Next week, Contra Costa, Sonoma and Napa counties will also conduct homeless counts. Preliminary results are expected to be released in the spring or summer. The Bay Area’s other five counties will ...

Residents of Suba North constituency, in Homa Bay county are reeling in shock after discovering the mutilated body of a woman ...

Dust off that old family photo album to share some local memories with The Press Democrat readers. Just before the digital age took hold of America, average families captured precious memories on film ...

Silicon Valley residents are making more money over the past decade, but those gains have been far outpaced by the rising cost of housing and other living expenses.

With many families not able to make ends meet and turn the heat on or live without a permanent roof over their heads, Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties have opened up their cold weather shelters for ...

A Napa County man died after a medical emergency while mountain biking at Boggs Mountain forest, a popular Northern California destination.

We use around 15 to 20 spices in our chicken and beef,” said Roni Matar, son of Wally’s Cafe’s namesake founder, Walid Matar, a former dentist turned chef and restaurateur.

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews were doing work this week well ahead of the beginning of fire season to decrease the risk of wildfires in vegetation-dense East Bay neighborhoods.

The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the Otay Mountains of San Diego's South Bay near the border.

A Santa Clara County hazard mitigation report analyzes different disaster threats and how they could affect residents and infrastructure.

A North Bay man who served prison time for having pipe bombs has been arrested and charged again for allegedly possessing materials to make explosive devices, authorities said.