Shomik Mukherjee covers Oakland, with a focus on local politics, developments and activism. He previously reported in Contra Costa County and before joining the Bay Area News Group he worked in Eureka ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...

Miami Hurricanes linebacker Adarius Hayes was among the injured in a two-car crash that left two children dead and caused several other people to need hospitalization, ...

The crash remains under investigation and anyone with information or footage of the crash is asked to contact Trooper Michael ...

President Joe Biden forced a shake-up of the 2024 election calendar, moving South Carolina’s primary ahead of contests in ...

Even if the “drip” (Gen Z slang for stylish clothes and their accessories) emphasizes fashion over function, particularly ...

The second largest shark species in the world is being spotted close to the Bay State coast, according to shark researchers. Multiple basking sharks were seen off Plymouth Friday morning. Shark ...

About half of U.S. adults approve of how President Donald Trump is handling transgender issues, according to a new poll — a ...

Liam McNeeley hopes to become UConn’s fourth lottery pick in the last three years, and can help his draft stock at the NBA ...

By STEPHEN WADE You’re too busy to exercise, right? Your job consumes all your time. You’re strapped by professional and ...

Composer Brian Field has teamed up with poet Amanda Gorman to present a musical setting of Gorman’s poem “Hymn for the ...

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included ...