Immigration enforcement ‘surge’ called off for rest of Bay Area
Federal officials have called off a planned immigration enforcement action for the entire Bay Area, according to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee.
Meet the Bay Area pastor shot in the face with pepper ball at Coast...
The Rev. Jorge Bautista was shot in the face by a pepper ball fired by a federal agent and became the face of a Bay Area protest over a looming federal immigration crackdown.
After 95 Years, California Loses A Beloved Local Restaurant Chain
It may have been in business for nearly an entire century, but this beloved California restaurant chain has finally closed down its last location.
Fear of ICE Raids Drains Sales for Businesses in Oakland’s Fruitvale
Enriqueta Soriano has sold bejeweled, colorful ball gowns for quinceañeras, weddings and other formal events for 30 years in Oakland’s Fruitvale district, a majority Latino area where one in three residents is foreign-born. The Mexican immigrant raised six children and saved for retirement with income from her...
Project opens 40-mile stretch of Bay Area waterway to endangered fish
Biologists say steelhead trout are listed as a threatened species in Northern California and haven't been spotted this far upstream since the 1960s. Now, they're hoping that populations will reach the creek to spawn and bolster populations.
Police: Man grabbed Union City girl, 11, on her way to school
(KRON) — Union City police have launched an attempted kidnapping investigation after a man grabbed an 11-year-old girl on her way to school. The girl was riding her scooter to Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle School around 8 a.m. Wednesday. When the girl reached the area of Dyer Street and Meteor Drive, a masked man suddenly...
East Bay hotel is foreclosed in sign of region’s ailing lodging market
NEWARK — A Newark hotel was seized by its lender due to a delinquent loan, a foreclosure that highlights the wobbly values for the region’s hospitality market. The Hyatt Place Newark/Silicon Valley hotel at 5600 John Muir Dr. is now owned by an affiliate of lender State Bank of Texas following a foreclosure of an $18...
Three Bay Area residents charged in $100,000 ATM ‘jackpotting’ theft
The suspects allegedly stole more than $100,000 from two ATMs on California’s North Coast using a “jackpotting” scheme — a method where criminals hack or manipulate cash machines to dispense money.
Parents sue Dublin day care over alleged negligence following toddler’s death
A day care in Dublin is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the parents of a toddler who was pronounced deceased shortly after being found unresponsive at the facility earlier this year. Prior to the declaration of Matthew Bonneau, Jr.’s death April 15, staff at Building Kidz of Dublin discovered...
Pastor Shot in Face by ‘Pepper Round’ at Anti-ICE Protest Speaks Out
Protesters clashed with federal agents, blocking entrances as officers fired projectiles and tried to push the crowd back.
