Oakland CA

A 4.7M earthquake in far northeastern California on Sunday afternoon was felt in Sacramento, about 200 miles away. The quake struck at 4:41 pm, east of Lassen Volcanic National Park, about nine miles northwest of Susanville. [SFGate]. A building in downtown Oakland, at 670 Ninth Street, suffered a fire Saturday...

This year’s seasonal greeting was inspired by my desire to have fajitas for my holiday meal. I don’t know any Chihuahuas, so I hope I got the spelling right. This report covers my adventures leading up to December 25. I was lucky this year to rescue a redwood tree that someone had discarded. My HC (human companion)...

Skyline High School alumni held a tribute for the late Coach John Beam Saturday afternoon at The New Parkway Theater.

Wilfredo Tortolero-Arriechi, 34, faces a count of murder in the death of social worker Alberto Rangel, 58.

We are in great shape for our water year so far after last week's intense storms brought major jumps in rainfall, reservoir, and snowpack levels across the state.

One of the Bay Area’s leading children’s hospitals has joined another in a group dedicated to eradicating brain cancer and tumors in children. Stanford Medicine’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital entered the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium earlier this month as one of more than 40 participating sites. UCSF...

If you want solar power in your home, you usually need to be a homeowner with a good roof and a decent amount of cash to pay up front. But some Bay Area residents are trying out plug-in solar, which can hang from an apartment balcony, out a window, or be tented in the backyard.

A seemingly mundane shoplifting incident at a local San Mateo store escalated into a more serious confrontation when the perpetrator was apprehended with stolen goods and illegal substances. The San Mateo Police Department took to social media to report the incident, detailing the sequence of events that led to the...

SF: SUPERVISORS WONG AND SAUTER JOIN FORCES AGAINST SIDESHOWS

“Keeping the East Bay Safe from Errant Emus Since 1932”. That’s not actually the motto of the East Bay Regional Park District police. But this week, it might as well have been. According to a post from the agency, on December 20 officers tracked and apprehend a “fugitive” emu...