Elections Barbara Lee declares victory in Oakland mayor’s race By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | April 22, 2025 Lee's closest opponent, Loren Taylor, conceded on Friday.
Elections A Fox News host? A sheriff? Is there a Republican who can finally win statewide in California again? By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | April 22, 2025 Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco lead the field of Republicans who hope to snap a long GOP losing streak in next year’s California governor’s race.
Bay Area Keeping California’s lights on will require a major electricity market, partnerships across the West By Michael Wara | CalMatters | April 22, 2025 To get the affordable and reliable clean energy required to run a state like California, we have to build, says climate and energy policy scholar Michael Wara.
berkeley Earth Day by the Bay: Environmental justice themes resonate through scheduled events By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | April 22, 2025 Today is Earth Day, and it is happening on a year the Earth could use a day off.
Bay Area ‘One of a kind’: Bay Area leaders remember Pope Francis’ legacy of mercy, humanity By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | April 21, 2025 Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died Monday in Vatican City after a stroke and heart failure.
homelessness SF tries new tack as overdose deaths spike, taking aim at root causes of drug addiction By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | April 19, 2025 "Every overdose death we have here in the city and county of San Francisco is preventable. It’s unacceptable and it’s tragic."
Bay Area Update: Charlene Wang keeps decisive lead for Oakland council race; voters favor Measure A sales tax By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | April 18, 2025 The winner of Tuesday’s election will represent an area that is roughly east of Lake Merritt and south of Piedmont.
homelessness What happens after a homeless person is arrested for camping? Often, not much By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | April 18, 2025 What’s the point of arresting people at all when the city waits too long to prosecute?
Business & Finance Newsom takes on Trump over tariffs he says are hurting California By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | April 16, 2025 "The President’s chaotic and haphazard implementation of tariffs is not only deeply troubling, it’s illegal,” Attorney General Rob Bonta says.
climate change How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters | April 16, 2025 The death of this bill reiterates how environmentalists’ most aggressive policies regularly fizzle out when Big Labor works on behalf of Big Oil.