A $50,000 donation presented by Steph and Ayesha Curry is among the money that the former executive director of the East Oakland Boxing Association is accused of embezzling.

Anxiety spreads as the Trump administration revokes over 1,000 student visas, including in the Bay Area. Many international learners fill jobs in science and technology.

Ridwell, a pickup service aiming to recycle items that wouldn't be otherwise, has grown rapidly since coming to the Bay Area 3 years ago. Can such companies grow into viable businesses while fulfilling promises to divert junk from landfills?

The proposed legislation exempts certain housing projects from some of the rules laid out by the California Environmental Quality Act, known as CEQA.

Regal jumping spiders train themselves from a young age to become masterful hunters. From the day they leave mom’s silk nest, the tiny spiderlings practice, practice, practice, using some of the best vision in the animal world, athletic leaps, sharp fangs and lethal venom.

Barbara Lee’s backing in flatland neighborhoods, including West Oakland, Uptown and Fruitvale, helped her become Oakland’s next mayor.

More than 12 years after the Chevron fire in Richmond, regulators are poised to weaken two key regulations that had been challenged in court by the Western States Petroleum Association.