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Our brutal Bay Area heat wave is now in its fifth day. Extreme heat was increasing fire danger in the North Bay Saturday and many folks were seeking shade and just trying to cope."We're still all hands on deck," said Jason Clay from Cal Fire.Cal Fire crews jumped on a wildfire Saturday, north of Geyserville in Sonoma County. The so-called Pocket Fire burned 12 acres before it was contained. Red Flag conditions and extreme heat are keeping firefighters busy across the North Bay and the state this weekend.On Tuesday, The Toll Fire in Napa County was stopped at 40 acres...

We’re back with our roundup of education news from around The Town, the Bay Area, state, and nation for your weekend reading. This is a Dirk favorite and one of the last blogs he published for Great School Voices. Here’s what’s been going on:. Here in Oakland...

Swim facilities, shoreline regional parks remain open. Parks previously closed by the East Bay Regional Park District will remain closed through Saturday and will reopen Sunday morning. Some hill and inland East Bay Regional Parks were closed on Tuesday, July 2, due to extreme fire conditions and excessive heat. Park...

SAN DIEGO – Former California Assemblywoman Mary Chung Hayashi has written a guidebook for women seeking political office, discussing some formidable obstacles to their success and some strategies for winning. The book is divided into three major parts: “Inspiration,” “Barriers” and “Achieving Gender Parity.”

Times Media Group (TMG), the fast-growing publisher of more than 60 publications and websites across Arizona and California, has acquired two well-known Southern California news groups: Laguna Beach-based Firebrand Media and Century Media Group, which serves multiple Inland Empire communities. Steve Strickbine, president of Times Media Group, which owns the...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CITY COUNCIL … The council is not meeting this week. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION … The commission plans to consider approving a vesting tentative map to allow for a subdivision of a 4.5-acre parcel at the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park to facilitate the park’s redevelopment. The commission also plans to consider zoning amendments relating to parking and loading zones near transit stops. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 916 4155 9499.

Angel City fell 2–1 at home tonight against NJ/NY Gotham FC following first-half goals for the visitors by forward Crystal Dunn and midfielder Delaney Sheehan, and a second-half penalty goal by ACFC forward Claire Emslie. Goalkeeper DiDi Haračić saw action early in the game when in the third minutes,...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. In the 12 years that I’ve been doing this column, I’ve reported on some tragic news, such as the untimely deaths of some Jewish chefs. While this isn’t at that same level, the rise and fall of Solomon’s Delicatessen stands out as a sad tale to me, mostly as an example of the risks of the restaurant business. There was so much excitement around the deli, which took so much longer than expected to open, and then … the pandemic.

Help keep One Green Planet free and independent! Together we can ensure our platform remains a hub for empowering ideas committed to fighting for a sustainable, healthy, and compassionate world. Please support us in keeping our mission strong. Ken Wayne, a beloved Bay Area television anchor for over 30 years,...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Saturday was the first of the two free fishing days of 2024 in California -- a great time to get out to the water to see if you could make the perfect cast."Fishing remains hugely popular in California. We have such diverse populations. We have the ocean, lakes and rivers," said Peter Tira, spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. "We want to get people outside. We want people to be out in nature."Tira says these are the two days out of the year where you don't need a license to fish in the state."We...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... JUST FRIENDS … Palo Alto already has eight “sister” cities around the world and one “sibling” city in Indiana (Bloomington), but in June the city welcomed a new type of municipal relationship: a “friendship” city. The City Council unanimously approved its first friendship cities agreement on June 17 with Narok, a community of about 45,000 residents in southwest Kenya. Situated next to the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok serves as the capital of a county whose name it shares and is home to the Massai, an indigenous community. According to a report from City Manager Ed Shikada, Narok only became a municipality in October 2019 as its population rapidly increased. The friendship was spearheaded by Barb Mackraz, CEO of the local nonprofit Oliveseed Foundation, which helps build libraries, science labs and other educational facilities in the Maasai Mara region. Mackraz also serves on the board of Neighbors Abroad, the nonprofit that administers Palo Alto’s sister, sibling and now friendship programs. The main difference between the nascent “friendship” program and the existing sister and sibling programs is the level of involvement. Siblings last forever, friendships have a three-year limit, with an option to renew. “Palo Alto often receives requests from communities abroad requesting a Sister City or other relationship with Palo Alto and the City acknowledges that the Sister City level of engagement with that number of additional communities abroad would be difficult to manage,” Shikada’s report states. “The City Council created the Friendship City Program to address these requests as a lighter-touch connection with the City of Palo Alto not intended to be an ongoing long-term relationship with new cities which should not require significant commitments by the city or Neighbors Abroad.” Otherwise, friendship cities will enjoy the same types of activities that define existing partnerships. A description of the proposed partnership notes that the Narok program is expected to involve student exchanges and joint conversations about sustainability best practices. According to Neighbors Abroad, Narok is already in the planning stages of student exchanges through Hidden Villa, a nonprofit that runs summer camps and focuses on sustainability.

A TikTok video has gone viral of a California woman and she was shocked how Texans act at the Waterpark. She comes from California and could not believe that Texans just leave their belongings unattended while they enjoy the Waterpark. Nobody rummages or steals anything and goes about their day. She ends the video with "...and that is why we moved to Texas!" Welcome to Texas, psychollly! The comments are fantastic.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and...

California’s Santa Barbara County is battling a dangerous wildfire that has burned over 12,000 acres, prompting mass evacuations from the famed wine tasting region. Blistering heat is fueling the state’s fires, with record-breaking heat gripping the nation from coast-to-coast. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports.

(KRON) — More than 1,000 pounds of fish died at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont this week, a city official told KRON4. Officials said fish in the lake were breathing one-fifth of their normal oxygen levels. Fremont Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs Geneva Bosques said the deaths are due to the heat. There are usually […]

A terrifying map has shown the current status of a raging wildfire in California, as the state battles with numerous blazes. The French Fire in Mariposa County is currently 25 per cent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). At the time of writing, the 908-acre blaze has attracted over 1,000 people, four helicopters and 107 fire engines to try and tackle it.

Klay Thompson will always be remembered as a Golden State Warrior. Maybe Dallas lets him re-write the narrative of the past couple of years that he feels has gone awry, but a decade that’s not how most of us will remember Thompson. He will be remembered as one of the great shooters the game has ever seen, a strong defender (pre-injuries), and a four-time champion with the most laid-back of attitudes.

LOS ANGELES - A blistering heat wave blanketing parts of Southern California is expected to extend through the weekend, pushing temperatures well past 100 degrees in valleys and inland areas while continuing to create dangerous fire conditions across the state. Temperatures in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys on...