Lisa Fernandez

A sea lion blocked the road in Sonoma County on Monday morning, as traffic gawkers looked and marine mammal center crews worked to get the animal out of harm’s way.

A Sikh comedian who was performing at UC Berkeley over the weekend tweeted that the Transportation Security Administration made him take off his turban in private during the screening process, but then walk in public with his bare head to retie the traditional head covering in the bathrooom.

As the San Francisco 49ers’ new home, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, gets ready to host Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, the development company building a new mixed-used complex released time-lapse video of Candlestick Park being torn apart.

Golden State Warriors nab the NBA title in a 129-120 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington held a job fair for older workers and provide education, training and resources.

Rhino Lightning arrived at the Humane Society of Utah last week, with a spiral notebook filled back to front with a child’s notes about the dog — a “striped dream,” as the adoring author put it, the “Today” show reported....
Addressed to Rhino’s new family, the letter says the animal’s “cheeks make a lot of slobber.” He is “a good dog...

Water levels were at 32 feet below the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam, Thursday morning, dropping by six feet from the night before, state officials said, as a storm began raining down Thursday morning.

A 30-year-old woman was charged with a hate crime after police and prosecutors say she broke windows and left bacon —a taboo for observant Muslims — on the door handle of a mosque in Davis, California.

President Donald Trump said he would cut off federal funding to California — a threat he also made about the University of California, Berkeley last week after a wild protest — if legislators vote to become a sanctuary state, he said Sunday in a Fox News interview just before the Super Bowl.

San Francisco’s City Attorney on Tuesday announced he’s suing Donald Trump, saying the president doesn’t understand the Constitution as it relates to executive orders and sanctuary cities.

Democrats in the California Senate ramped up their fight Tuesday against President Donald Trump, advancing bills that would create a statewide sanctuary for people in the country illegally, provide money to pay lawyers for immigrants facing deportation and hamper any attempt to create a Muslim registry.

For the first time in nearly a quarter century, the 12,000 minors who were fined and charged with being truant will be given amnesty on Friday by the Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Gov. Jerry Brown delivered an aggressive defense on Tuesday of California’s liberal policies on immigration, health care and climate change during his State of the State address, vowing to fight the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress if they threaten to roll back state policies.

The most famous concrete ship on the West Coast suffered yet another casualty over the weekend as explosive surf, brutal storms and record-setting waves lashed at its core.

Gabriel DeVault flew a drone over the SS Palo Alto on January 21, 2017 as storms ate the stern of “The Cement Ship.”

Students and parents are raising concerns after pro-Nazi fliers appeared on printers around the UC Berkeley campus that also championed the day that Donald Trump is sworn in as president. A Jewish mother, who asked to be called Mary for fear of retribution and who lives in the San Fernando Valley, said her daughter is a freshman at Cal. She...