SF News Day Around the Bay: East Bay Activists Hold ‘Die-In’ Amid Medi-Cal, CalFresh Cuts Two East Bay middle school students had to be airlifted to a burn center after a spill in their science lab; a tank containing toxic chemicals in Southern California is under threat of exploding at any moment; and activists held a protest in East Oakland over cuts to government programs.
Arts & Entertainment Zendaya and Tom Holland Adopt New Dog at Oakland Shelter Zendaya and Tom Holland recently adopted their third dog from a shelter while visiting Zendaya's family in Oakland.
SF News Oakland Sees 20% Drop In Homelessness, Alameda County Sees 13% Drop In Latest Count A drop in the number of homeless individuals on the streets may be a regional trend as we see Alameda County is reporting a decline similar to one seen in San Francisco over the last two years.
SF News Top Oakland Official Resigns Over Inappropriate Texts About Female Staff Members Oakland’s city administrator resigned Friday after text messages between him and a top lieutenant were made public discussing female employees and colleagues in degrading ways.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 23 People Charged In Sunday’s Bay Bridge Dirt Bike Takeover Eighteen people contracted legionella infections from an outbreak linked to Kaiser's Santa Clara Medical Center; the Trump administration wants to allow sending guns through the mail; and Oakland police charged 23 people in connection to the Bay Bridge takeover Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Another Oakland First Friday Sparks Violence, Street Fights, and Organizers Again Defend the Event Oakland First Fridays, an event that began as a beloved, arts-driven street fair that activated a long dormant Uptown, continues to attract and/or inspire conflicts among attendees, and last Friday's was no exception.
SF News Driver Strikes Multiple Pedestrians on Sidewalk In Oakland Then Flees Scene Seven people were injured, two of them critically injured, after a driver allegedly struck them on the sidewalk in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood Saturday in an early morning hit-and-run.
SF News Thieves Steal Band’s U-Haul Full of Gear In Oakland In Under Two Minutes LA-based band Moonchild, who were scheduled to play in Berkeley Wednesday, said they were aware of the Bay Area’s reputation for car break-ins but didn’t anticipate thieves would make off with their entire U-Haul of gear.
SF News Catholic Diocese of Oakland to Close 13 East Bay Churches Amid Lawsuits As the Catholic Diocese of Oakland faces mounting debt over the hundreds of child sexual assault lawsuits filed against its clergy members in recent years, the diocese announced the closure of over a dozen locations in the East Bay.
SF News Federal Judge Rejects Motion By Sheng Thao and Co-Defendants to Toss Evidence In Corruption Case The judge in the federal corruption trial involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three co-defendants has denied a motion by the defendants to toss evidence that they say was obtained inappropriately by investigators.
SF News Oakland to Try Using Street Barriers to Curb Sex Work In 'The Blade' The city of Oakland is going to take a page out of San Francisco's playbook to try to discourage sex-work activity on a notorious section of International Boulevard.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump Signs Order to Fast-Track Psychedelic Research for PTSD, Addiction Eight children and teens were killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana; UK officials are investigating the death of a British athlete who was killed while filming an immersive series for AppleTV; and Trump signed an executive order to fund and loosen restrictions on psychedelic research.
Arts & Entertainment New Mural at Oakland Ice Center Pays Tribute to Skaters Alysa Liu and Kristi Yamaguchi Bay Area artist Julie Engelmann completed a new 100-foot mural on the exterior of Oakland Ice Center honoring Olympic figure skaters, Alysa Liu and Kristi Yamaguchi, who both trained there during their professional careers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: New Details Revealed In Oakland Coffee Shop Owner’s Disappearance New state legislation could lower residents’ PG&E bills by 30%; more people have been spotted paying for signatures on petitions relating to the billionaire tax; and new information has been provided on the disappearance of Amy Hillyard.
SF News Attorney In Wrongful Death Suit For Oakland Math Teacher Says Police Treated Girlfriend as Suspect New details from last year’s fatal police chase in East Oakland revealed that police may have treated Marvin Boomer’s girlfriend Nina Woodruff, who was also a bystander seriously injured in the crash, as a suspect and failed to give her treatment at the scene.
SF News Historic Camron-Stanford House on Lake Merritt Damaged in Fire Amid Efforts to Reopen After Closure The historic Camron-Stanford House on Oakland’s Lake Merritt, which has been closed since its lease expired in 2024, was damaged in a fire early Saturday, but firefighters were able control the blaze in less than an hour.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alysa Liu Presents Taylor Swift With Music Award Tiger Woods has been arrested for DUI; there are dozens of “No Kings” protests happening across the Bay Area Saturday; and Alysa Liu presented Taylor Swift with a music award after being introduced by Swift prior to the Winter Olympics.
SF News Police Pull Over Oakland Woman After Thieves Put License Plates Tied to Crime on Her Car An Oakland woman discovered that her license plates had been swapped with stolen plates that were linked to a serious crime — after she was pulled over by Hayward police who were tipped off by a Flock license plate reader.
SF News Saturday Links: Beer Lovers Flock to Santa Rosa to Celebrate Pliny the Younger Season An Oakland 911 dispatcher was honored for helping a couple deliver their baby over the phone; scammers are creating AI-generated MAGA thirst traps to lure conservative men over to paid OnlyFans accounts; and Russian River Brewing Company debuted this year’s Pliny the Younger Friday.
SF News Woman Dies In Holding Cell at Santa Rita Jail Following Hospital Visit An Oakland woman died in a holding cell Friday at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin while awaiting transportation to court — a day after she was found unconscious and taken to the hospital where she was cleared several hours later.
SF News Sunday Links: PG&E Outage Leaves 3,600 Without Power in Outer Richmond/Seacliff Oakland will begin issuing real citations from its speed cameras Monday instead of warnings; an SF tech worker named Alysa Liu had her Instagram account suspended for being an imposter; and 3,600 PG&E customers in the Outer Richmond/Seacliff lost power Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Here's How to Watch Oakland's Celebration of Olympic Gold Medalist Alysa Liu Live — With Kehlani! Oakland is having its big rally at noon in Frank Ogawa Plaza to celebrate hometown Olympian Alysa Liu, who trained at the Oakland Ice Center and grew up in nearby Richmond.
SF News Two Killed, Five Injured by Stray Bullets During Late-Night Fight in Oakland Bar Early morning gunfire broke out during an argument inside EZ's Lounge on 14th Street in downtown Oakland Saturday, killing two people, including an eighth grade teacher, and injuring five others who are expected to survive.
SF News Saturday Links: Video Shows Lurie's Bodyguard Shoved Suspect First During Incident Thursday Video footage shows Mayor Lurie's security guard becoming aggressive first; Olympic skier and gold medalist Eileen Gu will be the grand marshal of SF’s Chinese New Year parade; and only one in 10 US residents like daylight saving time.
Arts & Entertainment Oakland’s Big Alysa Liu Victory Celebration Now Scheduled for Thursday, March 12 Oakland’s Alysa Liu victory celebration will not quite be a parade down Grand Avenue, but instead a rally on the steps of City Hall, and it's scheduled for 12 noon on Thursday, March 12
