Oakland CA

The Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) is staring at significant budget cuts unless local taxpayers open up their wallets. Three nearby elementary school districts are caught in the same trap, and school districts around the state are struggling to pay teachers and limit class sizes. At the same time,...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Work got underway Monday to dismantle the controversial Vaillancourt Fountain at Embarcadero Plaza, despite an ongoing legal challenge over its removal. Crews began the first phase Monday, removing grout and cataloging sections of the Brutalist concrete structure for possible reassembly elsewhere. Larger pieces, including arms weighing up to 10 tons are […]

In the bustling streets of San Francisco where tech enthusiasts and artists alike navigate their daily routines a silent wave is spreading. Health monitors have detected unusually high levels of several common viruses making their way through the population. This instance of multiple viruses SF has brought renewed attention to how cities recover from major […] The post SF is getting ravaged by multiple viruses...

Pierre Constant was arrested in September 2024 for an assault in the Tenderloin that he did not commit. On April 10, 2026, a San Francisco jury acquitted him of all charges. He had spent 18 months in jail—in large part, his public defender says, because the police and district attorney’s office failed to turn over in a timely fashion evidence that exonerated him...

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – Love the idea of strolling around your favorite town, cocktail in hand, like it’s 2021 again (but without the hassle of a global pandemic)?. The Walnut Creek City Council is moving forward with a plan to create a downtown “Entertainment Zone,” a state-enabled program that would allow adults to buy alcoholic beverages from participating licensed businesses and consume them in...

Hi Chonkers! 🦭 The hype is continuing to build around the 2,000-pound Steller sea lion that's attracting a lot of attention at San Francisco's Pier 39.

DUBLIN, Calif. — A Bay Area defense attorney’s discovery of a recording of a confidential conversation with her client while reviewing evidence in a murder case has raised new constitutional concerns about attorney-client communications, according to the Mercury News. Just weeks before trial, Deputy Public Defender Sara Star...

**In the rolling hills of Marin County a couple in their late sixties sits at their kitchen table surrounded by decades of memories. Their home bought for less than two hundred thousand dollars in the 1970s now appraises for over three million. On paper they are wealthy beyond their wildest youthful dreams. Yet the prospect […] The post California made them rich on paper and...

(KRON) — A Daly City mother who led police on a high-speed chase with her baby daughter and teenage niece in the car was sentenced Friday to 120 days in jail, according to prosecutors. Estrella Paniagua, 26, pleaded no contest to felony charges of child endangerment and fleeing a pursuing officer and driving against traffic. […]

Richmond police recently responded to a mix of incidents across the city, including a robbery, assaults, thefts, vandalism and domestic violence cases, according to department records. Monday, April 20 Car theft: 2900 block of Hoffman Boulevard. A car owner stepped outside to find the curb bare at 1 a.m.