Pleasanton’s Own Brandon Crawford Gets Hall of Fame Homecoming
Brandon Crawford, the Pleasanton kid who grew up to be the San Francisco Giants’ everyday shortstop, is getting a formal Bay Area sports coronation. Tomorrow, he will be enshrined in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, a fitting capstone for a career that rarely strayed far from home.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center program tackles ‘critical gap’ in NICU mental health
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Having a newborn is one of life’s greatest challenges, but for families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), that challenge can become a crisis. Let ADT set up security while you settle inMaking your new house a home can be hectic. Let us give you a hand. Our pros can install a system with tec
The 8 Best Free Concerts in the Bay Area This Summer
This story is part of How We Get By, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Find the full series here. We understand. Concert tickets are too expensive. Why not make a summertime project of seeing free concerts all around the Bay Area instead?
Royal Clothiers named Small Business of the Year
Downtown Morgan Hill’s Royal Clothiers, owned by Carlos Perez, is named the 2026 Senate District 15 Small Business of the Year in recognition of the retailer’s longstanding contributions to the community as well as its decades of service to generations of local families, according to State Sen. Dave Cortese’s office.
Man Convicted of Attempted Murder of Mountain View Police Officer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — May 6th 2026. “A jury today convicted a man who shot a Mountain View police officer at point blank range after a traffic stop. Following a trial, Jeffrey Choy was found guilty of attempted murder of a police officer for the July 16, 2022, shooting. The officer, who was struck by a bullet fired from
El Niño explainer: Forecast models suggest possible record-setting event
OAKLAND, Calif. - "Super" is not an official classification on the intensity scale. However, some of the forecast models, including from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, have been suggesting that the pending El Niño event, for the winter of 2026-2027, could approach the higher extreme of the very strong range. If th
Strong winds to whip California, increasing fire danger and churning seas
San Francisco will be prone to the most blustery conditions Friday and Saturday, but calmer weather should prevail just in time for Bay to Breakers on Sunday.
AI-driven cyberattacks will start to be the ‘new norm’ in months, Palo Alto warns
Palo Alto Networks tech chief Lee Klarich said companies need to step up cybersecurity defenses to immediately prepare for AI attacks. Klarich said there is now a "narrow three-to-five-month window" for businesses to get ahead of AI-driven exploits. New models, such as Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber, are
Three more California residents poisoned by wild mushrooms in ‘unprecedented outbreak’
The state typically sees fewer than five mushroom poisonings in a year, making this year's caseload of at least 47 unprecedented in modern history.
Ebony Alert teen still missing 10 days later
(KRON) — A 14-year-old sought in an Ebony Alert issued across three Bay Area counties is still missing 10 days after the boy was last seen. The California Highway Patrol said Laroy Murphy was last seen at noon on May 3 near Drake Avenue and Cole Drive in Marin County. Laroy is believed to be […]
