A cheat sheet for Berkeleyside’s Alameda County district attorney candidates forum
On June 2, Alameda County voters will get to make a high-stakes choice for district attorney. Will they stick with the incumbent, reverse the recall they embraced a little over a year ago, or go in a whole new direction?. As the county’s public prosecutor, the DA has extraordinary discretion...
Truck loaded with speech competition equipment plundered in East Bay
NEWARK, Calif. (KRON) — As nearly 2,000 high school students converge on the campus of James Logan High School in Union City this weekend for the annual California High School Speech Association state championship tournament, they will be missing many of the materials and equipment needed for the event. Event organizers said equipment slated to […]
Homeless shelter owner will get $1.6M from Oakland in settlement
Oakland will give $1.6 million to the owner of a property used as a city homeless shelter and left in poor condition. The city leased the historic Lake Merritt Lodge in 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, opening a shelter for more than 100 medically vulnerable residents. The nonprofit Housing Consortium of the East Bay had a contract with the city...
April 21 City Council Preview
Radium theater, homeless services, sale of Building 92, nitrous oxide ban, new TOT requirement. On April 21, City Council will weigh a wide-ranging agenda, including three major Alameda Point-related issues—agreements to develop the Radium Performing Arts Center; a new operator for the Day Center, Emergency Shelter, and Safe Parking programs; and the sale of historic warehouse Building 92. Council will also...
Berkeley ranked worst housing market for buyers in the U.S.
Berkeley has been named the worst housing market for buyers in the country, according to a study from ConsumerAffairs, a journal focused on consumer research. The city falls just below Santa Clara, California. The rest of the bottom 10 are also located in California, with Oakland ranked 8th-worst and San Francisco 5th-worst.
Alameda’s Eco-Friendly Shopping Guide
When Replenish Marketplace opened at 1503 Webster Street in March 2025, co-owner Laria Pippen told the Alameda Post she had visited refill stores around the Bay Area to see how they ran their businesses and get advice. It worked. The community chose the little shop she and husband Stephan Pippen own and operate as the 2026 Alameda Star in both the New Business...
Major League Table Tennis brings championship weekend to the Bay Area
Major League Table Tennis is bringing its championship weekend to Fremont, featuring Olympians, rising stars and a fast-growing fan base. Organizers say the event highlights the sport’s increasing popularity and introduces a high-energy, team-based format to Bay Area audiences.
Thousands of marijuana plants seized from 3 Hayward locations
HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) — A state cannabis task force seized thousands of marijuana plants from three locations in Hayward and detained 24 people for questioning on Thursday. The cannabis enforcement operation was led by California Department of Fish & Wildlife Cannabis Enforcement Program officers. Images shot by a witness at the Cabot Boulevard bust shows […]
Mayor Lurie selling San Francisco to China
London Breed flew to Shanghai on a similar trip in 2024. Now she's out of a job.
20,000 marijuana plants seized, 24 arrested in raids of illegal East Bay cannabis operations
Authorities have not said if the operations were linked to one another but in total, they recovered 20,133 plants and detained 24 people in Alameda County.

















