Oakland CA

The long‑simmering fight over veteran Palo Alto physical‑education teacher Peter Colombo has ended with a multimillion‑dollar check. This week, the Palo Alto Unified School District board signed off on a $3.25 million settlement to resolve Colombo’s lawsuit against the district, filed after criminal charges tied to...

Up to 2 inches of rain could fall Sunday night, with wet and windy weather expected to continue on Presidents Day.

A 66-year-old nanny who was seized by ICE officers outside of her employer’s San Francisco home was released 12 hours after efforts by lawyers prompted a federal judge to intervene on her behalf.

Two Southern California residents are now millionaires after winning tickets were sold in Santa Clarita and Hawthorne last week.

The four were suspected of a series of car and residential burglaries in Fremont and other cities dating back to last year, police said.

An elderly and reportedly wealthy woman who killed a family of four while speeding the wrong way down a residential San Francisco street will likely face no prison time, a judge handling the case indicated Friday. Mary Fong Lau, 80, changed her plea Friday afternoon from not guilty to no...

First responders responded to a reported vehicle vs train collision. Upon arrival, a heavily damaged vehicle was located with all occupants outside. It appears the occupants were able to escape before the vehicle was struck by a Caltrain which appeared to be traveling south. The train conductor was treated for...

Michael Gerold, an SF-based entrepreneur, "social climber," and former US Army captain, is accused of forcing at least ten women into sex work. Gerold, who’s been dubbed “the Epstein of the West,” threatened to sue his alleged victims if the Standard published their piece. [SF Standard]. Bay...

(KRON) — A 59-year-old woman is dead and a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured when they were hit by a car near the intersection of Tennyson Road and Baldwin Street on Saturday, according to the Hayward Police Department. The woman and child were using a crosswalk in the area at about 6:21 p.m. when a […]

OAKLAND, California — Mayor Barbara Lee is signaling a shift in Oakland’s approach to homelessness, seeking to reduce large-scale encampment sweeps while focusing more on sanitation and services, even as some City Council members push for a tougher crackdown. Lee and interim homelessness chief Sasha Hauswald said the...