Hayward CA

After a four-day strike over pay and benefits, and a marathon 12-hour negotiation session, the West Contra Costa teachers' union and the school district reached a tentative agreement at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Here's what's in it.

The 26-year-old student was arrested on Nov. 12 at Cory Hall on campus, police said.

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake shook Oakland and the East Bay Monday afternoon, according to preliminary information from the U.S. Geological Survey. The small quake’s epicenter was along the Hayward Fault — near the border of Oakland and Piedmont, not far from the Montclair Village shopping district. The earthquake...

You'll now be able to do contactless credit and debit card payments on all Bay Area transit agencies as part of a new Clipper Card rollout that includes discounted and free transfers between agencies.

Officials for the driverless car company say a woman recently gave birth while she was inside a Waymo headed to UCSF Medical Center. The passenger was apparently in labor Monday night and headed to the hospital when Waymo’s remote Rider Support team determined that some “unusual activity” was happening in the car....

(KRON) — Three people, including two juveniles, were arrested Friday after the Fremont Police Department responded to a report of a stolen vehicle. The stolen vehicle’s tracking capabilities allowed officers to locate it driving in San Jose, where a traffic stop was attempted, police said. The suspects ditched the...

The controversial rules are meant to help protect homes from wildfires in certain fire-prone areas.

The Oakland City Council on Dec. 2 voted to reinstate the city’s cultural affairs manager position, Oaklandside first reported. The decision comes after artists campaigned for the city to rehire for the position, which oversees public arts funding and raises money for cultural programs through private grants. After...

Authorities in Berkeley seized nine firearms this week from a local man who threatened to shoot "anyone that comes onto the property" after a neighborhood boy showed up to find his ball, police report. Berkeley police arrested 34-year-old Michael Aschoff on Monday evening on a warrant stemming from the dispute and...

A cyclist was nearly run over by an apparently enraged AC Transit operator on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, in front of Franklin Elementary on Foothill Boulevard in Oakland. George, who asked Streetsblog to withhold his last name out of fear of retaliation, said he was riding in the...