The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that the 2025 death of a woman one week after her arrest by Brentwood police was caused by a stroke and not by police restraint, ending a year-long investigation into her death. “While incredibly tragic, Yolanda Ramirez died from a s...
Voters in five Bay Area counties overwhelmingly supported a new sales tax, to provide a financial lifeline to public transit. 61 percent voted yes on the regional transit measure. 39 percent, no....
President Donald Trump's new White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, is behind many of the administration's signature domestic policy initiatives — especially its sweeping crackdown on immigration....
The new congressman's path from closeted New Jersey teen to LGBTQ+ trailblazer mirrors a generation of struggle — and halting progress — in San Francisco politics....
From local battles on Sunset Dunes and Pelosi’s replacement to state measures on billionaires and voting rights, these maps show political divides in the city and state....