In an effort to address a growing need for mental health and addiction care, a bill was introduced on Monday in the state assembly to develop a minimum staffing requirement for behavioral health emergencies in California hospitals.

The city is taking the wrong approach to getting unsheltered people off San Francisco streets, according to a citizen group that believes an alternative approach would shave $1 billion from the projected price tag.

San Jose is chipping in $25 million toward an affordable housing project proposed just south of downtown, which officials and advocates said is desperately needed as the city struggles to provide homes for its lower-income residents.

Just days after a major Bay Area Catholic diocese filed for bankruptcy in the face of hundreds of potential sex abuse lawsuits, the Diocese of Oakland announced it is seriously considering doing the same.

Even after nearly two months of wet weather along the West Coast, California has still not fully escaped its years-long drought, weather and climate experts with the state's Department of Water Resources said this week.

PG&E work crews have been making steady progress in restoring power to hundreds of thousands of customers who lost service as a result of the atmospheric storm that swept through the Bay Area earlier this week.

San Mateo County school officials filed a lawsuit this week alleging three major social media companies -- YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat -- are designed to be purposefully addictive and that the platforms have sparked a mental health crisis among young people.

Last Friday, Palestine solidarity activists gathered in front of the Israeli consulate to protest rising Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians across the West Bank.

A San Francisco Board of Supervisors met Tuesday at City Hall to discuss a report recommending how the City could compensate African American residents for centuries of discrimination.

The latest atmospheric river swept through the Bay Area yesterday, causing lengthy delays for local commuters and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power.