The Slanted Door Group plans to reopen the Mission flagship at 584 Valencia Street in early 2027, moving forward under executive chef Dong Choi after Charles Phan’s death.

An affiliate of Sobrato has filed plans to build about 74 townhomes at the former Fry’s site in Palo Alto, a proposal that would partially remove a historic cannery building and dedicate land for park and affordable housing.

An 18-year-old agreed to a six-year prison term after pleading no contest to assault in an El Cerrito trail attack; sentencing is set for March 11, 2026.

A man was found shot and killed Monday night on Bethel Island's Dutch Slough Road. Contra Costa homicide detectives have opened an investigation and are asking for tips.

Sonoma County deputies arrested three New York residents after a months-long bank fraud probe; investigators say they seized $15,000 and counterfeit IDs at a Vacaville hotel.

Acorn Ridge Casino opened Feb. 24 in Plymouth, a 60,000‑sq‑ft tribal casino with hundreds of slot machines, table games and a farm‑to‑fork restaurant. Tribe leaders say the project will bring jobs and new revenue to the Sierra foothills.

Livermore‑based Aalyria closed a $100M Series B at about a $1.3B valuation to scale its Spacetime orchestration software and Tightbeam laser terminals. Investors backed the spinout to speed commercial and government deployments.

Gilead agreed to buy Redwood City’s Arcellx for $115 a share plus a sales‑linked payout, consolidating the anito‑cel CAR‑T program under Kite. The FDA has set a Dec. 23, 2026 action date for the BLA.

Gwendolyn Westbrook, former CEO of the United Council for Human Services, faces nine felony counts accusing her of misappropriating more than $1.2 million from a homelessness nonprofit.

Park police and county deputies say they used a drone to monitor a wanted vehicle and arrested a suspect at Arrowhead Marsh without incident.

Jackson police recovered a man’s body from Jackson Creek Saturday; officials say identity is being withheld while next of kin are notified and the cause of death is under investigation.

A 21-year-old man died and two others were hospitalized after a shooting Saturday on the 9500 block of Bancroft Way in Stockton, police said.

Residents in Hunters Point report persistent standing water around a development site, turning streets and a park into a 'swamp' and reviving contamination and flood concerns.