From Ehime to Fremont Blvd: Shugetsu’s Tsukemen Playbook Wins the East Bay
This article contains content summarized with AI. Learn more. At 39206 Fremont Blvd., Shugetsu has quietly become one of the East Bay’s most talked‑about noodle specialists after relocating this year to Fremont. The shop is doubling down on tsukemen and abura soba, keeping hours tight and lines moving; its website...
Bay Area residents lead Camp Kesem to support kids whose parents have cancer
Five million children are impacted by a parent's cancer diagnosis, according to the CDC, and two Bay Area leaders are harnessing the power of community to bring them hope and healing.
With state pushing back, Oakland delays vote on controversial homeless encampment policy
The City Council has delayed a vote on a controversial policy to crack down on Oakland’s homelessness encampments after state officials warned it could jeopardize $45 million in homelessness funding.
How Do Packages Disappear from Aya’s Mailroom?
Residents of Aya Apartments in Fremont have recently been grappling with a peculiar issue - missing packages from the mailroom. Despite the carrier providing photographic evidence of delivery in the Aya mailroom, some residents are unable to locate their packages. This issue is not new, as there have been instances...
The Cost of Crossing Bay Area Bridges is Surging as Another Toll Increase Hits
If you feel like Bay Area bridge tolls just went up, you are not imagining it -- and another round of increases is already locked in. Starting January 1, 2026, drivers will pay more to cross every state-owned toll bridge in the region, with prices marching steadily toward double-digit tolls by the end of the decade.
Victim in fatal San Ramon crash involving Tesla identified
(KRON) — The victim in a fatal crash on Crow Canyon Road involving a Tesla last month has been identified. Alix Mari Sparks, a 41-year-old Castro Valley resident, was in a Ford Bronco that was involved in a two-vehicle crash with a Tesla Model 3 on Nov. 29 at around 3:23 p.m. Sparks sustained fatal […]
Teenage shooter charged in Bay Area Black Friday mall shooting could be tried as...
Prosecutors, who are seeking to try the teenager as an adult, said the boy fired six times at a perceived gang rival during an argument at Westfield Valley Fair mall in San Jose on Black Friday.
Decades-old cold case murder of 14-year-old Fremont student gets reopened
(KRON) — A cold case homicide involving a teenage girl that dates back 42 years is being reopened by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. ACSO said that Kellie Jean Poppleton, 14, was found lying dead on the side of Kilkare Road in Sunol on Friday, Dec. 2, 1983. Kellie was a student at the now-closed […]
San Jose homeless motel residents must move or face eviction
Homeless residents who moved from San Jose’s largest encampment into shelters earlier this year are being asked to move again — or end up back on the streets. San Jose moved hundreds of people living at Columbus Park into five motels converted to homeless shelters when it swept the park this summer. Now they’re being...
Days after visiting Bay Area, Iranian filmmaker sentenced to prison in absentia
“It Was Just an Accident” director Jafar Panahi has been accused of engaging in “propaganda activities” by Iran’s totalitarian government.
