Here’s how Bay Area teacher’s $5 tip mistakenly turned into $5,000
Imagine you walk into a store, buy a couple items -- and instead of leaving a $5 tip, you later learn an extra three zeros were tacked onto your bill.
E-40 begins Black Music Month with his captivating Tiny Desk concert
NPR Music started its Black Music Month series on June 2, 2025, with a Tiny Desk Concert with Bay Area hip-hop veteran E-40.
By caving to labor, Daniel Lurie fails his first big test as mayor
Standing in front of a bank of television cameras Friday at City Hall, Mayor Daniel Lurie spoke somberly of the $15.9 billion budget he had just presented for the coming fiscal year, which includes layoffs of city employees, the first in a decade. “This is a painful budget,” he intoned. “Any job loss is difficult. I...
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s inaugural fund committee is raising big bucks
How much do you like Barbara Lee? Enough to spend $25,000 to support her inauguration party? How about $50,000? Or $100,000?. Die-hard Lee supporters can now spend big bucks on a committee that is raising cash for the new mayor’s inauguration celebration. According to a website run by the “Oakland Inaugural Committee...
Mayor Lurie makes ‘surprise’ visit to troubled Bayview housing complex
Mayor Daniel Lurie made a “surprise” visit to the Alice Griffith apartments on Monday, dropping in on a public housing complex in Bayview following tenant complaints of mismanagement by the John Stewart Company. But though the visit was supposed to be a surprise, tenants say property manager Melanie...
Suspect driver arrested for SF hit-and-run that seriously injured child
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A driver accused of crashing into a mother and her 5-year-old child in San Francisco last month before fleeing the scene was arrested on Sunday, the San Francisco Police Department announced. The child suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision. Officers responded to the crash on May...
Former San Francisco gang member makes good, now uplifts Filipino community
SAN FRANCISCO - In a largely Filipino section of San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood that abuts The Tenderloin, the issue of drugs, crime, and homelessness is no secret. It’s the kind of thing that can leave an impression on a young mind, and it did for one young...
Massive Martinez Refinery Fire in February Caused by Human Error, Investigation Finds
Human error, worker inexperience and lack of supervision were at the root of early February’s massive fire at the PBF Energy refinery in Martinez, according to an independent investigation commissioned by Contra Costa County health officials that will be presented to the refinery’s oversight committee on Tuesday....
Lil Wayne announces new tour with Bay Area stop
(KRON) – An artist who shifted the genres of rap and hip hop is coming to the Bay Area for a highly anticipated show. Lil Wayne and all his double entendres have announced his new tour, “Tha Carter VI,” with a South Bay show. The Grammy Award-winning rapper will also release his newest album, “Tha […]
He thought he owned the vacant Oakland lot where he lived for 8 years....
For eight years, no one seemed to mind that Michael Bowen had claimed a vacant Oakland land. Now, the city and PG&E are seeking to move him out.
