Environment Pickett Fire could cost an estimated $65M in damage to vintners and other agriculture By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News | August 28, 2025 As of Wednesday evening, the Pickett Fire was 29 percent contained.
gavin newsom Newsom deploys ‘crime suppression’ teams statewide while mocking Trump’s threats By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | August 28, 2025 Crime has again become a hot-button national topic.
berkeley UC Berkeley receives ‘hostile campus’ label over suppression of anti-genocide speech By Audrey Tomlin | Bay City News | August 28, 2025 A 2024 CAIR-California report found that 85% of Muslim students at UC Berkeley experienced Islamophobic harassment.
Education Immigration agents signed up to recruit at a California university. Then the protests started By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | August 28, 2025 The Cal Poly campus postponed a job fair event over concerns about Customs and Border Protection’s participation.
Bay Area Southwest Airlines partners with EVA Air to streamline Taiwan bookings, transfers at SFO By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | August 28, 2025 Southwest is integrating its network with EVA at airports in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.
public safety SF’s Market Street to open to ride hailing services, much to the chagrin of some locals By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | August 27, 2025 Local advocacy groups point to the reduction in collisions and faster public transit times as proof the car-free road has been successful.
fire Fireworks torch Mt. Diablo High football field; Friday season opener moved to Concord High By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | August 27, 2025 The center logo of the field was left badly damaged.
Bay Area Bay area homeowners, landlords can apply for grants to make properties quake-safe By Sarah Stierch | Bay City News | August 27, 2025 Over $20 million in grant funding is available to properties in over 230 ZIP codes in the Bay Area and Northern California.
parks National parks have become a battleground over American identity and who gets to tell it By Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News | August 26, 2025 Over a hundred people gathered on Monday to protest what they say is the Trump administration’s attack on American history at Rosie the Riveter Park in Richmond.
Environment Napa County declares health emergency as Pickett Fire threatens water, air quality By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News | August 26, 2025 Officials reported that the fire, which started on Thursday in Calistoga, had burned 6,803 acres and was 13% contained as of Monday.