Detainee deaths in ICE custody have surged since 2025. The Chronicle is tracking them all here.

A three-bedroom Wine Country estate with a bocce court, a new pool and prized vacation rental status is available to buyers willing to part with a stake in the artificial intelligence tech boom.

Named for a distant war, this Wine Country city is known for its fruit and traffic. But pull over and you’ll find whimsical shops, welcoming locals and sensational ice cream.

In an idyllic Northern California community where redwoods have special protections, one homeowner has earned the ire of neighbors by chopping them down.

The controversial weed killer Roundup is being sprayed in record amounts in California’s forests. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible.

We visited nearly 500 billboards in S.F. and found that nearly half advertised artificial intelligence companies. Our survey shows how AI is reshaping the city.

Critics say the Sonoma Coast region is still recovering from the scars of large historical logging, which continue to choke local waterways with sediment.

A wave of high-rise apartment buildings could transform this Marin County city’s skyline.

A state forensics laboratory in a Bay Area county alerted prosecutors that urine tests conducted between 2016 and 2025 may have resulted in inaccurate alcohol readings.

A state forensics laboratory in a Bay Area county alerted prosecutors that urine tests conducted between 2016 and 2025 may have resulted in inaccurate alcohol readings.

At least 10 people listed as sending letters in favor of an air quality policy change said they have no recollection of doing so and weren’t even aware of the proposal in the Bay Area.

Scott Pike was assigned to pick up the hoses from the Lachman fire. But he said he saw about five areas that were still smoking.

The battle over affordable housing is ramping up in one of the toniest corners of the Bay Area, and Wine Country’s most celebrated chef — French Laundry’s Thomas Keller — has weighed in.

This Bay Area school district is making sweeping cuts in a bid to end its budget crisis and prevent a state takeover. “They need to cut back immediately — they need to stop spending money.”

Trump administration officials had originally said the investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs nurse, was going to be a narrow “use-of-force” inquiry led by the Homeland Security Department.

Immigration enforcement operations and confrontations with activists continued Wednesday morning in Minneapolis and St.

Matter Neuroscience believes the country’s most liberal and conservative cities can talk to each other. They just needed to install a telephone.

A Bay Area solar nonprofit estimates that a set of plug-in solar panels can save renters $500 annually on energy bills.

The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter

California insurers use these hidden rules to slash wildfire payouts. Lawmakers are largely unaware.

A state-led task force assembled to issue smoke damage guidelines includes technical experts who have spent years helping insurers dispute consumers’ smoke-damage claims.

PG&E has begun removing contaminated mud in San Francisco Bay left behind from a long-defunct manufacturing plant, aiming to clean 10 acres between Piers 39 and 43.5.

In California’s far north, an audacious feat of highway engineering is crumbling toward the ocean. The fix is expected to cost upward of $3 billion.

In California’s far north, an audacious feat of highway engineering is crumbling toward the ocean. The fix is expected to cost upward of $3 billion.

Several dozen people reported to the Stockton office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday afternoon after receiving summons, immigrant advocates said.

The Rev. Jorge Bautista was shot in the face by a pepper ball fired by a federal agent and became the face of a Bay Area protest over a looming federal immigration crackdown.

Federal officials have called off a planned immigration enforcement action for the entire Bay Area.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he called off the planned federal deployment to the city after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie.

Law enforcement officials deployed what appeared to be stun grenades to break up a group of protesters attempting to block traffic to Coast Guard Island.

The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.

Fine print in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s last-minute utility legislation shifts Eaton fire costs to customers

Marc Benioff called for the National Guard in S.F. The city doesn’t need the military on its streets. It needs the Salesforce founder to follow his grandfather’s example, Peter Hartlaub...

These wineries just lost their second grape crop in five years to a wildfire in Napa Valley. This time, they hope to sue for damages.

Investigators allege Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht lit a fire early New Year’s Day that was extinguished but smoldering and rekindled days later.

Investigators allege Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht lit a fire early New Year’s Day that was extinguished but smoldering and rekindled days later.