Oakland CA

Should cities wait until they can offer someone a shelter bed or housing before clearing homeless encampments and towing RVs?

The shooting happened at the Cash 4 Gold store on International Blvd., the Oakland police union said.

Los Banos, CA (September 10, 2025) — A Los Banos man is among two suspects recently arrested for allegedly participating in a widespread graffiti spree that defaced property throughout the Bay Area, according to a statement from the San Jose Police Department. Sebastian Rodriguez, 23, was taken into custody...

A Santa Rosa family that made national headlines seven years ago when a judge allowed their daughter to receive cannabis oil to stop seizures in school, is now, again, battling to keep her in school. The local district says her needs have grown, and they can no longer accommodate her.

A man accused in a 1989 cold case involving the rape and stabbing of a woman in her San Mateo home pleaded no contest to the charges and now faces life in prison, authorities said.

Governor Newsom announced on Wednesday a $750 million loan to rescue BART, Muni, Caltrain and other struggling Bay Area transit systems, helping them keep them afloat until 2027. .

San Francisco and the surrounding areas, including Napa and Sonoma Counties, are bracing for possible thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service San Francisco cautions residents of a 15-25% slight chance of isolated to scattered thunderstorms on Wednesday afternoon, especially in northern...

Before last year’s inaugural Oakland Chinatown Night Market, community leaders had long dreamed of hosting a big, rollicking night market event — the sort of outdoor bash you’ll find in cities across Asia. Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council (OCIC) Executive Director Tony Trinh says the hardest part was getting the...

Sep. 9—A group of hospital workers are resigning from the only emergency room in their rural California county amid administrative plans to close the facility this fall after being stripped of federal funding. The closure of Glenn Medical Center, located north of Sacramento in remote Glenn County, is expected...

Last month, this series featured the “Peeps of Alameda,” four small similar sandpipers. Now we move on to somewhat larger sandpipers. The peeps are all in one genus (the classification just above species), so they are closely related, and they all nest in the very far North. The medium-sized sandpipers discussed here...