Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO—Hypodermic needles and human waste littering the streets of San Francisco have become an increasingly common occurrence. A recent project by Open the Books mapped out all the needle ...

As housing costs in California continue to soar close to record highs, officials struggle to deal with the ...

California, as the most populous U.S. state, has the largest representation in Congress of all states, making its voter ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Controversy is escalating over a proposal to name the new San Francisco Chinatown subway station after the ...

A teenager who survived a deadly shooting at a North Carolina university is making a recovery, a video ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Hundreds of practitioners of Falun Dafa, a popular meditation discipline, held a parade on May 11 in ...

A plan by California’s biggest utility to cut power on high-wind days during the onrushing wildfire season could ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Hundreds of San Francisco residents rallied in front of City Hall on May 6 to protest ...

ROCKLIN, Calif.—Over 60 Placer County activists for the New California State movement joined a town hall meeting on the evening of May ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A group of parents and other protesters staged a rally on May 8 in opposition to changes ...

An appeals court has lifted a nationwide injunction preventing the Trump administration from moving forward with a policy ...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco is about to require brick-and-mortar retailers to take cash as payment, joining Philadelphia and New ...

LOS ANGELES—Almost one year after the launch of a social media campaign to encourage people to leave the ...

In Vietnam, April 30 is celebrated as Reunification Day or Liberation Day, but it marks sorrow for millions. ...

SACRAMENTO, California—New sexual education curriculum that teaches about gender identity issues and explicit sexual behavior is coming into ...

A family member of the late American rapper, Nipsey Hussle, launched a legal bid for guardianship of the ...

In the last month, California’s gas prices averaged $4.03 per gallon, $1.18 more than the national average. It ...

Every year on April 20, thousands gather in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to hold a festival celebrating ...

A personal text message reveals the terrifying moment authorities pounced on a former comedy-drama television star suspected of ...

A northern Californian community has discovered why an artificial leg mysteriously appeared in a lumberyard on April 22. A ...

With California’s K-12 public education consistently being ranked below average among the rest of the states in recent ...

Authorities are working with animal advocates to charge a person suspected of leaving a bag of puppies next ...

San Francisco-based State Senator Scott Wiener recently proposed SB 50, a bill that would increase residential density around ...

SAN FRANCISCO—As the $1.6 billion Central Subway project approaches completion, San Francisco authorities face the controversial decision of ...

The Late American rapper Nipsey Hussle has provided for his children long after his death. Sources close to ...

Last June’s landmark Supreme Court decision, Janus v. AFSCME, which barred public sector unions from mandating the collection ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A recent homicide in San Jose that was allegedly committed by an illegal immigrant has sparked ...