The state is the biggest to approve solar panels that plug into walls, giving residents a cheaper way to generate their own electricity.

Lee balanced the city's budget with no layoffs but lost big when voters rejected Measure E. She's running in the November election, and hoping voters change the City Charter to give her more power.

A new law requires stringent environmental review and mitigation measures for the controversial fossil fuel export project.

A federal judge rejected a coal company's argument that it is owed hundreds of millions of dollars because of the city's opposition to the planned West Oakland coal terminal.

The Riders case exposed brutal beatings and corruption. After many setbacks and new scandals, a federal judge ruled the city can finally take back full control of OPD.

Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.

Economists had taken a recent drop in Black unemployment as a hopeful sign that job gains were lifting a broad share of workers.

He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.

The mostly Democratic-led states say that the E.P.A. acted unlawfully when it erased Biden-era limits on carbon dioxide from coal- and gas-fired plants.

Hispanic voters are souring on Republicans. Here’s why.

The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared.

As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.

From dorms with 1,000-plus beds to a $560 million academic building focused on “AI-driven discovery,” 15 major Cal projects are recently completed or in the development pipeline.

Alito will sit out the first case the Supreme Court hears this term after facing calls from the left to do so because he owns stock in oil companies. He had previously pushed back.

As their midterm picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune.

It’s Sept. 28 — 36 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.

The president might be supercharging what already looked like a blue wave.

Jonas Birgersson, a Swedish entrepreneur, wants to use decentralized networks modeled on the internet to transform how electricity is distributed.

Texas and even Florida are the places to watch in November if a polling pattern holds.

Elected officials joined staff and residents of The Black Panther Apartments to announce legal action.

The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.

Triple Rock Brewery, opened in 1986 by brothers John and Reid Martin, has announced it will shut down before the end of the year.

The Port previously signed an agreement for the site with the Athletics before the team decided to move to Las Vegas.

Advocates gathered at Oakland City Hall and across the Bay Area to begin a six-week push to pass a $14 billion measure to bail out BART, AC Transit.

The results of this week’s exceptionally close election dealt a blow to far-right nationalists, who have gained ground elsewhere.

In “Profiles in Cowardice,” Jacob Weisberg offers a grim twist on John F. Kennedy’s collection of heroic biographies.

The storied blues and punk venue appealed to patrons to contact city leaders and said they hope the closure is temporary.

The bipartisan measure targets financing for Russia’s war against Ukraine as attacks intensify. It passed the House over the objections of Democrats who opposed handing President Trump new tariff powe...

A look back at the good, the bad and the bizarre from the battles that helped set the stage for the coming midterms.

Despite disagreements on Israel, more than a dozen Democratic senators huddled in Washington with the Michigan Senate nominee and emerged sounding optimistic.

With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.

The measure would direct state regulators to consider rules requiring data centers to cover higher energy costs, but it would not compel them to do so.

The Federal Reserve’s first increase to interest rates since July 2023 comes less than two months before the midterm elections.

The bloc’s offer of “associate member” status to Ottawa shows how U.S. allies are pulling closer together. But their plans face significant obstacles.

Canada and the European Union have been confronting an increasingly challenging relationship with the United States under President Trump.

OPINION: Basic geometry dictates that there are too many of us living in too narrow confines for everyone to drive. The Bay Area needs its transit systems solvent, the editorial board writes.

4th State is responsible for hundreds of well known sculptures around the world, across the country, and right here.

Rising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that loves long road trips.

The jacuzzi. The dog park. The polygraph machine. Single-family zoning. The term “Asian American.” Indigenous Peoples’ Day. And much more.

Even some Republicans are losing faith in Trump’s economy, a New York Times/Siena poll found, and Democrats were favored on the top issues as the sprint to the midterms gets underway.

The former Holy Names University is being rented as a film location, and dozens of productions have already arrived. It’s unclear how long it will last.

Despite low popularity ratings, Mr. Johnson said he wanted to double down on his progressive agenda and focus on improving life for working-class residents.

Fife is asking the council for a 45-day pause while the city works to understand potential impacts and considers new policies and regulations for the AI industry.

Mayor Daniel Lurie wants to combat evictions in the city, which has the nation’s highest rent increases.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would sue the newspaper Haaretz after it reported that the Emirati president had warned him Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.

The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.

The ruling deferred to the state’s Supreme Court, which had invalidated G.O.P.-friendly district lines, saying voters must first have an opportunity to approve the map in a statewide referendum.

An unexpected request from President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a stark reminder that the cost of the war will rise, challenging Europe.