Northern California Housing Market Shows Earlier Recovery Signs Than Southern California Metros, New Study...
Northern California’s housing market is showing stronger early signs of recovery compared to Southern California, with some parts of the Bay Area seeing stronger buyer competition, a recent study has revealed. According to Zillow’s April 2026 market report, new listings nationwide grew faster year-over-year than home sales, with active...
Taxis, methadone patients, millions of tax dollars at center of Medi-Cal fraud investigation
At least two public agencies in Silicon Valley are investigating alleged fraud involving California’s Medi-Cal program. At issue are millions of tax dollars spent transporting patients to a specific drug treatment center in the Bay Area, and allegations some of the drivers responsible for the rides may have been involved in a scheme to inflate how much they were able to charge Medi...
Sakura Marketplace expects to bring dozens of workers to downtown San Jose
SAN JOSE — A Japanese market setting up shop in downtown San Jose expects to have dozens of workers as it prepares to bring new grocery choices to the city’s urban core, documents show. Sakura Marketplace, a “Japanese lifestyle supermarket curated by Osaka Marketplace,” is slated to open...
Electronics manufacturer deepens Bay Area roots with deal to buy HQ
FREMONT — An electronics manufacturer has deepened its Bay Area roots with a deal to buy its headquarters and production center in Fremont, a purchase that offers hopeful signs for the region’s tech sector. Wislab EMS paid $61 million for its primary work hub at 4211 Starboard Dr....
Canvas Hacked: Bay Area Colleges Disrupted By Global Cyberattack on Learning Platform
Students at colleges across the Bay Area found themselves locked out of a widely used learning platform Thursday after hackers seized the data of an educational technology company and demanded a ransom to prevent its release. UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Stanford and the Peralta Community College District are...
DA, defense battle over the longest serving person at Santa Rita Jail
A judge will decide Leonard Jones' fate whether he should remain in prison or get a lighter sentence. The DA is arguing Jones is dangerous and should serve out the remainder of his 59-year sentence for shooting a man in the ankle in 2013. Jones' defense is arguing he is...
Two arrested in February Fremont homicide: PD
(KRON) — The Fremont Police Department said it worked with Hayward police to nab two men wanted in connection with a homicide in February, which marked the city’s second homicide of the year. FPD said officers responded just before 4:20 p.m. on Feb. 3 to several 911 calls of a shooting near Central Avenue and […]
2000s rock star adds extra Bay Area show ahead of sold-out Oakland run
Paramore singer Hayley Williams has expanded her run of solo shows to include an extra Bay Area concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.
San Jose Crooks Rip Safe From Family Shop, Spark Passport Panic
Thieves carved their way through interior walls at a family-owned San Jose business and dragged a heavy safe out of the building, leaving the storefront battered and the owners scrambling to recover. The safe reportedly contained passports and other personal documents, raising immediate concerns about identity theft among customers and employees. San Jose police are investigating the break‑in while the shop works...
The side of sorority life Stanford doesn’t talk about
Growing up in the Midwest, sorority life meant wildly different things depending on who I talked to. For older high school friends, sororities were a way for women to stay connected long after college. In my family, sororities were horror stories from the news about hazing and toxicity. Despite that, no matter where I went to school, if they had Greek life, I knew...
