Contra Costa County is looking for a new auditor-controller.  Robert Campbell announced his retirement this week after more than three decades working for ...

Scrambling to respond to the Trump administration’s late Monday night directive to pause a wide, but as-yet-unspecified, swath of federal spending ...

Allocations from California’s State Water Project continue to slowly trend upwards this winter, with water managers announcing a 5% increase in requested ...

Oakland Zoo has three new orphaned mountain lion cubs.  The zoo said Wednesday on social media the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) ...

Local News Matters brings community coverage to the SF Bay Area so that the people, places and topics that deserve more attention get it. Our nonprofit newsroom is supported by the generosity of ...

AS SAN JOSE crunches the numbers in its upcoming budget, a larger than expected shortfall looms on the horizon, along with another round of department ...