Oakland CA

Two Southern California residents are now millionaires after winning tickets were sold in Santa Clarita and Hawthorne last week.

An elderly and reportedly wealthy woman who killed a family of four while speeding the wrong way down a residential San Francisco street will likely face no prison time, a judge handling the case indicated Friday. Mary Fong Lau, 80, changed her plea Friday afternoon from not guilty to no...

Michael Gerold, an SF-based entrepreneur, "social climber," and former US Army captain, is accused of forcing at least ten women into sex work. Gerold, who’s been dubbed “the Epstein of the West,” threatened to sue his alleged victims if the Standard published their piece. [SF Standard]. Bay...

(KRON) — A 59-year-old woman is dead and a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured when they were hit by a car near the intersection of Tennyson Road and Baldwin Street on Saturday, according to the Hayward Police Department. The woman and child were using a crosswalk in the area at about 6:21 p.m. when a […]

OAKLAND, California — Mayor Barbara Lee is signaling a shift in Oakland’s approach to homelessness, seeking to reduce large-scale encampment sweeps while focusing more on sanitation and services, even as some City Council members push for a tougher crackdown. Lee and interim homelessness chief Sasha Hauswald said the...

A coyote with severe mange has been seen in the neighborhood. San Francisco Animal Care & Control officers have checked on the animal and confirmed it can still move quickly. They are monitoring the situation closely and want to avoid causing the coyote stress.

UC Berkeley graduate student Saketh Sreenivasaiah was found dead today. He was 22 years old. Sreenivasaiah was an international student from India, and was working toward his master’s degree in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, according to his LinkedIn profile. In a LinkedIn post, his roommate...

RICHMOND, Calif. - An East Bay family is searching for answers and pleading for help after an 18-year-old was shot multiple times during a robbery in Richmond. Nehemiah Montes is currently in the hospital fighting for his life. Two months after the shooting, his family says the road to recovery...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — One person was shot on the 1200 block of Polk street in San Francisco Saturday, according to police. Officers with the San Francisco Police Department were called to the area at 1:42 a.m. and found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The man was taken to the hospital by ambulance. […]

Causwells burst onto San Francisco’s scene in 2014 as a neighborhood gem in the Marina District. Chef-owner Adam Rosenblum quickly turned heads with his smashburger mastery, sparking the Bay Area’s smashburger craze. Diners flocked for those thin, crispy-edged patties stacked high with simple toppings that let the...