East Bay residents mourned the two victims of a mass shooting at a downtown Oakland bar early Saturday morning — an eighth-grade teacher and a young father — according to friends and family of the ...

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

Paul Staley shares about how examining old photographs helped him reflect on previous memories. A recent effort to reorganize our attic uncovered some boxes of old pictures. These were photos from the ...

Kids sports has become a pressure cooker of flared tempers and bad behavior. How does one develop sportsmanship when winning has become so important?

In Armaveni, Nadine works occasionally at the shop, showcasing her industriousness and cultural curiosity. An inquisitive young girl, she pesters her parents to explain why her grandmother’s eyes “are ...

Why did our ancestors ditch the shell and start growing babies inside their bodies instead? In this episode of Big Ideas, from the team behind Deep Look, Niba zooms out to explore one of evolution’s ...

A Bay Area mother and her two young children, one of whom has severe disabilities, were arrested by federal immigration officers in San Francisco this week and deported.

San Francisco punk legend Jello Biafra has been hospitalized following a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure, according to a statement posted on his Facebook page. The former Dead ...

The settlement with the Pham family is the last remaining lawsuit stemming from the turmoil at Laguna Honda while it faced potential closure.

The East Bay school district’s teachers union launched an open-ended strike after failing to reach a deal with Dublin Unified School District over the weekend.

A Silicon Valley carpenter was left gravely disabled after his detainment. He's now separated from his family.

Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of ...