Oakland CA

OAKLAND — PG&E bills are heading lower this month as some costs related to wildfires and emergency responses start to recede and vanish from the utility’s rate base. Customers can expect monthly electricity costs to drop by an average of $5 for the typical residential ratepayer who uses 500 kilowatt hours a month and...

A coordinated team of armed law enforcement officers in camouflage uniforms sparked community concern in South Berkeley on Tuesday morning. The Alameda County sheriff's office told The Scanner the unit was helping with a civil eviction, which previously had not gone to plan. The sheriff's office said its Civil Unit...

(KRON) — A South San Francisco middle school teacher died before his child molestation case stood trial, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. Ahmad Waled Rafah, 36, was an eighth grade teacher at Parkway Heights Middle School during the 2024-2025 school year. Rafah was out of custody on...

Oakland, California, Mayor Barbara Lee on Aug. 26 announced the formation of the city’s Office of Homelessness Solutions to coordinate the delivery of services from government agencies and nonprofits. Oakland’s chief housing policy officer, Sasha Hauswald, will lead the new initiative. Measure W, a half-cent Alameda...

Fire officials told the Chronicle that the injured person was transported to Highland Hospital at about 9 p.m. Sunday.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Wyatt Clark lives in a former yellow school bus, and says the shooting attacks that started in July have continued on his bus and vehicles of other homeless people living in vehicles along Hollis Street in Oakland. "It's happened almost every other day since you guys left,"...

"The strike notice includes caregivers at Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities from Sacramento to Fresno, and across the Bay Area," says the nurses union. photo credit: Shutterstock If Kaiser is your health plan, heads up if you have an appointment next Monday. Healthcare workers across 20 Kaiser...

(KRON) — A Belmont man who faced trial in a violent 2023 domestic case took a plea deal on Friday from San Mateo County prosecutors. Armando Flores Verduzco, 60, was accused of punching a woman in the face dozens of times and choking her before threatening to kill responding police officers. Flores Verduzco pleaded...

Oakland is getting $12.4 million in state money to employ people on parole to work on Caltrans work crews cleaning roadways. Called Golden State Works, Caltrans has spent $43.6 million through the program in Oakland since 2011. “In Oakland we are always proud to support community members who are trying...

On Labor Day, Richmond joined dozens of cities across the country where workers and community members rallied under the banner “Workers Over Billionaires.”