirit, but I don’t miss being on the street from morning to night,” ...

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 ...

The South Bay was rattled by a cluster of small earthquakes on Wednesday morning, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. A magnitude 4.0 quake hit just east of Gilroy at 6:16 a.m., and it ...

Trusted local news in real time. With updates all day long, The Latest brings you the Bay Area and California stories you need to know as they happen. Hosted by KQED’s Bianca Taylor and featuring ...