Where do people spend the most and least on groceries in the US?
As grocery prices rise , Samantha Black has cut her budget in other places to feed her family of five. "You can't cut out groceries," said Black, who lives in Dallas with her husband and three kids. So they cut back on eating out. The family spends about $600 a month on groceries, up from about $400 last year. A new...
Tech companies plan hundreds of Bay Area job cuts in fresh layoffs
Tech companies have revealed plans for hundreds of Bay Area job cuts — with most of the reductions occurring as a result of tariff turbulence, California’s burdensome business regulations, and customer woes in China. The layoffs raise fresh uncertainty about the stability of the Bay Area employment market.
OPD arrests 2 people linked to Berkeley gun battle Saturday
Police in Oakland arrested two people Monday in connection with a Berkeley gunfight over the weekend, authorities report. Oakland police seized "multiple firearms and ammunition" after arresting the pair with the help of the OPD helicopter, police said. Both suspects had "several outstanding warrants for their...
California Unveiled ‘The Secret Weapon Of Sustainable Transportation’ On Oakland’s Streets
Public bikeshare programs are hardly new in the U.S. The first one launched in Washington, D.C. in 2008, and according to a Bureau of Transportation Statistics report in 2025, the country currently has 72 docked and 80 dockless bikeshare systems. But an e-bike sharing program is a relatively novel concept, and...
OPD investigating suspicious death as homicide
(KRON) — The Oakland Police Department said a suspicious death Tuesday morning is now being probed as a homicide. The incident happened just before 8 a.m. in the area of Olive and Ritchie streets. OPD said its dispatch center was notified of a “person who was down on the ground.” When officers arrived at the […]
Oakland Man Charged with Attempted Murder Following Mission District Shooting
In a recent account by the San Francisco Police Department, an altercation that spiraled into violence ended with one person hospitalized with a gunshot wound and another now facing numerous charges. The incident unfolded on September 21 in the Mission District, where officers responded quickly to reports of a...
“Piss-teria” Strikes The Bay Area
Last month, an internet fad of urinating on college campuses and anonymously posting videos of it to social media began at California’s Chico State University with the TikTok account “chicostatepisser,” before spreading across the country, including into Livermore’s own Las Positas Community College. In an effort to...
Oakland residents reflect on Mayor Barbara Lee’s 1st State of the City address
On Tuesday, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee delivered her first State of the City address amid a host of problems usually only seen in much larger cities.
VIDEO: Stolen pickup truck flips multiple times in wild crash on Peninsula
(KRON) — A pickup truck was stolen out of East Palo Alto, and a police chase ensued. The chase ended in a wild rollover crash in unincorporated Redwood City, according to the Menlo Park Police Department (MPPD). Surveillance video (above) shows the truck rolling over several times, appearing to be going at a high...
How 1st-in-the-state technology is harnessing energy from East Bay water pipes
InPipe Energy has installed the Bay Area's smallest hydroelectric power plant in a pipeline connecting part of the East Bay water distribution system, taking the place of the normal water pressure regulator to harness the flow and produce electricity.
