Bay Area Bay Area coalition launches campaign for $30 minimum wage By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News | March 20, 2026 Organizers hope to put the initiative on the ballot in November.
Bay Area UC Berkeley settles lawsuit, agrees to bar Zionist speaker restrictions By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | March 20, 2026 UC Berkeley also agreed to mandatory antisemitism and anti-discrimination training for students, faculty and staff.
California ‘I was hooked’: California lawmakers target gambling addiction in youth By Vani Sanganeria | EdSource | March 20, 2026 From loot boxes to sports predictions, boys are betting — and losing — online.
Bay Area Bay Bridge artistic light installation returns with ‘grand lighting’ event By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | March 20, 2026 "City of Awe" installation will return to the bridge on Friday evening.
Family & Kids Oakland Zoo’s last tiger euthanized following cancer diagnosis By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | March 20, 2026 Mia, a rescued tiger, was 14 years old.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Pass the Mic’ fundraiser amplifies women’s voices through karaoke By JL Odom | Bay City News | March 19, 2026 Event proceeds will support LGBTQ+ seniors and trans-focused social services.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Monet and Venice,’ Rosie the Riveter Day, and symphonic resistance By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 18, 2026 Plus, Metalachi tour, and Augustin Hadelich at Herbst Theatre.
California Complaint says Waymo violated state permit by transporting unaccompanied minors By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News | March 18, 2026 Under a 2020 California law, nobody under 18 may travel unaccompanied in a driverless cab.
Arts & Entertainment Lowrider culture, once banned in California, now honored with U.S. postage stamp series By Pete Young | Bay City News | March 18, 2026 The modified vehicles, once banned, are classic art form rooted in Mexican American identity.
California Some California Democrats pitch gas price relief as prices at the pump soar By Jeanne Kuang and Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | March 18, 2026 Prices in the Bay Area were above $6 per gallon at some gas stations Friday.