Oakland’s trash collector sues city for breach of contract
As Oakland celebrated Halloween last Friday, the city received an unpleasant treat: a lawsuit from its garbage collector. Waste Management of Alameda County is suing Oakland in Alameda County Superior Court over a complex contractual dispute with millions at stake. Oakland has used Waste Management to collect trash...
San José Man Arrested After Food Truck Rammed on Monterey Road
On August 18, 2025, San José police responded to an incident on the 2900 block of Monterey Road. A white Ford pickup truck struck a parked food vendor vehicle several times. Three employees inside the food truck escaped without injury. The collision caused about $10,000 in damages. The suspect left the scene before...
Hours-long armed standoff at San Jose veterans home ends in arrest, deputies say
Authorities in the South Bay said they arrested a man who was allegedly armed following an hours-long standoff at a home for veterans that began Wednesday night.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are rethinking how they give
Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan are reshaping their philanthropic vision, moving away from local and social initiatives to AI-driven science network.
Dog attack in Fremont park leaves small dog dead, police search for suspect
(KRON) — Police in are looking for the owner of an off-leash dog that killed another dog in a Fremont park last month. According to police, the attack took place on Oct. 23 at Central Park near Lake Elizabeth at around 2:40 p.m. Police said Fremont Animal Services was contacted about a report that a […]
As SNAP benefits lapse, Bay Area food banks scramble to meet increasing demand
With federal funding for SNAP benefits this month still delayed due to the government shutdown, Bay Area food banks have been racing to meet increased demand and a situation constantly in flux.
Hundreds unite at Fremont No Kings protest
Fremont protesters gathered for the second No Kings demonstration of the year on October 18, expressing criticism against the current presidential administration along Walnut Avenue and Paseo Padre Parkway. The demonstration was assembled by a coalition of organizations that included advocacy organization Indivisible...
Santa Clara project would upend Asian American shopping center
The future of a Santa Clara shopping center that’s a mainstay of the city’s Asian American community may be in jeopardy as a national developer pushes for housing to replace it. Georgia-based PulteGroup wants to transform the Homestead Shopping Center into a 147-townhome development, complete with about 20...
Man arrested in Bay Area crime spree involving stolen teacher credit cards in 5...
Fremont police tracked the suspect to Walnut Creek -- when he was returning a rental car -- and arrested him. Police say the suspect is wanted in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Solano and Yolo Counties for similar thefts occurring on school campuses.
Water district removes homeless from Gilroy sites
Valley Water this week evicted about 60 unhoused people from encampments on two of its properties in Gilroy, and homeless advocates say the residents have nowhere else to go. “We ask the public to understand that if tents, and people, and carts of belongings begin to appear in new areas of Gilroy, these are...
