To help you give to those most in need this holiday season, Hoodline has put together a list of Bay Area spots where you can donate toys and food for neighbors in need.

San Jose police arrested 15 suspects and shut down three businesses after finding cash, weapons, and more than 1,000 catalytic converters, the police department said Monday. 

Hoodline has rounded up some unique holiday happenings for you to add to your December calendar, including in-person, outdoor and distanced drive-through events. 

TV chef and author Joanne Weir will reportedly open a second location of her popular Sausalito Mexican restaurant Copita Tequileria y Comida in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood next summer. 

Hoodline's rounded up South Bay Area restaurants serving traditional Thanksgiving dinners, complete with turkey and pie, for pickup or dining-in. (For pickup, pre-order asap.)

Local "avian celebrity" Grinnell the peregrine falcon is one step closer to being able to return to the fight for his home and mate atop U.C. Berkeley's Campanile, according to Lindsay Wildlife Experience, which treated the bird for injuries after a run-in with rivals.

Heroic Italian, the southern California eatery that started serving its uber-popular gourmet sandwiches in San Francisco a year ago, is now opening a location in downtown Berkeley.

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority has bought 60 acres of farmland in Coyote Valley that it will preserve for sustainable agriculture as part of an effort to create what it calls "a 21st century greenbelt near urban San Jose," the agency said this week.

A few months after Alameda County began granting permits to "microenterprise home kitchen operations," here's a list of home restaurants offering meals now.

The landmark theater in downtown Berkeley has been closed since the start of the pandemic. Now, its operator says it's shutting down for good.

Indoor miniature golfing is coming to downtown San Jose as part of the redevelopment of a former Camera 12 movie theater into a mixed-use office and retail space, the developer has announced.

Six new eateries are opening at the Westfield Oakridge mall in San Jose. Meet Fresh and Mrs. Fields have already opened, soon to be joined by Cold Stone Creamery, Popeyes, Slater’s 50/50 and Umai Hot Dogs.

From all-out pumpkin patches with rides and petting zoos to low-key farms where you can pick your own pumpkins, Hoodline has rounded up some great pumpkin farms and farm stands open in 2021.