Bay Area residents and business owners now have until Oct. 16 to file their state and federal income taxes, after California on Thursday matched an extension granted at the federal level by the Internal Revenue Service.
The IRS last month extended its deadline, for the second time, for California counties affected by severe winter storms. All Bay Area counties — Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Santa Cruz — are included in the delay until mid-October.
On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California would follow suit, with residents and business owners in the same counties, including all those in the Bay