San Jose could be first Bay Area city to introduce self-checkout line regulations
With the aim of improving working conditions, enhancing public convenience, and curbing retail theft amounting to hundreds of thousands in lost tax revenue, San Jose could become the first Bay Area city to regulate self-checkout kiosks at grocery stores and pharmacies. The City Council’s rules committee agreed Wednesda
BOP acknowledges 7.5K people want to demolish FCI Dublin prison
A new BOP report concludes that FCI Dublin should be deactivated permanently. Roughly 7,500 wrote in to say they don't want the abandoned property to be used for immigration detention or incarcerated of any kind. The property will be turned over to the General Services Administration, but after that, it's...
Matcha shop expands Bay Area footprint with new shop — and they’re hiring
Ceré Tea, a favorite matcha tea shop with outlets in Burlingame, Milpitas, San Francisco and Saratoga, has recently opened a new store in Berkeley. What’s more, they are looking to hire baristas in most of their locations. The shop specializes in ceremonial-grade matcha, the highest level of Japanese...
Buyer emerges for ‘iconic’ Scottish Rite Center in downtown Oakland
OAKLAND — A performing arts religious group is close to acquiring the historic Scottish Rite Center in downtown Oakland in a deal that could breathe new life into the nearly century-old building. Currently in escrow, according to Colliers commercial real estate executive Sid Ewing, the Oakland Scottish Rite Center...
Dying sea birds washing ashore in Bay Area due to effects of warming ocean
The birds, which resemble tiny penguins, are starving because the water has warmed, increasing the metabolism of predator fish, making them hungrier.
Salinas Teen’s Trafficking Allegation Leads to Attempted-Homicide Arrest
A 36-year-old man was arrested in Oakland after Salinas police investigated the reported disappearance and severe assault of a Bay Area teenager, according to KSBW. The suspect, Shiloh Stuart, was booked into Monterey County Jail on charges including human trafficking, pimping and pandering, criminal threats and attemp
AC Transit director subjected to ‘unwanted physical contact,’ investigation finds
Longtime AC Transit director Joel Young subjected another director, Sarah Syed, to “unwanted physical contact” during a board meeting recess last year, an independent investigation has found. The investigation was triggered by an anonymous complaint against Young, who is currently the transit agency board’s at-large me
Influential Berkeley brewpub, America’s oldest in continuous operation, is closing after 40 years
The 40-year-old Triple Rock Brewery and Taphouse in downtown Berkeley, considered the oldest continuously operating brewpub in the country, will close at the end of the year.
Triple Rock, America’s oldest continuously operating brewpub, to close
After 40 years and 10 million pints served, the Berkeley icon is set to close.
Health care workers picket outside San Leandro hospital
Dozens of nurses are on the picket line Thursday in the East Bay. About 250 health care workers are participating in an informational picket as they push Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area in San Leandro for a new contract. Nurses are demanding better pay and say they are dealing...
