Oakland CA

The San Francisco Zoo says demand for a vintage-style safari T-shirt surged after members of the K-pop group Twice wore it during a recent visit and shared images online.

Vineyard Vines, which opened over ten years ago in downtown Walnut Creek, has closed. I guess there weren’t enough preppy fashion people to support the store. When I peaked inside over the weekend, that cool looking swordfish is still there. Their Burlingame location remains open. Check out their online selection here.

Oakland has a new limited-time obsession this week: Petit Américain, a French-dip pop-up that sees Danny Stoller, the Square Pie Guys co‑founder turned consultant, back in the kitchen at Mägo for five nights. The short run revolves around a 36‑hour beef French dip and a streamlined $55 four‑course prix‑fixe, with a...

The Pleasant Hill Police Department reports they have arrested an Antioch man in connection with early-morning mail theft in the City of Pleasant Hill. According to police, at approximently 2:00 am Tuesday, officers paroling the area of Putnam Blvd near Belle Ave located a subject walking in the area. After some...

A federal judge today will hear from Oakland city officials and civil rights lawyers about the possibility of ending more than 20 years of federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department. U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick will hear from both sides about the state of compliance by the OPD...

For more than two decades, ever since the Original Kasper’s Hot Dogs location closed in 2003, the funky, triangular building where Shattuck, Telegraph and 46th Street converge has sat vacant and boarded, a gallery for vivid graffiti pieces. Now, the building has been brought back to life and is...

There is a large police presence in Oakland Tuesday afternoon after an alleged assault, police said.

LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA – As an East Coast transplant, it took me a long time to find good pizza in the Bay Area. Well, let me correct that to say: it took a long time to find good New York style pizza. Fancy Roman or Napoli pies with thin crusts...

"My brand and my identity became brutally attacked, and it crushed my spirit."

This is not a sudden crisis. It is a documented one. For decades, tenants in San Francisco’s most historically Black and working-class neighborhoods—the Fillmore, Bayview–Hunters Point, Sunnydale, and beyond—have endured unsafe housing conditions, prolonged neglect, and retaliation after speaking out, while the City...