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Since the California Gold Rush, economic opportunities have drawn people to the Bay Area from all over the world. But for just as long, the region’s boom-and-bust economy has made it impossible for others to stay. Since the 1990s, the tech industry has driven costs higher, but for some...

Alameda County’s recent point-in-time homeless count showed several big wins. The county’s urban centers, from Oakland, to Hayward, to Alameda, all saw major declines in homelessness after years of increases. But in the county’s eastern Tri-Valley suburbs of Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore, the story is entirely diff

These are the most notable restaurant and bar closings in the Bay Area in the past month.

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As easy as A-B-C. From Australia to Berkeley from Cardinal Newman, Santa Rosa (Calif.) Cardinal Newman offensive lineman Joshua Bunni committed to Cal on Sunday morning. The Australia native, he moved to the U.S. last fall to play in the North Bay at Cardinal Newman, took his official visit to Berkeley over the weekend

OAKLAND, Calif. - If you don't have time for a full 30-minute workout, that's OK. A study from the National Institute of Health found that doing something physical was better than nothing at all — and that exercise snacking, short bursts of exertion sometimes just a couple minutes long, can add up to big health benefit

Detectives in Berkeley are investigating the city’s first homicide case in over a year.

A man with a record for being armed was taken into custody after he barricaded himself in a stolen vehicle Friday afternoon, Union City police said. A 26-year-old Milpitas man held police at bay for more than two hours before he was arrested with the help of a police dog in the 1000 block of E Street, police said.

This week saw my human companion (HC) return to the streets on a limited basis to get my real-time reports back online. He is doing multiple half-mile walks each day, but we are staying close to home. He continues to add distance every couple of days, and we are up to a total of two miles a day. He hopes to get to thre

A late-night stop outside an East Oakland fast-food restaurant turned deadly for 28-year-old Brentwood father of two Kenyetta Chapman, who was shot and killed inside a parked white Scion on Jan. 21, 2024. More than two years later, a preliminary hearing today laid out prosecution testimony and video evidence that prose