Oakland Oakland spares 4 fire stations from closure despite deep cuts to close $130M budget gap By Pete Young | Bay City News | March 3, 2025 Fire Stations 25 and 28, both in the Oakland hills, were temporarily closed in January and will reopen in July as fire risks change.
Bay Area Alameda County seeks grand jurors By Exedra Staff | February 28, 2025 Applications for the 2025-2026 term (starting July 1) are due by April 15.
California With reservoir levels in good shape, state’s water managers increase delivery forecasts By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | February 28, 2025 Early February storms helped boost reservoirs after a dry January.
health California has a lot to lose if Trump slashes Medicaid. Seniors, kids and more could face coverage cuts By Ana B. Ibarra | KFF Health News | February 28, 2025 Almost 15 million Californians have health care coverage through Medi-Cal, a program that stands to lose billions of dollars if Republicans follow through on proposed cuts.
Bay Area SF City Hall ‘DOGE raid’ was a YouTube prank; authorities weigh whether to pursue charges By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | February 27, 2025 "Are you sending tampons to dolphins in Timbuktu" asked the alleged perp, whose YouTube subscribers number nearly 850,000.
Bay Area March 2025 author events: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Tori Amos, Giada De Laurentiis, Emma Donoghue, Rick Steves, Niall Williams, and more By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | February 27, 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, debut novelists, memoirists, celebrity authors, and of course, local writers on tap around the Bay this month.
Bay Area ‘We’re out here not getting paid’: UC workers strike amid contract negotiation stalement By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | February 27, 2025 The strike will take place across all 10 UC campuses as well as hospitals and laboratories like Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: GG Park Bandshell concerts, Endgames Improv, Blues Harmonica Blowout, ‘Don Giovanni,’ Ticciati conducts Rachmaninoff By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | February 26, 2025 Concerts and comedy for your viewing pleasure.
nature UC Berkeley’s famous falcons are missing — which has fans and experts fearing the worst By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | February 26, 2025 The culprit may be the highly contagious avian flu.
Obituary Santa Rosa schools dealt heartbreaking loss after three students die from drug overdoses By Tony Hicks, Bay City News | February 25, 2025 Police arrested Ramon Nunez, 21, on Sunday for allegedly selling fentanyl to two of the high school victims.