Bay Area builder buys site of failed Los Gatos housing project
LOS GATOS — A Bay Area homebuilder bought the site of a failed Los Gatos housing development that had become snarled in a loan default, financial woes and a foreclosure by its lender. Sares Regis Group of Northern California now owns the site where a housing development had been...
Today’s Alameda Treasure – 1530 Mozart Street, The Rose Cottage, Part 4
The story of the Rose Cottage started all the way back in 1894, when the prolific builder team Marcuse & Remmel put up four houses in a row here on Mozart Street. One of them, 1528 Mozart, was profiled last year in the Alameda Post. And over the course of these four installments, we’ve been profiling its neighbor, 1530 Mozart, which has been lovingly and...
Struggling Bay Area Schools Get New Life as Badly Needed Child Care Centers
Over the past six years, a shuttered Vallejo elementary school stood vacant, serving as a visual reminder of the Bay Area city’s declining student population. Whenever a bell rings, residents around the former Beverly Hills Elementary School know that it isn’t the sound of classes starting, but of an alarm triggered by vandals breaking in.
6 Santa Clara County Patios Built for Warm Weekend Evenings
Summer is basically here, and you finally get those Bay Area nights where you can sit outside without freezing the moment the sun drops. This list is not about hidden gems yaar — every place here has thousands of reviews. It is about patios that actually work when you want sangria with friends, lawn games with the group, or a date that does not require...
7 Weekend Lunch Spots in San Leandro and Hayward Where Parking’s Easy and Kids...
If you're trying to feed the family on a Saturday without circling the block for fifteen minutes or waiting forever for a chicken tender, the East Bay has you covered. The spots below all clear the same bar: pull right in, sit down or order at the counter, eat fast, and walk out without blowing the grocery budget. Easy parking, kid-friendly menus, and...
Thursday Morning What’s Up: Two Fatal Crashes On I-580
One person was killed in a wrong-way crash early Thursday on I-580 in Oakland. The crash happened around 2:30 am, involving three cars, on westbound I-580 just east of Seminary Avenue. [KRON4]. There was also a fatal crash on eastbound I-580 in Livermore around 7 am Thursday, involving a pickup...
Band has truck stolen in Oakland, postpones Bay Area show
(KRON) — A band on tour had its truck stolen in Oakland on Wednesday morning. According to a social media announcement by the band, Moonchild’s tour vehicle was stolen the morning of a scheduled show in Berkeley. The truck contained all the band’s tour essentials like audio equipment, instruments and merchandise. “This morning our truck […]
Zuckerberg-backed school filings show where 147 Bay Area layoffs will hit
New state filings show where 147 previously reported job cuts at the Primary School will occur across East Palo Alto and San Leandro as the tuition-free school prepares to close this summer.
San Jose police arrest 13 at illegal gambling dens
(KRON) — This year the San Jose Police Department has investigated multiple shootings and homicides linked to illegal after-hours clubs, bars, and gambling dens throughout the city, police said. A double homicide unfolded inside a secret gambling establishment on Santa Clara Street in March, police said. Two men were shot to death, and their suspected […]
Why 13 Catholic churches are closing in Northern California
East Bay Catholics were informed on Wednesday, April 29, that the Diocese of Oakland would close 13 churches across the region amid financial struggles and years of declining parishioner numbers. In a letter to the diocese , the Bishop of Oakland, Michael Barber, stated that the majority of the closures were in Oakland, along with four other churches in Alameda County and two in Contra...
