Exclusive: Café and flower shop to replace shuttered 88-year-old S.F. hardware store
The café hopes to have “high quality, solid offerings, reliability and being part of the community,” according to an owner.
Oakland Robbery Crew Opens Fire On Cops, Speeds Off In West Oakland
Oakland police are on the hunt for a robbery crew after someone in a car tied to a suspected robbery opened fire on officers during an attempted traffic stop in West Oakland yesterday. No officers were hit and police did not return fire, authorities said, as the suspects took off and nearby streets were shut down...
Woman found deceased in the water at Berkeley Marina
A Walnut Creek woman was found deceased in the water at the Berkeley Marina over the weekend after reporting suicidal thoughts, authorities said. On Saturday morning, Walnut Creek police called Berkeley police while searching for a vehicle belonging to a woman in her 60s, BPD said. The woman, who had been describing...
Gas hits almost $10 a gallon in this coastal California community
BIG SUR, Calif. - Gas prices have been soaring, leading to a lot of pain at the pump, but a station in a scenic community along California’s coast just might take the cake, with premium gas going for $9.99 a gallon. The small remote hamlet of Gorda in the...
Oracle’s mass layoffs hit 158 Bay Area workers
The total extent of Oracle’s layoffs hasn’t been confirmed, but the software company also laid off 491 workers in Seattle.
Bay Area town says its location makes housing complicated. Newsom says build or get...
This is not the first time the coastal town has drawn the ire of the governor.
Lesser-known virus that can cause fatal diarrhea raging in Northern California
Like norovirus, or the "stomach flu," rotavirus causes similar symptoms.
Humboldt Family Faces Series of Losses, Mother Fights for Her Life in ICU
A Southern Humboldt family already reeling from multiple tragedies is now asking the community for help as their wife and mother, Robyn English, is in critical condition at a San Francisco hospital. According to her husband, Chad Springer, the past year and a half has brought one hardship after another...
Residents at Oakland transitional housing site slam program as a failure
The Mandela House residents said they were told they would get help to find a permanent place to live. But after a year, out of about 100 people, they said only one or two found housing. And now they said they're being told they will all have to leave.
Oakland police to launch 60-day federal blitz targeting gun violence
The Oakland Police Department on Wednesday announced a 60-day enforcement operation in partnership with federal agencies aimed at reducing gun violence across the city.
