East Bay family to get $60K settlement in disability dispute
(KRON) — A San Leandro family will receive a $60,000 settlement from the owners of their apartment complex after having a disability accommodation request repeatedly ignored, the California Civil Rights Department announced Tuesday. The complaint against the multi-unit apartment complex owners was filed in 2024. It all
A taste of Colombia in Alameda
Game-day bites with Alameda's Macondo Colombian Fusion. Owners, Constanza Ortiz and Jacob Loffsner, talk food, tradition, and soccer.
PG&E customers lose more than $211K to scams this year, as reports climb in...
Victims have lost an average $969 so far this year, according to PG&E.
After 32 Years, Beloved California Restaurant Group Shuts Down All Locations, Leaving 365 Workers...
San Ramon, California — A longtime Bay Area restaurant company that operated several popular dining destinations across Northern California is closing all of its restaurants, bringing an end to more than three decades in the hospitality industry and leaving hundreds of employees out of work. Vine Hospitality, a hospita
Boats illegally docked at Jack London Aquatic Center now sinking into estuary
A group of boats that had illegally docked at the Jack London Aquatic Center has cleared the dock but is now sinking into the estuary. The illegal docking prompted a meeting with Oakland City Council Member Charlene Wang, the Oakland Police Department, and Parks and Recreation officials to discuss solutions.
Danville is Making Big Changes to its E-Bike Rules
DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA – Danville is moving toward some of its biggest e-bike restrictions yet, following months of resident complaints about speeding riders, close calls on shared trails, and confusion over the difference between legal e-bikes and more powerful e-motorcycles. At its June 16 meeting, the Danville Town Co
2 men released from Death Row sue Alameda County for $572M over jury selection
Two men who were freed last year from state prison over prosecutorial misconduct have now filed suit against Alameda County, claiming prosecutors there sought to rig juries to bolster the district attorney’s “tough on crime” image. Ernest Dykes filed suit today in federal court accusing the Alameda...
Pre-Dawn Gunfire Shreds Car on Oakland’s International Boulevard
Pre-dawn gunfire ripped through a car in East Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood today, leaving a 20-year-old passenger wounded and a vehicle chewed up with bullet holes, according to police. The shooting happened around 4:27 AM in the 2000 block of International Boulevard, where a volley of shots hit a car...
California Department of Toxic Substances Control enforcement action results in $1.5M settlement with Radius...
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has secured a court‑approved settlement with Radius Recycling Inc. (formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.) for violations DTSC says it identified during multiple inspections and fire‑related investigations at the company’s West Oakland metal shredding faci
Costco could be coming to Oakland
Costco is advancing discussions with Oakland officials to bring one of its big-box stores to the site of a former Army base near the Bay Bridge. It will be years before a Costco warehouse and gas station could open on the 23-acre site in West Oakland, but a City Council committee is set to consider an exclusive negotia
