Community Takes the Underwear Challenge
The League of Women Voters Eden Area (LWVEA) will weigh hundreds of pounds of socks and underwear collected by community groups in the last 30 days at an ice cream event on May 8. Last month, the League began accepting new adult underwear and socks like the ones in the...
Bay Area radio star’s daughter indicted over alleged paternity fraud against ‘Bachelor’ contestant
PHOENIX - Laura Owens, daughter of well-known and local radio legend Ronn Owens, was indicted Tuesday on several felony charges following an alleged paternity scheme she concocted, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Arizona. According to Maricopa County Attorney's Office and court documents, Laura...
Big rig cab catches fire on I-580 in Dublin
(KRON) — The cab of a big rig caught fire on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 580 in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred near El Charro Road. Multiple agencies including the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department and the Alameda County Fire Department...
Bay Area native went missing without a trace. Then, his family found a devastating...
Clifford Souza, 74, of Gualala, was reported missing to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office on April 23 when he failed to return home from a trip to Martinez, where he had grown up.
One of the Bay Area’s Best Bakeries Is Closing After 27 Years
For the past 15 years, my family has had exactly three Thanksgiving rituals: a potluck dinner with the Kaye-Hsu family, morning-after turkey jook and, most important of all, a deep-dish pumpkin pie from Crixa Cakes in Berkeley. Two of the Crixa pies, preferably. What a marvel those hefty, thick-crusted beauties...
Rents are skyrocketing in one Bay Area suburb
"Several intersecting factors" are driving the rise.
Thousands sign petition demanding UC Berkeley offer canceled class, rehire EECS lecturer
Nearly 1,300 people have signed a petition calling for both the rehiring of Justin Yokota, a UC Berkeley lecturer, and the reopening of CS 168, “Introduction to the Internet” for the fall 2025 semester. Yokota, a lecturer in the electrical engineering and computer sciences, or EECS, department, learned...
Search for Missing Redwood City Senior with Dementia Enters ‘Limited Continuous Search’ Phase
The ongoing search for 79-year-old Margaret "Elaine" McKinley who has been missing since last Thursday after a hike in the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve has now transitioned into a "Limited Continuous Search" phase, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office reported, a change that represents a scaled-down but sustained...
3 longtime Berkeley bike shops are closing
Two West Berkeley cycling businesses, each with a decade or more in the city, closed nearly simultaneously earlier this year — the consequence, they say, of a contraction of the cycling industry after a surge in sales during the pandemic. Berkeley Cycle Works, located on San Pablo Avenue, near...
California heat surge is coming. Here’s where it will hit triple-digit temps
Some parts of the Bay Area will hit 90 degrees by the end of the week.
