Teens arrested: Police say North Richmond homicide victim was set up, robbed...
NORTH RICHMOND — Two teen boys were arrested in the Friday shooting death of a 60-year-old man, in what police are describing as a robbery during a drug deal. The boys were not identified by name, but...
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Bay Area winemakers profiled in new TV documentary
The producers behind the documentary series “Bay Area Revelations” continue to find fascinating topics to explore. Their latest installment, “America’s Wine Country,” is another must-see — a love...
View ArticleFree cheesecake: 40,000-slice giveaway by the Cheesecake Factory
Pity the poor DoorDash folks. They have 40,000 (!!) slices of cheesecake to deliver Wednesday, Dec. 5. It’s all part of the Cheesecake Factory’s 40th anniversary celebration. The restaurant chain is...
View ArticleSuspect in police standoff at Hayward residence surrenders
HAYWARD — Crisis negotiators supported by a SWAT team talked down a man who was barricaded inside a shed in the backyard of a house near Tennyson High School early Tuesday, police said. Police...
View ArticleCold case anniversaries in Alameda County bring plea for public help
DUBLIN — The anniversaries of two decades-old murder cases in Alameda County prompted the Sheriff’s Office to issue a reminder that neither has been solved and that detectives still need the public’s...
View ArticleVallejo police ‘aware’ of rapper Messy Marv’s gun brandishing video
VALLEJO — Police here say they’re investigating a San Francisco rapper after a video surfaced online showing him and a friend driving into a neighborhood and exiting the car with guns drawn, despite...
View ArticleCannabis dispensary can open near martial arts studio in Alameda
ALAMEDA — The City Council has helped clear the way for a cannabis dispensary to open next door to a kung fu studio where more than 80 percent of the students are under age 18. Tweaking the city’s...
View ArticleMan dead after shooting in Hayward
HAYWARD — A man was shot to death on Monday afternoon, police said. Authorities did not identify the man immediately, nor did they identify any suspects or vehicles. In an online statement, police said...
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Severe injury to 6-year-old in San Leandro results in assault charge against...
SAN LEANDRO — A man suspected of causing a life-threatening head injury to his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son two weeks ago, has been charged with two felonies, authorities said Tuesday. Johnathan Davis,...
View ArticleOakland coal wars continue; Phil Tagami files second suit
OAKLAND — Developer Phil Tagami and his company, the Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal, have sued the city again, this time alleging Oakland intentionally interfered with his project to build a...
View ArticleSeveral pot farms looming in Livermore Valley’s horizon
LIVERMORE — Eight marijuana farms soon may sprout up to become part of the pastoral scene of cattle ranches, crop fields and vineyards in the Livermore-Sunol area, but not everyone in the valley is...
View ArticleFremont City Council advances two options to increase minimum wage faster...
Setting the stage to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in the city, the Fremont City Council has directed staff to draft two ordinances to move it along on a faster timeline than the state’s 2023...
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Editorial: Level the playing field on Oakland Coliseum deal
Now that the Oakland A’s have announced plans to build a new ballpark on the waterfront next to Jack London Square, the city should solicit proposals from all comers for the Coliseum site the team...
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Opinion: Smear of Catharine Baker put party purity above bipartisanship
I first met Catharine Baker when she defeated my father, Steve Glazer, in a hard-fought 2014 primary campaign for the state Assembly. As it happened, my dad was elected to the state Senate a year...
View ArticleFremont police investigating city’s third homicide of 2018
FREMONT — One man was killed and another wounded Tuesday night when someone shot at them as they were driving, police said Wednesday. Police did not immediately release the names or ages of either man...
View ArticleLetter: Sacramento should accept facts about high-speed rail
Sacramento should acceptfacts about high-speed rail Re: “Brown, HSR Authority lied to taxpayers since day one” (Page A8, Nov. 30): High-Speed Rail is a financial train wreck in the making. Your...
View ArticleLetter: We’d do well with a more articulate (lucid) leader
We’d do well with a morearticulate (lucid) leader Re: “Splendid suggestions to lift Trump’s vocabulary” (Letter to the editor, Nov. 30): Claudia Parker’s letter certainly drew a chuckle (chortle,...
View ArticleJazz Mafia’s Adam Theis never refuses a musical offering
Adam Theis’ genius for community building is right there in the Jazz Mafia moniker he chose for his polymorphous musical collective. It’s a brilliant bit of marketing, lending a dash of bad-boy...
View ArticleBay Area may allow buses to drive on freeway shoulders during heavy commute...
In an almost desperate effort to grab up every possible inch of unused concrete to get the Bay Area’s terrible traffic moving again, agencies across the region are pushing to allow buses and possibly...
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Third generation baboon born at Oakland Zoo
CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device If Mousa, a new baboon born at Oakland Zoo last month, ever gets lonely for family, he won’t have to look far. The zoo is...
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