Man fatally struck by train in West Berkeley
A man in his 30s died Wednesday after a train struck him in Berkeley, according to early reports. Berkeley police and firefighters were dispatched to Bancroft Way and Fourth Street just after 3:30 p.m. for what initially was described as a medical call. Firefighters quickly upgraded the incident to a rescue...
Juvenile Arrested After Shooting at Bayview School on Mansell Street
On December 2, 2025, San Francisco Police responded to a shooting at a school on the 400 block of Mansell Street. Officers found a juvenile male with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. They gave first aid, and paramedics took him to a local hospital. The suspect, also a juvenile male, left the scene but was later...
To Fix Oakland’s Speeding Problem, Automated Cameras Can’t Do It Alone
For Oaklander Lucé Lu, the news this week that the city would soon be installing automated speed cameras at 18 locations couldn’t have come soon enough. “ Honestly, it’s long overdue,” Lu said. Standing next to a coffee shop on Broadway near downtown Oakland, Lu acknowledged...
McDonald’s closes downtown Oakland site and backlash follows
The only McDonald’s in downtown Oakland has shut its doors, and the fallout is landing hardest on the workers and customers who depended on it. What might look like a single franchise decision is instead turning into a flashpoint over worker treatment, public health failures, and the fragile state of the city’s core...
Teachers strike in large Bay Area school district, demands include help with H1B visas
The strike was the first for teachers in the district’s 60-year history, and could be the first multiple teachers strikes in the Bay Area.
False earthquake alert that alarmed California was ‘unprecedented’
The alert for a 5.9 magnitude Nevada earthquake was a false alarm, and the report was deleted from the U.S.G.S. quake list shortly thereafter.
Driver fatally strikes pedestrian in S.F.’s Russian Hill
A driver fatally struck a pedestrian at Mason Street and Broadway in San Francisco.
UC Berkeley animal rights activist to serve jail time after ‘chicken rescue’ conviction
A Sonoma County judge imposed the sentence two years after the UC Berkeley student took four chickens from a Petaluma poultry processor to spur interest in the animal liberation cause.
Dog dies in Oakland high-rise fire
A dog died in an Oakland high-rise fire on Tuesday night. Officials say the animal perished from smoke inhalation. The apartment complex was on 3rd Avenue, not far from Lake Merritt. Firefighters managed to get the fire under control.
Bartender Races To Berkeley Police HQ After Man Allegedly Trails Her From Bay Bridge
A woman in her 20s who works as a bartender did not go home when she realized a car was following her off the Bay Bridge into Berkeley on Saturday. Instead, she steered straight to the Berkeley Police Department, where officers quickly intercepted the trailing vehicle and said they found a loaded gun and drugs inside.
