Hundreds pay tribute to Oakland coach John Beam in first organized memorial since killing
Hundreds gathered Friday night in Oakland for a tribute to coach John Beam and to celebrate his life. It was the first organized memorial for the coach since he was fatally shot on Nov. 13.
San José Police Extradite Local Resident from Mexico in Connection with 2021 Homicide on...
On December 2, 2025, San José Police Department (SJPD) detectives extradited Uatesoni Joseph Paasi, a 31-year-old San José resident, from Mexico. Paasi faces murder charges related to a 2021 homicide. The extradition followed a four-year investigation involving law enforcement agencies in the United States and Mexico.
Look up at the Muffler Man, Hayward
At 20ft, a true roadside attraction. At Bell Plastics in Hayward, many of the old fiberglass attractions found a second home. Collector Bruce Kennedy has been restoring and preserving these giants since 2011. Big Mike was originally installed in the 1960’s on Mission Boulevard at the Morris Car Wash in...
New specialty grocery store to anchor 5-story Bay Area development
The project's plan includes 10 units of low-income housing.
Foreclosure of East Bay office hub shows plunging property values
SAN RAMON — A San Ramon office hub was seized through a foreclosure that valued the property at less than half of what it was worth seven years ago, in a fresh sign of troubles in the East Bay office market. The two foreclosed office buildings at 2000 and...
Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Hikes 100 Miles in Full Drag to Raise $1 Million...
Drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia is making a bold move to support diversity in outdoor spaces by backpacking 100 miles in full drag, aiming to raise $1 million for nonprofit organizations. This trek, which began in Marin County and includes a challenging traverse over the Golden Gate Bridge, will...
Pig butchering: Bay Area widow loses nearly $1M in crypto scheme, ChatGPT alerts her...
"ChatGPT told me no, this is a scam, you better go to police station... so I panicked at that time, I panicked and I call him. I say, you are scamming me!" the victim said.
Woman killed after stepping into traffic on Highway 101 in Bay Area, CHP says
The driver, a 24-year-old San Jose man, stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers.
‘We can’t food bank our way out of this’: Looming SNAP cuts threaten S.F....
When the federal shutdown paused SNAP payments this November, Sandra M., 53, rushed downtown to San Francisco’s Al Pastor Papi to get free burritos for her family. Keeping her place in line was a struggle. The Mexican restaurant regularly sees a busy lunch rush, but its staff wasn’t prepared for the surge of people...
$90,000 Tool Heist Triggers Wild Chase From American Canyon to Oakland, One Getaway Car...
A pre-dawn break-in at a Hess Hill construction site in American Canyon turned into a two-city police drama early Thursday, ending with one getaway car stuck in marshland along Highway 37, another ditched in Oakland, and roughly $90,000 in stolen tools and equipment recovered. Two suspects were arrested and booked...
