Hayward CA

Grocery Outlet, the Emeryville-based discount grocery chain, will close 36 underperforming stores after reporting a $218.2 million fourth-quarter loss.

Last year, Oakland’s city auditor warned that Oakland is seriously understaffing its 911 dispatch center. The report echoed multiple other audits and investigations going back nearly a decade, showing that OPD’s emergency call center has lacked adequate staffing, undermining its ability to quickly pick up calls and...

MARIN, Calif. (KRON) — Drivers filling up at a Marin County gas station said prices are downright “outrageous.” Prices at the pump continued climbing Friday in the Bay Area, and AAA says they are recording enormous spikes statewide. At one Chevron gas station in Marin County, prices jumped 40 cents within hours, from...

Fire crews rescued a mountain biker on Friday who crashed in a remote area of a regional park in Contra Costa County, fire officials said.

The Berkeley Unified School District board approved the potential elimination or reduction in work for more than 120 classified employees within the district, as well as reassignment for 231 certificated employees. The notices target service provider staff such as safety officers, afterschool supervisors and...

If the teachers strike, it will be the first-ever strike since Dublin became its own district in the 1980s.

The Pleasanton Police Department said officers are investigating three residential burglaries, including two of them where the residents were home at the time of the burglary and came face-to-face with the intruder. In one of the cases, the suspect had a gun. In another, a teen was pepper sprayed. Anyone...

The Midnight Diners is a regular collaboration between KQED food editor Luke Tsai and graphic novelist Thien Pham. Follow them each week as they explore the hot pot restaurants, taco carts and 24-hour casino buffets that make up the Bay Area’s after-hours dining scene. At 9jaGrills, a newish Nigerian...

Located in Downtown Redwood City, Pizzeria Cardamomo provides freshly-made Italian cuisine. The dining experience begins with a story about how Cardamomo came to be from welcoming and knowledgeable staff. The small, friendly atmosphere provides customers with a space to share a comforting meal with loved ones....

On Feb. 9, 53-year-old Eric Dane passed away from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that destroys motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causing muscle atrophy and loss of voluntary movement. Best known as Dr. Mark Sloan, or “McSteamy” in “Grey’s Anatomy,” Dane’s acting...