“Trash Surveillance” is Coming to the Bay Area, With Residents Facing Fines
Bay Area residents may want to start checking their trash lids a little more carefully. A growing number of waste haulers are using cameras mounted on garbage trucks to photograph bins during pickup, flag overfilled containers, and in some cases charge residents after repeated warnings. The idea is simple: if your bin
Meta lays off nearly 700 Bay Area workers, and twice as many in Seattle...
Around 10% of the Meta’s total workforce was affected by the layoffs.
All the Ramen I Could Find in San Francisco
There is a specific kind of San Francisco day that only ramen can fix; the kind of foggy cold that calls for a bowl of pork-bone broth the temperature of a hot tub. I have had that day roughly four hundred times. I went looking for every ramen bowl still...
Lost Boat Ceremony aboard the USS Pampanito
On a blustery, gray morning, the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association and the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II welcomed the public to recognize Memorial Day with a tradition dating to the 1940s: the Lost Boat Ceremony. Held at Pier 45 on the deck of the USS Pampanito, the ceremony serves as
Former East Bay Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty to Operating a Long-Running $9.5 Million Ponzi...
May 26, 2026 – OAKLAND, CA – Edwin Emmett Lickiss, Jr., pleaded guilty in federal court on. Wednesday, May 20 to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with a decades-long Ponzi scheme. Image by Ray Shrewsberry • Ray_Shrewsberry from Pixabay.
I-80 shooting near Richmond leaves one injured
RICHMOND, Calif. - Interstate 80 in Richmond fully reopened Tuesday morning following a freeway shooting the previous night that left one person hospitalized. According to the California Highway Patrol, gunfire was reported in the eastbound lanes of the freeway near Hilltop Drive at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Monday. T
CHP issues endangered missing advisory for two girls
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The California Highway Patrol activated an endangered missing advisory on Monday for two young teenage girls considered at risk. The advisory is active for San Francisco, Marin, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The two girls, 14-year-old Lexi Boykin and 13-year-old Aurora Brunner, were la
Where Famous People Eat in San Francisco
I have a party trick: Someone mentions a restaurant, and I tell them which celebrity loves it. "You know Adele likes Zazie!" I will say whenever brings up the Cole Valley spot. It is not a good party trick, but I'm committed to it anyway. So I went looking for...
Emilie Raguso honored as Daily Cal ‘Friend of the Year’
Last month, the Daily Californian honored Berkeley Scanner founder Emilie Raguso with its " Friend of the Year " award as part of their annual Hall of Fame event. Introducing Raguso, Anna Armstrong described her as a role model for students, "showing the value of and leading boots on the ground journalism." In her acce
Why This AUTHENTIC Italian Spot Keeps Oakland Diners Coming Back, California
Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood has plenty of places for Italian comfort, but Belotti Ristorante E Bottega is the one locals talk about in hushed, happy tones. This intimate Italian spot on College Ave has a way of making a simple plate of pasta feel like a small celebration. Regulars come...

















