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Ukrainian winemaker Georgiy Molchanov, left, asks a question to Ivo Jeramaz, right, during a tour of a Grgich Hills Estate’s vineyard Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in American Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

California winemakers and an international nonprofit are bringing over Ukrainian peers to help them with regenerative agriculture—and demining

By Haven Daley, Olga R. Rodriguez, and others

Travelers at Oakland International Airport

San Francisco really doesn’t want its name on Oakland airport. Oakland officials vote to do it anyway.

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Christopher Weber, and others

FILE – Travelers prepare to enter Oakland International airport Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Oakland’s airport is considering a name-change to include “San Francisco” to attract more passengers but San Francisco officials are slamming the move, saying it will confuse travelers since there is already a San Francisco International Airport. The Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland will take up the question at its meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Oakland International Airport is thinking about adding ‘San Francisco’ to its name but the actual San Francisco isn’t having it

By Janie Har, Olga R. Rodriguez, and others

Berkeley burial mound

Bay Area parking lot company takes $27 million deal to give 5,700-year-old Native burial mound back to Ohlone tribe

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

Evan Frostick and Madison Bernard

The opioid crisis is so bad that prosecutors are starting to charge drug addict parents with their kids’ Fentanyl overdoses

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

SANTA BARBARA, CA – FEBRAUARY 23: Stearns Wharf looking toward State Street and downtown is viewed in this aerial photo on February 23, 2018, in Santa Barbara, California. A combined series of natural disasters, the Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslides, contributed to a serious dropoff in the numbers of tourists making their way to “The American Riviera” in January and February. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

One of California’s oldest newspapers that once had a daily circulation of 45,000 just closed after bankruptcy filing following a long decline

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

Elizabeth Hoover

Berkeley professor apologizes for claiming to be Native American for years, admits she’s ‘a white person’

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

Historic cable car on the street in San Francisco, California.

Tech elites have been in San Francisco for decades but they’re making new moves in politics on everything from policing to zoning reform

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

Khazar Elyassnia, left, stands in the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on Friday, April 14, 2023, ahead of an appearance by her brother, Nima Momeni, who has been charged with murder in the death of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee. Elyassnia’s husband, Dino Elyssania, is to her right. Momeni’s arraignment was rescheduled to April 25, 2023, and he did not enter a plea. (AP Photo/Olga Rodriguez)

The suspect in the killing of tech founder Bob Lee made his first appearance in court will be held without bail as he faces possible life in prison

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

Half Moon Bay shooting

The Half Moon Bay mass shootings were a case of ‘workplace violence,’ officials say

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Haven Daley, and others

London Breed

San Francisco mayor ‘preparing for a war’ as winds up to 85 mph and a half-foot of rain swamp the Bay Area, knocking out power for thousands

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

David Depape is shown in Berkeley, Calif.,on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. An intruder attacked and severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, while searching for the Democratic leader. Police were called to the home to check on Paul Pelosi when they discovered the 82-year-old and the suspect, Depape, both grabbing onto the hammer, said Police Chief William Scott.(Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Pelosi attacker said he was on a ‘suicide mission’ to stop ‘lies coming out of Washington D.C.’, San Francisco DA says

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Stefanie Dazio, and others

FILE – In this Aug. 20, 2021, file photo, host Jason Pryor, right, checks the vaccination and identification cards of diners as they enter the Waterbar restaurant in San Francisco. Indoor masking requirements in the San Francisco Bay Area will be eased for certain indoor public settings, including offices, gyms, college classrooms and churches, once counties reach low COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates and at least 80% of the total population is fully vaccinated, officials announced Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco Bay Area to ease mask mandates in certain indoor places

By Olga R. Rodriguez and The Associated Press

The Grand Princess cruise ship, with 3,500 passengers—21 confirmed with Covid-19—finally pulled into the Port of Oakland in California after several days idling offshore.

Cruise ship with 21 confirmed Covid-19 cases finally docks in California

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Daisy Nguyen, and others

Carrying multiple people who have tested positive for COVID-19, the Grand Princess maintains a holding pattern about 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco, Sunday, March 8, 2020. The cruise ship is scheduled to dock at the Port of Oakland on Monday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

California prepares as thousands set to come ashore from cruise ship hit by coronavirus

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Christopher Weber, and others