Key figure in Oakland FBI corruption case sought $225,000 in city grants
One of the people who appears to be at the center of the FBI’s ongoing investigation of public corruption in Oakland, Mario Juarez, tried, four years ago, to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars from a city grant program meant to help struggling businesses, The Oaklandside has learned. And...
Martinez man accused of murdering alleged intruder
(KRON) — Half a year after a Martinez resident killed a man who had entered his home, he is being charged with murder by the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, police announced Thursday. The resident, 31-year-old Kyle Daniels, initially told Martinez police officers responding to the March 15 incident...
Oakland drivers hit by new fake parking ticket scam, report says: Here’s what to...
If you've recently received a parking ticket in Oakland, you may want to double check the paperwork. That's because drivers are being targeted by a new scam.
Bay Area family mourns 94-year-old tricyclist, killed by driver who ran onto road shoulder
Fernando Velazquez often joked with his family that riding his tricycle every day was his secret to longevity.
Valley Fever Is Spreading In Bay Area, And Dogs Are Especially Vulnerable
In the Bay Area, health officials are sounding the alarm about a little-known illness that doesn’t just affect humans—it threatens our four-legged companions too. Valley fever, once thought of as a disease limited to California’s Central Valley and the desert Southwest, is now cropping up in places like San Francisco...
This Bay Area pinball arcade is hiding where you’d least expect it
The Flipper Room may be the only business in the world where you can play “Stranger Things” pinball and frame a Monet print. Turns out that makes perfect business sense.
Search underway for Bay Area woman who went missing on popular trail
Police are hoping someone saw the woman on the trail before her disappearance.
Day Around the Bay: Santa Rosa Police Seize 5,000 Suspected Fentanyl Pills
Santa Rosa police seized around 5,000 fentanyl pills suspected to be fentanyl in the bust of a drug trafficking suspect, which were labeled as 30mg oxycodone. 32-year-old Coolidge Sledge was arrested and stands accused of distributing large quantities of suspected fentanyl pills in Santa Rosa and its surrounding...
California Highway Patrol Issues Silver Alert for At-Risk Senior Citizen Wayman Hall in San...
The California Highway Patrol has issued a Silver Alert for Wayman Hall, an at-risk missing person who was last seen yesterday in San Leandro, Alameda County. According to a social media post from CHP Alerts, Hall is 74 years old, stands 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs approximately 150 pounds, and has brown hair and...
These are the 5 best pepperoni pizza slices in the Bay Area
With a boom in New York-style slice shops, Chronicle associate critic Cesar Hernandez sampled 20 different pepperoni pizzas to find the best in the Bay Area. Here are his rankings.
