California tribes express serious concern over Scotts Valley Band’s Vallejo casino
January will end without the small, temporary, preview casino promised by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, but tribes are still concerned about the group’s involvement in Vallejo. The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, the Lytton Rancheria of California, and the United Auburn Indian...
Another mountain lion spotted in a Bay Area city — police advise residents protect...
The animal was spotted in the southern end of Sebastopol and appeared to be headed west Sunday morning, police said.
Man shot by Richmond detective on Interstate 80 identified by California DOJ
Authorities have identified the man killed in an officer-involved shooting on Interstate 80 last month as Luis Angel Torres Rivera, according to the California Department of Justice. Torres Rivera was shot on January 22, 2025, during an encounter with a Richmond police detective on westbound Interstate 80 near the...
Passenger killed, two injured in Bay Area rollover crash after chase
San Leandro police had discontinued their pursuit of a white Infiniti before it crashed late Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Could this S.F. garbage truck driver be named the nation’s best?
Not too long after sunrise on a recent Tuesday morning near Dolores Park, Jamal Lavallier finished his last pickup of the day. He hooked a pair of bins onto his garbage truck, pulled the levers to engage the lift, and then set the bins back down, lining them neatly along the sidewalk.
S.F. teachers overwhelmingly authorize their first strike in a half-century
Though any potential walkout would be more than a week away, teachers and the SFUSD remain stuck at the negotiating table over high turnover, pay and benefits after nearly a year of bargaining.
Family of 4 Killed at San Francisco Bus Stop: 80-Year-Old Driver Seeks Misdemeanor Plea,...
An 80-year-old California woman accused of plowing into a family of four as they waited at a bus stop — killing all of them — is asking a court to reduce the case from felonies to misdemeanors. Authorities have charged Mary Fong Lau with four felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in the […]
Tuberculosis outbreak at San Francisco’s Riordan High School expands
San Francisco health officials say more than 50 students and staff at Archbishop Riordan High School have now tested positive for latent tuberculosis, adding to the three confirmed active TB cases already identified in the school community. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) disclosed the widening...
Get a first look at the massive Tokyo Central opening in Emeryville
The long-awaited opening of a grocery store at Bay Street Emeryville is finally here – on Saturday, Jan. 31, Tokyo Central opens its doors to the public. Now, people can grab fresh-cut sushi, hand rolls, bentos, baked Japanese yams, grocery items, eye masks, Zojirushi rice cookers, Japanese beer, and a whole lot more...
9 San Francisco stores targeted as ‘fronts’ for alleged illegal activity
Some stores are "gambling and drug dens that fronted as convenience stores," the city attorney said.

















