All three cities are dealing with similar problems of vacant offices and homelessness, including enormous budget shortfalls ...

As home values in much of the East Bay and South Bay have surged by over 50% in the past five years, values in parts of San Francisco and Oakland have fallen precipitously. In interviews with this ...

(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A Southwest airplane departs from the Oakland International Airport as the San Francisco’s Sutro Tower stands in the background seen from San Leandro, Calif., on ...

Andy Wang was inspired to clean up litter during the pandemic when he saw just how many streets were covered in trash.

Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted to prohibit landlords from rejecting a prospective tenant because of a criminal record. ... Through a background check, ... BAY AREA'S HOME PAGE.

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 ...

Oakland's ordinance is the strictest of its kind in the state, covering both public and private housing. Oakland bans criminal background checks on potential tenants - Los Angeles Times ...