Drone Eye in the Sky Helps Snag Wanted Suspect at Arrowhead Marsh
What started as a routine check at a shoreline parking lot ended with a quiet arrest backed by an eye in the sky. Last Friday, officers with the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department and deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff's Office arrested a wanted person without incident at the Arrowhead Marsh...
UPDATED: Hankering for hamantaschen? Where to find your Purim favorites in the Bay Area
Purim is a party, and what better way to celebrate than with festive pastries? Whether you call them hamantaschen, oznei Haman, or orejas de Haman, we can all agree that these triangle-shaped pastries are delicious. Jewish bakeries across the Bay Area offer flavors both traditional (raspberry and poppyseed) and...
Alameda police make arrests in store break-ins
Alameda police make arrests after several business break-ins.
SafeWise: Danville Named Safest City in California, San Ramon 9th
Safewise recently released its safest cities in California which resulted in two Contra Costa County communities ranking in the top 10—Danville and San Ramon. The city of Oakley ranked 14th while the City of Martinez was 39th followed by the City of Brentwood at 90. In total, 10 Contra Costa County cities were named...
Touted San Jose shelter rife with dysfunction, workers said
A San Jose development touted as the gold standard for prefabricated temporary housing has turned into a hornets’ nest fraught with problems. A total of six former and current workers claim Branham Lane — a three-story site with 168 apartments operated by LifeMoves — is plagued with managerial dysfunction,...
Weekend police arrests across Milpitas
Between February 20 and February 23, Milpitas police made several arrests across the city. On Friday night, officers responded to a fight near the 400-Block of Dixon Landing Dr and arrested a 30-year-old from Fresno for DUI. The next afternoon, a 19-year-old from Newark was arrested for DUI and reckless driving after...
Raising Cane’s plans new restaurant at this iconic Bay Area destination, now undergoing a...
SAN FRANCISCO - A popular, fast-growing chain, known for its chicken-tender meals, is poised to land at one of the Bay Area’s biggest tourist draws. Raising Cane’s has its sights on a new location in the heart of San Francisco’s historic Fisherman’s Wharf. Heart of Fisherman's...
DoorDash robots will soon appear in Fremont’s downtown
Over the next several months DoorDash robots will be rolling around downtown Fremont. Fremont City Council just approved a pilot program for the robots, called Dot. The first phase is 1A, where three robots will be closely monitored and trained by human DoorDashers. City staff invites the bike community and other...
Mother and son shot dead in Pleasanton mourned
PLEASANTON, Calif. - The shooting deaths of a mother and son at their Pleasanton home have shocked a community not accustomed to such violence. "It's very sad, our hearts go out to the family of course that this happened to," Elena Alvarez said Monday as she pushed a child in a stroller in the neighborhood where Lori...
Sheriff says abducted Tracy man found dead in Bay Area was not intended target
TRACY, Calif. — Security camera video shows the violent struggle before the abduction and eventual killing of a Tracy father-- a case that has now become a multi-county homicide investigation. Cameras at a Sikh temple off Grant Line Road in Tracy captured 57-year-old Avtar Singh fighting back against three...
