Faced with record numbers of people suffering food insecurity, free food distributors in the Bay Area are doing a remarkable job.

The order pre-empts the state’s stay-at-home order, which Gov. Gavin Newsom formally announced Thursday, as hospitalizations surge.

San Mateo, Santa Clara and Contra Costa recorded the highest “self-response” rates among California’s 58 counties.

California officials estimate that jail and prison inmates could have filed close to $1 billion in fraudulent claims for pandemic benefits.

A new index that ranks women’s well-being in all California counties shows South Bay women are the most likely to work low wage jobs in the state.

Statewide, more than 11.2 million voters—at least 2.7 million in the San Francisco Bay Area—cast ballots before Election Day.

It appears that public policy innovator Josh Becker will win the race to replace retiring Sen. Jerry Hill.

Measure RR, which requires a two-thirds vote from three Bay Area counties, looks like it will comfortably pass with all precincts reporting.

Mail-in ballots must be signed and dated and postmarked by Election Day, and received no later than 17 days after Election Day.

Measure RR would fund unprecedented new equity and connectivity policies that were recently approved by the Caltrain board.

The measure coming up on the Nov. 3 ballot is the closest anyone’s gotten to touching the “third rail” of California politics.

Initial damage estimates for the SCU Lightning Complex zone put the loss of cattle and grazing lands at $26 million.

The people affected by one of the largest fires in California history—the SCU Complex—still don’t qualify for FEMA relief.

The fires burning in the mountains south and west of San Jose have pushed 77,000 people to flee from Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties.

California has never seen anything like the lightning fires that struck amid a pandemic, rolling blackouts and a record heatwave.

The fires east of Santa Clara Valley have grown to more than 365,000 acres, making it the largest active fire in California.