Bay Area Interim Oakland mayor announces city budget proposal will be 4 days late By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 2, 2025 Barbara Lee will replace Jenkins, who is standing in for former mayor Sheng Thao, who was ousted in a November recall election.
Housing California lawmakers kill bid to force HOAs to follow open meeting laws By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | May 2, 2025 The lawmakers who voted “no” or who didn’t vote did not explain their rationale during the nine minutes the bill was discussed.
California See you in court: 100 days in, California suing Trump at almost double pace of his first term By Nigel Duara | CalMatters | May 1, 2025 The deluge means California now finds itself fighting in court to preserve the status quo — playing defense, not offense.
Bay Area San Francisco supervisors sound alarm on economic toll of traffic collisions during rally By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | May 1, 2025 A recent report revealed that in the last five years, traffic collisions have cost San Francisco residents a total of $2.5 billion.
Bay Area Ex-exec director of East Oakland boxing nonprofit pleads guilty to fraud, tax evasion By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News | April 30, 2025 Howard Solomon, executive director for the East Oakland Boxing Association, caused a tax loss to the IRS of approximately $287,185.
china ‘It will hit all of us’: Chinatown merchants say tariff impacts may be worse than pandemic By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 30, 2025 Governor Gavin Newsom is trying to negotiate different types of trade agreements on behalf of California.
Bay Area Trump cuts millions in California crime prevention grants: ‘This was a sledgehammer’ By Cayla Mihalovich | CalMatters | April 29, 2025 "These programs literally save lives – not just for the victims, but for our entire communities.”
climate change East Bay congressional reps rip EPA as nearly $40 million in Bay Area grants threatened By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | April 28, 2025 They also cited rulings that the executive branch, of which the EPA is a part, cannot legally cancel a grant appropriated by Congress.
Bay Area Judge orders halt to Trump plan to freeze federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | April 28, 2025 The same judge struck down a similar funding freeze under Trump administration in 2018.
environment East Bay regional parks tighten watercraft inspections to keep invasive mussels out By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | April 26, 2025 The policy change follows the first known occurrence of golden mussels in North America in October 2024.