Oakland CA

SAN FRANCISCO — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and two partner law firms filed a lawsuit Thursday against major landlord Equity Residential and surveillance technology vendor SmartRent, alleging the companies violated tenants’ constitutional privacy rights by forcing the use of in-home “smart”...

A DxE activist speaks through a megaphone outside Trader Joe's in Berkeley on Saturday Dec. 6, 2025 (Credit: Michelle Del Cueto) DECEMBER 6, 2025, Berkeley, CA - Over two dozen activists with the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) protested loudly outside Trader Joe’s in Berkeley for approximately 90...

San Pablo police arrested three people yesterday after responding to two separate calls about a vehicle firing shots into the air, according to the department. Officers later stopped the car, detained everyone inside, and took all three into custody. In the San Pablo Police Department's account of the incident on...

(KRON) — Whale watchers shouted with excitement as a whale breached directly next to their boat in San Francisco Bay Saturday. Video of the sighting shows the group whale watching near Golden Gate Bridge at 10:51 a.m. when the whale surfaced. The whale seen in the video is a humpback, San Francisco Whale Tours told […]

Groups of dirt bikers speeding through the city have become an increasingly common and frustrating sight for people around San Francisco. Now, the board of supervisors is moving forward with legislation to stop dangerous dirt bike riding.

Fire personnel spotted the suspect soon after the Cambridge Drive shooting, leading to the arrest, police said.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepted more than 20,000 pounds of cocaine from a single vessel in the eastern Pacific this week, marking the largest at-sea drug seizure in nearly two decades, according to KDKA. The Coast Guard said the seizure was carried out by the crew of the cutter Munro, based […]

A restoration project we reported on is turning into a major environmental success story. Just weeks after our report, fish are being spotted in a scenic stretch of an East Bay watershed for the first time in decades.

(KRON) — San Francisco Police Department officers helped evacuate people from a burning building on Monterey Boulevard after an unknown person set the building on fire on October 25, a video released by SFPD shows. Police were responding to a burglary call at the apartment at 9:50 p.m. when the fire was set. SFPD’s...

A satirical Instagram post suggested the historic bar may convert into a wine bar.