Fremont CA

A 29-year-old towing company owner was sentenced to five years in federal prison for orchestrating a plan to set the trucks of four rival companies on fire, along with two years for submitting fraudulent auto insurance claims, with state welfare fraud charges pending. As Bay City News reports, Jose Vicente...

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force reported 29 human trafficking arrests and the rescue of 73 victims, including 10 minors, in a special enforcement effort leading up to the Feb. 8 Super Bowl at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium. District Attorney Jeff Rosen said...

Not every pizza restaurant opening has lines down the block, a prosciutto tasting stand, and its own professional DJ. But not every pizza place is run by the legendary Tony Gemignani. This wizard of Bay Area pizza is widely recognized as the best pizza chef in California, and among the best in the world.

California is facing a blunt planning question: build whole new cities from scratch, or cram far more housing into the cities it already has. That long-simmering debate is back in the spotlight thanks to a fresh wave of greenfield proposals, led by a billionaire-backed plan for a city of hundreds of thousands east of...

Addison Stout (‘28) is traveling from Pleasanton to Türkiye to represent our country. She will play for the under-16 United States National Youth Team (USNYT). Stout has competed in soccer since age 6. Her consistency and persistence finally resulted in her recruitment for Team USA. “It’s been a...

Progress is being made after a portion of the Fremont Theater sign crumbled down onto Monterey Street due to the powerful storms.

Former Palo Alto Unified School District school board candidate Nicole Chiu-Wang says she is focusing on Pathwise (formerly Dreamcatchers) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after announcing she won’t run for school board again. Chiu-Wang announced her decision to the Journalism...

Make Lunar New Year extra celebratory by centering your feast on Great China’s ginger-scallion Dungeness crab, a Bay Area showstopper that pairs perfectly with bubbles.

MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA – A major Bay Area refinery is being forced to pay a $10 million penalty after regulators and prosecutors say it racked up years of serious air quality and public health violations — the latest flashpoint in a moment when California’s refining landscape is rapidly changing.

North Italia, the popular Italian restaurant chain, will open its first Bay Area location in Walnut Creek on March 25. The new restaurant will be located at Plaza Escuela in Walnut Creek. To celebrate Walnut Creek and the Bay Area, North Italia worked with Local Edition Creative to create a mural inside the space.