Humboldt probationer caught returning from Bay Area with 2.2 pounds of cocaine
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. — A suspected cocaine dealer was caught on his way back to Humboldt County from the Bay Area and arrested on multiple charges Monday, May 4, the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) said. The HCDTF said its agents observed Elsheleke Giddens travel from Humboldt County...
Dead bird in East Bay tests positive for West Nile virus
(KRON) — The Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District (ACMAD) has confirmed the county’s first positive detection of West Nile virus of the year. According to the district, a dead bird found in a residential area in Fremont, between Newark Boulevard and Christine Street, was collected and tested. On May 1, the district’s laboratory confirmed West […]
Jewelry store smash-and-grab robbery shocks shoppers at Pleasanton mall
"They were smashing the glass. It sounds like gunshots, but not that loud." Thieves smashed glass display cases and ransacked a jewelry store inside an East Bay mall Monday morning, prompting nearby workers and shoppers to run for safety.
Parked Tesla Turns Star Witness In Oakland Encampment Killing
A parked Tesla quietly recording on a city street is now at the heart of a murder prosecution in Oakland, after an Alameda County judge yesterday moved the case closer to trial based in part on video captured by the car’s cameras. Prosecutors told the court that motion-activated footage...
Ban on new natural gas water heaters, set to take effect in seven months,...
Bay Area air regulators have touted sweeping new rules that ban the installation of natural gas-powered water heaters and furnaces as a way to reduce smog and greenhouse gas emissions. But with polls showing Americans’ top concern is the rising cost of living — and residents facing a roughly $3,500...
Replacing a broken water heater in the Bay Area is about to get vastly...
When some of the most aggressive anti-pollution appliance measures begin next year, Bay Area homeowners will need to spend thousands of dollars more for water heater replacements.
Drivers frustrated as some Bay Area gas prices reach nearly $8: ‘Every day…it’s going...
One South San Francisco gas station was charging $7.89 a gallon Tuesday. During peak commute times, the only people ABC7 Eyewitness News saw filling up there said their employers were covering the costs, and that they would never buy gas there with their own money.
The Alcatraz coyote mystery has a surprising new twist
DNA evidence has traced the coyote spotted on Alcatraz Island earlier this year to Angel Island, not San Francisco, the National Park Service said.
Our critic has a bone to pick with Bay Area restaurants’ favorite new indulgence
The buzziest restaurants in the Bay Area may be going back to marrow, but critic Cesar Hernandez is not feeling it in his bones.
Brown pelicans starving, dying in Bay Area due to Marine heat wave, wildlife experts...
A climate-driven marine heat wave off the West Coast is taking a devastating toll on California seabirds, with brown pelicans increasingly found weak, starving, and dying along Bay Area shorelines.

















