This restaurant is leaving Oakland — but returning in a new home, complete with...
The restaurant will close its Oakland location but reopen a large new outpost in Hayward, complete with a restored BART train car and 20 beers on tap.
BART presents a sales tax ballot measure at Newark City Council meeting
A sales tax will be put in front of voters in five Bay Area counties this November to fund the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART). Senate Bill 63 was passed in order to place the ballot question in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties. The sales tax is 0.5% in all counties except f
“Yiked Up” Alameda Beach Takeover Thwarted
Alameda residents concerned about a beach takeover scheduled for Saturday, June 27, were relieved to find out that a coordinated, multi-agency law enforcement effort prevented the planned unlawful gathering at Alameda’s Crown Memorial Beach. Tensions were heightened after an AI-generated flyer advertising “Yiked Up at
11 Berkeley, California Restaurants Worth Planning A Food Trip Around This July
Berkeley in July can make lunch feel like a very reasonable travel plan. The city is small enough to explore without feeling swallowed, but its food scene refuses to act small. One block can lead to a bakery line. Another can turn into a noodle stop, a pizza detour, or...
Where to go for last-minute camping near Berkeley this Fourth of July weekend
California’s several hundred parks feature some of the most beautiful wilderness in the country, many within a few hours drive of Berkeley. But reserving a campground can be unduly challenging. The state and national parks reservations websites are so popular that you often have to make reservations six months...
San Francisco rapper killed in Oakland in broad daylight
San Francisco rapper Rah Dizzy has reportedly been killed. The Bay Area artist (real name Andre Taylor) died in a shooting on the 550 block of 17th Street in Oakland on June 24th. According to AllHipHop, police responded to reports of gunfire at around 3pm and arrived to find Dizzy...
Bake Sum balances expansion with employee well-being
In 2021, Joyce Tang started Bake Sum at the Bread Project’s commissary kitchen. Five years later, the bakery recently moved into a second location in Alameda. Since those first pastry box pop-ups in Berkeley, Bake Sum has expanded its repertoire. There are more cakes, cookies, milk buns and mochis, and more flavors.
San Francisco’s typical one-bedroom rent has topped $4,000 for the first time
Renters searching for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco now face advertised prices that have crossed a threshold no previous market cycle reached. The typical one-bedroom asking rent in the city has topped $4,000 a month for the first time, according to the MTC/ABAG Vital Signs indicator that tracks advertised r
Newsom’s new AI report has grim findings for Bay Area workers
More than a third of U.S. workers have integrated AI tools into their workflows.
Divers rescue man from car submerged in Alameda estuary
The man was successfully rescued and taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
