Proposal to build train connection between ACE and BART in Tri-Valley
The Valley Link project would bring a rail connection between the Dublin-Pleasanton BART station, and ACE train service in Livermore. The idea is to make it easier for riders from beyond the Altamont Pass to take train service all the way into San Francisco, and reduce traffic over Interstate 580.
Santa Clara University receives multimillion-dollar gift for new AI center
Santa Clara University announced plans Tuesday for a new artificial intelligence center after receiving a donation of nearly $25 million, one of the largest in its 175-year history. A Jesuit institution that values a person-oriented approach to education grounded in ethics may not sound like the best fit for the...
San Jose Taxpayer Slaps DA With Suit Over At-Home Prosecutor Pay
A San Jose resident is taking Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen to court, accusing him of wasting public money by paying a prosecutor to stay home while warning residents about looming budget carnage. The taxpayer lawsuit, filed March 25, 2026, asks a judge to order that Deputy District Attorney Daniel Chung be put back on active duty instead of collecting a paycheck...
After closure, one of the Bay Area’s few live-fire Indian barbecue spots returns
The new South Bay restaurant will now serve lunch, cocktails and new dishes.
Antioch hotel tumbles into loan default as lodging ailments linger
ANTIOCH — An Antioch hotel has toppled into default due to failed real estate financing, another indicator that economic ailments still plague the Bay Area hospitality industry. The 116-room Antioch Inn & Suites, near the interchange of State Route 4 and Somersville Road, defaulted on $15 million in real...
Viral East Coast bagel chain backed by private equity is coming to the Bay...
An investment firm-backed bagel chain that has swept the East Coast is planting its first flag in the Bay Area, taking over one of the last original Mission-style Taco Bells in the region.
East Oakland Courtroom Shock as Man Walks Free in 2021 Killing Plea Deal
After roughly six years behind bars, Oakland resident Leland Moore walked out of an Alameda County courtroom yesterday, minutes after he entered a no-contest plea to voluntary manslaughter in the 2021 killing of Harold Jackson. With credit for time already served, the plea translated into Moore’s immediate release. The...
San Jose man behind unprovoked knockout attacks on elderly victims, police say
San Jose police arrested 32-year-old Davit Martinez for a series of unprovoked assaults on strangers, including attacking elderly victims at a gym and a supermarket. The spree ended on April 12 following a domestic dispute involving a machete, which led to a barricade situation and a standoff with tactical officers.
2 dead, 1 hospitalized after South Bay police pursuit crash
GILROY, Calif. (KRON) — A driver and two passengers inside a stolen pickup truck led Morgan Hill police officers on a chase overnight Tuesday in south Santa Clara County before crashing, according to authorities. Two of the occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene. A Gilroy Police Department officer spotted the truck, which was reported […]
Alameda Firefighters Extinguish Blaze at Historic Apartment Building, Rescue Tenants
On Friday morning, April 10, Alameda Fire Department (AFD) responded to a reported fire in the Alameda Hotel Apartments at 1415 Broadway. AFD initially sent three engine companies, two truck companies, one ambulance, one battalion chief, and the Alameda Care Team, according to AFD reports on Facebook and Instagram.
