Oakland CA

An Oakland woman who was shot and left paralyzed during a 2022 gas station shootout is now headed to prison after striking a plea deal. Twenty-five-year-old Tyja Braswell pleaded no contest in January to an assault with a deadly weapon charge and to a probation violation, wrapping up a tangle of cases that have...

Pizza is one of those things that is just kind of universally loved. I can’t really say that I have come across anyone who has actually said they hate pizza. People might hate a particular type of pizza or pizza from a particular restaurant, but there are too many options to just not like it at all.

When comedian Troy Hawke (opens in new tab)’s cameraman told him about Saturday’s March for Billionaires, he didn’t get it. Then he read the website (opens in new tab) for the protest. He still didn’t get it. Then he went to Alta Plaza Park on Saturday...

CARE Court was Gavin Newsom’s big mental health care initiative. In San Francisco, fewer than 11 people have completed the program.

Orinda, California – The force was with the Orinda Theatre on Saturday as the iconic East Bay movie house screened a restored version of A New Hope, the original Star Wars movie. Hundreds of people came out for the screening. Many came with lightsabers!. They were greeted by locals...

Cenaduria Elvira’s meat-topped, bubbly tostadas and saucy tortas are now available in a spacious new restaurant.

Nicholas Stellato, 53, who formerly served as Rear Commodore for the Ballena Bay Yacht Club, is facing charges of grand theft, making a false statement on a financial form, and money laundering after allegedly securing a $224,276.43 federal grant and then spending a significant amount on himself, according to a...

The victim was listed in critical but stable condition after the shooting in the Uptown district early Sunday, police said.

For more than 50 years, Laura X’s house in north Berkeley with a sweeping bay view was a hub for social protest movements. In the 1960s, after protesting for the Free Speech Movement and marching through the streets of Berkeley in support of women’s liberation, Laura started accumulating pamphlets, manifestos,...

Rather than a lack of supply, housing affordability "may primarily be about differences in income growth at the top of the distribution relative to the middle."