A top doctor has revealed why avalanches have such a high mortality rate -– after eight skiers were killed near Lake Tahoe. Eric Stendell, an emergency physician in Truckee, near the site of Tuesday’s tragedy, said people either die from blunt force trauma, asphyxiation or hypothermia. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office along with the Nevada...

Union leaders say educators in Oakland rank among the lowest paid in the Bay Area and have pledged to fight for a contract that delivers “safe, stable, racially-just schools."