East Bay (California)

East Bay (California)

Zach Norris, co-executive director of the Black Organizing Project, emphasized the dire situation, stating, 'In that gap is human suffering,' highlighting the struggles faced by marginalized communities in the Bay Area.

For me, it's someone I've honored, respected, and followed. Growing up here in East Oakland, Chavez's organizing motivated many of us to not only speak out on behalf of our communities but to do the work...advocating for the humanity of not just farmworkers but those of us in the neighborhood.

The idea for sourdough donuts started at a cafe I worked at in Bangkok. We had a donut on the menu that took too long to prepare each morning. I realized that by switching to sourdough, we could develop the flavor overnight and simply bring the dough to room temperature in the morning.

We're going to have to really be on a road to committing to the American people that when they need a doctor, they will get one. I am very much a proponent of Medicare for all. I understand from all pragmatic sensibilities that may not happen in our lifetime, but courageous Democrats need to be pushing towards care for all, for every single person in this country, regardless of their status.

With an $850 million budget for 33,000 students, OUSD has the highest per-pupil costs of any large district in the county, Castro said. But district leaders' habit of making financial plans and then abandoning them imperils OUSD's future.

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake rumbled in the South Bay on Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor struck at 6:48 a.m. and its epicenter was approximately 15 miles south of San Jose and 5 miles east-northeast of Gilroy. At least two small aftershocks were reported in the area shortly after the initial shaker; those shocks measured magnitude 1.3 and magnitude 1.0 respectively.

California cannot afford to sell off its public resources for private profits. Doing so hurts San Francisco Bay and is not in the best interest of anyone who lives in the Bay Area and enjoys our shorelines.

Two people have been taken to the hospital on Monday after possibly being exposed to hazardous materials in Alameda, officials said. Evacuations are underway at an apartment complex along the 700 block of Santa Clara Ave.

Wenzlau will need to give his probation officer with any passwords for electronic devices when they check to ensure he doesn't contact minors. The plea bargain also requires Wenzlau's probation officer to approve anytime Wenzlau wants to use the internet, according to court records. Wenzlau also has to keep his browsing history for at least 4 weeks.

There's a pretty high confidence, actually, that we are going to end up challenging or breaking those records Monday or Tuesday. Part of the reason why these records are on the lower side is that we don't typically see temperatures this warm in March.

Most people have been really respectful, so I've been grateful for that. But, yeah, I gotta learn how to live my life and go on about my day without getting stopped too many times.

Later, Hawkins was walking down the street and Myers yelled to him from his balcony, 'Joe, we need to open the center.' At the time, they were mulling over ways of strengthening the city's LGBTQ+ community and there was a possibility that the San Francisco LGBT Center could open a satellite location in Oakland. Hawkins replied, 'Hell, no, there can be no SF satellite in Oakland. Do you want to open a community center here in Oakland?'

OSCO and multiple agencies on scene at Temple Israel West Bloomfield for reports of an active shooter. Emergency personnel clearing the building. Updates to follow.

Betty Reid Soskin (1921-2025), who, until her retirement in March 2022 at age 100, was the nation's oldest serving National Park Service (NPS) ranger. She previously was the manager of Reid's Records in Berkeley, a singer and performer, a field representative for California State Assemblymembers Dion Aroner and Loni Hancock, and was an ardent community activist.

A board member of the Farallon Islands Foundation, Bob Lewis has taught birding classes in the Bay Area for over 25 years. In his Around the World in 80 Birds presentation, he shares ornithological photos from his travels to Madagascar, Borneo, Hawaii, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and Cuba.

I live here, I'm raising my kids here. I'm a taxpayer, so it affects me. I want to have the best systems online for our department to be successful so we can properly track it.

After the loss of the Warriors, Raiders and A's, Oakland sports fans needed a win. In the last 12 months, we've gotten more than that: a baseball championship, an ice skating champion, and three new sports teams, inspired by the success of the Oakland Roots and Ballers to make a home in Oakland.

Discovering the scope of women's subjugation in every aspect of life—at home, in the workplace, in public spaces, in the media—was a gamechanger. Despite the region's progressive reputation, Alexandra notices that almost everything in San Francisco is named after men. She begins researching the lives of influential women who were relatively unknown or overlooked by history and KQED's Rebel Girls series is born in 2018.

When Citrus Heights police began investigating a Bay Area man for possible involvement in a home invasion robbery, they came across an unexpected piece of evidence: their suspect was wearing a GPS device as a condition of release for his pending murder case, according to court records. Now, eight months after he was released from jail, 34-year-old Jashawndre Upshaw is back behind bars, this time facing two violent felony cases.

We live in an era where most music releases live fast and die young, flaring up and fading out in the span of a scroll, swallowed by the algorithm and replaced by the next viral song by morning. But every so often, a project resists that churn. It doesn't beg for attention. It commands replay. It spreads the old-fashioned way, through word of mouth, car speakers, and group chats.

The collision happened around 6:20 p.m. on Feb. 20 near Shell Boulevard and Bounty Drive, according to the Foster City Police Department. Officers arrived within minutes and found the e-bicyclist. The driver, however, had already left the scene. Paramedics treated the teen at the scene and took him to an area hospital for additional medical care.

With more than 600 Para athletes and 79 sets of medals to be awarded, Milan Cortina will feature a record number of athletes and medals. They will compete across six sports: Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Para snowboard and wheelchair curling.

This rally is a celebration not just of an extraordinary champion, but of everything our community represents: grit, excellence, and the belief that Oakland always punches above its weight. Come out and celebrate one of our own.

Mainstream theaters didn't want to screen the film because of how political it was. We did, and we had packed houses. Years later, we screened 'Black Panther.' The first week, we showed the film on screens one, two, and three, and we were selling out every show.

I would not stop preparing for trial if I were you," Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said during a court hearing on Thursday morning in Oakland. The four defendants, sitting in separate rows in the courtroom, did not react much to the judge's comments.