Bay Area prodigy Kairan Quazi turns down top AI jobs for finance
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Kairan Quazi, a Pleasanton-born prodigy, is making his next big career move at age 16. Santa Clara University’s youngest-ever graduate is leaving his job as a software engineer for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to work for another billionaire, Ken Griffin, according to Fortune magazine. This week, Quazi...
Oakland: Thieves Target Pair Of Chinatown Banks Early Wednesday Morning
OAKLAND: THIEVES TARGET PAIR OF CHINATOWN BANKS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
California heat wave: These cities could see record-breaking temperatures
Nearly three-quarters of California is under an extreme heat warning or heat advisory as a late-summer heat wave peaks over the next two days.
Oakland: Car Shot While Driving Through Temescal Neighborhood Tuesday Night
Oakland police are investigating a shooting in the Temescal neighborhood that left a victim's car with at least one bullet hole Tuesday night. Officers were sent to 51st Street and Shafter Avenue at about 10:15 p.m. to investigate alerts from the city's automatic gunshot detection system. Article continues below...
Oaksterdam Founder Richard Lee, Known as ‘the Johnny Appleseed of Pot,’ Has Died
Cannabis activist Richard Lee, who opened two highly successful (and highly illegal) medical marijuana dispensaries in Oakland, founded Oaksterdam University, and bankrolled the recreational cannabis measure, just died at 62. If you’ve enjoyed strolling into your local legal cannabis dispensary and buying weed,...
Bank teller thwarts robbery attempt in Alameda
(KRON) — A bank teller thwarted an attempted robbery in Alameda on Wednesday, leading to the suspect’s arrest, according to police. The Alameda Police Department responded just after noon to the 500 block of Willie Stargell Avenue on the report of a possible bank robbery. Arriving officers learned that a person had...
Pleasanton man fatally shot father through bedroom door after urinating on groceries, police say
PLEASANTON, Calif. - A Pleasanton man told investigators he deliberately fired his gun through his bedroom door with the intent to kill whoever was on the other side, fatally striking his father, according to police and court documents. Last Friday, police responded at around 9:39 p.m. to a home on...
Danville restaurant announces closure after less than two years of operation
(KRON) – A Danville Italian restaurant that opened last year informed its patrons that it is closing shop. Isola Osteria is set for closure on the last Saturday of August. Isola Osteria said that the decision to shut down was not “an easy decision.” In the social media post, the establishment said the owner’s family...
‘He shot at my house’ | Arrest made after years of complaints against a...
SAN ANTONIO — After hundreds of police reports and calls, residents in one west-side neighborhood are breathing a small sigh of relief. A nuisance neighbor was arrested Tuesday after claims he had been causing problems for years. His actions were allegedly caught on camera and cited in the arrest warrants.
The Bay Area’s Best BBQ Chefs Are Having a Rib “Throwdown” in Moraga, And...
Moraga will sizzle this Saturday, August 23 from 4–8 p.m. as the 1st Annual Moraga Rib Throwdown fires up at Canyon Club Brewery in Moraga, CA. The community event – organized by local resident Jon Ruiz – brings together families, friends and neighbors for a friendly (non-sanctioned) barbecue competition, with all...
