Rattled San Ramon residents attend town hall over quakes
SAN RAMON, Calif. - Hundreds of San Ramon residents attended a town hall Friday to talk about recent swarms of earthquakes that have rattled the region. They heard from first responders and a seismologist who admitted there's no such thing as forecasting quakes. Not possible to predict quake activity. What...
Six planets to align in “planetary parade” above California. Here’s how to see it.
A rare celestial event will be taking place in the sky above California on Saturday night, as six planets are expected to be visible in what is being called a "planetary parade."
East Palo Alto Parking Wars: Neighbors Get Say On New Permit Zones
The East Palo Alto City Council has signed off on a new residential parking permit program that puts neighborhoods in the driver’s seat over who can park on their streets. In a 4-1 vote on Tuesday, the council approved an ordinance that lets residents petition to restrict on-street parking to local vehicles, a...
Cheap Sunscreen Shocks UCSF Docs By Outperforming Pricey Bottles
A new analysis from University of California San Francisco dermatologists suggests Bay Area shoppers might want to walk right past the fancy sunscreen aisle. The team found that SPF 50 lotions with the same active ingredients can cost anything from about $0.04 to $3.79 per application, and the cheaper bottles may...
Officials urge caution in Guerneville as heavy storm moves through the Bay Area
Gray skies and steady rain are moving across Northern California, and people in the Bay Area are feeling it. A strong storm system is pushing in from the Pacific, bringing periods of showers and gusty winds. This system is expected to drop up to about 3 inches of rain in...
Housing Advocates Call This Big Plot of San José Land the Most Important in...
Whether the Bay Area’s biggest city can meet its lofty housing goals to help cool a red-hot affordability crisis in the coming years could hinge on the fate of a former golf course. Housing advocates say the 113-acre former Pleasant Hills Golf Course in East San José, a huge...
Oakland teachers avert strike, up to 13% raises on the table
A teachers' strike in Oakland was averted early Friday morning after the union representing educators in the district announced it reached a tentative agreement with school officials following an 18-hour bargaining session. The tentative agreement includes a 13% wage increase for the highest-paid educators and an 11%...
🚨 Arrest Made After Knife Threats on E. 3rd Avenue
On February 26, 2026, around 8:15 p.m., San Mateo police responded to the 100 block of E. 3rd Avenue after reports of a man asking for money while holding a knife. Officers found 42-year-old Jorge Castillomorales, a San Mateo resident, and arrested him for first-degree robbery, criminal threats, brandishing a deadly...
Oakland Unified School Board approves major staff reductions
Last night, the Oakland Unified School Board voted to eliminate hundreds of district positions. The Oakland Unified School District has known that it needs to make $100 million in cuts to next year's budget. Last night they took a step toward that goal. " We gotta stop the bleeding before we...
Review: Jimmy Smits, Wanda De Jesús power a gripping ‘All My Sons’ at Berkeley...
The third act of “All My Sons” is explosive. Actors Jimmy Smits and Wanda De Jésus (a married couple in real life as well as in the play) are firing on all cylinders. Actually De Jésus has been doing so throughout the entire play; her arrival toward the middle of an otherwise stilted first act is electrifying.
