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The once-sprawling barbecue empire of Matt Horn appears to be down to a single location.

It’s a Friday morning in mid-April and Oakland Animal Control officers Celeste Beas and Ashley Mitchell are driving through deep East Oakland. They’re responding to a call that one of their colleagues, Maya Sandifer sorts through at the office on 29th Avenue to set their priorities for the day.

SAN RAMON — The downtown district of San Ramon is preparing for the openings of new merchants as the mixed-use Bishop Ranch neighborhood attracts more stores and restaurants. Turkish restaurant Meyhouse, Lululemon, Rico Rico Taco and Lil Sweet Treat are the primary new merchants, along with an expanded Escapology...

For 32 years, this assessor has held an obscure yet powerful job. Along the way, he has come under criticism for using the powers of the office for his personal benefit and to damage his rivals.

No other identifying details about the man were immediately released, and the cause of his death was unclear Thursday.

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A surge of cooler air moving up from the Central Coast will bring lower temperatures to much of the Bay Area. But the heat will not disappear everywhere at once.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - At 80, Leni Siegel's rich life is visible throughout the Berkeley, California, home she's lived in for 20 years - in family photos, old theater programs from performances she attended and books she's collected over the years. Now, feeling overwhelmed by it all, she's facing the difficult task of deci

Each hazard can create major problems on its own — and even more so when they overlap.

Alameda residents spent Friday evening trying to make sense of a chaotic scene near the South Shore shopping center after gunfire erupted during what witnesses described as a beach takeover event. The shooting left two people injured and sent emergency responders flooding into the area, temporarily shutting down a stre