California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state’s nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned the elderly to stay away from cruise ships as he pondered measures to restrict cruise travel off the California coast.

Thousands of increasingly bored and restless passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the coronavirus waited for their turn Tuesday to get off the vessel and go into two weeks of quarantine at military bases around the U.S.

A couple who was aboard a cruise ship carrying passengers who tested positive for coronavirus has filed a $1 million lawsuit, alleging that the company exposed them to the disease. Ronald Weissberger, 74, and his wife, Eva Weissberger, 69, of Broward County, Florida, boarded the Grand Princess in San Francisco on Feb. 21 for what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation to...

As the U.S. death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor of Oakland sought Sunday to reassure the public that none of the passengers from a ship carrying people with the virus will be released into the public before undergoing a 14-day quarantine. The Grand Princess carrying more than 3,500 people…

Members of the Golden State Warriors joined a peace walk in Oakland Friday to draw attention to the need for healing from violence in the city. The multi-part event included a private conversation for gun violence prevention advocates, featuring former Phoenix suburbs-area U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Warriors players Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green and Warriors head coach Steve...

Their school is temporarily closed, but that doesn’t mean some McClymonds High School students are slacking off.

An East Bay oral surgeon has been charged with a slew of sex crimes involving children, including one child as young as nine.

Technology isn’t just for humans anymore. It’s also for their furry friends....
In Silicon Valley and beyond, a growing number of startups are selling devices to keep pets safe, healthy, entertained and connected when their owners are away. “Pet tech” entrepreneurs and investors see a big opportunity as pet ownership grows and owners show a willingness to spend serious money on...

While there are many reasons why it might not work out with your shelter pet, shelters are always happy to take them back. And problems that seem insurmountable at first can be cleared up with a couple of tips from a shelter worker. “No doubt they’ve heard it before,” one animal behaviorist says.

Oakland Police Department Chief Anne Kirkpatrick has been fired after three years on the job, the Oakland Police Commission confirmed late Thursday.

With business in Chinatown dropping amid coronavirus fears, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf joined business leaders to urge people to shop and dine in Chinatown.

Fears about the coronavirus have impacted businesses in Oakland, specifically in Chinatown. Local restaurant owners said that business is down, though Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said that it is safe to visit these places. There are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Oakland. Christie Smith reports.

On the evening of Valentine’s Day, dozens of Oakland tenants and their supporters chose a San Francisco restaurant and hotel owned by their landlord to protest increasing rents.

Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee was criminally charged with impersonating a pharmacist and illegally filling more than 745,000 prescriptions in the San Francisco Bay Area.

A big-rig carrying 16,000 pounds of boxed avocado overturned on northbound Highway 13 just south of Joaquine Miller Road in Oakland, the CHP reported.

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday moved to approve an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from asking about a potential tenant’s criminal history or rejecting them out of hand for having a record.

Homeless mothers who were evicted last week from an Oakland, California, house where they were squatting plan to move back after speculators agreed to sell the property to a nonprofit organization, it was announced Monday.

In a bold effort to build temporary housing in Oakland, a group called Right to Exist Curbside is building a temporary camp on East 12th Street. The group said the city’s approaches to homelessness are not working.

Calling California’s homeless crisis a public health issue, hospital giant Kaiser Permanente on Friday pledged $25 million to a new state fund aimed at getting people off the streets.