Bay Area protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis spread for a fifth day on Tuesday, with thousands taking to the streets in Fremont, Redwood City and San Francisco’s Great Highway, areas not usually at the heart of demonstrations, with rallies also taking place in San Jose and Oakland. Hundreds gathered in Newark and marched several miles east along Mowry Avenue and through the city of Fremont, stopping for demonstrations in front of city hall and the Fremont Police...

Elected officials from California and the Bay Area applauded the Supreme Court’s Thursday morning ruling to maintain protections for DACA recipients, but cautioned that the decision is only a temporary fix and urged Congress to pass a long-term solution for young immigrants in the country. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the decision a victory that will help the more than 183,000 Californians enrolled in the program, which shields from deportation people brought into the country as children without...

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the Bay Area’s economy, shuttering beloved bars and music venues, pushing formerly high-flying tech companies to lay off hundreds of workers and leading one economist to dub it the Great Recession 2.0. But the current crisis has differed from the 2008-2009 financial crash in some key aspects, including who is bearing the brunt of the job losses. A recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California found that industries such as finance...

California counties reported 107 new COVID-19 fatalities on Friday, making it the second-deadliest day in the state since the start of the pandemic. The state has now recorded 3,156 deaths from the virus. California also reported 2,030 new cases yesterday for a total of 76,845, according to data compiled by this news organization. Most of the new deaths were reported in Southern California, which has become a hotspot for the virus in the state even though the Bay Area had many of the first...

SAN JOSE — Widespread COVID-19 testing — a key metric for easing lockdown orders — remains an elusive goal in much of the Bay Area, particularly Santa Clara County where elected officials have raised concerns about a lack of outreach as well as language and technology barriers that could continue to hamper testing in the communities most vulnerable to the coronavirus. Not everyone is struggling to test though — in San Francisco, by contrast, an aggressive outreach campaign has made the county...