Alameda County supes to vote on $3.6M emergency immigrant funds
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a $3.57 million emergency funding request to support immigrant and refugee communities. Supervisors Nikki Fortunato Bas and Elisa Márquez said in an email that the money is necessary as "ICE enforcement increases nationally and civil...
Bay Area Coast Guard families brace for financial impact of first missed paycheck during...
NOVATO, Calif. - The Bay Area is home to large communities of Coast Guard members and their families. Right now, many of those households are feeling anxiety, with the government shutdown expected to hit them in the wallet in a matter of days. Coast Guard workers set to miss first...
Thousands of customers temporarily lose power in Bay Area during storm
Large outages had thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers in Oakland and Brentwood without power Monday afternoon as heavy rain and wind battered the Bay Area.
Two killed and three injured in San Leandro car crash
A high-speed car chase in San Leandro left two dead and three injured after the fleeing vehicle on I-238 crashed into a sound wall near the East 14th Street exit, per San Francisco Chronicle’s Christian Leonard. Around 3:40am, California Highway Patrol (CHP) tried to pull over a speeding white...
Two Arrested in Berkeley After Multiple Home Invasions
Two Suspects Arrested in Berkeley Following Home Invasion Spree I still remember the first time I read about these home […] This article originally appeared on BuildLikeNew.com — visit us for more home security guides.
Marc and Lynne Benioff, Salesforce Donate $100M to UCSF Children’s Hospitals
– Marc and Lynne Benioff, alongside Salesforce, an AI CRM, today announced a massive philanthropic commitment to the Bay Area community. – The Benioffs are donating $100M to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals to expand and modernize pediatric care. This gift is part of a combined $139 million in new support from the...
Kaiser workers launch historic five-day, multi-state strike
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees, including Bay Area health care workers, are walking off the job in a five-day strike over staffing and pay concerns.
Oakland Man Arrested in Turlock Human Trafficking Investigation, Charged with Pimping and Pandering
Arrest Made in Human Trafficking Investigation: Devonte Hinkston Charged with Pimping and Pandering. October 14, 2025 – Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on October 8, 2025, detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Human Exploitation and Trafficking (H.E.A.T) Taskforce arrested Devonte Hinkston, a...
From community college to Stanford: Bay Area student shares her ‘nontraditional’ journey to beat...
LIVERMORE, Calif. - A Bay Area student is detailing her unconventional story as a first-generation college student who transferred from community college and landed at Stanford University, as she addressed "stigmas" often associated with junior college. Leah Balakrishnan graduated from Castro Valley High School and...
Suspicious Circumstances: Antioch Police Looking for Missing Teen
On October 5th, the Antioch Police Department took a report from a resident regarding a missing person. The missing person, Morgan Crenshaw (17), was reported by a family member who had not seen her since September 29th. This is not a normal pattern of life for Crenshaw. Antioch Police Department...

















