Hayward CA

As heat waves roast much of the West Coast, the Bay Area has been spared from extreme temperatures over the course of the last two months. It’s a unique trend.

San Francisco police raided a house in central Vallejo last Wednesday, joined by investigators from the FBI and the U.S. State Department. The operation began with a stakeout around 12:55 p.m., according to Vallejo police records. The records indicate that San Francisco police advised Vallejo officers that four armed...

By Jonah Owen Lamb and Noah BaustinUpdated Jul. 17, 2025 • 5:24pmPublished Jul. 17, 2025 • 11:30am. The Department of Justice has requested a list of all noncitizen inmates in San Francisco’s jails and has threatened to “pursue all available means” if the sheriff does not cooperate.

OAKLAND — It is proving trickier than expected for Oakland to move on from its contracted private security company, which last year found itself uncomfortably linked to a corruption scandal at City Hall that led to criminal charges against ex-Mayor Sheng Thao. City leaders are torn between a pair...

PLEASANT HILL — Hyatt House Pleasant Hill was bought through a court-ordered receivership as part of a nationwide portfolio of hotels whose loans had failed, according to public documents filed in a federal court in New York. The 142-room East Bay hotel is tied to a $204 million loan...

(KRON) — The Oakland Police Department said the suspected driver in a deadly hit-and-run collision fled the area after striking a pedestrian walking in the crosswalk. Now, family and friends of the victim are demanding justice. OPD said officers responded to the incident on July 7, just before 10 p.m., in the...

A routine traffic stop conducted by the Hayward Police Department near a school zone resulted in an arrest for drug and weapons violations on Wednesday. Officers on patrol initiated the stop due to multiple vehicle code infringements, according to a social media post from the Hayward Police Department. Upon...

I live with a man who smokes two packs of Camel Filters a day. He smokes like it’s the 1950s. He smokes like no one’s ever mentioned it’s bad for him. And I have noticed one particularly life-impacting side effect to all of this tobacco consumption — one I’d never considered before.

A state parole agent who was shot and killed in Oakland on Thursday has been identified after a suspect was arrested following an intense manhunt, authorities said.

HERCULES, Calif. (KRON) — As a sanitation workers strike stretches into its ninth day, negotiations remain at a standstill between Republic Services and the union. Meanwhile, trash is piling up. In parts of the East Bay, garbage hasn’t been picked up since before the Fourth of July. In one Hercules neighborhood just...