Q&A: Real estate executive looks to put his stamp on vibrant Bay Area market
Steve O’Connell, the new chief executive officer of Grosvenor Americas, arrives at the helm of the stalwart real estate company at a time when it is guiding the development of some key projects in the...
View ArticleAndrew Bogut explains rejoining Warriors, given how it ended for him at...
Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. And now for something completely different — a high-profile, decorated basketball star who is not demanding a trade, tampering...
View ArticleCaltrans retiree’s $405K windfall: Report details how state workers pad pensions
As if California’s dangerously underfunded pension plan for state workers weren’t enough to keep the state’s taxpayers up at night, now we can also worry about another ticking fiscal time bomb:...
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CIF basketball: How Logan reached Division I state final
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device UNION CITY — Melvin Easley is all about motivation, details and metaphors. Before each season, the James Logan boys...
View ArticleSeven years since her last Olympics race, Cal great Natalie Coughlin still...
Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. Swimmer Natalie Coughlin, born in Vallejo, raised in Concord and admired around the world will have to revise her athletic resume...
View ArticleDuo Violao brings Brazilian choro novo music to SF Bay Area shows
Every generation the playfully virtuosic guitar-driven Brazilian style known as choro undergoes a revival, spearheaded by a cadre of young musicians determined to expand and revive a tradition that has...
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Here’s how much recent rains have washed away California’s drought
Yes, it’s caused traffic jams, power outages and even some floods. But there’s a big ray of good news behind all the rain that California has been receiving this year. Soaked by relentless storms,...
View ArticleInside Look: Filipino pop-up FOB Kitchen turned Oakland brick-and-mortar
CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device After three years of running their popular Filipino pop-up in San Francisco, Janice and Brandi Dulce opened their first...
View ArticlePolice seek suspect in East Oakland armed robbery
OAKLAND — Investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding a suspect in an armed robbery at a popular cafe in the city’s Laurel District, authorities said. Shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday,...
View ArticleOakland Voices: Seeking community writers
OAKLAND — If you live in Oakland and want to write stories about your community, Oakland Voices is accepting applications right now for its nine-month award-winning storytelling program. Oakland Voices...
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As a splash brother, you knew Stephen Curry would sign on for this act of...
Add to Stephen Curry’s portfolio of do-goodery: Helping furnish safe drinking water for children half a world away from Oracle Arena. Hey, what else would you expect from a splash brother? Curry, the...
View ArticlePedestrian killed in Fremont traffic collision
FREMONT — A pedestrian died Thursday night after he was struck by a vehicle, police said Friday. The name of the man, believed to be in his 60s, has not been released. The fatal collision happened...
View ArticleCompetency hearing postponed in Nia Wilson BART stabbing case
OAKLAND — A judge on Friday again postponed a hearing until March 15 regarding the mental competency of the man accused of fatally stabbing Nia Wilson at a BART station. John Lee Cowell, 27, is accused...
View ArticleCould Sunday’s switch to daylight saving time be permanent?
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the video on a mobile device Californians early Sunday will join most of the country in the yearly ritual of switching their clocks an hour ahead for...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in East Oakland Feb. 24 identified
OAKLAND — A 23-year-old man fatally shot Feb. 24 in the parking lot area of an East Oakland warehouse was identified by police Friday as Marcus Hardaway. Hardaway, who police said had addresses in...
View ArticleNew York Times writes architect Julia Morgan’s obit — 62 years later
CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device Looking back, the first Saturday of February in 1957 was a newsy day on the international front, but not much was happening...
View ArticleMan shot in face leaving Warriors NBA Finals watch party files lawsuit
OAKLAND — A man shot in the face while leaving Oracle Arena after a viewing of Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals has filed a lawsuit alleging there was not enough security and poor lighting in the Coliseum...
View ArticleMan injured in Hayward area retirement home fire
HAYWARD — A 72-year-old man was hospitalized for smoke inhalation Friday morning after a fire at a Cherryland area retirement home, officials said. The fire started about 4:17 a.m. Friday in the...
View ArticleCIF Basketball: Oakland High girls capture first-ever state title
SACRAMENTO — The question for Oakland High wasn’t if. It was more like when would the Wildcats put some separation between them and McFarland. It finally occurred in the second half as Oakland captured...
View ArticleDespite payment, former Black Panther leader’s attorney still after Desley...
OAKLAND — Former Councilwoman Desley Brooks, who a civil jury found guilty of elder abuse against Elaine Brown, has paid her share of punitive damages to the former Black Panther Party leader, but an...
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