These Bay Area cities have some of the highest credit scores in the country
Having a good credit score can help lower your credit card interest rates and make it easier to get approved for a mortgage. It can even help you land a job. Despite one the most expensive housing...
View ArticleCelebrated mezzo Joyce DiDonato mixes it up with some popular songs
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is one of the most gifted singers of our time. A bel canto specialist, she’s given brilliant opera and recital performances throughout the Bay Area, with a special...
View ArticleBrecht’s masterpiece ‘Mother Courage’ revived in Oakland –with mixed results
Written in 1939 after the German invasion of Poland, Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children” is one of the great works of 20th century theater, a massive political drama about the...
View ArticleMan dies from wounds suffered in Feb. 5 Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — A man who had been in grave condition after he was shot Feb. 5 while he drove in East Oakland, died from his wounds Tuesday, authorities said. The name of the 29-year-old Oakland resident was...
View ArticleJob growth slowing in Silicon Valley
SAN JOSE — The job market in Silicon Valley grew by 2.2 percent during 2018, the slowest pace of employment growth since the Great Recession ended a decade ago, according to a new report released...
View ArticleCrazy social media footage of Bay Area storm damage
As a powerful “atmospheric river” storm slammed into the Bay Area, posts of fallen trees, flooded roadways and other destruction filled social media. A second round of downpours is due Wednesday night...
View ArticleAmazon replaces 40 Kindles stolen from Oakland school
OAKLAND — After 40 brand-new still-in-the-box Kindle Fire tablets were stolen during a break-in at Markham Elementary, Amazon has donated 40 new ones to the school. The Kindle Fires — which retail for...
View ArticleLivermore contractor cited, fined for fatal Daly City trench collapse
DALY CITY — A Livermore pipe contractor has been fined $242,600 and cited for 10 safety violations in connection with the death of a worker when a trench collapsed at a Daly City construction site last...
View Article5 reasons Kevin Durant should heed Reggie Miller’s advice, and 1 reason he...
Reggie Miller recently gave some advice to the Warriors’ Kevin Durant. Durant isn’t going to like it, given that Miller invoked a certain 6-letter word. That’s right: “Knicks.” Durant has expressed...
View ArticleQuest to leave Bay Area’s high prices and traffic grows
High home prices, expanding rush hours and maybe the futile search for a cheap cup of coffee and affordable avocado toast adds up to one thing — the Bay Area is getting more popular to leave. CLICK...
View ArticleThe Bay Area has more homes for sale, spelling relief for buyers
In another sign that the Bay Area housing market is cooling, the number of homes for sale here has spiked — signaling more options for buyers, and potentially lower prices. There were 43 percent more...
View Article7 awesome SF Bay Area things to do over Presidents Day weekend
CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device Wow! So we have Valentine’s Day spilling over into a long Presidents Day weekend, which means lots of time for love, fun,...
View ArticleCar occupants escape before vehicle hit by Amtrak train in Emeryville
EMERYVILLE — Two car occupants escaped injury Wednesday night when they got out of a stuck car minutes before it was turned into a mass of mangled metal after it was hit by an Amtrak train, authorities...
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Could marijuana be the new gambling for Native Americans? So far, tribes are...
At the end of a road off scenic Highway 79, in rural San Diego County, a building that once let visitors try their hand at slot machines and poker tables is now a shop that sells cannabis flower and...
View ArticleBay Area storm: Air travel out of San Francisco, Oakland airports remains...
As a new wave of rain from an “atmospheric river” brought more buckets of rain to the Bay Area on Thursday, air travelers and motorists continued to feel the fallout. Airplanes at San Francisco and...
View ArticleOakland clears homeless encampments by Lake Merritt
OAKLAND — As rain poured down Tuesday morning, about 20 homeless people started moving their things from encampments around Lake Merritt per the city’s orders. At Lakeside Park on the northwest side of...
View ArticleAn El Niño has arrived — what will it mean for the Bay Area?
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that an El Niño, a recurring climate...
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The Warriors’ Klay Thompson gives ESPN brief bulletin on his contractual status
As great revelations go, this wasn’t the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In fact, it’s not much of a revelation at all. But it was newsworthy enough that the ESPN broadcast crew who worked the...
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Lawsuit: Oakland police failed to act on violent neighbor who shot up street
OAKLAND — An East Oakland woman filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Oakland, its police department and an officer, saying that authorities were negligent in dealing with a neighbor’s...
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Travel to Tahoe area “highly discouraged” as whiteout greets Presidents Day...
The start of a holiday weekend that generally drives the masses to the freeways and destinations afar instead brought conditions that forced many to white out their plans. Authorities kept Interstate...
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