Driver involved in deadly San Francisco Chinatown crash arrested
The 76-year-old driver who crashed into two pedestrians and a restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown in March was arrested Friday, the police department said. Police said they arrested 76-year-old Zhuo Ming Lu in connection with the crash that left one person dead and another injured on March 27. The crash also damaged a restaurant building.
Safeway customers are livid over new ‘completely useless’ grocery bags in SF
The grocery chain said the switch comes amid a paper bag shortage.
Drivers slapped with $108 tickets for parking in own driveways – you must follow...
A PARKING enforcement crackdown in a major metropolitan area is punishing drivers for parking in their own driveways. Under the crackdown, these homeowners are receiving tickets of over $100 every few days, with little they can do to correct the issue. The parking crackdown has targeted residents of San Francisco’s...
Homeless shelter owner will get $1.6M from Oakland in settlement
Oakland will give $1.6 million to the owner of a property used as a city homeless shelter and left in poor condition. The city leased the historic Lake Merritt Lodge in 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, opening a shelter for more than 100 medically vulnerable residents. The nonprofit Housing Consortium of the East Bay had a contract with the city...
Berkeley ranked worst housing market for buyers in the U.S.
Berkeley has been named the worst housing market for buyers in the country, according to a study from ConsumerAffairs, a journal focused on consumer research. The city falls just below Santa Clara, California. The rest of the bottom 10 are also located in California, with Oakland ranked 8th-worst and San Francisco 5th-worst.
Mayor Lurie selling San Francisco to China
London Breed flew to Shanghai on a similar trip in 2024. Now she's out of a job.
20,000 marijuana plants seized, 24 arrested in raids of illegal East Bay cannabis operations
Authorities have not said if the operations were linked to one another but in total, they recovered 20,133 plants and detained 24 people in Alameda County.
Attempted Traffic Stop in San Leandro Yields 4 Felony Charges
SAN LEANDRO — Eddie Madrigal, 32, of San Leandro, was arrested on April 12 and later. charged with four felonies. Madrigal allegedly fled during an attempted traffic stop, which. resulted in a collision causing death or injury, and recovery of a firearm. Madrigal was apprehended on 35th Avenue in...
Temescal residents describe waking up to the ‘whooshing’ sound of a gas leak
Around 11 p.m. last Thursday, as residents of Temescal dozed off for the night or prepared for the next day, a loud whooshing sound reverberated through the neighborhood. Neighbors immediately roused and texted each other or checked in on community forums to learn what had happened. One person, who asked...
Oakland to transform lane on I-580 into carpool lane
In Oakland, transportation officials are gearing up to transform the far-left lane westbound Interstate 580 into a carpool lane next week. The transformation will begin starting Monday. The carpool lane will cover a 2.3-mile stretch of westbound I-580 and will run from Piedmont Avenue under crossing to the MacArthur Maze where Diamond Lane currently begins.
