An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

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It is supported by funding from the California Public ... thriving Japanese American neighborhoods there at all. To envision the past, it helps to think of Oakland as having two geographically ...

For most of us, the days of keeping a stash of folded-up maps in the car glovebox are behind us. So in a world of smartphones and GPS, why go to a store that specializes in maps? That’s the question ...

On text chains and social media neighborhood groups ... The McNally House, home of the co-founder of the Rand McNally map company. The Bunny Museum, known as the “hoppiest place in the world.” ...

Follow the latest coverage of the wildfires in Southern California ... maps the fires and delineates evacuation zones. P.J. Marino, a 52-year-old actor who lives in the city’s Van Nuys ...

Open on weekdays, in the heart of Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood ... and Hispanic people have lived since the days of Alta California in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Today, more than ...

Jesse Arreguín said during a news conference in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood ... Sanctuary states such as California and counties and cities in the Bay Area and beyond have passed ...

Oakland's budget shortfall is now causing ... The already-shuttered Station 10 on Santa Clara Avenue in the city's Grand Lake neighborhood will also remain closed because of the cuts, while ...