Reminder: Sunday morning street closures for Oakland Marathon include parts of Piedmont and Oakland...
The 17th annual Oakland Marathon kicks off Friday, with community events on Saturday and a series of races — from a 5K to the full marathon — and festivities running through early Sunday afternoon. Streets along the course will be impacted by detours, road closures, and public parking restrictions.
Driver arrested after road rage incident on I-80
At 2:57 PM on March 20, 2026, traffic on Interstate 80 slowed when a driver stopped his vehicle, approached another car with a knife, and made threats. CHP Oakland Area officers responded and located the suspect driving a Lincoln Navigator. The driver exited the freeway, discarded the knife on the off-ramp, and was...
14 Under-The-Radar California Italian Restaurants That Win Fans Without The Hype
Great meals don’t always come with long waits, viral videos, or flashy headlines. Sometimes they’re hiding in plain sight. A quiet dining room. A familiar server. The smell of garlic and simmering tomato sauce drifting out of a small kitchen. That kind of place still exists. A surprising...
Stanford Plots Massive Cancer Hub In Redwood City Shakeup
Stanford Medicine is moving ahead with plans for a major cancer center at its Redwood City campus, filing a preliminary project proposal for an inpatient hospital, research facilities and expanded outpatient services on the 35-acre site. Early concept materials show multiple new buildings linked by enclosed bridges...
Popular Bay Area organic juice chain to shut down all locations
Juice House Co., a Bay Area organic juice chain with locations including San Francisco’s Ferry Building, will close all stores in April.
California Woman Admits to Adding Tide Pods to Container at Walmart, Faces Backlash After...
A woman in San Leandro, California, was stopped at a Walmart gate after being accused of stealing. She decided to record this incident and even admitted to adding Tipe Pods to a container she deemed not to be “all the way filled up.” Then, she uploaded the clip online, believing the internet would be on her side,...
Authorities investigating homicide in Lafayette residential neighborhood
LAFAYETTE, Calif. - The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office and Lafayette Police Department were investigating a suspected homicide on Saturday that took place in Lafayette. The sheriff's office said on X at about 2:45 p.m. that a homicide investigation was underway on Westminster Place. The road is a small...
Driver with toddler intentionally rammed vehicle into car, says Fremont PD
(KRON) — Fremont police said officers responded Monday to a High Street apartment complex for a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. “The victim and subject were conducting a child exchange of their 1-year-old son,” police said. “After the exchange, while the juvenile was in the subject’s vehicle, the subject...
In antisemitism settlement, UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’
(JTA) — The University of California, Berkeley said bans on Zionists “can violate university rules” and the bylaws of any student groups barring their inclusion must be rescinded, as part of a new settlement agreement in an antisemitism lawsuit. The university further agreed to pay $1 million to the Brandeis Center...
Cybertruck Crash Survivor Sues Elon Musk’s Tesla Claiming Door Failure Trapped Him in Burning...
The sole survivor of a fatal Cybertruck crash in Piedmont, California, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Tesla, claiming the vehicle’s electronic door system malfunctioned and trapped him inside the burning wreckage. The Los Angeles Times reports that Jordan Miller has amended his lawsuit to include Tesla...

















