Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “nature abhors a vacuum” — or “horror vacui” in Latin — as a principle in the physical world. However it applies equally well to politics, particularly in a ...

It's another typical Tuesday morning at the Pleasanton Senior Center for Ed Heskett — out in the sun with his knife as he slowly makes these surgical incisions on a small piece of wood.

In summary The UC Regents approved campus requests for more tools for UC police months after campus protesters clashed with law enforcement. Minutes after a UC regents committee began debating the ...

A Contra Costa County Superior Court jury on Wednesday convicted a 27-year-old Oakland man on four counts of armed robbery ...