Visit museums, watch movies, catch a band performance or take a dance lesson. There’s plenty of free things to do across the region.

Fifty years have passed since the Yuba City High School bus crash in Martinez claimed 29 lives. Survivors and those who ...

California is the ultimate playground for road trippers. POINT BLANK! Honestly, I didn’t realize just how spoiled we are here ...

Thousands of Californians are expected to gather in the streets on Friday for May Day protests in solidarity with workers. The organization May Day Strong has close to 750 events planned across the ...

ELK GROVE, California — A hot air balloon drifting above a Northern California casino event suddenly veered off course and struck part of the building. The incident happened around 12:15 p.m. Monday ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MAY 6: Beachgoers stop to look at a dead California gray whale that washed ashore at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif., Monday, May 6, 2019. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) ...

Organizers across the Bay Area and throughout California are hosting events to celebrate 4/20. The biggest event in San Francisco is SF Space Walk, a week-long celebration of cannabis, where seven ...

There’s a fishing village on the Sonoma Coast where the boats dock at dawn and your dinner plate is loaded by lunch. Bodega Bay, California doesn’t advertise much because honestly, the crabs do all ...