Gas prices hit above $6 mark, nearly $7 a gallon in one Bay Area...
Bay Area drivers are feeling pain at the pump. Gas prices have surged in recent days as the U.S. involvement in the war in Iran intensifies. At one gas station, diesel prices are now flirting with $7.00.
Late-Night SR-85 Off-Ramp Crash Near SR-82 Leaves One Dead
One person was killed yesterday after a single-vehicle crash on the State Route 85 southbound off-ramp near the SR-82 connector in Santa Clara County. The car, described by investigators as a red Mazda Miata convertible, left the roadway and came to rest well off the ramp while firefighters and officers shut down the...
Bay Area hotel is bought through foreclosure of failed property loan
TIBURON — A boutique hotel nestled in an exclusive Bay Area enclave has been bought through a speedy foreclosure transaction, a fresh sign that economic woes still afflict the region’s weak hospitality sector. Denver-based hospitality group KSL Capital Partners, which this month bought Los Gatos’ Toll House Hotel...
Mount Shasta rescue: Bay Area climbers saved after 700-foot fall
MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. — Two climbers from the Bay Area were rescued after being stranded in Avalanche Gulch on Mount Shasta on Sunday. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office reported that the climbers, aged 19 and 20, faced trouble during their descent after summiting the mountain. Officials at the scene...
Coroner identifies man found dead in Northwest Berkeley Thursday
An unhoused man was found dead near the Ohlone Greenway in Northwest Berkeley Thursday. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office’s Coroner’s Bureau identified the man Monday as Lon Turner, 67, of El Cerrito. A 911 caller reported an unresponsive person near the Ohlone Greenway at 2:42 p.m. Thursday,...
Alameda County public defender challenges judge over lack of Black jurors
Last week, 85 people filed into Alameda County Superior Court in downtown Oakland. They’d been called to serve as jurors for a case in which the defendant, an Oakland woman named Eboni Route, faces misdemeanor charges of battery against a police officer and resisting arrest. Each prospective juror stood...
APD Burglary Suspect Investigation Leads to Mail Theft Arrest
Last Wednesday, Alameda police officers arrested a burglary suspect with a stash of drug paraphernalia, burglary tools, and stolen mail packages addressed to more than 80 individuals in Alameda and Oakland.
The Bookstore Closes Its Doors One Final Time.
Closing its doors one last time on a Thursday Afternoon, the Foothill Bookstore will transition completely online. This was not an easy decision. For over a year, folks at the Academic Senate, ASFC, and a plethora of other groups got together to decide the fate of Foothill’s one and only bookstore.
Suspect arrested in killing of young mother in Sunnyvale was father of her child
(KRON) — One of two men arrested in the fatal shooting of a young mother in Sunnyvale earlier this year was the father of her child, police said on Monday. Officers with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (DPS) initially responded on Jan. 7 at around 9:39 p.m. to the area of 1225 Vienna Drive. […]
Emails show investigators wanted to probe Esparto warehouse owner before deadly blast
Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected] . Newly released emails show that California fire investigators had discussed scrutinizing the company tied to last summer’s deadly fireworks warehouse...
