Well over a century after this wealthy suburban enclave spurned annexation by Oakland to preserve its distinct identity, it remains one of the Bay Area’s most controversial cities.
A wealthy beach town is experiencing more trash on the streets, near-perpetual gridlock along a retail corridor and residential neighborhoods overrun with parked cars due to “overtourism.”
After three years of road closures, business in Big Sur is booming, with a flood of tourists that has led Monterey County to ban parking along a popular viewpoint.
It’s got a central location, but a “perfect storm” of demographic factors has led this Bay Area city to one of the state’s biggest population declines.
A San Francisco native is headed back to an Israeli prison for again attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza with a boat carrying supplies and humanitarian aid workers.
