93-year-old turns himself in after allegedly fatally shooting spouse in Fremont parking lot
A man allegedly fatally shot his 86-year-old spouse in their car and then immediately turned himself in to police, according to the Fremont Police Department.
Bay Area tech startup crashes into bankruptcy, owing nonprofits $29M
A Bay Area fundraising startup that once promised to modernize charitable giving has instead landed in bankruptcy court, leaving nonprofits across the country short a combined $29 million in donor cash. The collapse has frozen money that organizations expected to use for education, health care, legal defense and...
SF signs reparations fund that could trigger $5M payouts per person
San Francisco has taken one of the most aggressive steps in the national reparations debate, approving a new fund that could eventually deliver up to $5 million per eligible Black resident. The measure, signed quietly by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, stops far short of cutting checks today, but it locks in a...
Contra Costa Supervisor’s son undergoes successful bone marrow stem cell transplant for aplastic anemia
Family members share of Chris Gioia’s health journey, call for donors. Last summer, Chris Gioia, the 33-year-old son of Contra Costa County District 1 Supervisor John Gioia, underwent a bone marrow stem cell transplant for his aplastic anemia and Gioia, Chris’s mother, Maria “Charo” Gioia, and her husband, Marc Joffe...
A Beloved Alligator Who Inspired a Children’s Book Has Died
The San Francisco Bay Area has lost one of its most unique and cherished icons. Claude, the famed albino alligator of the California Academy of Sciences, has swum off to that great swamp in the sky. The ivory-skinned icon passed away on Dec. 2. Bart Shepherd, director of the museum’s...
Thousands of Black Californians Could Get $5M Reparations Under New Law
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed a new ordinance establishing a reparations fund aimed at addressing the impacts of slavery and racial discrimination, following approval by the city’s Board of Supervisors earlier this month. In a statement to Newsweek, Lurie underscored that the measure creates only the...
Beloved San Francisco Restaurant to Close After 127 Years
A Bay Area waterfront icon with deep rock-and-roll history is closing.
Fourth Of July Horror In Oakland As Beloved Coach Accused In Pal’s Killing
A Fourth of July celebration in Oakland’s Longfellow neighborhood ended in deadly violence, and now a longtime local educator and youth coach is sitting in jail on suspicion of murder. Court filings and local reporting identify the suspect as 41-year-old Dwane Stewart, who has spent about a decade working...
TJ Maxx ‘sister store’ to cease operations at 2 locations on January 5
A SISTER store of the discounted apparel retailer TJ Maxx is set to shut multiple locations in just hours. Marshalls, beloved for its bargain prices, will axe two of its stores, cutting over 120 jobs. The retailer will be saying goodbye to its branches in Hollywood and San Jose, California,...
Heavy rain, high tides cause flooding along stretch of Northern California
Extreme Weather California Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Heavy rain and high tides believed to be the most severe in two decades caused flooding in parts of Northern California on Saturday, prompting road closures and rescues of residents trapped in their cars. Roadways through a 15-mile...
