Oakland CA

OAKLAND, Calif. - Days before the city was expected to give its approval for a large homeless shelter to be built in Chinatown, the proposed deal is dead. Local nonprofit Cardea Health was lined up to run the "interim housing" site at the Courtyard Marriott on Broadway, a $20 million real-estate deal that would...

BERKELEY, Calif. - The UC Berkeley community is mourning the loss of a professor who was killed last week in Greece. The Daily Californian reports that Professor Przemysław Jeziorski was visiting his two young children in Athens when he was killed on July 4. Media reports from Greece say...

A Berkeley man with a long history of DUIs drove away after hitting a father with his 5-year-old daughter in a crosswalk last month, according to court papers. This week, he was charged with a new felony case after Berkeley police arrested him at his home. According to BPD, 29-year-old He'Sheem Courtney was driving...

There’s a little secret sizzling away on the griddles of Oakland that’s about to change everything you thought you knew about breakfast sausage. Sequoia Diner sits quietly on MacArthur Boulevard, looking like any other neighborhood breakfast spot, but inside their kitchen something magical is happening that would...

The Bay Area trail was restored with redwood logs that once floated in a nearby lake.

OAKLAND, Calif. - East Oakland Track Group, Inc., a non-profit, has 12 athletes qualified for the USA Track & Field Junior Olympics in Savannah, Georgia and two qualify for the AAU Junior Olympics in Houston, Texas. Multiple kids in their program are highly ranked in their respective meets. The organization...

Unlawful Health and Human Services grant conditions threaten millions in critical funding used to support early childhood development, disease prevention, and mental health services. SAN FRANCISCO (July 11, 2025) — San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced today that his office filed an amended complaint that...

For decades, residents have squeezed their cars into driveways in San Francisco. Often the tail ends of the vehicles would extend to the sidewalk. Nobody ever protested. Until about six months ago.

On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 11:46 PM, the Richmond PD Communications Center received a ShotSpotter (Gunfire detection system) notification of possible gunfire in the 900 block of 8th Street. Officers responded and checked the area but did not locate any evidence of a shooting. On Thursday, July 10th, at...

As garbage continues to accumulate across roughly two dozen Bay Area cities impacted by a nationwide Teamsters strike, Republic Services has begun deploying "substitute drivers" in a limited effort to restore trash collection services.