Sarah Ravani

For 50 years, Bay Area families flooded into this region for spacious homes and good schools. But the growth in school enrollment has cratered in neighboring districts, forcing painful cuts.

Oakland’s police chief announced his resignation, adding to the department’s two decades of turmoil and scandal.

The Tri-Valley, made up of San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore, has some of the fastest-growing cities in California, wooing families with great schools, open spaces and large homes. But growth has brought challenges.

As Bay Area cities brace for the loss of federal relief money, the mayor of an East Bay city is attempting an interesting approach to fund vital services: pressuring businesses to pay up.

“The way these firings have been handled reflects the Trump administration’s full belief that it can act with impunity,” former U.S. Immigration Judge Kyra Lilien said.

The Alameda County transit agency announced bus line changes that affect 3 million monthly riders starting Sunday. 

A raid by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents of a Home Depot sparked outrage that the federal government could be violating a court order blocking widespread immigration sweeps in California.

A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Tuesday that the man “is in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”

Organizers of events throughout the Bay Area and California have been canceling or postponing activities for Latino residents due to increased fears that ICE could target them.

Laborers hired for jobs by customers looking for skilled help at a low price are fearful that the public way they solicit work might make them targets of President Trump’s mass deportation effort.

Advocates estimate dozens of people have been arrested in the Bay Area this month in stepped-up operations by federal immigration authorities amid a deportation push by the Trump administration.

Bay Area groups that advocate for immigrants said they are preparing for a fight, saying that Trump administration’s strategy has extended beyond countries with Muslim majorities and African...

Federal immigration officers arrested at least two people Thursday at an immigration court in San Francisco, advocates said.

$100 million investment set for an Oakland neighborhood to address homelessness, public safety, housing costs and more

The city asked police officers and management staff to defer their 3% raises this year...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee promised to “address the moral disgrace” of homelessness,...

Some blame PG&E power lines. Officials suspect a pellet or BB gun. But so far, no one...

Mayor-elect Barbara Lee selects Oakland native and progressive politico Miya Saika Chen as chief of staff.

Property tax hike proposed by Oakland Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins to patch budget gap

As Oakland clears persistent homeless encampments, thousands of people remain on the streets