Newsom takes steps to lower gas prices for Bay Area drivers
(KRON) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom took steps Monday to try to bring down prices at the pump for California drivers. Newsom sent a letter suspending the state’s summer-blend gasoline requirement. The governor is also directing the California Air Resources Board to enable winter-blend gasoline to be manufactured, dis
Preparing Alameda for El Niño
Scientists and government agencies are predicting that this year’s El Niño will most likely be the strongest one since 1950. In anticipation of the heavy wind and rains the storms will bring, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide state of emergency on September 21.
El Niño brings flooding risk to Bay Area despite dry forecast
The impact of El Niño is already being felt in the Bay Area.
California duo set Lego World Map record in under 5 hours
A pair of California friends set a Guinness World Record by assembling all 11,695 pieces of the Lego World Map in 4 hours, 59 minutes and 51 seconds.
From Historic Memories to New Possibilities: Oakland Celebrates Coliseum 60
More than 75 people gathered at Youth UpRising in East Oakland on Friday, Sept. 18, for Coliseum 60, a celebration honoring six decades of sports, entertainment, employment and community memories connected to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Complex. Held 60 years to the day after the Coliseum opened, the event carr
Remembering Chauncey Bailey as Student Journalists Face Threats to Truth-Telling
It is nearly 20 years since Chauncey Bailey, a crusading journalist, was murdered. on an Oakland street corner, gunned down to prevent him from writing stories about a. I hope people remember Bailey, a reporter and editor-in-chief for the. Oakland Post, the city’s Black newspaper. He had already written several...
San Francisco may finally get a week of 70-degree weather. Here’s when it starts
It’s possible San Francisco’s official weather station hits 70 degrees every day for at least a week straight beginning Tuesday. It would be the first time since March that has happened.
In Wake of Death on Doorstep, Williams Chapel Baptist Church Calls for Better Care,...
Church extends condolences to individual’s family and loved ones. At approximately 6:30 a.m. Monday, an unhoused individual was found deceased on the steps of Williams Chapel Baptist Church, located at 1410 10th Ave. on the corner of 10th and International in East Oakland. The individual appears to have come...
New leads surface 6 months after California woman vanished
Investigators in Northern California are continuing their search for the co-owner of several coffee shops in Oakland and San Francisco who vanished more than six months ago. Oakland resident Amy Hillyard, 52, co-owner of Farley’s coffee shops, was last seen March 25 around 2 p.m. in the 500 block of Radnor Road, accord
Oakland Centenarian Nuna McKee Honored!
On Sept. 13, family and friends gathered for a truly momentous occasion to honor a remarkable woman on her 100th birthday. More than 150 guests traveled from across the United States and as far away as Portugal, Honduras, and Mexico to join the celebration at the Club on Ruby Hill in Pleasanton. The occasion featured p
