Aaron Kinney

Massive storm threatens flooding, from Russian River to Yosemite

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Already soggy Northern California will be hit by a powerful storm this weekend that could deliver some of the worst flooding in years to California, especially at Yosemite National Park,...

California awakes to shocking new political landscape

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

California woke up Wednesday to a stunning new reality: Republican Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, with congressional majorities that will empower him to pursue...

State to launch accounts for workers without pensions, 401(k)s

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO >> Faced with a possible epidemic of poverty-stricken seniors, California is poised to launch an ambitious program to enroll nearly 7 million low- and middle-income workers who lack pensions...

Christopher Ray, of San Francisco, brings in a cardboard cutout of Sen. Bernie Sanders during a primary night party at Lost & Found beer garden in Oakland. - Jane Tyska — Bay Area News Group

Clinton’s big win: Why were the polls so wrong?

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

A trio of polls showed a tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in California, but by early Wednesday morning it was clear Clinton, who claimed the Democratic nomination...

Marijuana clones are for sale at the Harborside Health Center medical marijuana dispensary in San Jose. - LiPo Ching — Bay Area News Group

Measure to legalize pot headed for November ballot

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO >> California voters will decide this November whether to decriminalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, calling the looming vote a...

Trump’s convention entrance was like ‘crossing the border’

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BURLINGAME >> After making a bizarre entrance to the California Republican convention, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump hit some familiar notes in a speech to delegates, touting himself as the...

For California Republicans, a rare moment in the sun

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BURLINGAME >> For years California Republicans have staggered through the desert, ragged and forgotten. But this weekend they will brush the sand from their clothes and skip into a sparkling...

Crab fisherman Don Marshall holds one of the crabs he caught on the Janet E. at Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Marshall and his crew pulled about 36 pots netting around 200 crabs on the opening day of the season. - John Green — Bay Area News Group

Toxic algae could delay Dungeness crab season

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

PRINCETON-BY-THE-SEA >> Bay Area fishermen are worried that the Dungeness crab season could be delayed by high levels of a naturally occurring toxin that’s harmful to humans.State officials are testing...

Radioactive WWII aircraft carrier found off coast

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

HALF MOON BAY >> In a ghostly reminder of the Bay Area’s nuclear heritage, scientists announced Thursday they have captured the first clear images of a radioactivity-polluted World War II...

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