Host of KQED's Bay Curious podcast, Olivia Allen-Price, will be out on maternity leave until October. Katrina Schwartz is filling in as host and senior editor. The two discuss how their experience of the Bay Area has changed since having kids.

Last week, the oil giant Valero announced that it will “idle, restructure, or cease operations” at its Benicia refinery that employs more than 400 workers.

The legislation would require textbooks and teacher training grounded in phonics and other research-based strategies.

She never suspected anything was wrong. Then she applied for her passport and realized the papers that would prove she was a citizen were not just missing — they had never existed in the first place.

A California Republican state senator finds his crime bills getting a warmer welcome this year. Democrats say they’re just responding to their voters.

To mark National Volunteer Week, we want to hear about the local organizations you donate your time to — and why they’re so special.

The Trump administration has sought to implement the rarely used 18th-century wartime law that allows for accelerated removal of foreigners deemed a threat by authorities.