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Crime & Emergencies in ...
A warrant on a hillside tent above Green Hills Road led investigators to a man accused of intentionally sparking a quarter-acre blaze.
A woman escaped her alleged abductor near the Embarcadero before OPD's helicopter unit ARGUS tracked the suspect to Uptown.
Fun & Entertainment in ...
Summer Champ, Eva Jay Fortune and Great Willow hit the Civic Center stage back-to-back, with food trucks joining the free lineup this season.
The Curran Theatre hosts a comedy holiday show November 22, with a Nickelodeon voice star leading the laughs.
Politics & Govt in ...
A city audit found San Jose relied on a single inspector to check tens of thousands of affordable apartments, with one property owing $7.6 million.
Felicia Marie Jackson allegedly drove into oncoming traffic and boxed herself into a vacant Rite Aid lot before ramming police.
BAAQMD's preliminary report pins Richmond's Chevron refinery at 37-in-a-million cancer risk. Chevron calls the modeling worst-case and outdated.
The deal averts a California trial and forces nighttime blocks and daily limits for teen accounts nationwide.
Health & Lifestyle in ...
Charlie Laufer's Otis Avenue stand topped its $3,600 goal, drawing Alameda's mayor and police officers bearing stickers.
Karan Gupta paid a lifelong friend a six-figure salary for a job he never showed up for, pocketing kickbacks along the way.
Food & Drinks in ...
The Porch Kitchen near The Barlow started as a soup-and-sandwich counter but quickly grew into full table service with $36 wild salmon and $9 mac and cheese.
A pre-dawn box truck crash spilled diesel and sand across a key Oakland connector, backing up traffic all the way to Richmond.
Transportation & Infrastructure in ...
A third of Deep East Oakland residents surveyed didn't even know the 748-acre shoreline park existed near them.
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