SF high school students love this tiny takeout counter for its $6 lunch deal
A half combo of shrimp and sausage will run you just $8.50.
New program aims to help first-time homebuyers in the Bay Area
There is a possible game change for millions who don't have the down payment for a home; it is a government program that allows buyers to obtain a second loan for the down payment. Those who qualify could actually buy a home with no cash down. Even though there are...
San Francisco Votes Yes on Reparations Fund for Black Residents While $1B in the...
San Francisco just created a reparations fund that could one day pay Black residents $5 million each. The catch is the fund has no money, no funding source, and the city is staring down a $1 billion deficit. The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 to establish the framework, and Mayor...
S.F. Drug Court was once meant for minor crimes. Now, people accused of violent...
San Francisco’s Drug Court is seeing a swelling volume of cases. Some of them have included defendants accused of violent crimes they said were motivated by underlying substance abuse disorders.
Sonoma County resident dies after eating wild mushrooms as poisoning spikes
Experts warn that washing, cooking, and preparing poisonous mushrooms does not neutralize the toxins. If you eat them, you are in grave danger.
Bay Area immigrants’ rights groups react to ICE shooting
Immigrant support groups in the Bay Area are reacting to the shooting death of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minnesota this week.
Over 2,000 East Bay residents bought e-bikes with vouchers in the last 6 months
An e-bike rebate program run by a local energy agency had a massive impact in its first six months, with nearly 2,746 new e-bikes — including 762 in Oakland — subsidized in its first six months. Ava Community Energy, formerly East Bay Community Energy, partnered with the Alameda...
Budweiser shuts down after $54M hit as Bay Area’s last brewery dies
The last big Budweiser outpost in the Bay Area is going dark after a reported $54 million hit, ending a half century of industrial-scale beer making in Fairfield and leaving a hole in the region’s manufacturing map. The shutdown of the Fairfield Budweiser brewery is more than a corporate cost-cutting move, it is a...
Oakland vigil for missing woman
Family and friends hold a vigil for a missing woman in Reno with ties to Oakland.
Bay Area and California rebound with job gains after months of losses
The Bay Area and California both had robust job gains in November 2025 that represented rebounds from months of dismal employment trends, a new federal report released Wednesday shows. Delayed by a weeks-long government shutdown last year, the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that...
