Artificial intelligence, Gavin Newsom, driverless cars and the Golden State Valkyries were among the big newsmakers.

If you take a walk around San Francisco, it won’t take long before you see a koi fish. Not a real one, of course, although the bright orange-and-white graffiti art has the fluidity of a real fish ...

It could take awhile for rain to return to the Bay Area following a wet holiday season that brought flooding to the North Bay, destructive waves to Santa Cruz and a fast-moving snowstorm to the Sierra ...