A state parks burn meant to cut wildfire risk sent air quality on the Richmond shoreline above 400 on the AQI. The Air District has apologized and says it is reassessing its permit process, with a board member pressing the issue this week.
Turkish officials say a 15-year-old from another school entered a middle school in Istanbul's Başakşehir district wearing its uniform and attacked students. A court has restricted coverage as investigators look into the case.
A new survey puts Caltrain's rider satisfaction at an all-time high two years after electrification, but the agency still faces a roughly $75 million annual gap that could close stations and end weekend trains.
A last-minute deal between the ruling party and the main opposition put an economist and academy head in the presidency with 81 votes, one more than needed, after lawmakers first voted to curb a Hague war crimes court.
A judge ended 23 years of court oversight of the Oakland Police Department. Now the city's own oversight agencies, which together get less than 2% of OPD's budget, are expected to carry the load.
The foreign minister began proceedings to add a Russian citizen to the country's banned list after officials accused Ragozin of voicing views that serve Moscow's interests.
The former Orange County congresswoman cited Wiener's record on housing, health care and transit, a month before San Francisco voters choose between him and Supervisor Connie Chan.
Pressed in Athens about reports that Washington discouraged governments from helping the Nobel laureate get home, the secretary of state called the premise false.
The attack, reported by the UK's maritime security office, happened far from the Strait of Hormuz, in waters where U.S. forces have only a thin presence, according to maritime trade press.
Berkeley's mayor, an Alameda County supervisor and dozens of other officials want Young stripped of his committee seats after an investigation found he subjected a fellow director to unwanted physical contact.
The City Council voted unanimously for a temporary ban on new detention facilities anywhere in Gilroy, which can be stretched to two years, while a federal court has already paused construction of an ICE center east of the city.
An analyst with Denmark's domestic intelligence service said Moscow stepped up attacks on firms supplying Ukraine this summer, often using recruits found on Telegram. Russia's embassy rejected the claims.
The City Council voted 9-2 for a permit program that caps sidewalk speeds at 5 mph, lets the city limit how many robots operate, and puts DoorDash's larger Dot robot on a one-year trial, according to SJSU's Spartan Media Group.
The Pacific storm is forecast to weaken but could reach the U.S.-Mexico border region around Sunday with tropical-storm-force winds, coastal flooding, dangerous surf and the first real rain after a punishing heat wave, the National Hurricane Center says.
Three council members want to bar tent sites near preschools and in-home daycares, as northwest Berkeley parents push back on a court-approved camp on Camelia Street and city leaders say a citywide camping ban couldn't be enforced, The Berkeley Scanner reports.
The PTI convoy led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's chief minister entered its fourth day after talks with the government collapsed, while authorities ringed Islamabad with shipping containers and vowed marchers would not get in, Pakistani outlets report.
Saudi officials say attacks at Abha and Riyadh's King Khalid airport killed three people and wounded dozens, as fighting for control of Yemen's Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait intensifies, the AP reports.
After days of triple-digit inland heat, forecasters expect a sharp cooldown, gusty winds and rough seas that could affect this weekend's Blue Angels shows, plus a coastal flood advisory starting Friday, SFGATE reports.
A Kenyan man who fell ill in Congo died in a Nairobi hospital after traveling through Uganda. Officials are racing to trace dozens of contacts, while doctors and Africa's top health agency ask why nobody caught his illness at the border.
One of the biggest developments the Sonoma County town has seen in decades goes before the City Council, with backers touting jobs and tax revenue and opponents warning about old contamination on the property.
Moscow told the World Health Organization there is "no plague case" in Irkutsk, but reports of a second employee with unexplained pneumonia have the U.S., the EU and the WHO asking for more transparency.
Lighthouse Food Rescue & Distribution, which says it feeds more than 1,000 people a day, was cited for zoning and sidewalk violations. Mayor Matt Mahan says the city may help move it.
San Francisco police arrested Shakia Vanderbilt in the weekend shooting of Ulysses Tykee Davis, a 47-year-old guard and father of six who was working a reality-TV tour event at the Mid-Market venue.
Riyadh has asked Damascus to deploy forces against the Iran-backed Houthis, a U.S. official told Reuters, but any Syrian role carries real risks for a government still rebuilding its own army.
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for reactions that favor one mirror-image form of a molecule, work that helps explain a century-old puzzle about life and now shapes how medicines are made.
Mail ballots for the Nov. 3 election are reaching Santa Clara County voters this week. The Registrar of Voters is urging people to use drop boxes or mail ballots at least a week ahead, citing possible postal delays.
A five-county sales tax meant to head off deep cuts at BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit drew 48% support in a new survey, short of the simple majority it needs. Here is what the measure does and what each side argues.
After a 15-year-old lost a hand in a clash with riot police, the government suspended stun grenades at student protests. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promised concrete measures by month's end, but student unions are calling for more marches Thursday.
A Van's RV-7A went down in a field by Rooster Run Golf Club late Wednesday morning, closing part of East Washington Street. The FAA and NTSB are investigating, and the condition of the two people aboard wasn't immediately known.
Memorials ran from the Nova festival site to a packed evening ceremony in Tel Aviv, while in Gaza most of the population remains displaced and a year-old ceasefire has not brought peace.
Supervisors voted unanimously to proclaim a local emergency so crews can get ahead of flooding and slides, two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide El Niño proclamation.
The vice president's wording stops short of demanding Iran end enrichment entirely, but Tehran says its bigger concerns are sanctions, the U.S. naval blockade and frozen assets, as the war enters its eighth month.
State data shows the region has the highest flu test positivity in California, weeks or months ahead of the usual winter rise, and health officials are urging people to get vaccinated now.
Russian health officials are winding down quarantine measures after a 28-year-old worker at an anti-plague institute died of pneumonia, while the WHO is still asking what caused her illness.
With more than a million visitors expected, SFMTA plans to block driverless cars from picking up or dropping off along a large stretch of the waterfront from Friday through Sunday, NBC Bay Area reports.
The overnight attack hit Kyiv and about a dozen regions as Ukraine scrambles for scarce Patriot interceptors, according to Associated Press and Reuters reporting published by CBC News.
A missile landed near the runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due, as fighting around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait displaces more than 200,000 people, Reuters reports.
High mortgage rates and thin inventory are keeping entry-level buyers on the sidelines, while homes priced at $6.5 million and up are selling faster, according to NBC Bay Area reporting.
A $3 million state award will fund a regional effort, led by StopWaste, to develop standardized modular home designs and smoother permitting for middle-income housing.
On the same Tuesday, San Francisco supervisors and the Oakland City Council unanimously approved 45-day moratoriums so planners can study energy, water and air-quality impacts.
In her second annual address, Lee pointed to public-safety gains and new cleanup spending while city workers protested more than 1,000 unfilled positions.
The City Council approved a $1.3 million design contract for gate upgrades at Churchill Avenue, Meadow Drive and Charleston Road, a step toward federal 'quiet zone' status.
N17 Development wants a judge to force approval of its Willow Park project on the former Sunset Magazine campus. The city says the project doesn't qualify for fast-track review.
Turkish officials say a 15-year-old from another school entered a middle school in Istanbul's Başakşehir district wearing its uniform and attacked students. A court has restricted coverage as investigators look into the case.
A last-minute deal between the ruling party and the main opposition put an economist and academy head in the presidency with 81 votes, one more than needed, after lawmakers first voted to curb a Hague war crimes court.
The foreign minister began proceedings to add a Russian citizen to the country's banned list after officials accused Ragozin of voicing views that serve Moscow's interests.