Organizers plan around Covid-19 with Oakland’s Community Day of Thanks meals
Oakland’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner is going to look a lot different this year because of the pandemic, city officials announced Friday. Thousands of low-income families and unhoused people...Read More
Oakland firefighters contain blaze in red-tagged building
A red-tagged building burned in a one-alarm fire Saturday morning near Kaiser Permanente Oakland. The blaze at the building on 38th Street between Broadway and Manila Street, was reported...Read More
Friday night Newark shooting leaves three injured
Police in Newark are investigating after three men with gunshot wounds showed up at a local hospital soon after a shooting was reported Friday night, police said Saturday. The...Read More
Sonoma County offers 30 early voting locations
Thirty in-person voting locations in Sonoma County will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday through Monday, and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Election...Read More
Margaret Hayward Playground reopens after $28 million renovation
A park and community center in San Francisco’s Western Addition reopened Friday after undergoing a $28 million renovation, officials with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department said. The...Read More
San Francisco pauses reopening plans amid case, hospitalization uptick
In a sudden shift Friday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a temporary pause on The City’s reopening efforts due to an uptick in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. The...Read More
Breed nominates disability advocate with ‘important perspective’ to SFMTA board
Mayor London Breed nominated transit disability advocate Fiona Hinze to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors Thursday. Hinze, who lives with cerebral palsy, is a San...Read More
Sonoma County Jail inmate dies, cellmate remains in hospital
A female inmate at Sonoma County Jail died and her cellmate was hospitalized early Thursday morning, county sheriff’s officials said. Jail staff requested an ambulance at 4:28 a.m. for...Read More
Better Market Street design changes draw criticism from advocates
A redesign for the first phase of San Francisco’s Better Market Street project is drawing ire from supervisors and advocates. Christina Olea, of the Department of Public Works and...Read More
Police departments prepare for potential Election Day strife
Bay Area police departments are very aware 2020 isn’t a normal election year and are responding with increased staffing and coordination with other local officials. Berkeley police spokesman Byron...Read More
SF offers struggling entertainment venues reprieve with waived fees, taxes
With most entertainment venues unable to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Treasurer José Cisneros announced Monday they will waive approximately $2.5 million in...Read More
Motorcyclist strikes parked vehicle, dies in Lower Pacific Heights crash
A motorcyclist died in a crash in San Francisco’s Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood Tuesday evening, according to police. The crash was reported at 7:03 p.m. in the 1500 block...Read More
Fall enrollment up in about half of state’s CSUs, other half sees decline
As California State University campuses shifted to mostly virtual classes this spring and closed their campuses, many college officials across the state worried that the effects of the coronavirus...Read More
Officials say ‘overloaded generator’ caused structure fire in Oakland hills
The Oakland hills fire that erupted Tuesday morning is now under control, according to fire officials just before 11:30 a.m. Firefighters from Oakland, Fremont, Hayward and Alameda County departments...Read More
Oakland hills fire ‘largely confined’ to two structures
Two structures and some vegetation is on fire Tuesday morning in the Oakland hills, fire officials said. Fire officials said the blaze is largely confined to the structures. The...Read More
Man dies in solo-vehicle crash when car veers across Highway 24
A 57-year-old El Sobrante man died in a solo-vehicle crash on westbound state Highway 24 in Lafayette late Monday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was...Read More
San Francisco supervisors push for more red light cameras
City leaders are pushing the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to add more red light cameras citywide. Ricardo Olea, The City’s traffic engineer, told the Board of Supervisors in...Read More
Weather service extends Red Flag warning into Tuesday evening for parts of Bay Area
The National Weather Service has extended its Red Flag warning until Tuesday evening in some parts of the Bay Area as high winds and low humidity continue to raise...Read More
Man dies after police find him on fire in San Francisco alley
A 28-year-old man died after officers found him on fire in an alley in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood early Sunday morning, police said. The case was reported...Read More