They bought their North Beach dream home. The city says it must become four...
Tenants rights groups are calling on San Francisco officials to make a North Beach couple fix a problem they did not create and revert their home to the four-unit complex.
Bangkok Rush Thai Kitchen is Open for Business
Alameda’s newest take-out restaurant is located at 754 Haight Avenue, between Webster and Eighth streets. Bangkok Rush Thai Kitchen offers familiar Thai favorites such as pad thai, massaman curry, fried rice, and chicken satay, along with harder-to-find entrees like pad prik king (a chili paste stir-fry dish).
Voters will decide on a new Oakland parcel tax in June
In June, Oakland voters will get to decide whether property owners will pay a new parcel tax — or force the city to look somewhere else for tens of millions of dollars needed to maintain city services. The City Council voted unanimously last week to approve the certification of...
Arrest made for illegal firearms in Fremont vehicle
On February 21, 2026, around 3:55 PM, a Fremont Police Department officer patrolling near Warm Springs Boulevard and Brown Road found a vehicle in a parking lot and contacted the driver. The officer saw a large amount of marijuana inside a plastic bag, which the driver said contained about a quarter pound.
‘World famous’ fried chicken, a tiki bar, a sports bar, and a chocolate shop...
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Bay Area hotel is bought through foreclosure of failed property loan
TIBURON — A boutique hotel nestled in an exclusive Bay Area enclave has been bought through a speedy foreclosure transaction, a fresh sign that economic woes still afflict the region’s weak hospitality sector. Denver-based hospitality group KSL Capital Partners, which this month bought Los Gatos’ Toll House Hotel...
California attorney sentenced for role in massive DC Solar fraud scheme
SACRAMENTO, California - Ari J. Lauer, a 61-year-old attorney from Lafayette, has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for his involvement in the largest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California. From 2009 to January 2019, Lauer served as outside counsel to DC Solar, providing...
Coroner identifies man found dead in Northwest Berkeley Thursday
An unhoused man was found dead near the Ohlone Greenway in Northwest Berkeley Thursday. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office’s Coroner’s Bureau identified the man Monday as Lon Turner, 67, of El Cerrito. A 911 caller reported an unresponsive person near the Ohlone Greenway at 2:42 p.m. Thursday,...
Alameda County public defender challenges judge over lack of Black jurors
Last week, 85 people filed into Alameda County Superior Court in downtown Oakland. They’d been called to serve as jurors for a case in which the defendant, an Oakland woman named Eboni Route, faces misdemeanor charges of battery against a police officer and resisting arrest. Each prospective juror stood...
APD Burglary Suspect Investigation Leads to Mail Theft Arrest
Last Wednesday, Alameda police officers arrested a burglary suspect with a stash of drug paraphernalia, burglary tools, and stolen mail packages addressed to more than 80 individuals in Alameda and Oakland.
