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OAKLAND, Calif. - Police recovered a stolen firearm and illegal tobacco products during a search of an unlicensed smoke shop in East Oakland, authorities said. Oakland Police Department served a search warrant Tuesday at a business in the 6900 block of International Boulevard, police said. Investigators said they...

Joseph “Country Joe” McDonald has died. The singer/songwriter who fronted counterculture folk-rock icons Country Joe And The Fish died of complications from Parkinson’s disease last night, according to TMZ and Best Classic Bands. McDonald wrote the psychedelic Berkeley, California band’s most enduring songs,...

A respiratory virus with no specific treatment or vaccines is spreading in the Bay Area. According to the CDC, the spike of the Human Metapneumovirus, or HMPV for short, started in December. A high amount of it is showing up in the wastewater and infections have been growing ever since.

Contra Costa County Assessor Gus Kramer today announced that he will retire from his position as County Assessor in December 2026, concluding more than three decades of dedicated public service to the residents of Contra Costa County. First elected in 1994, Kramer has been entrusted by the voters of Contra...

A parade of vintage Army vehicles passed by Dick Sharp's home in Windsor, a salute to wish him a happy birthday. He recalled the years following the war as "the best of times," when education was readily available, and opportunities were everywhere.

After a few quiet years, there are warning signs that catalytic converter thieves are back on the job.

Fire crews from Redwood City Fire Department and nearby agencies responded to a fire on the third floor of an apartment building on Thursday. Firefighters quickly located smoke and flames in one unit and made an aggressive attack while checking nearby apartments. One person was helped out of the building, and two...

Authorities are asking for help in finding a man who went out fishing in San Joaquin County and never returned.

Picture the morning of September 4, 1980. The parking lots at the junction of Interstate 580 and Interstate 680 are filling fast. Pleasanton is about to walk into something it has never had before. Stoneridge Shopping Center opens for the first time, and people drive in from all over the...

Across a busy street from where dozens of skateboarders flipped, skidded and careened at a San Francisco skate park, Amanda Lynn was making big art. The noted Bay Area muralist was removing graffiti and freshening up a massive mural she’d painted years back that wrapped around the wall of an electronics store,...