4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (111+ words) Local News Matters Oakland's City Council voted Tuesday to begin a pilot program to disrupt sex work in a section of East Oakland known as "The Blade." In a 6-1-1 vote, with Councilmember Kevin Jenkins abstaining and Councilmember Janani Ramachandran absent…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago  (104+ words) Local News Matters The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to vote on a future date on a resolution that would restrict the county from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The proposal would require the county to restrict…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (196+ words) Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago  (166+ words) Local News Matters Pickup trucks lined University Road at the Hopland Research and Extension Center on the morning of June 30, their drivers gathered in the shade at the edge of a sunny demonstration vineyard to watch a robot that kills…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago  (77+ words) Local News Matters Brentwood has named a longtime cop as its next police chief after he served as interim chief for nearly 10 months, city officials announced this week. Capt. Walter O'Grodnick, a 28-year veteran of the Brentwood Police Department with…...

23+ hour, 3+ min ago  (201+ words) Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (108+ words) Local News Matters The city of Fremont is set to award a roughly $7. 7 million grant to a New Jersey-based internet provider to operate the city's fiber-optic cable network and offer internet service in areas with unreliable or nonexistent broadband access....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (59+ words) Local News Matters Nine city-owned bridges in Fremont will get a new lease on life thanks to a state grant that will fund preventative maintenance. The Fremont City Council will consider giving final approval for the $2. 9 million expenditure when it…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (109+ words) Local News Matters Santa Rosa handles roughly 10, 000 permit applications a year, and starting this week, all of them can be submitted, tracked and paid for without a single trip to City Hall. A permit is the city's official signoff before…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (112+ words) Local News Matters After three years of applying traditional methods to combat a dangerous mosquito species, Contra Costa County officials are trying a new strategy, which on the surface may seem counterintuitive. Starting Wednesday, specially treated male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes…...