San Francisco teachers, district reach deal to end first strike in decades – The Mercury News
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco teachers reached a tentative agreement Friday…
Traffic stop at Oakland BART station results in drug seizure, arrest – The Mercury News
OAKLAND — A traffic stop by BART police at the Coliseum station Thursday night led to the discovery…
Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera concert tour hits San Francisco
Phil Manzanera makes my Top 5 favorite guitarists list. The fact that I’m always trying to shoehorn in…
San Jose hotel owner hopes bankruptcy will help hold off foreclosure
SAN JOSE — The future of a San Jose hotel complex is playing out in a Texas bankruptcy…
76-year-old woman hospitalized after Oakland robbery – The Mercury News
OAKLAND — A 76-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was shoved to the pavement Thursday in East Oakland…
Discrimination in City Contracts | Post News Group
Disparity Study Exposes Oakland’s Lack of Race and Equity Inclusion Part 1 By Ken Epstein A long-awaited disparity…
East Oakland shooting leaves one dead
OAKLAND — A 26-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday night inside an East Oakland phone repair store, authorities…
Shooting in Tenderloin is San Francisco’s third homicide in a week – East Bay Times
A man was fatally shot Wednesday in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported around…
Matt Mahan jumped into the governor’s race — and the money came pouring in
A week after San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan made a late entry into the governor’s race at the…
Applied Materials to pay $252.5 million to settle US probe – The Mercury News
By Nick Turner, Bloomberg Applied Materials Inc. will pay $252.5 million to settle a US Commerce Department investigation…
SoCal, Central Coast mountains lions now listed as threatened
More than 1,400 California mountain lions are now protected by the state’s Endangered Species Act. On Thursday, the…
73-year-old woman hit with gun, robbed of purse in Oakland – East Bay Times
OAKLAND — A robber hit a 73-year-old woman on the head with a gun and stole her purse…