Oakland CA

TIBURON, Calif. - A Tiburon nanny was arrested on suspicion of racking up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges on her former employer’s credit card, according to police. Naghmeh Novbakhtian, 35, was taken into custody last Tuesday on suspicion of committing credit card fraud, the Tiburon Police...

ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES – Caltrans has scheduled additional overnight closures of Bore 1 in the Caldecott Tunnel, located on eastbound State Route 24 (SR-24) in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. These closures are necessary to facilitate lighting upgrades and routine maintenance work. The scheduled closure times are...

KPIX-TV’s Paul Heggen is leaving the station after six years, with plans to move east to be closer to family.

The 35-year-old allegedly racked up about $60,000 in charges, before the San Francisco resident was arrested while arriving at SFO on March 31, according to Tiburon police.

According to reporting from the San Francisco Standard, the Mayor's Office sent out layoff notices to 127 city workers across 18 departments this morning, including the Department of Public Health and the Human Services Agency. The mayor said he intends to eliminate 500 positions across the city in total. There...

Dating back to the 19th century, this historic abode has always housed artists.

The best Mexican food in this state does not announce itself. It just raises the bar for everything else. Northern California has its own rules, and the Mexican food scene here proves it. Some of these places have been feeding the same neighborhoods for decades, and the locals will fight you over which one is better.

New details from last year’s fatal police chase in East Oakland revealed that police may have treated Oakland teacher Marvin Boomer’s girlfriend Nina Woodruff, who was also a bystander seriously injured in the crash, as a suspect and failed to give her treatment at the scene. Michelle Bernard,...

Spring is bringing an uptick in two viruses here in the Bay Area. Dr. Peter Chin Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF, talks about rotovirus, which affects the gastrointestinal tract, and a respiratory virus known as HMPV.

A homeowner thought he was doing the right thing by pruning a tree on his front yard—until it was clear he was in a lose-lose situation.