Fremont CA

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...

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...

HOLLAND, MI — A California-based battery startup is shutting down its Michigan operations after running out of cash. Natron Energy in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice dated Aug. 28 said it will shut down both of its facilities in Holland and Santa Clara, Calif., terminating a total of...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Hundreds of homeless people, including children, lived in San Jose’s Columbus Park this summer. The sprawling and unregulated encampment was an unsafe place for anyone to live, city leaders said. City crews cleared the park over the past two weeks, marking San Jose’s largest encampment...

(KRON) — Several suspects armed with sledgehammers tried to break into a jewelry store Sunday but stopped short when they spotted police, said the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The suspects never made it into Nitin Jewelers, according to DPS, and raced away from the scene in multiple stolen vehicles. No...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Police Department's homicide unit is touting a 100% clearance rate over the last 3.5 years, and it's on pace to solve every case in the city for a fourth consecutive year. SJPD points to three factors that are helping to maintain this milestone.

Tearful testimony from the victim of convicted child sex abuser Omar Torres moved Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Sevely to hand the former downtown San Jose council member an 18-year prison sentence on Friday. The cousin of 43-year-old Torres, identified only as John Doe, said he was far...

California cities, including San Jose, are enforcing stricter measures against people living in vehicles, targeting expired registrations and banning lived-in vehicles from streets.

Labor Day protests across the Bay Area drew thousands of participants Monday, aiming to push back against a “war on working people.”. From San Francisco to Oakland to San Jose, more than 20 demonstrations took place across the Bay Area as part of a nationwide day of protest called Workers Over Billionaires set to...

A coordinated team of armed law enforcement officers in camouflage uniforms sparked community concern in South Berkeley on Tuesday morning. The Alameda County sheriff's office told The Scanner the unit was helping with a civil eviction, which previously had not gone to plan. The sheriff's office said its Civil Unit...