Bay Area Alameda County supes approve standing committee on reparations for Black residents By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News | July 1, 2026 The move is part of a draft action plan created after two years of study, community listening sessions, and surveys of 400 residents.
featured Planned closure of National Archives could force relocation of historic Bay Area records By Kelcie Lee | Bay City News | July 1, 2026 The facility, with 75,000 cubic feet of historical records dating back to the 1850s, is an important resource for historians, researchers, families, and students.
Bay Area Plan ahead for fireworks viewing: Bay Area road closures on July Fourth By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | June 30, 2026 The Golden Gate Bridge, streets around Lake Merritt, and portions of the East Bay hills will all be affected by Saturday's celebrations.
Technology California to share driver license data despite fears it could expose unauthorized immigrants By Khari Johnson, Wendy Fry, and Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters | June 30, 2026 The new state budget includes $55 million for the DMV to build a data-sharing system to bring California into compliance with the federal REAL ID law.
Technology Californians can protect their personal data with one click. Help us test if it works By Colin Lecher and Mohamed Al Elew | CalMatters | June 30, 2026 CalMatters and The Markup want to keep tabs on whether data companies comply with DROP, and that's where you come in.
California San Francisco Civic Center federal building renamed to honor late Sen. Dianne Feinstein By Eric Urbach | Bay City News | June 29, 2026 Family members and elected officials came together for a small private ceremony to mark the event on Monday.
health Newsom’s parting gift: A budget that delays California’s deep cuts to 2027 By Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters | June 29, 2026 A final budget deal reached last week relies largely on AI revenue projections and new taxes to delay social service cuts and shrink future deficits.
Bay Area Alameda County approves $6.7B budget, preserving safety-net services By Nicole Tingson | Bay City News | June 29, 2026 County officials said the budget closes a $91 million deficit without layoffs or major service reductions.
Bay Area They asked 6,000 Californians about inequality and learned how we live with it By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | June 26, 2026 A conversation with the UC Berkeley authors of “Normalizing Inequality: How Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide.”
Elections Billionaire tax, affordable housing: See the measures on California’s November ballot By Yue Stella Yu and Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | June 25, 2026 Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing, and healthcare.