City Center Bishop Ranch has seen the debut of three new businesses in recent months, and many new shoppers and diners, as a growing number of workers have returned to the surrounding offices in central San Ramon.

With the candidacy filing period coming to a close Friday, the candidate list for local races in this year's general election has started to take shape, with newcomers and incumbents alike preparing their campaigns.

There's a new documentary just released by the city of Dublin chronicling the community's incorporation 40 years ago and evolution since. Of course I was drawn to watch it, as a fan of local history and film...

It may have taken until retirement, but Pleasanton's T.J. McGrath finally knocked a longstanding item off his bucket list. He joined his college dorm-mate to attend the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, fulfilling a promise they made 50 yrs ago.

The board acknowledged a federal report saying the county's Head Start programs have deficiencies and non-compliance issues, saying the county would fix them within the recommended timeframes to avoid losing federal funding.

The discontinuation of the popular Friendly Visiting Program came as a shock to many and raised more questions about Senior Support as a whole, its leadership instability and the future of the nonprofit.

Dinesh Govindarao, a medical doctor and longtime San Ramon resident, is the latest to file for candidacy in the city's mayoral race this November, after coming in third in the most recent mayoral election in 2020.

When the Tri-Valley Babe Ruth 14 team captured the Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament to qualify for the World Series, you might be able to excuse them if they started to feel some added pressure...

The San Joaquin County DA's Office is urging community members to attend a court hearing Tuesday in Sacramento that will determine if a man convicted in 2011 of torturing and beating a teenage boy in Tracy will be granted parole.

That's exactly what the team from Danville did on Aug. 4, beating West Seoul Little League 5-2 in the championship game of the Little League Intermediate World Series broadcast on ESPN2 from Max Baer Field in Livermore.

The Hope 100 Golf Marathon is returning to Castlewood Country Club's Valley Course next month and registration is underway for participants and sponsors for the annual endurance event that raises vital money for nonprofit Hope Hospice.

A man was robbed at gunpoint with a shot fired and a witness attempting to intervene was pistol-whipped in broad daylight at a Danville shopping center on Aug. 6, according to police.

Seemingly to make that a point, on July 24 Starn went out and ran in her first marathon, taking on the hilly San Francisco Marathon for her first try at the distance. She did more than just compete ... she won the women's race.

Police continue to investigate the death of a woman found inside a San Ramon apartment on July 26 as a suspicious death case, according to a department spokesperson.