New Oakland dental mobile program
On Thursday, August 6, the Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California will launch a new free dental care program for uninsured adults through a partnership with La Clínica de la Raza's Mobile Dental Services.
A barber school tried to expand in East Oakland. Then came the foreclosure and...
Across the street from a corner store and a smokeshop, and next to a two-in-one fast-food joint, sits a sizable stucco building that’s seen a lot. For more than a decade, 7200 International Blvd. wasted away, accumulating layers of graffiti, peeling paint, and wooden boards in a part of Oakland burdened with blight and
Berkeley Hillel arson ends in hate crime finding
A man who burned a mezuzah at a Jewish student center serving UC Berkeley was found guilty this week of arson, authorities say. David Denton, 45, faces up to three years in prison and must register as an "arson offender," so police know where to find him, the Alameda County district attorney's office announced Tuesday
Oakland mom, boyfriend arrested after 5-year-old overdoses on fentanyl, cocaine
OAKLAND, Calif. - An Oakland mother and her boyfriend are facing child abuse charges after the woman's 5-year-old son passed out after dinner and was later found to have fentanyl and cocaine in his system, authorities said. The boy ate dinner on the evening of June 21 with his mother,...
New American Comfort Food Restaurant Coming to Alamo
ALAMO, CALIFORNIA – A new restaurant called The Post is preparing to open in the longtime Forli Ristorante space in Alamo. Signs announcing the forthcoming restaurant have appeared at 3160 Danville Boulevard in the Stone Valley Center, near CVS. Bay Area Telegraph reader Cindy S, who spotted the signs, said workers wer
Thousands of Oakland students banned from using cell phones at school
(KRON) — For thousands of Oakland Unified School District students, they will be faced with a new reality on their first day of school. Starting Monday, August 10, every school in the district will enforce a cell phone ban. OUSD Superintendent Dr. Denise Saddler acknowledged that the ban will be a “significant change”
Undercover S.F. child-exploitation sting leads to felony charges against 5 Bay Area men
Five Bay Area men face felony charges after allegedly arranging online to meet children for sex in San Francisco.
Asian and Hispanic Grocers Are Quietly Filling the Bay Area’s Emptiest Storefronts
For eight years, a 50,000-square-foot storefront in San Francisco's City Center Mall sat empty. City officials once promised a Whole Foods there; Amazon quietly dropped those plans in 2024. Then T&T Supermarket, a Canadian Asian grocery chain few Bay Area shoppers had heard of, agreed to take the space, according to re
Broadcaster Greg Papa laid off by KNBR as part of shuffle in midday programming
KNBR has laid off longtime Bay Area voice Greg Papa, 63, who was diagnosed with leukemia just over a year ago and returned to his North Bay home last month after a life-threatening hospital stay.
USPS worker attacked outside San Leandro post office
(KRON) — Authorities are searching for a suspect who brazenly assaulted a USPS worker at an East Bay post office last week. A reward of up to $150,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attacker. On July 27 around 3 p.m., a San Leandro postal worker was outside […]
