Hayward CA

If gas prices reach $7 a gallon, Bay Area commuters could see their daily costs climb sharply. So, is it cheaper to drive or take mass transit? Here's what we found.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland’s 60-day grace period for speeding drivers ends this weekend— a shift from mailed warnings to citations. The city launched its speed safety camera program Jan. 15, installing cameras at 18 high-injury hotspots. While these areas represent only 6% of Oakland’s streets, they account for 60% of...

Oakland’s grace period is over. After 60 days of warnings, the city’s new speed cameras start spitting out real tickets tomorrow, targeting drivers clocked at 11 mph or more over the posted limit. The cameras, which went live in mid-January along 18 of Oakland’s most dangerous corridors, are part of a five-year pilot...

For the first No Kings marches in June 2025, an estimated 4 million people showed up at more than 800 protests. Last October, No Kings tallied more than 7 million protesters at 2,700 separate events in all 50 states. This anti-authoritarian movement continues to grow, with another national day of...

After decades of fighting, this Bay Area city is cutting down hundreds of historic trees. Here’s why it’s happening.

The California Department of Public Health is urging everyone who qualifies to get an updated measles vaccine following a a resurgence of cases across the nation and globe. Vaccination rates for measles have been steadily dropping both nationally and worldwide, which health officials point to as a reason more cases...

Voters across the San Francisco Bay Area—including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and San Francisco counties—will decide on Measure AA. If approved by two-thirds of voters, it would add a $12 annual parcel tax on each taxable property from July 1, 2017, through June 30,...

The Oakland Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint on March 26, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 3:00 AM at an undisclosed location in Oakland. The checkpoint aims to find and stop impaired drivers to keep roads safe.

Community members and city leaders gathered Thursday night at Taylor Memorial Methodist Church for a public safety town hall, days after a deadly mass shooting in downtown Oakland left two people dead and five others injured.

Rogelio Barajas Martinez of Bay Point was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on one count of murder in the attack, which investigators say was domestic related.