Hayward CA

A 60-year-old man who slipped and fell while crossing Foothill Boulevard near Fairmount Avenue in San Leandro was still lying in the roadway when an SUV struck him a little before 8 p.m. on September 18, and the driver allegedly took off moments later. Now 51-year-old Oakland resident Shameka Edwards is facing a vehicular manslaughter charge in the death of Michael Adams, with a judge setting her bail at just $1,000.

The man who set fire to the city-run animal shelter in West Berkeley in June is headed to state prison. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Clifford Blakeley sentenced Peter Taraba, 48, to 16 months behind bars Thursday. Under California law, Taraba will likely be eligible for release after half that time. A jury found Taraba guilty of felony arson in September,

A jury on Friday ruled not guilty in the federal criminal trial of a man charged with assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in San Francisco last year. Caleb Alexander Ranney, a resident of Pittsburg in the East Bay, was arrested on Aug. 8, 2025, during a protest at the city’s ICE field office at 630 Sansome St.

Healthcare workers lay down on the lawn outside St. Rose Hospital in Hayward Thursday, staging a die-in to dramatize what they say is a looming threat to the facility's survival: federal healthcare funding cuts that have left Alameda Health System facing a $100 million funding gap. The demonstration came weeks before California voters decide the fate of Proposition 40, a one-time wealth tax on billionaires that labor groups are pitching as a lifeline for hospitals like St. Rose.

Santa Rosa police are asking for help locating a missing 13-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man believed to be traveling together.

OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Just one day before a high-profile bribery and corruption trial involving a former Oakland mayor, one defendant asked the court to order the government to produce its star witness’s tax records Thursday. David Duong, a well-connected businessman in Oakland, requested the government produce Mario...

SEIU Local 1000, California's largest union representing state workers, is preparing for a possible one-day strike later this month after contract negotiations with Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration stalled.

The National Weather Service is warning of dangerous surf and unusually high tides along the Bay Area coast this weekend, with waves up to 16 feet and coastal flooding possible.

A person was struck and killed by an Altamont Corridor Express train Wednesday afternoon on Union Pacific tracks between Santa Clara and Fremont, officials said. The collision happened around 4:55 p.m. along a stretch of track heavily used by Amtrak and Union Pacific freight trains, and it left two ACE trains delayed as the investigation unfolded.

On a Tuesday morning that should have smelled like wet leaves, a commuter in Oakland stepped off a train and felt the platform radiate through the soles of her shoes. The marine layer that usually arrives by lunch had not shown up. Gardeners in San Jose were already watering before work. Forecasters had a name […] The post Bay Area faces a long stretch of summer-like heat appeared first on EgoEase .