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Update, Sept. 11: A jury found 48-year-old Peter Taraba guilty of felony arson Wednesday after a five-day trial. A vandalism charge was dismissed on the first day of trial. Taraba set fire to the Berkeley Animal Care Services shelter June 6. He was in custody at the Santa Rita Jail in Oakland Friday, scheduled for sent

Bay Area thrift shoppers may start seeing some pretty big changes at Goodwill stores. The nonprofit is moving toward larger “superstore” locations, starting with its recently opened Fairfield store. It has already drawn thousands of shoppers and is now the largest Goodwill location in the region. For years, many Goodwi

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 3.4 hit Contra Costa County early Saturday morning.

Two Oakland police officers stand accused of faking their helicopter pilot recertifications. Both men were reportedly charged on Thursday, where they pleaded not guilty. [KTVU]. A second unexplained marmot has hit the Bay Area this month. This one was found in Antioch, while the first was spotted last week in...

Police arrested a burglary suspect after a brief foot chase in downtown Berkeley on Thursday, recovering a gun in his backpack, authorities say. The incident began at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday when someone called 911 to report a burglary in the 1100 block of Carrison Street in West Berkeley . A resident had come home to

A routine traffic stop near San Leandro spiraled into a freeway crash and a tense SWAT standoff Thursday morning after a blue Ford Mustang refused to pull over, sped the wrong way down eastbound Interstate 580, and slammed into another car near 164th Avenue. Both occupants of the Mustang and the driver of the vehicle t

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A town planning official said Whole Foods is in a contingent deal for the former Lucky California space at Sycamore Square in Danville.

In the Bay Area, diesel prices have reached a point where some station displays can no longer show the full amount, topping out at $9.999 per gallon at three locations. This situation arrives at a time when many travelers are mapping out fall journeys across California, particularly those driving diesel-powered vehicle

RENO, Nev. — Haze hanging over parts of northern Nevada on Wednesday is being driven by smoke from two wildfires burning north of the Bay Area, according to the National Weather Service office in Reno. The smoke is expected to linger for most of the day before moving out...