+2 Guest Perspectives The missing piece in California’s housing boom: Childcare By Ellen Kamei and Christine Padilla Jun 12, 2026 When California communities talk about infrastructure, the conversation usually centers on roads, water systems, broadband and undeniably hous…
Guest Perspectives The chemicals we pretend aren’t there By Shruti Dhapodkar Jun 5, 2026 Recently, in Orange County, tens of thousands of people spent five days away from home. A tank at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove began …
Local News Featured Invasive grapevine-killing pest found in hundreds of Bay Area plants By Kiley Russell Bay City NewsUpdated May 27, 2026 Bay Area agriculture officials are on high alert after a Fresno County nursery imported a dangerous grapevine pest into the region via Costco …
+2 Local News Featured Mixed votes for Bay Area ban on gas water heaters By Ana Mata, Daily Journal staff Updated Jun 9, 2026 A regional board on which two San Mateo County supervisors sit agreed to delay a ban on natural gas water heaters, but the county’s representa…
+2 Local News Featured Rediscovering the Peninsula: Southern Pacific Railroad Rediscovering the Peninsula May 9, 2026 The first attempt to finance a line from San Francisco to San Jose failed due to a financial depression in 1855. Another attempt was made a fe…
Bay Area Former Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf named Bay Area Council CEO Bay City NewsUpdated Apr 13, 2026 Libby Schaaf, the former mayor of Oakland, has been appointed president and CEO of the Bay Area Council following a national search, the regio…
Local News South San Francisco to probe air quality: East Side at top of priority list By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Apr 13, 2026 Air quality and its impact on residents on the east side of South San Francisco will be in focus for the City Council this year after it was r…