A proposed one-time tax on California billionaires' assets is showing a slight early advantage among likely voters, according to a new public poll that offers the first glimpse of how the measure could fare if it reaches the November ballot.

More stars have been announced to take the stage to present at the Oscars, including Nicole Kidman, Wagner Moura, Rose Byrne and Delroy Lindo.

Growing anti-Muslim narratives and policies are rising from public officials, fueling Islamophobia, according to a recent report by CAIR, a civil rights group.

A San Jose Unified committee has advanced a plan to close five schools as the district deals with a mounting budget crisis. The decision Tuesday night comes after a tense meeting between parents and school leaders.

Just after midnight, a large tree fell onto power lines and blocked the roadway in the 200 block of C Street, knocking out power to nearly 700 people in San Rafael's Gerstle Park neighborhood.

Court documents state there were "no words spoken, no threat posed," and that the 37-year-old suspect, who has pleaded not guilty, "acted without mercy and with the specific intent to kill the victim."

Mayor Daniel Lurie said the incident won't deter him from walking the streets of the city doing what he was doing moments before his bodyguard was attacked last week.

A dramatic rise in a scam known as "ghost tapping" is putting people who use tap-to-pay features on alert.

San Jose police are investigating a possible hate crime after two men said they were injured after being jumped in Santana Row because they were Jewish and speaking Hebrew.

The teachers' demands remain unchanged: a 3.5% pay raise, better health care coverage, smaller class size. And to keep elementary school counselors.