New specialized units were launched to crack down on fraud schemes that affect residents, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Executive Director Molly Barker will retire in the fall after eight years at the helm, the gardens said last week.

Historical fiction, debut novels, memoirs, fantasy and non-fiction by California writers and visiting authors are in this ...

SAN JOSE ECONOMIC OFFICIALS want to allow the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks outside downtown’s most popular plazas and public streets during ...

A floating boom has surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the Oakland Estuary. The Kaisei is a ...

AMY AND GEORGE HSU look forward to an affordable lunch five days a week at Sunnyvale United Methodist Church. It’s where they socialize with dozens of ...

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is hosting two fireworks buyback events next month to encourage people to turn in illegal fireworks ahead of the ...

An embattled Sonoma real estate mogul has been arrested by federal agents and is accused of operating a Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

SamTrans is bringing back its popular Summer Youth Pass, offering unlimited bus rides for youth 18 and under from June 1 through Aug. 31 for just $40, ...

BETWEEN THE PAGEANTRY of the uniformed color guard, the affecting scale of an aircraft carrier and the excitement of military jets flying in formation ...

California State Parks and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks announced the return of a free weekend and holiday shuttle service to Big Basin Redwoods ...

A CAMPAIGN TO KEEP San Francisco sidewalks clean was launched this week with a new public-private partnership that will deploy power washers around the ...