BART Boasts New Brakes Are Keeping Bay Area Trains on Time
BART is touting a recent boost in on-time performance, citing 94.2% from April through June and 93.3% from July through September as proof that the system is running a bit tighter these days. The agency credits an operational shift: it no longer slows trains during wet weather, which it describes as having been the...
Alameda’s Coffee Cultures and Uzen in Rockridge shutter, and more recent closures
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Bay Area Freeway Sweeps: Caltrans Clears Nearly 600 Homeless Camps
Caltrans says it removed nearly 600 homeless encampments and hauled away roughly 27,000 cubic yards of debris along state rights-of-way in the Bay Area between January 2025 and Feb. 1, 2026. The department’s tally shows Santa Clara County accounted for a large share, with 223 sites and about 11,000 cubic yards of...
Missing woman last seen in Menlo Park found
(KRON) — A Silver Alert was activated by the California Highway Patrol for a missing elderly woman who was last seen Wednesday in Menlo Park. On Thursday afternoon, the Meno Park Police Department said that the woman had been located.
Martha Stewart visits her favorite San Francisco plant shop
"Bring a big truck for all your purchases," the media mogul wrote.
Chris Stapleton visits Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for sold-out concert
Many members of the NDB community plan to attend the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on February 7th, 2026, to see the artist Chris Stapleton perform. The rising and renowned artist is beloved by many for his unique country genre and his well-known songs. Stapleton has never gone on tour previously, so listeners are...
East Bay hotel is foreclosed as Bay Area hospitality industry totters
LIVERMORE — A Livermore hotel has been foreclosed by its lender in a sign that the Bay Area hospitality market continues to stagger from a series of jolts unleashed by slumping prices and delinquent loans. The Super 8 by Wyndham hotel, a 102-unit lodging property at 4673 Lassen Rd.,...
Brothers arrested as suspects in shooting death of San Jose teenager
Two men have been arrested as suspects in the shooting death of a 17-year-old in San Jose earlier this week, police said Friday.
Fugitive Arrested for Attempted Murder of a San Francisco Officer
OAKLAND, CA — A fugitive pursued from San Francisco to Oakland remains in custody at. Alameda County Santa Rita Jail. Joseph C. Willis, 26, of San Francisco, allegedly attempted to murder an SFPD officer who followed him to Oakland. Willis allegedly used his vehicle as a weapon on January...
Horn Barbecue evicted from Bay Area location
The eviction notice is the latest blow for the Horn Barbecue empire after a period of rapid expansion.
