Neptune Market Opens in Former Bonfare Market Location
A new store is now operating in the space that once housed Bonfare Market at 650 Central Avenue in the Neptune Plaza Shopping Center. Neptune Market recently opened its doors and is selling liquor, cigarettes, groceries and soft drinks. Jagdeep Singh, along with two business partners, is the new owner.
Albino deer spotted in the East Bay
A rare albino deer was spotted in the East Bay recently. The male albino black-tail fawn was likely born earlier this year around the end of May, according to a spokesperson for East Bay parks. The deer has a twin brother who has all the typical black-tail deer features. Experts...
‘Usually My Commute Is 20-30 Minutes’: San Francisco Woman Hops In Her First Waymo....
A Bay Area woman was left baffled after a Waymo ride doubled the time of her regular commute. TikTok user Alma (@almmmers) posted a video of herself speaking into the camera while riding in the backseat of the autonomous taxi. “This is my first time in a Waymo, and usually...
Residents report stolen and altered checks from Menlo Park mailboxes
Several checks have been stolen and “washed” from mailboxes in Menlo Park according to residents and officials. When Menlo Park resident Eric Tashman put a sizable check to the Internal Revenue Service in a mail collection box near the Bohannon Drive U.S. Post Office branch, he did not expect his bank to ask him a...
Police crack San Bruno baby homicide cold case
(KRON) — The San Bruno Police Department said it made a “significant development” in a decades-old cold case homicide involving an infant who was found abandoned and deceased in Buckeye Park in 1981. The killer had used a sock to strangle the newborn boy, police said, and the body found in a garbage can at […]
Grammy Award winning singer Kalani Pe’a comes to Hayward
Celebrate the launch of the Hayward Hawaiian Music Series with an evening of aloha, community and world-class music. Presented by award-winning Bay Area native Patrick Landeza, this concert marks the beginning of a new tradition in Hayward with four-time Grammy winner Kalani Pe’a, bringing his powerhouse voice and...
Why visitors report hearing typewriter sounds at night in this abandoned California home
Eugene O’Neill spent his Nobel Prize money on pain. In 1937, America’s only Nobel-winning playwright used his $40,000 to build Tao House in Danville, California after bouncing between 35 homes. He called this hillside spot his “final harbor.”. Between 1939 and 1943, O’Neill wrote his greatest plays...
Redwood City Man, 66, Sentenced to 6 Years for Drama-Like Bank Robbery and Peaceful...
A 66-year-old man from Redwood City has been sentenced to six years in prison after an atypical bank robbery that could have been a scene straight from a quietly intense drama, Arthur Burton Gillespie, the man involved, was said to have peacefully waited for police to arrive post-robbery, according to the San Mateo...
Contra Costa County Continues to See Increase in Arrests
2,186 – Office of the Sheriff. 57 – East Bay regional Park District Police Department. *in 2025, notifications on the same person = 9. The data comes as total dispatch calls for service has increased with 241,569 from Jan-Sept. (2025) when compared to this time last year (2024).
4 adults, 1 child rescued after boat overturns in Bay Area waters
Video footage shows two of the boaters who made it to a remote beach on their own.

















