Waymo Freeway Return Lands Amid Study Showing Higher Crash Rate Than Uber Drivers
Waymo safety record faces new scrutiny as Phoenix freeway rides resume: a Hunter College study finds the robotaxi's serious-injury crash rate is 1.5 times higher per million miles than professional for-hire drivers, challenging the benchmark behind Waymo's 94% safety claim and raising questions riders can now evaluate
82-year-old Bay Area man on track to ride 50K miles on same bike he...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - An 82-year-old Bay Area man is on the verge of completing 50,000 miles on the same Schwinn Varsity 10-speed bicycle he purchased 50 years ago. "It's been literally 50 years in the making," Redwood City resident Rick Habeeb told KTVU on Thursday, at which point he had logged 49,950 and on schedule
San Francisco weekend weather: Smoke, dangerous beaches, heat
OAKLAND, Calif. - Several weather hazards are lining up across the Bay Area heading into the weekend, from wildfire smoke and dangerous beach conditions to increasing inland heat and elevated fire weather concerns. Here’s what residents should know before making weekend plans. Spare the Air Alert issued. The Woodside..
Goodwill finds new San Jose store location that offers expansion space
SAN JOSE — Goodwill of Silicon Valley has signed a lease for a new San Jose store in a deal that enables the nonprofit to expand in that area and fills a space that became vacant due to the demise of a once-mighty nationwide retailer. The nonprofit has leased...
A Major Investor Just Bought Into Bay Area Senior Housing. Nobody’s Saying What It...
Clarion Partners, the real estate investment arm of Franklin Templeton, has acquired Clearwater at Sonoma Hills, a 94-unit assisted living and memory care community in Rohnert Park, California. Clearwater Living, the seller, will stay on as operating partner, and CBRE arranged the transaction. Neither side disclosed a
Local real estate firm buys Los Altos office site that was foreclosed
LOS ALTOS — A Los Altos office building that suffered a foreclosure was bought by a Bay Area real estate firm that is becoming active in purchasing local office hubs at discounted prices. At 4410 El Camino Real and just a few miles from Stanford University, the building was...
Half a Century on Sunol Boulevard: How Pleasanton’s Richert Lumber Survived the Big-Box Era...
This article was originally published on Crafting Your Home. A human contributor also wrote and edited the post. While national chains transformed…
Why California is rebuilding Santa Clara County’s largest dam
Anderson Dam, the largest dam in Santa Clara County, is set to be rebuilt by 2033.
Cool Coast, Hot Inland. Bay Area Heat This Weekend Will Depend on Where You...
California is gearing up to bake in a heat wave, but forecasters expect the Bay Area to largely escape the soaring temperatures, with parts of the North Bay, East Bay and South Bay possibly touching triple digits this weekend. A major ridge of high pressure to the east is building...
1 person injured after pickup truck crashes into San Jose business, police say
One person is injured after the driver of a pickup truck crashed into a business at a shopping plaza in San Jose Thursday.

















