Major California Union Calls for Waymo to Be Kicked Off the Streets
An accident involving a Waymo robotaxi striking a child near a school in Santa Monica has prompted one of California’s largest unions to call for the Alphabet-owned driverless cab service to be shut down statewide. Teamsters California on Monday urged the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to indefinitely...
Police investigate robbery via knife at Berkeley business
An individual with a knife tried to jump over the counter at a Berkeley business during a robbery Monday night, police report. The robbery happened shortly before 9:20 p.m. in the 1200 block of University Avenue near Bonar Street. According to Berkeley police , the individual was armed with a "small knife" when he...
New Asian grocery market in Emeryville opens with 2-hour lines
If there were a Super Bowl for grocery-store events, Emeryville had its this weekend with the grand opening of Tokyo Central. The long-awaited Asian supermarket celebrated its debut on Saturday, Jan. 31, and Sunday, Feb. 1, with lines snaking up and down the block, a store worker at the door letting people in one or...
East Oakland Setup Killing Echoes Father’s 2003 Murder, Police Say
Oakland, California – A 25-year-old man was fatally shot during an alleged robbery setup in East Oakland, a killing that investigators say mirrors the violent death of his father more than two decades earlier. Authorities believe the incident stemmed from a planned robbery disguised as a drug deal and are continuing...
Fresh Out Of High School, Oakland Teen Gets 9 Years For Fatal Street Shooting
Within weeks of graduating high school and turning 18, Abraham Salgado‑Alfaro pulled the trigger in an East Oakland confrontation that left a man dead. Now, a judge has handed him a nine-year state prison sentence for the killing of 29-year-old Ernesto Herrera on the 9000 block of E Street in June 2020, a case that...
Massive turnout for Emeryville’s Tokyo Central
A new specialty grocery store has opened in the East Bay.
Alleged Cigarette Heist Crew Nabbed After Wild East Bay Robbery Spree
Four men are now facing charges after an armed theft at an Oakland smoke shop on Jan. 14, according to court records and police accounts. Authorities say the bust may have clipped the wings of a roaming crew that investigators believe is behind a string of smash-and-grab cigarette thefts in cities across the East Bay.
Hastings Family Loses Fight to Keep Name on UC Law School
After the University of California removed the name of its namesake benefactor from its San Francisco-based law school, the family of that namesake Serranus Hastings took the university to court. The lawsuit dates back to October 2022, after the University of California officially changed the name of UC Hastings...
Two teens arrested in fatal SF shooting of 15-year-old Jayda Mabrey
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Two teenagers have been arrested in the fatal shooting of Jayda Mabrey, a 15-year-old girl who died of gunshot wounds in San Francisco’s Western Addition Friday. Jayda was shot along with two other people near a playground near Golden Gate Avenue and Laguna Street Friday evening. The San...
Lafayette’s Iconic Horn BBQ Appears to Be in Trouble. Here’s What We Know.
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA – I still remember the first time I drove by the future location of Horn BBQ in Lafayette and saw the “Horn” sign posted. Horn’s location in Oakland had won multiple national awards, and was considered one of the best BBQ spots on the West coast. Now, as if by total surprise, Horn was coming to...
