AI boom heats up Bay Area housing market as wealthy buyers drive demand for...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Here’s another place the AI frenzy is making itself felt: the market for luxury homes. High-income earners, many of them employees at AI companies, are snapping up multimillion-dollar houses in the San Francisco Bay Area, undaunted by the higher mortgage rates and rising home prices that have prevent
San Jose event celebrates Chicano identity and history
For some Mexican Americans, identifying as Chicano means carrying the history of a civil rights movement that challenged war, discrimination and police brutality. For others, it is a way to reconnect with Indigenous roots, honor family histories and build solidarity with their communities. Multiple generations of San J
Oakland’s rapid Tempo line set to lose millions in cap-and-trade dollars
Six years after its launch, AC Transit’s controversial TEMPO rapid-transit bus has become a critical part of Oakland’s transportation network, carrying an average of 15,500 people each weekday on its route from San Leandro to downtown Oakland, mostly across International Boulevard. The express line costs about $23 mill
Cloned temporary plate? San Diego woman caught in Bay Area FasTrak dispute
A San Diego woman says she was caught in a frustrating loop after receiving multiple Bay Area FasTrak toll violations for a Mercedes-Benz she says she has never been in. The Mercedes wasn't hers, but its temporary license plate number was. The number appearing in photos on the toll violations was the same temporary pla
Man with metal file tased on high school campus: RCPD
(KRON) — The Redwood City Police Department said an unauthorized adult tased by police on Sequoia High School’s campus Tuesday was armed with a metal file. The suspect, identified as Adrian Garciaisaula, 38, of Antioch, was arrested and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility for multiple charges, including proba
A New Restaurant Is Taking Over the Former Lima Space in Downtown Concord
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA – A prominent downtown Concord restaurant space that has been empty for more than a year is getting a new tenant. Sultan’s Kebab is preparing to open at 2151 Salvio Street, taking over the former Lima restaurant space across from Todos Santos Plaza. The restaurant’s website now lists the Concord add
‘Shocked’: Elderly SF woman loses $14K in wave of Bay Area mail thefts, check...
Is it too risky to mail a check? One man was told his IRS check was likely stolen when thieves pulled up to a Post Office loading dock, emptied an entire bin of mail into the trunk of their car, and sped off, as a wave of mail theft and check fraud targeted Bay Area residents.
Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz singer with deep Bay Area ties, dies at 70
Wilson’s smoky contralto and adventurous interpretations of artists from Robert Johnson to Joni Mitchell made her one of contemporary jazz’s most distinctive voices.
Wolf spotted in California coastal mountains just north of Bay Area
The wolf sighting was one of the closest to the Bay Area in modern times.
Two Men Killed in Wrong-Way Crash in Santa Clara Identified
The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the two men killed in a wrong-way crash in Santa Clara just before noon on Aug. 26. The Medical Examiner’s Office has identified 58-year-old Stephen Hinkson of San Carlos and 39-year-old Keith Demarest, whose city of residence was not released.

















