Oakland CA

A truck spilled fuel on I-880 on Tuesday morning, blocking all lanes.

A Bay Area woman who turned personal tragedy into a wildfire alert app is now fighting in court to stop a company from launching what she says is a confusingly similar product under a similar name.

“They said we have to leave… today… I’ve been here for four years and I’ve never received help or resources or even a referral of someone to talk to about housing.” Dennis, a houseless resident, was talking about the eviction of the 3rd and Peralta tiny home community in Oakland.

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.

Downtown Oakland just saw a brand‑new apartment building change hands for about $8.1 million, and that number is turning heads. The mixed‑use property at 316 12th Street, a five‑story infill project with 27 apartments over ground‑floor retail, sits only a few blocks from the 12th Street BART station. The sale lands well below what many would expect for a recently completed multifamily project...

(KRON) — A popular Vietnamese coffee establishment based in Southern California opened its first Bay Area outpost over the weekend. Da Vien Coffee debuted with a soft opening on Saturday, April 4 in Milpitas, the business announced on Instagram. Da Vien is located at 279 W Calaveras Blvd., across the block from the Serra shopper […]

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.

An 18-year-old man was shot in downtown Oakland yesterday, just before 2:30 AM, on 17th Street near Broadway. He was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the lower back and is in stable condition, while the suspected gunman fled the scene, according to KTVU. During the response, police say another man allegedly punched an officer while apparently trying to help...