Oakland CA

A second location of one of the Bay Area’s best Filipino restaurants has opened in the East Bay.

Let’s be honest: finding actual peace in California usually requires either a significant drive into the wilderness or a willingness to pay spa prices. The Hayward Japanese Gardens throws that assumption out the window by offering genuine tranquility right in the middle of the East Bay, no reservations required.

A Lafayette attorney who helped legitimize a massive solar investment scheme was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in federal prison, closing another chapter in what prosecutors have described as the largest criminal fraud case prosecuted in California's Eastern District. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd...

HMPV (Human Metapneumovirus) is currently spiking in the United States, including Northern California cities like Sacramento, Davis, Vallejo and San Francisco. Human Metapneumovirus Circulating in the US: Human metapneumovirus—a seasonal respiratory virus in the same family as Respiratory syncytial virus—is currently...

Interim Police Chief James Beere has ordered significant changes to OPD’s overtime policies aimed at improving checks and balances. At a meeting of the City Council’s Finance and Management Committee on Tuesday, Beere said he issued a special order in mid-February, cancelling all discretionary overtime spending —...

Oakland’s warning period for its speed camera program is ending in mid March. KALW’s Rachel Longan has more. In mid-January the cameras were installed on 18 of the city’s most dangerous intersections. Speed limits in these locations range from 20 to 40 mph. Starting in mid-March the...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Police arrested a man Monday who they suspect has been creeping around people's homes and yards in East Oakland for months. Since mid-December, police fielded six reports of someone going into yards, peeping into homes and "engaging in inappropriate behavior." The suspect allegedly did this in...

Dean Urbanski, 51, the brother of pro wrestler and former WWE star Ashley Urbanski, went missing this week after a car crash in San Francisco U.S. Park Police The brother of professional wrestler and former WWE star Shotzi Blackheart has vanished in San Francisco after walking away from a car crash, prompting an...

San Lorenzo Valley residents are restoring a toy box memorial for two young brothers who died in the 1982 Love Creek landslide. A group of neighbors and community members, led by Ben Lomond resident Julianne Bonnet, created a Facebook group to “rebuild the toy box, restore the sign, and replenish the collection of...

A motorcycle rider sustained a significant leg injury during a collision in South Berkeley on Wednesday evening, authorities report. The crash was reported just before 5:15 p.m. at Sacramento Street and Dwight Way, Berkeley police said. The rider was reported to be conscious and breathing, but appeared to have a...