Wren Farrell

The Berkeley city council voted last night 5-4 to approve a contract renewal with Flock Safety.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie says that the city is making changes to Muni in an effort to increase revenue for the city’s transit system.

TRUST — or the Trusted Response Urgent Support Team — has been serving Santa Clara County since November 2022.

The city will offer free groceries, vaccinations, and a station where attendees can learn how to build their own emergency preparedeness kits.

On Wednesday, a coalition of community organizations held a press conference demanding strict environmental regulations for a contentious new shipping terminal in West Oakland.

The Trust for Public Land announced on Monday that they’ve been given the option to acquire the East Bay’s former horse racing track, Golden Gate Fields, and turn it into a public park.

The former San Francisco Human Rights Commission director and a nonprofit executive were charged with multiple felony counts on Monday.

Tomorrow, the Oakland Public Works and Transportation committee will vote on an ordinance that will crack down on illegal dumping.

The Richmond City Council voted this week to extend its contract with Flock Safety for its automated license plate reader cameras, or Flock cameras, until the end of the year.

Yesterday, the California Gig Workers Union, which represents rideshare drivers, filed a formal complaint with state regulators against Waymo.

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are holding a one-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike starting tomorrow at 6 a.m.

San Francisco Supervisor Alan Wong launched a "dumb laws" contest on Wednesday for residents to share city rules and regulations they think are nonsensical.

Prosecutors announced today that they’re charging the two men who got into a fight with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s security detail last week.

The California Department of Justice announced yesterday that it will not prosecute the officers that shot and killed two men in San Francisco in 2022.

Over the weekend, OpenAI announced that they will allow the Department of War to use its technology.

San Francisco’s Environment Department is facing huge potential cuts under Mayor Lurie’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 - 2027.

After four weeks of striking over wages and unfair labor practices, the Kaiser strike appears to be over.

A new report from the Berkeley City Auditor found that the city has been violating its policies by spending millions of dollars on non-competitive contracts.

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to help the Sogorea Te’ Land trust purchase 16 acres of undeveloped land in the Oakland hills.

San Francisco’s Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee held a hearing on Thursday on the citywide PG&E power outages that started in December.

Part six of our series on sea level rise looks at a dune restabilization project at Ocean Beach, and a wastewater treatment plant that is being threatened by coastal erosion and rising tides.

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. It’s a day to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of trans people, while also acknowledging the discrimination and challenges many still face.March was a particularly tense time for trans folks in San Francisco. Two local bathhouses — Imperial Spa in the Fillmore district, and Archimedes Banya in Hunters Point — were accused of enforcing anti-trans policies.After facing backlash online and potential protests, Imperial Spa quickly reversed their policy. But at Banya, it was a little more complicated.

For months organizers in California have been working to spread the word about a helpline for perpetrators of domestic and intimate partner violence. You heard that right. A helpline for perpetrators, not victims.It’s an unusual approach to a serious problem: Rates of domestic violence in the U.S. are high, and they got even worse during the pandemic.The helpline – A Call for Change – promises anonymity to its callers. Their goal is to provide a non-carceral approach to preventing domestic and intimate partner violence.

In part two of this series, we'll learn about the larger network of service providers that the Mobile Support Team works with. And what happens to their clients after a crisis.

Last year, Sonoma County got state funding to make their Mobile Support Team available 24/7. In part one of this series, we look at the complexities of crisis intervention.

Today, an update on Oakland’s community response program for non-violent, non-emergency 911 calls. How and when you can call them, and what they’re doing for Oaklanders.

Every other year, communities across the country count the number of unhoused folks in their area. It's a way to get federal funding. But is the model working?

Student reporters have been at the center of pro-Palestine encampments across the world. But what's it like being a student reporter today?

Substance abuse experts say there’s a strong connection between the stress of the pandemic and increased drug and alcohol use nationwide. In this story, we take a closer look at one of the personal stories behind the statistics.

Last week the California Academy of Science’s resident corpse flower bloomed. It’s an event that usually makes the news. But despite all the attention they attract, wild corpse flowers are endangered, which is why the Academy is joining a national effort to preserve their DNA.