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An Oakland school board member has been on the payroll of the state teachers union for more than a year despite public claims to the contrary, raising renewed questions.

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Timesheets are not usually the most interesting paperwork sitting around a police department, but one routine audit in Oakland apparently found something worth a much closer look. The Oakland Police Department says irregularities uncovered during an internal review eventually led to approximately $38,000 in suspected e

Ground squirrels are driving park management on the Peninsula nuts, and there's a plan to kill off a lot of them at Flood Park. The park will close while the work is underway.

A hiker was rescued by a Santa Clara County sheriff’s helicopter after he reported that a mountain lion was stalking him on the Boccardo Loop Trail near San Jose.

Pleasanton is moving ahead with a $42.3 million groundwater project designed to restore a major local water source that has been unavailable for nearly four years. The City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 1 to approve an agreement with the Zone 7 Water Agency covering the design, construction and long-term operation

It’s been a rough summer at Harbor Bay Landing. In early June, an employee of La Val’s Pizza fell through the kitchen floor. Another La Val’s employee, who spoke with the Alameda Post and asked to remain anonymous, said that the front door to the walk-in refrigerator could not close due to the floor all of a sudden bei

Stanford Health Care will lay off 95 employees this fall, the organization announced. Employees will remain on payroll until Nov. 2, when the layoffs will take effect. The 95 employees are in the technology and digital solutions and other administrative departments, Stanford Health Care spokesperson Lisa Kim disclosed.

Map: New California earthquake data shows regional ‘shaking-intensity’ hazards – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: nvmwebsites-budwg5g9avh3epea.z03.azurefd.net) California – A new statewide map released by the California Geological Survey on Thursday highlights the intense shaking that could strike m

A Flock alert Wednesday helped Berkeley police find a wanted man with a loaded gun in his waistband, authorities said. The alert, for a vehicle linked to a domestic violence and firearm case from January, initially came in from Grizzly Peak Boulevard shortly before 4 p.m. Berkeley police said they found the wanted driv