Bright purple seal appears on Bay Area beach, baffling experts
Park officials eventually got to the bottom of its "striking appearance."
Cisco Layoffs Hit California As 471 Bay Area Workers Face Job Cuts In AI...
Cisco is cutting 471 jobs across three California offices, placing another major Silicon Valley employer...
Oakland Late-Night Track Squeeze Turns MacArthur BART Transfers Into Waiting Game
Late-night BART riders in the East Bay are in for a slower trip today as the agency squeezes all trains onto a single track between Downtown Berkeley and MacArthur to swap out roughly 4,000 feet of rail. The overnight project will stretch Orange Line waits to 30 minutes and throw off usually tight transfers at MacArthu
Insidious “private” surveillance networks are quietly ramping up around Oakland.
You have likely noticed, and perhaps are wondering about the sudden proliferation of dystopian surveillance cameras, often with strobe lights. They are usually (but not exclusively) mounted on mobile trailers, with large solar panels and battery storage. These installations have aggressively expanded with suspicious ti
Over 500lbs of illegal fireworks seized from San Leandro home, sheriff’s office says
One week away from the Fourth of July and authorities have seized a large stash of over 500 pounds of illegal fireworks in San Leandro.
Bay Area hospitals race to rebuild, facing new earthquake standards
Health systems across the Bay Area are racing to rebuild, retrofit or replace aging hospitals before a 2030 state deadline that requires medical centers not just to survive a major earthquake, but to keep treating patients after one. In 2030, California state health regulators will enforce stricter rules for structural
12 California Places Where Old Movie Palaces Still Light Up The Night
Old movie palaces make a night out feel bigger before the show even starts. The marquee glows. The sidewalk gets brighter. People look up, because buildings like this were never meant to be ignored. Modern theaters can be comfortable. These places bring ceremony. Velvet seats, neon signs, and balcony views...
Why home values in this Bay Area city have plunged more than anywhere else
It’s a bad time to be selling a condo — and this East Bay city has a lot of them.
JSX Is Expanding Its Semi-Private Turboprop Network to the Bay Area…And the Legacy Carriers...
JSX, the boutique air carrier that lets you board from private terminals without the theater of commercial airport security, is adding the Bay Area to its growing turboprop network. Starting September 14, the carrier will fly up to three times daily between Santa Monica Airport and Oakland on its 30-seat ATR 42-600 tur
Mystery Chemical Smell Spooks Walnut Creek, Sparks Shelter Order
A strange chemical odor drifting through part of Walnut Creek yesterday was enough to send residents indoors and shut down HVAC systems across several neighborhoods, as officials ordered a temporary shelter-in-place east of Highway 680, south of Monument Boulevard and west of Oak Grove. The county alert told people to
