Katherine Monahan

San Francisco is one of several major cities with a sewage system which can get overwhelmed during storms. A case concerning the city's water quality violations is headed to the Supreme Court.

Experts are struggling to prepare vulnerable communities for potential wildfire catastrophes. One new approach is a community-wide board game that tests resilience and preparedness.

As climate change increases the intensity of wildfires, experts are struggling to prepare vulnerable communities for potential catastrophes. One new approach is a community-wide board game that tests resilience.

Thousands of Afghan refugees are now in the U.S. with hundreds here in the Bay Area. But resettling people here is difficult.

Thousands of acres of East Bay wilderness will be preserved as a new state park under a $33 million agreement reached last week between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature.

San Jose has opened a second center to help tenants and landlords most affected by the COVID pandemic.

Steven Day is a forensic diver with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. He recovers evidence, and people, from the Bay Area’s waterways. In this story, he tells how he got into diving and what it means to him.

Fremont is home to Little Kabul, one of the largest Afghan populations in the United States.

In Marin County, the water district is considering imposing mandatory cutbacks as water supplies approach critically low levels.

In Oakland’s Chinatown, recent violent crimes are frightening business owners and residents. The Chamber of Commerce asked Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency.