Bay Area
COVID-19
California lawmakers want to tax guns and ammo
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The tax could bring in an estimated $160 million annually for violence intervention programs.California
Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter
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Only once in the last 20 years — the heat wave of 2006 — has the death rate been higher than it was in 2022.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: SF Opera opens, huge South Bay art fest, and more
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The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. We highlight some of the offerings here.California
TikTok ban on state worker phones won’t happen in California this year
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A bipartisan bill breezed through the state Legislature, but Gov. Newsom asked for the delay. It's the latest social media regulation to get stalled in California.climate change
California scales back electric car rebates to focus on lower-income car buyers
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Now that electric cars are mainstream, higher-income Californians will no longer qualify for state subsidies.Bay Area
570 California schools targeted for low vaccination rates
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More than half of Oakland Unified’s 48 elementary schools and eight of its schools serving seventh graders are on the audit list for 2022-23.Bay Area
Attorney for Monterrosa family vows to hire private security to monitor returning officer
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Vallejo police killed Sean Monterrosa in 2020 during the unrest surrounding George Floyd protests in that city.Bay Area
2 arrested after shooting at Skyline High
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No injuries were reported, but students were kept under lockdown several hours as police investigated.Bay Area
