Hayward CA

Fremont police are telling local high‑school seniors to cool it with the “Assassins” game after a series of close calls involving toy guns that look a little too real for comfort. The off‑campus tradition, played with water or Nerf guns, has reportedly led to high‑risk traffic stops and to 9‑1‑1 crews being pulled away from actual emergencies. Officers say...

From the Tenderloin to Walnut Creek, Original Joe’s built a Bay Area restaurant empire rooted in family, tradition and loyal diners.

HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) — KRON4 obtained video of a sideshow that took place early Saturday morning in Hayward. Police received reports of a sideshow in the area of Clawiter Road and Depot Road from CHPs air unit at around 1:43 a.m. Around 60 cars were reported in the area, according to the Hayward Police Department. […]

This shawarma wrap went viral in the Bay Area for its crispiness. Restaurant critic Cesar Hernandez went to see if it’s worth the hype.

The criminal case against the 27-year-old man accused of killing John Beam at Laney College is on hold, after a judge found him mentally unfit to stand trial, officials said.

On June 2, Alameda County voters will get to make a high-stakes choice for district attorney. Will they stick with the incumbent, reverse the recall they embraced a little over a year ago, or go in a whole new direction?. As the county’s public prosecutor, the DA has extraordinary discretion...

NEWARK, Calif. (KRON) — As nearly 2,000 high school students converge on the campus of James Logan High School in Union City this weekend for the annual California High School Speech Association state championship tournament, they will be missing many of the materials and equipment needed for the event. Event organizers said equipment slated to […]

Oakland will give $1.6 million to the owner of a property used as a city homeless shelter and left in poor condition. The city leased the historic Lake Merritt Lodge in 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, opening a shelter for more than 100 medically vulnerable residents. The nonprofit Housing Consortium of the East Bay had a contract with the city...

Radium theater, homeless services, sale of Building 92, nitrous oxide ban, new TOT requirement. On April 21, City Council will weigh a wide-ranging agenda, including three major Alameda Point-related issues—agreements to develop the Radium Performing Arts Center; a new operator for the Day Center, Emergency Shelter, and Safe Parking programs; and the sale of historic warehouse Building 92. Council will also...

Berkeley has been named the worst housing market for buyers in the country, according to a study from ConsumerAffairs, a journal focused on consumer research. The city falls just below Santa Clara, California. The rest of the bottom 10 are also located in California, with Oakland ranked 8th-worst and San Francisco 5th-worst.