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A suspicious early morning fire set in a trash bin outside a Berkeley church, charring the wall of the building before it was extinguished, was under investigation Thursday by Berkeley police and fire officials.
The owner of a Point Richmond construction company pleaded no contest this week to six counts of felony workers' compensation and payroll tax fraud, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.
Oakland Unified School District recently took steps to reform an online program designed to help failing students following a scathing civil grand jury report released last month.
The Walnut Creek City Council last week approved a $6 million loan to a Berkeley-based affordable-housing developer toward a $68.2 million, 95-unit mixed housing and commercial project downtown.
Alameda County has the most coronavirus cases in the Bay Area and now it has more hospitalizations than it ever had during this entire pandemic. Could a second lockdown be on the way?
By a one-vote margin, the Pittsburg Planning Commission on Tuesday night approved a 1,500-home project proposed for the hills in the southern portion of the city.
After arresting a man on suspicion of killing the mother of his child in a convenience store parking lot in Antioch, police found 20 firearms, including several assault rifles, when they searched a related address in Oakland.
Contra Costa County supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance, on Tuesday, that allows city and county officials to cite people who don't wear masks, or don't keep a distance of at least 6 feet. Group gatherings can also be cited.
Oakland City Council approved a maximum allowed fee Tuesday that delivery companies like Doordash can charge local restaurants for delivering food.
The Contra Costa County Sheriff is drawing heat for releasing information about jail prisoners that critics say is helping ICE deport people.
An Alameda County Sheriff's Office technician has been arrested for allegedly smuggling a phone and methamphetamine to an inmate at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
A 10-year-old boy on a bicycle fatally struck by an Amazon delivery vehicle in Lafayette on Tuesday afternoon has been identified by the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office as Leonardo Cellura.
The Oakland Zoo sold out of tickets Wednesday, the first day the zoo has been open to the public since closing amid COVID-19 shelter orders in March.
Concord voters will be presented in November with a ballot measure on whether to approve extending and increasing a sales tax city leaders expect will raise about $27 million a year for myriad municipal needs.
A saliva-based COVID-19 test will be available for two days starting Wednesday in Berkeley with the aim of increasing the speed and availability of testing, according to city officials.
