UCSF Health to lay off 200 workers, citing ‘serious financial challenges’
UCSF Health layoffs come amid ongoing labor disputes and a UC hiring freeze that union leaders say is worsening patient care and staff burnout.
FBI offering $10K reward to help find missing Oakland woman, possible victim of human...
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward to help locate missing Oakland woman, Heaven McGee, who disappeared January of this year. "I know there is someone with a heart who can help me find my daughter."
New report links crime to Oakland’s budget crisis
Crime and chronic underinvestment in public safety have weakened Oakland’s economy, according to a recent report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank. The 57-page study, published earlier this month, argues that Oakland’s high crime rate relative to similar-sized cities,...
Casual Carpool Appears to Be Returning, Could Put the Pedal to the Metal Again...
The nearly 50-year-old Bay Area tradition of Casual Carpool, or getting rides to work with complete strangers who want carpool-lane privileges, was discontinued once the pandemic hit. But Casual Carpool is poised to possibly return this summer. The Bay Area has had a commuting life-hack since long before the word...
California budget includes $750 million loan to stanch bloodletting for Bay Area transit
The budget agreement also recovers $1.1 billion in state greenhouse gas emission funds that had gone toward transit infrastructure in previous cycles.
4 family members celebrating a birthday are among the 8 dead from a boat...
Four members of a family from Northern California who were celebrating a birthday were among eight people killed when a boat capsized on Lake Tahoe in California over the weekend during a sudden and fierce thunderstorm.
CHP Arrests Impaired Semi-Truck Driver on I-880 in Oakland After Public Reports Erratic Driving
Last Friday, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) received several distress calls concerning a wayward semi-truck on the move along I-880. The vehicle was reportedly dangerously zigzagging between lanes, compelling fears of imminent collisions. Swiftly heeding the calls, officers of the CHP Oakland unit encountered...
Roller-skating drag queens on the Oakland watrerfront bring a new spin to Pride
On the edge of Oakland, right by the bay, something fabulous is afoot.
First US center to train Catholics on canonization process to open in 2026
(RNS) — The six-day certification course aims to teach ‘how to honor deserving candidates and expedite their path to sainthood in the Vatican,’ according to the center’s website. The post First US center to train Catholics on canonization process to open in 2026 appeared first on RNS .
Tiny home village opens at East Bay shelter for victims of domestic violence and...
In Hayward, dozens of new tiny homes opened at the country's first domestic violence shelter. Victims of human trafficking or domestic violence are eligible for the uniquely private shelter.