Encompass Community Services has temporarily closed Head Start centers in Watsonville as the program awaits funding.

Meet three UC alums who combined their own ambition and big ideas with a UC education and on-campus entrepreneurial resources ...

Diwali, the vibrant festival of lights celebrated in Hinduism and other religions, will become an official state holiday in California next year. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the new law on Monday as ...

Residential policyholders across California could be paying several hundred million dollars to help cover the costs of claims ...

A mobile health clinic is launching in San Francisco. Photo courtesy of HealthRight 360. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. A ...

After 47 years in business, the Sonoma County winery behind one of the country's most recognizable $19 reds is debuting its ...

Authorities have arrested a man accused of starting the wildfire that ravaged parts of Los Angeles, California, earlier this year. John Roberts is slowly dismantling ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --Jonathan Rinderknect was charged on Wednesday with starting the Pacific Palisades fire that burned through most of January, killed a dozen people and burned more than 23,000 acres.

California’s wet season started with a bang, or at least a drizzle, as rain pitter-pattered on the Bay Area last week. But the state’s water experts say at this time of year, they still have to ...

A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly starting the Palisades Fire, a blaze that raged for weeks, killing 12 people and destroying a huge swath of homes and buildings in a wealthy coastal ...