Hayward CA

The custom furniture shop Berkeley Mills announced its closure in July after 37 years, citing “high costs and low margins” along with mounting debt, and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in August. But after finding new investors, the shop is open for business again with co-founder Gene Agress back at the helm after stepping down as CEO in early 2025 due to health...

DUBLIN, Calif. — A judge on Friday sentenced a former correctional officer to 52 months in prison for sexually abusing a female inmate at the Federal Correction Institution in Dublin and for making a false statement to investigators, prosecutors said. Jeffrey Wilson, 34, of Eureka, is the ninth officer...

Back when gasoline cost less than 70 cents per gallon, Henry Basurto, a Peruvian immigrant, opened an auto repair shop on the corner of Gilman Street and Neilson Street: Henry’s Service. On April 30, the shop released the final car from its service, prompting neighbors and loyal customers to...

Downtown Oakland’s wine scene is about to pour one out for a lost favorite. A local wine bar has announced it will shut its doors in July, with the owners saying dwindling weekday foot traffic and rising costs have made staying open a losing proposition. The looming closure is another blunt reminder that downtown’s small-business recovery is still on shaky ground.

A group of riders on more than 70 ATVs and dirt bikes disrupted traffic Sunday evening when they took a round-trip joy ride on the Bay Bridge before being intercepted by police, causing significant delays for drivers. The group of over 70 dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles first departed Oakland...

After-dinner walks have a different rulebook than weekend afternoon outings. The sun is going down, the kids are half-fed and half-feral, and you need a path that's flat, lit enough to feel safe, close enough to skip a 25-minute drive, and ideally stays open past 7 p.m. so you're not racing a sunset gate back to the parking lot. Most...

By 8:15 on a Saturday, the espresso machine at Devout Coffee is already pulling shots, the side patio has a few early regulars with newspapers, and one block east the Niles Town Plaza parking lot is filling up with vendors hauling produce crates and folding tables.

The famed soprano previewed her album “The Fiddle and the Drum” in a Cal Performances recital over the weekend rich with intimacy and range.

Local families were horrified to find out that more than two dozen bronze memorial plaques commemorating their loved ones have been stolen from benches at Jean Sweeney Open Space Park.

Authorities are asking for help identifying a woman who was struck and killed by a train in the Bay Area earlier this year.