Matthew Green

Valero’s Benicia refinery accounts for nearly 20% of the city’s tax base, and its expected shutdown could have a catastrophic impact on the city’s financial health.

City leaders detailed the program’s return after the East Bay Community Foundation and a nonprofit founded by Steph and Ayesha Curry stepped in to save it from Oakland’s budget crisis.

California and a coalition of 19 other Democratic states filed two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold billions in transportation and security funds.

The former member of Congress will lead Oakland at a fraught moment for the perennially underdog city, which faces an acute budget crisis and high rates of crime and homelessness.

Though wind gusts could hit 50 mph on some ridgelines, fire danger is not expected to be a major concern for the Bay Area. However, much of the Central Valley will face heightened risk.

Local organizations are scrambling after hundreds of AmeriCorps staff members were abruptly terminated amid sweeping cuts to the national service program.

This Note builds on the Supreme Court's reasoning in Carpenter v. United States, suggesting that its technology-specific approach may be insufficiently

Two stations in the Oakland Hills have been closed since January, and a third station in the Grand Lake area has been offline since 2022.

The Bay Area transit agency’s fare enforcement efforts have recovered minimal revenue, furthered racial disparities and largely failed to make riders feel safer, the report found.

The Solano County city’s leaders are proposing task forces to address the potential fallout of a Valero refinery closure.