The Milken Institute’s annual report gauges the best cities based on metrics including job and wage growth, affordability and other economic factors.

California, the Golden State, is synonymous with stunning beaches, innovative tech hubs and Hollywood glamour. As the most populous state in the U.S., California is home to some of the nation's largest and most influential cities.

SAN JOSE — Hotel development nosedived in California and the Bay Area in 2024, fresh evidence the statewide lodging market still suffers from an array of post-coronavirus economic maladies, a new report shows.

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a driver in East San Jose late Monday night, in the city's first traffic death of the year.

From cringe-inducing surgical procedures to strange proto-technology and cultural museums, this free park is definitely worth a visit.

The multiple wildfires burning in Los Angeles County are too large for one fire department to battle alone. Fire agencies from around the state and Bay Area are sending help.

Development pipeline dries up as 75% fewer properties opened last year in region, with outlook it will get worse.

A year-end survey released this week from lodging consultancy Atlas Hospitality counted just four new hotels across the nine-county Bay Area opening in 2024, down from 12 new hotels in 2023. Statewide, California in 2024 had the fewest new hotels and rooms deliver to market since 2014, and about 34% fewer new hotels than in 2023.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is working to help supply Californians with free diapers. He is looking to set aside more than $7 million in this year's budget and $12.5 million next year to provide a three-month supply of diapers to families with newborns -- regardless of income.

A smattering of protests and demonstrations are planned throughout the Bay Area this weekend ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Trump will start his second term

The Duong Family owns Cal Waste Solutions, Oakland's recycling company, which also provides junk pick-up in San Jose, and an integrated waste management facility in their native Vietnam.

More than 20 people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn't known as the fires continue to burn.