RICHMOND — As half a billion dollars from Chevron start to flow into Richmond’s coffers, city leaders want to know exactly how residents would like to see that…
Read more How should Richmond spend its $550 million Chevron settlement? City leaders want to knowRegistered nurse Silvia Lu was working the day shift at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland when she read about the shooting death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti,…
Read more Health care workers join Oakland vigil to protest ICE fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurseSAN JOSE — Peters’ Bakery, the 90-year-old San Jose institution, is hoping the public can help them identify the person who caused chaos in the shop this December.…
Read more San Jose bakery seeks public help following attackWhen federal agents arrested Jorge Willy Valera Chuquillanqui as he left his immigration court hearing in San Francisco this summer, they moved him to a 200-square-foot cell that…
Read more ‘They treated us like animals’: ICE arrests at Bay Area courthouses left immigrants in fear, but judge’s order gives reprieveThe end to a wild week of whipsawing weather across Northern California is at hand. Sunny skies, calmer winds and cooler temperatures are forecast to return to the…
Read more The Bay Area’s week of stormy weather is nearly over. Here’s when the skies should fully clearAn immigration judge will decide in the coming days whether to temporarily release an immigrant rights activist after a Friday bail hearing that was delayed when authorities tried…
Read more Immigration judge weighs release of activist Jeanette Vizguerra after ICE sought to block media’s court accessOAKLAND — One man was killed and another man was wounded early Friday in a shooting in the San Antonio district of East Oakland, authorities said. No information…
Read more One dead, one wounded in Oakland shootingOAKLAND — Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson’s office formally asked a judge this week to dismiss the manslaughter case against the former San Leandro police officer…
Read more Alameda DA to dismiss case against former San Leandro cop in killing of Steven TaylorSACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta spent $468,000 of his campaign cash on lawyers while reportedly being interviewed by federal authorities investigating Oakland’s former mayor and others…
Read more AG Rob Bonta spent nearly $500K on lawyers while trying to be ‘helpful’ amid East Bay corruption probe, adviser saysNearly three years after the state’s deadline, a Bay Area county and three cities across the region still haven’t finalized their state-mandated housing plans, leaving them vulnerable to…
Read more After nearly three years, these Bay Area cities still lack a state-approved housing planBERKELEY — Police scanners in Berkeley will officially be encrypted starting Thursday morning, officials said Wednesday. Scanner encryption, the process of shifting officers and dispatch communication to a…
Read more Berkeley to encrypt police scanners starting ThursdayBERKELEY — Significant bicycle and pedestrian improvements have been completed at the North Berkeley BART Station, paving the way for better connections for hundreds of future neighborhood residents.…
Read more Bike, pedestrian improvements celebrated at North Berkeley BART StationOAKLAND — The Raiders may have departed Oakland years ago for Las Vegas, but Carol Davis had remained nearby in Piedmont, at a longtime home of the family…
Read more Carol Davis kept low profile in Oakland Raiders’ storied success. But she saw it all.OAKLAND — Retired NFL star Doug Martin spent his final moments alive Saturday morning wandering in the dark through the backyards and banging on the front doors of…
Read more ‘It’s really tragic’: Details emerge after former NFL star Doug Martin’s death in Oakland police custodyThe San Francisco 49ers Sunday night 20-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons delivered a much-needed morale boost. While Christian McCaffrey supplied two rushing touchdowns and 201 yards from…
Read more Photos: Christian McCaffrey leads the way in San Francisco 49ers 20-10 win over Atlanta FalconsOAKLAND — Despite multiple attempts, Oakland can’t seem to rid itself of a company that has for years provided security at city facilities, but which recently found itself…
Read more How long will Oakland be stuck with a security company linked to key figure in federal corruption case?Flood advisories are in effect across the Bay Area as a storm system moves through the region this evening, according to the National Weather Service. The biggest storm…
Read more Photos: Season’s first big rainstorm drenches the Bay AreaTwo suspects died in a crash early Saturday in San Leandro after reportedly leading California Highway Patrol officers in a highway chase that began in Castro Valley, officials…
Read more East Bay highway chase leaves suspects dead, CHP officers injuredOAKLAND — Two men were wounded, one at least twice, in a Thursday night shooting at a West Oakland parking lot, authorities said. Both men, one a 47-year-old…
Read more Two men wounded in West Oakland shootingOAKLAND — For nearly 20 years, Diane Williams has seethed whenever she walked by a street mural depicting the genocide of Ohlone people by Spanish colonizers — artwork…
Read more An Oakland mural depicting Native-American genocide was defaced. It led to a debate on the street.