Oakland CA

An explosion and fire in Hayward California njured multiple people and destroyed or damaged at least three structures, authorities said. Security camera video from a neighbor across the street showed construction vehicles in front of the address as a large explosion destroyed much of the main structure.

A wave of residential break-ins by groups of juveniles across four cities in the East Bay has prompted police to issue an unusually broad warning to homeowners.

Anheuser-Busch, the largest beer company in the U.S. and the maker of Budweiser, will close its last Bay Area brewing facility after nearly 50 years.

A former finance manager for a Bay Area charity that serves youth was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling over $1.6 million from the organization, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Twenty five years ago, planting olive trees in this region was anything but traditional. Yet today, what began as a small, experimental orchard has grown into a 300-acre operation, complete with a bustling country store, loyal customers, handcrafted gift baskets, and even a vineyard. The story of McCauley Olive is...

(KRON) — Police in the Bay Area are crediting newer technologies in helping to locate lost loved ones. An elderly man and an elderly woman who recently went missing in separate incidents across the region were found after being tracked through automated license plate reader cameras in one case, and an Apple AirTag in...

Oakland Unified and other school districts in California are experiencing a decline in new immigrant students due to changes in immigration policies, raising concerns that newcomer programs may be scaled back.

Crews are battling a massive three-alarm building fire with lots of smoke and damage in Hayward that may have started from an explosion. Fire officials say there are possible injuries.

After two mistrials and months of legal wrangling, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has dropped the murder charge against Elijah Rucker, who had been accused in the fatal shooting of 4-year-old Romell Wright. The shooting happened around 8 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2024, on the 1700 block of 89th Avenue in East...

A judicial hearing on the terms of Ken Mattson’s bail got boisterous Wednesday in San Francisco when a U.S. District Court judge began talking about renewed jail time. The two sides were discussing the value of a house on La Salle Avenue in Piedmont — owned by Mattson’s wife, Stacy — and whether there were...