Oakland CA

There was some confusion about United States figure skater Alysa Liu’s hometown. Several outlets had her listed as a native of Richmond, California. The fact, however, is that the 20-year-old grew up in Oakland. Liu had to address the misconception. The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics star ...

A fire burned on Wednesday morning at a metals recycling plant in West Oakland with a history of fires and environmental violations.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Bay Area punk rock icon Jello Biafra was hospitalized over the weekend after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. The former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys — by far, the greatest Bay Area punk rock band of all time — suffered the stroke on March 7 according to a Facebook post from Biafra’s Alternative...

Lafayette, California – A staple of the casual Lafayette pizza scene appears to be closed. We don’t know what its long-term fate will be. Weeks ago, we noticed that not much was going on at the downtown Lafayette location of Round Table Pizza. Previously, signs on the front had announced a new salad bar, but we...

According to police, since Dec. 13, they have received six reports of someone entering people's yards in East Oakland, peering into occupied homes and engaging in inappropriate behavior.

A beloved Bay Area Italian deli with nearly six decades in downtown Walnut Creek has permanently shut its doors, marking another chapter in a long-running family business’s evolution. The closure…

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – The familiar roar of a small gas engine and the flurry of leaves and dust–long a hallmark of East Bay summers–will be a thing of the past in another local town. And in the process, Walnut Creek is about to get a lot...

A beloved middle school teacher in California was killed early Saturday after gunfire erupted inside a nightclub in downtown Oakland, leaving two people dead and several others injured. Authorities say Latetia Bobo, 33, was among the victims when a shooting broke out at the EZ Lounge around 3:30 a.m. while...

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is returning home to the East Bay for a one-off benefit concert this spring — his first performance since Super Bowl LX.

Last Thursday, an alert BART rider spotted someone peering into parked cars inside the Fruitvale station parking structure and decided it was worth a call. That tip ended with officers arresting Jobie Morton and recovering a loaded stolen handgun, suspected narcotics, and other stolen property. The arrest itself took...