events Oakland gets Super Bowl spotlight as Bay Area’s only official watch party host By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | January 13, 2026 Family-friendly event at the Henry J Kaiser Center for the Arts kicks off at 11am and runs until 6pm.
Crime & Safety Oakland launches literacy program leaders say could boost education, curb crime By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | January 12, 2026 The new, free citywide initiative Oakland Reads 1234! aims to increase literacy rates for very young students.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: Noir City at Grand Lake, Jim Jarmusch’s newest, and more By Anita Katz | Bay City News | January 12, 2026 It's the 23rd run of Noir City, with a line-up of 24 films and music as the guiding theme this year.
Around Town Local with Lisa | Senior Sidekick By Lisa Chan Carnazzo | The Grubb Company | January 9, 2026 [SPONSORED VIDEO] Meet Anne Callahan and Mary Cutler of Senior Sidekick, which provides compassionate care and companionship to local seniors.
Business & Finance Gavin Newsom forecasts a rosier California budget and banks on AI boom continuing By Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters | January 9, 2026 The governor’s 2026-27 budget proposal projects $9 billion more in revenue than anticipated, banking on the AI-driven economy to last.
California UC enrolls more Californians, driven by increases at Riverside By Michael Burke | EdSource | January 9, 2026 Systemwide, UC saw increases in enrollments of new out-of-state and international students.
California California rejects CDC’s latest rollback of childhood vaccine guidelines By Vani Sanganeria | EdSource | January 9, 2026 The federal agency on Monday scaled back recommendations for several common vaccines.
Bay Area Beloved alligator could live on in SF street name By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | January 8, 2026 Claude died in December, aged 30, and was one of an estimated 100 to 200 albino alligators in the world.
California How Californians can use a new state website to block hundreds of data brokers By Colin Lecher and Miles Hinton | CalMatters | January 8, 2026 A tool called DROP lets California residents fill out a few forms to keep their personal data from being tracked or sold by data brokers.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Chris Botti, great band cook at SFJazz By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | January 7, 2026 The trumpet great's annual residency wraps up this weekend.