Oakland CA

A federal civil jury issued a verdict Monday clearing three Richmond police officers of any liability in the 2021 in-custody death of 47-year-old Ivan Gutzalenko of Concord. The jury came back with its ruling less than two hours after hearing closing arguments in the trial, which began Feb. 2 in San Francisco.

Last week, I tuned into a webinar for parents anguished about the strike at the San Francisco Unified School District. Speaker after speaker expressed frustration: at the district, at the union, at the seemingly impossible math of paying teachers what they deserve while closing a $100 million budget deficit. No...

San Francisco’s Mission District hides a California thrift store that feels less like a shop and more like an all-day treasure hunt waiting to happen. Community Thrift Store has been pulling in bargain hunters since 1982, and stepping inside still feels like entering a space where anything could turn up.

The San Francisco Ethics Commission case against former San Francisco Human Rights Commission Executive Director Sheryl Davis could result in her paying tens of thousands of dollars.

Two men were wounded in a pre-dawn drive-by shooting in East Oakland early today, a burst of gunfire that left neighbors on edge. The attack happened at about 1:55 a.m. in the 5800 block of Avenal Avenue, police said. A third man in the car was not injured, and both wounded men were taken to a hospital, where they...

Adoption story: She came from Sacramento at 8 weeks old. My friends and neighbors were waiting for us: it was quite a welcoming committee! Franki immediately enjoyed the attention. To this day she assumes that all our friends come for her. She loves them and their four-legged fuzzies to no end.

(The Center Square) - A Valero Energy refinery in the Bay Area that provides about 9% of California’s gasoline supply began shutting down at the end of January, earlier than some anticipated, with potential knock-on effects on gas and motor fuels prices in Nevada, Arizona and other western states. A former manager at...

A typical lightbulb can last about a year. The one hanging from the ceiling at this Bay Area fire station has lasted more than a century — and scientists don’t know why.

More details are emerging regarding the Monday shooting of 49ers defensive lineman Keion White. And those details involve Grammy-winning rapper Lil Baby. Via Jonah Owen Lamb of the San Francisco Standard, the incident occurred at Dahlia’s, a bar and nightclub on Mission Street in San Francisco. White had a private...

After more than five years of selling tostadas, enchiladas, and tacos from her East Oakland backyard, Elvira Varela is officially opening her first brick-and-mortar restaurant on Feb. 21. Her backyard shop, which she started during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been closed since the end of December in order to focus on...