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State workers went on a one-day unfair labor practice strike across California on October 21, with picket lines in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities. They're demanding better pay, affordable health care coverage, and flexibility to work from home. This was the first strike in the history of...

Prosecutors did not charge the woman arrested for killing a San Francisco community safety worker last week because they believed she was a domestic violence victim fleeing her abuser, records reveal.

A swarm of minor earthquakes struck northern California near the San Andreas Fault, with experts warning the region remains at high risk for a major quake in the coming years.

Oakland’s First Fridays cancels November event, leaving its future uncertain. (Thomas Hawk via Flickr CC 2.0)One of Oakland’s most enduring traditions is on life support. First Fridays, a free monthly event that takes place along Telegraph Avenue from West Grant to 27th Street, will not be held in November, as announced by the organizers last month. And although December’s event still could happen, it looks like the future of the event series is in jeopardy.“With heavy hearts, we announce that O

Authorities found more than 1,500 luxury items inside her in $2 million El Dorado Hills house, prosecutors say.

(KRON) — An Ebony Alert was activated by the California Highway Patrol on Monday for a missing 15-year-old girl last seen Saturday afternoon in San Leandro. Semajanea Castle is described as 5 feet tall and weighing 136 pounds. She has red hair and brown eyes. Castle was last seen at approximately 2 p.m. Saturday near […]

(KRON) — A 2.5-magnitude earthquake shook the East Bay overnight Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was in Concord near Mount Diablo High School. The quake occurred at 1:23 a.m. on the Concord-Green Valley Fault, USGS said. People reported feeling the shaking near Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill and Lafayette, according to USGS’s […]

(KRON) — A preliminary 2.6 earthquake was reported in Berkeley on Sunday night, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was reported at 6:23 p.m. with an epicenter located about one mile southeast of UC Berkeley’s campus. The depth of the earthquake was reported at 9.9 kilometers (or 6.1 miles), USGS reports. […]

A minor earthquake shook the East Bay Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A small fire that was reported on Saturday at a Hillsborough middle school is being investigated by authorities in San Mateo County as a potential case of arson. The fire was reported at about 6:35 p.m. on Halloween by a person who noticed smoke coming from a paved yard at Crocker Middle School, in the 2600 block of Ralston Avenue, according to a statement on Sunday from the Hillsborough Police Department.