San Francisco’s ALICE + OLIVIA Settles for $3.2M Over False Claims in PPP Loan...
San Francisco–based fashion retailer ALICE + OLIVIA has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle allegations related to its receipt of a Paycheck Protection Program loan. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the company was accused under the False Claims Act of misrepresenting its employee count in...
San Francisco sued over reparations fund alleging unlawful use of taxpayer money
Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Andrew Quinio and residents sue San Francisco over reparations fund, accused of unlawfully using taxpayer money.
Post Malone slams beer prices at his Bud Light Super Bowl party in S.F.:...
The “Sunflower” singer stopped his San Francisco performance to call out the beer prices after a fan pointed out that drinks at the Bud Light-sponsored show weren’t free.
Storms line up to revive California’s winter
After quite the lull over the last month, a pattern flip will take place along the West Coast early this week, as storms bring in periods of rain, showers and even feet of mountain snow for some. As winter storms have plagued other parts of the country since the start...
Great-granddaughter of Piedmont’s first Black residents, forced out by ‘terror campaign,’ sues city
Just over 100 years ago, a prosperous West Oakland family bought a home in Piedmont. The small East Bay enclave, carved out of the center of Oakland by a few hundred voters who didn’t want to be annexed by the East Bay’s expanding metropolis, had already garnered the nickname “city of millionaires” thanks to its...
‘Screaming Like A Maniac’: Oakland Girls Relive Mom And Daughter’s Killing In Court
Two young girls who survived an East Oakland shooting told a courtroom this week that they watched a man allegedly gun down his girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter, describing a chaotic scene of screams and flying bullets. One girl testified that the man screamed like a maniac as shots rang through the apartment....
Tesla Quietly Leases Massive New Factory Space in Fremont
Tesla is quietly deepening its roots in Silicon Valley, even as it publicly positions itself as a Texas-based company and increasingly pitches investors on a future dominated by robots and artificial intelligence. According to a new report from CoStar, Tesla has finalized a lease for a massive 267,099-square-foot...
Son used metal pole to attack parents’ car as they fled, say Fremont police
(KRON) — Fremont police said officers responded Monday to the report of assault with deadly weapon at a Tan Oak Drive residence. “The victim’s son (subject) used a metal pole to break in through a glass door of the second-story balcony,” said police. “The subject then struck the victims’ vehicle with the pole, and...
Why this California hotspot keeps getting pricier even as people flee
California’s most coveted coastal metros are caught in a paradox: hundreds of thousands of residents are leaving each year, yet home prices in places like the Bay Area keep climbing. The result is a market where fewer people live in the state, but those who remain or arrive with money are bidding up a chronically... ...
Cardi B surprises Mission crowd at private pre-Super Bowl bash
At a Friday night invite-only in the Mission District, Cardi B made a surprise late-night appearance at a private Don Julio-sponsored event, one of numerous pre-Super Bowl gatherings happening this week across the Bay Area. The rapper laid down three tracks including with her 2018 banger “I Like It,” and...
