A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors.

In the San Gabriel Canyon, high winds reignited the smoldering Bridge fire, prompting the closure of San Gabriel Canyon Road, ...

Firefighting crews took advantage of calmer weather Sunday to increase containment of a small wildfire in Oakland, California ...

Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, we don’t have an abundance of baby pygmy hippos. But we do have a bunch of zoos and ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — They began arriving at the Oakland Coliseum at 6 a.m. Thursday, and were pounding Jägermeister shots by 6:30. Nearly 11 hours later, with burning throats and eyes filled with ...