Beloved Bay Area craft brewery 21st Amendment will return this summer
(KRON) — A beloved Bay Area craft beer institution that shut down last year is mounting what may have seemed like an unlikely comeback. San Leandro’s 21st Amendment announced last September that it would be closing both its San Francisco taproom and San Leandro brewery in November. The news rocked the craft beer community with […]
Man, woman identified in deadly East Oakland triple shooting; third victim survives
OAKLAND, Calif. - The two people killed in a triple shooting in East Oakland over the weekend were identified Monday. Derrick Hubbard, 31, and Isaanae Morton, 24, were killed in a shooting around 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the 6400 block of Foothill Boulevard, according to Oakland police. A third victim was wounded but survived.
Six injured in Discovery Bay boat crash Sunday
(KRON) — Six people were injured Sunday morning when two boats slammed into each other on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Discovery Bay, according to officials. The crash occurred during a high school fishing competition. Four of those injured were hospitalized, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office told KRON4 Monday. Their current conditions are unknown. […]
Injured cyclist gets $512,000 from Oakland in pothole settlement
The payouts over Oakland’s bad roads continue apace. In a closed session of the City Council on April 16, the city approved a $512,000 settlement with a cyclist who hit a pothole on East 21st Street more than two years ago and sued after suffering serious injuries. That’s the second time so far this year that Oakland has agreed to pay out hundreds of...
6 Easy Spring Wildflower Hikes Near Redwood City Worth the Short Drive
Short loops, big bloom, free or $6 parking — here's where to take your crew or your girl this spring without an epic uphill grind. San Mateo County Parks just put out its spring wildflower guide and the message is clear: bloom windows run through May, weekends fill the lots fast, and a weekday or early Saturday morning is the move. Bonus — most of these...
Roommate Pot Hustle Becomes San Francisco’s $1 Billion Weed Pipeline
Two San Francisco engineers quietly turned a roommate side hustle into one of California’s biggest cannabis distribution machines in less than a decade. What began as hand-delivered boxes from a Bay Area apartment has grown into a tech-driven wholesale marketplace, a fleet of delivery vans, and massive warehouses serving retailers across the state. Founders now say the company processes roughly $1 billion...
DA Charges San Jose Man with Murder in Fatal DUI Crash
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged a San Jose man with murder, alleging that he drove drunk the wrong way down a Sunnyvale highway and killed a 52-year-old Mountain View woman on her way home from work at a Denny’s. Brian Burke, 34, is accused...
Rakhi Israni Surges to Commanding Lead in CA-14 Race with $2M Fundraising Haul
Rakhi Israni Surges to Commanding Lead in CA-14 Race with $2M Fundraising Haul: In a striking show of financial dominance, Rakhi Israni has established a commanding lead in the race for California’s 14th Congressional District, reporting a fundraising haul of over $2 million in just ten weeks. The total outpaces the rest of the candidate field combined for the East Bay’s open seat...
Berkeley leaders consider changing landmarking process amid demand for more housing
On Tuesday, councilmembers tentatively approved a change in the law, increasing the number of signatures from 50 to 200.
Milpitas and Fremont Asian Cafes Worth the Drive from San Jose This Weekend
If you're in San Jose and your Saturday boba run is starting to feel repetitive, point the Mazda up I-880. Milpitas and Fremont have quietly become the densest Asian cafe corridor in the South Bay — Taiwanese teahouses, Vietnamese phin cafes, Hong Kong cha chaan teng, ceremonial matcha bars, all within a 20-minute drive. Here's the crawl, clustered so you can actually finish...

















