Suspects arrested over shooting near Sam Altman’s home days after Molotov cocktail attack
San Francisco, California - Two individuals have been arrested over a shooting incident near the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the weekend. Amanda Tom (25) and Muhamad Tarik Hussein (23) were arrested early Sunday morning for negligent discharge of a firearm, per the San Francisco Standard. Law enforcement said that the pair stopped their vehicle in front of Altman's residence before one of...
CA Insurance Commissioner Candidate Tours Tuolumne County
Jamestown, CA — Jane Kim, a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, is running for California Insurance Commissioner. She toured parts of Tuolumne County on Monday and met with some local leaders to learn more about the region’s growing insurance challenges. The day included a...
Oakland Zoo Celebrates Baby Tumbili, The First Red-Tailed Guenon Baby Born in The Zoo
A First for Oakland Zoo’s Primate Collection (Image Credits: Facebook) Oakland, California – The Oakland Zoo marked a significant milestone in February 2026 with the birth of Tumbili, its first red-tailed guenon monkey.[1][2] This healthy male infant arrived to parents Nonami and Marley, quickly bonding with the troop and drawing crowds eager to catch a … The post Oakland Zoo Celebrates Baby Tumbili...
What Species Are San Francisco’s Parrots? It’s Complicated.
This San Francisco story begins somewhere along the coast or tropical dry forest of Ecuador or Peru, sometime before the 1980s, in a hole in a tree. One day, wild red-masked parakeet nestlings—blush-pink, prickly with pinfeathers, and snug in their nursery in a tree—may have heard a machete thwack at the base of their tree or felt hands clasp around...
Vision I-980: architects and engineers compete to design the future of the highway
Today is the last day for architecture and engineering consulting firms to submit proposals for the second phase of the Vision I-980 project, a multiyear effort to reimagine and potentially replace the I-980 highway. The firm chosen this spring by Caltrans, the state’s transportation agency, will develop concrete, actionable ideas for redeveloping the I-980 highway, including detailed design concepts.
Grand Lake Kitchen opens third location
Grand Lake Kitchen’s co-owner, May Seto Wasem, confirmed the feeling I had after a recent dinner at the restaurant’s new location in Noe Valley. “In the first seven days of being open, we’ve had people come in five times,” Wasem said. The second I walked...
Oakland will allow dismantling of homeless encampments without offering alternative shelter
Oakland has approved a major change in how the city handles homeless encampments, voting Tuesday to adopt a new policy that gives officials more authority to remove RVs and vehicles from public spaces without offering an alternative.
Antioch hotel tumbles into loan default as lodging ailments linger
ANTIOCH — An Antioch hotel has toppled into default due to failed real estate financing, another indicator that economic ailments still plague the Bay Area hospitality industry. The 116-room Antioch Inn & Suites, near the interchange of State Route 4 and Somersville Road, defaulted on $15 million in real...
Viral East Coast bagel chain backed by private equity is coming to the Bay...
An investment firm-backed bagel chain that has swept the East Coast is planting its first flag in the Bay Area, taking over one of the last original Mission-style Taco Bells in the region.
Alameda Firefighters Extinguish Blaze at Historic Apartment Building, Rescue Tenants
On Friday morning, April 10, Alameda Fire Department (AFD) responded to a reported fire in the Alameda Hotel Apartments at 1415 Broadway. AFD initially sent three engine companies, two truck companies, one ambulance, one battalion chief, and the Alameda Care Team, according to AFD reports on Facebook and Instagram.
