Two candidates are vying to unseat Alameda County Board of Supervisors incumbent Elisa Marquez in the June 2 election.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Historically warm waters in 2014 caused strandings of malnourished birds, sea lions along beaches, worsened drought ...

Climate change is pushing starving gray whales into the San Francisco Bay in unusual numbers, where ship strikes killed at ...

Mushroom poisonings in California have killed four and sickened dozens more in the largest known U.S. outbreak of its kind.

Backers of a lawsuit who claim that state funding to repair and update school facilities illegally favors wealthy school ...

The Oceano Dunes is temporarily closed to off-highway vehicles.

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The candidates for California governor also weigh in on how to prevent people from becoming unhoused in the first place.

Residents were surprised by a 6.0 earthquake that rocked the islands on May 22. People took to social media to post videos ...

Coastal eddies can cause clear skies along the Highway 101 corridor from downtown San Francisco to Redwood City, but enhanced ...

California school districts, including those in Parlier and Firebaugh, are suing the state over alleged construction funding ...