Bay Area sports calendar, Aug. 10-11
Osleivis Basabe and the Giants will host the Astros at 6:30 p.m. Monday. (NBCSBA)
BART’s New Schedule Is Now in Effect, With Major 925 Transfer Changes
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – BART’s new systemwide schedule took effect Monday, bringing shorter and more convenient transfers for riders traveling from the 925 toward San Jose, Berkeley and Richmond. Almost every BART departure time has changed by at least a few minutes under the new schedule. The...
Apartment complex in lively Oakland neighborhood suffers foreclosure
OAKLAND — An apartment complex in a bustling section of downtown Oakland has been foreclosed, marking the second time in just a few days that a lender has seized a housing hub in the city’s urban core. Mason at Hive, a 105-apartment residential hub in Oakland’s lively and...
Volunteers renew effort to find missing Oakland woman Amy Hillyard
Volunteer crews launched a renewed search effort Sunday morning for Amy Hillyard, an Oakland mother and coffee shop co-owner who vanished more than four months ago. Friends and family members last saw Hillyard on March 25. She is the co-owner of Farley's Coffee Shop, a popular business on Grand Avenue in Oakland.
USPS offering Americans $300,000 in rewards
THE USPS is offering up a hefty reward to any American willing to help with two recent mail crimes. The mail agency is hoping that $300,000 in rewards could help catch the perpetrators. The first incident occurred on July 30 where several boxes of mail were stolen from a post...
OUSD enacts one of strictest cell phone bans in Bay Area
Under a new state law requiring districts to limit device access, Oakland Unified has enacted one of the strictest cellphone bans in the region. Students are not allowed to use cellphones, smartwatches, or other personal electronic devices during class, between classes, or during lunch, except in limited circumstances.
Bay Area temperatures are about to plunge. Then comes a chance of thunderstorms
Monday kicks off a major cooldown in parts of the Bay Area, but the more unusual weather may arrive midweek as monsoon moisture pushes north.
California Girl Found Dead in Bathtub After Alleged Abuse—County Pays $12 Million After Officials...
Trigger Warning: This article contains references to the alleged s– and physical abuse that some readers may find distressing. A California county agreed to pay $12 million to the grandmother of an eight-year-old who was found dead in a bathtub despite several alarming reports from the family. The mother of the young g
California lawsuit over plate-reader cameras survives, putting drivers’ privacy on trial
"Police should not simply be able to follow where our cars are and where they went."
Wildcat Canyon bike trail divides neighbors over recreation, habitat
A proposed mountain bike trail in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park has divided neighbors, park advocates and environmental watchdogs for more than three years. A draft environmental impact report is expected this fall, setting up a decision on whether the East Bay Regional Park District's most contested trail project
