13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (77+ words) Local News Matters An occupant of a home in the English Hills area north of Vacaville was found dead after a fire on Saturday afternoon, the Vacaville Fire Protection District said. The structure fire in the 7700 block of Chisamore Ranch…...

12+ hour, 59+ min ago   (95+ words) Local News Matters THE MASSIVE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, including providers such as Canvas and DuoLingo, will face stricter rules around students’ privacy starting next year after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law Thursday. The law, Assembly Bill 1159, prohibits technology…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (113+ words) McNear: Mendocino’s Hare Creek Surfers: five teens with a mission Local News Matters In his book A Brief Commentary on the Hare Creek Surfers, Mick Lovett writes “One could make the argument that, with the exception of the Point Arena…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (90+ words) Local News Matters A former South San Jose elementary school is poised to become housing. True Life Companies purchased Glider Elementary School, a 9.5-acre site, from Oak Grove School District to redevelop it with 80 homes — a combination of townhomes and…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (128+ words) One of San Jose’s busiest fire stations has a new, state-of-the-art facility in downtown that will better serve its firefighters and residents. The San San Jose has opened a new state-of-the-art Fire Station 8 in downtown, replacing a decades-old facility and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (92+ words) Local News Matters The executive director of an agency responsible for approving land annexations in Napa County has been placed on paid administrative leave amid a massive expansion effort in American Canyon, county officials confirmed on Tuesday. Brendon Freeman, who…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (94+ words) Local News Matters Parents of students in the Napa Valley Unified School District are on high alert after being told a school bus driver was arrested for alleged sexual relations with a minor. Maleehah Salvador, whose child is nonverbal and…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (106+ words) Local News Matters Is this the year that Gov. Gavin Newsom allows students without legal status to legally work at California’s public colleges and universities? A state bill with wide support from Democrats but opposed by Republicans seeks to do…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (176+ words) Mendocino’s sheriff is treasurer of a private nonprofit that funds the county’s trafficking raids localnewsmatters.org In May, Mendocino County sheriff’s deputies found a man at an illegal cannabis grow near Navarro who told them he had been forced to…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (95+ words) Local News Matters San Francisco city leaders said Tuesday they would continue law enforcement strategies that they say have significantly reduced retail theft over the past year. At a press conference, Mayor Daniel Lurie and others credited the drop in…...