Hayward CA

Floods turned deadly in Northern California as the latest atmospheric river slammed the region over the weekend, dropping nearly a foot of rain in some places. Meanwhile, more heavy rain and flooding are forecast to persist and expand into Southern California through the Christmas holiday week.

Shoppers are sipping hot cocoa in Union Square. Tourists are lining up at the cable car turnaround on Powell Street. Crime rates have plummeted. The vibes are good, and it’s almost as if San Francisco’s downtown is back. Just don’t look too closely at the data, or the nearly vacant mall down on Market Street.

“All of the progress that Ms. Molina was leading ended when my successor was appointed and she fired Kristina Molina, without talking to her, without reviewing any of the work that had been done, without consideration at all for the advances that were made on behalf of the victims of this County. Victims are...

First in a three-part series about Oakland agencies preparing for major federal funding cuts. Oakland is bracing for nearly $25 million in federal funding cuts — a blow to the cash-strapped city that has been grappling with budget deficits. The cuts represent a 34% decrease in federal funding from...

Two rounds of rain and strong winds are expected this week. Here’s a precise timeline of when the most dangerous conditions are set to arrive.

Two hours after a road crew accidentally struck a natural gas line in the unincorporated Ashland neighborhood near Hayward earlier this month, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. had finally stopped the leak. Road workers had left the immediate area, but no official evacuation orders had been issued, despite the...

San Francisco police are asking for the public’s help to find 71-year-old Eileen Hway, who vanished last Friday in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood and has not been seen since. She was last spotted around 1:30 PM near Washington and Stockton streets and is believed to be on foot.

I never thought of the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa holidays as being associated with what many would consider scary images, but this week’s walks around Alameda proved otherwise. The yard display titled “Merry Krampus,” with some devilish looking characters, caught my eye as I was walking on Sherman Street near Buena...

In San Francisco's Sunset District, controversy continues over what to do with the Great Highway. Friday, the newly-appointed supervisor for that district, Alan Wong, confirmed he is running to keep his job. He also shared that he would support a ballot measure that would bring cars back to the now-closed stretch of...

Seven months after two friends vanished in East Oakland, police are now searching a fortified warehouse and quietly bracing for the worst in a case that has families fearing a deadly fallout from an alleged local chop shop operation. The missing men, Justin Wayne Lee, 29, and Esmeraldo Hernandez Vivero,...