At 72, She Lost Her SF Home of Decades — Family Flew Her to...
Debbie Brown spent 20 years working at San Francisco General Hospital and decades more calling the city home, but this past spring, she became homeless for the first time in her life. The 72-year-old was evicted from her longtime SRO apartment on Valencia Street on May 13, and by mid-August, she was boarding a red-eye
Construction of the New BART Connector in Lafayette is Well Underway
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA — A better connection between downtown Lafayette and BART is taking shape, with construction moving ahead on a project that will bring an improved walking and biking route, a public plaza, and more bicycle parking to the station’s south entrance. The Lafayette Town Center Pathway and...
Oakland Chinatown Car Burglary Steals Widower’s Only Keepsake of His Late Wife
A grieving husband dining out in Oakland's Chinatown returned to his rental car to discover it had been broken into — and that his late wife's ashes, which he had been keeping with him, were gone. The burglary has prompted public pleas for the return of the remains, according to a report from KTVU.
Vacaville Man Convicted in Del Rio Court Hostage Standoff, Faces No Bail
A Solano County jury has found 59-year-old Oakland resident Jeff Hawkins guilty on ten felony counts stemming from a hostage standoff that unfolded on Del Rio Court in Vacaville back on May 10, culminating in a dramatic second-story ladder rescue of a woman held against her will. Hawkins now remains in custody without
3 South Bay residents killed in plane crash in Alaska
Three of the four passengers killed in a plane crash in Alaska Wednesday were from the Bay Area. The small plane crashed into the water next to a remote coastal town in Alaska. All four people on board were killed, including 65-year-old Ronald Schmidt and 20-year-old Lance Schmidt, both from San Jose. The oldest victim
Bay Area motorcycle group cancels midnight meets after fatal I-680 crash
A fatal crash near McKee Road prompted the Bay Area Midnight Riders group to suspend its public Friday and Saturday night meets.
Family mourns 81-year-old man killed in hit-and-run crash in Richmond
The family of the 81-year-old man killed in a hit-and-run crash in Richmond gathered on Friday to honor and remember him. The family of 81-year-old Rafael Delgado says the community has wrapped its arms around them in the wake of his death. On Friday, they gathered at the spot where the beloved father and grandfather w
She said she rented a home from a Berkeley professor. But he’d been dead...
A woman said she paid $30,000 to rent a home that belonged to a UC Berkeley professor. But he had been killed months before in an alleged murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his ex-wife.
These are the banana shakes to beat in the Bay Area
Before the banana matcha and drink craze was everywhere in the Bay Area, there was the humble banana milkshake. These are the three best ones in the region.
Man charged with stalking ex after hundreds of phone calls
A man accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend bombarded her with hundreds of calls before confronting her in Berkeley despite a restraining order, police say. Earlier this month, police say Derrick Sparks, 44, followed his ex-girlfriend in a vehicle for several blocks before getting into a tense street confrontation with
