Oakland CA

On a recent sunny afternoon, Carolyn Kemp stood outside Loard’s Ice Cream in Oakland enjoying a scoop of butterscotch marble – which, she pointed out, is not the same as butterscotch ice cream. “It needs the ripple, like a ribbon of butterscotch all the way through it,” said...

Garbage strike disrupts Richmond waste collection; Temporary Drop-Off Site Opens

A San Francisco police chief said this week that the police department may need to help keep the peace between ICE agents and protesters. SFPD deputy chief says police can’t ‘sit by’ and watch ICE agents get hurt

In what appears to be an echo of a trend that was happening before the pandemic, likely spurred by increased hassling by police and outreach workers in the city, SFO has been seeing increased numbers of homeless people taking the train there and hanging out, or sleeping. Back in July...

John Bauters, who has served three terms as Emeryville mayor, is currently a contestant on the Fox reality competition show “The Snake.”

On Monday, Oakland officials are expected to begin evicting residents of two city-run homeless shelters along Wood Street, the site of what was once the largest community of unhoused people in Northern California. The two sites — a safe RV parking site with 40 spots and a 100-bed cabin community...

A Bay Area man was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison on July 11 for assaulting a deputy U.S. marshal while refusing to be detained in a Utah district courthouse on Nov. 22, 2024, According to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Tucked into the arid landscape of Lucerne Valley, Wolf Mountain Sanctuary is the kind of place that piques your curiosity before you even arrive. Picture a dusty desert road leading you straight into the heart of wolf country, where the air carries a whisper of mystery and the raw, untamed beauty of nature is on full display. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill wildlife attraction — it’s an intimate, hands-on experience that puts you face-to-face with one of nature’s most majestic creatures.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco police on Thursday released intense drone video of robbery suspects driving through Bay Bridge traffic in the wrong direction, crashing, and taking off on foot before being apprehended. On July 4, two suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in multiple auto burglaries and a...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Police Department will continue to stay under federal oversight - now in its 22nd year – as it still has three out of 50 mandated reforms that the court considers out of compliance. One of the key reforms that has yet to be met...