Berkeley Bowl Corner Braces For 11-Story Apartment Tower
South Berkeley’s busiest grocery corner could soon be looking a lot taller. A developer has revised plans for a mixed-use building across from the Berkeley Bowl Marketplace, boosting the design to 11 stories with 242 apartments. The latest proposal would add ground-floor retail and rooftop amenity space while replacing
Beloved ‘Nurse Solomon’ Fatally Shot In Downtown Oakland Robbery
OAKLAND, CA – A registered nurse and popular social media health educator was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in downtown Oakland, leading to murder charges against a convicted felon. The Fatal Confrontation. The incident occurred shortly after 2:45 a.m. on May 31 near the intersection of 14th...
Hate crime arrest after threats at Berkeley school playground
A homeless man who used anti-Black slurs and threatened children at a Berkeley school playground Saturday has been arrested, police report. The incident happened at Malcolm X Elementary in South Berkeley at about 8:30 p.m., Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry. According to police, the man walked up to
Parking in This California City Just Got More Expensive — and Owning Multiple Cars...
City councils often find interesting ways to recover costs from citizens in case of a budget shortfall, leading citizens to ultimately bear the cost of decisions made by city officials. Something similar has taken place ... Read more
Excavation crews called to Medline warehouse to help access remnants of massive fire
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Tracy Medline fire has been almost entirely put out but with some parts of the warehouse facility still smoldering, responders, in coordination with Medline representatives, have begun taking steps to fully extinguish the flames. An excavation company has been called to the site of the fire...
Bay Area resident admits to capturing wild animal, keeping it at home for weeks
The animal was kept in a dog crate outside of the home.
2 shot, including juvenile, during Bay Area beach takeover
Alameda police said officers were already near a large crowd along Shoreline Drive when they heard gunfire Thursday night.
Chevron Poised To Axe Up To 8,000 Jobs, Bay Area And Houston Reeling
Chevron is gearing up for the largest layoff in its history, planning to cut as many as 8,000 jobs worldwide as it folds Hess into its operations. The company expects to shed roughly 15–20 percent of its global workforce, and the pain will be felt close to home: hundreds of roles tied to the former San Ramon headquarte
‘Nightmarish’ enrollment drop-off forces Oakland colleges to merge
The schools are slated to merge under a new name in fall 2027.
In the Bay Area, everyone who works in beer is ‘paid in Skittles’
"I don't know one person who has left brewing for biotech and come back."
