Zoox Opens Factory In Hayward, City Very Pleased About This
Amazon-owned autonomous taxi company Zoox has opened a new production facility in Hayward, which is already employing around 100 technicians, and the City of Hayward is quite happy to welcome them. Zoox, if you haven't heard, is building the first "purpose-built robotaxis," meaning that instead of passenger vehicles...
Vegetation fires burn near Highway 101 in San Jose
At least two vegetation fires were burning in San Jose Friday afternoon on a day when fire danger was high because of high winds and low humidity.
Loard’s Ice Cream is back — in the location where it all started 75...
Four years after shuttering, Loard’s Ice Cream has returned to the upper Dimond. On June 1, Loard’s historic flagship store, located in a shopping plaza at MacArthur Boulevard and Coolidge Avenue, reopened to the Oakland public in what store owner Winnie Tam calls a soft reopening. 2825 MacArthur...
San Francisco police seize nearly 5 pounds of fentanyl from Oakland home
The SFPD seized more than $52,000 in cash and arrested four people while executing a search warrant in Oakland.
Bay Area loses jobs in May as woes widen, California posts modest gain
The Bay Area suffered fresh job losses in May as economic woes widened in the region, while California posted modest job gains last month, an unsettling new state government report shows. The South Bay and Sonoma County were the only two urban centers in the Bay Area that gained jobs...
Oakland plans to install speed cameras in these locations
Drivers in Oakland could soon receive warnings — and eventually tickets — from speed cameras in up to 18 locations.
Most Dangerous College Town in U.S. Named in New Study
The most dangerous college town is in the Southeast.
Sprouts Farmers Market ready to open its latest Bay Area store
The new opening comes less than a year after the chain opened a store in Hayward.
Man Charged with Smuggling Drugs into Santa Rita
OAKLAND, CA — A man with a jail record faces new charges in connection with smuggling drugs into Alameda County Santa Rita Jail. Dominic J. Lucero, 47, of Oakland, was arrested earlier this month and booked at the county jail. Lucero remains behind bars in lieu of $410,000 bond, pending a plea hearing on June 24.
‘Questionable decision’: Suspects park carjacked vehicle next to San Bruno police station, arrested
(KRON) — Two teens were arrested Wednesday after the pair had allegedly carjacked a vehicle and parked it next to the San Bruno Police Department. San Bruno police officers responded at 3:40 p.m. to the 1200 block of El Camino Real on the report of a carjacking that had just occurred. Following the carjacking,...
