Massive East Oakland apartment fire displaces around 100 residents
An early morning apartment fire displaced around 100 residents in East Oakland Friday. Four people were injured in the fire, and the cause is still under investigation.
Officials return to search for coffee shop owner Amy Hillyard after new details emerge
Amy Hillyard, a co-owner of Farley's coffee shops, was reported missing in March.
Popular new Bay Area trail brings crowds — and ‘troubling behavior’
A month after the opening this long-awaited wilderness trail in the Bay Area, parking and traffic problems are stirring concern.
How This Family-Owned and Run Pizzeria Won Hearts in Hayward, CA
Open Tue-Thu 12 PM–9:45 PM, Fri-Sat 12 PM–10:30 PM, Sun 12 PM–9:45 PM (closed Monday) Right on Mission Boulevard in Hayward, California, sits a pizzeria built by a son who spent a decade learning the family trade before striking out on his own. 🍕. Owner Robert Jaber...
CHP Dublin seeks witnesses to Friday fatal crash involving tractor
(KRON) — The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Dublin area office is asking the public for additional information and potential witnesses following a fatal crash Friday. The incident occurred at 12:04 p.m. on Mountain House Road north of W. Grant Line Road, within unincorporated Alameda County. Authorities said they were
The whitest town in the Bay Area proposed affordable housing. Then some neighbors blocked...
A Bay Area housing project has become a test of a city’s stated goals to build more housing and become more inclusive.
Millbrae barber retires after 62 years behind the chair
MILLBRAE, Calif. - A longtime Millbrae barbershop is changing hands as its owner retires after 62 years, marking the end of a multigenerational family business. Frank J. Pisa Barber Shop has been an institution for decades. Now, Frank Pisa is preparing to hang up his shears. A family tradition. The...
Amy Hillyard has been missing for 6 months as of Friday
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Friday marks six months since 52-year-old Oakland woman Amy Hillyard vanished without a trace, prompting her family to issue a new plea for anyone with information to come forward. Hillyard was last seen after 2 p.m. on March 25 on Radnor Road in Oakland. Authorities...
‘I’m pissed’: Watchdog group continues Oakland police spending investigation
The Oakland Public Ethics Commission has declined to drop an investigation of how OPD misspent $12,000, citing concerns with the department’s failure to turn over evidence. During a meeting last week, the commission directed its chief investigator, Tovah Ackerman, to gather more information about how OPD drew money fro
3 hospitalized, dozens displaced after apartment fire in Oakland
Dozens of people were displaced and three were hospitalized after an early morning fire at an apartment complex in Oakland on Friday. The three-alarm fire broke out on Bancroft Avenue near 51st Avenue and International Boulevard just before 1 a.m. Fire crews rescued several people from the second floor of...
