Mixt expanding its ‘farm-to-salad’ restaurants to the East Bay
After serving millions of pounds of local, organic lettuce in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the owners of Mixt are finally branching out to the East Bay. An uptown Oakland location at 2299 Broadway...
View ArticleLetter: 4 reasons students should not be protected from the fact that their...
Students in cheating scandalshould not be protected Re: “What’s next for students in middle of cheating scandal?” (Page A1, March 14): Here are four reasons the students themselves should not be...
View Article‘My client was almost gunned down’ defense says in East Bay Target shooting...
OAKLAND — A garbage bag full of marijuana at a Target store parking lot in Emeryville in 2017 apparently led to the death of one man, and another seriously injured. But the defense attorney for the...
View ArticleFremont City Council to decide fate of old Centerville firehouse Tuesday
The Fremont City Council will decide Tuesday whether an old firehouse should be demolished to make way for apartments, townhouses and retail stores in the city’s historic Centerville district. Despite...
View ArticleFour Oakland churches open parking lots to homeless living in cars
OAKLAND — Four Oakland churches will allow homeless people living in cars to park overnight in their parking lots with the hopes of leading them toward options for permanent housing. Williams Chapel...
View ArticleBowling: Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl
Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl March 18 Monday Night Trip: John Cancel shot a 289 game and had a 662 set, 122 pins over average. Lucky Strikers: Dwayne LeBarre had a 255 game and a 682 set, 142 pins over...
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Jury convicts Hayward man of forced labor and harboring immigrant workers
OAKLAND — A federal jury convicted an owner of several construction companies of multiple charges connected to harboring and getting labor out of immigrant workers who entered the country illegally, a...
View ArticlePhotos: Vigil for victims of the New Zealand mosque shootings held at...
Click here if you’re unable to view the gallery on your mobile device. Hundreds took part in a vigil for victims of the New Zealand mosque shootings held at Oakland’s Lake Merritt Amphitheater on...
View ArticleAlameda, Oakland men indicted for wire, benefits fraud
OAKLAND — A federal grand jury indicted an Alameda man and two Oakland men on multiple charges connected to wire and benefits fraud, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman said. According to a superseding...
View ArticleBay Area restaurants hold 2019 Tip A Cop/Special Olympics fundraisers
There’s good reason to tip lavishly at these restaurant fundraisers. Law enforcement officers will be waiting on tables — and doing it for a good cause. Called Tip-A-Cop, the events will raise money...
View ArticleBaseball salary lunacy is a tradition that dates back decades — just ask...
Remember that time the world ended because baseball salaries slipped the surly bonds of reason and French kissed the sky? The game had an acute case of Go Fever. A Sports Illustrated story titled “Rich...
View ArticleMan dies from wounds after Sunday shooting in East Oakland
OAKLAND — A 30-year-old man shot early Sunday while he drove in East Oakland died from his wounds Tuesday, police said. Investigators are not releasing the Oakland resident’s name until they can talk...
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The most expensive residential rentals in Livermore
Whether you’re hunting for a new rental or not, sometimes it can be fun to to see what’s available at the top end of the price scale. We scanned local listings in Livermore via rental website Zumper...
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Damian Lillard’s brother shot: Two sentenced for mistaken-identity attack
Two men were sentenced Tuesday to 7½ years in prison for shooting Jahrell Lillard, the half-brother of the Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard. Jahrell Lillard, from San Leandro, was in Portland...
View ArticleMotorcycle rider killed in San Leandro collision
SAN LEANDRO — A 64-year-old San Lorenzo man was killed Tuesday morning after authorities said he pulled his motorcycle directly in front of a semi truck at a traffic signal. Just before 9:20 a.m., the...
View ArticleEmeryville police: Suspicious package made safe
EMERYVILLE — Police officers have neutralized a suspicious package left near the entrance of a store after asking the public to avoid the area. Around 2:20 p.m., police received reports of the package...
View ArticleOakland’s Tommy Orange wins PEN/Hemingway award for debut novel
Native American author Tommy Orange, of Oakland, has won the prestigious 2019 PEN/Hemingway award for “distinguished first novel.” The honor was announced Tuesday by PEN America, a project of the...
View ArticlePolice respond to East Oakland injury shooting
OAKLAND — Police officers are at the scene of an East Oakland shooting that left at least one person injured and officers searching for suspects, authorities said Tuesday. Around 6:25 p.m., police...
View ArticleUC Berkeley students to protest arrests, stun-gun confiscation
BERKELEY — The University of California-Berkeley’s Black Student Union said it plans to hold a protest Wednesday over charges filed against two Cal students earlier this month. In a statement Tuesday,...
View ArticleWant to win tonight’s $550 million Powerball? Take a deeper look at the numbers
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device After no winner emerged in last weekend’s Powerball drawing, the jackpot for Wednesday night’s event now stands at an...
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