Bay Area Death After Eating Wild Mushrooms Spurs New Warnings of Toxic ‘Super Bloom’
Local health officials are warning not to eat foraged fungi after the death last weekend of a Sonoma County resident who had ingested wild mushrooms. In recent months, California has seen its largest outbreak of mushroom poisonings in at least three decades. There have been 35 cases since November, causing at least...
City Council Approves Homelessness Report, New Collections Policy
Delays sidewalk repair ordinance, approves CSI Mini-Storage lease. On January 6, City Council unanimously accepted The Road Home Final Report, the City’s five-year strategic plan to prevent and respond to homelessness. The report noted both an increase in total homelessness and positive growth in sheltered capacity....
Bay Area celebrity chef facing federal charges after allegedly robbing 3 SF banks
Bay Area celebrity chef Valentino Luchin is facing federal indictment charges after allegedly robbing three banks in San Francisco.
Hundreds rally in San Francisco over killing of Renee Nicole Good
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday afternoon outside a Tesla showroom near downtown San Francisco as part of multiple "ICE Out for Good!" protests held across the Bay Area.
Thousands gather for Bay Area anti-ICE protests
Several protests were held in the Bay Area Saturday, demanding an end to increased immigration enforcement in U.S. cities. Those demonstrations were among around 1,000 happening across the country.
Gunfire breaks out on Berkeley-Oakland border
Berkeley police investigated gunfire Friday night on the southern border of the city. One house was hit near King and Adeline streets but, so far, no victims have been located, Berkeley police said. Friday night's shooting appears to be the first confirmed gunfire of the year, according to BPD data. Berkeley police...
CSU East Bay offers online cannabis training amid California industry shifts
MENDOCINO CO., 1/9/25 – California State University, East Bay, is enrolling students in its online cannabis education program. The noncredit program is offered entirely online and is open to adults 18 and older. The program offers students a chance to earn certification as specialists in cannabis cultivation, product...
Reservoir levels rise after recent Bay Area storms
KRON4's Charles Clifford reports. https://www.kron4.com.
Prolific retail thief sentenced for spree covering every Bay Area county
Shawn Naputi of Richmond received a five-year sentence for more than 80 thefts from October 2023 to May 2025, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office said.
Home hijacked through rental program
An Oakland couple who use a home sharing account spent two days cleaning up after their property was hijacked by strangers for drugs and sex. One of the trespassers even stole their car.
