Hayward CA

While there’s concern Gov. Newsom’s office will table a key transit loan until next year, politicians suggest there’s still hope for the funding measure to find approval before this week’s deadline.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland city officials and organizers of Oakland First Fridays pushed back Sunday against the Oakland Police Officers Association's assertion that shootings early Saturday morning were connected to the festival. The Oakland Police Department said Sunday that the initial investigation into shootings...

A man was arrested on multiple felony charges in San Mateo after allegedly hitting someone in the face with a firearm and then pummeling the victim who was on the ground, police said.

Events for this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15) promise to bring beloved traditions to audiences around the Bay, including folkloric dances, musical performances, and the region’s first-ever televised lowrider parade, cruising down Mission Street on Sept. 20. This year’s celebrations also carry...

A 53-year-old Stockton man is suspected of driving under the influence in a crash that killed six people over the weekend in Napa County, authorities said Monday. Norberto Celerino was driving a Toyota Sienna minivan that veered off Pope Valley Road and hit a tree shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the...

San Francisco police let out-of-state cops run more than 1.6 million illegal searches of the city’s license-plate reader database — including at least 19 that were marked as related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to records obtained by The Standard. California sanctuary laws bar police from...

SAN FRANCISCO - Transit advocates are holding a rally Monday in order to persuade California to "deliver on its commitment" to provide emergency loan funding to prevent cuts to public transportation. The rally is being organized by members of the Transbay Coalition and attended by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San...

School buses are the largest mass transport system in the country, and yet they’ve barely changed over the last 100 years. Bill Weir travels to California to meet a mother who is bringing child transportation into the 21st century, and has made Oakland the first fully electric powered school bus district in the...

Tenderloin residents claim that supplying paraphernalia like pipes, aluminum foil and other instruments attract both drug dealers and drug users to the area.

Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays events are pushing back on the blame the event is getting for Saturday morning's shootings. The Oakland police union pointed the finger at the event, which can draw around 30,000 people, for the shootings that occurred in the neighborhood hours after the event had officially...