Farnsworth Street Fire Draws Four Engines To San Leandro Block
A structure fire in the 14000 block of Farnsworth Street in San Leandro pulled a sizable response from Alameda County Fire last Friday, with multiple units converging on the scene and crews working to knock down the flames. Firefighters remained actively engaged on the incident, while officials held off on confirming any details about possible injuries or the cause of the blaze.
Mac Dre: Bay Area Greatness, Prison, Reinvention, and the Kansas City Murder That Ended...
Mac Dre’s story is one of those rare rap stories that feels bigger every year instead of smaller. He was never just a local rapper who built a cult fanbase and died too young. He became something much larger: a symbol of Bay Area independence, a blueprint for regional self-belief, a bridge between street rap and absurdist humor, and eventually a martyr whose...
San Jose Spotlight: Santa Clara County Sheriff Reports Drop In Use Of Force Cases
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is reporting a continuous, year-over-year decline in instances of use of force. Sheriff Bob Jonsen's deputies used force on people in the jails and out in the community 603 times last year, a slight decrease from 621 incidents in 2024, according to an annual report for 2025. Deputies killed one person in 2025, compared to zero fatalities reported in 2024. The report...
E-Bike Battery Sparks Deadly Fire — San Jose Resident Dies After Trying to Save...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A man has died following an early morning apartment fire in San Jose that officials say was sparked by a rechargeable e-bike battery. According to the San Jose Fire Department, the fire broke out around 8:30 a.m. Saturday inside a residence on the 4200 block of Norwalk Drive.
Shocking 4.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Santa Cruz Mountains
Quick Summary: 4.6 magnitude earthquake shakes California, centered in Santa Cruz Mountains. 6 magnitude earthquake shakes California, centered in Santa Cruz Mountains Those who acted fast may have had access to stronger information or simply a lower tolerance for sitting with ambiguity when the stakes feel high. Those who acted...
Bay Area TV station’s chief meteorologist announces departure
"Professionally, I'm excited about the chance to track thunderstorms again!"
San Leandro: Crews Extinguish Moderate Building Fire Sunday Evening
Crews in San Leandro on Sunday extinguished a building fire, the Alameda County Fire Department said. County firefighters arrived in the 14000 block of Farnsworth Street at about 6:40 p.m. on a report of a structure fire. Article continues below this ad. Once there, crews came upon a fire along...
Oracle cuts over 600 Bay Area jobs in new waves of layoffs
Oracle disclosed plans to slash 654 jobs in the Bay Area after recent reports that the company had emailed termination notices to potentially thousands of employees worldwide. The software and cloud services company will eliminate 312 jobs in Redwood City, 184 positions in Santa Clara and 158 jobs in Pleasanton, according to WARN notices that this news organization obtained from the state Employment Development Department.
San Francisco facing traffic nightmare as full closure of eastbound I-80 looms
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Bay Area drivers are facing a potential traffic nightmare as a full weekend closure of the eastbound Interstate 80 freeway in San Francisco is scheduled for later this month. The closure will see eastbound I-80 closed between 17th and 4th streets in SF, beginning Friday, April 17 at 11 p.m. and […]
Redwood City Mental Health Nonprofit Rocked By $100K Fraud Claim Against Ex-CFO
Caminar, a Bay Area behavioral health nonprofit, says its former chief financial officer secretly slipped nearly $100,000 in bogus invoices through the system before quietly resigning in September 2025. The organization says an internal review uncovered the questionable payments, it then alerted law enforcement, and it is now trying to claw the money back while investigators dig into what happened.














