40K Without Power In East Bay; BART Service, Traffic Signals Disrupted

40K Without Power In East Bay; BART Service, Traffic Signals Disrupted

A power outage stretching from Berkeley to El Cerrito has knocked out power for 40,000 residents and businesses, shut down traffic signals and disrupted BART…

Variety Of Events Today To Commemorate MLK

Variety Of Events Today To Commemorate MLK

A variety of free events will be held today in the Bay Area to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Caltrain’s inaugural…

Man Fatally Stabbed, Three Injured in Separate Shootings Overnight

Man Fatally Stabbed, Three Injured in Separate Shootings Overnight

Three shootings and a stabbing claimed the life of one person and wounded two others Thursday night and early this morning in San Francisco. Officers…

Thieves Smash UC Berkeley Police Chief’s SUV To Steal Gun, Badge

Thieves Smash UC Berkeley Police Chief’s SUV To Steal Gun, Badge

A gun stolen from University of California at Berkeley police Chief Margo Bennett’s SUV as she jogged at the Point Isabel Regional Shoreline in Richmond…

Woman Suspected Of Jumping Off Bay Bridge To Evade CHP Identified As Richmond Resident

Woman Suspected Of Jumping Off Bay Bridge To Evade CHP Identified As Richmond Resident

A woman who allegedly evaded arrest Wednesday after crashing a stolen car on the Bay Bridge by jumping into the water has been identified as…

Woman Suspected of Airbnb Theft Arrested in Sonoma County

Woman Suspected of Airbnb Theft Arrested in Sonoma County

A 27-year-old Richmond woman suspected of stealing $35,000 from a home she rented in San Francisco through the online lodging website Airbnb this spring was…

Airbnb Guest Suspected of Stealing $35K of Valuables From Residence Taken Into Custody

Airbnb Guest Suspected of Stealing $35K of Valuables From Residence Taken Into Custody

A Richmond woman suspected of stealing $35,000 from a home she rented in San Francisco through the online lodging website Airbnb, has been booted off…

SFPD Seeking Guest Who Stole More Than $35K From Online Rental Home

Police are seeking a woman who is suspected of stealing more than $35,000 in valuables from a home she rented through an online lodging website…

SFPD Implement New Station Boundaries

SFPD Implement New Station Boundaries

The San Francisco Police Department will be implementing new station boundaries on Sunday. The Bayview station will include the northern border at Mariposa Street and…

Fireworks Displays Planned in Cities Throughout the Bay Area

Fireworks Displays Planned in Cities Throughout the Bay Area

Cities all over the Bay Area will celebrate the Independence Day holiday this weekend with safe and spectacular displays of fireworks. Although most cities and…

Suspect Arrested in Connection with SoMa Stabbing

Suspect Arrested in Connection with SoMa Stabbing

Police have arrested a suspect in a stabbing on Sixth Street in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood early Saturday morning, police said. Police said…

Coast Guard Crews Escort Sinking Fishing Vessel to Shore

Coast Guard Crews Escort Sinking Fishing Vessel to Shore

U.S. Coast Guard crews and firefighters from around the Bay Area helped to rescue a fishing boat that was taking on water near Alcatraz Island…

Up to 1,500 BART Riders Potentially Exposed to Measles by Infected Passenger

Up to 1,500 BART Riders Potentially Exposed to Measles by Infected Passenger

As many as 1,500 BART riders may have been exposed to measles when an infected San Mateo County resident rode BART from Millbrae to San…

Police Nab Suspect In SF Homicide After Wild Freeway Chase

Police Nab Suspect In SF Homicide After Wild Freeway Chase

A man wanted in connection with a San Francisco homicide was arrested after he led officers on a car chase from Richmond to the freeway…

SF Sisters Plead Not Guilty to Sex Trafficking

SF Sisters Plead Not Guilty to Sex Trafficking

Two San Francisco sisters accused of running a sex trafficking ring out of the city’s western neighborhoods entered not guilty pleas today to more than…

NTSB, Local Agencies Working To Retrieve Wreckage Of Missing Plane Involved In Midair Collision

NTSB, Local Agencies Working To Retrieve Wreckage Of Missing Plane Involved In Midair Collision

The wreckage of a missing plane that went down in San Pablo Bay on Sunday was found this afternoon about 1.5 miles off of the…

Pilot Still Missing After Mid-Air Collision Sends Plane Into Bay

Pilot Still Missing After Mid-Air Collision Sends Plane Into Bay

8:58 PM: A pilot remains missing tonight after his small plane crashed into San Pablo Bay following a midair collision with another small plane near…

SF Probationer Nabbed For Assaulting, Drawing A Gun On The Mother Of His Children

SF Probationer Nabbed For Assaulting, Drawing A Gun On The Mother Of His Children

Police in Richmond arrested a man who assaulted the mother of child and pointed a gun at her in front of three children, a police…

Crude Concerns: Environmental Groups Advocate Against Bay Area Oil Companies’ Plans To Expand

Crude Concerns: Environmental Groups Advocate Against Bay Area Oil Companies’ Plans To Expand

Several oil companies around the Bay Area are proposing upgrades or additions to their facilities, but environmental advocates said today that the projects will endanger…

Local Food Distributor Might Be Behind E. Coli Outbreak At Trader Joe’s

Local Food Distributor Might Be Behind E. Coli Outbreak At Trader Joe’s

A Richmond-based food distributor on Sunday recalled about 181,620 pounds of prepared salads and sandwich wraps that were sold at stores such as Trader Joe’s…

SF Foreclosure Showdown Brews: While Supe Wants To Explore Plan To Protect Underwater Homeowners, Mayor Wants To “work closer with the banks”

SF Foreclosure Showdown Brews: While Supe Wants To Explore Plan To Protect Underwater Homeowners, Mayor Wants To “work closer with the banks”

A controversial proposal by the city of Richmond to buy underwater mortgages from struggling homeowners has the backing of a San Francisco supervisor who said…

Richmond Mayor And Community Leaders To March On Wells Fargo Offices In SF

Richmond Mayor And Community Leaders To March On Wells Fargo Offices In SF

Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin is continuing a bid to keep financially struggling homeowners in their homes with a visit to Wells Fargo headquarters in San…

Wells Fargo Sues Over Plan To Help Struggling Homeowners

Wells Fargo Sues Over Plan To Help Struggling Homeowners

Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank have filed a lawsuit against the city of Richmond and San Francisco investment firm Mortgages Resolution Partners for their plan…

210 Arrested In Demonstration At Richmond Chevron Refinery

Richmond police arrested a total of 210 people at a non-violent protest outside the Chevron refinery today, an official said today. A group of around…

25 Year Sentence For Man Convicted Of Meth Charges

A Richmond man has been sentenced in federal court in San Francisco to 25 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to sell…

Richmond City Council OKs Plastic Bag Ban

Richmond has become the first Contra Costa County city to approve a plastic bag ban, following other communities throughout the Bay Area and statewide. The…

Five Story BART Parking Garage Opens In Richmond

Commuting just got a little easier for residents of Richmond and surrounding cities with today’s opening of a 750-space parking garage at the Richmond BART…