Bay Area woman leads birthday celebrations for people living in homeless shelters
A Peninsula woman has made it her mission to celebrate birthdays of shelter residents, making sure people living with homelessness are not forgotten while providing them hope for the future.
Your old FasTrak tag will soon expire. Here’s how to get a new one
Every gadget has an expiration date, including those FasTrak toll-paying tags that have carried motorists across Bay Area bridges for years.
San Jose Police Release Video of Officers Fatally Shooting Mateusz Dzierbun
San Jose Police Department Press Release Re: Officers Fatally Shooting Mateusz Dzierbun. On July 13, 2025, at approximately 3:23 PM, San José Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a report of a stabbing at Cataldi Park in the city of San José. Upon arrival, Officers located an adult male suspect armed with a...
Walmart closing Neighborhood Market in Pleasanton next month
Pleasanton shoppers will soon have only one Walmart to go to in the city after the company announced Tuesday it plans to close its other store location at the beginning of next month. The decision to shutter the Walmart Neighborhood Market, located at 3112 Santa Rita Road, on Oct. 2...
Over 4,500 lightning strikes hit California overnight, sparking new wildfires
Cal Fire has reported fires in the area after dry thunderstorms swept through.
San Jose police arrest 3 in strong-armed robberies of jewelry, shoes
Police in San Jose on Wednesday announced the arrests of three people in connection with two strong-armed robberies of people attempting to sell items after arranging meetings online.
3 Oakland armed robbery suspects injured after colliding with car while trying to get...
Three armed suspects who allegedly tried to rob a security guard in Oakland were injured after the car they were in crashed into another vehicle in Hayward while fleeing the scene of the crime, according to police.
Body found floating under CA bridge in 2003 posed mystery. Now man is identified
For more than two decades, the body of a man discovered floating in the water below a California bridge posed a mystery. Now, with the help of DNA testing, the body found in Oakland in September 2003 has been identified as Robert Craig Whitsett, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a Sept. 2...
Poetry as Protest, Prayer, and Home
For Bay Area poet Terra Oliveira, writing has always been both a journey outward and a way back home. Oliveira, who grew up in Benicia, recalls that her early work often carried an undertone of restlessness. “In one of my first poetry books, An Old Blue Light, I wrote from a place of restlessness and wanting to leave...
Critics blast decision on eve of East Bay police radios going silent to public
OAKLAND, Calif. - By early Wednesday morning, Oakland police radios - as well as most law enforcement agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties - will go silent. That means an information blackout for live breaking news, from barricaded suspects, shootings and other active crime scenes. Agencies point to state...