Loard’s Ice Cream Reopens
Loard’s Ice Cream in the Castro Village Shopping Center held its grand reopening on Saturday, May 31, with a warm-to-hot day, encouraging hundreds of longtime customers to welcome them back. The former pink-and-white color scheme was kept after renovations, along with the ice cream art by Paul Matson. While...
Massive tree topples in San Mateo, crushing several cars; 1 person injured
A huge tree toppled over in San Mateo Wednesday afternoon, crushing a number of cars and completely blocking a roadway.
San Francisco life coach accused of killing several people dating back to 2002
SAN FRANCISCO (TCN) -- Prosecutors announced charges against two people, including a life coach, on suspicion of fatally shooting several people dating back to over two decades ago. According to the San Francisco Police Department, on Jan. 18, 2002, two suspects, identified by the San Francisco District Attorney's...
Newlywed couple separated at SF immigration courthouse by ICE
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A newlywed East Bay woman said her husband was handcuffed and hauled away by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents moments after he attended an asylum hearing at San Francisco Immigration Court. Shaylyn and her husband, Anyelo, went to the courthouse together on May 23. “Imagine...
Nima Momeni, man convicted in Bob Lee’s murder, hires new attorneys
Nima Momeni has fired the attorneys that represented him through his trial that concluded in December with a conviction of second-degree murder.
Your Guide to Juneteenth 2025 in the Bay Area
Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday in 2021, but it’s been celebrated by Black communities since 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, discovered they were free — over two months after the end of the Civil War and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Here in the...
Confusion and false alarm as West Oakland homeless shelters close
The shelters were scheduled to close in December. Sorry, March. Nevermind, June. Well, make that May. Whoops — June was correct. The city-funded RV park and “community cabins” on Wood Street, where dozens of unhoused people lived, are shutting down, that much is certain. But a conflict between the shelter operator...
Eagle Scout project builds native garden with help from Forestr.org
Sage Park is a public space at the entrance of the Castro Valley Library, designed and created by Ronan Wilfong, a boy scout in Troop 722 and Forestr.org, a nonprofit with a mission to green Castro Valley open spaces and beyond. Wilfong is a freshman at Castro Valley High School....
San Francisco to evict residents of mental health facility to make space for homeless
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s latest solution to the city’s homelessness and drug crisis involves displacing 82 residents from a behavioral health hospital to make space for a crisis psychiatric ward serving those on the streets. Soon, patients at the Behavioral Health Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General...
The Blotter | Piedmont man arrested for DUI
A man from Piedmont was arrested for DUI in the early hours of May 24. Police contacted the man at approximately 12:12 a.m. near Ramona Avenue after the vehicle was observed speeding and weaving, according to Piedmont Police Captain Chris Monahan. He said a chemical sample was taken and that unspent ammunition was...
