Two nominated for Oakland’s Police Commission
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee nominated two candidates Thursday for the city's Police Commission, a civilian law enforcement oversight body that, among other things, is currently working to hire a new police chief. The mayor's office presented the candidates -- retired judge Evelio Grillo and retired firefighter Doug...
29-Year-Old Man Injured in Late-Night Shooting on Wilbur Avenue in Antioch; Police Seek Public’s...
In a late-night incident that unfolded in Antioch, the Antioch Police Department reported a shooting that left a 29-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his neck. According to the Antioch Police Department, officers were called to the scene in the 600 block of Wilbur Avenue on Thursday at 10:46 PM.
Car crashes into light pole in San Francisco; 3 taken to hospital
Just after 2:30 p.m., the fire department said a car had crashed into a pole near Winston Drive and Junipero Serra Boulevard.
Tri-Valley residents protest, mourn after ICE officer fatally shoots mother in Minneapolis
Protesters gathered across the Bay Area on Saturday to rally against the shootings of unarmed civilians by federal officers, including the killing of a woman in Minneapolis last week. About 450 assembled to be photographed in a human banner on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, spelling out, “It was murder,...
From Merrill Lynch to wok station: the daughter of San Francisco’s Chinese food dynasty...
House of Nanking's Kathy Fang talked to Fortune about her new cookbook, quitting corporate life, and when her dad embarrassed her in front of Keanu Reeves.
Earthquake swarm resumes in Northern California city. What’s going on?
A swarm of a half-dozen earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 2.9 rattled San Ramon in California near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The other quakes in Saturday’s swarm ranged from magnitude 1.2 to 2.8, according to the USGS. San Ramon was hit earlier by a swarm of more than 90 quakes starting...
Hundreds gather in Oakland to protest ICE Sunday
(KRON) — Protests are continuing in the Bay Area following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shooting and killing a woman Wednesday in Minneapolis. Several hundred people attended a protest in Oakland Sunday. They gathered across the street from Grand Lake Theater in the Lakeshore neighborhood....
15 cities where $100K salary feels embarrassingly broke
Making one hundred thousand dollars annually sounds wealthy until you live in certain cities where that salary barely covers basic expenses. The disconnect between earnings and actual purchasing power creates financial anxiety for six-figure earners struggling with poverty-level living standards. Housing costs...
Regional: Update: Quake Of 2.9 Magnitude Strikes East-Southeast Of San Ramon
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.9 struck two miles east-southeast of San Ramon about 8:10 p.m. Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was followed by an aftershock of 2.8 magnitude at 8:21 p.m. Article continues below this ad. The first quake was measured at a depth of...
Rush-Hour Knife Attack Rocks 16th Street Mission BART Hub
Yesterday turned violent in San Francisco's Mission District, where a stabbing near the 16th Street Mission BART station sent three people to the hospital, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The department said it received a call at about 5 PM for the 3030 block of 16th Street, and that two of the...
