The new restaurant in Temescal from Chef and East Bay native Lala Harrison will serve Black heritage cuisine.

San Jose has shut down Agave Sports Bar & Grill after a fatal accident, a double shooting and months of investigation into alleged lockdown-violation parties, prostitution and drug use there, the city's police department said Thursday.

Hoodline has the scoop on where to celebrate Oktoberfest in San Francisco, the South Bay, and the East Bay.

The 2021 Michelin Guide for California is out, and it includes nine new additions in the Bay Area – including three restaurants in the South Bay. Eleven East Bay and South Bay eateries also made the Bib Gourmand list of un-starred but great-value restaurants.

The West Contra Costa Unified School District renamed an El Sobrante middle school in honor of Richmond's most famous park ranger, civil rights activist Betty Reid Soskin, on her 100th birthday Wednesday.

If you're over virtual happy hours and long walks on your own but avoiding indoor entertainment, check out Hoodline's list of less-common outdoor activities to try around the Bay Area.

Mama restaurant in Oakland has reopened with an affordable fixed-price menu, plus some modifications that may map the way for dining out in the time of COVID.

The Northern California Renaissance Faire is back this year, albeit with COVID-19 warnings, after being canceled "due to plague" in 2021.

The Bizerkeley Food Fest has sold out, organizers said, but foodies without tickets can still take advantage of some of the festival's fare.

Tony's Bistro, a new pickup-only restaurant in Oakland, is serving French-inspired cuisine under new county rules legalizing "microenterprise home kitchen operations."

Some residents of the East Bay hills are getting so fed up with increasingly bold coyotes going after pets that one bereaved cat owner briefly offered a $250 bounty for dead coyotes before withdrawing it when California's Department of Fish and Wildlife warned him it was illegal.

Hoodline's Bay Area Day Trips series is exploring a lesser-known corner of the region: Solano County.

A new study indicates that exposure to smoke can make COVID-19 worse. As the smoke season arrives and local kids head back to school en masse, what does this mean for the Bay Area?