Local News Matters

09/25/2025

With Latinos accounting for the largest voting demographic in California, a statewide poll conducted by the Latino Community Foundation found that they are concerned about the economy and immigration policies coming out of Washington, D.C.

A NEW STATEWIDE SURVEY of Latino voters in California shows dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, concern about the economy, and widespread

09/25/2025

California’s coast had the highest share of entanglements, 25% of the total, with Monterey Bay being a hot spot because of its popularity as a feeding area, NOAA said.

THE NUMBER OF LARGE WHALE entanglements off U.S. coasts jumped sharply in 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last week.

09/24/2025

Officials hope the two events, alongside the many others throughout September, will help get more people out of their vehicles and enjoy the ride.

Bay Area public transit agencies will be enticing people to ride their services by offering free items on Tuesday and the chance to speak with agency

09/24/2025

More than four decades since HIV/AIDS made its first appearance in Bay Area, local nonprofit agencies providing lifesaving health services are confronting a funding crisis as serious as the virus itself.

“At a point where we know how to end this public health disaster, we have another challenge,” said California Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco. “We have another government that doesn’t care about us. It doesn’t care if people die. A government that is restricting access to health care, which is how you fuel HIV.”

Bay City News intern Andres Jimenez Larios reports on how regional nonprofits providing lifesaving HIV/AIDS services are scrambling to secure funding as longstanding bipartisan public health programs face devastating cuts.

🔗 READ: https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/09/12/aids-funding-at-risk-bay-area-hiv-providers-brace-for-cuts-warn-progress-could-unravel/

09/24/2025

With nearly a third of its adolescent population considered overweight or obese, Contra Costa County supervisors have approved an ordinance requiring large grocery stores in unincorporated communities to stock only healthy foods within three feet of the checkout lane.

Larger retail stores in unincorporated parts of Contra Costa County will soon be required to stock healthy food and beverages in checkout aisles following

09/23/2025

Although it’s a common belief that nature is the great equalizer, the Bay Area’s great outdoors often mirrors its difficult history of systemic inequality, revealing who gets access to nature and who doesn’t.

In her capstone piece, Bay City News intern Anna Tran explores how a number of Bay Area groups are confronting outdoor inequity in different ways, from expanding access to natural parks to bringing new green spaces to the urban community.

Although it’s a common belief that nature is the great equalizer, the Bay Area’s great outdoors often mirrors its difficult history of systemic inequality, revealing who gets access to nature and who doesn’t.

In her capstone piece, Bay City News intern Anna T. explores how a number of Bay Area groups are confronting outdoor inequity in different ways, from expanding access to natural parks to bringing new green spaces to the urban community.

🔗 READ: https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/09/07/we-belong-outdoors-bay-area-groups-battle-inequity-to-make-nature-accessible-for-all/
📷 Autumn DeGrazia

09/23/2025

The presence of ICE has stoked fears among the immigrant community and people of color, with some residents skipping work, school, and other events because of concerns about being targeted by immigration authorities.

Dozens of local leaders from across the Bay Area came together in San Francisco recently to announce the creation of a regional fund dedicated to helping

09/22/2025

Set to open by the team’s 2027 season, the facility was made possible through the collaborative effort of the team, private investment groups, and SF leaders who said they wanted to make Bay FC one of the best organizations in the country.

FIREWORKS AND DIRT BLEW into the air over San Francisco’s Treasure Island as officials dug their shovels into the ground to commemorate the opening of a

09/22/2025

The new facility, which was partly funded by $10 million in Proposition 1 money, uses energy-efficient, low-waste technology to treat Delta brackish water. The plant is designed to supply up to 40% of Antioch’s drinking water, enhancing drought resilience and climate adaptation.

A LONG-ANTICIPATED DESALINATION PLANT that will convert the mixture of salt and fresh water known as brackish water from the San Joaquin River mouth into

09/22/2025

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck just over a mile southeast of Berkeley early Monday morning, the United States Geological Survey said.

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck just over a mile southeast of Berkeley early Monday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake hit at

09/20/2025

What started as a research project for one San Jose high school student has recently transformed into a nonprofit organization with hundreds of members and chapters throughout the nation, all advocating for a shared cause: to address systemic inequities facing Indigenous communities.

WHAT STARTED AS A RESEARCH project for one San Jose high school student has recently transformed into a nonprofit organization with hundreds of members