UC Berkeley Freshmen Start College Under Surreal COVID Restrictions
Students at UC Berkeley attended all classes online Wednesday for the first day of the new academic year under COVID-19 restrictions.
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Students at UC Berkeley attended all classes online Wednesday for the first day of the new academic year under COVID-19 restrictions.
Health officials in Contra Costa County said Wednesday that slight declines in COVID-19-related hospitalizations and in positive COVID-19 test results reflect progress in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, and are prompting a slight easing of some social distancing rules.
Police in Fremont said they have launched an attempted murder investigation after three people were shot in the city's Irvington District late Tuesday night.
Favorable weather, including higher humidity, has helped firefighters battle the SCU Lightning Complex of fires, now the second-largest in state history, Cal Fire officials said Wednesday morning.
The Golden State Warriors must pay millions to the city of Oakland for renovations to the Oakland Arena following an appeals court decision last week.
Three people were killed late Tuesday night when their car careened off an 680 off-ramp in Walnut Creek, slamming into a grove of bushes and trees and burst into flames, authorities said.
The SCU Lightning Complex fires burning in several East Bay and Central Valley counties is now the second-largest fire in state history at 363,772 acres burned, moving ahead of the LNU Lightning Complex fires burning in the North Bay, according to Cal Fire.
A 29-year-old man was arrested in Antioch after allegedly running a red light and crashing into another vehicle and then trying to flee the scene late Monday night.
Police in Oakland on Tuesday announced the arrests of eight people at a South San Francisco Airbnb last week in connection with a month-long investigation into a robbery ring that also involved the seizure of firearms, drugs and $14,000 in cash.
Eleven miles of a new carpool lane on southbound Interstate Highway 680 between Treat Boulevard and Rudgear Road through Walnut Creek in Contra Costa County opened Monday, on budget and a year ahead of schedule, Bay Area transportation officials said.
After 9 1/2 years of plans and revisions, dozens of contentious public meetings, a ballot measure and threats of lawsuits, the controversial 315-unit Terraces of Lafayette apartment project was approved early Tuesday morning by the Lafayette City Council.
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District announced Monday the arrests of two arson suspects in unrelated vehicle fires that occurred in Antioch and Martinez late last week.
The CZU and SCU Lightning Complex fires have burned a combined 425,000 acres across seven Bay Area counties as of Monday afternoon, Aug. 24.
Fanned by gusty, hot breezes, the SCU Lightning Complex fires continued burning across several counties, growing to 339,968 acres by nightfall as crews enter their seventh day battling the massive wildfires.
A gunshot took the life of another man in Oakland this summer, in a shooting Wednesday near 23rd Avenue, police said Friday.
