Bay Area Bay Area commercial Dungeness crab fishing ends next week to protect migrating whales By Sarah Stierch | Bay City News | April 24, 2025 Crab season comes to a close with precautions to prevent whales from fishing net entanglements.
Oakland Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee outlines first-100-days agenda to tackle city’s issues By Thomas Hughes and Glenn Gehlke | Bay City News | April 23, 2025 Her agenda addresses the structural challenges that impact everything from budget to whether Oaklanders can walk the streets safely at night.
animals Dead gray whale washes ashore in Alameda, will be towed to Angel Island for necropsy By Kathleen Kirkwood | Bay City News | April 23, 2025 The whale is the fourth dead gray whale found in the Bay Area so far this year.
Bay Area Keeping California’s lights on will require a major electricity market, partnerships across the West By Michael Wara | CalMatters | April 22, 2025 To get the affordable and reliable clean energy required to run a state like California, we have to build, says climate and energy policy scholar Michael Wara.
berkeley Earth Day by the Bay: Environmental justice themes resonate through scheduled events By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 22, 2025 Today is Earth Day, and it is happening on a year the Earth could use a day off.
Bay Area ‘One of a kind’: Bay Area leaders remember Pope Francis’ legacy of mercy, humanity By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | April 21, 2025 Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died Monday in Vatican City after a stroke and heart failure.
homelessness SF tries new tack as overdose deaths spike, taking aim at root causes of drug addiction By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | April 19, 2025 "Every overdose death we have here in the city and county of San Francisco is preventable. It’s unacceptable and it’s tragic."
Bay Area Update: Charlene Wang keeps decisive lead for Oakland council race; voters favor Measure A sales tax By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | April 18, 2025 The winner of Tuesday’s election will represent an area that is roughly east of Lake Merritt and south of Piedmont.
Bay Area Bear with us: 27 years in the works, California finally updates black bear conservation plan By Sarah Stierch | Bay City News | April 18, 2025 The bear population is estimated at 60,000 statewide, and in the Bay Area, most bears live in Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties.
homelessness What happens after a homeless person is arrested for camping? Often, not much By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | April 18, 2025 What’s the point of arresting people at all when the city waits too long to prosecute?