A statewide abortion-fund program that was established in the wake of the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson ...

The landmark California environmental legislation that lawmakers have voted to walk back will allow for crucial ...

A plan to create a secretive infrastructure entity glided through the state Senate. Lawmakers are now backtracking after transparency advocates sounded the alarm.

The city's contract with GLAZA, which governs fundraising, special events and more, ends Tuesday, leaving the zoo in a ...

Whistleblower demands California regulators rescind restructuring of Blue Shield of California, which established a new ...

In short, the Bay Area buzzed with life. To showcase that same vitality, we started Fogcutter, SFGATE’s weekly column of events. Every week, we send our reporters out into the field to cover local ...

While it has a $37.6 billion endowment, Stanford spends only about 5% annually — most of it restricted to specific purposes ...

Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign has piqued the interest of South Asians and Muslims in New York City and beyond. The 33-year-old stunned the political establishment and some in his own ...

The U.S. Catholic Church is grappling with a severe priest shortage. So it's noteworthy that the Diocese of Arlington, ...

After a monthslong process, California's budget nears the finish line, which contains a $321.1 billion spending plan, according to state documents. The budget comes amid what lawmakers say as "massive ...

On the US West Coast, two major philanthropies have pledged to open their purse strings and increase spending with ‘urgency,’ as a response to what has been described as a moment of peril.  The ...

Trump’s move to cancel health research funding would wipe out funding for studies on lung disease, dementia and aging.