California has one of the slowest ballot counts in the country, sometimes taking weeks to complete. The count is getting faster though. A new state law pushed counties to tally most ballots within 13 ...

Contra Costa County has decided to hire private security for election buildings after armed Department of Homeland Security officers hand-delivered a letter to the county clerk, demanding that they ...

An independent financial analysis of Oakland Unified School District highlights major issues with how the district is run.

With an election coming up, KALW headed to San Francisco’s Civic Center to ask people how they feel about voting.

The federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her former romantic partner, Andre Jones, and local businessmen, Andy and David Duong, resumes Monday morning. Nathan Gartrell, a ...

Mission Local's food critic on some neighborhood gems; our panel provides a status check on San Francisco's downtown; the ...

The U.S. has become more politically polarized, but research shows people overestimate their differences and there is 'messy middle' majority of Americans who share overlapping political views.

The judge said he was "deeply troubled" by the mistakes and rushed nature of the case over the FBI's Hunter Biden probes — one of several politically charged DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.

Lifting wallets was part of Turturro's training for the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. In it, he plays a small-time thief who's also the primary caretaker for his ailing wife.

But advocates point out this drop in homeless numbers is happening at the same time the state has ramped up encampment sweeps. They question whether there has actually been a drop in homelessness, or ...

Gas prices aren’t the only thing that’s climbing. Some transit agencies across the Bay Area are seeing a surge in public transit ridership, nearly reaching pre-pandemic levels. But agencies are still ...

Today, with so much at stake in the midterms, we open the phone lines to find out how you are voting. What will you be watching for on election night?