Yosemite’s no‑ticket summer collided with an early spike in rattlesnake bites, turning holiday crowds into a safety headache for parkgoers.

Menlo Park officers used a GPS tag to track a dark sedan to Berkeley; juveniles were arrested and the driver was booked on a reckless‑evasion charge.

Morning fog burns off to sunny afternoons with highs near 78°F today. Memorial Day is mild, then gusty north winds arrive Tuesday.

A split over noise and access heads to Tuesday’s Parks & Rec meeting as Palo Alto weighs converting tennis courts at Mitchell Park into more pickleball courts. The debate has drawn strong letters from neighbors and a funding offer from the local pickleball club.

Morning fog gives way to sun and highs near 80°F in San Jose Saturday, May 23. Expect breezy onshore winds and a brief Small Craft Advisory for outer waters.

A Friday afternoon shooting on the 200 block of Marina Boulevard is under investigation in Suisun City. Police say the scene is secure and are asking witnesses to come forward.

A judge signaled two life terms and 31 years for the man convicted in the 2019 beating of Yik Oi Huang, a case that reshaped Visitacion Valley’s conversation on elder safety.

San Francisco’s Marufuku Ramen will open a downtown Walnut Creek location next Wednesday, bringing its signature Hakata tonkotsu and a roomy patio to 1630 Cypress Street.

The California Transportation Commission approved roughly $540M to fund zero‑emission transit, Bay Bridge work and dozens of local walking‑and‑biking projects statewide.

A damaged semi in South San Jose forced PG&E to cut power to thousands while crews worked to stabilize the vehicle.

Kawasaki and Nvidia are reportedly lining up a San Jose robotics R&D hub to test medical and mobility robots with partners including Microsoft and Fujitsu.

More than 400 Planned Parenthood Mar Monte clinicians and nurses voted to form a union with SEIU Local 521, organizers said. The unit aims to protect staffing and patient care amid funding uncertainty.

Scott Sanborn bought 88 Kearny last year; now investors are circling the FiDi tower.