6 Best Family-Friendly Cultural Festivals in the East Bay This Summer 2026 (May–August)
If you have young kids and you're trying to plan summer weekends that don't end in meltdowns, the East Bay's free and low-cost cultural festivals are honestly the best play. From mid-May through late August 2026, there are six standouts that have proper kids' zones, walkable layouts, and food the whole family will actually eat. Here's the practical lineup, sorted by date...
6 San Ramon Restaurants Where You Can Feed the Whole Family Without the Hassle
When you're juggling soccer practice, swim lessons, and a kid who hits meltdown level if dinner takes longer than 20 minutes, you need a rotation that just works. San Ramon has quietly stacked a strong lineup of family-friendly spots — easy parking, real kids' menus, and turnaround times that respect a busy weeknight. Four of these six sit at City Center Bishop Ranch, walking...
Pre-Dawn Wrong-Way Horror On I-580 In Oakland Leaves One Dead
Today, a wrong-way crash on westbound Interstate 580 in Oakland left one person dead and turned the pre-dawn commute into a mess. The collision shut down the westbound lanes near the Seminary Avenue off-ramp, backing up traffic for hours while crews cleared the scene. According to KRON4, which cited the...
Dozens of bronze memorial plaques stolen from Alameda park benches, leaving families shocked
More than two dozen memorial plaques honoring loved ones were stolen from a popular Alameda park, raising concern among families and park advocates who fear the thefts may be part of a growing trend. The missing plaques were discovered at Jean Sweeney Open Space Park, where nearly every bench once featured a bronze marker dedicated to a family member.
Bay Area neighborhood enters seventh day without safe drinking water
About 170 residents in a Bay Area neighborhood remained without drinkable tap water Thursday, nearly a week after regulators issued a “Do Not Drink” order due to a water main contamination incident.
Bay Area builder buys site of failed Los Gatos housing project
LOS GATOS — A Bay Area homebuilder bought the site of a failed Los Gatos housing development that had become snarled in a loan default, financial woes and a foreclosure by its lender. Sares Regis Group of Northern California now owns the site where a housing development had been...
7 Filipino Comfort Food Spots in Daly City and South SF Worth the Drive...
You make the drive across the Bay Bridge for a reason. Daly City has the highest concentration of Filipino-Americans in the country — sister city to Quezon City, the place Jollibee picked for its first US store back in 1998. Forty minutes down I-280 and you're in turo-turo, sisig, and señorita-bread country. The Infatuation refreshed its Daly City guide on February...
OPD deploying more resources for May Day, Cinco de Mayo to counter illegal sideshows
(KRON) — After several previous years in which the Oakland Police Department says illegal sideshows disrupted May Day and Cinco de Mayo celebrations, OPD said it plans to deploy additional resources, including aerial police tracking, from Friday through next Tuesday to prevent dangerous activity. “Sideshows are among the most common issues,” OPD said in a […]
Bay Area Beaches Are Chock-Full of Mysterious Blue Creatures Again. Here’s How to See...
They’re an otherworldly sight: blue and iridescent. They have no clear eyes, mouths or body parts analogous to our own. And rising from one side — is it their back; hard to tell — is a transparent sail, which these little seafarers use to catch the wind.
Grim Dumpster Discovery: Woman’s Body Found Off Oakland I-980 Ramp
A grim discovery off an Oakland freeway ramp is now at the center of a homicide-style investigation, after a woman's badly decomposed remains were found yesterday in a dumpster near the 17th Street offramp from northbound Interstate 980, authorities said. Officers located the body at about 5:20 PM, and investigators have not yet determined how long it had been there. The California...
