Climate and energy affordability could be an under-the-radar issue to watch in next year’s midterm elections.

Three new state laws target puppy resellers and middlemen and strengthen consumer protections.

Check when your last train or bus home will be after New Year's Eve events in the Bay Area. (Your ticket might be free, too.)

Volunteers are still needed to help with food and clothing distribution.

The more accessible alternative to rooftop solar can hang from an apartment balcony, out a window, or be tented in the backyard.

The law creates an array of measures to educate school staff, beef up reporting requirements and stop teachers credibly accused of abuse from getting jobs at other districts.

San Mateo adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%.